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): October 8, 2020

 

 

 

MultiPlan Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-39228   83-3536151
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  (Commission File
Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

115 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

  10003
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 780-2000

 

Churchill Capital Corp III

640 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor

New York, NY 10019

(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))

 

Title of each class   Trading
Symbol
  Name of each exchange on which registered
Shares of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share   MPLN   New York Stock Exchange
         
Warrants   MPLN.WS   New York Stock Exchange

 

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. ¨ 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Terms used but not defined herein, or for which definitions are not otherwise incorporated by reference herein, shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Proxy Statement (as defined below) in the Section entitled “Frequently Used Terms” beginning on page 1 thereof, and such definitions are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 1.01. Entry into Material Definitive Agreement.

 

As disclosed under the section entitled “Proposal No. 1The Business Combination Proposal” beginning at page 87 of the definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September 18, 2020 by Churchill Capital Corp III (“Churchill”), now known as MultiPlan Corporation, and as updated pursuant to the supplement to the Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on September 28, 2020 (the “Proxy Supplement”), Churchill entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 12, 2020 (as amended, modified, supplemented or waived, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Churchill, Polaris Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation (“MultiPlan Parent”), Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Holdings”), Music Merger Sub I, Inc., a newly formed Delaware corporation and subsidiary of Churchill (“First Merger Sub”), and Music Merger Sub II LLC, a newly formed Delaware limited liability company and subsidiary of Churchill (“Second Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement (i) First Merger Sub is to be merged with and into MultiPlan Parent with MultiPlan Parent being the surviving company in the merger (the “First Merger”) and (ii) immediately following the First Merger and as part of the same overall transaction as the First Merger, MultiPlan Parent is to be merged with and into Second Merger Sub, with Second Merger Sub surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Churchill (the “Second Merger”, and together with the First Merger, the “Mergers” and the Mergers, together with the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Transactions”).

 

On October 7, 2020, Churchill held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”), at which the Churchill stockholders considered and adopted, among other matters, a proposal to approve the business combination, including (a) adopting the Merger Agreement and (b) approving the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and related agreements described in the Proxy Statement.

 

Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, following the Special Meeting, on October 8, 2020 (the “Closing Date”), the Transactions were consummated (the “Closing”). As a result of the Mergers, the Company is now the owner of the successor of MultiPlan Parent and its subsidiaries, including MultiPlan, Inc., which is a leading value-added provider of data analytics and technology-enabled end-to-end cost management solutions to the U.S. healthcare industry.

 

Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Report”) discusses the consummation of the Transactions and the entry into agreements relating thereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03 of this Report discusses the issuance by Churchill of the Convertible Notes (as defined below) and the entry into the Indenture (as defined below) governing such Convertible Notes and other agreements relating thereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On September 18, 2020, Polaris Intermediate Corp. issued a conditional notice of redemption regarding the redemption in full of all $1,178.7 million of its outstanding 8.500% / 9.250% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2022 (the “Senior PIK Notes”). On the Closing Date, the conditions to redemption were satisfied and Polaris Intermediate redeemed all outstanding Senior PIK Notes in accordance with the provisions of the Senior PIK Notes and the indenture governing the Senior PIK Notes. As such, the obligations of Polaris Intermediate Corp. under the Senior PIK Notes were discharged on the Closing Date.

 

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

As described above, on October 7, 2020, Churchill held the Special Meeting, at which the Churchill stockholders considered and adopted, among other matters, a proposal to approve the Merger Agreement and the Transactions. On October 8, 2020, the parties consummated the Mergers.

 

Holders of 8,693,855 shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock sold in its initial public offering (the “public shares”) properly exercised their right to have such shares redeemed for a full pro rata portion of the trust account holding the proceeds from Churchill’s initial public offering, calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the business combination, or approximately $10.03 per share and $87.2 million in the aggregate.

 

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As a result of the Mergers, among other things, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company issued to the former indirect owners of Polaris Parent Corp. an aggregate of 415,700,000 shares of Class A common stock.

 

In July 2020, Churchill entered into subscription agreements (collectively, the “Subscription Agreements”) pursuant to which certain investors agreed to:

 

· subscribe for (x) 130,000,000 shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock at a purchase price of $10.00 per share for an aggregate commitment of $1,300,000,000 and (y) warrants to purchase 6,500,000 shares of Churchill’s Class A Common Stock (for each share of Churchill’s Class A common stock subscribed, the investor was entitled to receive 1/20th of a warrant to purchase one share of Churchill’s Class A common stock, with each whole warrant having a strike price of $12.50 per share and a 5-year maturity from the closing of the Transactions) (collectively, the “Common PIPE Investment”). The Common PIPE Investment was subject to an original issue discount (payable in additional shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock) of 1% for subscriptions of $250,000,000 or less and 2.5% for subscriptions of more than $250,000,000, which resulted in an additional 2,050,000 shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock being issued on the Closing Date; and

 

· buy $1,300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 6.00% / 7.00% convertible senior PIK toggle notes due 2027 (the “Convertible Notes”) with an original issue discount of 2.5% (the “Convertible PIPE Investment” and, together with the Common PIPE Investment, the “PIPE Investments”).

 

At the Closing, the Company (i) consummated the Common PIPE Investment and issued 132,050,000 shares of its Class A common stock and warrants to purchase 6,500,000 shares of its Class A common Stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,300,000,000 and (ii) issued $1,300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,267,500,000. In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, on the Closing Date, Polaris Intermediate Corp. entered into a supplemental indenture to the indenture governing the Convertible Notes pursuant to which Polaris Intermediate Corp. agreed to guarantee the Company’s obligations under the Convertible Notes. At the Closing, the entirety of the placement fee owed to KG was paid in cash.

 

After giving effect to the Transactions and the redemption of public shares as described above, there are currently 667,461,269 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock issued and outstanding, excluding the 9,094,876 shares purchased by a subsidiary of MultiPlan in August 2020, which shares are held by the Company as treasury shares. The Company’s Class A common stock and warrants will commence trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbols “MPLN” and “MPLN.WS” on October 9, 2020, subject to ongoing review of the Company’s satisfaction of all listing criteria following the business combination.

 

As noted above, an aggregate of $87.2 million was paid from the Company’s trust account to holders that properly exercised their right to have public shares redeemed, and the remaining balance immediately prior to the Closing of approximately $1,015.9 million remained in the trust account. The remaining amount in the trust account was used to fund the business combination.

 

FORM 10 INFORMATION

 

Item 2.01(f) of Form 8-K states that if the registrant was a shell company, as Churchill was immediately before the Mergers, then the registrant must disclose the information that would be required if the registrant were filing a general form for registration of securities on Form 10. Accordingly, the Company is providing below the information that would be included in a Form 10 if it were to file a Form 10. Please note that the information provided below relates to the combined company after the consummation of the Mergers, unless otherwise specifically indicated or the context otherwise requires.

 

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Report includes statements that express the Company’s opinions, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or projections regarding future events or future results and therefore are, or may be deemed to be, “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “seeks,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “may,” “will” or “should” or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts. They appear in a number of places throughout this Report (including in information that is incorporated by reference into this Report) and include statements regarding our intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, among other things, the Transactions, the benefits of the Transactions, including results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies and the markets in which the Company operates. Such forward-looking statements are based on available current market material and management’s expectations, beliefs and forecasts concerning future events impacting the Company. Factors that may impact such forward-looking statements include:

 

· loss of our customers, particularly our largest customers;

 

· decreases in our existing market share or the size of our Preferred Provider Organization networks;

 

· effects of competition;

 

· effects of pricing pressure;

 

· the inability of our customers to pay for our services;

 

· decreases in discounts from providers;

 

· the loss of our existing relationships with providers;

 

· the loss of key members of our management team;

 

· changes in the regulatory environment, including healthcare law and regulations;

 

· our inability to implement information systems or expand our workforce;

 

· changes in our industry;

 

· providers’ increasing resistance to application of certain healthcare cost management techniques;

 

· pressure to limit access to preferred provider networks;

 

· heightened enforcement activity by government agencies;

 

· the possibility that regulatory authorities may assert we engage in unlawful fee splitting or corporate practice of medicine;

 

· interruptions or security breaches of our information technology systems;

 

· the expansion of privacy and security laws;

 

· our inability to expand our network infrastructure;

 

· our ability to protect proprietary applications;

 

· our ability to identify, complete and successfully integrate future acquisitions;

 

· our ability to pay interest and principal on the Convertible Notes and our other indebtedness;

 

· our ability to remediate any material weaknesses or maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting;

 

· our ability to meet applicable listing standards following the consummation of the Transactions;

 

· our ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Transactions, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, our ability to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retain our management and key employees;

 

· costs related to the Transactions;

 

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· changes in applicable laws or regulations;

 

· the possibility that we may be adversely affected by other political, economic, business, and/or competitive factors;

 

· the impact of COVID-19 and its related effects on our projected results of operations, financial performance or other financial metrics;

 

· our ability to achieve the goals of our Short-Term Execution Plan and recognize the anticipated strategic, operational, growth and efficiency benefits when expected;

 

· pending or potential litigation associated with the Transactions;

 

· other factors disclosed or incorporated by reference in this Report; and

 

· other factors beyond our control.

 

The forward-looking statements contained in this Report are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the Transactions and the Company. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described or incorporated by reference under the heading “Risk Factors” below. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

 

Business

 

The business of the Company is described in the Proxy Statement in the Section entitled “Information About MultiPlan” beginning on page 155 thereof and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Risk Factors

 

The risks associated with the Company’s business are described in the Proxy Statement in the Section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 45 thereof and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Financial Information

 

The financial information of the Company is described in the Proxy Statement in the Sections entitled “MultiPlan Parent’s Selected Historical Financial Information” and “MultiPlan Parent’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” beginning on pages 203 and 206 thereof, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

The financial information of Churchill is described in the Proxy Statement in the Sections entitled “Churchill’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Churchill’s Selected Historical Financial Information” beginning on pages 153 and 202 thereof, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Reference is made to the disclosure set forth in Item 9.01 of this Report relating to the financial information of the Company and Churchill.

 

Properties

 

The Company leases all of its properties, which are located in 15 states. The Company’s corporate headquarters are located in New York, New York. The Company’s primary data center is hosted by a leading provider of co-location hosting services in Texas. The Company’s redundant data center is hosted by a leading provider of co-location hosting services within a 428,000 square foot facility located in Illinois.

 

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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

 

The following table sets forth information known to us regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock immediately following consummation of the Transactions by:

 

each person who is the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock;

 

each of our named executive officers and directors; and

 

all of our executive officers and directors as a group.

 

Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including options and warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days. Except as described in the footnotes below and subject to applicable community property laws and similar laws, we believe that each person listed above has sole voting and investment power with respect to such shares.

 

The beneficial ownership of our common stock is based on 667,461,269 shares of common stock issued and outstanding immediately following consummation of the Transactions. The amount of shares of common stock issued and outstanding immediately following consummation of the Transactions excludes the 9,094,876 shares purchased by a subsidiary of MultiPlan Parent in August 2020, which shares were held by the Company as treasury shares as of October 8, 2020, and excludes the 8,693,855 shares that were validly redeemed in connection with the business combination.

 

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Beneficial Ownership Table

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)     Number of
Shares
   

Percent

Owned

 
Five Percent Holders:                
Churchill Sponsor III LLC(2)     52,000,000       7.5 %
GIC Investor(3)     49,612,794       7.4 %
Green Equity Investors(4)     38,449,956       5.8 %
H&F Investors(5)     213,802,448       32.0 %
Oak Hill Advisors Entities(6)     41,111,550       5.8 %
The Public Investment Fund of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia(7)     53,750,000       8.0 %
Named Executive Officers and Directors:                
Mark Tabak(8)     13,299,888       2.0 %
David Redmond            
Dale White     8,066,106       1.2 %
Jeff Doctoroff     301,464        *  
Michael Kim     301,464        *  
Glenn R. August(9)(10)     41,411,550       5.8 %
Richard Clarke            
Anthony Colaluca            
Paul Emery(11)            
Michael Klein(2)(12)     52,000,000       7.5 %
Hunter Philbrick(11)            
Allen Thorpe(11)            
Bill Veghte(9)            
All executive officers and directors as a group (15 individuals)     115,080,471       17.2 %

 

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* Less than 1%.

 

(1) Unless otherwise noted, the address of each of the following entities or individuals is c/o MultiPlan Corporation, 115 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10003.

  

(2) Interests shown consist of (i) 27,500,000 shares of Class A common stock and (ii) warrants to purchase 24,500,000 shares of Class A common stock (including warrants issued in satisfaction of the Note to purchase 1,500,000 shares of Class A common stock). Each warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. 12,404,080 of such shares of Class A common stock and 4,800,000 of such warrants unvested as of October 8, 2020 and will revest at such time as, during the 4-year period starting on October 8, 2021 and ending on October 8, 2025, the closing price of our Class A common stock exceeds $12.50 for any 40 trading days in a 60 consecutive day period. The business address for Churchill Sponsor III LLC is 640 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10019. Excludes 481,711 shares of our Class A common stock owned by M. Klein & Company LLC (“MKC”), an entity in which Mr. Klein has a minority interest.

  

(3) Interests shown consist of 49,612,794 shares of Class A common stock held by Viggo Investment Pte. Ltd. (the “GIC Investor”). The GIC Investor shares the power to vote and the power to dispose of these shares with GIC Special Investments Pte. Ltd. (“GIC SI”), and GIC Private Limited (“GIC”), both of which are private limited companies incorporated in Singapore. GIC SI is wholly owned by GIC and is the private equity investment arm of GIC. GIC is wholly owned by the Government of Singapore and was set up with the sole purpose of managing Singapore’s foreign reserves. The Government of Singapore disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares. The business address for the GIC Investor is 168 Robinson Road, #37-01 Capital Tower, Singapore 068912.

 

(4) Interests shown consist of 23,477,087 shares of Class A common stock held by Green Equity Investors VI, L.P. and 13,992,386 shares of Class A common stock held by Green Equity Investors Side VI, L.P. (each a “Green Equity Investor”). Voting and investment power with respect to the shares held by the Green Equity Investors is shared. Voting and investment power may also be deemed to be shared with certain affiliated entities and investors whose holdings are included in the above amount. Each of the foregoing entities’ address is c/o Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., 11111 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 2000, Los Angeles, California 90025.

 

(5) Interests shown consist of 112,593,413 shares of Class A common stock held by Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners VIII, L.P., 50,532,114 shares of Class A common stock held by Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners VIII (Parallel), L.P., 9,549,505 shares of Class A common stock held by HFCP VIII (Parallel-A), L.P., 2,953,631 shares of Class A common stock held by H&F Executives VIII, L.P. and 496,709 shares of Class A common stock held by H&F Associates VIII, L.P. (collectively, the “H&F VIII Funds”) and 37,677,074 shares of Class A common stock held by H&F Polaris Partners, L.P. (“Polaris Partners” and, collectively with the H&F VIII Funds, the “H&F Investors”). H&F Polaris Partners GP, LLC (“Polaris Partners GP”) is the general partner of Polaris Partners. Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners VIII, L.P. is the managing member of Polaris Partners GP. Hellman & Friedman Investors VIII, L.P. (“H&F Investors VIII”) is the general partner of the H&F VIII Funds. H&F Corporate Investors VIII, Ltd. (“H&F VIII”) is the general partner of H&F Investors VIII. As the general partner of H&F Investors VIII, H&F VIII may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares beneficially owned by the H&F Investors. Voting and investment determinations with respect to shares held by the H&F Investors are made by the board of directors of H&F VIII. The board of directors of H&F VIII consists of Philip U. Hammarskjold, David R. Tunnell and Allen R. Thorpe. Each of the members of the board of directors of H&F VIII disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares. The address of each entity named in this footnote is c/o Hellman & Friedman LLC, 415 Mission Street, Suite 5700, San Francisco, California 94105.

 

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(6) Interests shown are held by client accounts (each, an “Oak Hill Advisors Entity”) advised and/or managed by Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. and/or its affiliates. As an advisor or manager to the Oak Hill Advisors Entities, Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. may be deemed to have the power to vote or direct the vote of, and the power to dispose or to direct the disposition of, the shares of Class A common stock owned by such entities. Interests shown consists of (i) 2,525,000 shares of Class A common stock, (ii) warrants to purchase 125,000 shares of Class A common stock and (iii) 38,461,550 shares of Class A common stock that may be acquired upon conversion of Convertible Notes. Each warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $12.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Convertible Notes are convertible into shares of Class A common stock based on a $13.00 conversion price, subject to customary anti- dilution adjustments. The business address for Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. is 1114 Avenue of the Americas, 38th Floor, New York, NY 10036.

  

(7) Interests shown consists of (i) 51,250,000 shares of Class A common stock and (ii) warrants to purchase 2,500,000 shares of Class A common stock. Each warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $12.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The business address for The Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is Alr’idah Digital City, Building MU04, Al Nakhil District, P.O. Box 6847, Riyadh 11452, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

 

(8) Interests shown consist of: (i) 5,023,610 shares of Class A common stock held by Mr. Tabak, (ii) 4,433,296 shares of Class A common stock held by the Lauren Fass 2012 Dynasty Trust, dated July 11, 2012, of which Mr. Tabak’s spouse is the trustee, and (iii) 4,433,296 shares of Class A common stock held by the Lindsay Levin 2012 Dynasty Trust, dated July 11, 2012, of which Mr. Tabak’s spouse is the trustee.

 

(9) Glenn R. August and Bill Veghte each have an economic interest (or deemed economic interest) in shares of our Class A common stock through their respective ownership of membership interests in Churchill Sponsor III LLC, but do not beneficially own any shares of our Class A common stock. The indirect ownership interest via Churchill Sponsor III LLC is reflected solely under the rows for Churchill Sponsor III LLC and its controlling person, Michael Klein. The economic interest (or deemed economic interest) of these individuals in the founder shares held by Churchill Sponsor III LLC are as shown below:

 

 

    Founder
Shares
 
Glenn R. August(A)     3,933,138  
Bill Veghte(B)     594,985  

 

 

 

(A) Reflects economic interests (or deemed economic interests) held on behalf of the partners of Oak Hill Advisors, L.P.

 

(B) Mr. Veghte’s economic interest in the founder shares held by Churchill Sponsor III LLC was increased by 300,000 on October 8, 2020 by Churchill Sponsor III LLC in recognition of his continued service in connection with the Transactions.

  

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(10) Interests shown are held by Oak Hill Advisors Entities. As an advisor or manager to the Oak Hill Advisors Entities, Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. and/or its affiliates may be deemed to have the power to vote or direct the vote of, and the power to dispose or to direct the disposition of, the shares of Class A common stock owned by such entities. Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. and its affiliates are managed or otherwise controlled directly or indirectly by Glenn R. August, who is the Founder, Senior Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. The interests beneficially owned by the Oak Hill Advisors Entities may also be deemed to be beneficially owned by Mr. August, Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. and/or its affiliates. Mr. August, Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. and/or its affiliates disclaim beneficial ownership of shares of our Class A common stock beyond their respective pecuniary interest in the Oak Hill Advisors Entities for purposes of Section 16 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

(11) Business address is c/o Hellman & Friedman LLC, 415 Mission Street, Suite 5700, San Francisco, California 94105.

 

(12) Michael Klein is the sole stockholder of M. Klein Associates, Inc., which is the managing member of Churchill Sponsor III LLC. The shares beneficially owned by Churchill Sponsor III LLC may also be deemed to be beneficially owned by Mr. Klein. The business address for Mr. Klein is c/o Churchill Sponsor III LLC, 640 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10019. Excludes 481,711 shares of our Class A common stock owned by MKC, an entity in which Mr. Klein has a minority interest.

 

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Directors and Executive Officers

 

The Company’s directors and executive officers upon the Closing are described in the Proxy Statement in the Section entitled “Management After the Business Combination” beginning on page 169 thereof and that information is incorporated herein by reference. Reference is also made to the disclosure set forth under Item 5.07 of this Report regarding the results of the vote on the election of directors at the Special Meeting.

 

Executive Compensation

 

Executive Compensation

 

The executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and directors is described in the Proxy Statement in the Section entitled “Executive Compensation of the Company Following the Business Combination” beginning on page 173 thereof and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

 

Reference is made to the disclosure set forth under Item 5.02 of this Report relating to the executive officers of the Company. None of our officers currently serves, and in the past year none have served, as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee of any entity that has one or more officers serving on our board of directors.

 

Director Compensation

 

We will pay annual compensation to each member of our Board who is not an employee of the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company (each, a “Non-Employee Director”). We will not pay any compensation to a director who is not a Non-Employee Director.

 

Each Non-Employee Director is entitled to receive an annual cash retainer of $100,000, payable quarterly in four equal installments of $25,000 each. In addition, each Non-Employee Director is entitled to receive an annual restricted stock award with respect to a number of shares of our Class A common stock having an aggregate grant date fair market value of $100,000. The terms of the restricted stock awards will be determined prior to the initial grants.

 

The chairpersons and members of the following committees will receive the additional fixed annual cash retainers (payable in quarterly installments in arrears) listed below.

 

Committee   Committee Member
Retainer
    Committee Chair
Retainer
 
Audit Committee   $ 12,500     $ 25,000  
Compensation Committee   $ 10,000     $ 20,000  
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee   $ 7,500     $ 15,000  

 

All directors, including our Non-Employee Directors, are reimbursed for travel and other expenses directly related to director activities and responsibilities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any member of the Board that is entitled to the above compensation may elect to forego all or a portion of such compensation from time to time by giving notice to the General Counsel of the Company. Until otherwise notified to the General Counsel of the Company, each of Messrs. Emery, Philbrick and Thorpe have elected to forego their right to such compensation.

 

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Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

 

Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions

 

Certain relationships and related person transactions are described in the Proxy Statement in the Section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions” beginning on page 251 thereof and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

In connection with the Transactions, Churchill engaged P. Galant & Associates, LLC (“PG&A”) as an advisor. Pursuant to the engagement, PG&A was to be paid an aggregate of $2.2 million upon the Closing. At the Closing, the Company paid the amounts due to PG&A. PG&A is an affiliate of Paul Galant, one of our executive officers.

 

As previously disclosed, Churchill entered into an engagement letter with KG (the “engagement letter”) pursuant to which KG was engaged as a financial advisor and was to be paid a placement fee of $15.5 million (of which up to $15 million was payable in shares of Churchill based on $10 per share) and certain other fees and expenses. Prior to the Closing, KG and Churchill agreed to amend the engagement letter (the “amendment”) such that the placement fee would be paid entirely in cash and KG and one or more of its affiliates would be obligated to purchase shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock with an aggregate purchase price of at least $15.0 million within 30 days after the Closing Date (the “purchase commitment”). Such shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock are to be purchased from third parties that are not affiliated with Churchill. If KG and its affiliates do not satisfy the purchase commitment within such 30 day period, then, at the Company’s election, KG will purchase such additional shares as is necessary to satisfy the purchase commitment from the Company at the price per share paid by the Company to its shareholders that exercised redemption rights in connection with Transactions. The foregoing description of certain provisions of the engagement letter and the amendment are qualified in their entirety by the copies thereof which are filed as Exhibits 10.18 and 10.19 to this Report and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Director Independence

 

Reference is also made to the disclosure set forth under Item 5.07 of this Report regarding the results of the vote on the election of directors at the Special Meeting. The rules of the NYSE require that a majority of the Board be independent within one year of Churchill’s initial public offering. An “independent director” is defined generally as a person that, in the opinion of the Board, has no material relationship with the listed company (either directly or as a partner, shareholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with the company). The Board has determined that each of Glenn R. August, Richard A. Clarke, Anthony Colaluca, Paul D. Emery, P. Hunter Philbrick, Allen R. Thorpe and Bill Veghte is an independent director under applicable SEC and NYSE rules.

 

Lead Independent Director

 

The Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines (the “Corporate Governance Guidelines”) provide that the roles of Chairperson of the Board and Chief Executive Officer may be separated or combined. In the event that the roles are combined, the Corporate Governance Guidelines provide for the naming of a Lead Independent Director (the “Lead Director”). In accordance with the Corporate Governance Guidelines, since Mr. Tabak, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, is serving as Chairperson of the Board, the Board appointed Mr. Thorpe as Lead Director.

 

As Lead Director, Mr. Thorpe will help coordinate the efforts of the Non-Employee Directors in the interest of ensuring that objective judgment is brought to bear on sensitive issues involving the management of the Company and, in particular, the performance of senior management. The Lead Director has the following authority:

 

· preside over all meetings of the Board at which the Chairperson is not present, including meetings of the Non-Employee Directors which are to be held at least quarterly;

 

· assist in scheduling Board meetings and approve meeting schedules to ensure that there is sufficient time for discussion of all agenda items;

 

· request the inclusion of certain materials for Board meetings;

 

· approve of all information sent to the Board;

 

· communicate to the Chief Executive Officer, together with the Chairperson of the Compensation Committee, the results of the Board's evaluation of Chief Executive Officer performance;

 

· collaborate with the Chief Executive Officer on Board meeting agendas and approve such agendas;

 

· collaborate with the Chief Executive Officer in determining the need for special meetings of the Board;

 

· provide leadership and serve as temporary Chairperson of the Board or Chief Executive Officer in the event of the inability of the Chairperson of the Board or Chief Executive Officer to fulfill his/her role due to crisis or other event or circumstance which would make leadership by existing management inappropriate or ineffective, in which case the Lead Director shall have the authority to convene meetings of the full Board or management;

 

· serve as the liaison for stockholders who request direct communications with the Board;

 

· act as the liaison between the Non-Employee Directors and the Chairperson of the Board, as appropriate;

 

· call meetings of the Non-Employee Directors when necessary and appropriate;

 

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· recommend to the Board, in concert with the chairpersons of the respective Board committees, the retention of consultants and advisors who directly report to the Board, including such independent legal, financial or other advisors as he or she deems appropriate, without consulting or obtaining the advance authorization of any officer of the Company; and

 

· such additional duties and authority as our Board may otherwise determine and delegate.

 

The Board currently combines the role of Chairperson of the Board with the role of Chief Executive Officer, coupled with a Lead Director position to further strengthen the governance structure. Our Board believes this provides an efficient and effective leadership model for the Company. Combining the Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer roles fosters clear accountability, effective decision-making and alignment on corporate strategy.

 

Risk is inherent with every business, and how well a business manages risk can ultimately determine its success. We face a number of risks, including the risks described or incorporated by reference above under the heading “Risk Factors.” Management is responsible for the day-to-day management of risks we face, while our Board, as a whole and through its committees, has responsibility for the oversight of risk management of the Company. In its risk oversight role, our Board has the responsibility to satisfy itself that the risk management processes designed and implemented by management are adequate and functioning as designed.

 

The role of the Board in overseeing the management of our risks is conducted primarily through committees of the Board, as disclosed in the descriptions of each of the committees below and in the charters of each of the committees. The full Board (or the appropriate Board committee in the case of risks that are under the purview of a particular committee) discusses with management our major risk exposures, their potential impact on us, and the steps we take to manage them. When a Board committee is responsible for evaluating and overseeing the management of a particular risk or risks, the chairperson of the relevant committee reports on the discussion to the full Board during the committee reports portion of the next Board meeting. This enables the Board and its committees to coordinate the risk oversight role, particularly with respect to risk interrelationships.

 

A copy of the Corporate Governance Guidelines is available on the Company’s investor relations website (www.investors.MultiPlan.us) under the link “Governance.” The contents of the Company’s website are not incorporated by reference in this Report or made a part hereof for any purpose.

 

Committees of the Board of Directors

 

The Board has three standing committees: an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee. Subject to phase-in rules, the rules of NYSE and Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act require that the audit committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors, and the rules of NYSE require that the compensation committee and the nominating and corporate governance committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors. Both our compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee are composed solely of independent directors. Because of Mr. Emery’s relationship with the H&F Investors, our Board has determined that Mr. Emery may be considered an “affiliated person” of the Company and therefore may not qualify as an independent member of the audit committee under the current NYSE listing rules and Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act. As such, in accordance with the applicable phase-in rules, we intend to replace Mr. Emery prior to the one year anniversary of the Churchill IPO.

 

Each committee operates under a charter that was approved by the Board. The charter of each committee is available on our investor relations website.

 

Audit Committee

 

The members of our audit committee are Messrs. Clarke, Colaluca and Emery, and Mr. Colaluca serves as chair of the audit committee. Each member of the audit committee is financially literate and the Board has determined that Messrs. Colaluca and Emery each qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in applicable SEC rules and has accounting or related financial management expertise.

 

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Compensation Committee

 

The members of our compensation committee are Messrs. Clarke, Colaluca and Philbrick, and Mr. Philbrick serves as chair of the compensation committee.

 

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

 

The members of our nominating and corporate governance committee are Messrs. August, Philbrick and Thorpe, and Mr. Thorpe serves as chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee.

 

Legal Proceedings

  

The Company and/or its subsidiaries are defendants in various lawsuits and other pending and threatened litigation and other adversarial matters which have arisen in the ordinary course of business. While the ultimate outcome with respect to such proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, we believe they will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

 

In addition, five actions (collectively, the “Stockholder Actions”), including two putative class actions, were filed in federal courts in New York and Delaware by purported Churchill stockholders in connection with the business combination: Hutchings v. Churchill Capital Corp III, et al., No. 1:20-cv-06318 (S.D.N.Y.) (the “Hutchings Complaint”); Kent v. Churchill Capital Corp III, et al., No. 1:20-cv-01068 (D. Del.); Feges v. Churchill Capital Corp III, et al., No. 1:20-cv-06627 (S.D.N.Y.); Noor v. Churchill Capital Corp III, et al., No. 1:20-cv-06686 (S.D.N.Y.); and Greenman v. Churchill Capital Corp III, et al., No. 1:20-cv-07466 (S.D.N.Y.) (the “Greenman Complaint”). On September 11, 2020, October 5, 2020 and October 8, 2020, the plaintiffs in the Noor, Greenman and Kent actions, respectively, voluntarily dismissed their complaints. Each of the complaints in the Stockholder Actions named Churchill and the members of the Churchill Board as defendants. The Stockholder Actions generally allege, among other things, that the proxy statement relating to the Transactions was false and misleading and/or omitted material information concerning the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement in violation of Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14d-9 promulgated thereunder. The Hutchings Complaint and the Greenman Complaint also alleged breach of fiduciary duty claims against the Churchill Board in connection with the Transactions. The remaining Stockholder Actions generally seek, among other things, injunctive relief and an award of attorneys’ fees and expenses.

 

Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

 

Price Range of Securities and Dividends

 

The market price of and dividends on Churchill’s common equity, warrants and units and related stockholder matters is described in the Proxy Statement in the Section entitled “Price Range of Securities and Dividends” beginning on page 245 thereof and that information is incorporated herein by reference. In addition, the following table sets forth the high and low sales prices per unit, per share of Class A common stock and per public warrant as reported on NYSE for the periods from September 17, 2020 through October 8, 2020.

 

Common Stock     Warrants     Units  
High     Low     High     Low     High     Low  
$ 11.55     $ 8.99     $ 2.70     $ 1.26     $ 12.17     $ 9.44  

 

The Company’s Class A common stock and warrants will commence trading on NYSE under the symbols “MPLN” and “MPLN.WS,” respectively, on October 9, 2020, subject to ongoing review of the Company’s satisfaction of all listing criteria following the business combination, in lieu of the Class A common stock and warrants of Churchill. Churchill’s units will cease trading separately on NYSE on October 9, 2020.

 

Holders of Record

 

As of the Closing Date and following the completion of the Transactions and the redemption of public shares as described above, the Company had 667,461,269 shares of the Class A common stock outstanding (excluding 9,094,876 shares held as treasury shares) held of record by 107 holders and no shares of preferred stock outstanding. Such amounts do not include DTC participants or beneficial owners holding shares through nominee names.

 

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

 

Reference is made to the disclosure described in the Proxy Statement in the Section entitled “Proposal No. 4The Incentive Plan Proposal” beginning on page 132 thereof, which is incorporated herein by reference. As described below, the Churchill Capital Corp III 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) and the material terms thereunder, including the authorization of the initial share reserve thereunder, were approved by Churchill’s stockholders at the Special Meeting.

 

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Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

Reference is made to the disclosure set forth under Item 3.02 of this Report relating to the issuance of the Company’s Class A common stock, warrants and Convertible Notes in connection with the Transactions, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered

 

The Company’s securities are described in the Proxy Statement in the Section entitled “Description of Securities” beginning on page 236 thereof and that information is incorporated herein by reference. As described below, the Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation was approved by Churchill’s stockholders at the Special Meeting and became effective on the Closing Date.

 

The following description of certain provisions of our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws is qualified in its entirety by the copies thereof which are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 to this Report and incorporated herein by reference. For a complete description of the rights and preferences of our securities, we urge you to read our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation, amended and restated bylaws and the applicable provisions of Delaware law.

 

Annual Stockholder Meetings

 

Our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that annual stockholder meetings will be held at a date, time and place, if any, as exclusively selected by the Board. To the extent permitted under applicable law, we may conduct meetings by remote communications, including by webcast.

 

Effects of Our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws and Certain Provisions of Delaware Law

 

Our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation, amended and restated bylaws and the DGCL contain provisions, which are summarized in the following paragraphs, that are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of the Board. These provisions are intended to avoid costly takeover battles, reduce our vulnerability to a hostile change of control and enhance the ability of the Board to maximize stockholder value in connection with any unsolicited offer to acquire us. However, these provisions may have the effect of delaying, deterring or preventing a merger or acquisition of the Company by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or other takeover attempt that a stockholder might consider in its best interest, including attempts that might result in a premium over the prevailing market price for the shares of our Class A common stock held by stockholders.

 

Authorized but Unissued Capital Stock

 

Delaware law does not require stockholder approval for any issuance of authorized shares. However, the listing requirements of the NYSE, which would apply if and so long as our Class A common stock remains listed on the NYSE, require stockholder approval of certain issuances equal to or exceeding 20% of the then outstanding voting power or then outstanding number of shares of our Class A common stock. Additional shares that may be used in the future may be used for a variety of corporate purposes, including future public offerings, to raise additional capital or to facilitate acquisitions.

 

The Board may generally issue one or more series of preferred shares on terms calculated to discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of the Company or the removal of our management. Moreover, our authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock will be available for future issuances in one or more series without stockholder approval and could be utilized for a variety of corporate purposes, including future offerings to raise additional capital, to facilitate acquisitions and employee benefit plans.

 

One of the effects of the existence of authorized and unissued and unreserved common stock or preferred stock may be to enable the Board to issue shares to persons friendly to current management, which issuance could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of the Company by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise, and thereby protect the continuity of our management and possibly deprive our stockholders of opportunities to sell their shares of Class A common stock at prices higher than prevailing market prices.

 

Classified Board of Directors

 

Our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, subject to the right of holders of any series of preferred stock, the Board will be divided into three classes of directors, with the classes to be as nearly equal in number as possible, and with the directors serving staggered three-year terms, with only one class of directors being elected at each annual meeting of stockholders. As a result, approximately one-third of the Board will be elected each year. The classification of directors will have the effect of making it more difficult for stockholders to change the composition of the Board. Our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that, subject to the Investor Rights Agreement or any rights of holders of preferred stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors will be fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board; however, any determination by the Board to increase or decrease the total number of directors shall require the approval of 66 2/3% of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present.

 

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Business Combinations

 

We have opted out of Section 203 of the DGCL; however, our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains similar provisions providing that we may not engage in certain “business combinations” with any “interested stockholder” for a three-year period following the time that the stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:

 

· prior to such time, the Board approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

 

· upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of our voting stock outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding certain shares;

 

· at or subsequent to that time, the business combination is approved by the Board and by the affirmative vote of holders of at least 66 2/3% of our outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder; or

 

· the stockholder became an interested stockholder inadvertently and (i) as soon as practicable divested itself of sufficient ownership to cease to be an interested stockholder and (ii) had not been an interested stockholder but for the inadvertent acquisition of ownership within three years of the business combination.

 

Generally, a “business combination” includes a merger, asset or stock sale or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. Subject to certain exceptions, an “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with that person’s affiliates and associates, owns, or within the previous three years owned, 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock. For purposes of this section only, “voting stock” has the meaning given to it in Section 203 of the DGCL.

 

Under certain circumstances, this provision will make it more difficult for a person who would be an “interested stockholder” to effect various business combinations with the Company for a three-year period. This provision may encourage companies interested in acquiring the Company to negotiate in advance with the Board because the stockholder approval requirement would be avoided if the Board approves either the business combination or the transaction which results in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder. These provisions also may have the effect of preventing changes in the Board and may make it more difficult to accomplish transactions that stockholders may otherwise deem to be in their best interests.

 

Our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that Hellman & Friedman LLC (together with its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors and assigns (other than the Company and its subsidiaries)), any of its direct transferees, any of their respective affiliates or successors, and any group as to which such persons or entities are a party, does not constitute an “interested stockholder” for purposes of this provision.

 

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Removal of Directors; Vacancies

 

Under the DGCL, unless otherwise provided in our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation, directors serving on a classified board may be removed by the stockholders only for cause. Our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, without limiting the rights of any party to the Investor Rights Agreement and other than directors elected by holders of our preferred stock, if any, directors may be removed with or without cause upon the affirmative vote of a majority in voting power of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class; provided, however, at any time when the Sellers (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) and their permitted transferees beneficially own less than 50% in voting power of the stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, directors may only be removed for cause, and only by the affirmative vote of holders of at least 66 2/3% in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Company entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class. In addition, our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, without limiting the rights of any party to the Investor Rights Agreement, any newly created directorship on the Board that results from an increase in the number of directors and any vacancies on the Board will be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director or by the stockholders; provided, however, at any time when the Sellers and their permitted transferees beneficially own less than 50% in voting power of the stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, any newly created directorship on the Board that results from an increase in the number of directors and any vacancy occurring in the Board may only be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director (and not by the stockholders). Our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the Board may increase or decrease the number of directors by the affirmative vote of 66 2/3% of the directors present at the meeting at which a quorum is present.

 

No Cumulative Voting

 

Under Delaware law, the right to vote cumulatively does not exist unless the certificate of incorporation specifically authorizes cumulative voting. Our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation does not authorize cumulative voting. Therefore, stockholders holding a majority in voting power of the shares of our stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors will be able to elect all of our directors.

 

Special Stockholder Meetings

 

Our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that special meetings of our stockholders may be called at any time only by or at the direction of the Board or the chairman of the Board. Our amended and restated bylaws prohibit the conduct of any business at a special meeting other than as specified in the notice for such meeting. These provisions may have the effect of deferring, delaying or discouraging hostile takeovers, or changes in control or management of the Company.

 

Requirements for Advance Notification of Director Nominations and Stockholder Proposals

 

Our amended and restated bylaws establish advance notice procedures with respect to stockholder proposals and the nomination of candidates for election as directors, other than nominations made by or at the direction of the Board or a committee of the Board. In order for any matter to be properly brought before a meeting of our stockholders, a stockholder will have to comply with advance notice requirements and provide us with certain information. Generally, to be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be received by our secretary not less than 90 calendar days nor more than 120 calendar days prior to the first anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders (which, for 2021, is deemed to be May 26, 2021). Our amended and restated bylaws also specify requirements as to the form and content of a stockholder’s notice. Our amended and restated bylaws allow the chairman of the meeting at a meeting of the stockholders to adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings, which may have the effect of precluding the conduct of certain business at a meeting if the rules and regulations are not followed. These provisions may also deter, delay or discourage a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to influence or obtain control of the Company.

 

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Stockholder Action by Written Consent

 

Pursuant to Section 228 of the DGCL, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of our stock entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, unless our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation precludes stockholder action by written consent at any time when the Sellers and their permitted transferees beneficially own less than 50% in voting power of the stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, other than certain rights that holders of our preferred stock may have to act by written consent.

 

Supermajority Provisions

 

Our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that the Board is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend, change, add to, rescind or repeal, in whole or in part, our bylaws without a stockholder vote in any matter not inconsistent with Delaware law, our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation or the Investor Rights Agreement. At any time when the Sellers and their permitted transferees beneficially own less than 50% in voting power of all outstanding shares of the stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, any amendment, alteration, rescission, change, addition or repeal of our bylaws by our stockholders will require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Company entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.

 

The DGCL provides generally that the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, is required to amend a corporation’s certificate of incorporation, unless the certificate of incorporation requires a greater percentage.

 

Our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that at any time when the Sellers and their permitted transferees beneficially own less than 50% in voting power of the stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, in addition to any vote required by applicable law, the following provisions in our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation may be amended, altered, repealed or rescinded, in whole or in part, or any provision inconsistent therewith may be adopted, only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Company entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class:

 

· the provision requiring a 66 2/3% supermajority vote for stockholders to amend our second amended and restated bylaws;
     
· the provisions providing for a classified board of directors (the election and term of our directors);
     
· the provisions regarding resignation and removal of directors;
     
· the provisions regarding competition and corporate opportunities;
     
· the provisions regarding filling vacancies on the Board and newly created directorships; and
     
· the amendment provision requiring that the above provisions be amended only with a 66 2/3% supermajority vote.

 

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The combination of the classification of the Board, the lack of cumulative voting and the supermajority voting requirements will make it more difficult for our existing stockholders to replace the Board as well as for another party to obtain control of us by replacing the Board. Because the Board has the power to retain and discharge our officers, these provisions could also make it more difficult for existing stockholders or another party to effect a change in management.

 

These provisions may have the effect of deterring hostile takeovers or delaying or preventing changes in control of our management or the Company, such as a merger, reorganization or tender offer. These provisions are intended to enhance the likelihood of continued stability in the composition of the Board and its policies and to discourage certain types of transactions that may involve an actual or threatened acquisition of the Company. These provisions are designed to reduce our vulnerability to an unsolicited acquisition proposal. These provisions are also intended to discourage certain tactics that may be used in proxy fights. However, such provisions could have the effect of discouraging others from making tender offers for our shares and, as a consequence, they also may inhibit fluctuations in the market price of our shares that could result from actual or rumored takeover attempts. Such provisions may also have the effect of preventing changes in management of the Company.

 

Dissenters’ Rights of Appraisal and Payment

 

Under the DGCL, with certain exceptions, our stockholders will have appraisal rights in connection with a merger or consolidation of us. Pursuant to the DGCL, stockholders who properly request and perfect appraisal rights in connection with such merger or consolidation will have the right to receive payment of the fair value of their shares as determined by the Delaware Court of Chancery.

 

Stockholders’ Derivative Actions

 

Under the DGCL, any of our stockholders may bring an action in our name to procure a judgment in our favor, also known as a derivative action, provided that the stockholder bringing the action is a holder of our shares at the time of the incident to which the action relates or such stockholder’s stock thereafter devolved by operation of law.

 

Exclusive Forum

 

Our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, a state court located within the State of Delaware (or if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware) shall be the sole and exclusive forum for any (i) derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (ii) action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or the Company’s stockholders, (iii) action asserting a claim against the Company or any director, officer or other employee of the Company arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation or our amended and restated bylaws (as either may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time), (iv) action asserting a claim against the Company or any director, officer or other employee of the Company governed by the internal affairs doctrine, or (v) action asserting an “internal corporate claim” as that term is defined in Section 115 of the DGCL. These provisions shall not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. Unless the Company consents in writing to the selections of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Company shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the forum provisions in our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation. However, it is possible that a court could find our forum selection provisions to be inapplicable or unenforceable.

 

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Conflicts of Interest

 

Delaware law permits corporations to adopt provisions renouncing any interest or expectancy in certain opportunities that are presented to the corporation or its officers, directors or stockholders. Our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation renounces, to the maximum extent permitted from time to time by Delaware law, any interest or expectancy that we have in, or right to be offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunities that are from time to time presented to our officers, directors or stockholders or their respective affiliates, other than those officers, directors, stockholders or affiliates who are our or our subsidiaries’ employees. Our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, none of any Seller, Churchill or any director who is not employed by us (including any non-employee director who serves as one of our officers in both his director and officer capacities) or his or her affiliates will have any duty to refrain from (i) engaging in and possessing interests in other business ventures of every type and description, including corporate opportunities in the same or similar business activities or lines of business in which we or our subsidiaries now engage or propose to engage or (ii) competing with us or any of our subsidiaries, on their own account, or in partnership with, or as an employee, officer, director or shareholder of any other person. In addition, to the fullest extent permitted by law, in the event that any Seller, Churchill or any non-employee director acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or other matter which may be a corporate or other business opportunity for itself or himself, or herself, or its or his, or her, affiliates or for us or our affiliates, such person will have no duty (fiduciary, contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present such transaction or matter to us or any of our subsidiaries or any Seller, as the case may be, and they may take any such opportunity for themselves or direct it to another person or entity. Our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation will not renounce our interest in any business opportunity that is expressly offered to a non-employee director solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no business opportunity will be deemed to be a potential corporate opportunity for us unless we would be permitted to undertake the opportunity under our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, we have sufficient financial resources to undertake the opportunity and the opportunity would be in line with our business.

 

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Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) allows a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation will not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached the duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. The Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for this limitation of liability.

 

Section 145 of the DGCL, provides, among other things, that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was, is or is threatened to be made, party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who were or are a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests, provided further that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer, director, employee or agent is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) which such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred.

 

Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify such person under Section 145.

 

The Company’s amended and restated bylaws provide that we must indemnify and advance expenses to our directors and officers to the full extent authorized by the DGCL.

 

We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. Such agreements may require us, among other things, to advance expenses and otherwise indemnify our executive officers and directors against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as executive officers or directors, to the fullest extent permitted by law. We intend to enter into indemnification agreements with any new directors and executive officers in the future.

 

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The indemnification rights set forth above shall not be exclusive of any other right which an indemnified person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, any provision of the Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Company’s second amended and restated bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to indemnify a director or officer in respect of a proceeding (or part thereof) instituted by such director or officer, unless such proceeding (or part thereof) has been authorized by the Board pursuant to the applicable procedure outlined in the Company’s second amended and restated bylaws.

 

Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director, who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption, may be held jointly and severally liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or dissented at the time may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts.

 

The Company maintains and expect to maintain standard policies of insurance that provide coverage (1) to its directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act and (2) to the Company with respect to indemnification payments that the Company may make to such directors and officers.

 

These provisions may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against our directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit the Company and our stockholders. Furthermore, a stockholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against officers and directors pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

 

The Company believes that these provisions, the insurance and the indemnity agreements are necessary to attract and retain talented and experienced officers and directors.

 

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

 

Reference is made to the disclosure set forth under Item 9.01 of this Report relating to the financial statements and supplementary data of the Company and Churchill.

 

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Reference is made to the disclosure set forth under Item 9.01 of this Report relating to the financial information of the Company and Churchill.

 

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

 

Reference is made to the disclosure set forth under Item 4.01 of this Report relating to the change in Churchill’s certifying accountant.

 

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

 

On the Closing Date, the Company issued $1,300.0 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes, pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of the Closing Date, between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). Pursuant to a supplemental indenture, dated as of the Closing Date, to the Indenture, Polaris Intermediate Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, guaranteed the Company’s obligations under the Convertible Notes and the Indenture. The Convertible Notes were sold in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with the Subscription Agreements relating to the Convertible PIPE Investment.

 

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The Convertible Notes will pay interest semi-annually in arrears in on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on April 15, 2021. The Convertible Notes will accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to six percent (6.00%) with respect to interest paid in cash (“Cash Interest”) and seven percent (7.00%) with respect to interest paid through an increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Convertible Notes or through the issuance of additional Convertible Notes (“PIK Interest”). The Company must elect prior to the third business day prior to any interest payment date to pay Cash Interest or PIK Interest for such interest period; provided that prior to any such election, the Company is deemed to have selected Cash Interest. The Notes will mature on October 15, 2027, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted.

 

The Notes are the Company’s senior unsecured obligations that rank senior in right of payment to the Company’s future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated to the Convertible Notes, rank equally in right of payment with the Company’s future senior unsecured indebtedness that is not so subordinated, are effectively subordinated to the Company’s future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness, and are structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables and preferred equity (to the extent the Company is not a holder thereof)) of the Company’s subsidiaries.

 

The Convertible Notes are convertible at the option of the holder at any time until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second scheduled trading day (as defined in the Indenture) immediately before the maturity date. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement entered into by Churchill and the other parties party thereto (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), there are customary registration rights with respect to the shares of the Company’s Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes.

 

The Convertible Notes will initially be convertible at a conversion rate of 76.9231 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $13.00 per share of Class A common stock. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment upon certain events. Upon conversion, the Company will satisfy its conversion obligation by paying or delivering, at its election, cash, shares of its common stock or a combination of cash and shares of its common stock, as applicable.

 

The Company will have the option to redeem the Convertible Notes in whole or in part at any time on or after October 8, 2023 and on or before the fortieth (40th) scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date if the last reported sale price per share of the Company’s common stock exceeds one hundred and thirty percent (130%) of the conversion price on (1) each of at least twenty (20) trading days, whether or not consecutive, during any thirty (30) consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends the related redemption notice; and (2) the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends such notice. The redemption price will be equal to the principal amount of the Convertible Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date.

 

Upon a fundamental change (as defined in the Indenture), holders may, subject to certain exceptions, require the Company to purchase their Convertible Notes in whole or in part for cash at a price equal to the principal amount of the Convertible Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date (as defined in the Indenture). In addition, upon a make-whole fundamental change (as defined in the Indenture), the Company will, under certain circumstances, increase the applicable conversion rate for a holder that elects to convert its Convertible Notes in connection with such make-whole fundamental change. No adjustment to the conversion rate will be made if the stock price (as defined in the Indenture) in such make-whole fundamental change is either less than $10.00 per share or greater than $100.00 per share. The Company will not increase the conversion rate to an amount that exceeds 100.0 shares per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes, subject to adjustment. The Indenture also contains a customary merger covenant.

 

Under the Indenture, the Convertible Notes may be accelerated upon the occurrence of certain customary events of default. If certain bankruptcy and insolvency-related events of default with respect to the Company, the guarantors or any of their significant subsidiaries (as defined in the Indenture) occur, the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the then outstanding Convertible Notes shall automatically become due and payable. If any other event of default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the holders of the Convertible Notes of at least twenty-five percent (25%) in principal amount of the outstanding Convertible Notes by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the then outstanding Convertible Notes to be due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indenture provides that, to the extent the Company elects, the sole remedy for an event of default relating to certain failures by the Company to comply with reporting covenant in the Indenture consists exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on the Convertible Notes.

 

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The foregoing descriptions of the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement are qualified in their entirety by the copies thereof which are filed as Exhibit 4.6 (which includes the form of 6.00% / 7.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027) and Exhibit 10.11, respectively, to this Report and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

At the Closing, the Company (i) issued to the former owners of MultiPlan Parent an aggregate of 415,700,000 shares of its Class A common stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (ii) consummated the Common PIPE Investment and issued 132,050,000 shares of its Class A common stock and warrants to purchase 6,500,000 shares of its Class A common Stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,300,000,000, (iii) issued $1,300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,267,500,000 and (iv) issued an unsecured promissory note to Churchill Sponsor III, LLC in an aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000, which Churchill Sponsor III, LLC converted into warrants to purchase 1,500,000 shares of Class A common stock at a purchase price of $1.00 per share. After giving effect to the Transactions and the redemption of public shares as described above, there are currently 676,556,145 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock issued and outstanding.

 

The Company issued the foregoing securities under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, as a transaction not requiring registration under Section 5 of the Securities Act. The parties receiving the securities represented their intentions to acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution, and appropriate restrictive legends were affixed to the certificates representing the securities (or reflected in restricted book entry with the Company’s transfer agent). The parties also had adequate access, through business or other relationships, to information about the Company.

 

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

As disclosed in Item 2.01 above, the Company’s Class A common stock and warrants will commence trading on NYSE under the symbols “MPLN” and “MPLN.WS,” respectively, on October 9, 2020, subject to ongoing review of the Company’s satisfaction of all listing criteria following the business combination, in lieu of the Class A common stock and warrants of Churchill. Churchill’s units will cease trading separately on NYSE on October 9, 2020.

 

Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

 

Reference is made to the disclosure set forth under Item 5.03 of this Report relating to amendments to Churchill’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation. Upon the closing of the business combination, Churchill’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, dated February 19, 2019, was replaced with the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation (as defined below).

 

Second Amended and Restated Bylaws

 

Upon the closing of the business combination, the Company’s amended and restated bylaws, dated as of February 19, 2019, were amended and restated to be consistent with the Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation and to make certain other changes that MultiPlan Parent’s board of directors deemed appropriate for a public company. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the second amended and restated bylaws, which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Also as disclosed below in Item 8.01, in accordance with Rule 12g-3(a) under the Exchange Act, the Company is the successor issuer to Churchill and has succeeded to the attributes of Churchill as the registrant. In addition, the shares of common stock of MultiPlan Corporation, as the successor to Churchill, are deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

 

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Item 4.01. Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

 

(a) Dismissal of independent registered public accounting firm.

 

On October 8, 2020, the Board dismissed Marcum LLP (“Marcum”), Churchill’s independent registered public accounting firm prior to the business combination, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm following completion of the Company’s review of the quarter ended September 30, 2020, which consists only of the accounts of the prebusiness combination special purpose acquisition company, Churchill.

 

The report of Marcum on Churchill’s, the Company’s legal predecessor, balance sheet as of December 31, 2019 and the statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the period from October 30, 2019 (inception) to December 31, 2019, which included an explanatory paragraph as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainties, audit scope or accounting principles.

 

During the period from October 30, 2019 (inception) to December 31, 2019 and subsequent interim period through October 8, 2020, there were no disagreements between the Company and Marcum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Marcum, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in its reports on Churchill’s financial statements for such period.

 

During the period from October 30, 2019 (inception) to December 31, 2019 and subsequent interim period through October 8, 2020, there were no “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act).

 

The Company has provided Marcum with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and has requested that Marcum furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether it agrees with the statements made by the Company set forth above. A copy of Marcum’s letter, dated October 8, 2020, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Report.

 

(b) Disclosures regarding the new independent auditor.

 

On October 8, 2020, the Board approved the engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020. PwC served as independent registered public accounting firm of MultiPlan Parent prior to the business combination. During the year ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, we did not consult with PwC with respect to (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to us that PwC concluded was an important factor considered by us in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any other matter that was the subject of a disagreement or a reportable event (each as defined above).

 

Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.

 

Reference is made to the disclosure described in the Proxy Statement in the Section entitled “Proposal No. 1The Business Combination Proposal” beginning on page 87 thereof, which is incorporated herein by reference. Further reference is made to the information contained in Item 2.01 to this Report.

 

After giving effect to the Transactions and the redemption of public shares as described above, there are currently 667,461,269 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock issued and outstanding (excluding the 9,094,876 shares held as treasury shares). Together, the former owners of Holdings beneficially own approximately 62% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company.

 

Holders of uncertificated shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock immediately prior to the business combination have continued as holders of uncertificated shares of MultiPlan Corporation’s Class A common stock.

 

Holders of Churchill’s shares who have filed reports under the Exchange Act with respect to those shares should indicate in their next filing, or any amendment to a prior filing, filed on or after the Closing Date that MultiPlan Corporation is the successor to Churchill.

 

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

 

Effective as of the Closing, the following people were appointed as directors of the Company:

 

Class I directors: Paul Emery, Mark Tabak and Bill Veghte;

 

Class II directors: Glenn R. August, Richard Clarke and Hunter Philbrick; and

 

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Class III directors: Anthony Colaluca, Michael Klein and Allen Thorpe (Lead Director).

 

Effective as of the Closing, the executive officers of the Company are:

 

Mark Tabak, Chief Executive Officer;

 

David Redmond, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer;

 

Paul Galant, President, New Markets;

 

Dale White, President, Payor Markets;

 

Jeffrey Doctoroff, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary; and

 

Michael Kim, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer.

 

Reference is made to the disclosure described in the Proxy Statement in the Sections entitled “Proposal No. 5The Director Election Proposal” and “Management After the Business Combination” beginning on pages 140 and 169 thereof, respectively, for biographical information about each of the directors and officers following the Mergers, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Reference is made to the Proxy Statement Section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions” beginning on page 251 thereof for a description of certain transactions between the Company and certain of its directors and officers, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

In addition, in September 2020, MultiPlan Parent hired Gerald Kozel, age 48, as its Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. On October 8, 2020, the Board appointed Mr. Kozel as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company. Prior to joining MultiPlan, Mr. Kozel served as Vice President and Controller of Commonwealth Edison Company, an Exelon Corporation company which provides electric distribution and transmission services, since March 2013. From 2005-2013, Mr. Kozel held various management roles at Exelon Corporation including Assistant Corporate Controller. Before Exelon Corporation, Mr. Kozel, a certified public accountant, was with Deloitte from 2002-2005 and Arthur Andersen from 1994-2002. Mr. Kozel does not have a family relationship with any of our directors or executive officers and has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

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

 

As a result of the Transactions, Churchill amended its amended and restated certificate of incorporation to (i) change the name of the company from “Churchill Capital Corp III” to “MultiPlan Corporation”; (ii) increase the total number of shares of authorized capital stock from 301,000,000 shares to 1,510,000,000 shares, which consist of (A) increasing the authorized number of shares of (i) Class A common stock from 300,000,000 shares to 1,500,000,000 shares and (ii) preferred stock from 1,000,000 shares to 10,000,000 shares, and (B) eliminating the Class B common stock; (iii) removing provisions that will no longer be applicable to the Company after the Mergers and (iv) certain other changes. Reference is made to the disclosure described in the Proxy Statement in the Section entitled “Proposal No. 2The Charter Proposal” beginning on page 126 thereof, which is incorporated herein by reference. As described below, the shareholders of Churchill approved this amendment and restatement at the Special Meeting. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.05. Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.

 

Effective October 8, 2020, the Board adopted a new Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Revised Code”). The Revised Code applies to all employees, officers and directors of the Company, as well as to the Company’s agents, representatives and consultants. The Revised Code was adopted to reflect what the Company considers to be current best practices and policies for an operating company and to make certain technical, administrative, non-substantive amendments to the prior Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. The adoption of the Revised Code did not relate to or result in any waiver, explicit or implicit, of any provision of the prior Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

 

The above description of the Revised Code does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Revised Code, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 14.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The Revised Code is also available on the Company’s investor relations website (www.investors.MultiPlan.us) under the link “Governance.” The contents of the Company’s website are not incorporated by reference in this Report or made a part hereof for any purpose.

 

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Item 5.06. Change in Shell Company Status.

 

As a result of the Mergers, the Company ceased being a shell company. Reference is made to the disclosure in the Proxy Statement in the sections entitled “Proposal No. 1The Business Combination Proposal” beginning on page 87 thereof, which is incorporated herein by reference. Further reference is made to the information contained in Item 2.01 and Item 5.07 to this Report.

 

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On October 7, 2020, Churchill held the Special Meeting. At the close of business on September 14, 2020, the record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, there were 137,500,000 shares of Churchill’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. At the Special Meeting, 113,044,972 shares Churchill’s common stock were represented by proxy, constituting a quorum and more than a majority of the shares of Churchill’s common stock entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. At the Special Meeting, Churchill’s stockholders considered the following proposals:

 

Proposal No. 1.    A proposal to approve the business combination, including (a) adopting the Merger Agreement and (b) approving the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and related agreements described in the Proxy Statement. The following is a tabulation of the votes with respect to this proposal, which was approved by Churchill’s stockholders:

 

For

Against

Abstain

105,067,599 7,954,840 22,533

 

Holders of 8,693,855 public shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock properly exercised their right to have such shares redeemed for a full pro rata portion of the trust account holding the proceeds from Churchill’s initial public offering, or approximately $10.03 per share and $87.2 million in the aggregate.

 

Proposal No. 2.    A proposal to approve and adopt the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation of Churchill (the “second amended and restated certificate of incorporation”), effective following the Mergers. The following is a tabulation of the votes with respect to this proposal, which was approved by Churchill’s stockholders:

 

For

Against

Abstain

105,063,930 7,957,858 23,184

 

Proposal No. 3.     A proposal to vote upon, on a non-binding advisory basis, certain governance provisions in the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation, presented separately in accordance with the requirements of the SEC:

 

3A.          A proposal to require, at any time that the Sellers and their Permitted Transferees (each as defined in the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation) beneficially own, in the aggregate, less than 50% of the voting power of the stock of Churchill entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, the approval of the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2∕3% of the common stock of Churchill to make any amendment to certain provisions of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws, including any amendments to Article V (Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws), Article VI (Board of Directors) and Article IX (Competition and Corporate Opportunities). The following is a tabulation of the votes with respect to this proposal, which was approved by Churchill’s stockholders:

 

For

Against

Abstain

104,282,057 8,746,772 16,143

 

3B.           A proposal that Churchill not be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL and, instead, include a provision in the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation that is substantially similar to Section 203 of the DGCL, but excludes certain parties, including H&F (as defined in the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation), any of H&F’s direct transferees or any of their affiliates or successors from the definition of “interested stockholder,” and to make certain related changes. The following is a tabulation of the votes with respect to this proposal, which was approved by Churchill’s stockholders:

 

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For

Against

Abstain

93,061,894 19,948,738 34,340

 

3C.           A proposal to increase Churchill’s total number of authorized shares of all classes of capital stock from 301,000,000 shares to 1,510,000,000 shares, which would consist of increasing the authorized number of shares of (i) Class A common stock from 250,000,000 shares to 1,500,000,000 shares and (ii) preferred stock from 1,000,000 shares to 10,000,000 shares. The following is a tabulation of the votes with respect to this proposal, which was approved by Churchill’s stockholders:

 

For

Against

Abstain

102,451,434 10,549,986 43,552

 

3D.           A proposal to approve provisions in the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation that provide that certain transactions are not “corporate opportunities” and that each of the Sellers, Churchill and their respective affiliates and the investment funds affiliated with the Sellers and Churchill and their respective successors and affiliates and all of their respective partners, principals, directors, officers, members, managers, equity holders and/or employees, including any of the foregoing who serve as officers or directors of Churchill are not subject to the doctrine of corporate opportunity. The following is a tabulation of the votes with respect to this proposal, which was approved by Churchill’s stockholders:

 

For

Against

Abstain

105,022,687 7,985,968 36,317

 

3E.           A proposal to approve provisions in the second amended and restated certificate of incorporation that provide that, for so long as the Sellers and their Permitted Transferees beneficially own, in the aggregate, 50% or more of the voting power of the stock of Churchill entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of Churchill may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes necessary to approve such action. The following is a tabulation of the votes with respect to this proposal, which was approved by Churchill’s stockholders:

 

For

Against

Abstain

103,260,962 9,752,117 31,893

 

Proposal No. 4.     A proposal to approve and adopt the Churchill Capital Corp III 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan and the material terms thereunder, including the authorization of the initial share reserve thereunder. The following is a tabulation of the votes with respect to this proposal, which was approved by Churchill’s stockholders:

 

For

Against

Abstain

104,997,445 8,014,702 32,825

 

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Proposal No. 5.     A proposal to elect nine directors to serve staggered terms on the Churchill Board until immediately following the 2021, 2022 and 2023 annual meetings of Churchill stockholders, as applicable, and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, in the classes set forth below. The following is a tabulation of the votes with respect to each director elected at the Special Meeting:

 

Director

For

Withheld

Class I    
Paul Emery 105,048,943 7,996,029
Mark Tabak 105,070,727 7,974,245
Bill Veghte 105,049,611 7,995,361
     
Class II    
Glenn R. August 105,048,788 7,996,184
Richard Clarke 105,049,611 7,995,361
Hunter Philbrick 105,049,421 7,995,551
     
Class III    
Anthony Colaluca 112,973,346 71,626
Michael Klein 105,049,007 7,995,965
Allen Thorpe 105,049,639 7,995,333

 

Proposal No. 6.     A proposal to approve, for purposes of complying with the applicable provisions of Section 312.03 of the NYSE’s Listed Company Manual, (a) the issuance of more than 20% of Churchill’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock in connection with the Transactions, including, without limitation, the PIPE Investment and the issuance of more than 20% of Churchill’s issued and outstanding shares to a single holder (which may constitute a change of control under the NYSE’s Listed Company Manual) and (b) the issuance of shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock to a Related Party (as defined in Section 312.03 of the NYSE’s Listed Company Manual) in connection with the Transactions. The following is a tabulation of the votes with respect to this proposal which was approved by Churchill’s stockholders:

 

For

Against

Abstain

105,056,556 7,974,474 13,942

 

Proposal No. 7.     A proposal to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies in the event that there are insufficient votes for, or otherwise in connection with, the approval of the Proposals Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. The following is a tabulation of the votes with respect to this proposal which was approved by Churchill’s stockholders.

 

For

Against

Abstain

88,832,205 24,186,096 26,671

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On October 7, 2020, the parties issued a joint press release announcing the results of the Special Meeting, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. On October 8, 2020, the parties issued a joint press release announcing the completion of the Mergers, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 hereto.

 

The information set forth in this Item 8.01, including the text of the press releases attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section. Such information shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statement and Exhibits.

 

(a)       Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

 

MultiPlan Parent’s consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income data and consolidated statement of cash flows data for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2018 and 2019, and the related notes to the financial statements, are filed as Exhibit 99.3 and incorporated herein by reference. MultiPlan Parent’s unaudited consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income data and consolidated statement of cash flows data for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of June 30, 2020, and the notes related thereto, are filed as Exhibit 99.4 and incorporated herein by this reference. Selected historical financial information of MultiPlan Parent is filed as Exhibit 99.5, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Churchill’s audited balance sheet as of December 31, 2019, the related statements of operations, changes in stockholder’s equity and cash flows for the period from October 30, 2019 (inception) through December 31, 2019 and the related notes are filed as Exhibit 99.6 and incorporated herein by reference. Churchill’s unaudited condensed balance sheet as of June 30, 2020, the related unaudited condensed statements of operations and changes in stockholder’s equity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and unaudited condensed statement of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and the related notes are filed as Exhibit 99.7 and incorporated herein by reference. Selected historical financial information of Churchill is filed as Exhibit 99.8, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

(b)       Pro Forma Financial Information.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Company as of June 30, 2020 and for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and for the year ended December 31, 2019, is filed as Exhibit 99.9 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

(d)       Exhibits.

 

    Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
Description Form File No. Exhibit Filing Date
2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 12, 2020, by and among Churchill Capital Corp III, Music Merger Sub I, Inc., Music Merger Sub II, LLC, Polaris Parent Corp. and Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P. 8-K 001-39228 2.1 July 13, 2020
3.1 Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of MultiPlan Corporation        
3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of MultiPlan Corporation        
4.1 Specimen Class A common stock Certificate        
4.2 Specimen Warrant Certificate (included in Exhibit 4.3)        
4.3 Warrant Agreement, dated February 13, 2020, between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and Churchill Capital Corp III 8-K 001-39228 4.1 February 19, 2020
4.4 Specimen Warrant Certificate (included in Exhibit 4.5)        
4.5 Warrant Agreement, dated October 8, 2020, between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and Churchill Capital Corp III        
4.6 Indenture, dated as of October 8, 2020, by and between Churchill Capital Corp III and Wilmington Trust, National Association        
4.7 Form of 6.00% / 7.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027 (included in Exhibit 4.6)        
4.8 Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2017, between Polaris Intermediate Corp. and Wilmington Trust, National Association        
4.9 Form of 8.500% / 9.250% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2022 (included in Exhibit 4.8)        
4.10 Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2016, between MPH Acquisition Corp. 1 (as successor to Polaris Merger Sub Corp.) and Wilmington Trust, National Association        

 

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    Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
Description Form File No. Exhibit Filing Date
4.11 Form of 7.125% Senior Notes due 2024 (included in Exhibit 4.10)        
4.12 First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2016, to that certain Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2016, between MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC (as successor to MPH Acquisition Corp. 1) and Wilmington Trust, National Association        
4.13 Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 18, 2016, to that certain Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2016, between MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC and Wilmington Trust, National Association        
10.1 Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2020, by and among Churchill Capital Corp III, Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P., Churchill Sponsor III LLC, Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners VIII, L.P., The Public Investment Fund of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the other parties named therein 8-K 001-39228 10.1 July 13, 2020
10.2 Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement between Churchill Capital Corp III and Churchill Sponsor III LLC S-1 333-236153 10.6 January 29, 2020
10.3 Common Subscription Agreement dated as of July 12, 2020, by and between Churchill Capital Corp III and The Public Investment Fund of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 8-K 001-39228 10.2 July 13, 2020
10.4 Form of Other Common Subscription Agreement 8-K 001-39228 10.3 July 13, 2020
10.5 Form of Convertible Subscription Agreement 8-K 001-39228 10.4 July 13, 2020
10.6 Amended and Restated Sponsor Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2020, by and among Churchill Capital Corp III, Churchill Sponsor III LLC, and the Insiders 8-K 001-39228 10.5 July 13, 2020
10.7 Promissory Note, dated as of July 12, 2020, by and between Churchill Capital Corp III and Churchill Sponsor III LLC 8-K 001-39228 10.6 July 13, 2020
10.8 Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016, among MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC (as successor in interest), the Lenders party thereto, the Co-Obligors party thereto, Barclays Bank PLC, as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender, and the other parties party thereto        
10.9 Incremental Agreement No. 1, dated as of June 12, 2017, in respect of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016, among MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC (as successor in interest), the Lenders party thereto, the Co-Obligors party thereto, Barclays Bank PLC, as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender, and the other parties party thereto        
10.10 Amendment Agreement No. 2, dated as of July 2, 2020, in respect of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016, among MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC (as successor in interest), the Lenders party thereto, the Co-Obligors party thereto, Barclays Bank PLC, as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender, and the other parties party thereto        
10.11 Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2020, by and among Churchill Capital Corp III and the other parties party thereto        
10.12# Churchill Capital Corp III 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan        
10.13#+ Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated May 5, 2016, by and among Mark Tabak, Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P. and MultiPlan, Inc.        

 

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    Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
Description Form File No. Exhibit Filing Date
10.14#+ Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated May 5, 2016, by and among David Redmond, Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P. and MultiPlan, Inc.        
10.15#+ Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated May 5, 2016, by and among Dale White, Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P. and MultiPlan, Inc.        
10.16# Offer Letter to Jeffrey Doctoroff, dated June 25, 2014        
10.17# Form of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement        
10.18 Engagement Letter, dated July 12, 2020, between Churchill Capital Corp III and The Klein Group, LLC        
10.19 Amendment to Engagement Letter, dated October 7, 2020, between Churchill Capital Corp III and The Klein Group, LLC        
14.1 Code of Business Conduct and Ethics of MultiPlan Corporation, effective October 8, 2020        
16.1 Letter from Marcum LLP, dated October 8, 2020        
21.1 List of Subsidiaries        
99.1 Press release, dated October 7, 2020        
99.2 Press release, dated October 8, 2020        
99.3 Audited financial statements of MultiPlan Parent Corp.        
99.4 Unaudited financial statements of MultiPlan Parent Corp.        
99.5 Selected historical financial information of MultiPlan Parent Corp.        
99.6 Audited financial statements of Churchill Capital Corp III        
99.7 Unaudited financial statements of Churchill Capital Corp III        
99.8 Selected historical financial information of Churchill Capital Corp III        
99.9 Unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information        

 

+ The schedules and exhibits to this agreement have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule and/or exhibit will be furnished to the SEC upon request.

 

# Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

Dated: October 9, 2020

 

MULTIPLAN CORPORATION
     
     
  By: /s/ David Redmond
    David Redmond
   

Executive Vice President

and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

 

MULTIPLAN CORPORATION

 

* * * * *

 

The present name of the corporation is Churchill Capital Corp III (the “Corporation”). The Corporation was incorporated under the name “Butler Acquisition Corp” by the filing of the Corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 30, 2019. This Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), which restates and integrates and also further amends the provisions of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and restated, was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and by the written consent of its stockholders in accordance with Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

The Certificate of Incorporation is being amended and restated in connection with the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 12, 2020, by and among the Corporation, Music Merger Sub I, Inc., Music Merger Sub II, LLC, Polaris Parent Corp., and Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P. (as amended, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”). As part of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, all 27,500,000 shares of the Class B Common Stock of the Corporation were converted on a 1-for-1 basis into 27,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Corporation such that, at the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation, only Class A Common Stock remains outstanding. All Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding prior to the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation and all Class A Common Stock issued as part of the Merger Agreement and the Subscription Agreements contemplated by the Merger Agreement shall be Common Stock for all purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation.

 

The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and restated, is hereby amended, integrated and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
NAME

 

The name of the Corporation is MultiPlan Corporation.

 

ARTICLE II
REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT

 

The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 850 New Burton Road, Suite 201 in the City of Dover, County of Kent, 19904. The name of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State of Delaware at such address is Cogency Global Inc.

 

ARTICLE III
PURPOSE

 

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may now or hereafter be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).

 

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ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL STOCK

 

The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,510,000,000, which shall be divided into two classes as follows:

 

(i)   1,500,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”); and

 

(ii)   10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Preferred Stock”).

 

A.   Capital Stock.

 

1. The board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) is hereby expressly authorized, by resolution or resolutions, at any time and from time to time, to provide, out of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock, for one or more series of Preferred Stock and, with respect to each such series, to fix, without further stockholder approval, the number of shares constituting such series and the designation of such series, the powers (including voting powers), preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of such series of Preferred Stock. The powers (including voting powers), preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of each series of Preferred Stock, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding.

 

2. Each holder of record of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held of record by such holder on all matters on which stockholders are entitled to vote generally, including the election or removal of directors. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL.

 

3. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of any series of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to only such voting rights, if any, as shall expressly be granted thereto by this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to such series of Preferred Stock).

 

4. Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, dividends may be declared and paid ratably on the Common Stock out of the assets of the Corporation that are legally available for this purpose at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors in its discretion shall determine.

 

5. Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Common Stock with respect to the distribution of assets of the Corporation upon such dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders ratably in proportion to the number of shares held by them.

 

6. The number of authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to

 

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vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto), and no vote of the holders of any of the Common Stock or the Preferred Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor, unless a vote of any such holder is required pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock).

 

ARTICLE V
AMENDMENT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS

 

A.   Notwithstanding anything contained in this Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, at any time when the Sellers and their Permitted Transferees (each as defined in that certain Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of July 12, 2020, by and among the Corporation, the Sellers, Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P., Churchill Sponsor III LLC (“Churchill”), and any other parties thereto from time to time (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Investor Rights Agreement”)) beneficially own, in the aggregate, less than 50% in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, in addition to any vote required by applicable law, the following provisions in this Certificate of Incorporation may be amended, altered, repealed or rescinded, in whole or in part, or any provision inconsistent therewith or herewith may be adopted, only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class: this Article V, Article VI, Article IX. For the purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation, beneficial ownership of shares shall be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

B.   The Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend, change, add to, rescind or repeal, in whole or in part, the bylaws of the Corporation (as in effect from time to time, the “Bylaws”) without the assent or vote of the stockholders in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Delaware, this Certificate of Incorporation or the Investor Rights Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law that might otherwise permit a lesser vote of the stockholders, at any time when the Sellers and their Permitted Transferees beneficially own, in the aggregate, less than 50% in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required herein (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock), by the Bylaws or by applicable law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required in order for the stockholders of the Corporation to amend, alter, rescind, change, add or repeal, in whole or in part, any provision of the Bylaws or to adopt any provision inconsistent therewith; provided, however, that no Bylaw hereafter adopted by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the Board of Directors that was valid at the time of such act prior to the adoption of such Bylaw.

 

ARTICLE VI
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

A.   Except as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement or any certificate of designation with respect to any series of Preferred Stock, the total number of directors shall be determined from time to time exclusively by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors; provided that any determination by the Board of Directors to increase or decrease the total number of directors shall require the approval of 66 2/3% of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present. The directors (other than those directors elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or together with one or more other such series, as the case may be) shall be divided into three classes designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as possible, of one-third of the total number of such directors. Class I directors shall initially serve for a term expiring immediately following the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders for the calendar year ended December 31, 2021, Class II directors shall initially serve for a term expiring immediately following the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders for

 

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the calendar year ended December 31, 2022 and Class III directors shall initially serve for a term expiring immediately following the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders for the calendar year ended December 31, 2023. Commencing with the annual meeting of stockholders for the calendar year ended December 31, 2021, the directors of the class to be elected at each annual meeting shall be elected for a three year term. If the number of such directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any such additional director of any class elected to fill a newly created directorship resulting from an increase in such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case shall a decrease in the number of directors remove or shorten the term of any incumbent director. Any such director shall hold office until the annual meeting at which his or her term expires and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, or his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. The Board of Directors is authorized to assign members of the Board of Directors already in office to their respective class.

 

B.   Without limiting the rights of any party to the Investor Rights Agreement, any newly-created directorship on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors and any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors (whether by death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause) may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director or by the stockholders; provided, however, that, subject to the aforementioned rights granted to holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock or the rights of any holders of one or more class of Common Stock pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement, at any time when the Sellers and their Permitted Transferees beneficially own, in the aggregate, less than 50% in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, any newly- created directorship on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors and any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors shall be filled only by a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director (and not by stockholders). Any director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.

 

C.   Without limiting the rights of any party to the Investor Rights Agreement, any or all of the directors (other than the directors elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, voting separately as a series or together with one or more other such series, as the case may be) may be removed at any time either with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority in voting power of all outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class; provided, however, that at any time when the Sellers and their Permitted Transferees beneficially own, in the aggregate, less than 50% in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, any such director or all such directors may be removed only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.

 

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

 

E.   During any period when the holders of any series of Preferred Stock have the right to elect additional directors, then upon commencement and for the duration of the period during which such right continues: (i) the then otherwise total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be increased by such specified number of directors, and the holders of such Preferred Stock shall be entitled to elect the additional directors so provided for or fixed pursuant to said provisions, and (ii) each such additional director shall serve until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s right to hold such office terminates pursuant to said provisions, whichever occurs earlier, subject to his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions establishing such series, whenever the holders of any series of Preferred Stock having such right to elect additional directors are divested of such right pursuant to the provisions of such stock, the terms of office of all such additional directors elected by the holders of such stock, or elected to fill any vacancies resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of such additional directors, shall forthwith terminate (in which case each such director thereupon shall cease to be qualified as, and shall cease to be, a director) and the total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be reduced accordingly.

 

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F.   As used in this Article VI only, the term “Affiliate” means a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another Person, and the term “Person” means any individual, corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, association or any other entity.

 

ARTICLE VII
LIMITATION OF DIRECTOR LIABILITY

 

A.   To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it now exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty owed to the Corporation or its stockholders.

 

B.   Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article VII, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, any modification of law shall eliminate, reduce or otherwise adversely affect any right or protection of a current or former director of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal, adoption or modification.

 

ARTICLE VIII
CONSENT OF STOCKHOLDERS IN LIEU OF MEETING, ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

A.   At any time when the Sellers and their Permitted Transferees beneficially own, in the aggregate, 50% or more of the voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the books in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand, or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. At any time when the Sellers and their Permitted Transferees beneficially own, in the aggregate, less than 50% of the voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such holders; provided, however, that any action required or permitted to be taken by the holders of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more other such series, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, to the extent expressly so provided by the applicable certificate of designation relating to such series of Preferred Stock.

 

B.   Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time only by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

 

C.   An annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at such place, if any, on such date, and at such time as shall be fixed exclusively by resolution of the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof.

 

ARTICLE IX
COMPETITION AND CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

 

A.   In recognition and anticipation that (i) certain directors, principals, officers, employees and/or other representatives of the Sellers, Churchill and their respective Affiliates (as defined below) may serve as directors, officers or agents of the Corporation, (ii) the Sellers, Churchill and their respective Affiliates, including (I) any portfolio company in which they or any of their respective investment fund Affiliates

 

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have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa) or (II) any of their respective limited partners, non-managing members or other similar direct or indirect investors may now engage and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage, and (iii) members of the Board of Directors who are not employees of the Corporation (“Non-Employee Directors”) and their respective Affiliates, including (I) any portfolio company in which they or any of their respective investment fund Affiliates have made a debt or equity investment (and vice versa) or (II) any of their respective limited partners, non-managing members or other similar direct or indirect investors may now engage and may continue to engage in the same or similar activities or related lines of business as those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage and/or other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage, the provisions of this Article IX are set forth to regulate and define the conduct of certain affairs of the Corporation with respect to certain classes or categories of business opportunities as they may involve any Seller, Churchill, the Non-Employee Directors or their respective Affiliates and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its directors, officers and stockholders in connection therewith.

 

B.   None of (i) any Seller, (ii) Churchill or (iii) any Non-Employee Director (including any Non-Employee Director who serves as an officer of the Corporation in both his or her director and officer capacities) or his or her Affiliates (the Persons (as defined below) identified in (i), (ii) and (iii) above being referred to, collectively, as “Identified Persons” and, individually, as an “Identified Person”) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have any duty to refrain from directly or indirectly (1) engaging in and possessing interests in other business ventures of every type and description, including those engaged in the same or similar business activities or lines of business in which the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries now engages or proposes to engage or (2) competing with the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, on its own account, or in partnership with, or as an employee, officer, director or shareholder of any other Person, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no Identified Person shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Corporation for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Identified Person engages in any such activities. To the fullest extent permitted from time to time by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy in, or right to be offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunity that may be a corporate opportunity for an Identified Person and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, except as provided in Section (C) of this Article IX. Subject to said Section (C) of this Article IX, in the event that any Identified Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter that may be a corporate or other business opportunity for itself, herself or himself, or any of its or his or her Affiliates, and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, such Identified Person shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have no duty (fiduciary, contractual or otherwise) to communicate or present such transaction or matter to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or any Seller, as the case may be and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders or to any subsidiary of the Corporation or any Seller for breach of any duty (fiduciary, contractual or otherwise) as a stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation by reason of the fact that such Identified Person, directly or indirectly, pursues or acquires such opportunity for itself, herself or himself, directs such opportunity to another Person or does not present such opportunity to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or any Seller (or its Affiliates).

 

C.   The Corporation does not renounce its interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any Non-Employee Director (including any Non-Employee Director who serves as an officer of this Corporation) if such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation, and the provisions of Section (B) of this Article IX shall not apply to any such corporate opportunity.

 

D.   In addition to and notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article IX, a corporate opportunity shall not be deemed to be a potential corporate opportunity for the Corporation if it is a business opportunity that (i) the Corporation is neither financially or legally able, nor contractually permitted to undertake, (ii) from its nature, is not in the line of the Corporation’s business or is of no practical advantage to the Corporation or (iii) is one in which the Corporation has no interest or reasonable expectancy.

 

E.   For purposes of this Article IX, (i) “Affiliate” shall mean (a) in respect of any Seller or Churchill, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by such Seller or Churchill (as applicable), controls such

 

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Seller or Churchill (as applicable) or is under common control with such Seller or Churchill (as applicable) and shall include any principal, member, director, partner, stockholder, officer, employee or other representative of any of the foregoing (other than the Corporation and any entity that is controlled by the Corporation), (b) in respect of a Non-Employee Director, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by such Non-Employee Director (other than the Corporation and any entity that is controlled by the Corporation) and (c) in respect of the Corporation, any Person that, directly or indirectly, is controlled by the Corporation; and (ii) “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, association or any other entity.

 

F.   To the fullest extent permitted by law, any Person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article IX.

 

ARTICLE X
DGCL SECTION 203 AND BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

 

A.   The Corporation hereby expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.

 

B.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not engage in any business combination (as defined below), at any point in time at which the Corporation’s Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, with any interested stockholder (as defined below) for a period of three (3) years following the time that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:

 

1. prior to such time, the Board of Directors approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, or

  

2. upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock (as defined below) of the Corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned by (i) persons who are directors and also officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer, or

 

3. at or subsequent to such time, the business combination is approved by the Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation that is not owned by the interested stockholder, or

 

4. the stockholder became an interested stockholder inadvertently and (i) as soon as practicable divested itself of ownership of sufficient shares so that the stockholder ceased to be an interested stockholder and (ii) was not, at any time within the three-year period immediately prior to a business combination between the Corporation and such stockholder, an interested stockholder but for the inadvertent acquisition of ownership.

  

C.   For purposes of this Article X, references to:

 

1. affiliate” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person.

  

2. associate,” when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means: (i) any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity of which such person is a director, officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of voting stock; (ii) any trust or other estate in which such person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (iii) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same residence as such person.

 

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3. H&F” means any affiliates of Hellman & Friedman LLC, together with its affiliates, subsidiaries, successors and assigns (other than the Corporation and its subsidiaries).

  

4. H&F Direct Transferee” means any person that acquires (other than in a registered public offering) directly from H&F or any of its successors or any “group”, or any member of any such group, of which such persons are a party under Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the then outstanding voting stock of the Corporation.

 

5. H&F Indirect Transferee” means any person that acquires (other than in a registered public offering) directly from any H&F Direct Transferee or any other H&F Indirect Transferee beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the then outstanding voting stock of the Corporation.

 

6. business combination,” when used in reference to the Corporation and any interested stockholder of the Corporation, means:

 

(i) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (a) with the interested stockholder, or (b) with any other corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity if the merger or consolidation is caused by the interested stockholder and as a result of such merger or consolidation Section (B) of this Article X is not applicable to the surviving entity;

 

(ii) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation, to or with the interested stockholder, whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Corporation or of any direct or indirect majority- owned subsidiary of the Corporation which assets have an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of either the aggregate market value of all the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding stock of the Corporation;

 

(iii) any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or by any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation of any stock of the Corporation or of such subsidiary to the interested stockholder, except: (a) pursuant to the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which securities were outstanding prior to the time that the interested stockholder became such; (b) pursuant to a merger under Section 251(g) of the DGCL; (c) pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made, or the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which security is distributed, pro rata to all holders of a class or series of stock of the Corporation subsequent to the time the interested stockholder became such; (d) pursuant to an exchange offer by the Corporation to purchase stock made on the same terms to all holders of said stock; or (e) any issuance or transfer of stock by the Corporation; provided, however, that in no case under items (c)-(e) of this subsection (iii) shall there be an increase in the interested stockholder’s proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the Corporation or of the voting stock of the Corporation (except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments);

 

(iv) any transaction involving the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation that has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series, or securities convertible into the stock of any class or series, of the Corporation or of any such subsidiary that is owned by the interested stockholder, except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments or as a result of any purchase or redemption of any shares of stock not caused, directly or indirectly, by the interested stockholder; or

 

(v) any receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation), of any loans, advances, guarantees,

 

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pledges, or other financial benefits (other than those expressly permitted in subsections (i)-(iv) above) provided by or through the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary.

 

7. control,” including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with,” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting stock, by contract, or otherwise. A person who is the owner of 20% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity shall be presumed to have control of such entity, in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall not apply where such person holds voting stock, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this Article X, as an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian or trustee for one or more owners who do not individually or as a group have control of such entity.

 

8. interested stockholder” means any person (other than the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation) that (i) is the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, (ii) is an affiliate or associate of the Corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation at any time within the three (3) year period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an interested stockholder or (iii) the affiliates and associates of any such person described in clauses (i) and (ii); provided, however, that “interested stockholder” shall not include (a) H&F, any H&F Direct Transferee, or any of their respective affiliates or successors or any “group”, or any member of any such group, to which such persons are a party under Rule 13d-5 of the Exchange Act, or (b) any person whose ownership of shares in excess of the 15% limitation set forth herein is the result of any action taken solely by the Corporation; provided, that such person specified in this clause (b) shall be an interested stockholder if thereafter such person acquires additional shares of voting stock of the Corporation, except as a result of (x) further corporate action not caused, directly or indirectly, by such person or (y) an acquisition of a de minimis number of such additional shares. For the purpose of determining whether a person is an interested stockholder, the voting stock of the Corporation deemed to be outstanding shall include stock deemed to be owned by the person through application of the definition of “owner” below but shall not include any other unissued stock of the Corporation that may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.

 

9. owner,” including the terms “own” and “owned,” when used with respect to any stock, means a person that individually or with or through any of its affiliates or associates:

 

(i) beneficially owns such stock, directly or indirectly; or

 

(ii) has (a) the right to acquire such stock (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed the owner of stock tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such person or any of such person’s affiliates or associates until such tendered stock is accepted for purchase or exchange; or (b) the right to vote such stock pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed the owner of any stock because of such person’s right to vote such stock if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such stock arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to ten (10) or more persons; or

  

(iii) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent as described in item (b) of subsection (ii) above), or disposing of such stock with any other person that beneficially owns, or whose affiliates or associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, such stock.

 

 

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10. person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity.

 

11. stock” means, with respect to any corporation, capital stock and, with respect to any other entity, any equity interest.

 

12. voting stock” means stock of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of directors and, with respect to any entity that is not a corporation, any equity interest entitled to vote generally in the election of the governing body of such entity. Every reference in this Article X to a percentage of voting stock shall refer to such percentage of the votes of such voting stock.

 

 

ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS

 

A.   Forum.

 

1. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for: (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation; (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders; (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer or other employee of the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws (as either may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time); (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer or other employee of the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine; or (v) any action asserting an “internal corporate claim” as that term is defined in Section 115 of the DGCL, shall be a state court located within the State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware). For the avoidance of doubt, this Article XI(A)(1) shall not apply to any action or proceeding asserting a claim under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) or the Exchange Act.

 

 

2. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act.

 

 

B.   Consent to Jurisdiction. If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope of Article XI(A) above is filed in a court other than a court located within the State of Delaware (a “Foreign Action”) in the name of any stockholder, such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to (i) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the State of Delaware in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce Article XI(A) above (an “FSC Enforcement Action”) and (ii) having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such FSC Enforcement Action by service upon such stockholder’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such stockholder.

 

C.   Severability. If any provision or provisions in the Certificate of Incorporation shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any person or entity or circumstance for any reason whatsoever, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision or provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions in the Certificate of Incorporation and the application of such provision or provisions to other persons or entities and circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

D.   Any person (as defined in Article X) purchasing or otherwise acquiring any security of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to this Article XI.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by its duly authorized officer on this 8th day of October, 2020.

 

Churchill Capital Corp III
   
By: /s/ Jay Taragin
Name:  ​Jay Taragin
Title: ​Chief Financial Officer

 

  

 

 

Exhibit 3.2 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF

 

MULTIPLAN CORPORATION

 

* * * *

 

Article I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01      Registered Office. The registered office and registered agent of MultiPlan Corporation (the “Corporation”) shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation (as defined below). The Corporation may also have offices in such other places in the United States or elsewhere (and may change the Corporation’s registered agent) as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may, from time to time, determine or as the business of the Corporation may require as determined by any officer of the Corporation.

 

Article II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01      Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders may be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors shall determine and state in the notice of meeting. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that the meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication, including by webcast as described in Section 2.11 of these Amended and Restated Bylaws (these “Bylaws”), in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2.02      Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may only be called in the manner provided in the Corporation’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation as then in effect (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) and may be held either within or without the State of Delaware. The Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2.03      Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.

 

(A)        Annual Meetings of Stockholders.

 

(1)         Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (a) as provided in the Investor Rights Agreement (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation), (b) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) delivered pursuant to Section 2.04, (c) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any authorized committee thereof, or (d) by any stockholder of the Corporation who (i) was a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 2.03 was given, on the record date for the determination of stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, and at the time of the meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (iii) subject to Section 2.03(C)(4), complies with the notice procedures set forth in these Bylaws as to such business or nomination. Section 2.03(A)(1)(d) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations (other than pursuant to Section 2.03(A)(1)(a)) or submit other business before an annual meeting of stockholders (other than pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)).

 

 

 

(2)         For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to Section 2.03(A)(1)(d), the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing and otherwise in proper form in accordance with this Section 2.03(A)(2) to the Secretary of the Corporation, and, in the case of business other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors, such other business must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action under applicable law. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary not earlier than the Close of Business on the 120th calendar day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting nor later than the Close of Business on the 90th calendar day prior to the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year’s annual meeting (which first anniversary date shall, for purposes of the Corporation’s first annual meeting of stockholders held after the shares of the Corporation’s common stock are first publicly traded (the “First Annual Meeting”), be deemed to be May 26, 2021); provided, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 calendar days before or more than 70 calendar days after the anniversary date of the preceding year’s annual meeting, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year (other than in connection with the First Annual Meeting), notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the Close of Business on the 120th calendar day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than the Close of Business on the later of the 90th calendar day prior to the date of such annual meeting or the tenth calendar day following the calendar day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. For the avoidance of doubt, a stockholder shall not be entitled to make additional or substitute nominations following the expiration of the time periods set forth in these Bylaws. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.03(A)(2) to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least 100 calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders, then a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.03 shall be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it is received by the Secretary of the Corporation not later than the Close of Business on the tenth calendar day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

 

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(3)        To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice delivered to the Secretary pursuant to this Section 2.03 must:

 

(a) set forth, as to each person whom the Noticing Stockholder (as defined herein) proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of such person (present and for the past five years), (iii) the Ownership Information (as defined herein) for such person and any member of the immediate family of such person, or any Affiliate or Associate (as such terms are defined herein) of such person, or any person acting in concert therewith, (iv) all information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected) and (v) a complete and accurate description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings (whether written or oral) during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among the Holders and/or any Stockholder Associated Person (as such terms are defined herein), on the one hand, and each proposed nominee and any member of the immediate family of such proposed nominee, and his or her respective Affiliates and Associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation all biographical and related party transaction and other information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to the federal and state securities laws, including Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K (the “Regulation S-K”) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) (or any successor provision), if any Holder and/or any Stockholder Associated Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant;

 

(b) if the notice relates to any business other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, set forth (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, (ii) the text, if any, of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment), (iii) the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest of each Holder and any Stockholder Associated Person in such business, and (iv) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between each Holder and any Stockholder Associated Person and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder;

 

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(c) set forth, as to the stockholder giving the notice (the “Noticing Stockholder”) and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (collectively with the Noticing Stockholder, the “Holders” and each, a “Holder”): (i) the name and address as they appear on the Corporation’s books and records of each Holder and the name and address of any Stockholder Associated Person, (ii) (A) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by each Holder and any Stockholder Associated Person (provided, however, that for purposes of this Section 2.03(A)(3), any such person shall in all events be deemed to beneficially own any shares of the Corporation as to which such person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership of at any time in the future), (B) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived, in whole or in part, from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or otherwise (a “Derivative Instrument”) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by each Holder and any Stockholder Associated Person and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation, (C) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which each Holder and any Stockholder Associated Person has a right to vote or has granted a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation, (D) any Short Interest held by each Holder and any Stockholder Associated Person presently or within the last 12 months in any security of the Corporation (for purposes of this Section 2.03 a person shall be deemed to have a “Short Interest” in a security if such person, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security), (E) any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any contract to purchase or sell, acquisition or grant of any option, right or warrant to purchase or sell, swap or other instrument) between and among each Holder, any Stockholder Associated Person, on the one hand, and any person acting in concert with any such person, on the other hand, with the intent or effect of which may be to transfer to or from any such person, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security of the Corporation or to increase or decrease the voting power of any such person with respect to any security of the Corporation, (F) any direct or indirect legal, economic or financial interest (including Short Interest) of each Holder and any Stockholder Associated Person in the outcome of any vote to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation or any other entity with respect to any matter that is substantially related, directly or indirectly, to any nomination or business proposed by any Holder under this Section 2.03, (G) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by each Holder and any Stockholder Associated Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (H) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership or limited liability company or similar entity in which any Holder and any Stockholder Associated Person is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns any interest in a general partner or is the manager or managing member or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns any interest in the manager or managing member of a limited liability company or similar entity, and (I) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that each Holder and any Stockholder Associated Person is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice (Sub-clauses (A) through (I) above of this Section 2.03(A)(3)(c)(ii) shall be referred, collectively, as the “Ownership Information”), (iii) a representation by the Noticing Stockholder that such stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting, will continue to be a stockholder of record of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting through the date of such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, (iv) a representation as to whether any Holder and/or any Stockholder Associated Person intends or is part of a group which intends (A) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (B) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination, (v) a certification that each Holder and any Stockholder Associated Person has complied with all applicable federal, state and other legal requirements in connection with its acquisition of shares or other securities of the Corporation and such person’s acts or omissions as a stockholder of the Corporation, (vi) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and (vii) a representation as to the accuracy of the information set forth in the notice; and (vi) with respect to each person nominated for election to the Board of Directors, include a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement and any and all other information required by Section 2.03(D).

 

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(4)          A Noticing Stockholder shall further update and supplement its notice of any nomination or other business proposed to be brought before a meeting, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.03(A) shall be true and correct (a) as of the record date for the meeting and (b) as of the date that is 15 calendar days prior to the meeting or any adjournment, recess, rescheduling or postponement thereof. Such update and supplement shall be delivered to the Secretary not later than three Business Days after the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first publicly announced (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date for the meeting) and not later than seven Business Days prior to the date for the meeting, if practicable (or, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the meeting), or any adjournment, recess, rescheduling or postponement thereof (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten Business Days prior to the meeting or any adjournment, recess, rescheduling or postponement thereof).

 

(5)         The Corporation may also, as a condition to any such nomination or business being deemed properly brought before an annual meeting, require any Holder or any proposed nominee to deliver to the Secretary, within five Business Days of any such request, such other information as may reasonably be requested by the Corporation, including such other information as may be reasonably required by the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, to determine (a) the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation, (b) whether such nominee qualifies as an “independent director” or “audit committee financial expert” under applicable law, securities exchange rule or regulation, or any publicly disclosed corporate governance guideline or committee charter of the Corporation and (c) such other information that the Board of Directors determines, in its sole discretion, could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.

 

(B)         Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting under Section 2.02. At any time that the stockholders are not prohibited from filling vacancies or newly created directorships on the Board of Directors, nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors to fill any vacancy or newly created directorship may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which any proposal to fill any vacancy or unfilled newly created directorship is to be presented to the stockholders (1) as provided in the Investor Rights Agreement, (2) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or (3) by any stockholder of the Corporation who (a) was a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 2.03 was given, on the record date for the determination of stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, and at the time of the meeting, (b) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (c) subject to Section 2.03(C)(4), complies with the notice procedures set forth in these Bylaws as to such business or nomination, including delivering the stockholder’s notice required by Section 2.03(A) with respect to any nomination (including the completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 2.03(D)) to the Secretary not earlier than the Close of Business on the 120th calendar day prior to such special meeting, nor later than the Close of Business on the later of the 90th calendar day prior to such special meeting or the tenth calendar day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees, if any, proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

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(C)         General.

 

(1)         Except as provided in Section 2.03(C)(4) only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.03 or the Investor Rights Agreement shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at an annual or special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the chairman of the meeting shall, in addition to making any other determination that may be appropriate for the conduct of the meeting, have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these Bylaws, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the chairman of the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants and on stockholder approvals; and (vi) restricting the use of cell phones, audio or video recording devices and similar devices at the meeting. The chairman of the meeting’s rulings on procedural matters shall be final. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03, unless otherwise required by law, if the Noticing Stockholder (or a qualified representative thereof) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.03, to be considered a qualified representative of the Noticing Stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such Noticing Stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such Noticing Stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such Noticing Stockholder to act for such Noticing Stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, the meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

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(2)          For purposes of these Bylaws,

 

(a)            Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, any Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person, through one or more intermediaries or otherwise. The term “control” means the ownership of a majority of the voting securities of the applicable Person or the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the applicable Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative thereto; provided, that, in no event shall the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries be considered an Affiliate of any portfolio company (other than the Corporation and its subsidiaries) of any investment fund affiliated with any direct or indirect equityholder of the Corporation nor shall any portfolio company (other than the Corporation and its subsidiaries) of any investment fund affiliated with any direct or indirect equityholder of the Corporation be considered to be an Affiliate of the Corporation or its subsidiaries.

 

(b)            Associate(s)” shall have the meaning attributed to such term in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(c)            Business Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, NY are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

 

(d)            Close of Business” shall mean 5:00 p.m. local time at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, and if an applicable deadline falls on the Close of Business on a day that is not a Business Day, then the applicable deadline shall be deemed to be the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

(e)            delivery” of any notice or materials by a stockholder as required to be “delivered” under this Section 2.03 shall be made by both (i) hand delivery, overnight courier service, or by certified or registered mail, return receipt required, in each case, to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, and (ii) electronic mail to the Secretary at corporatesecretary@multiplan.com or such other email address for the Secretary as may be specified in the Corporation’s proxy statement for the annual meeting of stockholders immediately preceding such delivery of notice or materials.

 

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(f)            person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, governmental agency or instrumentality or other entity of any kind.

 

(g)            public announcement” shall mean any method (or combination of methods) of disclosure that is reasonably designed to provide broad, non-exclusionary distribution of the information to the public or the furnishing or filing of any document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(h)            Stockholder Associated Person” shall mean as to any Holder (i) any person acting in concert with such Holder, (ii) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Holder or any of their respective Affiliates and Associates, or person acting in concert therewith and (iii) any member of the immediate family of such Holder or an affiliate or associate of such Holder.

 

(3)         Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.03; provided, however, that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to Section 2.03(A) and Section 2.03(B). Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights of (a) stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or any other applicable federal or state securities law with respect to that stockholder’s request to include proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement, or (b) the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) as to dividends or upon liquidation to elect directors under specified circumstances.

 

(4)         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.03, for as long as the Investor Rights Agreement remains in effect with respect to the Sellers or the Sponsor (each as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation), neither the Sponsor nor any Seller (to the extent then subject to the Investor Rights Agreement) shall be subject to the notice procedures set forth in Section 2.03(A)(2), Section 2.03(A)(3), Section 2.03(A)(4), Section 2.03(A)(5), Section 2.03(B) or Section 2.03(D) with respect to any annual or special meeting of stockholders in respect of any matters that are contemplated by the Investor Rights Agreement.

 

(D)        Submission of Questionnaire. Representation and Agreement. To be eligible to be a nominee for election or re-election as a director of the Corporation pursuant to Section 2.03(A)(1)(d), a proposed nominee must deliver in writing (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under this Section 2.03) to the Secretary (1) a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request of any stockholder of record identified by name within five Business Days of such written request), (2) an irrevocable, contingent resignation to the Board of Directors, in a form acceptable to the Board of Directors, and (3) a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request of any stockholder of record identified by name within five Business Days of such request) that such person (a) is not and will not become a party to (i) any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether written or oral) with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a Director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (ii) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a Director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (b) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed to the Corporation, (c) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable rules of the exchanges upon which the securities of the Corporation are listed and all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation and (d) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any Holder on whose behalf the nomination is being made, intends to serve a full term if elected as a director of the Corporation.

 

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Section 2.04      Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a timely notice in writing or by electronic transmission, in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL, of the meeting, which shall state the place, if any, date and time of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be mailed to or transmitted electronically by the Secretary of the Corporation to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting.

 

Section 2.05      Quorum. Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or the rules of any stock exchange upon which the Corporation’s securities are listed, the holders of record of a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or series or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to the vote on that matter. Once a quorum is present to organize a meeting, it shall not be broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any stockholders.

 

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Section 2.06      Voting. Except as otherwise provided by or pursuant to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy in any manner provided by applicable law, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary of the Corporation a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date. Unless required by the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, or determined by the chairman of the meeting to be advisable, the vote on any question need not be by ballot. On a vote by ballot, each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder voting, or by such stockholder’s proxy, if there be such proxy. When a quorum is present or represented at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of applicable law, of the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, of any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence and subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, all elections of directors shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast in respect of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.

 

Section 2.07      Chairman of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one is elected, or, in his or her absence or disability or refusal to act, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, or in the absence, disability or refusal to act of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer, a person designated by the Board of Directors shall be the chairman of the meeting and, as such, preside at all meetings of the stockholders.

 

Section 2.08      Secretary of Meetings. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as Secretary at all meetings of the stockholders. In the absence, disability or refusal to act of the Secretary, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint a person to act as Secretary at such meetings.

 

Section 2.09      Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote only to the extent permitted by and in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and in accordance with applicable law.

 

Section 2.10      Adjournment. At any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, if less than a quorum be present, the chairman of the meeting or stockholders holding a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of the Corporation, present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting until a quorum shall be present. Any business may be transacted at the adjourned meeting that might have been transacted at the meeting originally noticed. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

 

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Section 2.11      Remote Communication. If authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxy holders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication:

 

(A)            participate in a meeting of stockholders; and

 

(B)             be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication,

 

provided that

 

(i)              the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder;

 

(ii)             the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings; and

 

(iii)             if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

 

Section 2.12      Inspectors of Election. The Corporation may, and shall if required by law, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the Corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (i) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (ii) determine the shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (v) certify their determination of the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and such inspectors’ count of all votes and ballots. Such certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by law. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election

 

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Article III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01      Powers. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may exercise all such authority and powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not, by the DGCL or the Certificate of Incorporation, directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02      Number and Term; Chairman. Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation and the Investor Rights Agreement, the total number of directors shall be determined from time to time exclusively by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors; provided that any determination by the Board of Directors to increase or decrease the total number of directors shall require the approval of 66 2/3% of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present. The term of each director shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. Directors need not be stockholders. The Board of Directors shall elect a Chairman of the Board, who shall have the powers and perform such duties as provided in these Bylaws and as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors at which he or she is present. If the Chairman of the Board is not present at a meeting of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer (if the Chief Executive Officer is a director and is not also the Chairman of the Board) shall preside at such meeting, and, if the Chief Executive Officer is not present at such meeting or is not a director, a majority of the directors present at such meeting shall elect one of their members to preside over such meeting.

 

Section 3.03      Resignations. Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. The resignation shall take effect at the time or the happening of any event specified therein, and if no time or event is specified, at the time of its receipt. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise expressly provided in the resignation.

 

Section 3.04      Removal. Subject to the Investor Rights Agreement, directors of the Corporation may be removed in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law.

 

Section 3.05      Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. Except as otherwise provided by law and subject to the Investor Rights Agreement, vacancies occurring in any directorship (whether by death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause) and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall be filled in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation. Any director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.

 

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Section 3.06      Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places and times as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, the President of the Corporation or the Chairman of the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation if directed by the Board of Directors and shall be at such places and times as they or he or she shall fix. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors. At least 24 hours before each special meeting of the Board of Directors, either written notice, notice by electronic transmission or oral notice (either in person or by telephone) of the time, date and place of the meeting shall be given to each director. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.

 

Section 3.07      Quorum, Voting and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors; provided, that, notwithstanding anything herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, the approval of 66 2/3% of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be required to approve on behalf of the Corporation any of the following actions prior to April 8, 2022 as acts of the Board of Directors: (i) terminating, replacing or hiring the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, (ii) acquiring any equity securities or assets of any person, or disposing of or transferring assets of the Corporation or its subsidiaries, in each case, however structured and involving consideration of more than $500,000,000 in value, (iii) other than (x) one or more refinancings of indebtedness for borrowed money outstanding as of the end of the day on October 8, 2020, (y) incurring indebtedness for borrowed money under or permitted by the instruments governing such indebtedness for borrowed money or (z) incurring indebtedness for borrowed money to complete an acquisition permitted by or for which consent has been received pursuant to the foregoing clause (ii), incurring indebtedness for borrowed money such that the aggregate indebtedness for borrowed money of the Corporation and its subsidiaries is in excess of $250,000,000 more than the amount outstanding as of the end of the day on October 8, 2020, (iv) amending or modifying the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, (v) instituting a dissolution, winding up, liquidation or voluntary bankruptcy filing, (vi) entering into or, prior to the date of termination expressly contemplated thereby, terminating any agreement, arrangement or transaction between the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Affiliate (or, with respect to any particular agreement, arrangement or transaction, any Seller directly party to such agreement, arrangement or transaction, solely to the extent that H&F is receiving any direct or indirect benefit therefrom, other than a de minimis benefit), officer or director of the Corporation, on the other hand, other than (x) those matters expressly contemplated or expressly permitted by the Investor Rights Agreement (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, those matters requiring approval pursuant to the subsequent clause (vii)), (y) agreements, arrangements or transactions relating to employment or compensation and (z) any transactions or agreements entered into on arms' length terms with any such person (including any portfolio company thereof) or on terms with respect to which the Corporation or such person has obtained an opinion as to fairness from a reputable third party advisor, (vii) agreeing to waive any of the Corporation’s rights under, or to provide any consent of the Corporation required by the terms of, the Investor Rights Agreement, in each case other than any such waivers or consents that are ministerial in nature, (viii) declaring or issuing dividends in respect of the shares of stock of the Corporation, (ix) issuing equity securities of the Corporation in one or more transactions after October 8, 2020 involving more than $150,000,000 in the aggregate, excluding any issuances of equity securities in connection with or as consideration for an acquisition permitted by or for which consent has been received pursuant to the foregoing clause (ii), (x) entering into a new line of business that is material to the Corporation and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or otherwise fundamentally changing the nature of the business of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, in each case, other than in connection with an acquisition permitted by or for which consent has been received pursuant to the foregoing clause (ii) or (xi) redeeming, repurchasing or otherwise acquiring outstanding equity securities of the Corporation, except for redemptions, repurchases or acquisitions made pursuant to an equity incentive plan of the Corporation. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn such meeting to another time and place. Notice of such adjourned meeting need not be given if the time and place of such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting so adjourned.

 

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Section 3.08      Committees; Committee Rules. Subject to the Investor Rights Agreement, the Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, including but not limited to an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, each such committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee to replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (a) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (b) adopting, amending or repealing any Bylaw of the Corporation. Each committee of the Board of Directors may fix its own rules of procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by such rules, except as may otherwise be provided by a resolution of the Board of Directors designating such committee. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, the presence of at least a majority of the members of the committee shall be necessary to constitute a quorum unless the committee shall consist of one or two members, in which event one member shall constitute a quorum; and all matters shall be determined by a majority vote of the members present at a meeting of the committee at which a quorum is present. Unless otherwise provided in such a resolution, in the event that a member and that member’s alternate, if alternates are designated by the Board of Directors, of such committee is or are absent or disqualified, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.

 

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Section 3.09      Action Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission. The writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions shall be filed in the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors in accordance with applicable law.

 

Section 3.10      Remote Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment in which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

Section 3.11      Compensation. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation, including fees and reimbursement of expenses, of directors for services to the Corporation in any capacity.

 

Section 3.12      Reliance on Books and Records. A member of the Board of Directors, or a member of any committee designated by the Board of Directors shall, in the performance of such person’s duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporation’s officers or employees, or committees of the Board of Directors, or by any other person as to matters the member reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.

 

Article IV

 

Officers

 

Section 4.01      Number. The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President and a Secretary, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors and who shall hold office for such terms as shall be determined by the Board of Directors and until their successors are elected and qualify or until their earlier resignation or removal. In addition, the Board of Directors may elect one or more Vice Chairmen and Vice Presidents, including one or more Executive Vice Presidents or Senior Vice Presidents, a Treasurer and one or more Assistant Treasurers and one or more Assistant Secretaries, who shall hold their respective offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

 

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Section 4.02      Other Officers and Agents. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it deems advisable, who shall hold their office for such terms and shall exercise and perform such powers and duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.03      Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general executive charge, management, and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation in the ordinary course of its business, with all such powers as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities or that are delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors has not elected a Chairman of the Board or in the absence, inability or refusal to act of such elected person to act as the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall exercise all of the powers and discharge all of the duties of the Chairman of the Board, but only if the Chief Executive Officer is a director of the Corporation. He or she shall have power to sign all contracts and other instruments of the Corporation and shall have general supervision and direction of all of the other officers, employees and agents of the Corporation.

 

Section 4.04      Vice Chairman. The Vice Chairman of the Corporation shall perform all duties as customarily pertain to that office, with all such powers with respect to such management and control as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities or that are delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors. The Vice Chairman of the Corporation shall have power to sign all stock certificates, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation which are authorized and shall have general supervision of all of the other officers, employees and agents of the Corporation.

 

Section 4.05      President. The President shall have general responsibility for the management and control of the operations of the Corporation and shall perform all duties, with all such powers with respect to such management and control as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities or that are delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors. The President shall have power to sign all stock certificates, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation which are authorized and shall have general supervision of all of the other officers (other than the Chief Executive Officer), employees and agents of the Corporation.

 

Section 4.06      Vice Presidents. Each Vice President, if any are elected, of whom one or more may be designated an Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President, shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.07      Treasurer. The Treasurer, if any is elected, shall have custody of the corporate funds, securities, evidences of indebtedness and other valuables of the Corporation and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation. The Treasurer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors or its designees selected for such purposes. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation, taking proper vouchers therefor. The Treasurer shall render to the Chief Executive Officer, the President and the Board of Directors, upon their request, a report of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such amount and with such surety as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

 

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In addition, the Treasurer shall have such further powers and perform such other duties incident to the office of Treasurer as from time to time are assigned to him or her by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.08      Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) cause minutes of all meetings of the stockholders and directors to be recorded and kept properly; (b) cause all notices required by these Bylaws or otherwise to be given properly; (c) see that the minute books, stock books, and other nonfinancial books, records and papers of the Corporation are kept properly; and (d) cause all reports, statements, returns, certificates and other documents to be prepared and filed when and as required. The Secretary shall have such further powers and perform such other duties as prescribed from time to time by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.09      Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries. Each Assistant Treasurer and each Assistant Secretary, if any are elected, shall be vested with all the powers and shall perform all the duties of the Treasurer and Secretary, respectively, in the absence or disability of such officer, unless or until the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board of Directors shall otherwise determine. In addition, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.10      Corporate Funds and Checks. The funds of the Corporation shall be kept in such depositories as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or its designees selected for such purposes. All checks or other orders for the payment of money shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary or such other person or agent as may from time to time be authorized and with such countersignature, if any, as may be required by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.11      Contracts and Other Documents. The Chief Executive Officer, the President and the Secretary, or such other officer or officers as may from time to time be authorized by the Board of Directors or any other committee given specific authority in the premises by the Board of Directors during the intervals between the meetings of the Board of Directors, shall have power to sign and execute on behalf of the Corporation deeds, conveyances and contracts, and any and all other documents requiring execution by the Corporation.

 

Section 4.12      Ownership of Stock of Another Corporation. Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary, or such other officer or agent as shall be authorized by the Board of Directors, shall have the power and authority, on behalf of the Corporation, to attend and to vote at any meeting of securityholders of any entity in which the Corporation holds securities or equity interests and may exercise, on behalf of the Corporation, any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities or equity interests at any such meeting, including the authority to execute and deliver proxies and consents on behalf of the Corporation.

 

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Section 4.13      Delegation of Duties. In the absence, disability or refusal of any officer to exercise and perform his or her duties, the Board of Directors may delegate to another officer such powers or duties.

 

Section 4.14      Resignation and Removal. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed from office for or without cause at any time by the Board of Directors. Any officer may resign at any time in the same manner prescribed under Section 3.03 of these Bylaws.

 

Section 4.15      Vacancies. Subject to the Investor Rights Agreement, the Board of Directors shall have the power to fill vacancies occurring in any office.

 

Article V

 

Stock

 

Section 5.01      Shares With Certificates.

 

The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated and shall not be represented by certificates, except to the extent as may be required by applicable law or as otherwise authorized by the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, shares of stock represented by a certificate and issued and outstanding on October 8, 2020 shall remain represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation.

 

If shares of stock of the Corporation shall be certificated, such certificates shall be in such form as is consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder of stock in the Corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, any two authorized officers of the Corporation (it being understood that each of the Chief Executive Officer, the Vice Chairman, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary, and any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation shall be an authorized officer for such purpose), certifying the number and class of shares of stock of the Corporation owned by such holder. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint one or more transfer agents and/or registrars for the transfer or registration of certificates of stock of any class, and may require stock certificates to be countersigned or registered by one or more of such transfer agents and/or registrars. The name of the holder of record of the shares represented thereby, with the number of such shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation. With respect to all uncertificated shares, the name of the holder of record of such uncertificated shares represented, with the number of such shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.02      Shares Without Certificates. If the Board of Directors chooses to issue shares of stock without certificates, the Corporation, if required by the DGCL, shall, within a reasonable time after the issue or transfer of shares without certificates, send the stockholder a statement of the information required by the DGCL. The Corporation may adopt a system of issuance, recordation and transfer of its shares of stock by electronic or other means not involving the issuance of certificates, provided that the use of such system by the Corporation is permitted in accordance with applicable law.

 

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Section 5.03      Transfer of Shares. Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives, upon surrender to the Corporation by delivery thereof (to the extent evidenced by a physical stock certificate) to the person in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers. Certificates representing such shares, if any, shall be cancelled and new certificates, if the shares are to be certificated, shall thereupon be issued. Shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are not represented by a certificate shall be transferred in accordance with any procedures adopted by the Corporation or its agent and applicable law. A record shall be made of each transfer. Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer if, when the certificates are presented, both the transferor and transferee request the Corporation to do so. The Corporation shall have power and authority to make such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or proper concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.04      Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates. A new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares may be issued in the place of any certificate previously issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may, in its discretion, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his or her legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond, in such sum as the Corporation may direct, in order to indemnify the Corporation against any claims that may be made against it in connection therewith. A new certificate or uncertificated shares of stock may be issued in the place of any certificate previously issued by the Corporation that has become mutilated upon the surrender by such owner of such mutilated certificate and, if required by the Corporation, the posting of a bond by such owner in an amount sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it in connection therewith.

 

Section 5.05      List of Stockholders Entitled To Vote. The Corporation shall prepare, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting at least ten days prior to the meeting (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network; provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of meeting or (b) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Section 5.05 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

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Section 5.06      Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.

 

(A)        In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than 60 nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.

 

(B)         In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall not be more than 60 days prior to such action. If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

(C)         Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, in order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting is fixed by the Board of Directors, (i) when no prior action of the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in accordance with applicable law, and (ii) if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

 

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Section 5.07      Registered Stockholders. Prior to the surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates for a share or shares of stock or notification to the Corporation of the transfer of uncertificated shares with a request to record the transfer of such share or shares, the Corporation may treat the registered owner of such share or shares as the person entitled to receive dividends, to vote, to receive notifications and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner of such share or shares. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof.

 

Article VI

 

Notice and Waiver of Notice

 

Section 6.01      Notice. If mailed, notice to stockholders shall be deemed given when deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Other forms of notice shall be deemed given as provided in the DGCL. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders may be given by electronic transmission in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL.

 

Section 6.02      Waiver of Notice. A written waiver of any notice, signed by a stockholder or director, or waiver by electronic transmission by such person, whether given before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the notice required to be given to such person. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver. Attendance at any meeting (in person or by remote communication) shall constitute waiver of notice except attendance for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

Article VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01      Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or an officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 7.03 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses or with respect to any compulsory counterclaim brought by such indemnitee, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors. Any reference to an officer of the Corporation in this Article VII shall be deemed to refer exclusively to the Chief Executive Officer, Vice Chairman, President, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and Secretary of the Corporation appointed pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws, and to any Vice President, Assistant Secretary, Assistant Treasurer, other officer of the Corporation appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws or other person designated by the title of “Vice President” of the Corporation, and any reference to an officer of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be deemed to refer exclusively to an officer appointed by the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such other entity pursuant to the certificate of incorporation and bylaws or equivalent organizational documents of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.

 

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Section 7.02      Right to Advancement of Expenses. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 7.01, an indemnitee shall also have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred by the indemnitee in appearing at, participating in or defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition or in connection with a proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article VII (which shall be governed by Section 7.03) (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the DGCL requires or in the case of an advance made in a proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made solely upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified or entitled to advancement of expenses under Section 7.01 and Section 7.02 or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03      Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 7.01 or Section 7.02 is not paid in full by the Corporation within (i) 60 days after a written claim for indemnification has been received by the Corporation or (ii) 20 days after a claim for an advancement of expenses has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim or to obtain advancement of expenses, as applicable. To the fullest extent permitted by law, if successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including by its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including by its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article VII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

 

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Section 7.04        Indemnification Not Exclusive.

 

(A)           The provision of indemnification to or the advancement of expenses and costs to any indemnitee under this Article VII, or the entitlement of any indemnitee to indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs under this Article VII, shall not limit or restrict in any way the power of the Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses and costs to such indemnitee in any other way permitted by law or be deemed exclusive of, or invalidate, any right to which any indemnitee seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses and costs may be entitled under any law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such indemnitee’s capacity as an officer, director, employee or agent of the Corporation and as to action in any other capacity.

 

(B)            Given that certain jointly indemnifiable claims (as defined below) may arise due to the service of the indemnitee as a director or officer of the Corporation at the request of the indemnitee-related entities (as defined below), the Corporation shall be fully and primarily responsible for the payment to the indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses in connection with any such jointly indemnifiable claims, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Article VII, irrespective of any right of recovery the indemnitee may have from the indemnitee-related entities. Under no circumstance shall the Corporation be entitled to any right of subrogation or contribution by the indemnitee-related entities and no right of advancement or recovery the indemnitee may have from the indemnitee-related entities shall reduce or otherwise alter the rights of the indemnitee or the obligations of the Corporation hereunder. In the event that any of the indemnitee-related entities shall make any payment to the indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to any jointly indemnifiable claim, the indemnitee-related entity making such payment shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the indemnitee against the Corporation, and the indemnitee shall execute all papers reasonably required and shall do all things that may be reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as may be necessary to enable the indemnitee-related entities effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights. Each of the indemnitee-related entities shall be third-party beneficiaries with respect to this Section 7.04(B) of Article VII, entitled to enforce this Section 7.04(B) of Article VII.

 

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For purposes of this Section 7.04(B) of Article VII, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(1)            The term “indemnitee-related entities” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (other than the Corporation or any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise for which the indemnitee has agreed, on behalf of the Corporation or at the Corporation’s request, to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent and which service is covered by the indemnity described herein) from whom an indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Corporation may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation.

 

(2)            The term “jointly indemnifiable claims” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding for which the indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses from both the indemnitee-related entities and the Corporation pursuant to Delaware law, any agreement or certificate of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or comparable organizational documents of the Corporation or the indemnitee-related entities, as applicable.

 

Section 7.05         Nature of Rights. The rights conferred upon indemnitees in this Article VII shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article VII that adversely affects any right of an indemnitee or its successors shall be prospective only and shall not limit, eliminate, or impair any such right with respect to any proceeding involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took place prior to such amendment or repeal.

 

Section 7.06         Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.

 

Section 7.07         Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VII with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

 

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Article VIII

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 8.01        Electronic Transmission. For purposes of these Bylaws, “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

 

Section 8.02        Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may provide a suitable seal, containing the name of the Corporation, which seal shall be in the charge of the Secretary. If and when so directed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof, duplicates of the seal may be kept and used by the Treasurer or by an Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer.

 

Section 8.03        Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

 

Section 8.04        Section Headings. Section headings in these Bylaws are for convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect in limiting or otherwise construing any provision herein.

 

Section 8.05        Inconsistent Provisions. In the event that any provision of these Bylaws is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, the DGCL or any other applicable law, such provision of these Bylaws shall not be given any effect to the extent of such inconsistency but shall otherwise be given full force and effect.

 

Section 8.06        Severability. If any provision or provisions in these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any person or entity or circumstance for any reason whatsoever, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision or provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions in these Bylaws and the application of such provision or provisions to other persons or entities and circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any security of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to this Section 8.06.

 

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Article IX

 

Amendments

 

Section 9.01        Amendments. The Board of Directors is authorized to make, repeal, alter, amend and rescind, in whole or in part, these Bylaws without the assent or vote of the stockholders in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Investor Rights Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provisions of these Bylaws or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote of the stockholders, at any time when the Sellers and their Permitted Transferees beneficially own, in the aggregate, less than 50% in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by the Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation)), these Bylaws or applicable law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% in voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required in order for the stockholders of the Corporation to alter, amend, repeal or rescind, in whole or in part, any provision of these Bylaws (including, without limitation, this Section 9.01) or to adopt any provision inconsistent herewith.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Exhibit 4.5

 

CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III

 

and

 

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY

 

WARRANT AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of October 8, 2020

 

THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 8, 2020, is by and between Churchill Capital Corp III, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the other parties named therein entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 12, 2020 (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, inter alia, a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company will be merged with and into Polaris Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Music”), with Music surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and immediately thereafter Music will be merged with and into another direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Music, with such subsidiary surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer (together, the “Mergers”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein (the Mergers, together with the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Transactions”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with and as of the consummation of the Transactions, the Company shall issue to certain investors pursuant to a private placement (each, an “Investor”) warrants (subject to rounding to avoid fractional warrants), each entitling the Investor to purchase one share of Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) at an exercise price of $12.50 per share, subject to adjustment as described herein and bearing the legend set forth in Exhibit B hereto (the “PIPE Warrants”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange, redemption and exercise of the PIPE Warrants;

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the form and provisions of the PIPE Warrants, the terms upon which they shall be issued and exercised, and the respective rights, limitation of rights, and immunities of the Company, the Warrant Agent, and the holders of the PIPE Warrants; and

 

WHEREAS, all acts and things have been done and performed which are necessary to make the PIPE Warrants, when executed on behalf of the Company and countersigned by or on behalf of the Warrant Agent, as provided herein, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.   Appointment of Warrant Agent.   The Company hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to act as agent for the Company for the PIPE Warrants, and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the same in accordance with the express terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

2.   Warrants.

 

2.1   Form of PIPE Warrant.   Each PIPE Warrant shall initially be issued in registered form only. PIPE Warrants may be represented by one or more physical definitive certificates or by book entry.

 

2.2   Effect of Countersignature.   If a physical definitive certificate is issued, unless and until countersigned by the Warrant Agent, either by manual or facsimile signature, pursuant to this Agreement, a PIPE Warrant shall be invalid and of no effect and may not be exercised by the holder thereof.

 

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2.3   Registration.

 

2.3.1   PIPE Warrant Register.   The Warrant Agent shall maintain books (the “Warrant Register”), for the registration of original issuance and the registration of transfer of the PIPE Warrants. Upon the initial issuance of the PIPE Warrants in book-entry form, the Warrant Agent shall issue and register the PIPE Warrants in the names of the respective holders thereof in such denominations and otherwise in accordance with instructions delivered to the Warrant Agent by the Company.

 

The physical definitive certificates, if issued, shall be in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, and shall be signed by, or bear the facsimile signature of, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, the President or the Secretary or other principal officer of the Company. In the event the person whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any PIPE Warrant shall have ceased to serve in the capacity in which such person signed the PIPE Warrant before such PIPE Warrant is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he or she had not ceased to be such at the date of issuance.

 

2.3.2   Registered Holder.   Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any PIPE Warrant, the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name such PIPE Warrant is registered in the Warrant Register (the “Registered Holder”) as the absolute owner of such PIPE Warrant and of each PIPE Warrant represented thereby (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing on any physical definitive certificate made by anyone other than the Company or the Warrant Agent), for the purpose of any exercise thereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

2.4   Fractional Warrants.   The Company shall not issue fractional PIPE Warrants and the Company shall round down to the nearest whole number the number of PIPE Warrants to be issued to such holder.

 

3.   Terms and Exercise of PIPE Warrants.

 

3.1   PIPE Warrant Price.   Each PIPE Warrant shall entitle the Registered Holder thereof, subject to the provisions of such PIPE Warrant and of this Agreement, to purchase from the Company the number of shares of Common Stock stated therein, at the price of $12.50 per share, subject to the adjustments provided in Section 4 hereof and in the last sentence of this Section 3.1. The term “Warrant Price” as used in this Agreement shall mean the price per share described in the prior sentence at which shares of Common Stock may be purchased at the time a PIPE Warrant is exercised. The Company in its sole discretion may lower the Warrant Price at any time prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below) for a period of not less than twenty (20) business days, provided, that the Company shall provide at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of such reduction to Registered Holders of the PIPE Warrants and, provided further that any such reduction shall be identical among all of the PIPE Warrants.

 

3.2   Duration of PIPE Warrants.   A PIPE Warrant may be exercised only during the period (the “Exercise Period”) (A) commencing on the date that is thirty (30) days after the date of this Agreement, and (B) terminating at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the earlier to occur of (w) the date that is five (5) years after the date of this Agreement, (x) the liquidation of the Company in accordance with the Company’s certificate of incorporation, as amended from time to time, and (y) the Redemption Date (as defined below) as provided in Section 6.2 hereof (the “Expiration Date”); provided, however, that the exercise of any PIPE Warrant shall be subject to the satisfaction of any applicable conditions, as set forth in subsection 3.3.2 below, with respect to an effective registration statement. Except with respect to the right to receive the Redemption Price (as defined below) in the event of a redemption (as set forth in Section 6 hereof), each PIPE Warrant not exercised on or before the Expiration Date shall become null and void, and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under this Agreement shall cease at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date. The Company in its sole discretion may extend the duration of the PIPE Warrants by delaying the Expiration Date; provided that the Company shall provide at least

 

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twenty (20) days prior written notice of any such extension to Registered Holders of the PIPE Warrants, and, provided further that any such extension shall be identical in duration among all the PIPE Warrants.

 

3.3   Exercise of PIPE Warrants.

 

3.3.1   Payment.   Subject to the provisions of the PIPE Warrant and this Agreement, a PIPE Warrant may be exercised by the Registered Holder thereof at any time prior to the Expiration Date by surrendering it at the office of the Warrant Agent or at the office of its successor as Warrant Agent, together with (i) an election to purchase form, duly executed, electing to exercise such PIPE Warrant; and (ii) payment in full of the Warrant Price for each full share of Common Stock as to which the PIPE Warrant is exercised and any and all applicable taxes due in connection with the exercise of the PIPE Warrant, the exchange of the PIPE Warrant for the shares of Common Stock and the issuance of such shares of Common Stock, as follows:

 

(a)   in lawful money of the United States, in good certified check or good bank draft payable to the order of the Warrant Agent or by wire;

 

(b)   in the event of a redemption pursuant to Section 6 hereof in which the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) has elected to require all holders of the PIPE Warrants to exercise such PIPE Warrants on a “cashless basis,” by surrendering the PIPE Warrants for that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the PIPE Warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “Fair Market Value” (as defined in this subsection 3.3.1(b)) over the Warrant Price by (y) the Fair Market Value. Solely for purposes of this subsection 3.3.1(b) and Section 6.3, the “Fair Market Value” shall mean the average closing price of the Common Stock for the ten (10) trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of the PIPE Warrants, pursuant to Section 6 hereof; or

 

(c)   as provided in Section 7.4 hereof.

 

The Warrant Agent shall forward funds received for warrant exercises in a given month by the 5th business day of the following month by wire transfer to an account designated by the Company.

 

3.3.2   Issuance of Shares of Common Stock on Exercise.   As soon as practicable after the exercise of any PIPE Warrant and the clearance of the funds in payment of the Warrant Price (if payment is pursuant to subsection 3.3.1(a)), the Company shall issue to the Registered Holder of such PIPE Warrant a book-entry position or certificate, as applicable, for the number of full shares of Common Stock to which he, she or it is entitled, registered in such name or names as may be directed by him, her or it, and if such PIPE Warrant shall not have been exercised in full, a new book-entry position or countersigned PIPE Warrant, as applicable, for the number of shares of Common Stock as to which such PIPE Warrant shall not have been exercised. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to deliver any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of a PIPE Warrant and shall have no obligation to settle such PIPE Warrant exercise unless a (a) registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the Common Stock underlying the PIPE Warrants is then effective and (b) a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to the Company’s satisfying its obligations under Section 7.4. No PIPE Warrant shall be exercisable and the Company shall not be obligated to issue shares of Common Stock upon exercise of a PIPE Warrant unless the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such PIPE Warrant exercise have been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt from registration or qualification under the securities laws of the state of residence of the Registered Holder of the PIPE Warrants. In the event that the conditions in the two immediately preceding sentences are not satisfied with respect to a PIPE Warrant, the holder of such PIPE Warrant shall not be entitled to exercise such PIPE Warrant and such PIPE Warrant may have no value and expire

 

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worthless. Subject to Section 4.6 of this Agreement, a Registered Holder of PIPE Warrants may exercise its PIPE Warrants only for a whole number of shares of Common Stock. In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the PIPE Warrant exercise. The Company may require holders of PIPE Warrants to settle the PIPE Warrant on a “cashless basis” pursuant to Subsection 3.3.1(b), Section 6.3 and Section 7.4. If, by reason of any exercise of PIPE Warrants on a “cashless basis,” the holder of any PIPE Warrant would be entitled, upon the exercise of such PIPE Warrant, to receive a fractional interest in a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round down to the nearest whole number, the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to such holder.

 

3.3.3   Valid Issuance.   All shares of Common Stock issued upon the proper exercise of a PIPE Warrant in conformity with this Agreement shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

3.3.4   Date of Issuance.   Each person in whose name any book entry position or certificate, as applicable, for shares of Common Stock is issued shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of such shares of Common Stock on the date on which the PIPE Warrant, or book entry position representing such PIPE Warrant, was surrendered and payment of the Warrant Price was made, irrespective of the date of delivery of such certificate in the case of a certificated PIPE Warrant, except that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a date when the share transfer books of the Company or book entry system of the Warrant Agent are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the holder of such shares at the close of business on the next succeeding date on which the share transfer books or book entry system are open.

 

3.3.5   Maximum Percentage.   A holder of a PIPE Warrant may notify the Company in writing in the event it elects to be subject to the provisions contained in this subsection 3.3.5; however, no holder of a PIPE Warrant shall be subject to this subsection 3.3.5 unless he, she or it makes such election. If the election is made by a holder, the Warrant Agent shall not affect the exercise of the holder’s PIPE Warrant, and such holder shall not have the right to exercise such PIPE Warrant, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such person (together with such person’s affiliates) to the Warrant Agent’s actual knowledge, would beneficially own in excess of 4.9% or 9.8% (or such other amount as a holder may specify) (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the PIPE Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock that would be issuable upon (x) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of the PIPE Warrant beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates and (y) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock or warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). For purposes of the PIPE Warrant, in determining the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, the holder may rely on the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly report on Form 10-Q, current report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or the Warrant Agent setting forth the number of Common Stock issued and outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written request of the holder of the PIPE Warrant, the Company shall, within two (2) business 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

 

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effect to the conversion or exercise of equity securities of the Company by the holder and its affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. By written notice to the Company, the holder of a PIPE Warrant may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage applicable to such holder to any other percentage specified in such notice; provided, however, that any such increase shall not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company.

 

4.   Adjustments.

 

4.1   Stock Dividends.

 

4.1.1   Split-Ups.   If after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section 4.6 below, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is increased by a stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, or by a split-up of shares of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such stock dividend, split-up or similar event, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of each PIPE Warrant shall be increased in proportion to such increase in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock. A rights offering to holders of shares of Common Stock entitling holders to purchase shares of Common Stock at a price less than the “Fair Market Value” (as defined below) shall be deemed a stock dividend of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for the shares of Common Stock) multiplied by (ii) one (1) minus the quotient of (x) the price per share of Common Stock paid in such rights offering divided by (y) the Fair Market Value. For purposes of this subsection 4.1.1, (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, in determining the price payable for shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) “Fair Market Value” means the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to 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 such rights.

 

4.1.2   Extraordinary, Dividends.   If the Company, at any time while the PIPE Warrants are outstanding and unexpired, shall pay a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities or other assets to the holders of the shares of Common Stock on account of such shares of Common Stock (or other shares of the Company’s capital stock into which the PIPE Warrants are convertible), other than (a) as described in subsection 4.1.1 above, (b) Ordinary Cash Dividends (as defined below) or (c) in connection with any distribution of its assets upon its liquidation (any such non-excluded event being referred to herein as an “Extraordinary Dividend”), then the Warrant Price shall be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such Extraordinary Dividend, by the amount of cash and/or the fair market value (as determined by the Board, in good faith) of any securities or other assets paid on each share of Common Stock in respect of such Extraordinary Dividend. For purposes of this subsection 4.1.2, “Ordinary Cash Dividends” means any cash dividend or cash distribution which, when combined on a per share basis, with the per share amounts of all other cash dividends and cash distributions paid on the shares of Common Stock during the 365-day period ending on the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution (as adjusted to appropriately reflect any of the events referred to in other subsections of this Section 4 and excluding cash dividends or cash distributions that resulted in an adjustment to the Warrant Price or to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of each PIPE Warrant) does not exceed $0.50.

 

4.2   Aggregation of Shares.   If after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section 4.6 hereof, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is decreased by a consolidation, combination, reverse stock split or reclassification of shares of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse stock

 

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split, reclassification or similar event, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of each PIPE Warrant shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

4.3   Adjustments in Warrant Price.   Whenever the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the PIPE Warrants is adjusted, the Warrant Price shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) by multiplying such Warrant Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the PIPE Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock so purchasable immediately thereafter.

 

4.4   Replacement of Securities upon Reorganization, Etc.   In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a change under Section 4.1 or Section 4.2 hereof or that solely affects the par value of such shares of Common Stock), or in the case of any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity or conversion of the Company into another type of entity (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation (and is not a subsidiary of another entity whose stockholders did not own all or substantially all of the Common Stock of the Company in substantially the same proportions immediately before such transaction) and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Common Stock), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation or entity of the assets or other property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Company is dissolved, the holders of the PIPE Warrants shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in the PIPE Warrants and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock of the Company immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented thereby, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, merger or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, that the holder of the PIPE Warrants would have received if such holder had exercised his, her or its PIPE Warrant(s) immediately prior to such event (the “Alternative Issuance”); provided, however, that (i) if the holders of the shares of Common Stock were entitled to exercise a right of election as to the kind or amount of securities, cash or other assets receivable upon such consolidation or merger, then the kind and amount of securities, cash or other assets constituting the Alternative Issuance for which each PIPE Warrant shall become exercisable shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the kind and amount received per share by the holders of the shares of Common Stock in such consolidation or merger that affirmatively make such election, and (ii) if a tender, exchange or redemption offer shall have been made to and accepted by the holders of the shares of Common Stock under circumstances in which, upon completion of such tender or exchange offer, the maker thereof, together with members of any group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule)) of which such maker is a part, and together with any affiliate or associate of such maker (within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule)) and any members of any such group of which any such affiliate or associate is a part, own beneficially (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule)) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the holder of a PIPE Warrant shall be entitled to receive as the Alternative Issuance, the highest amount of cash, securities or other property to which such holder would actually have been entitled as a stockholder if such PIPE Warrant holder had exercised the PIPE Warrant prior to the expiration of such tender or exchange offer, accepted such offer and all of the shares of Common Stock held by such holder had been purchased pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, subject to adjustments (from and after the consummation of such tender or exchange offer) as nearly equivalent as possible to the adjustments provided for in this Section 4; provided, further, that if less than 70% of the consideration receivable by the holders of the shares of Common Stock in the applicable event is payable in the form of common stock in the successor entity that is listed for trading on a national securities exchange or is quoted in an established over-the-counter market, or is to be so listed for trading or quoted immediately following such event, and if the Registered Holder properly exercises the PIPE Warrant within thirty (30) days following the public disclosure of the consummation of such

 

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applicable event by the Company pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission, the Warrant Price shall be reduced by an amount (in dollars) equal to the difference, if positive, of (i) the Warrant Price in effect prior to such reduction minus (ii) (A) the Per Share Consideration (as defined below) minus (B) the Black-Scholes Warrant Value (as defined below) (which amount determined under this clause (ii) shall not be less than zero). The “Black-Scholes Warrant Value” means the value of a PIPE Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of the applicable event based on the Black-Scholes Warrant Model for a Capped American Call on Bloomberg Financial Markets (“Bloomberg”). For purposes of calculating such amount, (1) Section 6 of this Agreement shall be taken into account, (2) the price of each share of Common Stock shall be the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the effective date of the applicable event, (3) the assumed volatility shall be the 90 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg determined as of the trading day immediately prior to the day of the announcement of the applicable event, and (4) the assumed risk-free interest rate shall correspond to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of the PIPE Warrant. “Per Share Consideration” means (i) if the consideration paid to holders of the shares of Common Stock consists exclusively of cash, the amount of such cash per share of Common Stock, and (ii) in all other cases, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the effective date of the applicable event. If any reclassification or reorganization also results in a change in shares of Common Stock covered by subsection 4.1.1, then such adjustment shall be made pursuant to subsection 4.1.1 or Sections 4.2, 4.3 and this Section 4.4. The provisions of this Section 4.4 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, reorganizations, mergers or consolidations, sales or other transfers. In no event will the Warrant Price be reduced to less than the par value per share issuable upon exercise of the PIPE Warrant.

 

4.5   Notices of Changes in PIPE Warrant.   Upon every adjustment of the Warrant Price or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of a PIPE Warrant, the Company shall give written notice thereof to the Warrant Agent, which notice shall state the Warrant Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable at such price upon the exercise of a PIPE Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based; provided, however, that no adjustment to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of a PIPE Warrant shall be required until cumulative adjustments amount to 1% or more of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of a PIPE Warrant as last adjusted; provided, further, that any such adjustments that are not made are carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all such carried forward adjustments shall be made (i) in connection with any subsequent adjustment that (taken together with such carried forward adjustments) would result in a change of at least 1% in the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of a PIPE Warrant and (ii) on the exercise date of any PIPE Warrant. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 or 4 4 in connection with which an adjustment is made to the Warrant Price or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of a PIPE Warrant, the Company shall give written notice of the occurrence of such event to each holder of a PIPE Warrant, at the last address set forth for such holder in the Warrant Register, of the record date or the effective date of the event. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such event.

 

4.6   No Fractional Shares.   Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of PIPE Warrants. If, by reason of any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 4, the holder of any PIPE Warrant would be entitled, upon the exercise of such PIPE Warrant, to receive a fractional interest in a share, the Company shall, upon such exercise, round down to the nearest whole number the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to such holder.

 

4.7   Form of PIPE Warrant.   The form of PIPE Warrant need not be changed because of any adjustment pursuant to this Section 4, and PIPE Warrants issued after such adjustment may

 

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state the same Warrant Price and the same number of shares of Common Stock as is stated in the PIPE Warrants initially issued pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company may at any time in its sole discretion make any change in the form of PIPE Warrant that the Company may deem appropriate and that does not affect the substance thereof, and any PIPE Warrant thereafter issued or countersigned, whether in exchange or substitution for an outstanding PIPE Warrant or otherwise, may be in the form as so changed.

 

4.8   Other Events.   In case any event shall occur affecting the Company as to which none of the provisions of the preceding subsections of this Section 4 are strictly applicable, but which would require an adjustment to the terms of the PIPE Warrants in order to (i) avoid an adverse impact on the PIPE Warrants and (ii) effectuate the intent and purpose of this Section 4, then, in each such case, the Company shall appoint a firm of independent public accountants, investment banking or other appraisal firm of recognized national standing, which shall give its opinion as to whether or not any adjustment to the rights represented by the PIPE Warrants is necessary to effectuate the intent and purpose of this Section 4 and, if they determine that an adjustment is necessary, the terms of such adjustment. The Company shall adjust the terms of the PIPE Warrants in a manner that is consistent with any adjustment recommended in such opinion.

 

5.   Transfer and Exchange of PIPE Warrants.

 

5.1   Registration of Transfer.   The Warrant Agent shall register the transfer, from time to time, of any outstanding PIPE Warrant upon the Warrant Register, upon surrender of such PIPE Warrant for transfer, in the case of certificated warrants, properly endorsed with signatures properly guaranteed and accompanied by appropriate instructions for transfer. Upon any such transfer, a new PIPE Warrant representing an equal aggregate number of PIPE Warrants shall be issued and the old PIPE Warrant shall be cancelled by the Warrant Agent. In the case of certificated warrants, the PIPE Warrants so cancelled shall be delivered by the Warrant Agent to the Company from time to time upon request.

 

5.2   Procedure for Surrender of Warrants.   PIPE Warrants may be surrendered to the Warrant Agent, together with a written request for exchange or transfer and thereupon the Warrant Agent shall issue in exchange therefor one or more new PIPE Warrants as requested by the Registered Holder of the PIPE Warrants so surrendered, representing an equal aggregate number of PIPE Warrants; provided, however, that in the event that a PIPE Warrant surrendered for transfer bears a restrictive legend, the Warrant Agent shall not cancel such PIPE Warrant and issue new PIPE Warrants in exchange thereof until the Warrant Agent has received an opinion of counsel for the Company stating that such transfer may be made and indicating whether the new PIPE Warrants must also bear a restrictive legend.

 

5.3   Fractional Warrants.   The Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any registration of transfer or exchange which shall result in the issuance of a warrant certificate or book-entry position for a fraction of a PIPE Warrant.

 

5.4   Service Charges.   No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of PIPE Warrants.

 

5.5   Warrant Execution and Countersignature.   The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to countersign and to deliver, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the PIPE Warrants required to be issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5, and the Company, whenever required by the Warrant Agent, shall supply the Warrant Agent with PIPE Warrants duly executed on behalf of the Company for such purpose.

 

6.   Redemption.

 

6.1   Redemption of PIPE Warrants.   Subject to Section 6.4 hereof, not less than all of the outstanding PIPE Warrants may be redeemed, at the option of the Company, at any time while they are exercisable and prior to their expiration, at the office of the Warrant Agent, upon notice to the Registered Holders of the PIPE Warrants, as described in Section 6.2 below, at the price of $0.01 per PIPE Warrant (the “Redemption Price”), provided that the closing price of the Common

 

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Stock reported has been at least $18.00 per share (subject to adjustment in compliance with Section 4 hereof), on each of twenty (20) trading days, within the thirty (30) trading-day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which notice of the redemption is given and provided that there is an effective registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the PIPE Warrants, and a current prospectus relating thereto, available throughout the 30-day Redemption Period (as defined in Section 6.2 below) or the Company has elected to require the exercise of the PIPE Warrants on a “cashless basis” pursuant to subsection 3.3.1 and such cashless exercise is exempt from registration under the Securities Act.

 

6.2   Date Fixed for, and Notice of, Redemption.   In the event that the Company elects to redeem all of the PIPE Warrants pursuant to Section 6.1, the Company shall fix a date for the redemption (the “Redemption Date”). Notice of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, by the Company not less than thirty (30) days prior to the Redemption Date (such 30-day period, the “Redemption Period”) to the Registered Holders of the PIPE Warrants to be redeemed at their last addresses as they shall appear on the registration books. Any notice mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the Registered Holder received such notice.

 

6.3   Exercise After Notice of Redemption.   The PIPE Warrants may be exercised, for cash (or on a “cashless basis” in accordance with subsection 3.3.1(b) of this Agreement) at any time after notice of redemption shall have been given by the Company pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof and prior to the Redemption Date. In the event that the Company determines to require all holders of PIPE Warrants to exercise their PIPE Warrants on a “cashless basis” pursuant to subsection 3.3.1, the notice of redemption shall contain the information necessary to calculate the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon exercise of the PIPE Warrants, including the “Fair Market Value” (as such term is defined in subsection 3.3.1(b) hereof) in such case. On and after the Redemption Date, the record holder of the PIPE Warrants shall have no further rights except to receive, upon surrender of the PIPE Warrants, the Redemption Price.

 

7.   Other Provisions Relating to Rights of Holders of PIPE Warrants.

 

7.1   No Rights as Stockholder.   A PIPE Warrant does not entitle the Registered Holder thereof to any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to receive dividends, or other distributions, exercise any preemptive rights to vote or to consent or to receive notice as stockholders in respect of the meetings of stockholders or the election of directors of the Company or any other matter.

 

7.2   Lost, Stolen, Mutilated, or Destroyed Warrants.   If any PIPE Warrant is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, the Company and the Warrant Agent may on such terms as to indemnity or otherwise as they may in their discretion impose (which shall, in the case of a mutilated PIPE Warrant, include the surrender thereof), issue a new PIPE Warrant of like denomination, tenor and date as the PIPE Warrant so lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, and countersigned by the Warrant Agent. Any such new PIPE Warrant shall constitute a substitute contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed PIPE Warrant shall be at any time enforceable by anyone. Warrant Agent may, at its option, countersign replacement PIPE Warrants for mutilated certificates upon presentation thereof without such indemnity.

 

7.3   Reservation of Shares of Common Stock.   The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available a number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock that shall be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding PIPE Warrants issued pursuant to this Agreement.

 

7.4   Registration of Shares of Common Stock; Cashless Exercise at Company’s Option.

 

7.4.1   Registration of Shares of Common Stock.   The issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of a PIPE Warrant shall be registered in the same manner and on the same terms the resale of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Subscription Agreement by and between the Company and the Investor, dated as of the date hereof.

 

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7.4.2   Cashless Exercise at Company’s Option.   If the shares of Common Stock are at the time of any exercise of a PIPE Warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that it satisfies the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act (or any successor statute) and there is no effective registration statement covering the shares issuable upon exercise of the PIPE Warrants at such time, the Company may, at its option, require holders of PIPE Warrants who exercise PIPE Warrants to exercise such PIPE Warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act (or any successor statute) or such other applicable exemption, for that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the PIPE Warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “Fair Market Value” (as defined below) over the Warrant Price by (y) the Fair Market Value. Solely for purposes of this subsection 7.4.2, “Fair Market Value” shall mean the average closing price of the Common Stock for the ten (10) trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date that notice of exercise is sent to the Warrant Agent from the holder of such PIPE Warrants or its securities broker or intermediary, and if the Company does not so elect, the Company agrees to use its best efforts to register or qualify for sale the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the PIPE Warrant under the blue sky laws of the state of residence of the exercising PIPE Warrant holder to the extent an exemption is not available.

 

8.   Concerning the Warrant Agent and Other Matters.

 

8.1   Payment of Taxes.   The Company shall from time to time promptly pay all taxes and charges that may be imposed upon the Company or the Warrant Agent in respect of the issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the PIPE Warrants, but the Company and the Warrant Agent shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in respect of the PIPE Warrants or such shares of Common Stock.

 

8.2   Resignation, Consolidation, or Merger of Warrant Agent.

 

8.2.1   Appointment of Successor Warrant Agent.   The Warrant Agent, or any successor to it hereafter appointed, may resign its duties and be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder after giving sixty (60) days notice in writing to the Company. If the office of the Warrant Agent becomes vacant by resignation or incapacity to act or otherwise, the Company shall appoint in writing a successor Warrant Agent in place of the Warrant Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of ninety (90) days after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of a PIPE Warrant (who shall, with such notice, submit his PIPE Warrant for inspection by the Company), then the holder of any PIPE Warrant may apply to the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York for the appointment of a successor Warrant Agent at the Company’s cost. Any successor Warrant Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such court, shall be authorized under applicable laws to exercise the powers of a transfer agent and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. After appointment, any successor Warrant Agent shall be vested with all the authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations of its predecessor Warrant Agent with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent hereunder, without any further act or deed; but if for any reason it becomes necessary or appropriate, the predecessor Warrant Agent shall execute and deliver, at the expense of the Company, an instrument transferring to such successor Warrant Agent all the authority, powers, and rights of such predecessor Warrant Agent hereunder; and upon request of any successor Warrant Agent the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver any and all instruments in writing for more fully and effectually vesting in and confirming to such successor Warrant Agent all such authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations.

 

8.2.2   Notice of Successor Warrant Agent.   In the event a successor Warrant Agent shall be appointed, the Company shall give notice thereof to the predecessor Warrant Agent and the Company’s transfer agent for the shares of Common Stock not later than the effective date of any such appointment.

 

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8.2.3   Merger or Consolidation of Warrant Agent.   Any entity into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated or any entity resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without any further act.

 

8.3   Fees and Expenses of Warrant Agent.

 

8.3.1   Remuneration.   The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent reasonable remuneration for its services as such Warrant Agent hereunder and shall, pursuant to its obligations under this Agreement, reimburse the Warrant Agent upon demand for all expenditures that the Warrant Agent may reasonably incur in the execution of its duties hereunder.

 

8.3.2   Further Assurances.   The Company agrees to perform, execute, acknowledge, and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged, and delivered all such further and other acts, instruments, and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Warrant Agent for the carrying out or performing of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

8.4   Liability of Warrant Agent.

 

8.4.1   Reliance on Company Statement.   Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, the Warrant Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a statement signed by the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, the President or the Secretary or other principal officer of the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent may rely upon such statement for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

 

8.4.2   Indemnity.   The Warrant Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own, or its representatives’, gross negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith or material breach of this Agreement. The Company agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent and save it harmless against any and all liabilities, including judgments, costs and reasonable counsel fees, for anything done or omitted by the Warrant Agent in the execution of this Agreement, except as a result of the Warrant Agent’s, or its representatives’, gross negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith or material breach of this Agreement.

 

8.4.3   Exclusions.   The Warrant Agent shall have no responsibility with respect to the validity of this Agreement or with respect to the validity or execution of any PIPE Warrant (except its countersignature thereof). The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any PIPE Warrant. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible to make any adjustments required under the provisions of Section 4 hereof or responsible for the manner, method, or amount of any such adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such adjustment; nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any PIPE Warrant or as to whether any shares of Common Stock shall, when issued, be valid and fully paid and non-assessable.

 

8.5   Acceptance of Agency.   The Warrant Agent hereby accepts the agency established by this Agreement and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein set forth and among other things, shall account promptly to the Company with respect to PIPE Warrants exercised and concurrently account for, and pay to the Company, all monies received by the Warrant Agent for the purchase of shares of Common Stock through the exercise of the PIPE Warrants.

 

8.6   Waiver.   The Warrant Agent has no right of set-off or any other right, title, interest or claim of any kind (“Claim”) in, or to any distribution of, the Trust Account (as defined in that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2020, by and between

 

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the Company and the Warrant Agent as trustee thereunder) and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement, payment or satisfaction for any Claim against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever. The Warrant Agent hereby waives any and all Claims against the Trust Account and any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account.

 

9.   Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

9.1   Successors.   All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.

 

9.2   Notices.   Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of any PIPE Warrant to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Warrant Agent), as follows:

 

Churchill Capital Corp III

640 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Lee Jay Taragin

 

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

 

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10153

Attention: Michael J. Aiello and Matthew Gilroy

 

Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the holder of any PIPE Warrant or by the Company to or on the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Warrant Agent with the Company), as follows:

 

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

1 State Street, 30th Floor

New York, NY 10004

Attention: Compliance Department

 

in each case, with copy to:

 

9.3   Applicable Law.   The validity, interpretation, and performance of this Agreement and of the PIPE Warrants shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The Company hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the City of New York, County of New York, State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

 

9.4   Compliance and Confidentiality.   The Warrant Agent shall perform its duties under this Agreement in compliance with all applicable laws and keep confidential all information relating to this Agreement and, except as required by applicable law, shall not use such information for any purpose other than the performance of the Warrant Agent’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

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9.5   Persons Having Rights under this Agreement.   Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the parties hereto and the Registered Holders of the PIPE Warrants any right, remedy, or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise, or agreement hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises, and agreements contained in this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns and of the Registered Holders of the PIPE Warrants.

 

9.6   Examination of the Warrant Agreement.   A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the office of the Warrant Agent for inspection by the Registered Holder of any PIPE Warrant. The Warrant Agent may require any such holder to submit such holder’s PIPE Warrant for inspection by the Warrant Agent.

 

9.7   Counterparts; Electronic Signatures.   This Agreement may be executed in any number of original or facsimile counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. A signature to this Agreement transmitted electronically shall have the same authority, effect, and enforceability as an original signature.

 

9.8   Effect of Headings.   The section headings herein are for convenience only and arc not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.

 

9.9   Amendments.   This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto without the consent of any Registered Holder for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein or adding or changing any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the parties may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the Registered Holders. All other modifications or amendments, including any modification or amendment to increase the Warrant Price or shorten the Exercise Period shall require the vote or written consent of the Registered Holders of 50% of the number of the then outstanding PIPE Warrants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may lower the Warrant Price or extend the duration of the Exercise Period pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 2, respectively, without the consent of the Registered Holders.

 

9.10   Severability.   This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.

 

Exhibit A Form of Warrant Certificate

 

Exhibit B Legend — PIPE Warrants

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

  CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
     
  By: /s/ Jay Taragin
    Name: Jay Taragin
    Title: Chief Financial Officer
     
  CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
     
  By: /s/ Isaac Kagan
    Name: Isaac Kagan
    Title: Vice President

  

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO WARRANT AGREEMENT]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Form of Warrant Certificate

 

[FACE]

 

Number

 

Warrants

 

THIS WARRANT SHALL BE NULL AND VOID IF NOT EXERCISED PRIOR
TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE EXERCISE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR IN THE
WARRANT AGREEMENT DESCRIBED BELOW

 

Churchill Capital Corp III
Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Delaware

 

CUSIP [•]

 

Warrant Certificate

 

This Warrant Certificate certifies that, or registered assigns, is the registered holder of warrant(s) evidenced hereby (the “PIPE Warrants” and each, a “PIPE Warrant”) to purchase shares of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), of Churchill Capital Corp III, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Each whole PIPE Warrant entitles the holder, upon exercise during the period set forth in the Warrant Agreement referred to below, to receive from the Company that number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock as set forth below, at the exercise price (the “Warrant Price”) as determined pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, payable in lawful money (or through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement) of the United States of America upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of the Warrant Price at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent referred to below, subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement. Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement.

 

Each whole PIPE Warrant is initially exercisable for one fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of any PIPE Warrant. If, upon the exercise of PIPE Warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share of Common Stock, the Company will, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number of the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the holder. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the PIPE Warrants is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set forth in the Warrant Agreement. The initial Warrant Price per share of Common Stock for any PIPE Warrant is equal to $12.50 per share. The Warrant Price is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.

 

[Form of Warrant]

 

  A-1  

 

 

Subject to the conditions set forth in the Warrant Agreement, the PIPE Warrants may be exercised only during the Exercise Period and to the extent not exercised by the end of such Exercise Period, such PIPE Warrants shall become null and void. The PIPE Warrants may be redeemed, subject to certain conditions, as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.

 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof and such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless countersigned by the Warrant Agent, as such term is used in the Warrant Agreement. This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

 

 

  CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

   

[Form of Warrant]

 

  A-2  

 

 

[Form of Warrant Certificate]

 

[Reverse]

 

The PIPE Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly authorized issue of PIPE Warrants entitling the holder on exercise to receive shares of Common Stock and are issued or to be issued pursuant to a Warrant Agreement dated as of [•], 2020 (the “Warrant Agreement”), duly executed and delivered by the Company to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as warrant agent (or successor warrant agent) (collectively, the “Warrant Agent”), which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the Company and the holders (the words “holders” or “holder” meaning the Registered Holders or Registered Holder, respectively) of the PIPE Warrants. A copy of the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the holder hereof upon written request to the Company. Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement.

 

PIPE Warrants may be exercised at any time during the Exercise Period set forth in the Warrant Agreement. The holder of PIPE Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may exercise them by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the form of election to purchase set forth hereon properly completed and executed, together with payment of the Warrant Price as specified in the Warrant Agreement (or through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement) at the designated office of the Warrant Agent. In the event that upon any exercise of PIPE Warrants evidenced hereby the number of PIPE Warrants exercised shall be less than the total number of PIPE Warrants evidenced hereby, there shall be issued to the holder hereof or his, her or its assignee, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of PIPE Warrants not exercised.

 

Notwithstanding anything else in this Warrant Certificate or the Warrant Agreement, no PIPE Warrant may be exercised unless at the time of exercise (i) a registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise is effective under the Securities Act and (ii) a prospectus thereunder relating to the shares of Common Stock is current, except through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement.

 

The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the PIPE Warrants set forth on the face hereof may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. If, upon exercise of a PIPE Warrant, the holder thereof would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share of Common Stock, the Company shall, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the holder of the PIPE Warrant.

 

Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the designated office of the Warrant Agent by the Registered Holder thereof in person or by legal representative or attorney duly authorized in writing, may be exchanged, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor evidencing in the aggregate a like number of PIPE Warrants.

 

Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at the office of the Warrant Agent a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of PIPE Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any tax or other third-party charges imposed in connection therewith.

 

The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder(s) hereof as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the PIPE Warrants nor this Warrant Certificate entitles any holder hereof to any rights of a stockholder of the Company.

 

  A-3  

 

 

Election to Purchase

 

(To Be Executed Upon Exercise of PIPE Warrant)

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, to receive shares of Common Stock and herewith tenders payment for such shares of Common Stock to the order of Churchill Capital Corp III (the “Company”) in the amount of $[•] in accordance with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that a certificate for such shares of Common Stock be registered in the name of [•] whose address is [•] and that such shares of Common Stock be delivered to [•] whose address is [•]. If said number of shares of Common Stock is less than all of the shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such shares of Common Stock be registered in the name of [•], whose address is [•], and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to [•], whose address is [•].

 

In the event that the PIPE Warrant has been called for redemption by the Company pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Warrant Agreement and the Company has required cashless exercise pursuant to Section 6.3 of the Warrant Agreement, the number of shares of Common Stock that this PIPE Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with subsection 3.3.1(b), and Section 6.3 of the Warrant Agreement.

 

In the event that the PIPE Warrant is to be exercised on a “cashless” basis pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Warrant Agreement, the number of shares of Common Stock that this PIPE Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.4 of the Warrant Agreement.

 

In the event that the PIPE Warrant may be exercised, to the extent allowed by the Warrant Agreement, through cashless exercise (i) the number of shares of Common Stock that this PIPE Warrant is exercisable for would be determined in accordance with the relevant section of the Warrant Agreement which allows for such cashless exercise and (ii) the holder hereof shall complete the following: The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, through the cashless exercise provisions of the Warrant Agreement, to receive shares of Common Stock. If said number of shares of Common Stock is less than all of the shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder (after giving effect to the cashless exercise), the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such shares of Common Stock be registered in the name of [•], whose address is [•], and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to [•], whose address is [•].

 

Date:

(Signature)

 

(Address)

 

 

(Tax Identification Number)

 

Signature Guaranteed:

 

THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO SEC RULE 17Ad-15 (OR ANY SUCCESSOR RULE) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT, OF 1934, AS AMENDED).

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

LEGEND

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE.

 

SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF THE COMPANY ISSUED UPON EXERCISE OF SUCH SECURITIES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS PURSUANT TO A SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO WITH THE COMPANY.

 

 

 

  B-1  

 

Exhibit 4.6

 

 

CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III 

as Issuer

 

and

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 

as Trustee

 

 

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of October 8, 2020

 

 

 

6.00% / 7.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Page

 

Article 1. Definitions; Rules of Construction 1
     
Section 1.01. Definitions 1
Section 1.02. Other Definitions 14
Section 1.03. Rules of Construction 14
     
Article 2. The Notes 15
     
Section 2.01. Form, Dating and Denominations. 15
Section 2.02. Execution, Authentication and Delivery 16
Section 2.03. Initial Notes; Additional Notes and PIK Notes 16
Section 2.04. Method of Payment 17
Section 2.05. Accrual of Interest; Defaulted Amounts; When Payment Date is Not a Business Day 18
Section 2.06. Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent 20
Section 2.07. Paying Agent and Conversion Agent to Hold Property in Trust 21
Section 2.08. Holder Lists 21
Section 2.09. Legends 21
Section 2.10. Transfers and Exchanges; Certain Transfer Restrictions 22
Section 2.11. Exchange and Cancellation of Notes to Be Converted or to Be Repurchased Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change 27
Section 2.12. Removal of Transfer Restrictions 28
Section 2.13. Replacement Notes 28
Section 2.14. Registered Holders; Certain Rights with Respect to Global Notes 29
Section 2.15. Cancellation 29
Section 2.16. Notes Held by the Company or its Affiliates 29
Section 2.17. Temporary Notes 29
Section 2.18. Outstanding Notes 30
Section 2.19. Repurchases by the Company 31
Section 2.20. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers 31
Section 2.21. Registration Rights Agreement 31
Section 2.22. Tax Treatment Of The Notes 31
     
Article 3. Covenants 31
     
Section 3.01. Payment on Notes 31
Section 3.02. Exchange Act Reports 32
Section 3.03. Rule 144A Information 32
Section 3.04. Use of Proceeds 33
Section 3.05. Compliance and Default Certificates 33
Section 3.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws 33
Section 3.07. Acquisition of Notes by the Company and its Affiliates 33
     
Article 4. Repurchase and Redemption 33
     
Section 4.01. No Sinking Fund 34
Section 4.02. Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes upon a Fundamental Change 34

 

 

 

 

Section 4.03. Right of the Company to Redeem the Notes 34
     
Article 5. Conversion 41
     
Section 5.01. Right to Convert 41
Section 5.02. Conversion Procedures 42
Section 5.03. Settlement upon Conversion 44
Section 5.04. Reserve and Status of Common Stock Issued upon Conversion 46
Section 5.05. Adjustments to the Conversion Rate 47
Section 5.06. Voluntary Adjustments 57
Section 5.07. Adjustments to the Conversion Rate in Connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change 58
Section 5.08. Exchange in Lieu of Conversion 59
Section 5.09. Effect of Common Stock Change Event 60
     
Article 6. Successors 61
     
Section 6.01. When the Company May Merge, Etc. 61
Section 6.02. Successor Corporation Substituted 63
     
Article 7. Defaults and Remedies 63
   
Section 7.01. Events of Default 63
Section 7.02. Acceleration 64
Section 7.03. Sole Remedy for a Failure to Report 65
Section 7.04. Other Remedies 66
Section 7.05. Waiver of Past Defaults 66
Section 7.06. Control by Majority 66
Section 7.07. Limitation on Suits 66
Section 7.08. Absolute Right of Holders to Institute Suit for the Enforcement of the Right to Receive Payment and Conversion Consideration 67
Section 7.09. Collection Suit by Trustee 67
Section 7.10. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim 68
Section 7.11. Priorities 68
Section 7.12. Undertaking for Costs 69
     
Article 8. Amendments, Supplements and Waivers 69
     
Section 8.01. Without the Consent of Holders 69
Section 8.02. With the Consent of Holders 70
Section 8.03. Notice of Amendments, Supplements and Waivers 71
Section 8.04. Revocation, Effect and Solicitation of Consents; Special Record Dates; Etc. 71
Section 8.05. Notations and Exchanges 72
Section 8.06. Trustee to Execute Supplemental Indentures 72
     
Article 9. Guarantees 72
     
Section 9.01. Guarantees 72
Section 9.02. Limitation on Guarantor Liability 74
Section 9.03. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee 74

 

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Section 9.04. When Guarantors May Merge, etc. 74
Section 9.05. Future Guarantors 75
Section 9.06. Applicable of Certain Provisions of the Guarantors 76
Section 9.07. Release of Guarantees 76
     
Article 10. Satisfaction and Discharge 76
     
Section 10.01. Termination of Company’s Obligations 77
Section 10.02. Repayment to Company 77
Section 10.03. Reinstatement 77
     
Article 11. Trustee 78
     
Section 11.01. Duties of the Trustee 78
Section 11.02. Rights of the Trustee 78
Section 11.03. Individual Rights of the Trustee 79
Section 11.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer 82
Section 11.05. Notice of Defaults 82
Section 11.06. Compensation and Indemnity 82
Section 11.07. Replacement of the Trustee 82
Section 11.08. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. 83
Section 11.09. Eligibility; Disqualification 84
     
Article 12. Miscellaneous 84
     
Section 12.01. Notices 84
Section 12.02. Delivery of Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as to Conditions Precedent 84
Section 12.03. Statements Required in Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel 85
Section 12.04. Rules by the Trustee, the Registrar and the Paying Agent 85
Section 12.05. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders 87
Section 12.06. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial 87
Section 12.07. Submission to Jurisdiction 87
Section 12.08. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements 87
Section 12.09. Successors 87
Section 12.10. Force Majeure 88
Section 12.11. U.S.A. PATRIOT Act 88
Section 12.12. Calculations 88
Section 12.13. Severability 88
Section 12.14. Counterparts 88
Section 12.15. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. 88
Section 12.16. Withholding Taxes 88

 

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Exhibits

  

Exhibit A: Form of Note   A-1
Exhibit B-1: Form of Restricted Note Legend   B-1-1
Exhibit B-2: Form of Global Note Legend   B-2-1
Exhibit C: Form of Supplemental Indenture   C-1

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of October 8, 2020, between Churchill Capital Corp III, a Delaware corporation, as issuer (the “Company”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee” as further defined below).

 

Each party to this Indenture (as defined below) agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined below) of the Company’s 6.00% / 7.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”).

 

In connection with the purchase of the Notes, the Initial Purchasers (as defined below) will also enter into that certain registration rights agreement, dated the Issue Date, by and among the Company, the Initial Purchasers and the other investors that may become party thereto from time to time (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).

 

Article 1.     Definitions; Rules of Construction

 

Section 1.01.     Definitions

 

Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 144 as in effect on the Issue Date.

 

AHYDO” means an “applicable high yield discount obligation within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code.

 

AHYDO Catch-Up Payment” means, as of each AHYDO redemption date, the payment on the Notes that is necessary to avoid the Notes being characterized as an AHYDO.

 

Authorized Denomination” means, with respect to a Note, subject to the issuance of PIK Notes or the increase in the principal amount of a Global Note in order to evidence PIK Interest, a principal amount thereof equal to $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, and after the issuance of PIK Notes or an increase in the principal amount of a Global Note, a principal amount of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof.

 

Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar U.S. federal or state or non-U.S. law for the relief of debtors.

 

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or a committee of such board duly authorized to act on behalf of such board.

 

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Common Stock” means the Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of the Company, subject to Section 5.09.

 

Company” means the Person named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture and, subject to Article 6, its successors and assigns.

 

Company Order” means a written request or order signed on behalf of the Company by one (1) of its Officers and delivered to the Trustee.

 

Conversion Date” means, with respect to a Note, the first (1st) Business Day on which the requirements set forth in Section 5.02(A) to convert such Note are satisfied, subject to Section 5.03(C).

 

Conversion Price” means, as of any time, an amount equal to (A) one thousand dollars ($1,000) divided by (B) the Conversion Rate in effect at such time.

 

Conversion Rate” initially means 76.9231 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes; provided, however, that the Conversion Rate is subject to adjustment pursuant to Article 5; provided, further, that whenever this Indenture refers to the Conversion Rate as of a particular date without setting forth a particular time on such date, such reference will be deemed to be to the Conversion Rate as of the Close of Business on such date.

 

Conversion Share” means any share of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of any Note.

 

Daily Cash Amount” means, with respect to any VWAP Trading Day, the lesser of (A) the applicable Daily Maximum Cash Amount; and (B) the Daily Conversion Value for such VWAP Trading Day.

 

Daily Conversion Value” means, with respect to any VWAP Trading Day, one-fortieth (1/40th) of the product of (A) the Conversion Rate on such VWAP Trading Day; and (B) the Daily VWAP per share of Common Stock on such VWAP Trading Day.

 

Daily Maximum Cash Amount” means, with respect to the conversion of any Note, the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the Specified Dollar Amount applicable to such conversion by (B) forty (40).

 

Daily Share Amount” means, with respect to any VWAP Trading Day, the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the excess, if any, of the Daily Conversion Value for such VWAP Trading Day over the applicable Daily Maximum Cash Amount by (B) the Daily VWAP for such VWAP Trading Day. For the avoidance of doubt, the Daily Share Amount will be zero for such VWAP Trading Day if such Daily Conversion Value does not exceed such Daily Maximum Cash Amount.

 

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Daily VWAP” means, for any VWAP Trading Day, the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “MPLN US <equity> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) 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, the market value of one share of Common Stock on such VWAP Trading Day determined, using a volume weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by Company). The “Daily VWAP” shall be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.

 

Default” means any event that is (or, after notice, passage of time or both, would be) an Event of Default.

 

Default Settlement Method” means Combination Settlement with a Specified Dollar Amount of $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes; provided, however, that the Company may, from time to time, change the Default Settlement Method by sending notice of the new Default Settlement Method to the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent.

 

Depositary” means The Depository Trust Company or its successor.

 

Depositary Participant” means any member of, or participant in, the Depositary.

 

Depositary Procedures” means, with respect to any conversion, transfer, exchange or transaction involving a Global Note or any beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary applicable to such conversion, transfer, exchange or transaction.

 

Ex-Dividend Date” means, with respect to an issuance, dividend or distribution on the Common Stock, the first date on which shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such issuance, dividend or distribution (including pursuant to due bills or similar arrangements required by the relevant stock exchange). For the avoidance of doubt, any alternative trading convention on the applicable exchange or market in respect of the Common Stock under a separate ticker symbol or CUSIP number will not be considered “regular way” for this purpose.

 

Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Exempted Fundamental Change” means any Fundamental Change with respect to which, in accordance with Section 4.02(I), the Company does not offer to repurchase any Notes.

 

Free Trade Date” means, with respect to any Note, the date that such Note is no longer subject to a Restricted Note Legend.

 

Fundamental Change” means any of the following events:

 

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(A)           a Person or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, or their respective employee benefit plans files any report with the SEC indicating that such Person or group has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner” (as defined below) of shares of the Company’s common equity representing (i) in the case of any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than any Permitted Holder, (x) during the first 18 months following the Closing Date, more than sixty percent (60%) of the voting power of all of the Company's then outstanding Common Stock, or (y) at any time after the first 18 months following the Closing Date, more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all of the Company's then outstanding Common Stock, or (ii) in the case of any Permitted Holder, eighty percent (80%) or more of the voting power of all of the Company’s then outstanding Common Stock;

 

(B)            the consummation of (i) any sale, lease or other transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person, other than solely to the Company or one or more of the Company’s Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; or (ii) any transaction or series of related transactions in connection with which (whether by means of merger, consolidation, share exchange, combination, reclassification, recapitalization, acquisition, liquidation or otherwise) all of the Common Stock is exchanged for, converted into, acquired for, or constitutes solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other property; provided, however, that any merger, consolidation, share exchange or combination of the Company pursuant to which the Persons that directly or indirectly “beneficially owned” (as defined below) all classes of the Company’s common equity immediately before such transaction directly or indirectly “beneficially own,” immediately after such transaction, more than fifty percent (50%) of all classes of common equity of the surviving, continuing or acquiring company or other transferee, as applicable, or the parent thereof, in substantially the same proportions vis-à-vis each other as immediately before such transaction will be deemed not to be a Fundamental Change pursuant to this clause (B);

 

(C)            the Company’s stockholders approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

 

(D)            the Common Stock ceases to be listed on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Market or The Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors);

 

provided, however, that a transaction or event described in clause (A) or (B) above will not constitute a Fundamental Change if at least ninety percent (90%) of the consideration received or to be received by the holders of Common Stock (excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to dissenters rights), in connection with such transaction or event, consists of shares of common stock listed (or depositary receipts representing shares of common stock, which depositary receipts are listed) on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Market or The Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors), or that will be so listed when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or event, and such transaction or event constitutes a Common Stock Change Event whose Reference Property consists of such consideration.

 

For the purposes of this definition, (x) any transaction or event described in both clause (A) and in clause (B)(ii) above (without regard to the proviso in clause (B)) will be deemed to occur solely pursuant to clause (B) above (subject to such proviso); (y) whether a Person is a “beneficial owner,” whether shares are “beneficially owned,” and percentage beneficial ownership, will be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act (as in Fundamental Change); and (z) the phrase Person or “group” is within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding (i) any employee benefit plan of such Person or “group” or of its Subsidiaries and (ii) any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan (but solely to the extent such Person is acting in such capacity).

 

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Fundamental Change Repurchase Date” means the date fixed for the repurchase of any Notes by the Company pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change.

 

Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” means a notice (including a notice substantially in the form of the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” set forth in Exhibit A) containing the information, or otherwise complying with the requirements, set forth in Section 4.02(F)(i) and Section 4.02(F)(ii).

 

Fundamental Change Repurchase Price” means the cash price payable by the Company to repurchase any Note upon its Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, calculated pursuant to Section 4.02(D).

 

Global Note” means a Note that is represented by a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee, and deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary.

 

Global Note Legend” means a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B-2.

 

Guarantee” means the guarantee by each Guarantor of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to Article 9.

 

Guarantor” means each Person that becomes a Guarantor by executing an amended or supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 8.01(B) and Section 9.03 and, subject to Section 9.04, its successors and assigns of the foregoing.

 

Holder” means a person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

 

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

 

Initial Purchasers” means Franklin Custodian Funds-Franklin Income Fund, Magnetar Constellation Master Fund Ltd, Magnetar Constellation Fund II, Ltd, Magnetar Structured Credit Fund, LP, Magnetar Xing He Master Fund Ltd, Magnetar SC Fund Ltd, Magnetar Longhorn Fund LP, Purpose Alternative Credit Fund—F LLC, Purpose Alternative Credit Fund—T LLC, 405 MSTV I LP, Magnetar Capital Master Fund Ltd, PEAK6 Group LLC, OHA Enhanced Credit Strategies Master Fund, L.P., Illinois State Board of Investment, OHAT Credit Fund, L.P., Future Fund Investment Company No.2 Pty Ltd, Indiana Public Retirement System, OHA Centre Street Partnership, L.P., OHA BCSS SSD II, L.P., OHA MPS SSD II, L.P., OHA Delaware Customized Credit Fund Holdings, L.P., OHA Delaware Customized Credit Fund—F, L.P., OHA KC Customized Credit Master Fund, L.P., OHA Structured Products Master Fund D, L.P., OHA Artesian Customized Credit Fund I, L.P., OHA Black Bear Fund, L.P., OHA Strategic Credit Master Fund II, L.P., OHA Tactical Investment Master Fund, L.P., OHA AD Customized Credit Fund (International), L.P., OHA Credit Solutions Master Fund 2, ALOHA European Credit Fund, L.P., Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, PIMCO Funds: PIMCO Income Fund, PIMCO Monthly Income Fund (Canada), PIMCO Funds: Global Investors Series plc, Income Fund, PIMCO Bermuda Trust II: PIMCO Bermuda Income Fund (M), OC III LVS I LP, PCM Fund, Inc., PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund, PIMCO Dynamic Credit and Mortgage Income Fund, PIMCO Dynamic Fund (PDI), PIMCO Flexible Credit Income Fund, PIMCO Tactical Opportunities Master Fund Ltd., PIMCO DISCO Fund III LP, PIMCO Global Credit Opportunity Master Fund LDC, PIMCO Horseshoe Fund, LP, PIMCO Global Core Asset Allocation Fund, PIMCO Funds: Global Investors Series plc, PIMCO Global Core Asset Allocation Fund and PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust: PIMCO Global Managed Asset Allocation Portfolio.

 

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Interest Payment Date” means, with respect to a Note, each April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on April 15, 2021 (or commencing on such other date specified in the certificate representing such Note). For the avoidance of doubt, the Maturity Date is an Interest Payment Date.

 

Interest Period” shall mean the period commencing on and including an Interest Payment Date and ending on and including the day immediately preceding the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, with the exception that the first Interest Period shall commence on and include the Issue Date and end on and include the day immediately preceding the first scheduled Interest Payment Date (the Interest Payment Date for any Interest Period shall be the Interest Payment Date occurring on the day immediately following the last day of such Interest Period).

 

Investors” means, collectively, Churchill Sponsor III, LLC, Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P., Hellman & Friedman LLC, GIC Private Limited, Leonard Green & Partners, LP, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc., Partners Group (USA) Inc., Cohen Private Ventures, LLC and each other equity holder, as of the date immediately preceding the Mergers, of Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P. (and each of their respective successors) and each of their respective Affiliates and any funds, partnerships or other co-investment vehicles managed, advised or controlled by the foregoing or their respective Affiliates, but not including, however, any portfolio companies of any of the foregoing (other than Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P.).

 

Issue Date” means October 8, 2020.

 

Last Original Issue Date” means (A) with respect to any Notes issued pursuant to the Subscription Agreement and any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, the Issue Date; and (B) with respect to any Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.03(B), and any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, either (i) the later of (x) the date such Notes are originally issued and (y) the last date any Notes are originally issued as part of the same offering pursuant to the exercise of an option granted to the initial purchaser(s) of such Notes to purchase additional Notes; or (ii) such other date as is specified in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee before the original issuance of such Notes.

 

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Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock for any Trading Day means the closing sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the last bid price and the last ask price per share or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid prices and the average last ask prices per share) of Common Stock on such Trading Day as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed. If the Common Stock is not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the last quoted bid price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid price and the last ask price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day from a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm selected by the Company, which may include any of the Initial Purchasers. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent will have any duty to determine the Last Reported Sale Price.

 

Make-Whole Fundamental Change” means (A) a Fundamental Change (determined after giving effect to the proviso immediately after clause (D) of the definition thereof, but without regard to the proviso to clause (B)(ii) of such definition) or (B) the sending of a Redemption Notice pursuant to Section 4.03(F); provided, however, that, subject to Section 4.03(I), the sending of a Redemption Notice will constitute a Make-Whole Fundamental Change only with respect to the Notes called (or deemed to be called pursuant to Section 4.03(I)) for Redemption pursuant to such Redemption Notice and not with respect to any other Notes.

 

Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period” means, (A) in the case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (A) of the definition thereof, the period from, and including, the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change to, and including, the thirty fifth (35th) Trading Day after such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date (or, if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change also constitutes a Fundamental Change (other than an Exempted Fundamental Change), to, but excluding, the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date); and (B) in the case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (B) of the definition thereof, the period from, and including, the Redemption Notice Date for the related Redemption to, and including, the Business Day immediately before the related Redemption Date; provided, however, that if the Conversion Date for the conversion of a Note that has been called (or deemed, pursuant to Section 4.03(I), to be called) for Redemption occurs during the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period for both a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurring pursuant to clause (A) of the definition of “Make-Whole Fundamental Change” and a Make-Whole Fundamental Change resulting from such Redemption pursuant to clause (B) of such definition, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5.07, solely for purposes of such conversion, (x) such Conversion Date will be deemed to occur solely during the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period for the Make-Whole Fundamental Change with the earlier Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date; and (y) the Make-Whole Fundamental Change with the later Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date will be deemed not to have occurred.

 

Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date” means (A) with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (A) of the definition thereof, the date on which such Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective; and (B) with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (B) of the definition thereof, the applicable Redemption Notice Date.

 

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Market Disruption Event” means, with respect to any date, the occurrence or existence, during the one-half hour period ending at the scheduled close of trading on such date on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or other market on which the Common Stock is listed for trading or trades, of any material suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.

 

Maturity Date” means October 15, 2027.

 

Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 12, 2020, by and among the Company, Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Polaris Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation, and the other parties named therein.

 

Mergers” means pursuant to the Merger Agreement, inter alia, a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company will be merged with an into Polaris Parent Corp., with Polaris Parent Corp. surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and immediately thereafter, Polaris Parent Corp. will be merged with and into another direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Polaris Parent Corp., with such subsidiary surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

Note Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent.

 

Notes” means the 6.00% / 7.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027 issued by the Company pursuant to this Indenture.

 

Observation Period” means, with respect to any Note to be converted, (A) subject to clause (B) below, if the Conversion Date for such Note occurs before July 15, 2027, the forty (40) consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the third (3rd) VWAP Trading Day immediately after such Conversion Date; (B) if such Conversion Date occurs on or after the date the Company has sent a Redemption Notice calling all or any Notes for Redemption pursuant to Section 4.03(F) and before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Redemption Date, the forty (40) consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the forty first (41st) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before such Redemption Date; and (C) subject to clause (B) above, if such Conversion Date occurs on or after July 15, 2027, the forty (40) consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the forty first (41st) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Maturity Date.

 

Officer” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice President of the Company.

 

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate that is signed on behalf of the Company by one (1) of its Officers and that meets the requirements of Section 12.03.

 

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

 

Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion, from legal counsel (including an employee of, or counsel to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 12.03, subject to customary assumptions; qualifications and exclusions.

 

Parent Entity” means any Person that, with respect to another Person, owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power of the common stock of such other Person.

 

Partial PIK Interest” means a portion of the interest on the Notes due on an Interest Payment Date, which is paid, at the Company’s election, by increasing the amount of outstanding Notes or by issuing additional PIK Notes, to the extent that only a portion of the interest due on an Interest Payment Date is so paid.

 

Permitted Holders” means each of (1) the Investors, (2) any Permitted Parent and (3) any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) the members of which include any of the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (1) or (2) above (a “Permitted Holder Group”); provided that, in the case of any Permitted Holder Group, no Person or other group (other than the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (1) or (2) above or the last sentence of this definition) own, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all of the Company’s then outstanding Common Stock held by such Permitted Holder Group. Any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) whose acquisition of beneficial ownership of the voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Common Stock constitutes a Fundamental Change in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder. In addition, any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) that becomes the direct or indirect beneficial owner of shares of the Company’s common equity representing 50% or more but less than or equal to 60% of the voting power of all of the Company’s then outstanding Common Stock during the first 18 months following the Closing Date will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder for so long as such Person or group does not own more than 60% of the voting power of all of the Company’s then outstanding Common Stock.

 

Permitted Parent” means any Parent Entity of the Company formed not in connection with, or in contemplation of, a transaction that (but for the application to such Person of clause (2) of the definition of “Permitted Holders”) would constitute a Fundamental Change.

 

Person” or “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof. Any division or series of a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust will constitute a separate “person” under this Indenture.

 

Physical Note” means a Note (other than a Global Note) that is represented by a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, registered in the name of the Holder of such Note and duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee.

 

PIK Interest” means payment of interest on the Notes through an increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Notes or through the issuance of PIK Notes, to the extent all interest due on an Interest Payment Date is so paid.

 

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

 

Redemption” means the repurchase of any Note by the Company pursuant to Section 4.03.

 

Redemption Date” means the date fixed, pursuant to Section 4.03(D), for the settlement of the repurchase of any Notes by the Company pursuant to a Redemption.

 

Redemption Notice Date” means, with respect to a Redemption, the date on which the Company sends the Redemption Notice for such Redemption pursuant to Section 4.03(F).

 

Redemption Price” means the cash price payable by the Company to redeem any Note upon its Redemption, calculated pursuant to Section 4.03(E).

 

Regular Record Date” has the following meaning with respect to an Interest Payment Date: (A) if such Interest Payment Date occurs on April 15th, the immediately preceding April 1st; and (B) if such Interest Payment Date occurs on October 15th, the immediately preceding October 1st.

 

Relevant Stock Exchange” means the New York Stock Exchange, or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed.

 

Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change” means the repurchase of any Note by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02.

 

Responsible Officer” means (A) any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of such officers; and (B) with respect to a particular corporate trust matter relating to this Indenture, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of, and familiarity with, the particular subject, and who, in each case, will have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

 

Restricted Note Legend” means a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B-1.

 

Restricted Stock Legend” means, with respect to any Conversion Share, a legend substantially to the effect that the offer and sale of such Conversion Share have not been registered under the Securities Act and that such Conversion Share cannot be sold or otherwise transferred except pursuant to a transaction that is registered under the Securities Act or that is exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

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

 

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or 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 on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “Scheduled Trading Day” means a Business Day.

 

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Security” means any Note or Conversion Share.

 

Significant Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person that constitutes a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act) of such Person; provided, however, that, if a Subsidiary meets the criteria of clause (3), but not clause (1) or (2), of the definition of “significant subsidiary” in Rule 1-02(w), then such Subsidiary will be deemed not to be a Significant Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary’s income from continuing operations before income taxes, exclusive of amounts attributable to any non-controlling interests, for the last completed fiscal year before the date of determination exceeds one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) (with such amount calculated pursuant to numbered paragraph 3 of computational note 1 with respect to clause (3) of such rule, to the extent the calculation of such Subsidiary’s income involves combined entities). For purposes of this definition, Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X refers to such rule as in effect on the Issue Date.

 

Special Interest” means any interest that accrues on any Note pursuant to Section 7.03.

 

“Specified Dollar Amount” means the maximum cash amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes to be received upon conversion as specified in the Settlement Notice related to any conversion.

 

Stock Price” has the following meaning for any Make-Whole Fundamental Change: (A) if the holders of Common Stock receive only cash in consideration for their shares of Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change and such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is pursuant to clause (B) of the definition of “Fundamental Change,” then the Stock Price is the amount of cash paid per share of Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change; and (B) in all other cases, the Stock Price is the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

 

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Subscription Agreement” means the Convertible Note Subscription Purchase Agreements, dated July 12, 2020, between the Company, Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P., Polaris Parent Corp, Polaris Intermediate Corp. and each of the Initial Purchasers.

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (A) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership or limited liability company) of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency, but after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees, as applicable, of such corporation, association or other business entity is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person; and (B) any partnership or limited liability company where (i) more than fifty percent (50%) of the capital accounts, distribution rights, equity and voting interests, or of the general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, of such partnership or limited liability company are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or limited liability company interests or otherwise; and (ii) such Person or any one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person is a controlling general partner of, or otherwise controls, such partnership or limited liability company.

 

Trading Day” means any day on which (A) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded; and (B) there is no Market Disruption Event. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “Trading Day” means a Business Day.

 

Transfer-Restricted Security” means any Security that constitutes a “restricted security” (as defined in Rule 144); provided, however, that such Security will cease to be a Transfer-Restricted Security upon the earliest to occur of the following events:

 

(A)            such Security is sold or otherwise transferred to a Person (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) pursuant to a registration statement that was effective under the Securities Act at the time of such sale or transfer;

 

(B)            such Security is sold or otherwise transferred to a Person (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) pursuant to an available exemption (including Rule 144) from the registration and prospectus-delivery requirements of, or in a transaction not subject to, the Securities Act and, immediately after such sale or transfer, such Security ceases to constitute a “restricted security” (as defined in Rule 144); and

 

(C)            such Security is eligible for resale, by a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company and that has not been an Affiliate of the Company during the immediately preceding three (3) months, pursuant to Rule 144 without any limitations thereunder as to volume, manner of sale, availability of current public information or notice.

 

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The Trustee is under no obligation to determine whether any Security is a Transfer-Restricted Security and may conclusively rely on an Officer’s Certificate with respect thereto.

 

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

 

Trustee” means the Person named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, means such successor.

 

VWAP Market Disruption Event” means, with respect to any date, (A) the failure by the Relevant Stock Exchange to open for trading during its regular trading session on such date; or (B) the occurrence or existence, for more than one half hour period in the aggregate, of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures 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 date.

 

VWAP Trading Day” means a day on which (A) there is no VWAP Market Disruption Event; and (B) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the Relevant Stock Exchange. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded on a Relevant Stock Exchange, then “VWAP Trading Day” means a Business Day.

 

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of such Person determined by reference to the definition of Subsidiary but with each reference therein to “more than fifty percent (50%)” deemed to be replaced with “one hundred percent (100%)” for purposes of this definition; provided, however, that directors’ qualifying shares will be disregarded for purposes of determining whether any Person is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of another Person.

 

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Section 1.02.     Other Definitions.

 

Term   Defined
 in Section
2022 Notes        9.05
2022 Notes Indenture        9.05
Additional Interest        2.21
Additional Shares        5.07(A)
Aggregate Purchase Price        9.05
“AHYDO redemption date”        3.01(D)
Business Combination Event        6.01(A)
Cash Interest        2.05(A)
Cash Settlement        5.03(A)
Combination Settlement        5.03(A)
Common Stock Change Event        5.09(A)
Conversion Agent        2.06(A)
Conversion Consideration        5.03(B)(i)
Default Interest        2.05(C)
Defaulted Amount        2.05(C)
Event of Default        7.01(A)
Exchange Consideration        5.08(A)
Expiration Date        5.05(A)(v)
Expiration Time        5.05(A)(v)
Fundamental Change Notice        4.02(E)
Fundamental Change Repurchase Right        4.02(A)
Guaranteed Obligations        9.01(A)(ii)
Guarantor Business Combination Event        9.04(A)
Initial Notes        2.03(A)
Paying Agent        2.06(A)
“Polaris Intermediate Guarantee”        9.05
“Redemption Notice”        4.03(F)
Physical Settlement        5.03(A)
PIK Notes        2.03(C)
PIK Notice        2.05(B)(i)
PIK Payment        2.03(C)
Reference Property        5.09(A)
Reference Property Unit        5.09(A)
Register        2.06(B)
Registrar        2.06(A)
Reporting Event of Default        7.03(A)
Settlement Method        5.03(A)
Specified Courts        12.07
Spin-Off        5.05(A)(iii)(2)
Spin-Off Valuation Period        5.05(A)(iii)(2)
Stated Interest        2.05(A)
Successor Corporation        6.01(A)
Successor Person        5.09(A)
Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period        5.05(A)(v)

 

Section 1.03.     Rules of Construction.

 

For purposes of this Indenture:

 

(A)            “or” is not exclusive;

 

(B)            “including” means “including without limitation”;

 

(C)            “will” expresses a command;

 

(D)            the “average” of a set of numerical values refers to the arithmetic average of such numerical values;

 

(E)            a merger involving, or a transfer of assets by, a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust will be deemed to include any division of or by, or an allocation of assets to a series of, such limited liability company, limited partnership or trust, or any unwinding of any such division or allocation;

 

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(F)            words in the singular include the plural and in the plural include the singular, unless the context requires otherwise;

 

(G)            “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision of this Indenture, unless the context requires otherwise;

 

(H)            references to currency mean the lawful currency of the United States of America, unless the context requires otherwise;

 

(I)             the exhibits, schedules and other attachments to this Indenture are deemed to form part of this Indenture;

 

(J)             references to “principal amount” of the Notes include any increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Notes as a result of a PIK Payment; and

 

(K)            the term “interest,” when used with respect to a Note, includes any Additional Interest and Special Interest, unless the context requires otherwise.

 

Article 2.     The Notes

 

Section 2.01.     Form, Dating and Denominations.

 

The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A. The Notes will bear the legends required by Section 2.09 and may bear notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage or the Depositary. Each Note will be dated as of the date of its authentication. Any PIK Notes will be issued with the designation “PIK Note” on the face of such PIK Note.

 

Except to the extent otherwise provided in a Company Order delivered to the Trustee in connection with the issuance and authentication thereof, the Notes will be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Notes. Global Notes may be exchanged for Physical Notes, and Physical Notes may be exchanged for Global Notes, only as provided in Section 2.10.

 

The Notes will be issuable only in registered form without interest coupons and only in Authorized Denominations.

 

Each certificate representing a Note will bear a unique registration number that is not affixed to any other certificate representing another outstanding Note.

 

The terms contained in the Notes constitute part of this Indenture, and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, agree to such terms and to be bound thereby; provided, however, that, to the extent that any provision of any Note conflicts with the provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture will control for purposes of this Indenture and such Note.

 

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Section 2.02.     Execution, Authentication and Delivery.

 

(A)            Due Execution by the Company. At least one (1) duly authorized Officer will sign the Notes on behalf of the Company by manual, facsimile or other electronic signature. A Note’s validity will not be affected by the failure of any Officer whose signature is on any Note to hold, at the time such Note is authenticated, the same or any other office at the Company.

 

(B)            Authentication by the Trustee and Delivery.

 

(i)            No Note will be valid until it is authenticated by the Trustee. A Note will be deemed to be duly authenticated only when an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or a duly appointed authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication of such Note.

 

(ii)            The Trustee will cause an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or a duly appointed authenticating agent) to manually sign the certificate of authentication of a Note only if (1) the Company delivers such Note to the Trustee; (2) such Note is executed by the Company in accordance with Section 2.02(A); and (3) the Company delivers a Company Order to the Trustee that (a) requests the Trustee to authenticate such Note; and (b) sets forth the name of the Holder of such Note and the date as of which such Note is to be authenticated. If such Company Order also requests the Trustee to deliver such Note to any Holder or to the Depositary, then the Trustee will promptly deliver such Note in accordance with such Company Order.

 

(iii)            The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. A duly appointed authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so under this Indenture, and a Note authenticated as provided in this Indenture by such an agent will be deemed, for purposes of this Indenture, to be authenticated by the Trustee. Each duly appointed authenticating agent will have the same rights to deal with the Company as the Trustee would have if it were performing the duties that the authentication agent was validly appointed to undertake.

 

Section 2.03.     Initial Notes; Additional Notes and PIK Notes.

 

(A)            Initial Notes. On the Issue Date, there will be originally issued one billion and three hundred million dollars ($1.3 billion) aggregate principal amount of Notes, subject to the provisions of this Indenture (including Section 2.02). Notes issued pursuant to this Section 2.03(A), and any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, are referred to in this Indenture as the “Initial Notes.”

 

(B)            Additional Notes. The Company may, subject to the provisions of this Indenture (including Section 2.02), issue additional Notes with the same terms as the Initial Notes (except, to the extent applicable, with respect to the date as of which interest begins to accrue on such additional Notes and the first Interest Payment Date and the Last Original Issue Date of such additional Notes), which additional Notes will, subject to the foregoing, be considered to be part of the same series of, and rank equally and ratably with all other, Notes issued under this Indenture; provided, however, that if any such additional Notes are not fungible with the Initial Notes or any other Notes issued under this Indenture for U.S. federal income tax or U.S. federal securities law purposes, then such additional Notes will be identified by one or more separate CUSIP numbers or by no CUSIP number. Any resale of notes repurchased by the Company as described and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3.07 will be deemed to be an “issuance” of notes for purposes of this Section 2.03(B).

 

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(C)            PIK Notes. If the Company elects to pay PIK Interest or Partial PIK Interest in respect of the Notes as set forth in Section 2.05 below, the Company may elect prior to any Interest Payment Date (subject to the restrictions described in the form of Notes in Exhibit A) to either increase the outstanding principal amount of the Notes or issue additional Notes (the “PIK Notes”) under this Indenture having the same terms (except that PIK Notes shall be made in a minimum denomination of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00) as the Notes (in each case, a “PIK Payment”). In the event that the Company shall determine to pay PIK Interest (including Partial PIK Interest) for any Interest Period, then the Company shall deliver a PIK Notice (as defined below) to the Trustee as required by the form of Note in Exhibit A. Any PIK Notes will, be considered to be part of the same series of, and rank equally and ratably with all other, Notes issued under this Indenture.

 

Section 2.04.     Method of Payment.

 

(A)            Global Notes. The Company will pay, or cause the Paying Agent to pay, the principal (whether due upon maturity on the Maturity Date, Redemption on a Redemption Date or repurchase on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or otherwise) of, interest on, and any cash Conversion Consideration for, any Global Note to the Depositary by wire transfer of immediately available funds no later than the time the same is due as provided in this Indenture.

 

(B)            Physical Notes. The Company will pay, or cause the Paying Agent to pay, the principal (whether due upon maturity on the Maturity Date, Redemption on a Redemption Date or repurchase on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or otherwise) of, interest on, and any cash Conversion Consideration for, any Physical Note no later than the time the same is due as provided in this Indenture as follows: (i) if the principal amount of such Physical Note is at least five million dollars ($5,000,000) (or such lower amount as the Company may choose in its sole and absolute discretion) and the Holder of such Physical Note entitled to such payment has delivered to the Paying Agent or the Trustee, no later than the time set forth in the immediately following sentence, a written request that the Company make such payment by wire transfer to an account of such Holder within the United States specified in such request, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account; and (ii) in all other cases, by check mailed to the address of the Holder of such Physical Note entitled to such payment as set forth in the Register. To be timely, such written request must be so delivered no later than the Close of Business on the following date: (x) with respect to the payment of any interest due on an Interest Payment Date, the immediately preceding Regular Record Date; (y) with respect to any cash Conversion Consideration, the relevant Conversion Date; and (z) with respect to any other payment, the date that is fifteen (15) calendar days immediately before the date such payment is due.

 

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Section 2.05.     Accrual of Interest; Defaulted Amounts; When Payment Date is Not a Business Day.

 

(A)            Accrual of Interest. Each Note will accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to six percent (6.00%) with respect to interest paid in cash (“Cash Interest”) and seven percent (7.00%) with respect to PIK Interest (together with the Cash Interest as the interest rate selected by the Company for any Interest Period, the “Stated Interest”), plus any Additional Interest and Special Interest that may accrue pursuant to Sections 2.21 and 7.03, respectively. The Company shall determine prior to any Interest Payment Date to pay Cash Interest or PIK Interest for such Interest Period; provided that prior to any such election, the Company is deemed to have selected Cash Interest. Stated Interest on each Note will (i) accrue from, and including, the most recent date to which Stated Interest has been paid or duly provided for (or, if no Stated Interest has theretofore been paid or duly provided for, the date set forth in the certificate representing such Note as the date from, and including, which Stated Interest will begin to accrue in such circumstance) to, but excluding, the date of payment of such Stated Interest; and (ii) be, subject to Sections 4.02(D), 4.03(E) and 5.02(D) (but without duplication of any payment of interest), payable semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, beginning on the first Interest Payment Date set forth in the certificate representing such Note, to the Holder of such Note as of the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date. Stated Interest, and, if applicable, Additional Interest and Special Interest, on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360)-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

 

(B)            PIK Interest.

 

(i)            In the event that the Company shall determine to pay PIK Interest (including Partial PIK Interest) for any Interest Period, then the Company shall deliver a notice (a “PIK Notice”) to the Trustee and the Holders not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the Interest Payment Date of the relevant Interest Period, which notice shall state the total amount of interest to be paid on the Interest Payment Date in respect of such Interest Period and the amount of such interest to be paid as PIK Interest or Partial PIK Interest, as the case may be. For the avoidance of doubt, interest on the Notes in respect of any Interest Period for which a PIK Notice is not delivered in accordance with the first sentence of this paragraph, in connection with a redemption or repurchase and on the Maturity Date must be paid entirely in cash.

 

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(ii)            Any PIK Interest (including Partial PIK Interest) on the Notes will be payable to Holders and (x) with respect to the Notes represented by one or more global Notes registered in the name of, or held by, the Depositary or its nominee on the relevant Regular Record Date, by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding global Notes by an amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable Interest Period (rounded up to the nearest whole dollar), and the Trustee will, upon receipt of an authentication order from the Company, record such increase in principal amount and (y) with respect to Notes represented by certificated Notes, by issuing PIK Notes in certificated form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable Interest Period (rounded up to the nearest whole dollar), and the Trustee will, upon receipt of an authentication order and PIK Notes from the Company, authenticate and deliver such PIK Notes in certificated form for original issuance to the Holders on the relevant record date, as shown by the records of the register of Holders. In the event that the Company is entitled to and elects to pay Partial PIK Interest for any Interest Period, each Holder will be entitled to receive cash in respect of the applicable percentage of the principal amount of the Notes held by such Holder on the relevant record date and PIK Interest in respect of the remaining percentage of the principal amount of the Notes held by such Holder on the relevant record date. Following an increase in the principal amount of the outstanding global Notes as a result of a PIK Payment, the global Notes will bear interest on such increased principal amount from and after the date of such PIK Payment. Any PIK Notes issued in certificated form will be distributed to Holders, will be dated as of the applicable Interest Payment Date and will bear interest from and after such date. All Notes issued pursuant to a PIK Payment will mature on the Maturity Date and will be governed by, and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of, the Indenture and shall have the same rights and benefits as the Notes issued on the Issue Date. Any certificated PIK Notes will be issued with the description “PIK Note” on the face of such PIK Note.

 

(iii)            If the Company pays a portion of the interest on the Notes in cash and a portion as PIK Interest, such cash and PIK Interest shall be paid to Holders pro rata in accordance with their interests.

 

(iv)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the payment of accrued interest in connection in connection with any repurchase of the Notes as described Article 4 of this Indenture shall be made solely in cash.

 

(C)            Defaulted Amounts. If the Company fails to pay any amount (a “Defaulted Amount”) payable on a Note on or before the due date therefor as provided in this Indenture, then, regardless of whether such failure constitutes an Event of Default, (i) such Defaulted Amount will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder of such Note otherwise entitled to such payment; (ii) to the extent lawful, interest (“Default Interest”) will accrue on such Defaulted Amount at a rate per annum equal to the rate per annum at which Stated Interest accrues, from, and including, such due date to, but excluding, the date of payment of such Defaulted Amount and Default Interest; (iii) such Defaulted Amount and Default Interest will be paid on a payment date selected by the Company to the Holder of such Note as of the Close of Business on a special record date selected by the Company, provided that such special record date must be no more than fifteen (15), nor less than ten (10), calendar days before such payment date; and (iv) at least fifteen (15) calendar days before such special record date, the Company will send notice to the Trustee and the Holders that states such special record date, such payment date and the amount of such Defaulted Amount and Default Interest to be paid on such payment date.

 

(D)            Delay of Payment when Payment Date is Not a Business Day. If the due date for a payment on a Note as provided in this Indenture is not a Business Day, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, such payment may be made on the immediately following Business Day and no interest will accrue on such payment as a result of the related delay. Solely for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, a day on which the applicable place of payment is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed will be deemed not to be a “Business Day.”

 

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(E)            Additional Interest; Special Interest. In the event that any Additional Interest or Special Interest is due on any Note, then at least two (2) Business Days prior to the date on which such Additional Interest or Special Interest is to be paid, the Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) and the Holders setting forth of the amount of such Additional Interest or Special Interest and the date on which such Additional Interest or Special Interest is to be paid. The Trustee shall be entitled to assume that no Additional Interest or Special Interest is due to Holders unless and until the Trustee receives such notice from the Company. The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor compliance with the Registration Rights Agreement or the circumstances giving rise to the payment of Additional Interest or Special Interest.

 

Section 2.06.     Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.

 

(A)            Generally. The Company will maintain (i) an office or agency in the continental United States where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”); (ii) an office or agency in the continental United States where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”); and (iii) an office or agency in the continental United States where Notes may be presented for conversion (the “Conversion Agent”). If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, then the Trustee will act as such and will receive compensation therefor in accordance with this Indenture and any other agreement between the Trustee and the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent.

 

(B)            Duties of the Registrar. The Registrar will keep a record (the “Register”) of the names and addresses of the Holders, the Notes held by each Holder and the transfer, exchange, repurchase, Redemption and conversion of Notes. Absent manifest error, the entries in the Register will be conclusive and the Company and the Trustee may treat each Person whose name is recorded as a Holder in the Register as a Holder for all purposes. The Register will be in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form reasonably promptly.

 

(C)            Co-Agents; Company’s Right to Appoint Successor Registrars, Paying Agents and Conversion Agents. The Company may appoint one or more co-Registrars, co-Paying Agents and co-Conversion Agents, each of whom will be deemed to be a Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, as applicable, under this Indenture. Subject to Section 2.06(A), the Company may change any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent (including appointing itself or any of its Subsidiaries to act in such capacity) without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee (and, upon request, any Holder) of the name and address of each Note Agent, if any, not a party to this Indenture and will enter into an appropriate agency agreement with each such Note Agent, which agreement will implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Note Agent.

 

(D)            Initial Appointments. The Company appoints the Trustee as the initial Paying Agent, the initial Registrar and the initial Conversion Agent.

 

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Section 2.07.    Paying Agent and Conversion Agent to Hold Property in Trust.

 

The Company will require each Paying Agent or Conversion Agent that is not the Trustee to agree in writing that such Note Agent will (A) hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money and other property held by such Note Agent for payment or delivery due on the Notes; and (B) notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment or delivery. The Company, at any time, may, and the Trustee, while any Default continues, may, require a Paying Agent or Conversion Agent to pay or deliver, as applicable, all money and other property held by it to the Trustee, after which payment or delivery, as applicable, such Note Agent (if not the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) will have no further liability for such money or property. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, then (A) it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all money and other property held by it as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent; and (B) references in this Indenture or the Notes to the Paying Agent or Conversion Agent holding cash or other property, or to the delivery of cash or other property to the Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, in each case for payment or delivery to any Holders or the Trustee or with respect to the Notes, will be deemed to refer to cash or other property so segregated and held separately, or to the segregation and separate holding of such cash or other property, respectively. Upon the occurrence of any event pursuant to in clause (ix) or (x) of Section 7.01(A) with respect to the Company (or with respect to any Subsidiary of the Company acting as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent), the Trustee will serve as the Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, as applicable, for the Notes.

 

Section 2.08.    Holder Lists.

 

If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the Trustee, no later than seven (7) Business Days before each Interest Payment Date, and at such other times as the Trustee may request, a list, in such form and as of such date or time as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders.

 

Section 2.09.    Legends.

 

(A)            Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear the Global Note Legend (or any similar legend, not inconsistent with this Indenture, required by the Depositary for such Global Note).

 

(B)            [Reserved].

 

(C)            Restricted Note Legend. Subject to Section 2.12,

 

(i)            each Note that is a Transfer-Restricted Security will bear the Restricted Note Legend; and

 

(ii)           if a Note is issued in exchange for, in substitution of, or to effect a partial conversion of, another Note (such other Note being referred to as the “old Note” for purposes of this Section 2.09(C)(ii)), including pursuant to Sections 2.10(B), 2.10(C), 2.11 or 2.13, then such Note will bear the Restricted Note Legend if such old Note bore the Restricted Note Legend at the time of such exchange or substitution, or on the related Conversion Date with respect to such conversion, as applicable; provided, however, that such Note need not bear the Restricted Note Legend if such Note does not constitute a Transfer-Restricted Security immediately after such exchange or substitution, or as of such Conversion Date, as applicable.

 

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(D)            Other Legends. A Note may bear any other legend or text, not inconsistent with this Indenture, as may be required by applicable law or by any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which such Note is traded or quoted.

 

(E)             Acknowledgement and Agreement by the Holders. A Holder’s acceptance of any Note bearing any legend required by this Section 2.09 will constitute such Holder’s acknowledgement of, and agreement to comply with, the restrictions set forth in such legend.

 

(F)             Restricted Stock Legend.

 

(i)            Each Conversion Share will bear the Restricted Stock Legend if the Note upon the conversion of which such Conversion Share was issued was (or would have been had it not been converted) a Transfer-Restricted Security at the time such Conversion Share was issued; provided, however, that such Conversion Share need not bear the Restricted Stock Legend if the Company determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such Conversion Share need not bear the Restricted Stock Legend.

 

(ii)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.09(F), a Conversion Share need not bear a Restricted Stock Legend if such Conversion Share is issued in an uncertificated form that does not permit affixing legends thereto, provided the Company takes measures (including the assignment thereto of a “restricted” CUSIP number) that it reasonably deems appropriate to enforce the transfer restrictions referred to in the Restricted Stock Legend.

 

Section 2.10.    Transfers and Exchanges; Certain Transfer Restrictions.

 

(A)            Provisions Applicable to All Transfers and Exchanges.

 

(i)            Subject to this Section 2.10, Physical Notes and beneficial interests in Global Notes may be transferred or exchanged from time to time and the Registrar will record each such transfer or exchange in the Register.

 

(ii)           Each Note issued upon transfer or exchange of any other Note (such other Note being referred to as the “old Note” for purposes of this Section 2.10(A)(ii)) or portion thereof in accordance with this Indenture will be the valid obligation of the Company, evidencing the same indebtedness, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as such old Note or portion thereof, as applicable.

 

(iii)          The Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Note Agents will not impose any service charge on any Holder for any transfer, exchange or conversion of Notes, but the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar and the Conversion Agent may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer, exchange or conversion of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 2.17 or 8.05 not involving any transfer.

 

(iv)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, a Note may not be transferred or exchanged in part unless the portion to be so transferred or exchanged is in an Authorized Denomination.

 

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(v)           The Trustee will have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any transfer restrictions imposed under this Indenture or applicable law with respect to any Security, other than to require the delivery of such certificates or other documentation or evidence as expressly required by this Indenture and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the requirements of this Indenture.

 

(vi)          Each Note issued upon transfer of, or in exchange for, another Note will bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09.

 

(vii)         Upon satisfaction of the requirements of this Indenture to effect a transfer or exchange of any Note, the Company will cause such transfer or exchange to be effected as soon as reasonably practicable but in no event later than the second (2nd) Business Day after the date of such satisfaction.

 

(viii)        For the avoidance of doubt, and subject to the terms of this Indenture, as used in this Section 2.10, an “exchange” of a Global Note or a Physical Note includes (x) an exchange effected for the sole purpose of removing any Restricted Note Legend affixed to such Global Note or Physical Note; and (y) if such Global Note or Physical Note is identified by a “restricted” CUSIP number, an exchange effected for the sole purpose of causing such Global Note or Physical Note to be identified by an “unrestricted” CUSIP number.

 

(ix)          Neither the Trustee nor any Note Agent will have any responsibility for any action taken or not taken by the Depositary.

 

(x)           None of the Trustee or any Note Agent will have any responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note or a Depositary Participant or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any Redemption Notice) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note will be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the Depositary Procedures. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.

 

(B)            Transfers and Exchanges of Global Notes.

 

(i)            Subject to the immediately following sentence, no Global Note may be transferred or exchanged in whole except (x) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary; (y) by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary; or (z) by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. No Global Note (or any portion thereof) may be transferred to, or exchanged for, a Physical Note; provided, however, that a Global Note will be exchanged, pursuant to customary procedures, for one or more Physical Notes if:

 

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(1)            (x) the Depositary notifies the Company or the Trustee that the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for such Global Note or (y) the Depositary ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act and, in each case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within ninety (90) days of such notice or cessation;

 

(2)            an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar has received a written request from the Depositary, or from a holder of a beneficial interest in such Global Note, to exchange such Global Note or beneficial interest, as applicable, for one or more Physical Notes; or

 

(3)            the Company, in its sole discretion, permits the exchange of any beneficial interest in such Global Note for one or more Physical Notes at the request of the owner of such beneficial interest.

 

(ii)           Upon satisfaction of the requirements of this Indenture to effect a transfer or exchange of any Global Note (or any portion thereof):

 

(1)            the Trustee will reflect any resulting decrease of the principal amount of such Global Note by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such Global Note (and, if such notation results in such Global Note having a principal amount of zero, the Company may (but is not required to) instruct the Trustee to cancel such Global Note pursuant to Section 2.15);

 

(2)            if required to effect such transfer or exchange, then the Trustee will reflect any resulting increase of the principal amount of any other Global Note by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such other Global Note;

 

(3)            if required to effect such transfer or exchange, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, a new Global Note bearing each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09; and

 

(4)            if such Global Note (or such portion thereof), or any beneficial interest therein, is to be exchanged for one or more Physical Notes, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note to be so exchanged; (y) are registered in such name(s) as the Depositary specifies (or as otherwise determined pursuant to customary procedures); and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09.

 

(iii)          Each transfer or exchange of a beneficial interest in any Global Note will be made in accordance with the Depositary Procedures.

 

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(C)            Transfers and Exchanges of Physical Notes.

 

(i)            Subject to this Section 2.10, a Holder of a Physical Note may (x) transfer such Physical Note (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) to one or more other Person(s); (y) exchange such Physical Note (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) for one or more other Physical Notes in Authorized Denominations having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Physical Note (or portion thereof) to be so exchanged; and (z) if then permitted by the Depositary Procedures, transfer such Physical Note (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) in exchange for a beneficial interest in one or more Global Notes; provided, however, that, to effect any such transfer or exchange, such Holder must:

 

(1)            surrender such Physical Note to be transferred or exchanged to the office of the Registrar, together with any endorsements or transfer instruments reasonably required by the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar; and

 

(2)            deliver such certificates, documentation or evidence as may be required pursuant to Section 2.10(D).

 

(ii)           Upon the satisfaction of the requirements of this Indenture to effect a transfer or exchange of any Physical Note (such Physical Note being referred to as the “old Physical Note” for purposes of this Section 2.10(C)(ii)) of a Holder (or any portion of such old Physical Note in an Authorized Denomination):

 

(1)            such old Physical Note will be promptly cancelled pursuant to Section 2.15;

 

(2)            if such old Physical Note is to be so transferred or exchanged only in part, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such old Physical Note not to be so transferred or exchanged; (y) are registered in the name of such Holder; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09;

 

(3)            in the case of a transfer:

 

(a)            to the Depositary or a nominee thereof that will hold its interest in such old Physical Note (or such portion thereof) to be so transferred in the form of one or more Global Notes, the Trustee will reflect an increase of the principal amount of one or more existing Global Notes by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such Global Note(s), which increase(s) are in Authorized Denominations and aggregate to the principal amount to be so transferred, and which Global Note(s) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09; provided, however, that if such transfer cannot be so effected by notation on one or more existing Global Notes (whether because no Global Notes bearing each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09 then exist, because any such increase will result in any Global Note having an aggregate principal amount exceeding the maximum aggregate principal amount permitted by the Depositary or otherwise), then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Global Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount to be so transferred; and (y) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09; and

 

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(b)            to a transferee that will hold its interest in such old Physical Note (or such portion thereof) to be so transferred in the form of one or more Physical Notes, the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount to be so transferred; (y) are registered in the name of such transferee; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09; and

 

(4)            in the case of an exchange, the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount to be so exchanged; (y) are registered in the name of the Person to whom such old Physical Note was registered; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09.

 

(D)            Requirement to Deliver Documentation and Other Evidence. If a Holder of any Note that is identified by a “restricted” CUSIP number or that bears a Restricted Note Legend or is a Transfer-Restricted Security requests to:

 

(i)            cause such Note to be identified by an “unrestricted” CUSIP number;

 

(ii)           remove such Restricted Note Legend; or

 

(iii)          register the transfer of such Note to the name of another Person,

 

then the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Registrar may refuse to effect such identification, removal or transfer, as applicable, unless there is delivered to the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Registrar such certificates or other documentation or evidence as the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Registrar may reasonably require in order for the Company to determine that such identification, removal or transfer, as applicable, complies with the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws; provided, however, that no such certificates, documentation or evidence need be so delivered on and after the Free Trade Date with respect to such Note unless the Company determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such Note is not eligible to be offered, sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or otherwise without any requirements as to volume, manner of sale, availability of current public information or notice under the Securities Act.

 

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(E)            Transfers of Notes Subject to Redemption, Repurchase or Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note that (i) has been surrendered for conversion, except to the extent that any portion of such Note is not subject to conversion; (ii) is subject to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice validly delivered, and not withdrawn, pursuant to Section 4.02(F), except to the extent that any portion of such Note is not subject to such notice or the Company fails to pay the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Price when due; or (iii) has been selected for Redemption pursuant to a Redemption Notice, except to the extent that any portion of such Note is not subject to Redemption or the Company fails to pay the applicable Redemption Price when due.

 

Section 2.11.    Exchange and Cancellation of Notes to Be Converted or to Be Repurchased Pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change.

 

(A)            Partial Conversions, Redemptions and Repurchases of Physical Notes. If only a portion of a Physical Note of a Holder is to be converted pursuant to Article 5 or repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption, then, as soon as reasonably practicable after such Physical Note is surrendered for such conversion, Redemption or repurchase, as applicable, the Company will cause such Physical Note to be exchanged, pursuant and subject to Section 2.10(C), for (i) one or more Physical Notes that are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Physical Note that is not to be so converted, redeemed or repurchased, as applicable, and deliver such Physical Note(s) to such Holder; and (ii) a Physical Note having a principal amount equal to the principal amount to be so converted, redeemed or repurchased, as applicable, which Physical Note will be converted, redeemed or repurchased, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture; provided, however, that the Physical Note referred to in this clause (ii) need not be issued at any time after which such principal amount subject to such conversion, Redemption or repurchase, as applicable, is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section 2.18.

 

(B)            Cancellation of Converted, Redeemed and Repurchased Notes.

 

(i)            Physical Notes. If a Physical Note (or any portion thereof that has not theretofore been exchanged pursuant to Section 2.11(A)) of a Holder is to be converted pursuant to Article 5 or repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption, then, promptly after the later of the time such Physical Note (or such portion) is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section 2.18 and the time such Physical Note is surrendered for such conversion, Redemption or repurchase, as applicable, (1) such Physical Note will be cancelled pursuant to Section 2.15; and (2) in the case of a partial conversion, Redemption or repurchase, as applicable, the Company will issue, execute and deliver to such Holder, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Physical Note that is not to be so converted, redeemed or repurchased, as applicable; (y) are registered in the name of such Holder; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 2.09.

 

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(ii)           Global Notes. If a Global Note (or any portion thereof) is to be converted pursuant to Article 5 or repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or subject to Redemption, then, promptly after the time such Note (or such portion) is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section 2.18, the Trustee will reflect a decrease of the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note to be so converted, redeemed or repurchased, as applicable, by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such Global Note (and, if the principal amount of such Global Note is zero following such notation, cancel such Global Note pursuant to Section 2.15).

 

Section 2.12.    Removal of Transfer Restrictions.

 

Without limiting the generality of any other provision of this Indenture, the Restricted Note Legend affixed to any Note will be deemed, pursuant to this Section 2.12 and the footnote to such Restricted Note Legend, to be removed therefrom upon the Company’s delivery to the Trustee of notice, signed on behalf of the Company by one (1) of its Officers, to such effect (and, for the avoidance of doubt, such notice need not be accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel in order to be effective to cause such Restricted Note Legend to be deemed to be removed from such Note unless a new Note is to be authenticated in connection therewith). If such Note bears a “restricted” CUSIP or ISIN number at the time of such delivery, then, upon such delivery, such Note will be deemed, pursuant to this Section 2.12 and the footnotes to the CUSIP and ISIN numbers set forth on the face of the certificate representing such Note, to thereafter bear the “unrestricted” CUSIP and ISIN numbers identified in such footnotes; provided, however, that if such Note is a Global Note and the Depositary thereof requires a mandatory exchange or other procedure to cause such Global Note to be identified by “unrestricted” CUSIP and ISIN numbers in the facilities of such Depositary, then the Company will effect such exchange or procedure as soon as reasonably practicable.

 

Section 2.13.    Replacement Notes.

 

If a Holder of any Note claims that such Note has been mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, a replacement Note upon surrender to the Trustee of such mutilated Note, or upon delivery to the Trustee of evidence of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company. In the case of a lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note, the Company and the Trustee may require the Holder thereof to provide such security or indemnity that is satisfactory to the Company to protect the Company and the Trustee and that is satisfactory to the Trustee to protect the Trustee from any loss that any of them may suffer if such Note is replaced.

 

Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.13 will be an additional obligation of the Company and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with all other Notes issued under this Indenture.

 

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Section 2.14.    Registered Holders; Certain Rights with Respect to Global Notes.

 

Only the Holder of a Note will have rights under this Indenture as the owner of such Note. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Depositary Participants will have no rights as such under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or its nominee, or by the Trustee as its custodian, and the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Note Agents, and their respective agents, may treat the Depositary as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever; provided, however, that (A) the Holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Depositary Participants and Persons that hold interests in Notes through Depositary Participants, to take any action that such Holder is entitled to take with respect to such Global Note under this Indenture or the Notes; and (B) the Company and the Trustee, and their respective agents, may give effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary.

 

Section 2.15.    Cancellation.

 

The Company may at any time deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent will forward to the Trustee each Note duly surrendered to them for transfer, exchange, payment or conversion, as applicable. The Trustee will promptly cancel all Notes so surrendered to it in accordance with its customary procedures. Without limiting the generality of Section 2.03(B), the Company may not originally issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been cancelled upon transfer, exchange, payment or conversion.

 

Section 2.16.    Notes Held by the Company or its Affiliates.

 

Without limiting the generality of Section 2.18, in determining whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver, consent or other action under this Indenture, Notes owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates will be deemed not to be outstanding; provided, however, that, for purposes of determining whether the Trustee is protected in relying on any such direction, waiver, consent or other action under this Indenture, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned will be so disregarded.

 

Section 2.17.    Temporary Notes.

 

Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. The Company will promptly prepare, issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes. Until so exchanged, each temporary Note will in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.

 

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Section 2.18.    Outstanding Notes.

 

(A)            Generally. The Notes that are outstanding at any time will be deemed to be those Notes that, at such time, have been duly executed and authenticated (giving effect to, and as increased by, any payment of PIK Interest made thereon by increasing the aggregate principal amount of such Global Notes by an amount equal to the PIK Interest payable, rounded up to the nearest whole dollar), excluding those Notes (or portions thereof) that have theretofore been (i) cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 2.15; (ii) assigned a principal amount of zero by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of any a Global Note representing such Note; (iii) paid in full (including upon conversion) in accordance with this Indenture; or (iv) deemed to cease to be outstanding to the extent provided in, and subject to, clause (B), (C) or (D) of this Section 2.18.

 

(B)            Replaced Notes. If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.13, then such Note will cease to be outstanding at the time of its replacement, unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof reasonably satisfactory to them that such Note is held by a “bona fide purchaser” under applicable law.

 

(C)            PIK Notes. The aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented by a Global Note shall from time to time be increased, as applicable, to reflect PIK Interest.

 

(D)            Maturing Notes and Notes Called for Redemption or Subject to Repurchase. If, on a Redemption Date, a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or the Maturity Date, the Paying Agent holds money sufficient to pay the aggregate Redemption Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or principal amount, respectively, together, in each case, with the aggregate interest in cash, in each case due on such date, then (unless there occurs a Default in the payment of any such amount) (i) the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or repurchased, or that mature, on such date will be deemed, as of such date, to cease to be outstanding and interest will cease to accrue on such Notes, except to the extent provided in Sections 4.02(D), 4.03(E) or 5.02(D); and (ii) all rights of the Holders of such Notes (or such portions thereof), as such, will terminate with respect to such Notes (or such portions thereof), other than (x) the right to receive the Redemption Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or principal amount, as applicable, of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, such Notes (or such portions thereof), in each case as provided in this Indenture and (y) if the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Redemption Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, the right of the Holder of record on such Regular Record Date to receive the accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

 

(E)            Notes to Be Converted. At the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for any Note (or any portion thereof) to be converted, such Note (or such portion) will (unless there occurs a Default in the delivery of the Conversion Consideration or interest due, pursuant to Section 5.03(A) or Section 5.02(D), upon such conversion) be deemed to cease to be outstanding, except to the extent provided in Section 5.02(D) or Section 5.08.

 

(F)            Cessation of Accrual of Interest. Except as provided in Sections 4.02(D), 4.03(E) or 5.02(D), interest will cease to accrue on each Note from, and including, the date that such Note is deemed, pursuant to this Section 2.18, to cease to be outstanding, unless there occurs a default in the payment or delivery of any cash or other property due on such Note.

 

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Section 2.19.    Repurchases by the Company.

 

Without limiting the generality of Sections 2.15 and 3.07, the Company or its Subsidiaries may, from time to time, directly or indirectly repurchase Notes in open market purchases or otherwise, whether through private or public tender or exchange offers, cash-settled swaps or other cash-settled derivatives, or in other negotiated transactions without delivering prior notice to, or the consent of, Holders.

 

Section 2.20.    CUSIP and ISIN Numbers.

 

Subject to Section 2.12, the Company may use one or more CUSIP or ISIN numbers to identify any of the Notes, and, if so, the Company and the Trustee will use such CUSIP or ISIN number(s) in notices to Holders; provided, however, that (i) the Trustee makes no representation as to the correctness or accuracy of any such CUSIP or ISIN number; and (ii) the effectiveness of any such notice will not be affected by any defect in, or omission of, any such CUSIP or ISIN number. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP or ISIN number(s) identifying any Notes.

 

Section 2.21.    Registration Rights Agreement.

 

The Holders are entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement. The Holders shall be entitled under the Registration Rights Agreement to receive additional interest upon certain conditions, all pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Additional Interest”).

 

Section 2.22.    Tax Treatment Of The Notes.

 

It is intended that no Note will be an AHYDO and that the provisions hereof shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

Article 3.      Covenants

 

Section 3.01.    Payment on Notes.

 

(A)            Generally. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all the principal of, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and Redemption Price for, interest on, and other amounts due with respect to, the Notes on the dates and in the manner set forth in this Indenture.

 

(B)            Deposit of Funds. Before 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on each Redemption Date, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Interest Payment Date, and on the Maturity Date or any other date on which any cash amount is due on the Notes, the Company will deposit, or will cause there to be deposited, with the Paying Agent cash, in funds immediately available on such date, sufficient to pay the cash amount due on the applicable Notes on such date. The Paying Agent will return to the Company, as soon as practicable, any money not required for such purpose.

 

(C)            PIK Interest. PIK Interest and Partial PIK Interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee has received (i) a written order, pursuant to Section 2.05, from the Company signed by an Officer to increase the balance of any Global Note to reflect such PIK Interest or Partial PIK Interest, as applicable, or (ii) a PIK Note duly executed by the Company together with a written order, pursuant to Section 2.05, of the Company signed by an Officer requesting the authentication of such PIK Note by the Trustee.

 

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(D)            Catch-Up Payments. At the end of each “accrual period” (as defined in Section 1272(a)(5) of the Code) ending after the fifth anniversary of the Issue Date (each, an “AHYDO redemption date”) the Company will be required to pay or cause to be paid any AHYDO Catch-Up Payments.

 

(E)            Additional Interest; Special Interest. Additional Interest and Special Interest shall be paid in cash on the Interest Payment Dates and in the manner of Cash Interest.

 

Section 3.02.    Exchange Act Reports.

 

(A)            Generally. The Company will send to the Trustee copies of all reports that the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act within fifteen (15) calendar days after the date that the Company is required to file the same (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods under the Exchange Act); provided, however, that the Company need not send to the Trustee any material for which the Company has received, or is seeking in good faith and has not been denied, confidential treatment by the SEC. Any report that the Company files with the SEC through the EDGAR system (or any successor thereto) will be deemed to be sent to the Trustee at the time such report is so filed via the EDGAR system (or such successor), it being understood that the Trustee will not be responsible for determining whether such filings have been made or for their timeliness or their content. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company will provide to such Holder a copy of any report that the Company has sent the Trustee pursuant to this Section 3.02(A), other than a report that is deemed to be sent to the Trustee pursuant to the preceding sentence.

 

(B)            Trustee’s Disclaimer. Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.02(A) is for informational purposes only and the information and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing will not be deemed to constitute actual or constructive notice to the Trustee of any information contained therein, or determinable from information contained therein including the Company’s compliance with any of the covenants under this Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officer’s Certificate). The Trustee will have no obligation whatsoever to monitor or confirm, on a continuing basis or otherwise, the Company’s compliance with its covenants under this Indenture or with respect to any reports or other documents filed with the SEC via the EDGAR system (or any successor thereto) or any other website, or to participate in any conference calls.

 

Section 3.03.    Rule 144A Information.

 

If the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act at any time when any Notes or Conversion Shares are outstanding and constitute “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144), then the Company (or its successor) will promptly provide, to the Trustee and, upon written request, to any Holder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of such Notes or Conversion Shares, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to facilitate the resale of such Notes or Conversion Shares pursuant to Rule 144A. The Company (or its successor) will take such further action as any Holder or beneficial owner of such Notes or Conversion Shares may reasonably request to enable such Holder or beneficial owner to sell such Notes or Conversion Shares pursuant to Rule 144A.

 

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Section 3.04.    Use of Proceeds.

 

The Company will use the proceeds of the Notes sold to the Initial Purchasers, together with the cash proceeds from the substantially concurrent issuance of the Company’s Common Stock and funds from the trust account containing the proceeds of the Company’s initial public offering and from certain private placements, (i) to fund the cash consideration for the Mergers, (ii) to fund the redemption of all or a portion of the 2022 Notes and/or satisfaction of the 2022 Notes Indenture to the extent required by the Merger Agreement, (iii) to pay related fees and expenses and (iv) for general corporate purposes, including by means of contributions to the Company’s direct or indirect subsidiaries for such general corporate purposes.

 

Section 3.05.    Compliance and Default Certificates.

 

(A)            Annual Compliance Certificate. Within one hundred and twenty (120) days after December 31, 2020, and each fiscal year of the Company ending thereafter, the Company will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating (i) that the signatory thereto has supervised a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year with a view towards determining whether any Default or Event of Default has occurred during the previous fiscal year; and (ii) whether, to such signatory’s knowledge, a Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing (and, if so, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).

 

(B)            Default Certificate. If a Default or Event of Default occurs, then the Company will promptly deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee describing the same and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section 3.06.    Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

 

To the extent that it may lawfully do so, the Company (A) agrees that 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 or whenever enacted or in force) that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (B) expressly waives all benefits or advantages of any such law and agrees that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power granted to the Trustee by this Indenture, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

 

Section 3.07. Acquisition of Notes by the Company and its Affiliates.

 

Any Notes that the Company or its Subsidiaries may repurchase pursuant to this Indenture will be considered outstanding for all purposes under this Indenture (subject to Section 2.16) unless and until such time the Company surrenders the Notes to the Trustee for cancellation and, upon receipt of a written order from the Company, the Trustee will cancel all Notes so surrendered. Any Note that is repurchased or owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company may not be resold by the Company or any such Affiliate unless registered under the Securities Act or resold pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in a transaction that results in such Note no longer being a “restricted security” (as defined in Rule 144).

 

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Article 4. Repurchase and Redemption

 

Section 4.01.    No Sinking Fund.

 

No sinking fund is required to be provided for the Notes.

 

Section 4.02.    Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes upon a Fundamental Change.

 

(A)            Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes Upon a Fundamental Change. Subject to the other terms of this Section 4.02, if a Fundamental Change occurs, then each Holder will have the right (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Right”) to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Notes (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change for a cash purchase price equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

 

(B)             Repurchase Prohibited in Certain Circumstances. If the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated and such acceleration has not been rescinded on or before the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change (including as a result of the payment of the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, and any related interest pursuant to the proviso to Section 4.02(D), on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date), then (i) the Company may not repurchase any Notes pursuant to this Section 4.02; and (ii) the Company will cause any Notes theretofore surrendered for such Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change to be returned to the Holders thereof (or, if applicable with respect to Global Notes, cancel any instructions for book-entry transfer to the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent of the applicable beneficial interest in such Notes in accordance with the Depositary Procedures).

 

(C)            Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. The Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for any Fundamental Change will be a Business Day of the Company’s choosing that is no more than thirty five (35), nor less than twenty (20), Business Days after the date the Company sends the related Fundamental Change Notice pursuant to Section 4.02(E).

 

(D)            Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. The Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any Note to be repurchased upon a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change following a Fundamental Change is an amount in cash equal to the principal amount of such Note plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change; provided, however, that if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, then (i) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, to receive, on or, at the Company’s election, before, such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date (assuming, solely for these purposes, that such Note remained outstanding through such Interest Payment Date, if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is before such Interest Payment Date); and (ii) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will not include accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day within the meaning of Section 2.05(D) and such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date occurs on the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date, then (x) accrued and unpaid interest on Notes to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date will be paid, in accordance with Section 2.05(D), on the next Business Day to Holders as of the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date; and (y) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will include interest on Notes to be repurchased from, and including, such Interest Payment Date.

 

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(E)             Fundamental Change Notice. On or before the twentieth (20th) calendar day after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company will send to each Holder, in writing, with a copy to the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent a notice of such Fundamental Change (a “Fundamental Change Notice”).

 

Such Fundamental Change Notice must state:

 

(i)            briefly, the events causing such Fundamental Change;

 

(ii)           the effective date of such Fundamental Change;

 

(iii)          the procedures that a Holder must follow to require the Company to repurchase its Notes pursuant to this Section 4.02, including the deadline for exercising the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right and the procedures for submitting and withdrawing a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice;

 

(iv)          the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change;

 

(v)            the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for such Fundamental Change (and, if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, the amount, manner and timing of the interest payment payable pursuant to the proviso to Section 4.02(D));

 

(vi)          the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;

 

(vii)         the Conversion Rate in effect on the date of such Fundamental Change Notice and a description and quantification of any adjustments to the Conversion Rate that may result from such Fundamental Change (including pursuant to Section 5.07);

 

(viii)        that Notes for which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been duly tendered and not duly withdrawn must be delivered to the Paying Agent for the Holder thereof to be entitled to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;

 

(ix)          that Notes (or any portion thereof) that are subject to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice that has been duly tendered may be converted only if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with this Indenture; and

 

(x)           the CUSIP and ISIN numbers, if any, of the Notes.

 

Neither the failure to deliver a Fundamental Change Notice nor any defect in a Fundamental Change Notice will limit the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right of any Holder or otherwise affect the validity of any proceedings relating to any Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change.

 

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(F)             Procedures to Exercise the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right.

 

(i)            Delivery of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and Notes to Be Repurchased. To exercise its Fundamental Change Repurchase Right for a Note following a Fundamental Change, the Holder thereof must deliver to the Paying Agent:

 

(1)            before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or such later time as may be required by law), a duly completed, written Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to such Note; and

 

(2)            such Note, duly endorsed for transfer (if such Note is a Physical Note) or by book-entry transfer (if such Note is a Global Note).

 

The Paying Agent will promptly deliver to the Company a copy of each Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice that it receives.

 

(ii)           Contents of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notices. Each Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note must state:

 

(1)            if such Note is a Physical Note, the certificate number of such Note;

 

(2)            the principal amount of such Note to be repurchased, which must be an Authorized Denomination; and

 

(3)            that such Holder is exercising its Fundamental Change Repurchase Right with respect to such principal amount of such Note;

 

provided, however, that if such Note is a Global Note, then such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice must comply with the Depositary Procedures (and any such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice delivered in compliance with the Depositary Procedures will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 4.02(F)).

 

(iii)          Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice. A Holder that has delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note may withdraw such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice by delivering a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent at any time before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. Such withdrawal notice must state:

 

(1)            if such Note is a Physical Note, the certificate number of such Note;

 

(2)            the principal amount of such Note to be withdrawn, which must be an Authorized Denomination; and

 

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(3)            the principal amount of such Note, if any, that remains subject to such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, which must be an Authorized Denomination;

 

provided, however, that if such Note is a Global Note, then such withdrawal notice must comply with the Depositary Procedures (and any such withdrawal notice delivered in compliance with the Depositary Procedures will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 4.02(F)).

 

Upon receipt of any such withdrawal notice with respect to a Note (or any portion thereof), the Paying Agent will (x) promptly deliver a copy of such withdrawal notice to the Company; and (y) if such Note is surrendered to the Paying Agent, cause such Note (or such portion thereof in accordance with Section 2.11, treating such Note as having been then surrendered for partial repurchase in the amount set forth in such withdrawal notice as remaining subject to repurchase) to be returned to the Holder thereof (or, if applicable with respect to any Global Note, cancel any instructions for book-entry transfer to the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent of the applicable beneficial interest in such Note in accordance with the Depositary Procedures).

 

(G)             Payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Without limiting the Company’s obligation to deposit the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price within the time proscribed by Section 3.01(B), the Company will cause the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for a Note (or portion thereof) to be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change to be paid to the Holder thereof on or before the later of (i) the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and (ii) the date (x) such Note is delivered to the Paying Agent (in the case of a Physical Note) or (y) the Depositary Procedures relating to the repurchase, and the delivery to the Paying Agent, of such Holder’s beneficial interest in such Note to be repurchased are complied with (in the case of a Global Note). For the avoidance of doubt, interest payable pursuant to the proviso to Section 4.02(D) on any Note to be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change must be paid pursuant to such proviso regardless of whether such Note is delivered or such Depositary Procedures are complied with pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 4.02(G).

 

(H)            Repurchase by Third Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.02, the Company will be deemed to satisfy its obligations under this Section 4.02 if (i) one or more third parties conduct any Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change and related offer to repurchase Notes otherwise required by this Section 4.02 in a manner and time that would have satisfied the requirements of this Section 4.02 if conducted directly by the Company; and (ii) an owner of a beneficial interest in any Note repurchased by such third party or parties will not receive a lesser amount (as a result of taxes, additional expenses or for any other reason) than such owner would have received had the Company repurchased such Note.

 

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(I)              No Requirement to Conduct an Offer to Repurchase Notes if the Fundamental Change Results in the Notes Becoming Convertible into an Amount of Cash Exceeding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.02, the Company will not be required to send a Fundamental Change Notice pursuant to Section 4.02(E), or offer to repurchase or repurchase any Notes pursuant to this Section 4.02, in connection with a Fundamental Change occurring pursuant to clause (B)(ii) (or pursuant to clause (A) that also constitutes a Fundamental Change occurring pursuant to clause (B)(ii)) of the definition thereof, if (i) such Fundamental Change constitutes a Common Stock Change Event whose Reference Property consists entirely of cash in U.S. dollars; (ii) immediately after such Fundamental Change, the Notes become convertible, pursuant to Section 5.09(A) and, if applicable, Section 5.07, into consideration that consists solely of U.S. dollars in an amount per $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes that equals or exceeds the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price per $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes (calculated assuming that the same includes the maximum amount of accrued interest payable as part of the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Price); and (iii) the Company timely sends the notice relating to such Common Stock Change Event pursuant to Section 5.09(B) and includes, in such notice, a statement that the Company is relying on this Section 4.02(I).

 

(J)              Compliance with Applicable Securities Laws. To the extent applicable, the Company will comply with all U.S. federal and state securities laws in connection with a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change (including complying with Rules 13e-4 and 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and filing any required Schedule TO, to the extent applicable) so as to permit effecting such Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change in the manner set forth in this Indenture; provided, however, that, to the extent that the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Section 4.02 conflict with any law or regulation that is applicable to the Company and enacted after the Issue Date, the Company’s compliance with such law or regulation will not be considered to be a Default of such obligations.

 

(K)            Repurchase in Part. Subject to the terms of this Section 4.02, Notes may be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change in part, but only in Authorized Denominations. Provisions of this Section 4.02 applying to the repurchase of a Note in whole will equally apply to the repurchase of a permitted portion of a Note.

 

Section 4.03.    Right of the Company to Redeem the Notes.

 

(A)            No Right to Redeem Before October 8, 2023. The Company may not redeem the Notes before October 8, 2023.

 

(B)            Right to Redeem the Notes on or After October 8, 2023. Subject to the terms of this Section 4.03, the Company has the right, at its election, to redeem all, or any portion in an Authorized Denomination, of the Notes, at any time and from time to time, on a Redemption Date on or after October 8, 2023 and on or before the fortieth (40th) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Maturity Date, for a cash purchase price equal to the Redemption Price, but only if the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock exceeds one hundred and thirty percent (130%) of the Conversion Price on (i) each of at least twenty (20) Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption; and (ii) the Trading Day immediately before such Redemption Notice Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the calling of any Notes for Redemption will constitute a Make-Whole Fundamental Change with respect to such Notes pursuant to clause (B) of the definition thereof.

 

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(C)             Redemption Prohibited in Certain Circumstances. If the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such acceleration has not been rescinded on or before the Redemption Date (including rescission as a result of the payment of the related Redemption Price, and any related interest pursuant to the proviso to Section 4.03(E), on such Redemption Date), then (i) the Company may not redeem any Notes pursuant to this Section 4.03; and (ii) the Company will cause any Notes theretofore surrendered for such Redemption to be returned to the Holders thereof (or, if applicable with respect to Global Notes, cancel any instructions for book-entry transfer to the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent of the applicable beneficial interests in such Notes in accordance with the Depositary Procedures).

 

(D)             Redemption Date. The Redemption Date for any Redemption will be a Business Day of the Company’s choosing that is no more than sixty five (65), nor less than forty five (45), Scheduled Trading Days after the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption.

 

(E)             Redemption Price. The Redemption Price for any Note called for Redemption is an amount in cash equal to the principal amount of such Note plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, the Redemption Date for such Redemption; provided, however, that if such Redemption Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, then (i) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such Redemption, to receive, on or, at the Company’s election, before such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date (assuming, solely for these purposes, that such Note remained outstanding through such Interest Payment Date, if such Redemption Date is before such Interest Payment Date); and (ii) the Redemption Price will not include accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, such Redemption Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day within the meaning of Section 2.05(D) and such Redemption Date occurs on the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date, then (x) accrued and unpaid interest on Notes to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date will be paid, in accordance with Section 2.05(D), on the next Business Day to Holders as of the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date; and (y) the Redemption Price will include interest on Notes to be redeemed from, and including, such Interest Payment Date to, but excluding, such Redemption Date.

 

(F)             Redemption Notice; Notices to Trustee. To call any Notes for Redemption, the Company must (x) send to each Holder of such Notes, the Trustee and the Paying Agent a written notice of such Redemption (a “Redemption Notice”) and (y) substantially contemporaneously therewith, publish, on the Company’s website or through such other public medium as the Company then uses, the information set forth in the Redemption Notice.

 

Such Redemption Notice must state:

 

(i)            that the Notes have been called for Redemption, briefly describing the Company’s Redemption right under this Indenture;

 

(ii)           the Redemption Date for such Redemption;

 

(iii)          the Redemption Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for such Redemption (and, if the Redemption Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, the amount, manner and timing of the interest payment payable pursuant to the proviso to Section 4.03(E));

 

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(iv)          the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;

 

(v)           that Notes called for Redemption may be converted at any time before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the Redemption Date (or, if the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price due on such Redemption Date in full, at any time until such time as the Company pays such Redemption Price in full);

 

(vi)          the Conversion Rate in effect on the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption and a description and quantification of any adjustments to the Conversion Rate that may result from such Redemption (including pursuant to Section 5.07);

 

(vii)         the Settlement Method that will apply to all conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after such Redemption Notice Date and prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before such Redemption Date; and

 

(viii)        the CUSIP number(s), if any, of the Notes.

 

On or before the Redemption Notice Date, the Company will send a copy of such Redemption Notice to the Trustee and the Paying Agent. At the Company’s written request, the Trustee will give the Redemption Notice in the Company’s name and at its expense, provided that the Company delivers to the Trustee, at least five Business Days in the case of Physical Notes and two Business Days in the case of Global Notes prior to the Redemption Notice Date (unless the Trustee agrees to a shorter period), 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 this Section 4.03(F).

 

If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to this Section 4.03, then it will furnish to the Trustee, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Redemption will occur, the applicable Redemption Date, the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the Redemption Price. If the Registrar is not the Trustee, then the Company will, concurrently with each Redemption Notice, deliver, or cause the Registrar to deliver, to the Trustee a certificate (upon which the Trustee may rely exclusively) setting forth the principal amounts of Notes held by each Holder.

 

(G)            Selection, Conversion and Transfer of Notes to Be Redeemed in Part. If less than all Notes then outstanding are called for Redemption, then:

 

(i)            the Notes to be redeemed will be selected by the Company as follows: (1) in the case of Global Notes, in accordance with the Depositary Procedures; and (2) in the case of Physical Notes, by lot, on a pro rata basis or in such other manner as the Company shall deem appropriate and fair; and

 

(ii)           if only a portion of a Note is subject to Redemption and such Note is converted in part, then the converted portion of such Note will be deemed to be from the portion of such Note that was subject to Redemption.

 

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(H)          Payment of the Redemption Price. Without limiting the Company’s obligation to deposit the Redemption Price by the time proscribed by Section 3.01(B), the Company will cause the Redemption Price for a Note (or portion thereof) subject to Redemption to be paid to the Holder thereof on or before the applicable Redemption Date. For the avoidance of doubt, interest payable pursuant to the proviso to Section 4.03(E) on any Note (or portion thereof) subject to Redemption must be paid pursuant to such proviso.

 

(I)           Special Provisions for Partial Calls. If the Company elects to redeem less than all of the outstanding Notes pursuant to this Section 4.03, and the Holder of any Note, or any owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Note, is reasonably not able to determine, before the Close of Business on the forty second (42nd) Scheduled Trading Day (or, if the Company irrevocably elects Physical Settlement for all conversions with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after the related Redemption Notice Date and before the Related Redemption Date, the tenth (10th) calendar day) immediately before the Redemption Date for such Redemption, whether such Note or beneficial interest, as applicable, is to be redeemed pursuant to such Redemption, then such Holder or owner, as applicable, will be entitled to convert such Note or beneficial interest, as applicable, at any time before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before such Redemption Date, and each such conversion will be deemed to be of a Note called for Redemption for purposes of this Section 4.03 and Sections 5.01(C)(iii) and 5.07. The Trustee shall have no obligation to make any determination in connection with the foregoing.

 

Article 5.             Conversion

 

Section 5.01.     Right to Convert.

 

(A)            Generally. Subject to the provisions of this Article 5, each Holder may, at its option, convert such Holder’s Notes into Conversion Consideration.

 

(B)          Conversions in Part. Subject to the terms of this Indenture, Notes may be converted in part, but only in Authorized Denominations. Provisions of this Article 5 applying to the conversion of a Note in whole will equally apply to conversions of a permitted portion of a Note.

 

(C)          When Notes May Be Converted.

 

(i)           Generally. A Holder may convert its Notes at any time until the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Maturity Date.

 

(ii)          Limitations and Closed Periods. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes:

 

(1)         Notes may be surrendered for conversion only after the Open of Business and before the Close of Business on a day that is a Business Day;

 

(2)         in no event may any Note be converted after the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Maturity Date;

 

(3)         if a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is validly delivered pursuant to Section 4.02(F) with respect to any Note, then such Note may not be converted, except to the extent (a) any portion of such Note is not subject to such notice; (b) such notice is withdrawn in accordance with Section 4.02(F); or (c) the Company fails to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for such Note in accordance with this Indenture (or a third party fails to make such payment in accordance with Section 4.02(H)); and

 

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(4)          if the Company calls any Note for Redemption pursuant to Section 4.03, then the Holder of such Note may not convert such Note after the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the applicable Redemption Date, except to the extent the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price for such Note in accordance with this Indenture.

 

(iii)         Conversion upon Redemption. If the Company calls all or any Notes for Redemption, then the Holder of any Note called for Redemption may convert such Note at any time before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Redemption Date (or, if the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price due on such Redemption Date in full, at any time until such time as the Company pays such Redemption Price in full). After that time, the right to convert such Notes on account of the Company’s delivery of the Notice of Redemption will expire.

 

Section 5.02.     Conversion Procedures.

 

(A)            Generally.

 

(i)           Global Notes. To convert a beneficial interest in a Global Note, the owner of such beneficial interest must (1) comply with the Depositary Procedures for converting such beneficial interest (at which time such conversion will become irrevocable); and (2) pay any amounts due pursuant to Section 5.02(D) or Section 5.02(E).

 

(ii)          Physical Notes. To convert all or a portion of a Physical Note, the Holder of such Note must (1) complete, manually sign and deliver to the Conversion Agent the conversion notice attached to such Physical Note or a facsimile of such conversion notice; (2) deliver such Physical Note to the Conversion Agent (at which time such conversion will become irrevocable); (3) furnish any endorsements and transfer documents that the Company or the Conversion Agent may require; and (4) pay any amounts due pursuant to Section 5.02(D) or Section 5.02(E).

 

(B)         Effect of Converting a Note. At the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for a Note (or any portion thereof) to be converted, such Note (or such portion) will (unless there occurs a Default in the delivery of the Conversion Consideration or interest due, pursuant to Section 5.03(B) or Section 5.02(D), upon such conversion) be deemed to cease to be outstanding (and, for the avoidance of doubt, no Person will be deemed to be a Holder of such Note (or such portion thereof) as of the Close of Business on such Conversion Date), except to the extent provided in Section 5.02(D).

 

(C)         Holder of Record of Conversion Shares. The Person in whose name any share of Common Stock is issuable upon conversion of any Note will be deemed to become the holder of record of such share as of the Close of Business on (i) the Conversion Date for such conversion, in the case of Physical Settlement; or (ii) the last VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for such conversion, in the case of Combination Settlement.

 

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(D)        Interest Payable upon Conversion in Certain Circumstances. If the Conversion Date of a Note is after a Regular Record Date and before the next Interest Payment Date, then (i) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such conversion (and, for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything set forth in the proviso to this sentence), to receive, on or, at the Company’s election, before such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date (assuming, solely for these purposes, that such Note remained outstanding through such Interest Payment Date); and (ii) the Holder surrendering such Note for conversion must deliver to the Conversion Agent, at the time of such surrender, an amount of cash equal to the amount of such interest referred to in clause (i) above (regardless of whether the converting Holder was the Holder on the corresponding Regular Record Date); provided, however, that the Holder surrendering such Note for conversion need not deliver such cash (w) if the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after such Regular Record Date and on or before the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date; (x) if such Conversion Date occurs after the Regular Record Date immediately before the Maturity Date; (y) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after such Regular Record Date and on or before the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date; or (z) to the extent of any overdue interest or interest that has accrued on any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to such Note. For the avoidance of doubt, as a result of, and without limiting the generality of, the foregoing, if a Note is converted with a Conversion Date that is after the Regular Record Date immediately before the Maturity Date, any Redemption Date and any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date described in clauses (w) through (z) above, then the Company will pay, as provided above, the interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, the Maturity Date or other applicable Interest Payment Date to Holders as of the Close of Business on the Regular Record Date immediately before the Maturity Date or other applicable Interest Payment Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Conversion Date of a Note to be converted is on an Interest Payment Date, then the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on the Regular Record Date immediately before such Interest Payment Date will be entitled to receive, on such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that has accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date, and such Note, when surrendered for conversion, need not be accompanied by any cash amount pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 5.02(D).

 

(E)         Taxes and Duties. If a Holder converts a Note, the Company will pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax or duty due on the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock upon such conversion; provided, however, that if any tax or duty is due because such Holder requested such Conversion Shares to be registered in a name other than such Holder’s name, then such Holder will pay such tax or duty and, until having received a sum sufficient to pay such tax or duty, the Conversion Agent may refuse to deliver any such shares to be issued in a name other than that of such Holder.

 

(F)         Conversion Agent to Notify Company of Conversions. If any Note is submitted for conversion to the Conversion Agent or the Conversion Agent receives any notice of conversion with respect to a Note, then the Conversion Agent will promptly (and, in any event, no later than the Business Day the Conversion Agent receives such Note or notice) notify the Company and the Trustee of such occurrence, together with any other information reasonably requested by the Company, and will cooperate with the Company to determine the Conversion Date for such Note.

 

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Section 5.03.     Settlement upon Conversion.

 

(A)            Settlement Method. Upon the conversion of any Note, the Company will settle such conversion by paying or delivering, as applicable and as provided in this Article 5, (x) shares of Common Stock, together, if applicable, with cash in lieu of fractional shares as provided in Section 5.03(B)(i)(1) (a “Physical Settlement”); (y) solely cash as provided in Section 5.03(B)(i)(2) (a “Cash Settlement”); or (z) a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, together, if applicable, with cash in lieu of fractional shares as provided in Section 5.03(B)(i)(3) (a “Combination Settlement” and together with Physical Settlements and Cash Settlements, a “Settlement Method”).

 

The Company will have the right to elect the Settlement Method applicable to any conversion of a Note; providedhowever, that:

 

(i)           if any Notes are called for Redemption, then the Company will specify, in the related Redemption Notice (and, in the case of a Redemption of less than all outstanding Notes, in a notice simultaneously sent to all Holders of Notes not called for Redemption) sent pursuant to Section 4.03(F), the Settlement Method that will apply to all conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after the related Redemption Notice Date and before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Redemption Date;

 

(ii)         the Company will use the same Settlement Method for all conversions of Notes with the same Conversion Date (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company will not be obligated to use the same Settlement Method with respect to conversions of Notes with different Conversion Dates);

 

(iii)          if the Company does not timely elect a Settlement Method with respect to the conversion of a Note, then the Company will be deemed to have elected the Default Settlement Method (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the failure to timely make such election will not constitute a Default or Event of Default);

 

(iv)         if the Company timely elects Combination Settlement with respect to the conversion of a Note but does not timely notify the Holder of such Note of the applicable Specified Dollar Amount, then the Specified Dollar Amount for such conversion will be deemed to be $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the failure to timely send such notification will not constitute a Default or Event of Default); and

 

(v)           the Settlement Method will be subject to Section 5.09(A)(2).

 

In addition, the Company will have the right, exercisable at its election by sending notice of such exercise to the Holders (with a copy to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent), to irrevocably fix the Settlement Method that will apply to all conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after the date such notice is sent to Holders, provided that such Settlement Method must be a Settlement Method that the Company is then permitted to elect (for the avoidance of doubt, including pursuant to, and subject to, the other provisions of this Section 5.03(A)). Such notice, if sent, must set forth the applicable Settlement Method and expressly state that the election is irrevocable and applicable to all conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after the date such notice is sent to Holders. For the avoidance of doubt, such an irrevocable election, if made, will be effective without the need to amend this Indenture or the Notes, including pursuant to Section 8.01(G) (it being understood, however, that the Company may nonetheless choose to execute such an amendment at its option).

 

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(B)          Conversion Consideration.

 

(i)           Generally. Subject to Section 5.03(B)(ii) and Section 5.03(B)(iii), the type and amount of consideration (the “Conversion Consideration”) due in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of a Note to be converted will be as follows:

 

(1)          if Physical Settlement applies to such conversion, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date for such conversion;

 

(2)          if Cash Settlement applies to such conversion, cash in an amount equal to the sum of the Daily Conversion Values for each VWAP Trading Day in the Observation Period for such conversion; or

 

(3)          if Combination Settlement applies to such conversion, consideration consisting of (a) a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the sum of the Daily Share Amounts for each VWAP Trading Day in the Observation Period for such conversion; and (b) an amount of cash equal to the sum of the Daily Cash Amounts for each VWAP Trading Day in such Observation Period.

 

(ii)          Cash in Lieu of Fractional Shares. If Physical Settlement or Combination Settlement applies to the conversion of any Note and the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable pursuant to Section 5.03(B)(i) upon such conversion is not a whole number, then such number will be rounded down to the nearest whole number and the Company will deliver, in addition to the other consideration due upon such conversion, cash in lieu of the related fractional share in an amount equal to the product of (1) such fraction and (2) (x) the Daily VWAP on the Conversion Date for such conversion (or, if such Conversion Date is not a VWAP Trading Day, the immediately preceding VWAP Trading Day), in the case of Physical Settlement; or (y) the Daily VWAP on the last VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for such conversion, in the case of Combination Settlement.

 

(iii)         Conversion of Multiple Notes by a Single Holder. If a Holder converts more than one (1) Note on a single Conversion Date, then the Conversion Consideration due in respect of such conversion will (in the case of any Global Note, to the extent permitted by, and practicable under, the Depositary Procedures) be computed based on the total principal amount of Notes converted on such Conversion Date by such Holder.

 

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(iv)         Notice of Calculation of Conversion Consideration. If Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement applies to the conversion of any Note, then the Company will determine the Conversion Consideration due thereupon promptly following the last VWAP Trading Day of the applicable Observation Period and will promptly thereafter send notice to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent of the same and the calculation thereof in reasonable detail. None of the Trustee, the Conversion Agent or the Paying Agent will have any duty to make any such determination.

 

(C)          Delivery of the Conversion Consideration. Except as set forth in Sections 5.05(C) and 5.09, the Company will pay or deliver, as applicable, the Conversion Consideration due upon the conversion of any Note to the Holder as follows: (i) if Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement applies to such conversion, on or before the second (2nd) Business Day immediately after the last VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for such conversion; and (ii) if Physical Settlement applies to such conversion, on or before the second (2nd) Business Day immediately after the Conversion Date for such conversion, provided that with respect to conversions for which Physical Settlement applies and the relevant Conversion Date occurs after the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date, such settlement will occur on the Maturity Date (or, if the Maturity Date is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day).

 

(D)         Deemed Payment of Principal and Interest; Settlement of Accrued Interest Notwithstanding Conversion. If a Holder converts a Note, then the Company will not adjust the Conversion Rate to account for any accrued and unpaid interest on such Note, and, except as provided in Section 5.02(D), the Company’s payment or delivery of the Conversion Consideration due in respect of such conversion will be deemed to fully satisfy and discharge 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. As a result, except as provided in Section 5.02(D), any accrued and unpaid interest on a converted Note will be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. In addition, subject to Section 5.02(D), if the Conversion Consideration for a Note consists of both cash and shares of the Common Stock, then accrued and unpaid interest that is deemed to be paid therewith will be deemed to be paid first out of such cash.

 

Section 5.04.     Reserve and Status of Common Stock Issued upon Conversion.

 

(A)            Stock Reserve. At all times when any Notes are outstanding, the Company will reserve, out of its authorized but unissued and unreserved shares of Common Stock, a number of shares of Common Stock sufficient to permit the conversion of all then-outstanding Notes, assuming (x) Physical Settlement will apply to such conversion; and (y) the Conversion Rate is increased by the maximum amount pursuant to which the Conversion Rate may be increased pursuant to Section 5.07.

 

(B)          Status of Conversion Shares; Listing. Each Conversion Share, if any, delivered upon conversion of any Note will be a newly issued or treasury share (except that any Conversion Share delivered by a designated financial institution pursuant to Section 5.08 need not be a newly issued or treasury share) and will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim (except to the extent of any lien or adverse claim created by the action or inaction of the Holder of such Note or the Person to whom such Conversion Share will be delivered). If the Common Stock is then listed on any securities exchange, or quoted on any inter-dealer quotation system, then the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Conversion Share, when delivered upon conversion of any Note, to be admitted for listing on such exchange or quotation on such system.

 

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Section 5.05.     Adjustments to the Conversion Rate. 

 

(A)    Events Requiring an Adjustment to the Conversion Rate. The Conversion Rate will be adjusted from time to time as follows:

 

(i)          Stock Dividends, Splits and Combinations. 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 effects a stock split or a stock combination of the Common Stock (in each case excluding an issuance solely pursuant to a Common Stock Change Event, as to which Section 5.09 will apply), then the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

 

 

where:

 

CR0 the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately before the Open of Business on the effective date of such stock split or stock combination, as applicable;

 

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or immediately after the Open of Business on such effective date, as applicable;

 

OS0 the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Close of Business on such Record Date or immediately before the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, as applicable, without giving effect to such dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination; and

 

OS1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination.

 

Any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 5.05(A)(i) will become effective as of the time set forth in CR1 above. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 5.05(A)(i) is declared, but not so paid, then the Conversion Rate will be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had such dividend or distribution not been declared.

 

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(ii)          Rights, Options and Warrants. If the Company distributes, to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, rights, options or warrants (other than rights issued or otherwise distributed pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, as to which Sections 5.05(A)(iii)(1) and 5.05(D) will apply) entitling such holders, for a period of not more than sixty (60) calendar days after the date such distribution is announced, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date such distribution is announced, then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

 

where:

 

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

 

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

OS = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

X = the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and

 

Y = a number of shares of Common Stock obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants by (y) the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date such distribution is announced.

 

Any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 5.05(A)(ii) will be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are distributed and will become effective as of the time set forth in CR1 above. To the extent that shares of Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants (including as a result of such rights, options or warrants not being exercised), the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase to the Conversion Rate for such distribution been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered upon exercise of such rights, options or warrants. To the extent such rights, options or warrants are not so distributed, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the Ex-Dividend Date for the distribution of such rights, options or warrants not occurred.

 

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For purposes of this Section 5.05(A)(ii), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle holders of Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date the distribution of such rights, options or warrants is announced, and in determining the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, there will 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 not cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.

 

(iii)         Spin-Offs and Other Distributed Property.

 

(1)         Distributions Other than Spin-Offs. If the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness or other assets or property of the Company, or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock of the Company or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, excluding:

 

(u)            dividends, distributions, rights, options or warrants for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required (or would be required without regard to Section 5.05(C)) pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(i) or 5.05(A)(ii);

 

(v)            dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required (or would be required without regard to Section 5.05(C)) pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(iv);

 

(w)            rights issued or otherwise distributed pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, except to the extent provided in Section 5.05(D);

 

(x)            Spin-Offs for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required (or would be required without regard to Section 5.05(C)) pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(iii)(2);

 

(y)            a distribution solely pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock, as to which Section 5.05(A)(v) will apply; and

 

(z)            a distribution solely pursuant to a Common Stock Change Event, as to which Section 5.09 will apply,

 

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then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

 

where:

 

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

 

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

SP = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before such Ex-Dividend Date; and

 

FMV = the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors), as of such Ex-Dividend Date, of the shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants distributed per share of Common Stock pursuant to such distribution.

 

Any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 5.05(A)(iii)(1) will become effective as of the time set forth in CR1 above. However, FMV is equal to or greater than SP, then, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment to the Conversion Rate, each Holder will receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held by such Holder on the record date for such distribution, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, and without having to convert its Notes, the amount and kind of shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned, on such record date, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on such Record Date.

 

To the extent such distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the distribution, if any, actually made or paid.

 

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(2)          Spin-Offs. If the Company distributes or dividends shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to an Affiliate, a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock (other than solely pursuant to (x) a Common Stock Change Event, as to which Section 5.09 will apply; or (y) a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock, as to which Section 5.05(A)(v) will apply), and such Capital Stock or equity interests are listed or quoted (or will be listed or quoted upon the consummation of the transaction) on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “Spin-Off”), then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

 

where:

 

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Spin-Off Valuation Period for such Spin-Off;

 

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Spin-Off Valuation Period;

 

FMV = the product of (x) the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share or unit of the Capital Stock or equity interests distributed in such Spin-Off over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period (the “Spin-Off Valuation Period”) beginning on, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off (such average to be determined as if references to Common Stock in the definitions of Last Reported Sale Price, Trading Day and Market Disruption Event were instead references to such Capital Stock or equity interests); and (y) the number of shares or units of such Capital Stock or equity interests distributed per share of Common Stock in such Spin-Off; and

 

SP = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for each Trading Day in the Spin-Off Valuation Period.

 

Any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 5.05(A)(iii)(2) will become effective as of the time set forth in CR1 above. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.05(A)(iii)(2), (i) if any VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for a Note whose conversion will be settled pursuant to Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement occurs during the Spin-Off Valuation Period for such Spin-Off, then, solely for purposes of determining the Conversion Rate for such VWAP Trading Day for such conversion, such Spin-Off Valuation Period will be deemed to consist of the Trading Days occurring in the period from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off to, and including, such VWAP Trading Day; and (ii) if the Conversion Date for a Note whose conversion will be settled pursuant to Physical Settlement occurs during the Spin-Off Valuation Period for such Spin-Off, then, solely for purposes of determining the Conversion Consideration for such conversion, such Spin-Off Valuation Period will be deemed to consist of the Trading Days occurring in the period from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off to, and including, such Conversion Date.

 

To the extent any dividend or distribution of the type set forth in this Section 5.05(A)(iii)(2) is declared but not made or paid, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the dividend or distribution, if any, actually made or paid.

 

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(iv)        Cash Dividends or Distributions. If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

 

where:

 

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;

 

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

SP = the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately before the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; and

 

D = the cash amount distributed per share of Common Stock in such dividend or distribution.

 

Any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 5.05(A)(iv) will become effective as of the time set forth in CR1 above. However, if D is equal to or greater than SP, then, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment to the Conversion Rate, each Holder will receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held by such Holder on the record date for such dividend or distribution, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, and without having to convert its Notes, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned, on such record date, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on such record date.

 

To the extent such dividend or distribution is declared but not made or paid, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the dividend or distribution, if any, actually made or paid.

 

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(v)          Tender Offers or Exchange Offers. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock (other than solely pursuant to an odd-lot tender offer pursuant to Rule 13e-4(h)(5) under the Exchange Act), and the value (determined as of the Expiration Time by the Board of Directors) of the cash and other consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such tender or exchange offer exceeds the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the last date (the “Expiration Date”) on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended) (such period, the “Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period”), then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

 

where:

 

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period for such tender or exchange offer;

 

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period;

 

AC = the aggregate value (determined as of the time (the “Expiration Time”) such tender or exchange offer expires by the Board of Directors) of all cash and other consideration paid for shares of Common Stock purchased or exchanged in such tender or exchange offer;

 

OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Expiration Time (including all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);

 

OS1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Expiration Time (excluding all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and

 

SP = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period;

 

provided, however, that the Conversion Rate will in no event be adjusted down pursuant to this Section 5.05(A)(v), except to the extent provided in the immediately following paragraph. Any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 5.05(A)(v) will become effective as of the time set forth in CR1 above. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.05(A)(v), (i) if any VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for a Note whose conversion will be settled pursuant to Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement occurs during the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period for such tender or exchange offer, then, solely for purposes of determining the Conversion Rate for such VWAP Trading Day for such conversion, such Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period will be deemed to consist of the Trading Days occurring in the period from, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date for such tender or exchange offer to, and including, such VWAP Trading Day; and (ii) if the Conversion Date for a Note whose conversion will be settled pursuant to Physical Settlement occurs during the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period for such tender or exchange offer, then, solely for purposes of determining the Conversion Consideration for such conversion, such Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period will be deemed to consist of the Trading Days occurring in the period from, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date to, and including, such Conversion Date.

 

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To the extent such tender or exchange offer is announced but not consummated (including as a result of the Company being precluded from consummating such tender or exchange offer under applicable law), or any purchases or exchanges of shares of Common Stock in such tender or exchange offer are rescinded, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the purchases or exchanges of shares of Common Stock, if any, actually made, and not rescinded, in such tender or exchange offer.

 

(B)         No Adjustments in Certain Cases.

 

(i)          Where Holders Participate in the Transaction or Event Without Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5.05(A), the Company will not be obligated to adjust the Conversion Rate on account of a transaction or other event otherwise requiring an adjustment pursuant to Section 5.05(A) (other than a stock split or combination of the type set forth in Section 5.05(A)(i) or a tender or exchange offer of the type set forth in Section 5.05(A)(v)) if each Holder participates, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, and solely by virtue of being a Holder of Notes, in such transaction or event without having to convert such Holder’s Notes and as if such Holder held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on the related record date; and (ii) the aggregate principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Notes held by such Holder on such date.

 

(ii)          Certain Events. The Company will not be required to adjust the Conversion Rate except as provided in Section 5.05 or Section 5.07. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company will not be obligated to adjust the Conversion Rate on account of:

 

(1)         except as otherwise provided in Section 5.05, the sale of shares of Common Stock for a purchase price that is less than the market price per share of Common Stock or less than the Conversion Price;

 

(2)         the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the Company’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in shares of Common Stock under any such plan;

 

(3)         the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of, or assumed by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

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(4)         the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or convertible or exchangeable security of the Company outstanding as of the Issue Date;

 

(5)         solely a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or

 

(6)         accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes.

 

(C)          If an adjustment to the Conversion Rate otherwise required by this Article 5 would result in a change of less than one percent (1%) to the Conversion Rate, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 5, the Company may, at its election, defer such adjustment, except that all such deferred adjustments must be given effect immediately upon the earliest of the following: (i) when all such deferred adjustments would result in an aggregate change of at least one percent (1%) to the Conversion Rate; (ii) the Conversion Date of any Note or any VWAP Trading Day of an Observation Period for any Note; (iii) the date a Fundamental Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs; and (iv) January 15, 2026.

 

(D)         Adjustments Not Yet Effective. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, if:

 

(i)          a Note is to be converted pursuant to Physical Settlement or Combination Settlement;

 

(ii)         the Record Date, effective date or Expiration Time for any event that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.05(A) has occurred on or before the Conversion Date for such conversion (in the case of Physical Settlement) or on or before any VWAP Trading Day in the Observation Period for such conversion (in the case of Combination Settlement), but an adjustment to the Conversion Rate for such event has not yet become effective as of such Conversion Date or VWAP Trading Day, as applicable;

 

(iii)         the Conversion Consideration due upon such conversion includes any whole shares of Common Stock (in the case of Physical Settlement) or due in respect of such VWAP Trading Day includes any whole or fractional shares of Common Stock (in the case of Combination Settlement); and

 

(iv)         such shares are not entitled to participate in such event (because they were not held on the related Record Date or otherwise),

 

then, solely for purposes of such conversion, the Company will, without duplication, give effect to such adjustment on such Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) or such VWAP Trading Day (in the case of Combination Settlement). In such case, if the date on which the Company is otherwise required to deliver the Conversion Consideration due upon such conversion is before the first date on which the amount of such adjustment can be determined, then the Company will delay the settlement of such conversion until the second (2nd) Business Day after such first date.

 

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(E)         Conversion Rate Adjustments where Converting Holders Participate in the Relevant Transaction or Event. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, if:

 

(i)           a Conversion Rate adjustment for any dividend or distribution becomes effective on any Ex-Dividend Date pursuant to Section 5.05(A);

 

(ii)          a Note is to be converted pursuant to Physical Settlement or Combination Settlement;

 

(iii)        the Conversion Date for such conversion (in the case of Physical Settlement) or any VWAP Trading Day in the Observation Period for such conversion (in the case of Combination Settlement) occurs on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or before the related Record Date;

 

(iv)         the Conversion Consideration due upon such conversion includes any whole shares of Common Stock (in the case of Physical Settlement) or due in respect of such VWAP Trading Day includes any whole or fractional shares of Common Stock (in the case of Combination Settlement), in each case based on a Conversion Rate that is adjusted for such dividend or distribution; and

 

(v)          such shares would be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution (including pursuant to Section 5.02(C)),

 

then (x) in the case of Physical Settlement, such Conversion Rate adjustment will not be given effect for such conversion and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion based on such unadjusted Conversion Rate will not be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution, but there will be added, to the Conversion Consideration otherwise due upon such conversion, the same kind and amount of consideration that would have been delivered in such dividend or distribution with respect to such shares of Common Stock had such shares been entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution; and (y) in the case of Combination Settlement, the Conversion Rate adjustment relating to such Ex-Dividend Date will be made for such conversion in respect of such VWAP Trading Day, but the shares of Common Stock issuable with respect to such VWAP Trading Day based on such adjusted Conversion Rate will not be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution.

 

(F)          Stockholder Rights Plans. If any shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon conversion of any Note and, at the time of such conversion, the Company has in effect any stockholder rights plan, then the Holder of such Note will be entitled to receive, in addition to, and concurrently with the delivery of, the Conversion Consideration otherwise payable under this Indenture upon such conversion, the rights set forth in such stockholder rights plan, unless such rights have separated from the Common Stock at such time, in which case, and only in such case, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(iii)(1) on account of such separation as if, at the time of such separation, the Company had made a distribution of the type referred to in such Section to all holders of the Common Stock, subject to readjustment in accordance with such Section if such rights expire, terminate or are redeemed.

 

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(G)          Limitation on Effecting Transactions Resulting in Certain Adjustments. The Company will not engage in or be a party to any transaction or event that would require the Conversion Rate to be adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(A) or Section 5.07 to an amount that would result in the Conversion Price per share of Common Stock being less than the par value per share of Common Stock.

 

(H)          Equitable Adjustments to Prices. Whenever any provision of this Indenture requires the Company to calculate the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices, or any function thereof, over a span of multiple days (including, without limitation, to calculate the Stock Price or an adjustment to the Conversion Rate), or to calculate Daily VWAPs over an Observation Period, the Company will, acting in good faith and a commercially reasonable manner, make proportionate adjustments, if any, to such calculations to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Record Date, Ex-Dividend Date, effective date or expiration date, as applicable, of such event occurs, at any time during such period or Observation Period, as applicable.

 

(I)          Calculation of Number of Outstanding Shares of Common Stock. For purposes of Section 5.05(A), the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any time will (i) include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock; and (ii) exclude shares of Common Stock held in the Company’s treasury (unless the Company pays any dividend or makes any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in its treasury).

 

(J)          Calculations. All calculations with respect to the Conversion Rate and adjustments thereto will be made to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share of Common Stock (with 5/100,000ths rounded upward).

 

(K)         Notice of Conversion Rate Adjustments. Upon the effectiveness of any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.05(A), the Company will promptly send notice to the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent containing (i) a brief description of the transaction or other event on account of which such adjustment was made; (ii) the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after such adjustment; and (iii) the effective time of such adjustment.

 

Section 5.06.     Voluntary Adjustments.

 

(A)            Generally. To the extent permitted by law and applicable stock exchange rules, the Company, from time to time, may (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate by any amount if (i) the Board of Directors determines that such increase is either (x) in the best interest of the Company; or (y) advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax imposed on holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock as a result of any dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) of Common Stock or any similar event; (ii) such increase is in effect for a period of at least twenty (20) Business Days; and (iii) such increase is irrevocable during such period.

 

(B)         Notice of Voluntary Increases. If the Board of Directors determines to increase the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.06(A), then, no later than the first (1st) Business Day of the related twenty (20) Business Day period referred to in Section 5.06(A), the Company will send notice to each Holder, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent of such increase, the amount thereof and the period during which such increase will be in effect.

 

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Section 5.07.     Adjustments to the Conversion Rate in Connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

 

(A)         Generally. If a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs and the Conversion Date for the conversion of a Note occurs during the related Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period, then, subject to this Section 5.07, the Conversion Rate applicable to such conversion will be increased by a number of shares (the “Additional Shares”) set forth in the table below corresponding (after interpolation as provided in, and subject to, the provisions below) to the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date and the Stock Price of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change:

 

 

If such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date or Stock Price is not set forth in the table above, then:

 

(i)           if such Stock Price is between two Stock Prices in the table above or the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date is between two dates in the table above, then the number of Additional Shares will be determined by straight-line interpolation between the numbers of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Stock Prices in the table above or the earlier and later dates in the table above, based on a three hundred sixty five (365)- or three hundred sixty six (366)-day year, as applicable; and

 

(ii)          if the Stock Price is greater than $100.00 (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above are adjusted pursuant to Section 5.07(B)), or less than $10.00 (subject to adjustment in the same manner), per share, then no Additional Shares will be added to the Conversion Rate.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, in no event will the Conversion Rate be increased to an amount that exceeds 100.000 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which amount is subject to adjustment in the same manner as, and at the same time and for the same events for which, the Conversion Rate is required to be adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(A).

 

For the avoidance of doubt, but subject to Section 4.03(I), (x) the sending of a Redemption Notice will constitute a Make-Whole Fundamental Change only with respect to the Notes called for Redemption pursuant to such Redemption Notice, and not with respect to any other Notes; and (y) the Conversion Rate applicable to the Notes not so called for Redemption will not be subject to increase pursuant to this Section 5.07 on account of such Redemption Notice.

 

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(B)          Adjustment of Stock Prices and Additional Shares. The Stock Prices in the first row (i.e., the column headers) of the table set forth in Section 5.07(A) will be adjusted in the same manner as, and at the same time and for the same events for which, the Conversion Price is adjusted as a result of the operation of Section 5.05(A). The numbers of Additional Shares in the table set forth in Section 5.07(A) will be adjusted in the same manner as, and at the same time and for the same events for which, the Conversion Rate is adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(A).

 

(C)         Notice of the Occurrence of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change. If a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs pursuant to clause (A) of the definition thereof, then, in no event later than the Business Day immediately after the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company will notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, briefly stating the circumstances under which the Conversion Rate will be increased pursuant to this Section 5.07 in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change. The Company will notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent of each Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurring pursuant to clause (B) of the definition thereof in accordance with Section 4.03(F).

 

Section 5.08.     Exchange in Lieu of Conversion.     

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 5, and subject to the terms of this Section 5.08, if a Note is submitted for conversion, the Company may elect to arrange to have such Note exchanged in lieu of conversion by a financial institution designated by the Company. To make such election, the Company must send written notice of such election to the Holder of such Note, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately following the Conversion Date for such Note. If the Company has made such election, then:

 

(A)         no later than the Business Day immediately following such Conversion Date, the Company must deliver (or cause the Conversion Agent to deliver) such Note, together with delivery instructions for the Conversion Consideration due upon such conversion (including wire instructions, if applicable), to a financial institution designated by the Company that has agreed to deliver the Conversion Consideration (or such other amount agreed to by such converting Holder and such financial institution) (such consideration, collectively, the “Exchange Consideration”) in the manner and at the time the Company would have had to deliver the same pursuant to this Article 5;

 

(B)         if such Note is a Global Note, then (i) such designated institution will send written confirmation to the Conversion Agent promptly after wiring the cash Exchange Consideration, if any, and delivering any other Exchange Consideration, due upon such conversion to the Holder of such Note; and (ii) the Conversion Agent will as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter contact such Holder’s custodian with the Depositary to confirm receipt of the same; and

 

(C)         such Note will not cease to be outstanding by reason of such exchange in lieu of conversion;

 

provided, however, that if such financial institution does not accept such Note or fails to timely deliver such Exchange Consideration, then the Company will be responsible for delivering the Conversion Consideration otherwise due upon conversion in the manner and at the time provided in this Article 5 as if the Company had not elected to make an exchange in lieu of conversion. The Conversion Agent will be entitled to conclusively rely upon the Company’s instruction in connection with effecting such exchange election and will have no liability in respect of such exchange election.

 

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Section 5.09.     Effect of Common Stock Change Event.

 

(A)          Generally. If there occurs any:

 

(i)           recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than (x) changes solely resulting from a subdivision or combination of the Common Stock, (y) a change only in par value or from par value to no par value or no par value to par value and (z) stock splits and stock combinations that do not involve the issuance of any other series or class of securities);

 

(ii)          consolidation, merger, combination or binding or statutory share exchange involving the Company;

 

(iii)         sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person; or

 

(iv)         other similar event,

 

and, as a result of which, the Common Stock is converted into, or is exchanged for, or represents solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other property, or any combination of the foregoing (such an event, a “Common Stock Change Event,” and such other securities, cash or property, the “Reference Property,” and the amount and kind of Reference Property that a holder of one (1) share of Common Stock would be entitled to receive on account of such Common Stock Change Event (without giving effect to any arrangement not to issue or deliver a fractional portion of any security or other property), a “Reference Property Unit”), then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes,

 

(1)          from and after the effective time of such Common Stock Change Event, (I) the Conversion Consideration due upon conversion of any Note will be determined in the same manner as if each reference to any number of shares of Common Stock in this Article 5 (or in any related definitions) were instead a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units; (II) for purposes of Section 4.03, each reference to any number of shares of Common Stock in such Section (or in any related definitions) will instead be deemed to be a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units; and (III) for purposes of the definition of “Fundamental Change” and “Make-Whole Fundamental Change,” the terms “Common Stock” and “common equity” will be deemed to mean the common equity (including depositary receipts representing common equity), if any, forming part of such Reference Property;

 

(2)          if such Reference Property Unit consists entirely of cash, then the Company will be deemed to elect Physical Settlement in respect of all conversions whose Conversion Date occurs on or after the effective date of such Common Stock Change Event and will pay the cash due upon such conversions no later than the second (2nd) Business Day after the relevant Conversion Date; and

 

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(3)            for these purposes, (I) the Daily VWAP of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that consists of a class of common equity securities will be determined by reference to the definition of “Daily VWAP,” substituting, if applicable, the Bloomberg page for such class of securities in such definition; and (II) the Daily VWAP of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that does not consist of a class of common equity securities, and the Last Reported Sale Price of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that does not consist of a class of securities will be the fair value of such Reference Property Unit or portion thereof, as applicable, determined in good faith by the Company (or, in the case of cash denominated in U.S. dollars, the face amount thereof).

 

If the Reference Property consists of more than a single type of consideration to be determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election, then the composition of the Reference Property Unit will be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received, per share of Common Stock, by the holders of Common Stock. The Company will notify 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.

 

At or before the effective time of such Common Stock Change Event, the Company and the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not the Company) of such Common Stock Change Event (the “Successor Person”) will execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 8.01(F), which supplemental indenture will (x) provide for subsequent conversions of Notes in the manner set forth in this Section 5.09; (y) provide for subsequent adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.05(A) in a manner consistent with this Section 5.09; and (z) contain such other provisions, if any, that the Company determines in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner are appropriate to preserve the economic interests of the Holders and to give effect to the provisions of this Section 5.09(A). If the Reference Property includes shares of stock or other securities or assets of a Person other than the Successor Person, then such other Person will also execute such supplemental indenture and such supplemental indenture will contain such additional provisions, if any, that the Company reasonably determines are appropriate to preserve the economic interests of the Holders.

 

(B)         Notice of Common Stock Change Events. The Company will provide notice of each Common Stock Change Event to Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent no later than the second (2nd) Business Day after the effective date of such Common Stock Change Event.

 

(C)         Compliance Covenant. The Company will not become a party to any Common Stock Change Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 5.09.

 

Article 6.         Successors

 

Section 6.01.         When the Company May Merge, Etc.

 

(A)        Generally. The Company will not consolidate with or merge with or into, or (directly, or indirectly through one or more of its Subsidiaries) sell, lease or otherwise transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person (a “Business Combination Event”), unless:

 

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(i)            the resulting, surviving or transferee Person either (x) is the Company or (y) if not the Company, is a corporation (the “Successor Corporation”) duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia that expressly assumes (by executing and delivering to the Trustee, at or before the effective time of such Business Combination Event, a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 8.01(E)) all of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes; and

 

(ii)            immediately after giving effect to such Business Combination Event, no Default or Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing.

 

(B)         Delivery of Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee. Before the effective time of any Business Combination Event, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, each stating that (i) such Business Combination Event (and, if applicable, the related supplemental indenture) comply with Section 6.01(A); and (ii) all conditions precedent to such Business Combination Event provided in this Indenture have been satisfied.

 

Section 6.02.        Successor Corporation Substituted.

 

At the effective time of any Business Combination Event that complies with Section 6.01, the Successor Corporation (if not the Company) will succeed to, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture and the Notes with the same effect as if such Successor Corporation had been named as the Company in this Indenture and the Notes, and, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Company will be discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes.

 

Article 7.        Defaults and Remedies

 

Section 7.01.         Events of Default.

 

(A)        Definition of Events of Default. “Event of Default” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(i)            a default in the payment when due (whether at maturity, upon Redemption, Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or otherwise) of the principal of, or the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, any Note;

 

(ii)           a default for thirty (30) consecutive days in the payment when due of interest on any Note;

 

(iii)          the Company’s failure to deliver, when required by this Indenture, a Fundamental Change Notice, or a notice of Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to Section 5.07(C), if such failure is not cured within five (5) Business Days after its occurrence;

 

(iv)           a default in the Company’s obligation to convert a Note in accordance with Article 5 upon the exercise of the conversion right with respect thereto, if such default is not cured within three (3) Business Days after its occurrence;

 

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(v)          a default in the Company’s obligations under Article 6 or in any Guarantor’s obligations under Section 9.04;

 

(vi)         a default in any of the Company’s obligations or agreements, or in any Guarantor’s obligations or agreements, under this Indenture or the Notes (other than a default set forth in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) of this Section 7.01(A)) where such default is not cured or waived within sixty (60) days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, which notice must specify such default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of Default”;

 

(vii)        a default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any one or more mortgages, agreements or other instruments under which there is outstanding, or by which there is secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed of at least one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) (or its foreign currency equivalent) in the aggregate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether such indebtedness exists as of the Issue Date or is thereafter created, where such default:

 

(1)            constitutes a failure to pay the principal of such indebtedness when due and payable at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise, in each case after the expiration of any applicable grace period; or

 

(2)            results in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable before its stated maturity,

 

in each case where such default is not cured or waived within thirty (30) days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding;

 

(viii)       any Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect except as otherwise provided in this Indenture or any Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Guarantee;

 

(ix)          the Company, the Guarantors or any of their Significant Subsidiaries, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, either:

 

(1)          commences a voluntary case or proceeding;

 

(2)          consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding;

 

(3)          consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property;

 

(4)          makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

 

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(5)          takes any comparable action under any foreign Bankruptcy Law; or

 

(6)          generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or

 

(x)          a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that either:

 

(1)          is for relief against Company, the Guarantors or any of their Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding;

 

(2)          appoints a custodian of the Company, the Guarantors, or any of their Significant Subsidiaries, or for any substantial part of the property of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries;

 

(3)          orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company, the Guarantors, or any of their Significant Subsidiaries; or

 

(4)          grants any similar relief under any foreign Bankruptcy Law,

 

and, in each case under this Section 7.01(A)(x), such order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for at least sixty (60) days.

 

(B)         Cause Irrelevant. Each of the events set forth in Section 7.01(A) will constitute an Event of Default regardless of the cause thereof or whether voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.

 

Section 7.02.         Acceleration.

 

(A)         Automatic Acceleration in Certain Circumstances. If an Event of Default set forth in Sections 7.01(A)(ix) or 7.01(A)(x) occurs with respect to the Company or any Guarantor (and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor), then the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Notes then outstanding will immediately become due and payable without any further action or notice by any Person.

 

(B)         Optional Acceleration. Subject to Section 7.03, if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default set forth in Sections 7.01(A)(ix) or 7.01(A)(x) with respect to the Company or any Guarantor and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor) occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee, by notice to the Company, or Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Notes then outstanding to become due and payable immediately.

 

(C)         Rescission of Acceleration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may, on behalf of all Holders, rescind any acceleration of the Notes and its consequences if (i) such rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction; and (ii) all existing Events of Default (except the non-payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes that has become due solely because of such acceleration) have been cured or waived. No such rescission will affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

 

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Section 7.03.         Sole Remedy for a Failure to Report.

 

(A)        Generally. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Company may elect that the sole remedy for any Event of Default (a “Reporting Event of Default”) pursuant to Section 7.01(A)(vi) arising from the Company’s failure to comply with Section 3.02 will, for each of the first one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days on which a Reporting Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, consist exclusively of the accrual of Special Interest on the Notes. If the Company has made such an election, then (i) the Notes will be subject to acceleration pursuant to Section 7.02 on account of the relevant Reporting Event of Default from, and including, the one hundred and eighty first (181st) calendar day on which a Reporting Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or if the Company fails to pay any accrued and unpaid Special Interest when due; and (ii) Special Interest will cease to accrue on any Notes from, and including, such one hundred and eighty first (181st) calendar day (it being understood that interest on any defaulted Special Interest will nonetheless accrue pursuant to Section 2.05(C)).

 

(B)         Amount and Payment of Special Interest. Any Special Interest that accrues on a Note pursuant to Section 7.03(A) will be payable on the same dates and in the same manner as the Stated Interest on such Note and will accrue at a rate per annum equal to one quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the principal amount thereof for the first ninety (90) days on which Special Interest accrues and, thereafter, at a rate per annum equal to one half of one percent (0.50%) of the principal amount thereof; provided, however, that in no event will Special Interest, together with any Additional Interest pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, accrue on any day on a Note at a combined rate per annum that exceeds one half of one percent (0.50%). For the avoidance of doubt, any Special Interest that accrues on a Note will be in addition to the Stated Interest that accrues on such Note and, subject to the proviso of the immediately preceding sentence, in addition to any Additional Interest that accrues on such Note.

 

(C)         Notice of Election. To make the election set forth in Section 7.03(A), the Company must send to the Holders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent, before the date on which each Reporting Event of Default first occurs, a written notice that (i) briefly describes the report(s) that the Company failed to file with the SEC; (ii) states that the Company is electing that the sole remedy for such Reporting Event of Default consist of the accrual of Special Interest; and (iii) briefly describes the periods during which and rate at which Special Interest will accrue and the circumstances under which the Notes will be subject to acceleration on account of such Reporting Event of Default.

 

(D)         Notice to Trustee and Paying Agent; Trustee’s Disclaimer. If Special Interest accrues on any Note, then, no later than five (5) Business Days before each date on which such Special Interest is to be paid, the Company will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee and the Paying Agent stating (i) that the Company is obligated to pay Special Interest on such Note on such date of payment; and (ii) the amount of such Special Interest that is payable on such date of payment. The Trustee will have no duty to determine whether any Special Interest is payable or the amount thereof.

 

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(E)         No Effect on Other Events of Default. No election pursuant to this Section 7.03 with respect to a Reporting Event of Default will affect the rights of any Holder with respect to any other Event of Default, including with respect to any other Reporting Event of Default.

 

Section 7.04.         Other Remedies.

 

(A)        Trustee May Pursue All Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of any amounts due with respect to the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of this Indenture or the Notes.

 

(B)         Procedural Matters. The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in such proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy following an Event of Default will not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of, or acquiescence in, such Event of Default. All remedies will be cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

 

Section 7.05.         Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

An Event of Default pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iv) or (vi) of Section 7.01(A) (that, in the case of clause (vi) only, results from a Default under any covenant that cannot be amended without the consent of each affected Holder), and a Default that could lead to such an Event of Default, can be waived only with the consent of each affected Holder. Each other Default or Event of Default may be waived, on behalf of all Holders, by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. If an Event of Default is so waived, then it will cease to exist. If a Default is so waived, then it will be deemed to be cured and any Event of Default arising therefrom will be deemed not to occur. However, no such waiver will extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right arising therefrom.

 

Section 7.06.         Control by Majority.

 

Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law, this Indenture or the Notes, or that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to determine whether any action is prejudicial to any Holder) or may involve the Trustee in liability. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee is entitled to security and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to the Trustee that may result from the Trustee’s following such direction.

 

Section 7.07.         Limitation on Suits.

 

No Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes (except to enforce (x) its rights to receive the principal of, or the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or interest on, any Notes; or (y) the Company’s obligations to convert any Notes pursuant to Article 5), unless:

 

(A)         such Holder has previously delivered to the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

 

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(B)         Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding deliver a request to the Trustee to pursue such remedy;

 

(C)         such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to the Trustee that may result from the Trustee’s following such request;

 

(D)         the Trustee does not comply with such request within sixty (60) calendar days after its receipt of such request and such offer of security or indemnity; and

 

(E)          during such sixty (60) calendar day period, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding do not deliver to the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with such request.

 

A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder. The Trustee will have no duty to determine whether any Holder’s use of this Indenture complies with the preceding sentence.

 

Section 7.08.        Absolute Right of Holders to Institute Suit for the Enforcement of the Right to Receive Payment and Conversion Consideration.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes (but without limiting Section 8.01), the right of each Holder of a Note to bring suit for the enforcement of any payment or delivery, as applicable, of the principal of, or the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or any interest on, or the Conversion Consideration due pursuant to Article 5 upon conversion of, such Note on or after the respective due dates therefor provided in this Indenture and the Notes, will not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 7.09.        Collection Suit by Trustee.

 

The Trustee will have the right, upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iv) of Section 7.01(A), to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the total unpaid or undelivered principal of, or the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or interest on, or Conversion Consideration due pursuant to Article 5 upon conversion of, the Notes, as applicable, and, to the extent lawful, any Default Interest on any Defaulted Amounts, and such further amounts sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including compensation provided for in Section 11.06.

 

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Section 7.10.        Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

 

The Trustee has the right to (A) file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes) or its creditors or property and (B) collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims. Each Holder authorizes any custodian in such proceeding to make such payments to the Trustee, and, if the Trustee consents to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to the Trustee for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts payable to the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.06. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements, advances and other amounts out of the estate in such proceeding, is denied for any reason, payment of the same will be secured by a lien on, and will be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding (whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise). Nothing in this Indenture will be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize, consent to, accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

Section 7.11.        Priorities.

 

The Trustee will pay or deliver in the following order any money or other property that it collects pursuant to this Section 7:

 

First:                    to the Trustee, each Note Agent and each of their agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 11.06, including payment of all fees, compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the Note Agents and the costs and expenses of collection;

 

Second:                 to Holders for unpaid amounts or other property due on the Notes, including the principal of, or the Redemption Price or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or any interest on, or any Conversion Consideration due upon conversion of, the Notes, ratably, and without preference or priority of any kind, according to such amounts or other property due and payable on all of the Notes; and

 

Third:                    to the Company or such other Person as a court of competent jurisdiction directs.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment or delivery to the Holders pursuant to this Section 7.11, in which case the Trustee will instruct the Company to, and the Company will, deliver, at least fifteen (15) calendar days before such record date, to each Holder and the Trustee a notice stating such record date, such payment date and the amount of such payment or nature of such delivery, as applicable.

 

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Section 7.12.        Undertaking for Costs.

 

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or the Notes or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court, in its discretion, may (A) require the filing by any litigant party in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and (B) assess reasonable costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) against any litigant party in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such litigant party; provided, however, that this Section 7.12 does not apply to any suit by the Trustee, any suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 7.08 or any suit by one or more Holders of more than ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.

 

Article 8.           Amendments, Supplements and Waivers

 

Section 8.01.        Without the Consent of Holders.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 8.02, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any Holder to:

 

(A)         cure any ambiguity or correct any omission, defect or inconsistency in this Indenture or the Notes, as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate;

 

(B)         add guarantees with respect to the Company’s obligations under this Indenture or the Notes;

 

(C)         secure the Notes or any Guarantee;

 

(D)         add to the Company’s or any Guarantor’s covenants or Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders or surrender any right or power conferred on the Company or any Guarantor;

 

(E)          provide for the assumption of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to, and in compliance with, Article 6 and Article 9, as applicable;

 

(F)          enter into supplemental indentures pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 5.09 in connection with a Common Stock Change Event;

 

(G)          irrevocably elect or eliminate any Settlement Method or Specified Dollar Amount; provided, however, that no such election or elimination will affect any Settlement Method therefore elected (or deemed to be elected) with respect to any Note pursuant to Section 5.03(A);

 

(H)         evidence or provide for the acceptance of the appointment, under this Indenture, of a successor Trustee;

 

(I)           provide for or confirm the issuance of additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.03(B) or PIK Notes pursuant to Section 2.03(C);

 

(J)          comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with any qualification of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect; or

 

(K)          make any other change to this Indenture or the Notes that does not, individually or in the aggregate with all other such changes, adversely affect the rights of the Holders, as such, in any material respect.

 

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Section 8.02.        With the Consent of Holders.

 

(A)        Generally. Subject to Sections 8.01, 7.05 and 7.08 and the immediately following sentence, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes or waive compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing sentence, but subject to Section 8.01, without the consent of each affected Holder, no amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes, or waiver of any provision of this Indenture or the Notes, may:

 

(i)           reduce the principal, or extend the stated maturity, of any Note;

 

(ii)          reduce the Redemption Price or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any Note or change the times at which, or the circumstances under which, the Notes will be redeemed or repurchased by the Company;

 

(iii)         reduce the rate, or extend the time for the payment, of interest on any Note;

 

(iv)          make any change that adversely affects the conversion rights of any Note;

 

(v)          impair the rights of any Holder set forth in Section 7.08 (as such section is in effect on the Issue Date);

 

(vi)         change the ranking of the Notes or the Guarantees;

 

(vii)        other than in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, modify any Guarantee or release any Guarantee or a Guarantor from its Obligations under this Indenture, in each case, in any manner materially adverse to the Holders;

 

(viii)        make any Note payable in money, or at a place of payment, other than that stated in this Indenture or the Note;

 

(ix)          reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification; or

 

(x)           make any direct or indirect change to any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification provision of this Indenture or the Notes that requires the consent of each affected Holder.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this Section 8.02(A), no amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes, or waiver of any provision of this Indenture or the Notes, may change the amount or type of consideration due on any Note (whether on an Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or the Maturity Date or upon conversion, or otherwise), or the date(s) or time(s) such consideration is payable or deliverable, as applicable, without the consent of each affected Holder.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may, with the consent of the Holders representing not less than seventy-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, amend or modify the definitions of “Fundamental Change,” “Permitted Holder” or the other definitions used in such definitions.

 

(B)         Holders Need Not Approve the Particular Form of any Amendment. A consent of any Holder pursuant to this Section 8.02 need approve only the substance, and not necessarily the particular form, of the proposed amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

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Section 8.03.         Notice of Amendments, Supplements and Waivers.

 

As soon as reasonably practicable after any amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to Sections 8.01 or 8.02 becomes effective, the Company will send to the Holders and the Trustee notice that (A) describes the substance of such amendment, supplement or waiver in reasonable detail and (B) states the effective date thereof; provided, however, that the Company will not be required to provide such notice to the Holders if such amendment, supplement or waiver is included in a periodic report filed by the Company with the SEC within four (4) Business Days of its effectiveness. The failure to send, or the existence of any defect in, such notice will not impair or affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

Section 8.04.        Revocation, Effect and Solicitation of Consents; Special Record Dates; Etc.

 

(A)        Revocation and Effect of Consents. The consent of a Holder of a Note to an amendment, supplement or waiver will bind (and constitute the consent of) each subsequent Holder of any Note to the extent the same evidences any portion of the same indebtedness as the consenting Holder’s Note, subject to the right of any Holder of a Note to revoke (if not prohibited pursuant to Section 8.04(B)) any such consent with respect to such Note by delivering notice of revocation to the Trustee before the time such amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective.

 

(B)         Special Record Dates. The Company may, but is not required to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent or take any other action in connection with any amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to this Section 8.04. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 8.04(A), only Persons who are Holders as of such record date (or their duly designated proxies) will be entitled to give such consent, to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, regardless of whether such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date; provided, however, that no such consent will be valid or effective for more than one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days after such record date.

 

(C)         Solicitation of Consents. For the avoidance of doubt, each reference in this Indenture or the Notes to the consent of a Holder will be deemed to include any such consent obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, any Notes.

 

(D)        Effectiveness and Binding Effect. Each amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to this Section 8.04 will become effective in accordance with its terms and, when it becomes effective with respect to any Note (or any portion thereof), will thereafter bind every Holder of such Note (or such portion).

 

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Section 8.05.         Notations and Exchanges.

 

If any amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, then the Trustee or the Company may, in its discretion, require the Holder of such Note to deliver such Note to the Trustee so that the Trustee may place an appropriate notation prepared by the Company on such Note and return such Note to such Holder. Alternatively, at its discretion, the Company may, in exchange for such Note, issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section 2.02, a new Note that reflects the changed terms. The failure to make any appropriate notation or issue a new Note pursuant to this Section 8.05 will not impair or affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

Section 8.06.         Trustee to Execute Supplemental Indentures.

 

The Trustee will execute and deliver any amendment or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Section 8; provided, however, that the Trustee need not (but may, in its sole and absolute discretion) execute or deliver any such amendment or supplemental indenture that adversely affects the Trustee’s rights, duties, liabilities or immunities. In executing any amendment or supplemental indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 11.01 and 11.02) will be fully protected in relying on, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the execution and delivery of such amendment or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture; and (B) in the case of the Opinion of Counsel, such amendment or supplemental indenture is valid, binding and enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

Article 9.           Guarantees

 

Section 9.01.         Guarantees.

 

(A)        Generally. By its execution of this Indenture (by any amended or supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 8.01(B)), each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it receives substantial benefits from the Company and that such Guarantor is providing its Guarantee for good and valuable consideration, including such substantial benefits. Subject to this Article 9, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally guarantees, to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, regardless of the validity or enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company under this Indenture or the Notes, that:

 

(i)         the principal of, any interest on, and any Conversion Consideration for, the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, upon Redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, any interest on, or any Conversion Consideration for, the Notes, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under this Indenture or the Notes, will be promptly paid or delivered in full or performed, as applicable, in each case in accordance with this Indenture and the Notes; and

 

(ii)         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 stated maturity, by acceleration, on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, upon Redemption or otherwise, (collectively, the “Guaranteed Obligations”), in each case subject to Section 9.02.

 

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Upon the failure of any payment when due of any amount so guaranteed, and upon the failure of any performance so guaranteed, for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay or perform, as applicable, the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

 

(B)        Guarantee Is Unconditional; Waiver of Diligence, Presentment, Etc. Each Guarantor agrees that its Guarantee of the Guaranteed Obligations is unconditional, regardless of the validity or enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company under this Indenture or the Notes, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any provisions of this Indenture or the Notes, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each 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 covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in this Indenture and the Notes.

 

(C)         Reinstatement of Guarantee Upon Return of Payments. If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return, to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to the Company or the Guarantors, any consideration paid or delivered by the Company or the Guarantors to such Holder or the Trustee, then each Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.

 

(D)        Subrogation. Each Guarantor agrees that any right of subrogation, reimbursement or contribution it may have in relation to the Holders or in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations will be subordinated to, and will not be enforceable until payment in full of, all Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations may be accelerated as provided in Article 7, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations; and (ii) if any Guaranteed Obligations are accelerated pursuant to Article 7, then such Guaranteed Obligations will, whether or not due and payable, immediately become due and payable by the Guarantors. Each Guarantor will have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor, but only if the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under any Guarantee.

 

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Section 9.02.         Limitation on Guarantor Liability.

 

Each Guarantor, and, by its acceptance of any Note, each Holder, confirms that each Guarantor and the Holders intend that the Guarantee of each 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 Guarantee. Each of the Trustee, the Holders and each Guarantor irrevocably agrees that the obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Guarantee, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

 

Section 9.03.         Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.

 

The execution by each Guarantor of this Indenture (by an amended or supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 8.01(B)) evidences the Guarantee of such Guarantor, and the delivery of any Note by the Trustee after its authentication constitutes due delivery of each Guarantee on behalf of each Guarantor. A Guarantee’s validity will not be affected by the failure of any officer of a Guarantor executing this Indenture or any such amended or supplemental indenture on such Guarantor’s behalf to hold, at the time any Note is authenticated, the same or any other office at each Guarantor, and each Guarantee will be valid and enforceable even if no notation, certificate or other instrument is set upon or attached to, or otherwise executed and delivered to the Holder of, any Note.

 

Section 9.04.         When Guarantors May Merge, etc.

 

(A)        Generally. No Guarantor will consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell, lease or otherwise transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person (other than the Company or another Guarantor) (a “Guarantor Business Combination Event”), unless the resulting, surviving or transferee Person is such Guarantor or, if not such Guarantor, expressly assumes (by executing and delivering to the Trustee, at or before the effective time of such Guarantor Business Combination Event, a supplemental indenture) all of such Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes; provided that (a) such surviving Guarantor shall be incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and (b) no Default or Event of Default shall exist, or would result from such Guarantor Business Combination Event.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantor may merge, consolidate, amalgamate or wind up with or into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company without regard to the requirements set forth in this Section 9.04(A).

 

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(B)         Delivery of Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee. Before the effective time of any Guarantor Business Combination Event, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, each stating that (i) such Guarantor Business Combination Event (and, if applicable, the related supplemental indenture) complies with Section 9.04(A); and (ii) all conditions precedent to such Guarantor Business Combination Event provided in this Indenture have been satisfied.

 

(C)         Successor Corporation Substituted. At the effective time of any Guarantor Business Combination Event that complies with Section 9.04(A) and Section 9.04(B), the Successor Guarantor Corporation (if not the applicable Guarantor) will succeed to, and may exercise every right and power of, such Guarantor under this Indenture and the Notes with the same effect as if such Successor Guarantor Corporation had been named as a Guarantor in this Indenture and the Notes, and, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Guarantor will be discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes.

 

Section 9.05.         Future Guarantors.

 

The Company shall cause Polaris Intermediate Corp. to become a Guarantor under the Indenture reasonably promptly after the Issue Date by means of a supplemental indenture in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Polaris Intermediate Guarantee”), upon satisfaction of the following conditions:

 

(1) the Company shall have received, in the aggregate, $1,267,500,000 from the Initial Purchasers (the “Aggregate Purchase Price”) as payment in full for the issuance of the Notes on the Issue Date;

 

(2) the Mergers shall have been consummated pursuant to the Merger Agreement; and

 

(3) (i) the Company’s 8.500% / 9.250% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”) shall have been redeemed in full pursuant to the terms of the indenture governing the 2022 Notes (the “2022 Notes Indenture”) and/or (ii) the 2022 Notes Indenture is satisfied and discharged in full.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, Polaris Intermediate Corp. shall not be obligated to execute a supplemental indenture and enter into the Polaris Intermediate Guarantee unless the Initial Purchasers pay the Company the Aggregate Purchase Price on the Issue Date.

 

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Section 9.06.        Applicable of Certain Provisions of the Guarantors.

 

(A)        Officer’s Certificates and Opinions of Counsel. Upon any request or application by any Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel pursuant to Section 12.02 with the same effect as if each reference to the Company in Section 12.02 or in the definitions of “Officer,” “Officer’s Certificate” or “Opinion of Counsel” were instead a reference to such Guarantor; provided, however, that no such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel shall be necessary or provided in connection with entry into the Polaris Intermediate Guarantee.

 

(B)         Company Order. A Company Order may be given by any Guarantor with the same effect as if each reference to the Company in the definitions of “Company Order” or “Officer” were instead a reference to such Guarantor.

 

(C)         Notices and Demands. Any notice or demand that this Indenture requires or permits to be given by the Trustee, or by any Holders, to the Company may instead be given to any Guarantor.

 

Section 9.07.        Release of Guarantees.

 

Any Guarantee by a Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, and no further action by such Guarantor, the Company or the Trustee is required for the release of such Guarantor’s Guarantee, upon:

 

(A)(i) any sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition (by merger, consolidation, amalgamation, dividend, distribution or otherwise) of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor, in each case, if such sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition is not prohibited by the applicable provisions of this Indenture and, unless such sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition is with or to the Company, the surviving or transferee Person expressly assumes such Guarantor’s obligations in accordance with Section 9.04;

 

(ii) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Guarantor with and into the Company, or upon the liquidation of a Guarantor following the transfer of all of its assets to the Company; or

 

(iii) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Guarantor with and into a Subsidiary of the Company where such Subsidiary is the surviving Person , if such merger, consolidation or amalgamation is not prohibited by the applicable provisions of this Indenture and such Subsidiary expressly assumes such Guarantor's obligations in accordance with Section 9.04; and

 

(B) the Company and such Guarantor delivering to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.

 

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Article 10.         Satisfaction and Discharge

 

Section 10.01.      Termination of Company’s Obligations.

 

This Indenture will be discharged, and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued under this Indenture, when:

 

(A)         all Notes then outstanding (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.13) have (i) been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (ii) become due and payable (whether on a Redemption Date, a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Maturity Date, upon conversion or otherwise) for an amount of cash or Conversion Consideration, as applicable, that has been fixed;

 

(B)         the Company has caused there to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, or with the Paying Agent (or, with respect to Conversion Consideration, the Holder), in each case for the benefit of the Holders, or has otherwise caused there to be delivered to the Holders, cash (or, with respect to Notes to be converted, Conversion Consideration) sufficient to satisfy all amounts or other property due on all Notes then outstanding (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.13);

 

(C)          the Company has paid all other amounts payable by it under this Indenture; and

 

(D)          the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the conditions precedent to the discharge of this Indenture have been satisfied;

 

provided, however, that Section 11.06 and Section 12.01 will survive such discharge and, until no Notes remain outstanding, Section 2.15 and the obligations of the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent with respect to money or other property deposited with them will survive such discharge.

 

At the Company’s request, the Trustee will acknowledge the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

Section 10.02.      Repayment to Company.

 

Subject to applicable unclaimed property law, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent will promptly notify the Company if there exists (and, at the Company’s request, promptly deliver to the Company) any cash, Conversion Consideration or other property held by any of them for payment or delivery on the Notes that remain unclaimed two (2) years after the date on which such payment or delivery was due. After such delivery to the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent will have no further liability to any Holder with respect to such cash, Conversion Consideration or other property, and Holders entitled to the payment or delivery of such cash, Conversion Consideration or other property must look to the Company for payment as a general creditor of the Company.

 

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Section 10.03.       Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent is unable to apply any cash or other property deposited with it pursuant to Section 10.01 because of any legal proceeding or any order or judgment of any court or other governmental authority that enjoins, restrains or otherwise prohibits such application, then the discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Section 10.01 will be rescinded; provided, however, that if the Company thereafter pays or delivers any cash or other property due on the Notes to the Holders thereof, then the Company will be subrogated to the rights of such Holders to receive such cash or other property from the cash or other property, if any, held by the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent, as applicable.

 

Article 11.         Trustee

 

Section 11.01.      Duties of the Trustee.

 

(A)        If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has written notice or actual knowledge, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs; provided that the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered, and if requested, provided, to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to Trustee against any loss, liability or expense that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

(B)         Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(i)           the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations will be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(ii)           in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon Officer’s Certificates or Opinions of Counsel that are provided to the Trustee and conform to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee will examine such Officer’s Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

 

(C)         The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its gross negligence or willful misconduct, except that:

 

(i)            this paragraph will not limit the effect of Section 11.01(B);

 

(ii)           the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

 

(iii)          the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 7.06; and

 

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(iv)          no provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability in the performance of any of its duties under this Indenture, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it has reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such liability is not reasonably assured to it.

 

(D)         Each provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (A), (B) and (C) of this Section 11.01, regardless of whether such provision so expressly provides.

 

(E)          No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

 

(F)          The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it, except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds, except to the extent required by law.

 

(G)         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 will be subject to the provisions of this Section 11.01.

 

(H)          The Trustee will not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating to payment) or notice effected by the Company or any Paying Agent (except in its capacity as Paying Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture) or any records maintained by any co-Note Registrar with respect to the Notes.

 

(I)           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, unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee had actual knowledge of such event.

 

(J)            Under no circumstances will the Trustee be liable in its individual capacity for the obligations evidenced by the Notes.

 

Section 11.02.      Rights of the Trustee.

 

(A)       The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document that it believes to be genuine and signed or presented by the proper Person, and the Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in such document.

 

(B)        Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel; and the advice of such counsel, or any Opinion of Counsel, will constitute full and complete authorization of the Trustee to take or omit to take any action in good faith in reliance thereon without liability.

 

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(C)        The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any such agent appointed with due care.

 

(D)        The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith and that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture.

 

(E)         Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.

 

(F)         The Trustee need not exercise any rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any Holder unless such Holder has offered, and, if requested, provided, the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense that it may incur in complying with such request or direction.

 

(G)        The Trustee will not be responsible or liable for any punitive, special, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage (including lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

(H)        The Trustee will 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, judgment, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness 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 the Trustee will incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

 

(I)         The Trustee will not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless written notice of any event that is a Default or Event of Default is received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the corporate trust office of the Trustee specified in Section 12.01, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture and states that it is a “Notice of Default”.

 

(J)         The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and will be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities under this Indenture.

 

(K)        The Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.

 

(L)         The permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein will not be construed as duties.

 

(M)        The Trustee will not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the trusts and powers under this Indenture.

 

(N)         Neither the Trustee nor any Note Agent will have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

 

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(O)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, the Trustee will have no duty to know or inquire as to the performance or nonperformance of any provision of any agreement, instrument, or contract, nor will the Trustee be responsible for, nor chargeable with, knowledge of the terms and conditions of any other agreement, instrument, or contract, whether or not a copy of such agreement has been provided to the Trustee, including without limitation, the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Section 11.03. Individual Rights of the Trustee.

 

The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of any Note and may otherwise deal with the Company or any of its Affiliates with the same rights that it would have if it were not Trustee; provided, however, that if the Trustee acquires a “conflicting interest” (within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act), then it must eliminate such conflict within ninety (90) days or resign as Trustee. Each Note Agent will have the same rights and duties as the trustee under this Section 11.03.

 

Section 11.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

The Trustee will not be (A) responsible for, and makes no representation as to, the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes; (B) accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture; (C) responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee; and (D) responsible for any statement or recital in this Indenture, the Notes or any other document relating to the sale of the Notes or this Indenture, other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

 

Section 11.05. Notice of Defaults.

 

If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice, then the Trustee will send Holders a notice of such Default or Event of Default within ninety (90) days after receipt of such notice; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any Note, or a Default in the payment or delivery of the Conversion Consideration, the Trustee may withhold such notice if and for so long as it in good faith determines that withholding such notice is in the interests of the Holders.

 

Section 11.06. Compensation and Indemnity.

 

(A)           The Company will, from time to time, pay the Trustee and the Note Agents compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services under this Indenture and the Notes as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. In addition to the compensation for the Trustee’s services, the Company will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it under this Indenture, including the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

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(B)           The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will indemnify the Trustee (in each of its capacities) and its directors, officers, employees and agents against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company or the Guarantors (including this Section 11.06 and the provisions of Article 9) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under this Indenture, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final, non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Trustee will promptly notify the Company of any claim for which it may seek indemnity, but the Trustee’s failure to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company of its obligations under this Section 11.06(B), except to the extent the Company is materially prejudiced by such failure. The Company will defend such claim, and the Trustee will cooperate in such defense. If the Trustee is advised by counsel that it may have defenses available to it that are in conflict with the defenses available to the Company, or that there is an actual or potential conflict of interest, then the Trustee may retain separate counsel, and the Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Trustee incurred in evaluating whether such a conflict exists). The Company need not pay for any settlement of any such claim made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(C)           The obligations of the Company under this Section 11.06 will survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the discharge of this Indenture.

 

(D)           To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 11.06, the Trustee will have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of, or interest on, particular Notes, which lien will survive the discharge of this Indenture.

 

(E)            If the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default pursuant to clauses (ix) or (x) of Section 7.01(A) occurs, then such expenses and the compensation for such services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

Section 11.07. Replacement of the Trustee.

 

(A)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11.07, a resignation or removal of the Trustee, and the appointment of a successor Trustee, will become effective only upon such successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 11.07.

 

(B)            The Trustee may resign at any time and be discharged from the trust created by this Indenture by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

 

(i)            the Trustee fails to comply with Section 11.09;

 

(ii)           the Trustee is adjudged to be bankrupt or insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

 

(iii)           a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(iv)          the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

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(C)           If the Trustee resigns or is removed, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, then (i) the Company will promptly appoint a successor Trustee; and (ii) at any time within one (1) year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may appoint a successor Trustee to replace such successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

 

(D)           If a successor Trustee does not take office within sixty (60) days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, then the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

(E)            If the Trustee, after written request by a Holder of at least six (6) months, fails to comply with Section 11.09, then such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

(F)            A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company, upon which notice the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will send notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee will, upon payment of all amounts due to it under this Indenture, promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, which property will, for the avoidance of doubt, be subject to the lien provided for in Section 11.06(D).

 

Section 11.08. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

 

If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, then such corporation will become the successor Trustee without any further act.

 

Section 11.09. Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

There will at all times be a Trustee under this Indenture that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof, that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

 

Article 12.     Miscellaneous

 

Section 12.01. Notices.

 

Any notice or communication by the Company or any Guarantor or the Trustee to the other will be deemed to have been duly given if in writing in English and delivered in person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission, electronic transmission or other similar means of unsecured electronic communication or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the other’s address, which initially is as follows:

 

If to the Company or any Guarantor:

 

c/o MultiPlan, Inc.

115 Fifth Avenue 

New York, New York 10003

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Email: [ ]

 

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

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

2475 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, California 94304

Attention: William Brentani

Email: [ ]

 

If to the Trustee:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association

Global Capital Markets

50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

Fax No.: [ ]

 

Attention: Churchill Capital Corp III/MultiPlan Administrator

 

The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may designate additional or different addresses (including facsimile numbers and electronic addresses) for subsequent notices or communications.

 

All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: (A) at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; (B) five (5) Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; (C) when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by facsimile, electronic transmission or other similar means of unsecured electronic communication; and (D) the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery; provided that any notice to the Trustee or any Note Agent shall be deemed given upon actual receipt by the Trustee or such Note Agent.

 

All notices or communications required to be made to a Holder pursuant to this Indenture must be made in writing and will be deemed to be duly sent or given in writing if mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to its address shown on the Register; provided, however, that a notice or communication to a Holder of a Global Note may, but need not, instead be sent pursuant to the Depositary Procedures (in which case, such notice will be deemed to be duly sent or given in writing). The failure to send a notice or communication to a Holder, or any defect in such notice or communication, will not affect its sufficiency with respect to any other Holder.

 

Any communication sent to the Trustee hereunder that is required to be signed must be in the form of a document that is signed manually or by way of a digital signature provided by DocuSign, AdobeSign (or such other digital signature provider as specified in writing to Trustee by an Officer of the Company). The Company and the Holders agree to assume all risks arising out of the use of using digital signatures and electronic methods to submit communications to Trustee, including without limitation the risk of Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

 

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event or any other communication (including any Redemption Notice or Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice) to a holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice will be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary (or its designee) pursuant to the Depositary Procedures, including by electronic mail in accordance with the Depositary Procedures.

 

If a notice or communication is mailed or sent in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it will be deemed to have been duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, (A) whenever any provision of this Indenture requires a party to send notice to another party, no such notice need be sent if the sending party and the recipient are the same Person acting in different capacities; and (B) whenever any provision of this Indenture requires a party to send notice to more than one receiving party, and each receiving party is the same Person acting in different capacities, then only one such notice need be sent to such Person.

 

Section 12.02. Delivery of Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as to Conditions Precedent.

 

Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture (other than the initial authentication of Notes under this Indenture), the Company will furnish to the Trustee:

 

(A)           an Officer’s Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that complies with Section 12.03 and states that, in the opinion of the signatory thereto, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to such action have been satisfied; and

 

(B)           an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that complies with Section 12.03 and states that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants, if any, have been satisfied.

 

Section 12.03. Statements Required in Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel.

 

Each Officer’s Certificate (other than an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 3.05) or Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture will include:

 

(A)           a statement that the signatory thereto has read such covenant or condition;

 

(B)           a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained therein are based;

 

(C)           a statement that, in the opinion of such signatory, he, she or it has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him, her or it to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and

 

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(D)           a statement as to whether, in the opinion of such signatory, such covenant or condition has been satisfied.

 

Section 12.04. Rules by the Trustee, the Registrar and the Paying Agent.

 

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

 

Section 12.05. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

 

No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under this Indenture or the Notes or the Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting any Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

 

Section 12.06. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

THIS INDENTURE, THE GUARANTEES AND THE NOTES, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS INDENTURE, THE GUARANTEES OR THE NOTES, WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE COMPANY, EACH GUARANTOR, THE TRUSTEE AND EACH HOLDER (BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF ANY NOTE) 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, THE GUARANTEES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE GUARANTEES.

 

Section 12.07. Submission to Jurisdiction.

 

Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Indenture or the transactions contemplated by this Indenture may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City of New York or the courts of the State of New York, in each case located in the City of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail (to the extent allowed under any applicable statute or rule of court) to such party’s address set forth in Section 12.01 will be effective service of process for any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court. Each of the Company, each Guarantor, the Trustee and each Holder (by its acceptance of any Note) irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim any such suit, action or other proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

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Section 12.08. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

 

Neither this Indenture nor the Notes may be used to interpret any other indenture, note, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person, and no such indenture, note, loan or debt agreement may be used to interpret this Indenture or the Notes.

 

Section 12.09. Successors.

 

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors.

 

Section 12.10. Force Majeure.

 

The Trustee and each Note Agent will not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility under this Indenture or the Notes by reason of any occurrence beyond its control (including any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, act of God or war, civil unrest, local or national disturbance or disaster, epidemic, pandemic, act of terrorism or unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility).

 

Section 12.11. U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.

 

The Company acknowledges that, in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions, 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 Company agrees to provide the Trustee with such information as it may request to enable the Trustee to comply with the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.

 

Section 12.12. Calculations.

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Company will be responsible for making all calculations called for under this Indenture or the Notes, including determinations of the Last Reported Sale Price, Daily VWAP, the Stock Price, the Daily Conversion Value, the Daily Cash Amount, the Daily Share Amount, accrued interest on the Notes, Additional Interest, Special Interest, AHYDO Catch-Up Payment and the Conversion Rate (including any adjustments to the Conversion Rate).

 

The Company will make all calculations in good faith, and, absent manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on all Holders. The Company will provide a schedule of its calculations to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent, and each of the Trustee and the Conversion Agent may rely conclusively on the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification. The Company will promptly forward a copy of each such schedule to a Holder upon its written request therefor, at the cost and expense of the Company.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent will have any responsibility to make any calculations under this Indenture, nor will the Trustee or the Conversion Agent be charged with knowledge of or have any duties to monitor the Last Reported Sale Price. The Trustee and the Conversion Agent may rely conclusively on the calculations and information provided to them by the Company as to the Last Reported Sale Price and the Conversion Rate.

 

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Section 12.13. Severability.

 

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

 

Section 12.14. Counterparts.

 

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, and all of them together represent the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Indenture by facsimile, electronically in portable document format or in any other format will be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission (including any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) will constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the other parties hereto will be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

Section 12.15. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

 

The table of contents and the headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture.

 

Section 12.16. Withholding Taxes.

 

Each Holder of a Note agrees, and each beneficial owner of an interest in a Global 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 such Holder or beneficial owner as a result of an adjustment to or the non-occurrence of an adjustment to the Conversion Rate, then the Company or such withholding agent, as applicable, may, at its option, withhold from or set off such payments against payments of cash or the delivery of other Conversion Consideration on such Note, any payments on the Common Stock or sales proceeds received by, or other funds or assets of, such Holder or the beneficial owner of such Note.

 

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

 

CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III, AS ISSUER
     
  By: /s/ Jay Taragin
    Name: Jay Taragin
    Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE
     
  By: /s/ Barry D. Somrock
    Name: Barry D. Somrock
    Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF NOTE

 

[Insert Global Note Legend, if applicable]

 

[Insert Restricted Note Legend, if applicable]

 

Churchill Capital Corp III

 

6.00% / 7.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027

 

CUSIP No.: [●][Insert for a “restricted” CUSIP number: 1] Certificate No. [___]
ISIN No.: [●][Insert for a “restricted” ISIN number: 7]        

 

Churchill Capital Corp III, a Delaware corporation, for value received, promises to pay to [Cede & Co.], or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [___] dollars ($[___]) [(as revised by the attached Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note)]2 on October 15, 2027 and to pay interest thereon, as provided in the Indenture referred to below, until the principal and all accrued and unpaid interest are paid or duly provided for.

 

Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on April 15, 2021.
Regular Record Dates: April 1 and October 1.     

 

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

 

[The Remainder of This Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signature Page Follows]

 

 

1 This Note will be deemed to be identified by CUSIP No. 17144CAA2 and ISIN No. US17144CAA27 from and after such time when the Company delivers, pursuant to Section 2.12 of the within-mentioned Indenture, and subject to the Depositary Procedures, written notice to the Trustee of the deemed removal of the Restricted Note Legend affixed to this Note.

 

2 Insert bracketed language for Global Notes only.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Churchill Capital Corp III has caused this instrument to be duly executed as of the date set forth below.

 

  CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
     
Date:     By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Date:     By:  
        Authorized Signatory

 

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Churchill Capital Corp III

 

6.00% / 7.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027

 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of Churchill Capital Corp III, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), designated as its 6.00% / 7.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”), all issued or to be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of October 8, 2020 (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Company, the Guarantor that will become party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). Capitalized terms used in this Note without definition have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.

 

The Indenture sets forth the rights and obligations of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders and the terms of the Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Note, to the extent that any provision of this Note conflicts with the provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture will control.

 

1.            Interest. This Note will accrue interest at a rate and in the manner set forth in Section 2.05 of the Indenture. Stated Interest on this Note will begin to accrue from, and including, October 8, 2020.

 

In the event that the Company shall elect to pay PIK Interest (including Partial PIK Interest) for any Interest Period, then the Company shall deliver a PIK Notice to the Trustee and the Holders not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the Interest Payment Date of the relevant Interest Period, which notice shall state the total amount of interest to be paid on the Interest Payment Date in respect of such Interest Period and the amount of such interest to be paid as PIK Interest or Partial PIK Interest, as the case may be. For the avoidance of doubt, interest on the Notes in respect of any Interest Period for which a PIK Notice is not delivered in accordance with the first sentence of this paragraph must be paid entirely in cash.

 

2.            Maturity. This Note will mature on October 15, 2027, unless earlier repurchased or converted.

 

3.            Method of Payment. Cash amounts due on this Note will be paid in the manner set forth in Section 2.05(a) of the Indenture. PIK Interest and Partial PIK Interest will be paid in the manner set forth in Section 2.05(b) of the Indenture.

 

4.            Persons Deemed Owners. The Holder of this Note will be treated as the owner of this Note for all purposes.

 

5.            Denominations; Transfers and Exchanges. All Notes will be in registered form, without coupons, in principal amounts equal to any Authorized Denominations. Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note may transfer or exchange this Note by presenting it to the Registrar and delivering any required documentation or other materials.

 

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6.            Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes upon a Fundamental Change. If a Fundamental Change occurs, then each Holder will have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Notes (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) for cash in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 4.02 of the Indenture.

 

7.            Right of the Company to Redeem the Notes. The Company will have the right to redeem the Notes for cash in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 4.03 of the Indenture.

 

8.            Conversion. The Holder of this Note may convert this Note into Conversion Consideration in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Article 5 of the Indenture.

 

9.            When the Company May Merge, Etc. Article 6 of the Indenture places limited restrictions on the Company’s ability to be a party to a Business Combination Event.

 

10.          Defaults and Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs, then the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Notes then outstanding may (and, in certain circumstances, will automatically) become due and payable in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Article 7 of the Indenture.

 

11.          Amendments, Supplements and Waivers. The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes or waive compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Article 8 of the Indenture.

 

12.          No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders. No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Indenture or the Notes or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting any Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

 

13.          Authentication. No Note will be valid until it is authenticated by the Trustee. A Note will be deemed to be duly authenticated only when an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or a duly appointed authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication of such Note.

 

14.          Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or its assignee, such as TEN COM (tenants in common), TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

15.          Governing Law. THIS NOTE, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS NOTE, WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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To request a copy of the Indenture, which the Company will provide to any Holder at no charge, please send a written request to the following address:

 

c/o MultiPlan, Inc.

115 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10003

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE3

 

INITIAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE: $[●]

 

The following exchanges, transfers or cancellations of this Global Note have been made:

 

Date  

Amount of Increase

(Decrease) in

Principal Amount of

this Global Note

 

Principal Amount of

this Global Note

After Such Increase

(Decrease)

 

Signature of

Authorized

Signatory of Trustee

             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             

 

 

3 Insert for Global Notes only.

 

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CONVERSION NOTICE

 

Churchill Capital Corp III

 

6.00% / 7.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027

 

Subject to the terms of the Indenture, by executing and delivering this Conversion Notice, the undersigned Holder of the Note identified below directs the Company to convert (check one):

 

¨ the entire principal amount of

 

¨ $               4 aggregate principal amount of

 

the Note identified by CUSIP No.          and Certificate No.         .

 

The undersigned acknowledges that if the Conversion Date of a Note to be converted is after a Regular Record Date and before the next Interest Payment Date, then such Note, when surrendered for conversion, must, in certain circumstances, be accompanied with an amount of cash equal to the interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date.

 

Date:        
        (Legal Name of Holder)

 

By:  
    Name:
    Title:
                           
  Signature Guaranteed:
   
  Participant in a Recognized Signature
  Guarantee Medallion Program
   
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

4 Must be an Authorized Denomination.

 

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FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE

 

Churchill Capital Corp III

 

6.00% / 7.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027

 

Subject to the terms of the Indenture, by executing and delivering this Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, the undersigned Holder of the Note identified below is exercising its Fundamental Change Repurchase Right with respect to (check one):

 

¨ the entire principal amount of

 

¨ $              5 aggregate principal amount of

 

the Note identified by CUSIP No.                       and Certificate No.                      .

 

The undersigned acknowledges that this Note, duly endorsed for transfer, must be delivered to the Paying Agent before the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will be paid.

 

Date:        
        (Legal Name of Holder)

 

By:  
    Name:
    Title:
                           
  Signature Guaranteed:
   
  Participant in a Recognized Signature
  Guarantee Medallion Program
   
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

 

5 Must be an Authorized Denomination.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

Churchill Capital Corp III

 

6.00% / 7.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027

 

Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the undersigned Holder of the within Note assigns to:

 

Name:  

 

Address:    

 

Social security or 

tax identification

number:

   

 

the within Note and all rights thereunder irrevocably appoints:

 

as agent to transfer the within Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him/her.

 

Date:        
        (Legal Name of Holder)

 

  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  Signature Guaranteed:
   
  Participant in a Recognized Signature
  Guarantee Medallion Program
   
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

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TRANSFEROR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

 

If the within Note bears a Restricted Note Legend, the undersigned further certifies that (check one):

 

1. ¨ Such Transfer is being made to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

2. ¨ Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act at the time of the Transfer.

 

3. ¨ Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and, accordingly, the undersigned further certifies that the within Note is being transferred to a Person that the undersigned reasonably believes is purchasing the within Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A. If this item is checked, then the transferee must complete and execute the acknowledgment contained on the next page.

 

4. ¨ Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (including, if available, the exemption provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act).

 

Date:    
     
     
  (Legal Name of Holder)  

 

By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
     
Signature Guaranteed:  
     
  Participant in a Recognized Signature  
  Guarantee Medallion Program  
     
By:    
  Authorized Signatory  

 

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TRANSFEREE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

 

The undersigned represents that it is purchasing the within Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which the undersigned exercises sole investment discretion, and that and the undersigned and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The undersigned acknowledges that the transferor is relying, in transferring the within Note on the exemption from the registration and prospectus-delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A and that the undersigned has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A.

 

Date:    
     
     
  (Name of Transferee)  

 

By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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First

 

EXHIBIT B-1

 

FORM OF RESTRICTED NOTE LEGEND

 

THE OFFER AND SALE OF THIS NOTE AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, IF ANY, ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD 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 THE COMPANY THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT ONLY:

 

(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF;

 

(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;

 

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

 

(D) PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR

 

(E) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

BEFORE THE REGISTRATION OF ANY SALE OR TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(C), (D) OR (E) ABOVE, THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND THE REGISTRAR RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH CERTIFICATES OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION OR EVIDENCE AS THEY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED SALE OR TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.6

 

 

6 This paragraph and the immediately preceding paragraph will be deemed to be removed from the face of this Note at such time when the Company delivers written notice to the Trustee of such deemed removal pursuant to Section 2.12 of the within-mentioned Indenture and compliance with the Applicable Procedures.

 

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Second

 

EXHIBIT B-2

 

FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND

 

THIS IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS THE OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE WILL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC, OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE WILL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE 2 OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO.

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS

 

[__________] Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of __________ among Churchill Capital Corp III, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), __________ (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of the Company, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), dated as of October 8, 2020, providing for the issuance of an unlimited aggregate principal amount of 6.00% / 7.00% Senior Convertible PIK Toggle Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary may execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the “Guarantee”); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.01(b) of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture without the consent of Holders.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:

 

(1)           Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

(2)           Agreement to Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to be a Guarantor under the Indenture and to be bound by the terms of the Indenture applicable to Guarantors, including Article 9 thereof.

 

(3)           Execution and Delivery. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.

 

(4)           Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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(5)           Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy, which may be delivered by facsimile or PDF transmission, shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission (including any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com) will constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the other parties hereto will be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

(6)           Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

(7)           The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary.

 

(8)           Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

 

(9)           Representations and Warranties by Guaranteeing Subsidiary. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee that this Supplemental Indenture has been duly and validly executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Indenture.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  [GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

[Signature page to the Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.8

 

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of November 21, 2017

 

Between

 

POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP.

 

and

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee

 

8.500% / 9.250% SENIOR PIK TOGGLE NOTES DUE 2022

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
   
  Page

 

ARTICLE 1
       
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 1
       
Section 1.01   Definitions 1
Section 1.02   Other Definitions 47
Section 1.03   Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act 48
Section 1.04   Rules of Construction 48
Section 1.05   Acts of Holders 49
       
ARTICLE 2
       
THE NOTES 50
       
Section 2.01   Form and Dating; Terms 50
Section 2.02   Execution and Authentication 52
Section 2.03   Registrar and Paying Agent 52
Section 2.04   Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust 53
Section 2.05   Holder Lists 53
Section 2.06   Transfer and Exchange 53
Section 2.07   Replacement Notes 63
Section 2.08   Outstanding Notes 63
Section 2.09   Treasury Notes 64
Section 2.10   Temporary Notes 64
Section 2.11   Cancellation 64
Section 2.12   Defaulted Interest 65
Section 2.13   CUSIP Numbers 65
Section 2.14   Global Notes 65
Section 2.15   Issuance of PIK Interest 65
Section 2.16   Calculations 66
       
ARTICLE 3
       
REDEMPTION 66
       
Section 3.01   Notices to Trustee 66
Section 3.02   Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased. 66
Section 3.03   Notice of Redemption 67
Section 3.04   Effect of Notice of Redemption 68
Section 3.05   Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price 68
Section 3.06   Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part 68
Section 3.07   Optional Redemption 69
Section 3.08   Mandatory Redemption 70
Section 3.09   Offers to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds 70

 

 

 

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ARTICLE 4
       
COVENANTS 72
     
Section 4.01   Payment of Notes 72
Section 4.02   Maintenance of Office or Agency 73
Section 4.03   Reports and Other Information 73
Section 4.04   Compliance Certificate 75
Section 4.05   Taxes 76
Section 4.06   Stay, Extension and Usury Laws 76
Section 4.07   Limitation on Restricted Payments 76
Section 4.08   Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries 86
Section 4.09   Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock 89
Section 4.10   Asset Sales 96
Section 4.11   Transactions with Affiliates 100
Section 4.12   Liens 103
Section 4.13   Corporate Existence 103
Section 4.14   Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control 103
Section 4.15   Note Guarantees 105
Section 4.16   Discharge and Suspension of Covenants 106
       
ARTICLE 5
       
SUCCESSORS 107
       
Section 5.01   Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets 107
Section 5.02   Successor Corporation Substituted 108
       
ARTICLE 6
       
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES 108
       
Section 6.01   Events of Default 108
Section 6.02   Acceleration 110
Section 6.03   Other Remedies 111
Section 6.04   Waiver of Past Defaults 111
Section 6.05   Control by Majority 111
Section 6.06   Limitation on Suits 112
Section 6.07   Contractual Rights of Holders to Bring Suit for Enforcement of Payment 112
Section 6.08   Collection Suit by Trustee 112
Section 6.09   Restoration of Rights and Remedies 112
Section 6.10   Rights and Remedies Cumulative 113
Section 6.11   Delay or Omission Not Waiver 113
Section 6.12   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim 113

 

 

 

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Section 6.13   Priorities 113
Section 6.14   Undertaking for Costs 114
       
ARTICLE 7
       
TRUSTEE 114
       
Section 7.01   Duties of Trustee 114
Section 7.02   Rights of Trustee 115
Section 7.03   Individual Rights of Trustee 116
Section 7.04   Trustee’s Disclaimer 117
Section 7.05   Notice of Defaults 117
Section 7.06   Reports by Trustee to Holders 117
Section 7.07   Compensation and Indemnity 117
Section 7.08   Replacement of Trustee 118
Section 7.09   Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. 119
Section 7.10   Eligibility; Disqualification 119
Section 7.11   Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company 119
       
ARTICLE 8
       
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE 119
       
Section 8.01   Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance 119
Section 8.02   Legal Defeasance and Discharge 120
Section 8.03   Covenant Defeasance 120
Section 8.04   Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance 121
Section 8.05   Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions 122
Section 8.06   Repayment to Company 122
Section 8.07   Reinstatement 122
       
ARTICLE 9
       
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER 123
       
Section 9.01   Without Consent of Holders 123
Section 9.02   With Consent of Holders 124
Section 9.03   [Reserved] 126
Section 9.04   Revocation and Effect of Consents 126
Section 9.05   Notation on or Exchange of Notes 126
Section 9.06   Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc. 126
       
ARTICLE 10
       
GUARANTEES 127
       
Section 10.01   Guarantee. 127

 

 

 

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Section 10.02   Limitation on Guarantor Liability 128
Section 10.03   Execution and Delivery 128
Section 10.04   Subrogation 129
Section 10.05   Benefits Acknowledged 129
Section 10.06   Release of Guarantees 129
       
ARTICLE 11
       
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE 130
       
Section 11.01   Satisfaction and Discharge 130
Section 11.02   Application of Trust Money 131
       
ARTICLE 12
       
MISCELLANEOUS 131
       
Section 12.01   Notices 131
Section 12.02   Communication by Holders with Other Holders 133
Section 12.03   Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent 133
Section 12.04   Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion 133
Section 12.05   Rules by Trustee and Agents 133
Section 12.06   No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators, Members, Partners and Stockholders 134
Section 12.07   Governing Law 134
Section 12.08   Waiver of Jury Trial 134
Section 12.09   Force Majeure 134
Section 12.10   No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements 134
Section 12.11   Successors 134
Section 12.12   Severability 134
Section 12.13   Counterpart Originals 135
Section 12.14   Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. 135
Section 12.15   U.S.A. Patriot Act 135

 

EXHIBITS    
     
Exhibit A   Form of Note
Exhibit B   Form of Certificate of Transfer
Exhibit C   Form of Certificate of Exchange
Exhibit D   Form of Supplemental Indenture to Be Delivered by Guarantors

 

 

 

INDENTURE, dated as of November 21, 2017, between Polaris Intermediate Corp., a Delaware corporation (together with its permitted successors and assignees, the “Company”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as Trustee.

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of $1,300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.500% / 9.250% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2022 (the “Initial Notes”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders.

 

ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.01     Definitions.

 

144A Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

 

Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person,

 

(1)            Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging, consolidating or amalgamating with or into or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and

 

(2)            Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

 

Additional Notes” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes and PIK Notes) issued under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 4.09, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes, as the aggregate principal amount thereof may be increased from time to time as a result of a payment of PIK Interest thereon.

 

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 purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

 

Agent” means any Registrar or Paying Agent.

 

 

 

Applicable Calculation Date” means the applicable date of calculation for (1) the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio, (2) the Consolidated Total Debt Ratio, (3) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, (4) Consolidated EBITDA, (5) any Restricted Payment, (6) any Permitted Investment, (7) the incurrence of any Indebtedness, (8) any Asset Sale or (9) any Default or Event of Default. When calculating the availability under any basket or ratio under this Indenture, in each case in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, the date of determination of such basket or ratio and of any Default or Event of Default shall, at the option of the Company, be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into and such baskets or ratios shall be calculated with such pro forma adjustments as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio after giving effect to such Limited Condition Acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they occurred at the beginning of the applicable period for purposes of determining the ability to consummate any such Limited Condition Acquisition, and, for the avoidance of doubt, (a) if any of such baskets or ratios are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in such basket or ratio (including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA of the Company, MultiPlan or the target company) subsequent to such date of determination and at or prior to the consummation of the relevant Limited Condition Acquisition, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations solely for purposes of determining whether the Limited Condition Acquisition and the related transactions to be entered into are permitted hereunder and (b) such baskets or ratios shall not be tested at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition or related transactions; provided that if the Company elects to have such determinations occur at the time of entry into such definitive agreement, any such transactions (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) shall be deemed to have occurred on the date the definitive agreements are entered and outstanding thereafter for purposes of calculating any baskets or ratios under this Indenture after the date of such agreement and before the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition unless and until such Limited Condition Acquisition has been abandoned, as determined by the Company, prior to the consummation thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company has exercised its option under the second sentence of this definition and any Default or Event of Default occurs following the date on which the definitive acquisition agreements for the applicable Limited Condition Acquisition were entered into and prior to or on the date of the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to not have occurred or be continuing for purposes of determining whether any action being taken in connection with such Limited Condition Acquisition is permitted under this Indenture.

 

Applicable Measurement Period” means the most recently completed four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company or MultiPlan, as applicable, ending on or immediately preceding the Applicable Calculation Date for which internal financial statements are available.

 

Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any Redemption Date, the greater of:

 

(1)            1.0% of the principal amount of such Note; and

 

(2)            the excess, if any, of (a)(i) the sum of the present value at such Redemption Date of (A) the redemption price of such Note at June 1, 2019 (such redemption price being set forth in Section 3.07(b)), plus (B) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on such Note through June 1, 2019 (assuming that the rate of interest on the Notes during the period from the Redemption Date through June 1, 2019 will be the rate for Cash Interest), discounted to such Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points, minus (ii) accrued but unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, over (b) the principal amount of such Note.

 

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Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and/or Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.

 

Asset Sale” means:

 

(1)            the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction) of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”); or

 

(2)            the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 4.09), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions;

 

in each case, other than:

 

(a)            any disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete, damaged, unnecessary, unsuitable or used, surplus or worn out property, equipment, rights or other assets in the ordinary course of business, or any disposition of inventory or goods (or other property or assets) held for sale or no longer used or useful in the ordinary course of business;

 

(b)            the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture;

 

(c)            any disposition, issuance or sale in connection with the making of any Restricted Payment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.07 or any Permitted Investment;

 

(d)            any disposition of property or assets, or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, in any transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate fair market value at the time of such disposition, issuance or sale of less than the greater of (i) $30,000,000 and (ii) 4.5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the Applicable Measurement Period;

 

(e)            any disposition of property or assets, or issuance of securities by a Restricted Subsidiary, to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(f)            to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code or any comparable or successor provision, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;

 

(g)            the lease, assignment, sub-lease, license or sub-license of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(h)            any issuance, sale or pledge of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(i)             foreclosures, condemnation, expropriation, forced disposition, eminent domain or any similar action with respect to assets or the granting of Liens not prohibited by this Indenture (including any Permitted Lien);

 

(j)             sales or transfers of accounts receivable, or participations therein and related assets, in connection with any Receivables Facility;

 

(k)            any financing transaction with respect to property owned, built or acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Effective Date, including Sale and Lease-Back Transactions (other than Permitted Sale and Lease-Back Transactions) and asset securitizations permitted by this Indenture;

 

(l)            any surrender, termination or waiver of any contract rights or surrender, waiver, settlement, modification, compromise or release of any contract rights, litigation claims or any other claims of any kind (including in tort) in the ordinary course of business;

 

(m)           the sale, lease, assignment, license, sublease, sublicense or discount, forgiveness or write off of inventory, equipment, accounts receivable, notes receivable or other current assets in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable; or other dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;

 

(n)            the licensing or sub-licensing of intellectual property or other general intangibles in the ordinary course of business or that is immaterial;

 

(o)            the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations;

 

(p)            sales, transfers and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

 

(q)            any abandonment, cancellation or ceasing to maintain or ceasing to enforce, intellectual property rights that are no longer used, useful or necessary for or are no longer economical, not in the best interest of or material for the operation of the Company’s and the Restricted Subsidiaries’ businesses (including by allowing any registrations or any applications for registration thereof to lapse), in each case in the ordinary course of business or in the reasonable business judgment of the Company;

 

(r)            the issuance of directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals or other third parties as required by applicable law;

 

(s)            the disposition of any assets (including Equity Interests) (i) acquired in a transaction permitted under this Indenture, which assets are not used or useful in the core or principal business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, or (ii) made in connection with the approval of any applicable antitrust authority or otherwise necessary or advisable in the good faith determination of the Company to consummate any acquisition permitted under this Indenture; and

 

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(t)            dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) an amount equal to the Net Proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property.

 

In the event that a transaction (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of a permitted Asset Sale and would also be a permitted Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment, the Company, in its sole discretion, will be entitled to divide and classify such transaction (or a portion thereof) as an Asset Sale and/or one or more of the types of permitted Restricted Payments or Permitted Investments.

 

Bank Lender” means any lender or holder or agent or arranger of Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Agreement.

 

Bank Products” means any facilities or services related to cash management, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, automated clearing house fund transfer services, purchase card, electronic funds transfer (including non-card e-payables services) and other cash management arrangements and commercial credit card and merchant card services.

 

Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.

 

Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.

 

Board” with respect to a Person means the board of directors (or similar body) of such Person or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board of directors (or similar body).

 

Business Day” means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.

 

Capital Stock” means:

 

(1)            in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

 

(2)            in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited);

 

(3)            in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; and

 

(4)            any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person;

 

but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.

 

Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

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Cash Equivalents” means:

 

(1)            U.S. dollars;

 

(2)            (a)  Canadian dollars, euro, pounds sterling or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU; or

 

(b)            other currencies held by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

 

(3)            securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

(4)            certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition, demand deposits, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination);

 

(5)            repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (3) and (4) above and clause (11) below entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;

 

(6)            commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes rated investment grade by Moody’s or S&P (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of acquisition thereof, or investment grade commercial paper and investment grade variable or fixed rate notes issued or guaranteed by any lender or bank holding company owning any lender under the Senior Credit Agreement;

 

(7)            marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);

 

(8)            Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P or Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

(9)            Investments with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);

 

(10)            readily marketable direct obligations issued by any foreign government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, in each case having an investment grade rating from either Moody’s or S&P (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

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(11)            securities issued by any state, commonwealth, province or territory of the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth, province or territory or any public instrumentality thereof or any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or any public instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having an investment grade rating from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);

 

(12)            in the case of Investments by any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary or Investments made in a country outside the United States of America, Investments for short-term cash management purposes of comparable tenor and credit quality to those described in the foregoing clauses (1) through (11) customarily utilized in countries in which such Foreign Subsidiary operates, denominated in U.S. dollars or another currency customarily utilized in such countries; and

 

(13)            investment funds investing 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (12) above.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above, provided that such amounts are converted into any currency or securities listed in clauses (1) through (3) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

 

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events after the Issue Date (and excluding, for avoidance of doubt, the Transactions):

 

(1)            the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than the Permitted Holders or any Guarantor;

 

(2)            the Company becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by (a) any Person (other than any one or more Permitted Holders) or (b) Persons (other than any one or more Permitted Holders) that are together a group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of Equity Interests of the Company (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company, unless the Permitted Holders otherwise have the right (pursuant to contract, proxy or otherwise), directly or indirectly, to designate, nominate or appoint directors (or similar position) having a majority of the aggregate votes on the Board of the Company; or

 

(3)            the Company ceases to beneficially own (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of MultiPlan (or any successor thereto to the extent MultiPlan is consolidated into or merged with or into such Person in accordance with the terms of this Indenture) other than in a transaction in which MultiPlan is merged with or into the Company in accordance with the terms of this Indenture).

 

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Notwithstanding the preceding or any provision of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, (i) a Person or group shall not be deemed to beneficially own securities subject to an equity or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement, (ii) if any group includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Company beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any Permitted Holders that are part of such group shall not be treated as being beneficially owned by any other member of such group for purposes of determining whether a Change of Control has occurred and (iii) a Person or group will not be deemed to beneficially own the Voting Stock of another Person as a result of its ownership of Voting Stock or other securities of such other Person’s Parent Entity (or related contractual rights) unless it owns 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such Parent Entity. For purposes of this definition and any related definition to the extent used for purposes of this definition, at any time when 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company is directly or indirectly owned by a Parent Entity, all references to the Company shall be deemed to refer to its ultimate Parent Entity (but excluding any Investor) that directly or indirectly owns such Voting Stock.

 

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme.

 

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor thereto.

 

Company” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto.

 

Company Order” means a written request or order signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer of the Company, who must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, capitalized expenditures, including Capitalized Software Expenditures, intangible assets established through recapitalization or purchase accounting, and the accretion or amortization of original issue discount resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness at less than par, of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period,

 

(1) increased (without duplication) by:

 

(a) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, federal, foreign, state, local, franchise, unitary, property, excise, value added and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including taxes in respect of repatriated funds and any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations); plus

 

(b) Fixed Charges and, to the extent not reflected in Fixed Charges, bank and letter of credit fees, debt rating monitoring fees and net losses on Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, together with items excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” pursuant to clauses (i) through (xi) thereof, to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

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(c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(d) the amount of any restructuring charge, accrual or reserve or non-recurring (on a per-transaction basis) integration costs and related costs and charges, including proposed or actual hiring and on-boarding of any senior level executives and any one-time (on a per-transaction basis) costs or charges incurred in connection with acquisitions and similar Investments and costs, charges and expenses, including put arrangements and headcount reductions or other similar actions including severance charges in respect of employee termination or relocation costs, excess pension charges, severance and lease termination expenses related to the closure, discontinuance and/or consolidation of locations and/or facilities, deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(e) any other non-cash charges, including (i) all non-cash compensation expenses and costs, (ii) the non-cash impact of recapitalization or purchase accounting, (iii) the non-cash impact of accounting changes or restatements, (iv) any non-cash portion of operating lease expense and (v) other non-cash charges, in each case, reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period (provided that to the extent that any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent; and provided, further, that amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period shall be excluded); plus

 

(f) the amount of Consolidated Net Income for such period attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, excluding cash distributions in respect thereof to the extent already included in Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(g) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees, termination payments, indemnities and related expenses paid or accrued in such period to (or on behalf of) the Investors (including amortization thereof) to the extent otherwise permitted under Section 4.11 or to (or on behalf of) affiliates of the Company (including affiliates immediately prior to the Merger) on or prior to the Effective Date (and following the Effective Date, with respect to indemnification or other amounts owed in respect of arrangements in effect prior to the Effective Date) and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(h)(i) pro forma adjustments, including pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and other synergies related to the Transactions projected by the Company in good faith to result from actions that have been taken, actions with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or actions that are expected to be taken (in each case, in the good faith determination of the Company) in any such case within 12 fiscal quarters after the Effective Date and, without duplication, and (ii) pro forma adjustments, including pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions, and other synergies related to mergers, business combinations, acquisitions, Investments, dispositions and other similar transactions, or related to restructuring initiatives, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives and projected by the Company in good faith to result from actions that have been taken, actions with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or actions that are expected to be taken (in each case, in the good faith determination of the Company), in any such case, within eight fiscal quarters after the date of consummation of such merger, business combination, acquisition, Investments, disposition or other similar transaction or the initiation of such restructuring initiative, cost savings initiative or other initiatives; provided that, for the purpose of this clause (h), (A) any such adjustments shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA until fully realized and shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though such adjustments had been realized on the first day of the relevant four-quarter period, and shall be calculated net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions, (B) any such adjustments shall be reasonably identifiable, (C) no such adjustments shall be added pursuant to this clause (h) to the extent duplicative of any items related to adjustments included in the definition of Consolidated Net Income, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio or Consolidated Total Debt Ratio or clause (d) above, and (D) “run rate” shall mean the full recurring benefit that is associated with any such action; plus

 

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(i) Receivables Fees and the amount of loss on sale of receivables and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Receivables Facility, to the extent deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(j) (i) any costs or expense incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or share option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, any severance agreement or any equity subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, funded with cash contributed to the capital of the Company or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interest of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 4.07(a)(3) and (ii) any charges, costs, expenses accruals or reserves in connection with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock held by directors, officers, managers and/or employees of any Parent Entity of the Company, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(k) [Reserved];

 

(l) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not otherwise included in Consolidated EBITDA in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such receipts were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (2) below for any previous period and not added back; plus

 

(m) any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification No. 715, any non-cash deemed finance charges in respect of any pension liabilities, the curtailment or modification of pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including settlement of pension liabilities), and any other items of a similar nature; plus

 

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(n) in respect of any Hedging Obligations that are terminated (or early extinguished) prior to the stated settlement date, any loss (or gain, as applicable) reflected in Consolidated Net Income in or following the quarter in which such termination or early extinguishment occurs; plus

 

(o) costs, expenses, charges, accruals, reserves (including restructuring costs related to acquisitions prior to, on or after the Effective Date) or expenses attributable to the undertaking and/or the implementation of cost savings initiatives, operating expense reductions and other restructuring and integration and transition costs, costs associated with inventory category and distribution optimization programs, pre-opening, opening and other business optimization expenses (including software development costs), future lease commitments, consolidation, discontinuance and closing costs and expenses for locations and/or facilities, signing, retention and completion bonuses, costs related to entry and expansion into new markets (including consulting fees) and to modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, system design, establishment and implementation costs and project start-up costs, in each case, deducted in computing consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(p) changes in earn-out obligations incurred in connection with any acquisition or other Investments permitted under this Indenture and paid during the applicable period and any similar acquisitions completed prior to the Effective Date, in each case, deducted in computing consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(q) costs related to the implementation of operational and reporting systems and technology initiatives; and

 

(2) decreased by (without duplication) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash items that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person, including, (a) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, (b) the cash interest component of Financing Lease Obligations, and (c) net payments, if any, made (less net payments, if any, received) pursuant to obligations under Hedging Agreements for Indebtedness, but in any event excluding:

 

(i) the accretion or amortization of original issue discount resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness at less than par,

 

(ii) amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses,

 

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(iii) any expenses resulting from discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or purchase accounting,

 

(iv) penalties or interest related to taxes and any other amounts of non-cash interest resulting from the effects of the acquisition method of accounting or pushdown accounting,

 

(v) any accretion or accrual of, or accrued interest on, discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness during such period,

 

(vi) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under Hedging Agreements or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification No. 815—Derivatives and Hedging,

 

(vii) any one time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of Hedging Agreements for interest rates,

 

(viii) any interest in respect of items excluded from Indebtedness in the last proviso to the definition thereof,

 

(ix) all additional interest or liquidated damages then owing pursuant to any registration rights agreement and any comparable “additional interest” or liquidated damages with respect to other securities designed to compensate the holders thereof for a failure to publicly register such securities,

 

(x) expensing of bridge, arrangement, structuring, commitment or other financing fees or closing payments,

 

(xi) any prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or similar premium, penalty or inducement or other loss in connection with the early repayment or refinancing or the modification of Indebtedness paid or payable during such period,

 

(xii) any lease, rental or other expense in connection with a Non-Financing Lease Obligation,

 

(xiii) Receivables Fees, commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Receivables Facility,

 

(xiv) any capitalized interest, whether paid in cash or otherwise, and

 

(xv) any other non-cash interest expense, including capitalized interest, whether paid or accrued; less

 

(2) interest income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.

 

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Financing Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Financing Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income, attributable to such Person for such period, on a consolidated basis, and on an after-tax basis to the extent appropriate, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, without duplication:

 

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(1) any extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains, losses or expenses, costs associated with preparations for and implementation of compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other Public Company Costs, earn-out payments or other consideration paid or payable in connection with an acquisition to the extent recorded as cash compensation expense, severance costs, relocation costs, integration costs, pre-opening, opening, consolidation, discontinuation and closing costs for locations and/or facilities, signing, retention and completion bonuses, transition costs, restructuring costs and litigation settlements or losses and costs and related costs and expenses shall be excluded,

 

(2) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period,

 

(3) any net gains or losses realized on disposed, discontinued or abandoned operations (which shall not, unless the Company otherwise elects, include assets then held for sale) or on the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person shall be excluded,

 

(4) any net gains or losses realized attributable to asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Company, and dispositions of books of business, client lists or related goodwill in connection with the departure of related employees or producers, shall be excluded,

 

(5) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents (or, if not paid in cash or Cash Equivalents, but later converted into cash or Cash Equivalents, upon such conversion) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,

 

(6) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a)(3)(a), the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than MultiPlan and its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, is otherwise restricted by the operation of the terms of its charter or any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its equityholders (other than (i) restrictions that have been waived or otherwise released, (ii) restrictions pursuant to this Indenture, the indenture governing the MultiPlan Notes or the Senior Credit Agreement, (iii) restrictions arising pursuant to an agreement or instrument if the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Holders than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in this Indenture, the indenture governing the MultiPlan Notes or the Senior Credit Agreement (as determined by the Company in good faith) or (iv) such other restrictions permitted by Section 4.08); provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Company will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) or Cash Equivalents to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein,

 

(7) any income (loss) (less all fees and expenses or charges related thereto) from the purchase, acquisition, early extinguishment, conversion or cancellation of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid) shall be excluded,

 

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(8) any impairment charge, asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to intangible assets (including goodwill), long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities, the amortization of intangibles, and the effects of adjustments to accruals and reserves during a prior period relating to any change in the methodology of calculating reserves for returns, rebates and other chargebacks (including government program rebates), shall be excluded,

 

(9) any (i) non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of equity appreciation or similar rights, profits interests, equity options, restricted equity or other rights or equity incentive programs and any non-cash charges associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock or options with respect thereto by, or to, future, current or former officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle, (ii) income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts, and (iii) any expense in respect of payments made to option holders or holders of profits interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to equityholders of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders or holders of profits interests as though they were equityholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution (to the extent such distribution to equityholders is excluded from Consolidated Net Income), shall be excluded,

 

(10) any fees and expenses (including any commissions or discounts) incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Asset Sale, Change of Control, issuance, incurrence, redemption, defeasance, repurchase, acquisition, defeasement, extinguishment, retirement or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment, supplement or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Effective Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed and/or not successful) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded,

 

(11) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted as a result of the Transactions, or any acquisition, Investment or Change of Control in accordance with GAAP or changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period, whether effected through a cumulative effect adjustment, restatement or a retroactive application in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded,

 

(12) the effects from applying purchase accounting, including applying recapitalization or purchase accounting to inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill and other intangible assets, in-process research and development, post-employment benefits, leases, deferred revenue and debt-like items required or permitted by GAAP (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries), as a result of the Transactions or any other consummated acquisitions, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, shall be excluded,

 

(13) any foreign exchange gains or losses resulting from the impact of foreign currency changes on the valuation of assets and liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company shall be excluded,

 

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(14) any non-cash interest expense and non-cash interest income, in each case to the extent there is no associated cash disbursement or receipt, as the case may be, before the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes and the date on which all the Notes cease to be outstanding, shall be excluded,

 

(15) the amount of any cash tax benefits related to the tax amortization of intangible assets in such period shall be included,

 

(16) Transaction Expenses (including any charges associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Equity Interests by management of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent Entities in connection with the Transactions) shall be excluded,

 

(17) income or expense related to changes in the fair value of contingent liabilities in connection with the Transactions or any acquisition of a business or Person or other Investment shall be excluded,

 

(18) proceeds received from business interruption insurance (to the extent not reflected as revenue or income in Net Income and to the extent that the related loss was deducted in the determination of Net Income), shall be included,

 

(19) charges, losses, lost profits, expenses or write-offs to the extent indemnified, reimbursed or insured by a third party, including expenses covered by indemnification or reimbursement provisions in connection with the Transactions, an Investment or any other acquisition, in each case, to the extent that indemnification, reimbursement or insurance coverage has not been denied, the Company in good faith believes that such amounts are recoverable from such indemnitors, reimbursers or insurers, and so long as such amounts are actually reimbursed to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash within one year after the related amount is first added to Consolidated Net Income pursuant to this clause (19) (and if not so reimbursed within one year, such amount shall be deducted from Consolidated Net Income during the next measurement period), shall be excluded; provided that such amounts shall only be included in Consolidated Net Income under Section 4.07(a)(3)(a) after such amounts are actually reimbursed in cash,

 

(20) any non-cash expenses, accruals, reserves or income related to adjustments to historical tax exposures shall be excluded; provided that if any such non-cash items represent an accrual or reserve for cash payments in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated Net Income in such future period, but only to the extent of such non-cash expense, accrual or reserve excluded pursuant to this clause (20) shall be excluded,

 

(21) any non-cash gain or loss attributable to the mark-to-market movement in the valuation of Hedging Obligations (to the extent the cash impact resulting from such gain or loss has not been realized) or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification No. 815—Derivatives and Hedging, shall be excluded,

 

(22) any gain or loss relating to Hedging Obligations associated with transactions realized in the current period that has been reflected in Net Income in prior periods and excluded from or included in, as applicable, Consolidated Net Income pursuant to the preceding clause (21) shall be included, and

 

(23) any expense to the extent a corresponding amount is received in cash by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries from a Person other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries, provided such payment has not been included in determining Consolidated Net Income (it being understood that if the amounts received in cash under any such agreement in any period exceed the amount of expense in respect of such period, such excess amounts received may be carried forward and applied against expense in future periods), shall be excluded.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.07 only (other than clause (3)(d) of Section 4.07(a)), there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments from the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances which constitute Restricted Investments by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, any sale of the equity of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary or the sale or transfer of assets from an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under clause (3)(d) of Section 4.07(a).

 

Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio” means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by Liens on any assets or property of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as of the Applicable Calculation Date to (2) the Consolidated EBITDA of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the Applicable Measurement Period, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Indebtedness (including as to the incurrence, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness), Cash Equivalents and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio; provided that, for purposes of the calculation of Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio, in connection with (x) the incurrence of any Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(1) or (y) the Incurrence of any Lien pursuant to clause (45) of the definition of “Permitted Liens,” the Company may elect, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, to treat all or any portion of the commitment (such amount elected until revoked as described below, the “Elected Amount”) under any Indebtedness which is to be incurred or secured by such Lien, as the case may be, as being incurred as of the Applicable Calculation Date and (i) any subsequent incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment (so long as the total amount under such Indebtedness does not exceed the Elected Amount) shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an incurrence of additional Indebtedness or an additional Lien at such subsequent time, (ii) the Company may revoke an election of an Elected Amount pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee and (iii) for purposes of all subsequent calculations of the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio, the Elected Amount (if any) shall be deemed to be outstanding, whether or not such amount is actually outstanding.

 

Consolidated Total Debt Ratio” means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Applicable Calculation Date to (2) the Consolidated EBITDA of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the Applicable Measurement Period, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Indebtedness (including as to the incurrence, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness), Cash Equivalents and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

 

Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, as at any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (1) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, unreimbursed drawings under letters of credit, Obligations in respect of Financing Lease Obligations and third-party debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes and similar instruments (and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (a) all undrawn amounts under revolving credit facilities, (b) Hedging Obligations, (c) performance bonds or any similar instruments and (d) Non-Financing Lease Obligations) minus (2) all unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Contingent Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:

 

(1)            to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor;

 

(2)            to advance or supply funds:

 

(a)            for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation; or

 

(b)            to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor; or

 

(3)            to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.

 

Controlled Investment Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person, other than any Investor, which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person and is organized by such Person (or any Person controlling such Person) primarily for making direct or indirect equity or debt investments in the Company and/or other Persons.

 

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.01 or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Holders and the Company.

 

Credit Facilities” means, with respect to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, one or more debt facilities, including the Senior Credit Agreement, or other financing arrangements (including, without limitation, commercial paper facilities or indentures) providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit or other indebtedness, including any notes, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that exchange, replace, refund, refinance, extend, renew, restate, amend, supplement or modify any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such exchanged, replacement, refunding, refinancing, extended, renewed, restated, amended, supplemented or modified facility or indenture that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed or issued thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings or issuance is permitted under Section 4.09) or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, trustee, lender or group of lenders or other holders.

 

Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

 

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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.

 

Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06(c), substantially in the form of Exhibit A except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

 

Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as Depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

 

Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the fair market value of consideration that is not deemed to be Cash Equivalents and that is received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale, redemption or repurchase of, or collection or payment on, such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

 

Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company (in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee equity ownership plan or trust established by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 4.07(a)(3).

 

Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event or condition, (1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Capital Stock of such Person that would not otherwise constitute Disqualified Stock) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, other than solely as a result of a change of control, asset sale, casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event, or (2) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Capital Stock of such Person that would not otherwise constitute Disqualified Stock) other than solely as a result of a change of control, asset sale, casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event, in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or its respective Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or its respective Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations; provided, further, that any Capital Stock held by any future, current or former officer, director, employee or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity of the Company or any other entity in which the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary has an Investment and is designated in good faith as an “affiliate” by the Board shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to any equityholders’ agreement, management equity plan, equity option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

 

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Domestic Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

EMU” means economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.

 

Effective Date” means June 7, 2016.

 

Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.

 

Equity Offering” means any public or private sale or issuance of common equity or Preferred Stock of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than:

 

(1)          public offerings with respect to the Company’s or such Parent Entity’s common equity registered on Form S-8;

 

(2)          issuances to any Subsidiary of the Company; and

 

(3)          any such public or private sale or issuance that constitutes an Excluded Contribution.

 

Equityholding Vehicle” means any Parent Entity of the Company and any equityholder thereof through which former, current officers or future officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent Entities hold Capital Stock of such Parent Entity.

 

euro” means the single currency of participating member states of the EMU.

 

Euroclear” means Euroclear S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.

 

Event of Default” has the meaning set forth under Section 6.01.

 

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

 

Excluded Contribution” means net cash proceeds, the fair market value of marketable securities or Qualified Proceeds, received by the Company from:

 

(1)          contributions to its common equity capital, and

 

(2)          the sale or issuance (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or to any management equity plan or equity option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Company) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Company,

 

in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate of the Company within 10 Business Days of the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold or issued, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 4.07(a)(3).

 

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Excluded Subsidiary” means (1) any Domestic Subsidiary that is (a) a FSHCO or (b) a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary that is a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code, (2) any Subsidiary to the extent that its Guarantee of the Notes would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Company or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Company, (3) any Special Purpose Subsidiary and (4) each Foreign Subsidiary.

 

fair market value” means, with respect to any Investment, asset, property or liability, the fair market value of such Investment, asset, property or liability as determined by the Company in good faith.

 

Financing Lease Obligation” means, an obligation that is required to be accounted for as a financing or capital lease (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not a straight-line or operating lease) on both the balance sheet and income statement for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. At the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a financing or capital lease would be the amount required to be reflected as a liability on such balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP.

 

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any Applicable Measurement Period, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for such Applicable Measurement Period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such Applicable Measurement Period. In the event that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs, assumes, guarantees, redeems, repays, retires or extinguishes any Indebtedness or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of such Applicable Measurement Period but on or prior to the relevant Applicable Calculation Date, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption, repayment, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (in each case, including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the same had occurred at the beginning of such Applicable Measurement Period; provided, however, that the pro forma calculation shall not give effect to any Indebtedness incurred on such determination date pursuant to the provisions in Section 4.09(b) (other than pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(14)(b)); provided, further, that for purposes of the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, in connection with the Incurrence of any Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(a), the Company may elect, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, which may be revoked pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness which is to be incurred, as being incurred as of such Applicable Calculation Date and any subsequent incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment that was so treated shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an incurrence of additional Indebtedness; provided that for purposes of all subsequent calculations of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Elected Amount (as defined herein) (if any) shall be deemed to be outstanding, whether or not such amount is actually outstanding.

 

For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers (including the Transactions), consolidations, amalgamation and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) and operational changes that have been made by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries during the Applicable Measurement Period or subsequent to such Applicable Measurement Period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Applicable Calculation Date (each, for purposes of this definition, a “pro forma event”) shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such pro forma events (and the change in any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in Consolidated EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the Applicable Measurement Period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning of such Applicable Measurement Period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, disposed operation or operational change that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such Applicable Measurement Period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, disposed operation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the Applicable Measurement Period; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any classification under GAAP of any Person or business in respect of which a definitive agreement for the disposition has been entered into as discontinued operations, the Consolidated EBITDA of such Person or business shall not be excluded pursuant to this paragraph until such disposition shall have been consummated.

 

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For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a pro forma event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Applicable Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness). To the extent interest expense generated by Hedging Obligations that have been terminated prior to the Applicable Calculation Date is included in Consolidated Interest Expense, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be adjusted to exclude such expense. Interest on a Financing Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Financing Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period or, if lower, the maximum commitments under such revolving credit facility as of the Applicable Calculation Date except as set forth in the first paragraph of this definition. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Company may designate. Any such pro forma calculation may include, without limitation, (1) all adjustments of the type described in clause (1)(h) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period, and (2) adjustments calculated in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

 

Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum (without duplication) of:

 

(1)          Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period;

 

(2)          all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock during such period; and

 

(3)          all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock during such period.

 

Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not a Domestic Subsidiary and any Restricted Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary.

 

FSHCO” means any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary that has no material assets other than Capital Stock of one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries that are “controlled foreign corporations” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

 

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GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the Effective Date. At any time after the Issue Date, the Company may elect to apply IFRS accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and GAAP concepts and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS and corresponding IFRS concepts (except as otherwise provided in this Indenture); provided that any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable; provided, further, that any calculation or determination in this Indenture that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Company’s election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP. The Company shall give notice of any such election made in accordance with this definition to the Trustee. For the avoidance of doubt, solely making an election (without any other action) referred to in this definition will not be treated as an incurrence of Indebtedness.

 

Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(ii), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

 

Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b) or 2.06(d).

 

Government Securities” means securities that are:

 

(1)          direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or

 

(2)          obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,

 

which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depository receipt.

 

guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness.

 

Guarantee” means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Company’s Obligations under this Indenture and the Notes.

 

Guarantor” means each Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that executes a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit D and guarantees the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, if any.

 

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Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any Hedging Agreements.

 

Hedging Agreement” means (1) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (2) 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.

 

holder” means, with reference to any Indebtedness or other Obligations, any holder or lender of, or trustee or collateral agent or other authorized representative with respect to, such Indebtedness or Obligations, and, in the case of Hedging Obligations, any counterparty to such Hedging Obligations.

 

Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

 

IFRS” means the international financial reporting standards and interpretations issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

 

Immediate Family Members” means with respect to any individual, such individual’s estate, heirs, legatees, distributees, child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law (including adoptive relationships), any person sharing the individual’s household (other than an unrelated tenant or employee) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.

 

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:

 

(1)          any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent:

 

(a)            in respect of borrowed money;

 

(b)            evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);

 

(c)            representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including Financing Lease Obligations), except (i) any such balance that constitutes an obligation in respect of a commercial letter of credit, a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligations until after 30 days of becoming due and payable, has not been paid and such obligation has become a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and (iii) any obligations resulting from take-or-pay contracts entered into the ordinary course of business; or

 

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(d)            representing any net Hedging Obligations;

 

if and to the extent that any of the foregoing indebtedness in clauses (a) through (d) (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that Indebtedness of any Parent Entity of the Company appearing on the balance sheet of the Company solely by reason of push-down accounting under GAAP shall be excluded;

 

(2)          to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(3)          to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such first Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such first Person; provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of: (a) the fair market value of such assets at such date of determination, and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person;

 

provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (a) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (b) obligations under a Receivables Facility, (c) Non-Financing Lease Obligations or other obligations under or in respect of straight-line leases, operating leases or Sale and Lease-Back Transactions (except resulting Financing Lease Obligations), (d) prepaid or deferred revenue, (e) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warrants or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (f) amounts owed to dissenting equityholders in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto (including any accrued interest), with respect to the Transactions, (g) trade accounts payable, deferred revenues, liabilities associated with customer prepayments and deposits and other accrued obligations (including transfer pricing), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business, (h) customary obligations under employment agreements and deferred compensation arrangements, (i) non-compete or consulting obligations and (j) Indebtedness of any Parent Entity of the Company appearing on the balance sheet of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary solely by reason of “pushdown” accounting under GAAP.

 

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

 

Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Company, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

 

Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.

 

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Initial Notes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto. For the avoidance of doubt, references to the “Initial Notes” shall include any increase in the principal amount of outstanding Initial Notes as a result of a PIK Payment.

 

Initial Purchasers” means Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.

 

Interest Payment Date” means each June 1 and December 1.

 

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

 

Investment Grade Securities” means

 

(1)          securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents),

 

(2)          debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Company and its Subsidiaries,

 

(3)          investments in any fund that invests at least a 95% of its assets in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution, and

 

(4)          corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high-quality investments.

 

Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to customers, commission, travel and similar advances to officers, employees, managers and consultants, in each case made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of the Company in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 4.07:

 

(1)          “Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to:

 

(a)            the Company’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; less

 

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(b)            the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation;

 

(2)          any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Company; and

 

(3)          if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary issues, sells or otherwise disposes of any Capital Stock of a Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary such that, after giving effect thereto, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, any investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person remaining after giving effect thereto shall not be deemed to be an Investment at such time.

 

The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount received in cash or Cash Equivalents by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment.

 

Investors” means, collectively, Hellman & Friedman LLC, GIC Private Limited, Leonard Green & Partners, LP, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc., Partners Group (USA) Inc. and Cohen Private Ventures, LLC (and each of their respective successors) and each of their respective Affiliates and any funds, partnerships or other co-investment vehicles managed, advised or controlled by the foregoing or their respective Affiliates, but not including, however, any portfolio companies of any of the foregoing.

 

Issue Date” means November 21, 2017.

 

Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banking institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York or in the place of payment.

 

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien (statutory or otherwise), pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest, preference, priority or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

 

Limited Condition Acquisition” means any acquisition, including by way of merger, consolidation or amalgamation, by the Company or one or more of the Restricted Subsidiaries whose consummation is not conditioned upon the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing; provided that Consolidated Net Income (and any other financial term derived therefrom, other than for purposes of calculating any ratios in connection with the Limited Condition Acquisition), shall not include any Consolidated Net Income of or attributable to the target company or assets associated with any such Limited Condition Acquisition unless and until the closing of such Limited Condition Acquisition shall have actually occurred.

 

Management Investors” means the former, current or future officers, directors, employees and managers (and Controlled Investment Affiliates and Immediate Family Members of the foregoing) of the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Entity of the Company who are or become direct or indirect investors in the Company, any Parent Entity of the Company or any Equityholding Vehicle, including any such officers, directors, employees and managers owning through an Equityholding Vehicle.

 

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Market Capitalization” means an amount equal to (1) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company on the date of the declaration of a Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 4.07(b)(8) multiplied by (2) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such common Equity Interests on the principal securities exchange on which such common Equity Interests are traded for the 30 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of declaration of such Restricted Payment.

 

Mergers” means the merger of Polaris Merger Sub Corp. (“Merger Sub”) with and into MPH Acquisition Corp. 1 (“Acquisition Corp”), with Acquisition Corp surviving such merger, and the subsequent mergers of (1) MPH Intermediate Acquisition Corp. with and into MPH Acquisition Corp. 2, with MPH Acquisition Corp. 2 surviving such merger and (2) MPH Acquisition Corp. 2 with and into Acquisition Corp, with Acquisition Corp surviving such merger.

 

Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 5, 2016, by and among Polaris Parent Corp., Merger Sub, Acquisition Corp and MPH Topco L.P., as the same may have been amended prior to the Effective Date.

 

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

 

MultiPlan” means MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

MultiPlan Notes Assumption” means the assumption of the obligations of Acquisition Corp under the indenture governing the MultiPlan Notes and the MultiPlan Notes (after giving effect to the merger of Merger Sub with and into Acquisition Corp) on the Effective Date by MultiPlan and the release and discharge of Acquisition of such obligations.

 

MultiPlan Notes” means the 7.125% Senior Notes due 2024 issued by (1) Merger Sub on the Effective Date (and subsequently assumed by MultiPlan) and (2) MultiPlan on November 18, 2016.

 

Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) attributable to such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of dividends on Preferred Stock (other than dividends on Disqualified Stock).

 

Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds and the fair market value of any Cash Equivalents received by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale, including any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale, net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, payments made in order to obtain a necessary consent or required by applicable law, and brokerage and sales commissions, any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, other fees and expenses, including title and recordation expenses, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof or any transactions occurring or deemed to occur to effectuate a payment under this Indenture (including in connection with any repatriation of funds, and after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on Senior Indebtedness, Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary or Indebtedness secured by a Lien on such assets and, in each case, required (other than required by Section 4.10(b)(1)) to be paid as a result of such transaction, any costs associated with unwinding any related Hedging Obligations in connection with such transactions and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.

 

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Non-Financing Lease Obligations” means a lease obligation that is not required to be accounted for as a financing or capital lease on both the balance sheet and the income statement for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. For avoidance of doubt, a straight line or operating lease shall be considered a Non-Financing Lease Obligation.

 

Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

 

Notes” means the Initial Notes and more particularly means any Note authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term “Notes” shall also include any Additional Notes and PIK Notes that may be issued.

 

Notes Documents” means this Indenture, the Notes and any supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit D.

 

Obligations” means any principal, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

 

Offering Circular” means the final offering circular, dated November 16, 2017, relating to the offering and sale of the Notes.

 

Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer, the Controller, any Managing Director or the Secretary of (1) such Person or (2) if such Person is owned or managed by a single entity, of such entity, or any other individual designated as an “Officer” for purposes of this Indenture by the Board of the Company or such other Person, as the case may be.

 

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or on behalf of any other Person, as the case may be, that meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture.

 

Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee (which opinion may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions). The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

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Parent Entity” means any Person that, with respect to another Person, owns 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such other Person.

 

Partial PIK Interest” means a portion of the interest on the Notes due on an Interest Payment Date, which is paid, at the Company’s election, by increasing the amount of outstanding Notes or by issuing additional PIK Notes, to the extent that only a portion of the interest due on an Interest Payment Date is so paid.

 

Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

 

Permitted Asset Swap” means the substantially concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 4.10.

 

Permitted Holders” means each of (1) the Investors, (2) the Management Investors (including any Management Investors owning through an Equityholding Vehicle), (3) any Permitted Parent and, (4) any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) the members of which include any of the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (1), (2) or (3) above (a “Permitted Holder Group”); provided that, in the case of any Permitted Holder Group, no Person or other group (other than the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (1), (2) or (3) above or the last sentence of this definition) own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company held by such Permitted Holder Group. Any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) whose acquisition of beneficial ownership of Voting Stock constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.

 

Permitted Investments” means:

 

(1)          any Investment in the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (including guarantees of obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary);

 

(2)          any Investment in cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;

 

(3)          any Investment by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person that is engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment:

 

(a)            such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or

 

(b)            such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, transfer or conveyance;

 

(4)          any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.10 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

 

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(5)          any Investment existing on the Issue Date or made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Issue Date to the extent described in the Offering Circular, or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification, replacement, reinvestment or renewal of any such Investment existing on the Issue Date or binding commitment in effect on the Issue Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased in such extension, modification, replacement, reinvestment or renewal only (a) as required by the terms of such Investment or binding commitment as in existence on the Issue Date (including as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities) or (b) as otherwise permitted under this Indenture;

 

(6)          any Investment acquired by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries:

 

(a)            in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the Company of such other Investment or accounts receivable;

 

(b)            in satisfaction of judgments against other Persons;

 

(c)            as a result of a foreclosure by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment; or

 

(d)            received in compromise or resolution of (i) obligations of trade creditors, suppliers or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor, supplier or customer, or (ii) litigation, arbitration or other disputes;

 

(7)          Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 4.09(b)(10);

 

(8)          any Investment in a Similar Business having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (8) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (a) $225,000,000 and (b) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the Applicable Measurement Period at the time of such Investment (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (8) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (8) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(9)          Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests (exclusive of Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle; provided, however, that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a)(3);

 

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(10)         guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09 and Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and the creation of Liens on the assets or properties of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in compliance with Section 4.12;

 

(11)         any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.11(b) (except transactions described in Section 4.11(b)(2), (5), (9), (14)(b) and (22));

 

(12)         Investments consisting of extensions of trade credit, purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material, equipment, intellectual property or other similar assets, or the lease or sublease of any asset, the licensing or sublicensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;

 

(13)         Investments having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (13) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities), not to exceed the greater of (a) $250,000,000 and (b) 40.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the Applicable Measurement Period at the time of such Investment (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (13) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (13) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(14)         Investments relating to a Receivables Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the Company are necessary or advisable to effect any Receivables Facility or any repurchase obligation in connection therewith;

 

(15)         loans and advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, former, current or future officers, directors, employees, managers and consultants not in excess of the greater of (a) $20,000,000 and (b) 3.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the Applicable Measurement Period outstanding at the time such loan, advance or guarantee is made or incurred;

 

(16)         loans and advances to officers, directors, employees, managers and consultants for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses or payroll advances, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or to fund such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle;

 

(17)         Investments made to acquire, purchase, repurchase, redeem or retire Capital Stock of the Company or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle owned by any employee equity ownership plan or key employee ownership plan of the Company or any such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle;

 

(18)         Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of assets or services in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(19)         repurchases of any Notes;

 

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(20)         Investments in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers;

 

(21)         Investments made as part of the Transactions;

 

(22)         Investments of assets related to non-qualified deferred payment plans;

 

(23)         advances, loans, rebates and extensions of credit (including the creation of receivables) to suppliers, customers and vendors, and performance guarantees, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(24)         Investments consisting of earnest money deposits required in connection with a purchase agreement or other acquisition;

 

(25)         capitalization or forgiveness of any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(26)         Investments of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or at the time such Person merges, amalgamates or consolidates with or into the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, in either case, in compliance with this Indenture; provided that such Investments were not made by such Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or such merger, amalgamation or consolidation;

 

(27)         non-cash or non-Cash Equivalent Investments in connection with tax planning and reorganization activities;

 

(28)         Investments consisting of loans and advances to any Parent Entity of the Company, any Equityholding Vehicle, and any Subsidiaries of such Parent Entity in connection with the reimbursement of expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(29)         Investments arising as a result of Permitted Sale and Lease-Back Transactions;

 

(30)         contributions in connection with compensation arrangements to a “rabbi” trust for the benefit of former, current or future officers, directors, employees, managers, partners, members, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers or other grantor trust subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(31)         any Investment in any Subsidiary or any joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(32)         loans to any Parent Entity of the Company or any Equityholding Vehicle that could otherwise be made as a permitted Restricted Payment under this Indenture to any Parent Entity of the Company or any Equityholding Vehicle, so long as the amount of such loan is deducted from the amount available to be made as a Restricted Payment under Section 4.07(a)(3);

 

(33)         advances of payroll payments to employees, consultants or independent contractors or other advances of salaries or compensation to officers, employees, managers, consultants or independent contractors, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

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(34)         guarantees by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of leases or subleases (other than Financing Leases Obligations), Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(35)         Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collections or deposit and customary trade arrangements with customers, vendors, suppliers, licensors, sublicensors, licensees and sublicensees;

 

(36)         Capital Expenditures permitted or not restricted under this Indenture;

 

(37)         deposits in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of operating leases or utility contracts, or in connection with obligations in respect of tenders, statutory obligations, surety, stay and appeal bonds, bids, licenses, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds, completion guarantees and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money) incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(38)         Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with (a) obtaining, maintaining or renewing client and customer contracts and (b) loans or advances made to, and guarantees with respect to obligations of, independent operators, distributors, suppliers, licensors, sublicensors, licensees and sublicensees;

 

(39)         Investments resulting from pledges and deposits constituting Permitted Liens;

 

(40)         acquisitions by the Company of obligations of one or more former, current or future officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants of any Parent Entity of the Company, the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with such Person’s acquisition of Capital Stock of any Parent Entity of the Company or any Equityholding Vehicle, so long as no cash is actually advanced by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to such Person in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;

 

(41)         Investments in deposit accounts and securities accounts opened in the ordinary course of business;

 

(42)         guarantee obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of letters of support, guarantees or similar obligations issued, made or incurred for the benefit of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent required by law or in connection with any statutory filing or the delivery of audit opinions performed in jurisdictions other than within the United States; and

 

(43)         any other Investment; provided that on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Investment, (x) in the case of an Investment by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than MultiPlan and its Restricted Subsidiaries), the Consolidated Total Debt Ratio of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or less than 5.25 to 1.0 and (y) in the case of an Investment by MultiPlan or its Restricted Subsidiaries, the Consolidated Total Debt Ratio of MultiPlan and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or less than 5.25 to 1.0.

 

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Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:

 

(1)          Liens incurred or pledges, deposits or security (a) made in connection with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers’ compensation laws, unemployment insurance, employers’ health tax and other types of social security or similar legislation, (b) securing insurance premiums, other liabilities (including in respect of reimbursement and indemnified obligations) to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements (including, in respect of deductibles, self-insured retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereof), (c) securing the performance of tenders, public or statutory obligations, surety, stay, indemnity, warranty release, customs and appeal bonds, bids, licenses, leases (other than Financing Lease Obligations), contracts (including government contracts and trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness)), performance, performance and completion, completion and return-of-money bonds or guarantees, governance contracts, financial assurances and completion obligations and other similar obligations, (d) securing contested taxes or import duties or the payment of rent, (e) securing appeal bonds or other similar bonds required in respect of judicial proceedings and (f) securing letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar items issued or posted to support the payment of or for the benefit of items in the foregoing clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices;

 

(2)          Liens in respect of property or assets of any Person imposed by law or regulation, such as landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, construction contractors’ and mechanics’ Liens, contractors’, supplier of materials’, architects’ and other similar Liens, in each case so long as such Liens secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or, if more than 60 days overdue either (a) no action has been taken to enforce such Lien, (b) such amount is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established by such Person in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction or (c) with respect to which the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as a whole;

 

(3)          Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or claims that are not yet overdue by more than 60 days, or if more than 60 days overdue either (a) that are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established by such Person in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction or (b) with respect to which the Company determines in good faith that the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as a whole;

 

(4)          (a) easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, rights-of-way, licenses, special assessments, survey exceptions, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), minor title defects, servitudes, drains, sewers, exceptions or irregularities in title, encroachments, protrusions and other similar charges, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or encumbrances or restrictions on the use of real property, which in each case do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as a whole, and that were not incurred in connection with and do not secure any Indebtedness;

 

(5)          Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(4), (12), (13), (14), (15), (18) and (25); provided that (a) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(4) extend only to the assets purchased with the proceeds of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock or that are the subject of the Financing Lease Obligation, as applicable, the proceeds and products thereof and customary security deposits, contract rights and payment intangibles and other assets related thereto; (b) Liens securing Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(13) extend only to the same assets as the assets securing the Indebtedness being refinanced, plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof, (c) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(14) either (i) extend only to the property or assets acquired, or (ii) after giving effect to such Lien and such Indebtedness, the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio would be no greater than immediately prior to such incurrence, and (d) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(18) extend only to the assets of Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors;

 

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(6)          Liens existing on the Issue Date or pursuant to agreements in existence on the Issue Date;

 

(7)          Liens on property or Capital Stock or other assets of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided, however, such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than after-acquired property that is (a) affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, (b) after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing such Indebtedness, the terms of which Indebtedness require or include a pledge of after acquired property (it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition) and (c) the proceeds and products thereof);

 

(8)          Liens on property or other assets at the time the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired such property or other assets, including any acquisition by means of a merger, consolidation or amalgamation with or into the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation; provided, further, however, that the Liens may not extend to any other property or assets owned by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(9)          Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or a Guarantor permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 4.09;

 

(10)         Liens securing Hedging Obligations; provided that with respect to Hedging Obligations relating to Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is permitted under this Indenture;

 

(11)         Liens on goods or inventory or proceeds of any Person, the purchase, shipment or storage of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance issued or created for the account of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(12)         licenses, sublicenses and cross-licenses (including intellectual property) granted to others in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(13)         Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute) financing statements, other applicable personal property or movable property security registry financing statements or similar filings made in respect of Non-Financing Lease Obligations, consignment arrangements or bailee arrangements entered into by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(14)         Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(15)         Liens on vehicles or equipment of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

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(16)         Liens on accounts receivable and related assets, incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility;

 

(17)         Liens to secure any modification, refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in clauses (5), (6), (7), (8), (18), (29), (40) and (45) of this definition; provided, however, that (a) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus accessions, additions and improvements on such property, including after-acquired property that is (i) affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, (ii) after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing such Indebtedness, the terms of which Indebtedness require or include a pledge of after-acquired property (it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition) and (iii) the proceeds and products thereof) and (b) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (5), (6), (7), (8), (18), (40) and (45) of this definition at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (ii) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and accrued and unpaid interest, related to such modification, refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;

 

(18)         other Liens securing Indebtedness which Indebtedness, taken together with Indebtedness secured by Liens pursuant to clause (17) of this definition in respect of a refinancing of Indebtedness previously secured under this clause (18) does not exceed at the time of incurrence the greater of (a) $225,000,000 and (b) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the Applicable Measurement Period;

 

(19)         Liens securing judgments, decrees or awards for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 6.01(a)(5);

 

(20)         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 or to secure the performance of leases of real property;

 

(21)         Liens (a) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (b) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (c) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

 

(22)         Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 4.09; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;

 

(23)         Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business and, at the time of incurrence thereof, not for speculative purposes;

 

(24)         Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (a) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness, (b) relating to pooled deposit, automatic clearing house or sweep accounts of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

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(25)         Liens securing Obligations permitted to be incurred under Credit Facilities, including any letter of credit facility relating thereto, that was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(1);

 

(26)         Liens securing Obligations owed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to any lender, agent or arranger under the Credit Facilities or any Affiliate of such a lender, agent or arranger in respect of any Hedging Obligations or Bank Products;

 

(27)         (a) Liens on Capital Stock in joint ventures securing obligations of such joint ventures and (b) to the extent constituting Liens, transfer restrictions, purchase options, rights of first refusal, tag or drag, put or call or similar rights of minority holders or joint venture partners, in each case under partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or similar organizational documents;

 

(28)         Liens (a) solely on any earnest money deposits of cash or Cash Equivalents made by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement or to secure any letter of credit, bank guarantee or similar instrument issued or posted in respect thereof and (b) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property in a transaction permitted under Section 4.10;

 

(29)         Liens on Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(30)         (a) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of property and bailee arrangements entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and (b) Liens arising by operation of applicable law under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar provision under any other Applicable Law) in favor of a seller or buyer of goods;

 

(31)         ground leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses in respect of real property on which locations and/or facilities owned or leased by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries are located;

 

(32)         Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;

 

(33)         the reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions expressed in any original grant from any governmental authority or other grant of real or immoveable property or interests therein;

 

(34)         any (a) Lien or interest or title of a lessor, sublessor or licensor or sublicensor or secured by a lessor’s, sublessor’s, licensor’s or sublicensor’s interest under any lease, sublease, license or sublicense permitted by this Indenture (other than in respect of a Financing Lease Obligation), (b) landlord Liens permitted by the terms of any lease, (c) restriction or encumbrance that the interest or title of any such lessor, sublessor, licensor or a sublicensor may be subject (including ground lease) or (d) subordination of the interest of the lessee, sublessee, licensee or sublicensee under such lease or license to any restriction or encumbrance referred to in the preceding clause (c);

 

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(35)         Liens with respect to property or assets of any non-Guarantor Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of such Subsidiaries that was permitted by this Indenture to be incurred;

 

(36)         any zoning, building or similar law or right reserved to, or vested in, any governmental authority to control or regulate the use of any real property or any structure thereon that does not and could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as a whole;

 

(37)         servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements, subdivision agreements and other agreements with governmental authorities pertaining to the use or development of any of the real property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including, without limitation, any obligations to deliver letters of credit and other security as required; provided that the same do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as a whole;

 

(38)         Liens (a) on advances of cash or Cash Equivalents in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted under this Indenture to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment (or to secure letters of credit, bank guarantee or similar instruments posted or issued in respect thereof), and (b) consisting of an agreement to sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any property in a transaction permitted under Section 4.10, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or sale, disposition, transfer or lease, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;

 

(39)         agreements to subordinate any interest of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any accounts receivable or other proceeds arising from inventory consigned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(40)         Liens securing the Notes (other than any Additional Notes) and related Guarantees;

 

(41)         Liens on property subject to Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by this Indenture, security deposits, related contract rights and payment intangibles related thereto;

 

(42)         Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents used to defease or to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided such defeasance or satisfaction and discharge is permitted hereunder;

 

(43)         Liens given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental authority when required by such utility or other authority in connection with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as a whole;

 

(44)         (a) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice that do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as a whole, or (b) the right reserved or vested in any Person (including any governmental authority) by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

 

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(45)            Liens securing any Obligations in respect of any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09, provided, however, that, at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness secured under this clause (45) and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio of the Company would be no greater than 5.00 to 1.00;

 

(46)            Liens arising from judgments, awards, attachments or decrees for the payment of money in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default;

 

(47)            undetermined or inchoate Liens, rights of distress and charges incidental to current operations that have not at such time been filed or exercised, or which relate to obligations not due or payable or if due, the validity of such Liens are being contested in good faith by appropriate actions, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

 

(48)            Liens consisting of royalties payable with respect to any asset, right or property of the Company or its Subsidiaries;

 

(49)            statutory Liens incurred or pledges or deposits made in favor of a governmental authority to secure the performance of obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under environmental laws to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, in each case incurred or made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(50)            the prior rights of consignees and their lenders under consignment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(51)            Liens securing obligations (other than obligations representing Indebtedness for borrowed money) under operating, reciprocal easement or similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(52)            Liens securing commercial letters of credit permitted pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(5);

 

(53)            with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, Liens arising mandatorily by legal requirements (and not as a result of under-capitalization of such Foreign Subsidiary);

 

(54)            Liens on escrowed proceeds from the incurrence of any Indebtedness for the benefit of the related holders of such Indebtedness (or the underwriters or arrangers thereof) or on cash set aside at the time of the incurrence of any Indebtedness or government securities purchased with such cash, in either case to the extent such cash or government securities prefund the payment of interest on such Indebtedness and are held in an escrow account or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose;

 

(55)            Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights;

 

(56)            all rights of expropriation, access or use or other similar right conferred by or reserved by any federal, state or municipal governmental authority;

 

(57)            the right reserved to, or vested in, any governmental authority by any statutory provision or by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit of the company or any Restricted Subsidiary, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or other payments as a condition to the continuance thereof; and

 

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(58)            Liens securing rental payments under agreements for Financing Lease Obligations, which Financing Lease Obligations are permitted to be so secured.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this definition, (A) a Lien need not be incurred solely by reference to one category of Permitted Liens described in this definition but is permitted to be incurred in part under any combination thereof and of any other available exemption, and (B) in the event that Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of Permitted Liens, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify such Lien (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this definition and (C) in the event that a portion of Indebtedness secured by a Lien could be classified as secured in part pursuant to clause (45) above (giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of all such Indebtedness), the Company, in its sole discretion, may classify such portion of such Indebtedness (and any Obligations in respect thereof) as having been secured pursuant to clause (45) above and thereafter the remainder of the Indebtedness as having been secured pursuant to one or more of the other clauses of this definition.

 

For purposes of this definition, the term “Indebtedness” shall be deemed to include interest on such Indebtedness.

 

Permitted Parent” means (1) any Parent Entity of the Company formed not in connection with, or in contemplation of, a transaction (other than the Transactions) that (but for the application to such Person of the proviso to the definition of “Permitted Holders”) would constitute a Change of Control and (2) any Public Company (or Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Public Company), except to the extent (and until such time as) any Person or group is deemed to be or becomes a beneficial owner of Voting Stock of such Public Company representing more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such Public Company.

 

Permitted Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction that the Company elects, on or prior to the date of closing thereof, to treat as an “Asset Sale.”

 

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

 

PIK Interest” means payment of interest on the Notes through an increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Notes or through the issuance of PIK Notes, to the extent all interest due on an Interest Payment Date is so paid.

 

Preferred Stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

 

Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(i) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture, except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.

 

Public Company” means any Person with a class or series of Voting Stock that is traded on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ.

 

Public Company Costs” means costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity or debt securities, directors’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance, listing fees and all executive, legal and professional fees related to the foregoing.

 

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QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

 

Qualified Proceeds” means assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business; provided that the fair market value of any such assets or Capital Stock shall be determined by the Company in good faith.

 

Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P or if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Company which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.

 

Receivables Facility” means any of one or more receivables financing facilities as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded from time to time, the Obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries sells its accounts receivable to either (1) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (2) a Restricted Subsidiary or Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds such purchase by selling its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or by borrowing from such a Person or from another Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds itself by borrowing from such a Person.

 

Receivables Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any accounts receivable or participation interest therein issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility.

 

Receivables Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of, and that solely engages only in one or more Receivables Facilities and other activities reasonably related thereto.

 

Record Date” for the interest, if any, payable on any applicable Interest Payment Date means May 15 or November 15 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

 

Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Regulation S Global Note” means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note or Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as applicable.

 

Regulation S Permanent Global Note” means a permanent Global Note in the form of Exhibit A bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon expiration of the Restricted Period.

 

Regulation S Temporary Global Note” means a temporary Global Note in the form of Exhibit A bearing the Global Note Legend, the Private Placement Legend and the Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903.

 

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Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(iii).

 

Related Business Assets” means assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business; provided that any assets received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter relating to this Indenture is referred because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who, in each case, shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

 

Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

 

Restricted Period” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.

 

Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any time, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company (including any Foreign Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary or the Company; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “Restricted Subsidiary.”

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

 

Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any arrangement providing for the leasing by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to a third Person in contemplation of such leasing.

 

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SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.

 

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

 

Senior Credit Agreement” means the Credit Facility under the credit agreement dated as of the Effective Date by and among Merger Sub, the lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and the other agents and other parties thereto, including, in each case, any related notes, letters of credit, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any appendices, exhibits, annexes or schedules to any of the foregoing (as the same may be in effect from time to time) and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings, exchanges or refinancings thereof (whether with the original agents and lenders or other agents or lenders or otherwise, and whether provided under the original credit agreement or other credit agreements or otherwise) and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors that extend, replace, refund, renew, defense, exchange or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding, exchange or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09).

 

Senior Indebtedness” means:

 

(1)            all Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor outstanding under the Senior Credit Agreement (or any guarantee thereof), the Notes or the Guarantees (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or similar proceeding or for reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor (at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, regardless of whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings)), and any and all other fees, expense reimbursement obligations, indemnification amounts, penalties, and other amounts (whether existing on the Issue Date or thereafter created or incurred) and all obligations of the Company or any Guarantor to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under letters of credit, acceptances or other similar instruments;

 

(2)            all Hedging Obligations (and guarantees thereof) owing to a Bank Lender or any of its Affiliates (or any Person that was a Bank Lender or an Affiliate of such Bank Lender at the time the applicable agreement giving rise to such Hedging Obligation was entered into); provided that such Hedging Obligations are permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture;

 

(3)            any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any related Guarantee; and

 

(4)            all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (1), (2) and (3);

 

provided, however, that Senior Indebtedness shall not include:

 

(a)            any obligation of such Person to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

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(b)            any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Person;

 

(c)            any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business;

 

(d)            any Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any other Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person; or

 

(e)            that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of incurrence is incurred in violation of this Indenture.

 

Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Effective Date.

 

Similar Business” means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Effective Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto.

 

Special Purpose Subsidiary” means any not-for-profit Subsidiary, captive insurance company or a subsidiary formed for a specific bona fide purpose not including substantive business operations, in each case, designated as a “Special Purpose Subsidiary” by the Company from time to time in an Officer’s Certificate.

 

Specified Dividend” means dividends on the Capital Stock of the Company paid to Polaris Parent Corp. in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,300,000,000.

 

Subordinated Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Notes and the Guarantees,

 

(1)            any Indebtedness of the Company which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and

 

(2)            any Indebtedness of any Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such entity of the Notes.

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person:

 

(1)            any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; and

 

(2)            any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which

 

(x)            more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or otherwise, and

 

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(y)            such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.

 

Transaction Expenses” means any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Investors, a Parent Entity of the Company, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions (including payments to former, current or future officers, directors, employees, managers and consultants as change of control payments, severance payments, special or retention bonuses and charges for repurchase or rollover of, or modifications to, equity options and payments in connection with Hedging Obligations any original issue discount or upfront fees), this Indenture, the Notes, the Senior Credit Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

Transactions” means the transactions contemplated by or in furtherance of the Merger Agreement, including the related equity contribution by the Investors and the Management Investors, the issuance of the MultiPlan Notes, the refinancing of certain indebtedness of MultiPlan and its Subsidiaries, borrowings under the Senior Credit Agreement, the merger, the MultiPlan Notes Assumption, the assumption by MultiPlan and certain of its subsidiaries of all other obligations of Merger Sub, including under the Senior Credit Agreement, and the payment of Transaction Expenses.

 

Treasury Rate” means, as of any date of notice of redemption, the yield to maturity as of the date of such notice of U.S. Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent statistical release designated as “H.15” under the caption “Treasury constant maturities” or any successor publication which is published at least weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or companion online data resource published by the Board of Governors of the federal reserve System) and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the date of such notice (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the applicable Redemption Date to June 1, 2019; provided, however, that if the period from the applicable Redemption Date to June 1, 2019 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

 

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

 

Trustee” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

 

Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction from time to time. Unless otherwise specified, references to the Uniform Commercial Code herein refer to the New York Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Unrestricted Definitive Note” means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

Unrestricted Global Note” means a permanent Global Note, substantially in the form of Exhibit A that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

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Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:

 

(1)            any Subsidiary of the Company which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Company, as provided below); and

 

(2)            any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

The Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than solely any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated); provided that

 

(1)            such designation complies with Section 4.07; and

 

(2)            each of (a) the Subsidiary to be so designated and (b) its Subsidiaries has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Equity Interests in the Unrestricted Subsidiary).

 

The Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and all Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary could be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4.09 and all Liens encumbering the Capital Stock of such Unrestricted Subsidiary owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary would be Permitted Liens or the provisions of Section 4.12 shall otherwise be complied with.

 

Any such designation by the Company shall be notified by the Company to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Board of the Company or any committee thereof giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

 

U.S. Person” means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.

 

Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time generally entitled, without regard to contingencies, to vote in the election of the Board of such Person. To the extent that a partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other agreement governing a partnership or limited liability company provides that the members of the Board of such partnership or limited liability company (or, in the case of a limited partnership whose business and affairs are managed or controlled by its general partner, the Board of the general partner of such limited partnership) is appointed or designated by one or more Persons rather than by a vote of Voting Stock, each of the Persons who are entitled to appoint or designate the members of such Board will be deemed to own a percentage of Voting Stock of such partnership or limited liability company equal to (a) the aggregate votes entitled to be cast on such Board by the members of such Board which such Person or Persons are entitled to appoint or designate divided by (b) the aggregate number of votes of all members of such Board.

 

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Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing:

 

(1)            the sum of the products of the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment; by

 

(2)            the sum of all such payments.

 

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

Section 1.02             Other Definitions.

 


Term
Defined
in Section
“Acceptable Commitment” 4.10(b)
“Advance Portion” 4.10(d)
“Advance Offer” 4.10(d)
“Affiliate Transaction” 4.11(a)
“Applicable Amount” Exhibit A
“Applicable Premium Deficit” 8.04(1)
“Asset Sale Offer” 4.10(d)
“Authentication Order” 2.02
“Cash Interest” Exhibit A
“Change of Control Offer” 4.14(a)
“Change of Control Payment” 4.14(a)
“Change of Control Payment Date” 4.14(a)(2)
“Covenant Defeasance” 8.03
“Covenant Suspension Event” 4.16(a)
“Determination Date” Exhibit A
“DTC” 2.03
“Event of Default” 6.01(a)
“Excess Proceeds” 4.10(d)
“Excess Proceeds Payment Amounts” 4.10(d)
“Excess Proceeds Threshold” 4.10(d)
“incur” and “incurrence” 4.09(a)
“Initial Lien” 4.12
“Interest Period” Exhibit A
“Issuer Restricted Liabilities” Exhibit A
“Legal Defeasance” 8.02
“Note Register” 2.03
“Offer Amount” 3.09(b)
“Offer Period” 3.09(b)
“Pari Passu Indebtedness” 4.10(d)
“Paying Agent” 2.03
“PIK Notes” 2.01(f)
“PIK Notice” Exhibit A
“PIK Payment” 2.01(f)

 

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“Purchase Date” 3.09(b)
“Redemption Date” 3.07(a)
“refinance,” “refinances,” “refinanced” and “refinancing” 4.09(b)(13)
“Refinancing Indebtedness” 4.09(b)(13)
“Refunding Capital Stock” 4.07(b)(2)
“Restricted Cash” Exhibit A
“Registrar” 2.03
“Restricted Payments” 4.07(a)
“Reversion Date” 4.16(b)
“Second Change of Control Payment Date” 4.14(e)
“Successor Company” 5.01(a)(1)
“Successor Person” 5.01(d)(1)(A)
“Suspended Covenants” 4.16(a)
“Suspension Period” 4.16(c)
“Treasury Capital Stock” 4.07(b)(2)(a)

 

Section 1.03           Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

 

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. Except for provisions of the Trust Indenture Act specifically incorporated by reference in this Indenture, the Trust Indenture Act shall not apply to this Indenture.

 

The following Trust Indenture Act term used in this Indenture has the following meaning:

 

obligor” on the Notes and the Guarantees means the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Guarantees, respectively.

 

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the Trust Indenture Act have the meanings so assigned to them.

 

Section 1.04           Rules of Construction.

 

Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)            a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

(b)            an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

 

(c)            “or” is not exclusive;

 

(d)            words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

 

(e)            “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;

 

(f)            provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

 

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(g)            references to sections of, or rules under, the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time;

 

(h)            unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article,” “Section,” “clause” or “Exhibit” refers to an Article, Section, clause or Exhibit, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and

 

(i)             the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not any particular Article, Section, clause or other subdivision; and

 

(j)             references to “principal amount” of the Notes include any increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Notes as a result of a PIK Payment.

 

Section 1.05           Acts of Holders.

 

(a)            Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or the holding by any Person of a Note, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 7.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.05.

 

(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 the certificate of any 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 or on behalf of any legal entity other than an individual, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute proof of the authority of the Person executing the same. 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 that the Trustee deems sufficient.

 

(c)            The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.

 

(d)            Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by 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 any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

 

(e)            The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to give any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or take any other act, or to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders. Unless otherwise specified, if not set by the Company prior to the first solicitation of a Holder made by any Person in respect of any such action, or in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, any such record date shall be the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation.

 

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(f)            Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Note may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Note or by one or more duly appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. Any notice given or action taken by a Holder or its agents with regard to different parts of such principal amount pursuant to this paragraph shall have the same effect as if given or taken by separate Holders of each such different part.

 

(g)            Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including DTC, that is the Holder of a Global Note, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and DTC that is the Holder of a Global Note may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Note through such Depositary’s standing instructions and customary practices.

 

(h)            The Company may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note held by DTC entitled under the procedures of such Depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record date.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

THE NOTES

 

Section 2.01           Form and Dating; Terms.

 

(a)            General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules or usage. Any PIK Notes will be issued with the designation “PIK Note” on the face of such PIK Note. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. Subject to the issuance of PIK Notes or the increase in the principal amount of a Global Note in order to evidence PIK Interest (which PIK Notes or increased principal amount of a Global Note as a result of PIK Interest shall be made in denominations of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof) the Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof.

 

(b)            Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A (including the Global Note Legend and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A (but without the Global Note Legend and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified in the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto and each shall provide that it shall represent up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes from time to time endorsed thereon (giving effect to, and as increased by, any payment of PIK Interest made thereon by increasing the aggregate principal amount of such Global Notes by an amount equal to the PIK Interest payable, rounded up to the nearest whole dollar) and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as applicable, to reflect PIK Interest, exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06, or, in the case of an increase resulting from the payment of PIK Interest, in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

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(c)            Temporary Global Notes. Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as Custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.

 

Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in the Regulation S Permanent Global Note pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the Trustee shall cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.

 

(d)            Terms. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

 

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

The Notes shall be subject to repurchase by the Company pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer as provided in Section 4.10 or a Change of Control Offer as provided in Section 4.14. The Notes shall not be redeemable, other than as provided in Article 3.

 

Additional Notes and any PIK Notes ranking pari passu with the Initial Notes may be created and issued from time to time by the Company without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be consolidated with and form a single class with the Initial Notes and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Initial Notes; provided that the Company’s ability to issue Additional Notes shall be subject to the Company’s compliance with Section 4.09.

 

(e)            Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

 

(f)            PIK Payments. If the Company is entitled to pay PIK Interest or Partial PIK Interest in respect of the Notes as set forth in Section 1 in the form of Notes in Exhibit A, the Company may elect (subject to the restrictions described in the form of Notes in Exhibit A) to either increase the outstanding principal amount of the Notes or issue additional Notes (the “PIK Notes”) under this Indenture having the same terms (except that PIK Notes shall be made in a minimum denomination of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00) as the Notes (in each case, a “PIK Payment”). In the event that the Company shall determine to pay PIK Interest (including Partial PIK Interest) for any Interest Period, then the Company shall deliver a PIK Notice to the Trustee as required by the form of Note in Exhibit A. The Trustee, on behalf of the Company, shall promptly following receipt deliver to the Holders a copy of such notice provided by the Company to the Trustee.

 

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Section 2.02           Execution and Authentication.

 

At least one Officer shall execute the Notes on behalf of the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

 

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.

 

A Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated substantially in the form of Exhibit A by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

 

On the Issue Date, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate and deliver the Initial Notes. In addition, at any time, from time to time, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, (a) authenticate and deliver any Additional Notes and PIK Notes for an aggregate principal amount specified in such Authentication Order for such Additional Notes or PIK Notes issued hereunder and (b) increase the principal amount of any Global Note as a result of a PIK Payment in the amount set forth in such Authentication Order.

 

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.

 

Section 2.03           Registrar and Paying Agent.

 

The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes (“Note Register”) and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. Either the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

 

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The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

 

Section 2.04           Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

 

The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

 

Section 2.05           Holder Lists.

 

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least five (5) Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders and the Company shall otherwise comply with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

Section 2.06          Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a)            Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 2.06, a Global Note may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note unless (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it (x) is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note or (y) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, (ii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default and the Depositary shall have requested the issuance of Definitive Notes or (iii) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 2.06(a), Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures). Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note, except for Definitive Notes issued subsequent to any of the preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 2.06(a) and pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(ii)(B) and Section 2.06(c). A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a); provided, however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c).

 

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(b)            Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) in this Section 2.06(b), as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

 

(i)             Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).

 

(ii)            All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i), the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in clause (1) of this Section 2.06(b)(ii); provided that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (X) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (Y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h).

 

(iii)           Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) and the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)            if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; or

 

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(B)            if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.

 

(iv)           Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) and the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)            if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or

 

(B)            if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case, if the Registrar or Company so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

If any such transfer is effected pursuant to this Section 2.06(b)(iv) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to this Section 2.06(b)(iv).

 

Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.

 

(c)            Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.

 

(i)             Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in paragraph (i) or (ii) of Section 2.06(a) and receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

(A)            if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

 

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(B)            if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(C)            if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

 

(D)            if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

 

(E)            if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

 

(F)            if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

 

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h), and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate and mail to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

 

(ii)             Beneficial Interests in Regulation S Temporary Global Note to Definitive Notes. Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(i)(A) and (C), a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) of the Securities Act, except in the case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule 904.

 

(iii)            Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only upon the occurrence of any of the events in subsection (i) or (ii) of Section 2.06(a) and if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)            if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or

 

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(B)            if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case, if the Registrar or Company so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

(iv)            Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in subsection (i) or (ii) of Section 2.06(a) and satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii), the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h), and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate and mail to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

(d)            Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.

 

(i)             Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

(A)            if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

 

(B)            if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(C)            if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

 

(D)            if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

 

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(E)            if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

 

(F)            if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof, the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) of this Section 2.06(d)(i), the applicable Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) of this Section 2.06(d)(i), the applicable 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause (C) of this Section 2.06(d)(i), the applicable Regulation S Global Note.

 

(ii)            Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)            if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

 

(B)            if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case, if the Registrar or Company so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

 

(iii)            Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

 

If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraph (ii)(A), (ii)(B) or (iii) of this Section 2.06(d) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

 

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(e)            Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e):

 

(i)            Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)            if the transfer will be made pursuant to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(B)            if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; or

 

(C)            if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

 

(ii)            Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)            if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or

 

(B)            if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case, if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

(iii)            Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

 

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(f)            [Reserved].

 

(g)            Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture:

 

(i)            Private Placement Legend.

 

(A)            Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) in this Section 2.06(g), each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE HOLDER:

 

(1)            REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE “SECURITIES ACT”) (A “QIB”) OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR THE ACCOUNT OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFF-SHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

 

(2)            AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT, WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO UNDER RULE 144(d)(1) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AS IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF THE TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO A PERSON WHOM THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QIB PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT INCLUDING PROVIDED BY RULE 144 (IF AVAILABLE), (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE AND PROVIDED THAT PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE ARE FURNISHED WITH AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (E) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND

 

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(3)            AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (2)(D) OR (2)(E) ABOVE) A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.

 

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO ABOVE, THE HOLDER MUST CERTIFY TO THE TRUSTEE THE MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER. AS USED HEREIN THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

(B)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraph (b)(iv), (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii) or (e)(iii) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

(ii)            Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(h) OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

 

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(iii)            Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN).”

 

(h)            Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Custodian at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Custodian at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

 

(i)            General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

 

(i)            To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 or at the Registrar’s request.

 

(ii)            No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.07, 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.14 and 9.05).

 

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

 

(iv)            The Company shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing or electronic delivery of a notice of redemption under Section 3.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or electronic delivery, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption or tendered (and not withdrawn) for repurchase in connection with a Change of Control Offer, an Asset Sale Offer or other tender offer, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

 

(v)            Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

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(vi)            Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 4.02, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more replacement Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount.

 

(vii)            At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Global Notes or Definitive Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail, the replacement Global Notes and Definitive Notes which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.

 

(viii)            All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.

 

(ix)            The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer (of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge) 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.

 

Section 2.07         Replacement Notes.

 

If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, the Registrar or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the ownership and destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. An indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee to protect the Trustee and in the judgment of the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.

 

Every replacement Note is a contractual obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

 

Section 2.08         Outstanding Notes.

 

The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.

 

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If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser (as defined in Section 8-303 of the UCC).

 

If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

 

If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.

 

Section 2.09         Treasury Notes.

 

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company, or by any Affiliate of the Company, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to deliver any such direction, waiver or consent with respect to the Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or any obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

 

Section 2.10         Temporary Notes.

 

Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.

 

Holders and beneficial holders, as the case may be, of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits accorded to Holders, or beneficial holders, respectively, of Notes under this Indenture.

 

Section 2.11         Cancellation.

 

The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee or, at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of such cancelled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Upon written request, certification of the destruction of all cancelled Notes shall be delivered to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that they have paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

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Section 2.12         Defaulted Interest.

 

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such defaulted interest as provided in this Section 2.12. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of such special record date. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed (first-class postage prepaid) or deliver electronically, to each Holder a notice at his or her address as it appears in the Note Register that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

 

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12 and for greater certainty, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.

 

Section 2.13         CUSIP Numbers.

 

The Company in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such notice shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will as promptly as practicable notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

 

Section 2.14         Global Notes.

 

Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

 

Section 2.15         Issuance of PIK Interest.

 

Any PIK Interest (including Partial PIK Interest) on the Notes will be payable to Holders and (a) with respect to the Notes represented by one or more Global Notes registered in the name of, or held by, DTC or its nominee on the relevant Record Date, by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Global Notes by an amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable Interest Period (rounded up to the nearest whole dollar) and (b) with respect to Notes represented by certificated Notes, by issuing PIK Notes in certificated form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable Interest Period (rounded up to the nearest whole dollar). The Trustee will, at the written request of the Company and upon receipt of executed PIK Notes from the Company, authenticate and deliver such PIK Notes in certificated form for original issuance to the Holders on the relevant Record Date, as shown by the records of the register of Holders. In the event the Company is entitled to and elects to pay Partial PIK Interest for any Interest Period, each Holder will be entitled to receive Cash Interest in respect of the applicable percentage of the principal amount of the Notes held by such Holder on the relevant Record Date and PIK Interest in respect of the remaining percentage of the principal amount of the Notes held by such Holder on the relevant Record Date. Following an increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Global Notes as a result of a PIK Payment, the Global Notes will bear interest on such increased principal amount from and after the date of such PIK Payment. Any PIK Notes issued in certificated form will be distributed to Holders, dated as of the applicable Interest Payment Date and will bear interest on the principal amount of such PIK Note from and after the date of such PIK Payment. Any PIK Notes issued in certificated form will be dated as of the applicable Interest Payment Date and will bear interest from and after such date.

 

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Section 2.16         Calculations.

 

The Company shall be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Notes, including but not limited to determination of redemption price, premium, if any, Applicable Premium, if any, interest, determination of how much interest shall be payable as PIK Interest or Cash Interest and any additional amounts or other amounts payable on the Notes.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

REDEMPTION

 

Section 3.01         Notices to Trustee.

 

If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.07, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least 5 Business Days (or such shorter time period as the Trustee may agree) before notice of redemption is required to be mailed, caused to be mailed or delivered electronically to Holders pursuant to Section 3.03 but not more than 60 days before a redemption date (except a redemption in connection with Article 8 or Article 11), an Officer’s Certificate setting forth (i) the paragraph or subparagraph of such Note and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price.

 

Section 3.02         Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.

 

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, and the Notes are Global Notes, the Notes to be redeemed or repurchased shall be selected by the Depositary in accordance with its applicable procedures. If the Notes to be redeemed or repurchased are not Global Notes then held by the Depositary, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed or purchased (i) if the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange and the Trustee has been notified by the Company of such listing, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are listed, (ii) on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable, subject to maintaining the authorized minimum denomination of the Notes, or (iii) to the extent that selection on a pro rata basis is not practicable, by lot or such other similar method in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary. In the event of partial redemption or purchase by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed or purchased shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee or Depositary, as applicable, from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption or purchase.

 

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The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in minimum amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof (and, in the case of any PIK Note, in minimum denominations of $1.00 and any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof), except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, shall be redeemed or purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.

 

Section 3.03         Notice of Redemption.

 

Subject to Section 3.09, the Company shall deliver electronically or mail or cause to be mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, notices of redemption at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered address or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, except that redemption notices may be mailed or delivered electronically more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with Article 8 or Article 11.

 

The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

 

(a)            the redemption date;

 

(b)            the redemption price;

 

(c)            if any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount of that Note that is to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note representing the same indebtedness to the extent not redeemed will be issued in the name of the Holder of the Notes upon cancellation of the original Note;

 

(d)            the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

(e)            that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

 

(f)            whether such redemption is conditioned on the happening of a future event;

 

(g)            that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

 

(h)            the paragraph or subparagraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed;

 

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

 

(j)            any condition to such redemption.

 

Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption unless such redemption is conditioned on the happening of a future event. At the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense; provided that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 5 Business Days (or such shorter period as the Trustee may agree) before notice of redemption is required to be mailed, caused to be mailed or delivered electronically to Holders pursuant to this Section 3.03, 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.

 

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Section 3.04         Effect of Notice of Redemption.

 

Once notice of redemption is delivered or mailed in accordance with Section 3.03, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable at the redemption price on the redemption date, unless such redemption is conditioned on the happening of a future event. The notice, if delivered or mailed in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or electronic delivery or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption in whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note. Subject to Section 3.05, on and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption.

 

Section 3.05         Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.

 

Prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the redemption or purchase date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.

 

If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after a Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption or purchase date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such Record Date. If any Note called for redemption or purchase shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest accrued to the redemption or purchase date not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01.

 

Section 3.06         Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.

 

Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered representing the same indebtedness to the extent not redeemed or purchased; provided that each new Note will be in a minimum principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof (and, in the case of any PIK Note, in a minimum principal amount of $1.00 and any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof). It is understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, only an Authentication Order and not an Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate is required for the Trustee to authenticate such new Note.

 

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Section 3.07         Optional Redemption.

 

(a)            At any time prior to June 1, 2019, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon notice as described under Section 3.03, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding the date of redemption (any applicable date of redemption, the “Redemption Date”), subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the Redemption Date. Calculation of the Applicable Premium shall be made by the Company or on behalf of the Company by such Person as the Company shall designate; provided that such calculation or the correctness thereof shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee.

 

(b)            On and after June 1, 2019, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon notice as described under Section 3.03, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the Redemption Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on June 1 of each of the years indicated below:

 

Year   Percentage  
2019     104.000 %
2020     102.000 %
2021 and thereafter     100.000 %

 

(c)            Prior to June 1, 2019, the Company may, at its option, upon notice as described under Section 3.03, on one or more occasions, redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including Additional Notes or PIK Notes) issued under this Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 108.500 % of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the Redemption Date, with an amount equal to or less than the net cash proceeds from one or more Equity Offerings to the extent such net cash proceeds are received by or contributed to the Company; provided that (1) at least 50% of the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under this Indenture on the Issue Date and any Additional Notes originally issued under this Indenture after the Issue Date remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption and (2) each such redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of closing of each such Equity Offering.

 

(d)            In connection with any tender offer for the Notes, if Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in such tender offer and the Company, or any third party making such tender offer in lieu of the Company, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company or such third party will have the right upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase date, to redeem (with respect to the Company) or purchase (with respect to a third party) all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price equal to the price paid to each other Holder in such tender offer plus, to the extent not included in the tender offer payment, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date or purchase date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the Redemption Date or purchase date.

 

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(e)            The Company may redeem the Notes under the circumstances and in accordance with Section 4.14(e).

 

(f)            Notice of any redemption of the Notes (including upon an Equity Offering or in connection with another transaction (or series of related transactions) or an event that constitutes a Change of Control) may, at the Company’s discretion, be sent prior to the completion or the occurrence thereof and any such redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion or occurrence of the related Equity Offering or other transaction or event, as the case may be. In addition, if such redemption or purchase is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date the notice of redemption was sent, including by electronic transmission) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption or purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed, or such notice may be rescinded at any time in the Company’s discretion if in the good faith judgment of the Company any or all of such conditions will not be satisfied. In addition, the Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible for monitoring, or charged with knowledge of, the maximum aggregate amount of the Notes eligible under this Indenture to be redeemed.

 

(g)            Except as set forth in this Section 3.07, the Company is not entitled to redeem the Notes at its option.

 

(h)            Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06.

 

Section 3.08         Mandatory Redemption.

 

The Company shall not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

 

Section 3.09         Offers to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.

 

(a)            In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10, the Company shall be required to commence an Asset Sale Offer, they shall follow the procedures specified below.

 

(b)            The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). No later than five Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Company shall apply all Excess Proceeds (the “Offer Amount”) to the purchase of Notes and, if required, Pari Passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis, if applicable), or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.

 

(c)            If the Purchase Date is on or after a Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to, but excluding, the Purchase Date, shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such Record Date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.

 

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(d)            Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company shall send, by first-class mail or electronic delivery, a notice to each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and holders of Pari Passu Indebtedness. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:

 

(1)            that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer shall remain open;

 

(2)            the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;

 

(3)            that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest;

 

(4)            that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;

 

(5)            that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in minimum amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof only (and, in the case of any PIK Note, in minimum amounts of $1.00 and any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof);

 

(6)            that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, the Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;

 

(7)            that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;

 

(8)            that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by the holders thereof exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on principal amount or accreted value of the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered (with such adjustments as necessary so that no Notes or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as the case may be, shall be repurchased in part in an unauthorized denomination); and

 

(9)            that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer) representing the same indebtedness to the extent not repurchased; provided that new Notes shall only be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof (and, in the case of any PIK Note, in minimum denominations of $1.00 and any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof).

 

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(e)            On or before the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, (1) accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof validly tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered and (2) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof so tendered.

 

(f)            The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes properly tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) such new Note to such Holder (it being understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate is required for the Trustee to authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note) in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered representing the same indebtedness to the extent not repurchased; provided that each such new Note shall be in a minimum principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof (and, in the case of any PIK Note, in a minimum principal amount of $1.00 and any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof). Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date.

 

Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09 or Section 4.10, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the applicable provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.01         Payment of Notes.

 

The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Trustee or Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee), if other than the Company or a Subsidiary, holds as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due. PIK Interest and Partial PIK Interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee has received (i) a written order, pursuant to Section 2.02, from the Company signed by an Officer to increase the balance of any Global Note to reflect such PIK Interest or Partial PIK Interest, as applicable, or (ii) a PIK Note duly executed by the Company together with a written order, pursuant to Section 2.02, of the Company signed by an Officer requesting the authentication of such PIK Note by the Trustee.

 

The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.

 

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Section 4.02         Maintenance of Office or Agency.

 

The Company shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. 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 or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

 

The Company may also from time to time designate 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 for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03; provided, that the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall not be an office or agency of the Company for the purpose of service of legal process on the Company.

 

Section 4.03         Reports and Other Information.

 

(a)            So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Holders (with a copy to the Trustee):

 

(1)            (A) all annual and quarterly financial statements substantially in forms that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-K and 10-Q of the Company, if the Company were required to file such forms, plus a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” (B) with respect to the annual and quarterly information, a presentation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA of the Company substantially consistent with the presentation thereof in the Offering Circular and derived from such financial information, and (C) with respect to the annual financial statements only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm; and

 

(2)            promptly after the occurrence of an event required to be therein reported, such other information containing substantially the same information that would be required to be contained in filings with the SEC on Form 8-K under Items 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 2.01, 2.05, 2.06, 4.01, 4.02, 5.01 and 5.02(b) and (c) (other than with respect to information otherwise required or contemplated by Item 402 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC) as in effect on the Effective Date if the Company were required to file such reports; provided, however, that no such current report will be required to include as an exhibit, or to include a summary of the terms of, any employment or compensatory arrangement agreement, plan or understanding between the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) and any director, manager or executive officer of the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries);

 

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provided, however, that (i) in no event shall such reports be required to comply with Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC or contain separate financial statements for the Company, the Guarantors or other Subsidiaries the shares of which are pledged to secure the Notes or any Guarantee that would be required under (a) Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X, (b) Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X or (c) Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X, respectively, promulgated by the SEC, (ii) in no event shall such reports be required to comply with Regulation G under the Exchange Act or Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC with respect to any non-GAAP financial measures contained therein, (iii) no such reports referenced under clause (2) above shall be required to be furnished if the Company determines in its good faith judgment that such event is not material to the Holders or the business, assets, operations or financial position of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (iv) in no event shall such reports be required to include any information that is not otherwise similar to information included in the Offering Circular, other than with respect to reports provided under clause (2) above and (v) in no event shall reports referenced in clause (2) above be required to include as an exhibit copies of any agreements, financial statements or other items that would be required to be filed as exhibits to a current report on Form 8-K except for (x) agreements evidencing material Indebtedness and (y) historical and pro forma financial statements to the extent reasonably available and, in any case with respect to pro forma financial statements, to include only pro forma revenues, Consolidated EBITDA and capital expenditures in lieu thereof.

 

All such annual reports shall be furnished within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year to which they relate, and all such quarterly reports shall be furnished within 60 days after the end of the fiscal quarter to which they relate.

 

At any time that any of the Company’s Subsidiaries are Unrestricted Subsidiaries and if any such Unrestricted Subsidiary or group of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, if taken together as one Subsidiary, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by the preceding paragraph will include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, in the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” or other comparable section, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Indenture, to the extent any of the information required to be furnished pursuant to Section 4.03(a) is not so furnished within the time periods specified above and is subsequently furnished, the Company will be deemed to have satisfied its obligations with respect thereto with effect from such time and any Default or Event of Default with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been cured with effect from such time.

 

(b)            So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall also make available such information and such reports (as well as the details regarding the conference call described below) to any Holder and, upon request, to any beneficial owner of the Notes, securities analysts providing analysis of investment in the Notes and market makers, in each case by posting such information on its website, on Intralinks or any comparable password-protected online data system which will require a confidentiality acknowledgment, and will make such information readily available to any Holder, any prospective investor in the Notes, any securities analyst (to the extent providing analysis of investment in the Notes) or any market maker in the Notes who agrees to treat such information as confidential or accesses such information on Intralinks or any comparable password-protected online data system which will require a confidentiality acknowledgment; provided that the Company shall post such information thereon and make readily available any password or other login information to any such Holder, prospective investor, securities analyst or market maker; provided, further, however, the Company may deny access to any competitively-sensitive information otherwise to be provided pursuant to this paragraph to any such Holder, prospective investor, security analyst or market maker that is a competitor of the Company and its Subsidiaries to the extent that the Company determines in good faith that the provision of such information to such Person would be competitively harmful to the Company and its Subsidiaries; and provided, still further, that such Holders, prospective investors, security analysts or market makers shall agree to (i) treat all such reports (and the information contained therein) and information as confidential, (ii) not use such reports and the information contained therein for any purpose other than their investment or potential investment in the Notes (but shall be authorized to trade the Company’s securities) and (iii) not publicly disclose any such reports (and the information contained therein).

 

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The Company will hold a quarterly conference call for all Holders and securities analysts (to the extent providing analysis of investment in the Notes) to discuss such financial information (including a customary Q&A session) no later than two (2) Business Days after distribution of such financial information.

 

(c)            To the extent not satisfied by this Section 4.03, the Company shall furnish to prospective investors, upon their request, any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act so long as the Notes are not freely transferable under the Securities Act.

 

(d)            The Company may satisfy its obligations under this Section 4.03 with respect to financial information and a conference call relating to the Company by furnishing financial information and holding a conference call relating to (i) MultiPlan or (ii) any Parent Entity of the Company instead of the Company; provided that to the extent financial information related to MultiPlan or such Parent Entity, as applicable, is provided, such information is accompanied by consolidating information, which may be unaudited and be contained in a separate document, that explains in reasonable detail the material differences between the information of MultiPlan and its Subsidiaries or such Parent Entity and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis, on the other hand.

 

(e)            The Company shall be deemed to have furnished the reports referred to in Sections 4.03(a)(i) and (ii) if the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company has filed reports containing such information with the SEC.

 

(f)            Delivery of information and documents provided for under this Section 4.03 to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute 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). The Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever to determine whether any filing or posting referred to in this Section 4.03 has occurred.

 

(g)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 4.03, if at any time the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company has made a good faith determination to file a registration statement with the SEC with respect to an initial public offering of such entity’s Capital Stock, the Company will not be required to disclose any information or take any actions that, in the good faith view of the Company, would violate applicable securities laws or the SEC’s “gun jumping” rules.

 

Section 4.04         Compliance Certificate.

 

(a)            The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year ending after the Issue Date, a certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company stating that a review of the activities of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officer with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every condition and covenant contained in this Indenture and are not in default, without regard to grace periods or notice requirements, in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults of which he or she may have knowledge).

 

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(b)            When any Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture, or if the Trustee or the holder of any other evidence of Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary gives any notice or takes any other action with respect to a claimed Default, the Company shall promptly (which shall be no more than ten (10) Business Days) deliver to the Trustee by registered or certified mail, by facsimile transmission or by electronic delivery, an Officer’s Certificate specifying such event, its status and the actions that the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section 4.05         Taxes.

 

The Company shall pay, and shall cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except (a) such as are being, or will be, contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been, or will be, established on the applicable financial statements in accordance with GAAP or (b) where the failure to effect such payment would not have a material adverse effect (i) upon the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) on the ability of the Company or the Guarantors to perform their respective obligations under the Notes or this Indenture.

 

Section 4.06         Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

 

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

 

Section 4.07         Limitation on Restricted Payments.

 

(a)            The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

(I)            declare or pay any dividend or make any payment or distribution on account of the Company’s, or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger, consolidation or amalgamation other than:

 

(A)            dividends, payments or distributions by the Company payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Equity Interests; or

 

(B)            dividends, payments or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend, payment or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend, payment or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities;

 

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(II)            purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle, including in connection with any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in each case held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(III)            make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor, other than:

 

(A)            Indebtedness or Preferred Stock permitted to be incurred or issued under Section 4.09(b)(7), (8) or (9); or

 

(B)            the redemption, defeasance, purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of redemption, defeasance, purchase, repurchase or acquisition; or

 

(IV)            make any Restricted Investment

 

(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (I) through (IV) (other than any exception thereto) of this Section 4.07(a) being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:

 

(1)            in the case of a Restricted Payment other than a Restricted Investment, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof and, in the case of a Restricted Investment utilizing Section 4.07(a)(3)(f), no Event of Default described under 6.01(a)(1), (2) or (6) shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;

 

(2)            except in the case of Restricted Investments, (i) with respect to a Restricted Payment by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than MultiPlan and its Restricted Subsidiaries), immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Company could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under the provisions of clause (x) of Section 4.09(a) and (ii) with respect to a Restricted Payment by MultiPlan or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, MultiPlan could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under the provisions of clause (y) of Section 4.09(a); and

 

(3)            such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (including Restricted Payments permitted pursuant to Section 4.07(b)(1), (2) (with respect to the payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below) pursuant to clause (b) thereof only), (6)(c) and (8), but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.07(b)), is less than the sum of (without duplication):

 

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(a)            50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period and including any predecessor) beginning on the first day of the fiscal quarter commencing prior to the Issue Date to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment, or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit; plus

 

(b)            100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, of marketable securities or other property received by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries since immediately after the Issue Date (other than net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds have been used to incur Indebtedness or issue, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(12)(a)) from the issue or sale of:

 

(i)            (A)  Equity Interests of the Company, including Treasury Capital Stock (as defined below), but excluding cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, of marketable securities or other property received from the sale of:

 

(x)            Equity Interests to any future, current or former officer, director, employee, manager or consultant of the Company, any Parent Entity of the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries after the Issue Date to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with Section 4.07(b)(4); and

 

(y)            Designated Preferred Stock; and

 

(B)            to the extent such net cash proceeds are actually contributed to the Company, Equity Interests of the Parent Entities (excluding contributions of the proceeds from the sale of Designated Preferred Stock or contributions to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with Section 4.07(b)(4)); or

 

(ii)            Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that has been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests of the Company or a Parent Entity of the Company;

 

provided, however, that this clause (b) shall not include the proceeds from (W) Refunding Capital Stock, (X) Equity Interests (or Indebtedness that has been converted or exchanged for Equity Interests) of the Company sold to a Restricted Subsidiary, (Y) Disqualified Stock or Indebtedness that has been converted into Disqualified Stock or (Z) Excluded Contributions; plus

 

(c)            100% of the aggregate amount of cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, of marketable securities or other property contributed to the capital (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or a Guarantor or that becomes part of the capital of the Company or a Guarantor through merger, consolidation or amalgamation, following the Issue Date (other than net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds (i) have been used to incur Indebtedness or issue, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(12)(a), (ii) are contributed by a Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) constitute Excluded Contributions); plus

 

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(d)           100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, of marketable securities or other property received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary by means of:

 

(i)            the sale or other disposition (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of, or cash distributions or cash interest received in respect of, Restricted Investments made by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of loans or advances, and releases of guarantees, which constitute Restricted Investments made by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case after the Issue Date; or

 

(ii)           the sale (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than in each case to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary constituted a Permitted Investment) or a dividend or distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date; plus

 

(e)           in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary where the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is the survivor in such merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or the transfer of assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, the fair market value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary, as determined in good faith by the Company, at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation or transfer of assets other than to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment; plus

 

(f)            the greater of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the Applicable Measurement Period.

 

(b)           The foregoing provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not prohibit:

 

(1)           the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of such notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;

 

(2)           (a) the redemption, repurchase, defeasance, discharge, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests (“Treasury Capital Stock”) or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Equity Interests of any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of a sale or issuance (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle to the extent contributed to the Company (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) (“Refunding Capital Stock”) made within 120 days of such sale or issuance of Refunding Capital Stock and (b) if immediately prior to the retirement of Treasury Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions thereon was permitted under Section 4.07(b)(6), the declaration and payment of dividends and distributions on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends and distributions per annum that were declarable and payable on such Treasury Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;

 

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(3)           the prepayment, exchange, redemption, defeasance, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition for value of (i) Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor made in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of a sale of, new Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor or Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Guarantor made within 120 days of such incurrence or issuance of new Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or (ii) Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Guarantor made in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of a sale of, Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Guarantor made within 120 days of such sale of Disqualified Stock, that, in each case is incurred or issued in compliance with Section 4.09 so long as:

 

(a)           the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness or the liquidation preference of such new Disqualified Stock does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Subordinated Indebtedness or the liquidation preference of, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends on, the Disqualified Stock being so prepaid, exchanged, redeemed, defeased, repurchased, acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any premium (including tender premiums), defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and any fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such new Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock and such prepayment, exchange, redemption, defeasance, repurchase, exchange, retirement or acquisition;

 

(b)           such new Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the applicable Guarantee at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so prepaid, exchanged, redeemed, defeased, repurchased, retired or acquired;

 

(c)           such new Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the earlier of (i) 91 days after the maturity date of the MultiPlan Notes and (ii) the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so prepaid, exchanged, redeemed, defeased, repurchased, retired or acquired; and

 

(d)           such new Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity which is not less than the shorter of (i) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so prepaid, exchanged, defeased, redeemed, repurchased, retired or acquired and (ii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being prepaid, exchanged, redeemed, defeased, retired or acquired that were due on or after the date that is 91 days following the maturity date of any Notes outstanding were instead due on such date;

 

(4)           a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, redemptions, retirement or other acquisition of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, or Equity Interests of any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle held by any future, present or former officer, director, employee, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle pursuant to any management equity plan or equity option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, any severance agreement or any stock subscription or equityholder agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any principal and interest payable on any Indebtedness issued by the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle in connection with such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition), including any Equity Interests rolled over by management of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle in connection with the Transactions; provided, however, that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (4) do not exceed at the time made (x) $50,000,000 (or $100,000,000 following an initial public offering described in Section 4.07(b)(8)) in any calendar year (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years, up to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $100,000,000 carried forward to any calendar year from preceding calendar years); provided, further, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

 

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(a)           the proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company and, to the extent contributed to the Company, the proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests of any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle, in each case to any future, present or former employees, directors or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle that occurs after the Issue Date; provided that the amount of such proceeds utilized for any such repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition shall not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a)(3); plus

 

(b)           the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries (or any Parent Entity of the Company to the extent contributed to the Company) after the Issue Date; less

 

(c)           the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of this clause (4);

 

and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from any future, present or former officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates, Immediate Family Members or any permitted transferee thereof) of the Company, any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle shall not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 4.07 or any other provision of this Indenture;

 

(5)           the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any class or series of Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case issued in accordance with Section 4.09 to the extent such dividends and distributions are included in the definition of “Fixed Charges”;

 

(6)           (a)  the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date;

 

(b)           the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to a Parent Entity of the Company, the proceeds of which shall be used to fund the payment of dividends and distributions to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of such Parent Entity issued after the Issue Date; provided that the amount of dividends paid pursuant to this clause (b) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash actually contributed to the Company from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock; or

 

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(c)           the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to Section 4.07(b)(2);

 

provided, however, in the case of each of clauses (a) and (c) of this clause (6), that for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock or the declaration of such dividends and distributions on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock but is not Designated Preferred Stock, after giving effect to such issuance or declaration on a pro forma basis, (x) in the case of Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than MultiPlan and its Restricted Subsidiaries), the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis would have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 2.00 to 1.00 and (y) in the case of Capital Stock of MultiPlan and its Restricted Subsidiaries, MultiPlan and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis would have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 2.00 to 1.00;

 

(7)           payments made or expected to be made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable in connection with the exercise or vesting of Equity Interests or other equity awards by any future, current or former officer, director, employee, manager or consultant and repurchases or withholdings of Equity Interests in connection with any exercise of stock or other equity options or warrants or the vesting of Equity Interests or other equity awards if such Equity Interests represent all or a portion of the exercise price of, or withholding obligation with respect to, such options, warrants or other Equity Interest or equity awards;

 

(8)           the declaration and payment of dividends on the Company’s common equity (or the payment of dividends to any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle to fund a payment of dividends on such entity’s common equity), following consummation of the first public offering of the Company’s common equity or the common equity of any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle after the Issue Date, in an aggregate amount per annum not to exceed 5.0% of Market Capitalization;

 

(9)           Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount that does not exceed the aggregate amount of Excluded Contributions received since the Issue Date;

 

(10)         Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (10) not to exceed the greater of (a) $200,000,000 and (b) 30.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the Applicable Measurement Period of such Restricted Payments at the time of such Restricted Payments;

 

(11)         distributions or payments of Receivables Fees and purchases of Receivables in connection with any Receivables Facility or any repurchase obligation in connection therewith;

 

(12)         Restricted Payments (a) made in connection with the Transactions or Restricted Payments necessary to consummate the Transactions including (i) in respect of any payments required to be made on or after the Effective Date in connection with, or necessary to consummate, the Transactions, (ii) the payment of the Transaction Expenses, (iii) in respect of working capital adjustments or purchase price adjustments or to satisfy indemnity and other similar obligations, in each case as set forth in the Merger Agreement, (iv) to holders of equity, restricted equity units or similar equity awards and (v) to dissenting equityholders in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto (including any accrued interest) in connection with the Transactions, (b) made in connection with any other acquisition or other similar investment to dissenting equityholders in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto (including any accrued interest), (c) made in connection with working capital adjustments or purchase price adjustments in connection with any acquisition or other Investment, (d) made in connection with the satisfaction of indemnity and other similar obligations in connection with the Transactions, any acquisition or other Investment, or (e) used to fund amounts owed to Affiliates (including Restricted Payments made to any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle to permit payment by such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle to the extent permitted by Section 4.11);

 

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(13)         the repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or retirement of any Subordinated Indebtedness in accordance with provisions similar to those described under Section 4.10 and Section 4.14; provided that at or prior to such repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or retirement, all Notes tendered by Holders in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed, acquired, defeased or retired;

 

(14)         the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions by the Company to, or the making of loans to, any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle in amounts required for any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle to pay or cause to be paid, in each case without duplication,

 

(a)           franchise, excise or similar taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses, in each case, required to maintain their organizational existence;

 

(b)           foreign, federal, state and local income and similar taxes (including any interest or penalties related thereto), to the extent such income or similar taxes are attributable to the income, revenue, receipts, capital or margin of the Company, the Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent of the amount actually received from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in amounts required to pay such taxes to the extent attributable to the income of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided that in each case the amount of such payments in any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the Company, the Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent described above, its Unrestricted Subsidiaries would be required to pay in respect of foreign, federal, state and local taxes for such fiscal year were the Company, the Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent described above, its Unrestricted Subsidiaries to pay such taxes separately from any such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle;

 

(c)           customary salary, bonus, severance and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, future, current or former officers, directors, employees, managers and consultants of any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle to the extent such salaries, bonuses, severance and other benefits and indemnities are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Company’s or Restricted Subsidiaries, proportionate share of such amount relating to such Parent Entity being a public company;

 

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(d)           general operating (including, without limitation, expenses related to the maintenance of organizational existence and auditing or other accounting matters) and overhead costs and expenses of any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle to the extent such costs and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Company’s proportionate share of such amount relating to such Parent Entity being a public company;

 

(e)           fees and expenses other than to Affiliates of the Company related to any equity or debt offering (whether or not successful) of any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle;

 

(f)            amounts that would otherwise be permitted to be paid directly by the Company pursuant to Section 4.11(b)(3), (4), (6), (7), (8), (12), (13), (15) or (17);

 

(g)           cash payments in lieu of issuing fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle; and

 

(h)           to finance Investments that would otherwise be permitted to be made pursuant to this covenant if made by the Company; provided that (i) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment, (ii) the applicable Parent Entity of the Company shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (A) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to the capital of the Company or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Person formed or acquired with or into the Company or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent not prohibited by Section 5.01) in order to consummate such Investment, (iii) such Parent Entity and its Affiliates (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) receives no consideration or other payment in connection with such transaction except to the extent the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary could have given such consideration or made such payment in compliance with this Indenture, (iv) any property received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not increase amounts available for Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 4.07(a)(3) and (v) to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment shall be deemed to be made by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to another provision of this Section 4.07 (other than pursuant to Section 4.07(b)(9) or pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Investments” (other than (9) thereof);

 

(i)            amounts that, if paid directly by the Company, would be payable pursuant to Section 4.07(b)(4), (7) or (18);

 

(15)         the repurchase, redemption, or other acquisition of Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary deemed to occur in connection with paying cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, permitted under this Indenture;

 

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(16)         the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents);

 

(17)         payments or distributions to satisfy dissenters’ rights pursuant to or in connection with an acquisition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or transfer of assets that complies with Section 5.01;

 

(18)         (a) payments made to option holders or holders of profits interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to equityholders of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders or holders of profits interests as though they were equityholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, in each case to the extent permitted under this Indenture (it being understood that no such payment may be made to an optionholder pursuant to this clause to the extent such payment would not have been permitted, pursuant to any provision of this Section 4.07, other than this clause (18)(a), to be made to such optionholder if it were a shareholder, and, for the avoidance of doubt, any amounts paid pursuant to this clause (a) shall count against the amount available under such other provision), and (b) Restricted Payments to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition, in each case for nominal value, of Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle from a former investor of an acquired business or a current or former officer, director, employee, manager or consultant of an acquired business (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members), which Equity Interests were issued as part of an earn-out or similar arrangement in the acquisition of such business, and which repurchase relates the failure of such earn-out to fully vest;

 

(19)         the distribution to any Parent Entity of the Company of the cash or Cash Equivalents that were deposited on or prior to the Effective Date with the trustee for the then outstanding 6.625% senior notes due 2022 of MultiPlan, to the extent in excess of the amount that was needed to fund the redemption and discharge of such notes in full;

 

(20)         any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness consisting of Acquired Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred (a) to provide all or any portion of the funds utilized to consummate the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) otherwise in connection with or contemplation of such acquisition);

 

(21)         mandatory redemptions, repurchases, retirements or cancellations of Disqualified Stock issued in accordance with this Indenture;

 

(22)         the Specified Dividend; and

 

(23)         any other Restricted Payment, provided that on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, (a) in the case of a Restricted Payment by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than MultiPlan and its Restricted Subsidiaries), the Consolidated Total Debt Ratio of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or less than 5.25 to 1.0 and (b) in the case of a Restricted Payment by MultiPlan or its Restricted Subsidiaries, the Consolidated Total Debt Ratio of MultiPlan and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or less than 5.25 to 1.0.

 

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provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (10) and (23) above, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.

 

(c)          For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that a proposed Restricted Payment or Investment (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Restricted Payments described in the preceding clauses (1) through (23) above and/or one or more of the clauses contained in the definition of “Permitted Investments,” or is entitled to be made pursuant to Section 4.07(a), the Company shall be entitled to divide or classify (or later divide, classify or reclassify in whole or in part in its sole discretion) such Restricted Payment or Investment (or portion thereof) among such clauses (1) through (23) and Section 4.07(a) and/or one or more of the clauses contained in the definition of “Permitted Investments,” in a manner that otherwise complies with this covenant.

 

(d)          The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the assets or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment.

 

(e)          As of the Issue Date, all of the Company’s Subsidiaries shall be Restricted Subsidiaries. The Company shall not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated shall be deemed to be Restricted Payments or Permitted Investments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of “Investments.” Such designation shall be permitted only if a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time, whether pursuant to this covenant or pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Investments,” and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

(f)           This Section 4.07 shall not restrict the making of any “AHYDO catch up payment” with respect to, and required by the terms of, any Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred under this Indenture.

 

Section 4.08           Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

(a)          The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:

 

(1)           (A)  pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or (B) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor;

 

(2)           make loans or advances to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor; or

 

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(3)           sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor.

 

(b)          The restrictions in Section 4.08(a) shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

 

(1)           contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date, including pursuant to the indenture governing the MultiPlan Notes, the Senior Credit Agreement and any related documentation and related Hedging Obligations;

 

(2)           this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees;

 

(3)           purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and Financing Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in Section 4.08(a)(3) on the property so acquired;

 

(4)           applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;

 

(5)           any agreement or other instrument of a Person, or relating to Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person, which Person is acquired by or merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any other transaction entered into in connection with any such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in existence at the time of such acquisition or at the time it merges, consolidates or amalgamates with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person (but, in each case, not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired or redesignated;

 

(6)           contracts for the sale or disposition of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary;

 

(7)           Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 and Section 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;

 

(8)           restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or restrictions on cash or other deposits permitted under Section 4.12 or arising in connection with any Permitted Lien;

 

(9)           other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors that is permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.09;

 

(10)         customary provisions in joint venture agreements or arrangements and other similar agreements or arrangements relating to such joint venture;

 

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(11)         customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses, sub-licenses or similar agreements, including with respect to intellectual property and other agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or that in the judgment of the Company would not materially impair the Company’s ability to make payments under the Notes when due;

 

(12)         restrictions or conditions contained in any trading, netting, operating, construction, service, supply, purchase, sale or other agreement to which the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice; provided that such agreement prohibits the encumbrance of solely the property or assets of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary that are the subject of such agreement, the payment rights arising thereunder or the proceeds thereof and does not extend to any other asset or property of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or the assets or property of another Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(13)         any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Subsidiary which was previously an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to or by reason of an agreement that such Subsidiary is a party to or entered into before the date on which such Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such agreement was not entered into in anticipation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and any such encumbrance or restriction does not extend to any assets or property of the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary other than the assets and property of such Subsidiary;

 

(14)         other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.09; provided that (i) in the judgment of the Company, such incurrence will not materially impair the Company’s ability to make payments under the Notes when due or (ii) such encumbrances and restrictions apply only during the continuance of a default in respect of a payment or financial maintenance covenant relating to such Indebtedness;

 

(15)         restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility that, in the good faith determination of the Company, are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility;

 

(16)         any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in Section 4.08(a)(1), (2) and (3) imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in Section 4.08(b)(1) through (15); provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Company, not materially more restrictive with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing;

 

(17)         negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under this Indenture, but solely to the extent any negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness; and

 

(18)         customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement (or the assets subject thereto) entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice.

 

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(c)           For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.08, (i) the priority of any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on common stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock and (ii) the subordination of loans and advances made to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, to other Indebtedness incurred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances.

 

Section 4.09           Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.

 

(a)           The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”) with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Company shall not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; provided, however, that (x) the Company may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any Restricted Subsidiary (other than MultiPlan and its Restricted Subsidiaries) may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of Preferred Stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio on a consolidated basis for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the Applicable Measurement Period would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00 and (y) MultiPlan may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of MultiPlan may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of Preferred Stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio on a consolidated basis for MultiPlan and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the Applicable Measurement Period would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period(for purposes of determining Consolidated EBITDA) and at the end (for purposes of determining Consolidated Total Indebtedness) of the Applicable Measurement Period.

 

(b)          The provisions of Section 4.09(a) shall not apply to:

 

(1)           the incurrence of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof), up to an aggregate principal amount outstanding at the time of incurrence not to exceed the sum of (a) the greater of (i) $3,900,000,000 and (ii) the maximum principal amount of Secured Indebtedness that could be incurred after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such Secured Indebtedness (provided, however, for the avoidance of any doubt, that the pro forma calculation shall not give effect to any Indebtedness that may be incurred on such determination date pursuant to the following clause (b)) such that after giving effect to such incurrence, the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio of the Company for the Applicable Measurement Period would be no greater than 5.00 to 1.00 and (b) the greater of (i) $325,000,000 and (ii) 50.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the Applicable Measurement Period, provided that in no event shall such amount derived under this clause (ii) exceed $655,000,000;

 

(2)           the incurrence by the Company and any Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes (including any Guarantee) (other than any Additional Notes) or any PIK Notes issued from time to time in respect of any PIK Payment in accordance with the terms hereof (including any Guarantee thereof);

 

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(3)           Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in Section 4.09(b)(1) and (2), but including the MultiPlan Notes);

 

(4)           Indebtedness (including Financing Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, to finance the purchase, development, lease, construction, repair, expansion, installation, repair, maintenance, upgrade or improvement of property (real or personal), equipment or other assets, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets; provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred and outstanding pursuant to this clause (4), when aggregated with the outstanding amount of Indebtedness under Section 4.09(b)(13) incurred to refinance Indebtedness initially incurred in reliance on this clause (4), does not exceed at the time of incurrence the greater of (a) $175,000,000 and (b) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the Applicable Measurement Period;

 

(5)           Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to bankers’ acceptances, bank guarantees, letters of credit, warehouse receipts or similar facilities issued or entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, including in respect of workers’ compensation claims, performance, completion or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance;

 

(6)           Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn-outs or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the Transactions, Investments permitted under this Indenture, and the disposition or acquisition of any business, assets or Capital Stock, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Capital Stock for the purpose of financing such acquisition, but including in connection with guarantees of Indebtedness, letters of credit and surety bonds on performance bonds securing the performance of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to such agreements;

 

(7)           Indebtedness of the Company owing to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if such Indebtedness is owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and if such Indebtedness is not in respect of accounts payable incurred in connection with goods and services rendered in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice (and not in connection with the borrowing of money), such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes (to the extent permitted by applicable law and it does not result in material adverse tax consequences); provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness (to the extent such Indebtedness is then outstanding) not permitted by this clause (7);

 

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(8)           Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and if such Indebtedness is not in respect of accounts payable incurred in connection with goods sold or services rendered in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice (and not in connection with the borrowing of money), such Indebtedness shall be expressly subordinated in right of payment (to the extent permitted by applicable law and it does not result in material adverse tax consequences) to the Guarantee of the Notes of such Guarantor; provided, further, that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness (to the extent such Indebtedness is then outstanding) not permitted by this clause (8);

 

(9)           shares of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer (other than the incurrence of a Permitted Lien) of any such shares of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock (except to the Company or another of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any pledge of such Capital Stock constituting a Permitted Lien (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock, as applicable (to the extent such Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock is then outstanding), not permitted by this clause (9);

 

(10)         Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes);

 

(11)         obligations in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance and obligations in respect of stays, customs, performance, indemnity, bid, appeal, judgment, surety or other similar bonds or instruments and performance, bankers’ acceptance facilities and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case not in connection with the borrowing of money;

 

(12)         (A) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference up to 100.0% of the net cash proceeds received by the Company since immediately after the Issue Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company or cash contributed to the capital of the Company (in each case, other than Excluded Contributions or proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) as determined in accordance with clauses (3)(b) and (3)(c) of Section 4.07(a) to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to Section 4.07(b) or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of the definition thereof) and (B) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (12)(B), does not at the time of incurrence exceed the greater of (i) $230,000,000 and (ii) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the Applicable Measurement Period pursuant to this clause (12)(B) (it being understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (12)(B) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (12)(B) but shall be deemed incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) from and after the first date on which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock under Section 4.09(a) without reliance on this clause (12)(B));

 

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(13)         the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or the issuance by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that serves to refund, refinance, replace, renew, extend or defease (collectively, “refinance” with “refinances,” “refinanced” and “refinancing” having a correlative meaning) any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred or issued as permitted under Section 4.09(a) and Section 4.09(b)(2), (3), (4), (12)(a), (13), (14) and (23) or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued to so refinance, such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock including additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred to pay accrued and unpaid interest, dividends, premiums (including tender premiums), defeasance costs, underwriting discounts, and fees and expenses (including original issue discount, upfront fees or similar fees) in connection therewith (the “Refinancing Indebtedness”) on or prior to its respective maturity; provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:

 

(A)          has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being refinanced,

 

(B)           to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (i) Indebtedness subordinated to the Notes or any Guarantee thereof, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced or (ii) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, respectively, and

 

(C)           shall not include:

 

(i)            Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or a Guarantor; or

 

(ii)           Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

and provided, further, that subclause (A) of this clause (13) shall not apply to any refinancing of (x) any Secured Indebtedness or (y) any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor;

 

(14)         Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (x) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary incurred or issued to finance an acquisition or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into, consolidated with or amalgamated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided that such Indebtedness is in an aggregate amount not to exceed at the time of incurrence

 

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(A)          the greater of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the Applicable Measurement Period pursuant to this clause (14); plus

 

(B)           unlimited additional Indebtedness if after giving pro forma effect to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation (x) in the case of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary (other than MultiPlan and its Restricted Subsidiaries), the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to either (i) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) or (ii) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than MultiPlan and its Restricted Subsidiaries) is equal to or greater than immediately prior to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation (y) in the case of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of MultiPlan and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (i) MultiPlan would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) or (ii) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of MultiPlan and its Restricted Subsidiaries is equal to or greater than immediately prior to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation;

 

(15)         cash management obligations, cash management services and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, automatic clearing house arrangements, employees’ credit or purchase cards, overdraft protections and similar arrangements and otherwise in connection with depositary accounts and repurchase agreements permitted by this Indenture and other Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(16)         Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries supported by a letter of credit issued pursuant to any Credit Facility, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;

 

(17)         (A) any guarantee by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness incurred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture, or

 

(B)           any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Company or of any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Indebtedness is permitted under the terms of this Indenture;

 

(18)         Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors incurred pursuant to this clause not to exceed at the time of incurrence, and together with any other Indebtedness then outstanding under this clause (18), the greater of (A) $125,000,000 and (B) 20.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the Applicable Measurement Period (it being understood that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (18) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (18) but shall be deemed incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) from and after the first date on which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness under Section 4.09(a) without reliance on this clause (18));

 

(19)         Indebtedness under a Receivables Facility;

 

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(20)         Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (A) the financing of insurance premiums or (B) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(21)         Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or joint venture in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(22)         Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to future, current or former officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle to the extent described in Section 4.07(b)(4);

 

(23)         Indebtedness incurred in connection with any Permitted Sale and Lease-Back Transaction;

 

(24)         Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the net proceeds thereof are promptly deposited with the Trustee to satisfy and discharge the Notes in accordance with this Indenture;

 

(25)         Indebtedness attributable to (but not incurred to finance) the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto, in each case with respect to the Transactions or any other acquisition (by merger, consolidation or amalgamation or otherwise) permitted under this Indenture;

 

(26)         Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to future, current or former officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants of any Parent Entity of the Company, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(27)         Indebtedness consisting of obligations under deferred compensation or any other similar arrangements incurred in connection with the Transactions, any Permitted Investment or any acquisition (by merger, consolidation or amalgamation or otherwise) permitted under this Indenture;

 

(28)         customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice from customers for goods or services purchased in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(29)         Indebtedness of the seller of any business or assets permitted to be acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under this Indenture; provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (29) shall not exceed at the time of incurrence the greater of (A) $30,000,000 and (B) 4.5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the Applicable Measurement Period;

 

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(30)         obligations outstanding at any time in respect of Disqualified Stock in an amount not to exceed at the time of issuance the greater of (A) $30,000,000 and (B) 4.5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the Applicable Measurement Period;

 

(31)         Indebtedness in respect of commercial letters of credit obtained in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(32)         Indebtedness incurred in connection with bankers’ acceptances, discounted bills of exchange or the discounting or factoring of receivables for credit management purposes, in each case incurred or undertaken in the ordinary course business or consistent with past practice on arm’s length commercial terms on a recourse basis;

 

(33)         Indebtedness arising solely as a result of the existence of any Permitted Lien (other than for Liens securing debt for borrowed money);

 

(34)         unfunded pension fund and other employee benefits plan obligations and liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice; and

 

(35)         all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (1) through (34) above.

 

(c)           For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09:

 

(1)           in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in Section 4.09(b)(1) through (35) or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a), the Company, in its sole discretion, shall divide, classify or reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant and shall only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock (or portion thereof) or Preferred Stock (or portion thereof) in one of the above clauses or paragraph; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Credit Agreement on the Effective Date shall be treated as incurred on the Issue Date under Section 4.09(b)(1);

 

(2)           at the time of incurrence, the Company shall be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Sections 4.09(a) and 4.09(b); and

 

(3)           the principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under any clause of this Section 4.09 shall be determined after giving effect to the application of proceeds of any such Indebtedness to refinance any such other Indebtedness.

 

Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4.09. Any Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(1) or (12)(B) shall be permitted to include additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred to pay accrued but unpaid interest and dividends and premiums (including reasonable tender premiums) thereon, and defeasance costs, underwriting discounts, fees and expenses (including original issue discount, upfront fees or similar fees) incurred in connection with such refinancing.

 

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For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of accrued and unpaid interest, dividends, premiums (including tender premiums), defeasance costs, underwriting discounts, and expenses (including original issue discount, upfront fees or similar fees) incurred in connection with such refinancing.

 

The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.

 

The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) that is contractually subordinated or junior in right of payment to any Indebtedness of the Company unless such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes to the extent and in the same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated to other Indebtedness of the Company.

 

This Indenture shall not treat (1) Indebtedness that is unsecured as subordinated or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured and (2) Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to any other Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.

 

Section 4.10          Asset Sales.

 

(a)           The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, consummate, directly or indirectly, an Asset Sale, unless:

 

(1)           the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Company at the time of contractually agreeing to such sale) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and

 

(2)           except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale, together with all other Asset Sales since the Effective Date (on a cumulative basis), received by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries is in the form of Cash Equivalents.

 

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(b)          Within 540 days after the later of (x) the date of any Asset Sale and (y) the receipt of any Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale,

  

(1)           to permanently reduce:

 

(A)          Obligations under any Senior Indebtedness of the Company that is secured by a Lien, which Lien is permitted by this Indenture, and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;

 

(B)          Obligations under other Senior Indebtedness of the Company, and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto, other than Indebtedness owed to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of this clause (B), the Company shall equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Notes on a pro rata basis as provided under Section 3.07, through open-market purchases (to the extent such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) or by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase their Notes, on a ratable basis with such other Senior Indebtedness, for no less than 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the amount of Notes that would otherwise be repurchased (which offer shall be deemed an Asset Sale Offer for purposes of this Indenture); or

 

(C)          Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary, other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(2)           to make (A) an Investment in any one or more businesses; provided that such Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock and results in the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes or continues to constitute a Restricted Subsidiary, (B) capital expenditures or (C) acquisitions of other assets that are, in each of (A), (B) and (C), either (i) are used or useful in a Similar Business or (ii) replace in whole or in part the businesses or assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale; or

 

(3)           any combination of the foregoing;

 

provided that, in the case of Section 4.10(b)(2), a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment so long as the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Proceeds shall be applied to satisfy such commitment within the later of (x) 180 days of such commitment and (y) 540 days after the date of the applicable Asset Sale (an “Acceptable Commitment”) and, in the event any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before the Net Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds after the later of (A) 540 days after the date of the applicable Asset Sale and (B) the termination of such Acceptable Commitment (unless another Acceptable Commitment is entered into with respect thereto prior to such later date).

 

(c)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any or all of the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sales by a non-Guarantor would have a material adverse tax consequence (taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit actually realized in connection with such repatriation) or is prohibited or subject to limitation by applicable local law, order, decree or determination of any arbitrator, court or governmental authority from being repatriated to the United States or distributed to the Company or any Guarantor, the portion of such Net Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied in compliance with this covenant, and such amounts may be retained by the applicable non-Guarantor so long, but only so long, as applicable, as such material adverse tax consequence exists or the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States or distribution to the Company or any Guarantor (the Company hereby agreeing to use reasonable efforts to cause the applicable non-Guarantor to take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law, applicable organizational impediments or other impediment to permit such repatriation or distribution), and if such repatriation of any of such affected Net Proceeds, as applicable, no longer has material adverse tax consequences or is permitted under the applicable local law, such repatriation will be promptly effected and such repatriated Net Proceeds will be applied (whether or not repatriation actually occurs) in compliance with this Section 4.10.

 

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(d)          Any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale that are not invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth in Section 4.10(b) shall be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds an aggregate of $40,000,000 in any fiscal year (the “Excess Proceeds Threshold”), the Company shall make an offer to all Holders and, if and to the extent required by the terms of any Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”), to the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness (an “Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness that is equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof (and, in the case of any PIK Note, in minimum denominations of $1.00 and any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof) that may be purchased in the amount equal to the sum of the Excess Proceeds (the “Excess Proceeds Payment Amounts”) at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount or accreted value thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture and, if applicable, the other documents governing the applicable Pari Passu Indebtedness. The Company shall commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within fifteen (15) Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceed the Excess Proceeds Threshold by sending the notice required pursuant to Section 3.09, with a copy to the Trustee. The Company may satisfy the foregoing obligation with respect to such Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer with respect to all or a portion of the available Net Proceeds (the “Advance Portion”) in advance of being required to do so by this Indenture (the “Advance Offer”).

 

(e)          To the extent that the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of Notes and, if applicable, Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds Payment Amount (or, in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion), the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds (or, in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion) for such amount offered in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of Notes or the Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by such Holders and holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds (or, in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion), the Company shall select the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount or accreted value of the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered with adjustments as necessary so that no Notes or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as the case may be, shall be repurchased in part in an unauthorized denomination. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero, but in the case of an Advance Offer, the amount of Net Proceeds the Company is offering to apply in such Advance Offer shall be excluded in subsequent calculations of Excess Proceeds. Additionally, upon consummation or expiration of any Advance Offer, any remaining Net Proceeds shall not be deemed Excess Proceeds and the Company may use such Net Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited under this Indenture.

 

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(f)            Pending the final application of an amount equal to the Net Proceeds pursuant to this Section 4.10, the holder of such Net Proceeds may apply such Net Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility (including under the Senior Credit Agreement) or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture.

 

(g)            For purposes of this Section 4.10, the following are deemed to be Cash Equivalents:

 

(1)            any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto, or if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence or accrual had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Company) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or are otherwise extinguished in connection with the transactions relating to such Asset Sale) and for which the Company and all Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by all creditors in writing;

 

(2)            any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale; and

 

(3)            any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (3) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the Applicable Measurement Period at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.

 

(h)            Any Notice of an Asset Sale Offer, if mailed or delivered in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. If (1) the Notice of an Asset Sale Offer is mailed or delivered in a manner herein provided and (2) any Holder fails to receive such notice or a Holder receives such notice but it is defective, such Holder’s failure to receive such notice or such defect shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the purchase of the Notes as to all other Holders that properly received such notice without defect. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.10 by virtue of such compliance.

 

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Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates.

 

(a)            The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $20,000,000, unless such Affiliate Transaction is on terms, taken as a whole, that are not materially less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis.

 

(b)            The provisions of Section 4.11(a) shall not apply to the following:

 

(1)            (A) transactions between or among the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction and (B) any merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company, provided that such Parent Entity shall have no material liabilities and no material assets other than cash, Cash Equivalents and the Capital Stock of the Company and such merger, consolidation or amalgamation is otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture and effected for a bona fide business purpose;

 

(2)            Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.07 and the definition of “Permitted Investments”;

 

(3)            the payment of indemnification and other similar amounts to the Investors and reimbursement of expenses of the Investors in connection with the management or monitoring of, or the provision of other services rendered to, any Parent Entity of the Company, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(4)            the payment of reasonable and customary fees and compensation paid to, and benefits, indemnities and reimbursements and employment and severance arrangements provided on behalf of, or for the benefit of, former, current or future officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Company, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle;

 

(5)            transactions in which the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or stating that the terms are not materially less favorable, when taken as a whole, to the Company or its relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s length basis;

 

(6)            any agreement or arrangement as in effect as of the Issue Date or as expressly contemplated in the Offering Circular, or any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment is not disadvantageous in any material respect (as determined in good faith by the Company) to the Holders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Issue Date);

 

(7)            the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any equityholders agreement or the equivalent (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it (or any Parent Entity of the Company) is a party as of the Issue Date and any similar agreements which it (or any Parent Entity of the Company) may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (or any Parent Entity of the Company) of obligations under any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (7) to the extent that the terms of any such amendment or new agreement are not otherwise disadvantageous in any material respect (as determined in good faith by the Company) to the Holders, when taken as a whole, when compared to such agreements in existence on the Issue Date;

 

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(8)              the payment of all fees and expenses related to the Transactions and the offering of the Notes and the Specified Dividend;

 

(9)              transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, contractors, joint venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods or services that are Affiliates, in each case in the ordinary course of business or that are consistent with past practice and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture which are fair to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the Board of the Company or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party;

 

(10)            the issuance or transfer of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company and the granting and performing of customary registration rights;

 

(11)            transactions effected as part of any Receivables Facility that are otherwise permitted under this Indenture;

 

(12)            payments to any of the Investors made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities including, without limitation, in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are approved by the Board of the Company in good faith;

 

(13)            payments, loans, advances or guarantees (or cancellation of loans, advances or guarantees) to future, current or former officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates) of the Company, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle and employment agreements, equity option plans and other compensatory arrangements with any such officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) which, in each case, are approved by the Company in good faith;

 

(14)            (A) investments by any of the Permitted Holders in securities of any Parent Entity of the Company, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (and payment of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Permitted Holders in connection therewith) so long as the investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (B) payments to Permitted Holders in respect of securities or loans of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries contemplated in the foregoing subclause (A) or that were acquired from Persons other than any Parent Entity of the Company, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, in accordance with the terms of such securities or loans;

 

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(15)            payments to any future, current or former officer, director, employee, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Company, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle pursuant to any management equity plan or equity option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any equity subscription or equityholder agreement; and any employment agreements, equity option plans and other compensatory arrangements (and any successor plans thereto) and any health, disability and similar insurance or benefit plans or supplemental executive retirement benefit plans or arrangements with any such officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) that are, in each case, approved by the Company in good faith;

 

(16)            transactions with a Person that is an Affiliate of the Company (excluding any Unrestricted Subsidiary) arising solely because the Company or Restricted Subsidiary owns any Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person;

 

(17)            the entering into or payments by the Company (and any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle) and their respective Subsidiaries pursuant to tax sharing agreements among the Company (and any such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle) and their respective Subsidiaries on customary terms and such payments shall not exceed the excess (if any) of the amount of taxes they would have paid on a stand-alone basis over the amount of such taxes they actually pay directly to governmental authorities;

 

(18)            any lease entered into between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as lessee and any Affiliate of the Company, as lessor, which is approved by the Company in good faith;

 

(19)            intellectual property licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(20)            any transaction between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Person that would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because a director of which is also a director of the Company or any Parent Entity, provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Company or such Parent Entity, as the case may be, on any matter including such other Person;

 

(21)            pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

 

(22)            the existence and performance of agreements and transactions with any Unrestricted Subsidiary that were entered into prior to the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent that the transaction was permitted at the time that it was entered into with such Restricted Subsidiary (and not entered into in contemplation of such designation) and transactions entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate prior to the redesignation of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary (and not entered into in contemplation of such designation);

 

(23)            payments to and from, and transactions with, any joint ventures entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice (including, without limitation, any cash management activities related thereto); and

 

(24)            a transaction with a Person who was not an Affiliate of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary before such transaction was entered into but becomes an Affiliate solely as a result of such transaction.

 

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Section 4.12 Liens.

 

The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) (each, an “Initial Lien”) that secures Obligations under any Indebtedness on any asset or property of the Company, unless:

 

(a)            in the case of Initial Liens securing Subordinated Indebtedness, the Notes are secured by a Lien on such property, assets or proceeds thereof that is senior in priority to such Initial Liens; or

 

(b)            in all other cases, the Notes are equally and ratably secured.

 

Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to this Section 4.12 shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Initial Lien that gave rise to the obligation to so secure the Notes.

 

Section 4.13 Corporate Existence.

 

Subject to Article 5, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (a) its company existence, and the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other existence of each of the Restricted Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary and (b) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other existence of any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, if the Company in good faith shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

Section 4.14 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.

 

(a)            If a Change of Control occurs (other than as a result of the Transactions), unless, prior to, or concurrently with, the time the Company is required to make a Change of Control Offer (as defined below), the Company has previously or concurrently mailed or transmitted electronically a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes as described under Section 3.07 or Section 11.01, the Company shall make an offer to purchase all of the Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a price in cash (the “Change of Control Payment”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall send notice of such Change of Control Offer electronically or by first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, sent in the same manner, to each Holder to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, with the following information:

 

(1)            that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.14 and that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer will be accepted for payment by the Company;

 

(2)            the purchase price and the purchase date, which will be no earlier than 20 Business Days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is transmitted electronically or mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”), except in the case of a conditional Change of Control Offer made in advance of a Change of Control as described below;

 

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(3)            that any Note not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;

 

(4)            that unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

(5)            that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such Notes completed or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, to the paying agent specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third (3rd) Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

(6)            that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to require the Company to purchase such Notes; provided that the paying agent receives, not later than the expiration time of the Change of Control Offer, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such Notes purchased and any other information as may be required by the paying agent;

 

(7)            that if less than all of such Holder’s Notes are tendered for purchase, such Holder will be issued new Notes (through book-entry transactions of Global Notes) and such new Notes will be equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that the unpurchased portion of the Notes must be equal to at least $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof (and, in the case of any PIK Note, in minimum denominations of $1.00 and any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof);

 

(8)            if such notice is sent prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, stating that the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the occurrence of such Change of Control, and, if applicable, stating that, in the Company’s discretion, the Change of Control Payment Date may be delayed until such time as any or all applicable conditions shall be satisfied, or that such purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that the Company shall determine that the Change of Control will not occur by the Change of Control Payment Date, or by the Change of Control Payment Date as so delayed; and

 

(9)            the other instructions, as determined by the Company, consistent with this Section 4.14, that a Holder must follow.

 

(b)            On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent permitted by law,

 

(1)            accept for payment all Notes issued by them or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer,

 

(2)            deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered, and

 

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(3)            deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes so accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating that such Notes or portions thereof have been tendered to and purchased by the Company.

 

(c)            The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.14, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.14 by virtue thereof.

 

(d)            The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.14 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.

 

(e)            If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Company, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Company as described in Section 4.14(d), purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company or such third party will have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described in Section 4.14(d), to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase on a date (the “Second Change of Control Payment Date”) at a price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes that remain outstanding to, but excluding, the Second Change of Control Payment Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the Second Change of Control Payment Date).

 

(f)            Other than as specifically provided in this Section 4.14, any purchase pursuant to this Section 4.14 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.02, 3.05 and 3.06.

 

Section 4.15 Note Guarantees.

 

(a)            The Company will not permit any of its Domestic Subsidiaries that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (and any Domestic Subsidiary that is a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary if such non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary guarantees other capital markets debt securities of the Company), other than a Guarantor, a Receivables Subsidiary or an Excluded Subsidiary, to guarantee the payment of capital markets debt securities of the Company in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $200,000,000 unless:

 

(1)            such Restricted Subsidiary within 60 days executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to this Indenture providing for a Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary, except that with respect to a guarantee of Indebtedness of the Company, if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, any such guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantee substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes; and

 

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(2)            such Restricted Subsidiary waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary as a result of any payment by such Restricted Subsidiary under its Guarantee;

 

provided that this Section 4.15 shall not be applicable to any guarantee of any Restricted Subsidiary that existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary and was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

(b)            The Company may elect, in its sole discretion, to cause any Subsidiary that is not otherwise required to be a Guarantor to become a Guarantor, in which case such Subsidiary shall not be required to comply with the 60 day period described in Section 4.15(a)(1).

 

Section 4.16 Discharge and Suspension of Covenants.

 

(a)            If (1) the Notes have an Investment Grade Rating from both Rating Agencies and (2) no Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (1) and (2) being collectively referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”), then, beginning on that day, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to the following covenants: Section 4.07, Section 4.08, Section 4.09, Section 4.10, Section 4.11, Section 4.14, Section 4.15 and Section 5.01(a)(4) (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”).

 

(b)            In the event that the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the “Reversion Date”) one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraw their Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants with respect to future events. Notwithstanding that the Suspended Covenants may be reinstated, no Default, Event of Default or breach of any kind shall be deemed to exist under this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees with respect to the Suspended Covenants, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall bear any liability for any actions taken or events occurring during the Suspension Period, or any actions taken at any time pursuant to any contractual obligation arising prior to the Reversion Date, as a result of a failure to comply with the Suspended Covenants during the Suspension Period (or upon termination of the Suspension Period or after that time based solely on events that occurred during the Suspension Period solely to the extent arising from the failure to comply with the Suspended Covenants during the Suspended Period).

 

(c)            The period of time from and including the date of the Covenant Suspension Event to (and excluding) the Reversion Date is referred to as the “Suspension Period.” Additionally, upon the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

 

(d)            In the event of any such reinstatement, no action taken or omitted to be taken by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries prior to such reinstatement will give rise to a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture with respect to the Notes; provided that (1) with respect to Restricted Payments made after the Reversion Date, the amount of Restricted Payments made will be calculated as though Section 4.07 had been in effect prior to, but not during the Suspension Period, (2) all Indebtedness incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period will be classified to have been incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(3), (3) any Affiliate Transaction entered into after the Reversion Date pursuant to an agreement entered into during any Suspension Period shall be deemed to be permitted pursuant to Section 4.11(b)(6) and (4) any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor to take any action described in Section 4.08(a)(1) through (3) that becomes effective during any Suspension Period shall be deemed to be permitted pursuant to Section 4.08(b)(1). No Subsidiaries shall be designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries during any Suspension Period. In the event that during the Suspension Period the Company or any of its Affiliates enter into an agreement to effect a transaction that would result in a Change of Control and one or more of the Rating Agencies indicate that if consummated, such transaction (alone or together with any related recapitalization or refinancing transactions) would cause such Rating Agency to withdraw its Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to Section 4.14 under this Indenture with respect to such transaction.

 

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(e)            The Company shall deliver promptly to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate notifying it of any such occurrence under this Section 4.16. The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the ratings of the Notes, monitor the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Event or notify Holders of the same.

 

ARTICLE 5

 

SUCCESSORS

 

Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets.

 

(a)            The Company shall not merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:

 

(1)            the Company is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, consolidation or amalgamation (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”); provided that in the case where the Successor Company is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation;

 

(2)            the Successor Company, if other than the Company, expressly assumes all the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to supplemental indentures;

 

(3)            immediately after such transaction, no Event of Default exists;

 

(4)            immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the Applicable Measurement Period,

 

(A)            the Successor Company or the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a), or

 

(B)            the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company (or the Successor Company, as applicable) and the Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction;

 

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(5)            each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, in which case Section 5.01(d) shall apply, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes; and

 

(6)            the Company or, if applicable, the Successor Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or disposition and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture.

 

(b)            The Successor Company shall succeed to, and be substituted for, the Company under this Indenture, and the Notes and the Company will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture, the Guarantees and the Notes. Notwithstanding Section 5.01(a)(3) and (4),

 

(1)            any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with or merge into or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey, or otherwise dispose of all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; and

 

(2)            the Company may consolidate or merge with an Affiliate of the Company, as the case may be, solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby.

 

Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted.

 

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the Company shall refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein; provided that the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Notes except in the case of a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all of the Company’s assets that meets the requirements of Section 5.01.

 

ARTICLE 6

 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 6.01 Events of Default.

 

(a)            An “Event of Default” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

 

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(1)            default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes;

 

(2)            default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the Notes (it being understood that any failure to pay that portion of any interest payment required to be paid in cash is a default in the payment of interest for purposes of this clause (2) (irrespective of whether all or a part of any such portion is paid in the form of PIK Interest);

 

(3)            failure by the Company or any Guarantor for 60 days after receipt of written notice given (A) to the Company (with a copy to the Trustee) by the Holders of not less than 30% in aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Notes or (B) to the Company by the Trustee to comply with any of its obligations, covenants or agreements (other than a default referred to in Section 6.01(a)(1) or (2)) contained in this Indenture or the Notes; provided that in the case of a failure to comply with the provisions of Section 4.03, such period of continuance of such default or breach shall be 180 days after written notice described in this clause (3) has been given;

 

(4)            default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there is issued or by which there is secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary), whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the issuance of the Notes, if both:

 

(i)            such default either results from the failure to pay any principal of such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods) or relates to an obligation other than the obligation to pay principal of any such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity and results in the holder or holders of such Indebtedness causing such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated final maturity; and

 

(ii)            the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at its stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $100,000,000 or more at any one time outstanding;

 

(5)            failure by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $100,000,000 (net of amounts covered by insurance policies issued by insurance companies), which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final, and in the event such judgment is covered by insurance, an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree which is not promptly stayed;

 

(6)            the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

 

(i)            commences proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent;

 

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(ii)            consents to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under applicable Bankruptcy Law;

 

(iii)            consents to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of it or for all or substantially all of its property;

 

(iv)            makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or

 

(v)            generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or

 

(7)            a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

 

(i)            is for relief against the Company or any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary in a proceeding in which the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent;

 

(ii)            appoints a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; or

 

(iii)            orders the liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary;

 

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.

 

(b)            In the event of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(4), such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than as a result of acceleration of the Notes) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose the Company delivers an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating that:

 

(1)            the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged; or

 

(2)            the requisite holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default; or

 

(3)            the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.

 

Section 6.02 Acceleration.

 

If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(6) or (7)) occurs and is continuing under this Indenture, the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Company and the Trustee or the Trustee by written notice to the Company may declare the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately. The Trustee shall have no obligation to accelerate the Notes unless Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes provide written direction and have complied with the applicable requirements set forth in Section 6.06.

 

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Upon the effectiveness of such declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising under Section 6.01(a)(6) or (7), all outstanding Notes shall be due and payable immediately without further action or notice.

 

Section 6.03 Other Remedies.

 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

 

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

 

If a Default occurs and is continuing and is actually known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall send to each Holder of the Notes notice of such Default within 90 days after the Trustee acquires actual knowledge of such Default.

 

Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee and the Company may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note held by a non-consenting Holder (including in connection with an Asset Sale Offer or a Change of Control Offer) and rescind any acceleration and its consequences with respect to the Notes; provided, subject to Section 6.02, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration; provided, further, that such rescission would not conflict with any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 6.05 Control by Majority.

 

Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then total outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. 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 other Holder (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such direction is unduly prejudicial to such Holders) or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

 

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Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.

 

Subject to Section 6.07, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

 

(a)            such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

 

(b)            Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

 

(c)            Holders have offered and, if requested, provided to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

 

(d)            the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt thereof and the offer of security or indemnity; and

 

(e)            Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

 

A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.

 

Section 6.07 Contractual Rights of Holders to Bring Suit for Enforcement of Payment.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the contractual right of any Holder to bring suit for the enforcement of any payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on its Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note shall not be amended without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.

 

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(1) or (2) 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, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

 

Section 6.09 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 proceedings, 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 has been instituted.

 

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Section 6.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

 

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in Section 2.07, 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 6.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

 

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note 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 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 or by the Holders, as the case may be.

 

Section 6.12 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

 

The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes including the Guarantors), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to participate as a member in any official committee of creditors appointed in such matter and 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 shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

Section 6.13 Priorities.

 

Any money or property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 6 and any money or other property distributable in respect of any grantor’s Obligations under this Indenture after an Event of Default shall be applied in the following order:

 

FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;

 

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SECOND: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for the principal premium, if any, and interest ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively;

 

THIRD: without duplication, to Holders for any other Obligations owing to the Holders under this Indenture and the Notes; and

 

FOURTH: to the Company or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.13.

 

Section 6.14 Undertaking for Costs.

 

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.14 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

 

ARTICLE 7

 

TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.

 

(a)            The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge and after the curing or waiver of all such Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. If an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

 

(b)            Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(1)            the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

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

 

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(c)            The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(1)            this paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 7.01(b);

 

(2)            the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved in a court of competent jurisdiction that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

 

(3)            the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05; and

 

(4)            no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise to incur any liability, financial or otherwise, in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not assured to it.

 

(d)            Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to Section 7.01(a), (b), (c) and (e)

 

(e)            The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless the Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense.

 

(f)            The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.

 

(a)            The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document, but the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may (and shall at the direction of the majority of the Holders) make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters, and, if the Trustee shall determine, or be so directed, 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 sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

 

(b)            Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

 

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(c)            The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care.

 

(d)            The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

 

(e)            Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.

 

(f)            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 the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture. Delivery of reports to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03 shall not constitute actual knowledge of, or notice to, the Trustee of the information contained therein.

 

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

 

(h)            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.

 

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

 

(j)            The Trustee may request that the Company and any Guarantor deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the names of the individuals and/or titles of Officers (with specimen signatures) authorized at such times to take specific actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer’s Certificate may be signed by any person specified as so authorized in any certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

 

(k)            The right of the Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such act.

 

Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

 

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Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

 

Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.

 

If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail or otherwise deliver in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary to Holders a notice of the Default within 90 days after it obtains knowledge thereof, unless such default shall have been cured or waived. Except in the case of a Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold from the Holders notice of any continuing Default if and so long as it in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders.

 

Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders.

 

Within 60 days after each May 15, beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail or otherwise deliver to the Holders a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act (but if no event described in Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with Section 313(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent applicable. The Trustee shall also transmit by mail or otherwise deliver all reports as required by Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

A copy of each report at the time of its delivery to the Holders shall be delivered to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

 

Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.

 

The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the parties shall agree in writing from time to time. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee, its officers, directors, employees and agents for, and hold the Trustee, its officers, directors, employees and agents harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder (including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company or any of the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07) or defending itself against any claim whether asserted by any Holder, the Company or any Guarantor or any other Person, or liability in connection with the acceptance, exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder). 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 and the Guarantors shall defend the claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct or gross negligence.

 

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The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

To secure the payment obligations of the Company and the Guarantors in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes and rights of the Holders on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(6) or (7) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.

 

A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08. The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

 

(a)            the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

 

(b)            the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

 

(c)            a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(d)            the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

 

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the Company’s expense), the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

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If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall deliver a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

Section 7.09         Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

 

If the Trustee 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 shall be the successor Trustee.

 

Section 7.10         Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

 

This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of Sections 310(a)(1), (2) and (5) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee is subject to Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

Section 7.11         Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

 

The Trustee is subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated therein.

 

ARTICLE 8

 

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

Section 8.01         Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.

 

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Section 8.02         Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

 

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes and Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth below in this Section 8.02 are satisfied (“Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in Section 8.02(a) and (b), and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture including the obligations of the Guarantors (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute such instruments reasonably requested by the Company or such Guarantor acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

 

(a)           the rights of Holders to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when such payments are due solely out of the trust created pursuant to this Indenture referred to in Section 8.04;

 

(b)           the Company’s obligations with respect to Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of such Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust;

 

(c)           the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith; and

 

(d)           this Section 8.02.

 

Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise their option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of their option under Section 8.03.

 

Section 8.03         Covenant Defeasance.

 

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be released from their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 3.09, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 5.01(a)(4), 5.01(a)(5) and 5.01(e) with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied, and have each Guarantor’s obligation released with respect to its Guarantee (“Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s, exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, Sections 6.01(a)(3), 6.01(a)(4), 6.01(a)(5), 6.01(a)(6) (solely with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries and any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that taken together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), 6.01(a)(7) (solely with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries and any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that taken together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) and 6.01(a)(8)  shall not constitute Events of Default.

 

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Section 8.04         Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

 

The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 to the outstanding Notes:

 

(a)           the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest due on the Notes to the date of maturity or redemption, as the case may be, of such principal, premium, if any, or interest on such Notes and the Company must specify whether such Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular Redemption Date; provided that upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any deficit as of the applicable Redemption Date (any such amount, the “Applicable Premium Deficit”) only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the applicable Redemption Date. Any Applicable Premium Deficit shall be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the deposit of such Applicable Premium Deficit that confirms that such Applicable Premium Deficit shall be applied toward such redemption.

 

(b)           in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions,

 

(1)           the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or

 

(2)           since the issuance of the Notes, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law;

 

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the beneficial owners will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as applicable, as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(c)           in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the beneficial owners will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(d)           no Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness, and, in each case the granting of Liens in connection therewith) shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;

 

(e)           such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any material agreement or material instrument (other than this Indenture) to which, the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith);

 

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(f)            the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company or any Guarantor or others; and

 

(g)           the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.

 

Section 8.05         Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

Subject to Section 8.06, all money and Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company or a Guarantor acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

 

Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the written request of the Company any money or Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 which, in the opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(b)), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

Section 8.06         Repayment to Company.

 

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, premium or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on their request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter 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.

 

Section 8.07         Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be; provided that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of their obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

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ARTICLE 9

 

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

 

Section 9.01         Without Consent of Holders.

 

Notwithstanding Section 9.02, the Company, any Guarantor (with respect to a Guarantee or this Indenture) and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture and any Guarantee or Notes without the consent of any Holder:

 

(a)           to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency, as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate;

 

(b)           to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

 

(c)           to comply with Section 5.01;

 

(d)           to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders;

 

(e)           to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders (including to secure the Notes or the Guarantees) or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder in any material respect;

 

(f)            to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor;

 

(g)           to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes or PIK Notes in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

 

(h)           to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, if applicable;

 

(i)            to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee or a successor Paying Agent thereunder pursuant to the requirements thereof;

 

(j)            to provide for the issuance of exchange notes or private exchange notes, which are identical to exchange notes except that they are not freely transferable;

 

(k)           to add a Guarantor or a Guarantee of a Parent Entity of the Company under this Indenture, or to release any such Guarantor or Guarantee if at the time of such release such Guarantor is not otherwise required by this Indenture to be a Guarantor;

 

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(l)            to conform the text of this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes to any provision of the “Description of the Notes” section of the Offering Circular to the extent that such provision in such “Description of the Notes” section was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Guarantee or the Notes, as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate; or

 

(m)          to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes as permitted by this Indenture, including, without limitation, to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Notes; provided, however, that (1) compliance with this Indenture as so amended would not result in Notes being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable securities law and (2) such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes.

 

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its board of directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) no Opinion of Counsel shall be required in connection with the addition of a Guarantor under this Indenture upon execution and delivery by such Guarantor and the Trustee of a supplemental indenture to this Indenture, the form of which is attached as Exhibit D, and delivery of an Officer’s Certificate and (2) no Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel shall be required in connection with the execution and delivery on the Issue Date of this Indenture and the Initial Notes.

 

Section 9.02         With Consent of Holders.

 

Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes, and the Guarantees with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes and PIK Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium or interest on the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes and PIK Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08 and Section 2.09 shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for the purposes of this Section 9.02.

 

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its board of directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.

 

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It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

 

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall deliver to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to deliver such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver.

 

Without the consent of each affected Holder, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

 

(a)           reduce the principal amount of such Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

(b)           reduce the principal of or change the fixed final maturity of any such Note or reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of such Notes or change the date at which such Notes may be redeemed as described under Section 3.07; provided that any amendment to the minimum notice requirement may be made with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding;

 

(c)           reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;

 

(d)           waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration, or in respect of a covenant or provision contained in this Indenture or any Guarantee which cannot be amended or modified without the consent of all affected Holders;

 

(e)           make any Note payable in money other than that stated therein;

 

(f)            make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders to receive payments of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes;

 

(g)           make any change in these amendment and waiver provisions (except pursuant to Section 9.01, which relates to amendments permitted without the consent of any Holders);

 

(h)           amend the contractual right expressly set forth in this Indenture or the Notes of any Holder to institute suit for enforcement of any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on, such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor;

 

(i)            make any change to or modify the ranking of the Notes that would adversely affect the Holders; or

 

(j)            except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, modify the Guarantees of any Significant Subsidiary in any manner adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

 

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Section 9.03         [Reserved].

 

Section 9.04         Revocation and Effect of Consents.

 

Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

 

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement, or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date unless the consent of the requisite number of Holders has been obtained.

 

Section 9.05         Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

 

The Company may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

Section 9.06         Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.

 

The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amendment, supplement or waiver until the Board of the Company approves it. In executing any amendment, supplement or waiver to any Notes Document, the Trustee shall receive and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 12.03, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that all conditions precedent thereto have been complied with, and that such amendment, supplement or waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and any Guarantors party thereto, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the provisions hereof (including Section 9.03). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Opinion of Counsel will be required for the Trustee to execute any amendment or supplement adding a new Guarantor under this Indenture if such amendment or supplement is made pursuant to Section 9.01.

 

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ARTICLE 10

 

GUARANTEES

 

Section 10.01       Guarantee.

 

Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors that becomes a party to this Indenture through the execution of a supplemental indenture hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees 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: (a) the principal of, interest and premium, if any, on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same shall 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, redemption or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

 

The Guarantors hereby agree that 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 with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby 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 covenants that this Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.

 

Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01.

 

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

 

Each 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 Guarantor further agrees that, as between the 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 6 for the purposes of this 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 Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Guarantees.

 

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Each Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company for liquidation or reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of the Company’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Notes or Guarantees, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer,” “fraudulent conveyance” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Notes shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

 

In case any provision of any Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Each payment to be made by a Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.

 

Section 10.02       Limitation on Guarantor Liability.

 

Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such 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 Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law. Each Guarantor that makes a payment under its Guarantee shall be entitled upon payment in full of all guaranteed Obligations under this Indenture to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Section 10.03       Execution and Delivery.

 

To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a supplemental indenture (which shall be in the form of Exhibit D) shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its authorized Officers.

 

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.

 

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If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

 

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

 

If required by Section 4.15, the Company shall cause any newly created or acquired Restricted Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 4.15 and this Article 10, to the extent applicable.

 

Section 10.04       Subrogation.

 

Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by any Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.01; provided that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all amounts then due and payable by the Company under this Indenture or the Notes shall have been paid in full.

 

Section 10.05       Benefits Acknowledged.

 

Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to its Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

 

Section 10.06       Release of Guarantees.

 

(a)           Any Guarantee by a Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, and no further action by such Guarantor, the Company or the Trustee is required for the release of such Guarantor’s Guarantee, upon:

 

(1)           any sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition (by merger, consolidation, amalgamation, dividend, distribution or otherwise) of (A) the Capital Stock of such Guarantor (including any sale, exchange or transfer), after which the applicable Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, or (B) all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor, in each case, if such sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition is not prohibited by the applicable provisions of this Indenture;

 

(2)           the release or discharge of the guarantee or direct obligation by such Guarantor of the guarantee which resulted in the creation of such Guarantee, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such guarantee or direct obligation (it being understood that a release subject to a contingent reinstatement is still a release and that if any such guarantee or direct obligation is reinstated then such Guarantee shall also be reinstated to the extent required by Section 4.15);

 

(3)           the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or notification to the Trustee by an Officer’s Certificate that a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor shall have become an Excluded Subsidiary, in either case, in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;

 

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(4)           the Company exercising its Legal Defeasance option or Covenant Defeasance option in accordance with Article 8 or the Company’s obligations under this Indenture being discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

 

(5)           the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Guarantor with and into the Company or another Guarantor that is the surviving Person in such merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or upon the liquidation of a Guarantor following the transfer of all of its assets to the Company or another Guarantor;

 

(6)           the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Guarantor with and into a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction permitted by this Indenture where such Restricted Subsidiary is the surviving Person and such Restricted Subsidiary is a Foreign Subsidiary or is an Excluded Subsidiary, or upon the liquidation of a Guarantor following the transfer of all of its assets to such a Restricted Subsidiary; or

 

(7)           the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event; and

 

(b)           the Company and such Guarantor delivering to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.

 

ARTICLE 11

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

Section 11.01       Satisfaction and Discharge.

 

This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect as to all Notes, when either:

 

(a)           all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

(b)           (1)  all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise, shall become due and payable within one year or may be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption; provided that upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any Applicable Premium Deficit only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the applicable Redemption Date. Any Applicable Premium Deficit shall be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the deposit of such Applicable Premium Deficit that confirms that such Applicable Premium Deficit shall be applied toward such redemption;

 

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(2)           the Company has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture (including without limitation to every Guarantor with the resulting effect that no Guarantor remains subrogated to the rights of the Holders against the Company pursuant to Section 10.04); and

 

(3)           the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.

 

In addition, the Company must deliver an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the provisions of Section 7.07 shall survive and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01(b)(1), the provisions of Section 11.02 and Section 8.06 shall survive.

 

Section 11.02       Application of Trust Money.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 11.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of their obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

ARTICLE 12

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 12.01       Notices.

 

Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing (including telecopy and electronic transmission in PDF format) and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), fax or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:

 

If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:

 

Polaris Intermediate Corp.

c/o MultiPlan

535 East Diehl Road

Naperville, IL 60563

Fax No.: [                    ]

Attention Chief Financial Officer

 

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If to the Trustee:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association

Global Capital Markets

50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

Fax No.: [                    ]

Attention: Polaris Intermediate Corp. Administrator

 

The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed by first-class mail; when receipt acknowledged, if faxed; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery; provided that any notice or communication delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed effective upon actual receipt thereof.

 

Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first-class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary (which permits electronic delivery). Any notice or communication shall also be sent to any Person described in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act. Failure to send a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

 

If a notice or communication is sent in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

 

If the Company sends a notice or communication to Holders, they shall send a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

 

Notices given by publication will be deemed given on the first date on which publication is made, notices given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, will be deemed given five Business Days after mailing and notices given otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary (which permits electronic delivery) will be deemed given on the date sent to the Depositary.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption) to a Holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary for such Note (or its designee), pursuant to the customary procedures of such Depositary.

 

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Section 12.02       Communication by Holders with Other Holders.

 

Holders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

Section 12.03       Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

 

Upon any request or application by the Company or any of the Guarantors to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee:

 

(a)           An Officer’s Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.04) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; provided that such Officer’s Certificate shall not be required in connection with the issuance of the Initial Notes or the entering into any of the Notes Documents on the Issue Date; and

 

(b)          An Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.04), stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied; provided that such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required in connection with the issuance of the Initial Notes or the entering into any of the Notes Documents on the Issue Date.

 

Section 12.04       Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

 

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to Section 4.04 or Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall include:

 

(a)           a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

 

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

 

(c)           a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with (and, in the case of an Opinion of Counsel, may be limited to reliance on an Officer’s Certificate as to matters of fact); and

 

(d)           a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

Section 12.05       Rules by Trustee and Agents.

 

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

 

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Section 12.06       No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators, Members, Partners and Stockholders.

 

No director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor or any of their parent companies or entities (other than the Company in respect of the Notes and each Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee) shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Guarantees or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting Notes waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

 

Section 12.07       Governing Law.

 

THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND ANY GUARANTEE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Section 12.08       Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS, THE TRUSTEE AND EACH HOLDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF A NOTE, 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 12.09       Force Majeure.

 

In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services.

 

Section 12.10       No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

 

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

Section 12.11       Successors.

 

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

 

Section 12.12       Severability.

 

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

 

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Section 12.13       Counterpart Originals.

 

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. 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.

 

Section 12.14       Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

 

The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Section 12.15       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.

 

[Signatures on following pages]

 

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  POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP.
   
   
  By: /s/ David L. Redmond
    Name: David L. Redmond
    Title: EVP, CFO, Treasurer and Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]

 

 

 

  WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
  as Trustee
   
   
  By: /s/ Jane Y. Schweiger
    Name: Jane Y. Schweiger
    Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

[Face of Note]

 

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

[Insert the Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

[Insert “This is a PIK Note”, if applicable]

 

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CUSIP [             ]
ISIN [          ]1

 

[RULE 144A][REGULATION S] GLOBAL NOTE

 

8.500% / 9.250% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2022

 

No. ___ [$______________]

 

Polaris Intermediate Corp.

 

promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum [set forth on the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto] [of ________________________ United States Dollars] on December 1, 2022.

 

Interest Payment Dates: June 1 and December 1

 

Record Dates: May 15 and November 15

 

 

1 Rule 144A Note CUSIP: 73107G AA1
Rule 144A Note ISIN: US73107GAA13
Regulation S Note CUSIP: U7278G AA9
Regulation S Note ISIN: USU7278GAA95

 

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IN WITNESS HEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

 

  POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP.
   
  By:              
    Name:
    Title:

 

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

 

  WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
 
Dated:
 
  By:             
    Authorized Signatory

 

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[Back of Note]

 

8.500% / 9.250% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2022

 

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

 

1.            INTEREST. The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 8.500% per annum with respect to Cash Interest (as defined below) and 9.250% per annum with respect to PIK Interest (as defined below) (including Partial PIK Interest) from [November 21, 2017][insert date of the last Interest Payment Date] until maturity. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest (including PIK Interest) has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that the first Interest Payment Date shall be June 1, 2018. The Company will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the interest rate on the Notes; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest, if any (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the interest rate on the Notes. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

 

Except as provided in the immediately succeeding sentence and the definition of Applicable Amount (as defined herein), interest on the Notes shall be payable entirely in cash (such interest, “Cash Interest”) on the then outstanding principal amount of the Notes. For any Interest Period (as defined herein) other than (i) the initial Interest Period and (ii) the final Interest Period ending at the stated maturity of the Notes, if the Applicable Amount as determined on the Determination Date (as defined herein) for such Interest Period shall:

 

(i)            equal or exceed 75%, but be less than 100%, of the aggregate amount of Cash Interest that would otherwise be due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, then the Company may, at its option, elect to pay interest on (a) up to 25% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Notes by increasing the principal amount of the Notes or issuing PIK Notes and (b) the remaining then outstanding principal amount of the Notes in cash;

 

(ii)            equal or exceed 50%, but be less than 75%, of the aggregate amount of Cash Interest that would otherwise be due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, then the Company may, at its option, elect to pay interest on (a) up to 50% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Notes by increasing the principal amount of the Notes or issuing PIK Notes and (b) the remaining then outstanding principal amount of the Notes in cash;

 

(iii)            equal or exceed 25%, but be less than 50%, of the aggregate amount of Cash Interest that would otherwise be due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, then the Company may, at its option, elect to pay interest on (a) up to 75% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Notes by increasing the principal amount of the Notes or issuing PIK Notes and (b) the remaining then outstanding principal amount of the Notes in cash; or

 

(iv)            be less than 25% of the aggregate amount of Cash Interest that would otherwise be due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, then the Company may, at its option, elect to pay interest on (a) up to 100% of the then outstanding Notes entirely by increasing the principal amount of the then outstanding Notes or by issuing PIK Notes and (b) the remaining, if any, then outstanding principal amount of the Notes in cash.

 

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The payment of interest on the Notes through an increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Notes or through the issuance of PIK Notes is herein referred to as (i) “PIK Interest” to the extent all interest due on an Interest Payment Date is so paid and (ii) “Partial PIK Interest” to the extent that only a portion of the interest due on an Interest Payment Date is so paid.

 

The insufficiency or lack of funds available to the Company to pay Cash Interest as required by the second preceding paragraph shall not permit the Company to pay PIK Interest (including Partial PIK Interest) in respect of any Interest Period and the sole right of the Company to elect to pay PIK Interest shall be as (and to the extent) provided in the second preceding paragraph.

 

As used herein,

 

Applicable Amount” shall be the amount equal to the sum (without duplication) of (i) (a) the maximum amount of all dividends and distributions which, as of the applicable Determination Date, would be permitted to be paid in cash to the Company (in a manner that does not restrict the use of such cash for paying Cash Interest, including dividends and distributions the distribution of which are conditioned upon such being utilized for a purpose other than paying Cash Interest (including, without limitation, amounts permitted to be distributed to the Company solely for the purpose of paying taxes attributable to the Company’s consolidated Subsidiaries or general corporate operating and overhead costs and expenses of the Company) (collectively “Issuer Restricted Liabilities”) as the result of restrictions on the ability to make such dividends or distributions, calculated after giving effect to taxes attributable solely to such dividend or distribution, any Issuer Restricted Liabilities and any Cash Interest payable in respect of the Interest Period in which such Determination Date occurs for which no distribution has previously been made to the Company (collectively “Restricted Cash”); provided such restrictions are otherwise permitted by Section 4.08 of the Indenture, including, without limitation, any restrictions and limitations in the Senior Credit Agreement, the indenture governing the MultiPlan Notes or any agreement that amends, modifies, renews, increases, supplements, refunds, replaces or refinances such Indebtedness) by all direct and indirect Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company after giving effect to all corporate shareholder or other comparable actions required in order to make such payment, requirements of applicable law and all restrictions on the ability to make such dividends or distribution that are otherwise permitted by Section 4.08 of the Indenture (including, without limitation, any restrictions and limitations in the Senior Credit Agreement, the indenture governing the MultiPlan Notes or any agreement that amends, modifies, renews, increases, supplements, refunds, replaces or refinances such Indebtedness) and, in each case, without regard to whether any such Restricted Subsidiary shall have any funds available to make any such dividends or distributions, less (b) $20,000,000 and (ii) (a) all cash and Cash Equivalents on hand at the Company as of such Determination Date (other than any cash and Cash Equivalents on hand at the Company (I) that constitute Restricted Cash or (II) that will be used to pay amounts owing to stockholders or optionholders in connection with the Specified Dividend, in each case, pending the final application of such proceeds and cash) less (b) $5,000,000; provided that the amount pursuant to this clause (ii) shall not be less than $0.

 

To the extent that interest on the Notes with respect to an Interest Period will not be paid entirely in cash, the Applicable Amount shall be calculated by the Company and shall be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee no less than one Business Days prior to the first day of the relevant Interest Period in which it is to be applied, which Officer’s Certificate shall set forth in reasonable detail the Company’s determination of each component of this definition. To the extent the Company is required pursuant to the second paragraph of this Section 1 and the definition of “Applicable Amount” to pay Cash Interest for all or any portion of the interest due on any Interest Payment Date, the Company shall and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to take all such shareholder, corporate and other actions necessary or appropriate to permit the making of any such dividends or distributions;

 

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Determination Date” shall mean, with respect to each Interest Period, the fifteenth calendar day immediately prior to the first day of such Interest Period; and

 

Interest Period” shall mean the period commencing on and including an Interest Payment Date and ending on and including the day immediately preceding the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, with the exception that the first Interest Period shall commence on and include the Issue Date and end on and include the day immediately preceding the first scheduled Interest Payment Date (the Interest Payment Date for any Interest Period shall be the Interest Payment Date occurring on the day immediately following the last day of such Interest Period).

 

In the event that the Company shall determine to pay PIK Interest (including Partial PIK Interest) for any Interest Period, then the Company shall deliver a notice (a “PIK Notice”) to the Trustee following the Determination Date but not less than one Business Day prior to the first day of the relevant Interest Period, which notice shall state the total amount of interest to be paid on the Interest Payment Date in respect of such Interest Period and the amount of such interest to be paid as PIK Interest or Partial PIK Interest, as the case may be. The Trustee, on behalf of the Company, shall promptly deliver a corresponding notice prepared by and provided by the Company to the Holders. For the avoidance of doubt, interest on the Notes in respect of any Interest Period for which a PIK Notice is not delivered in accordance with the first sentence of this paragraph must be paid entirely in cash.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the payment of accrued interest in connection with any redemption of the Notes as described under Section 3.07 of the Indenture, or in connection with any repurchase of the Notes as described in Section 3.09, 4.10 or 4.14 of the Indenture shall be made solely in cash.

 

Any PIK Interest (including Partial PIK Interest) on the Notes will be payable to Holders and (x) with respect to the Notes represented by one or more global Notes registered in the name of, or held by, the Depositary or its nominee on the relevant record date, by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding global Notes by an amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable Interest Period (rounded up to the nearest whole dollar), and the Trustee will, upon receipt of an authentication order from the Company, record such increase in principal amount and (y) with respect to Notes represented by certificated Notes, by issuing PIK Notes in certificated form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable Interest Period (rounded up to the nearest whole dollar), and the Trustee will, upon receipt of an authentication order from the Company, authenticate and deliver such PIK Notes in certificated form for original issuance to the Holders on the relevant record date, as shown by the records of the register of Holders. In the event that the Company is entitled to and elects to pay Partial PIK Interest for any Interest Period, each Holder will be entitled to receive Cash Interest in respect of the applicable percentage of the principal amount of the Notes held by such Holder on the relevant record date and PIK Interest in respect of the remaining percentage of the principal amount of the Notes held by such Holder on the relevant record date. Following an increase in the principal amount of the outstanding global Notes as a result of a PIK Payment, the global Notes will bear interest on such increased principal amount from and after the date of such PIK Payment. Any PIK Notes issued in certificated form will be distributed to Holders, will be dated as of the applicable Interest Payment Date and will bear interest from and after such date. All Notes issued pursuant to a PIK Payment will mature on December 1, 2022 and will be governed by, and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of, the Indenture and shall have the same rights and benefits as the Notes issued on the Issue Date. Any certificated PIK Notes will be issued with the description “PIK” on the face of such PIK Note. If the Company pays a portion of the interest on the Notes as Cash Interest and as PIK Interest, such Cash Interest and PIK Interest shall be paid to Holders pro rata in accordance with their interests.

 

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2.            METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Notes, if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on the May 15 or November 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. Payment of interest, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of, and Cash Interest, if any, and premium, if any, on all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts unless the Company elects to pay PIK Interest or partial PIK Interest in accordance with Section 1 hereof.

 

3.            PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, Wilmington Trust, National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without prior written notice to the Holders. The Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries may act in as paying agent or registrar.

 

4.            INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2017 (the “Indenture”), between Polaris Intermediate Corp. and the Trustee. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of the Company designated as its 8.500% / 9.250% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2022. The Company may issue Additional Notes and PIK Notes pursuant to Section 2.01, 2.15 and 4.09 of the Indenture and Section 1 of this Note. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

5.            REDEMPTION and Repurchase. The Notes are subject to optional redemption, and may be the subject of an Asset Sale Offer or a Change of Control Offer, as further described in the Indenture. The Company shall not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

 

6.            DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. Subject to the issuance of PIK Notes or the increase in the principal amount of a Global Note in order to evidence PIK Interest, the Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. PIK Payments on the Notes will be made in minimum denominations of $1.00 and integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption or tendered (and not withdrawn) for repurchase in connection with a Change of Control Offer, an Asset Sale Offer or other tender offer, in whole or in part, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before the mailing or electronic delivery of a notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed.

 

7.            PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

 

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8.            AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. The Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture.

 

9.            DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. The Events of Default relating to the Notes are defined in Section 6.01 of the Indenture. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the rights and obligations of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall be as set forth in the applicable provisions of the Indenture.

 

10.            AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee.

 

11.            GOVERNING LAW. THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND ANY GUARANTEE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

12.            CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to the Company at the following address:

 

Polaris Intermediate Corp.
c/o MultiPlan
535 East Diehl Road
Naperville, IL 60563
Fax No.: [                    ]
Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:    
  (Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint

to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date: _____________________

 

  Your Signature:  
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee:* __________________________________

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.14 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

 

¨ Section 4.10               ¨ Section 4.14

 

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.14 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

 

$_______________

 

Date: _____________________

 

  Your Signature:  
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee:* __________________________________

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*

 

The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is $__________. The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of
Exchange/PIK
Interest

Amount of
decrease in
Principal
Amount

Amount of
increase in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Note

Amount of
PIK

Principal
Amount of this
Global Note
following such
decrease or
increase or PIK
Payment

Signature of
authorized
signatory of
Trustee or
Custodian

           
           
           

 

 

* This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

Polaris Intermediate Corp.

c/o MultiPlan

535 East Diehl Road

Naperville, IL 60563

Fax No.: [                    ]

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association

Global Capital Markets

50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Fax No.: [                    ]

Attention: Polaris Intermediate Corp. Administrator

 

Re:        8.500% / 9.250% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2022

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2017 (the “Indenture”), between Polaris Intermediate Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

_______________ (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $___________ in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to _______________ (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

 

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

 

1.             ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE 144A GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

2.             ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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3.            ¨ CHECK AND COMPLETE IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO ANY PROVISION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OTHER THAN RULE 144A OR REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

 

(a)          ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;

 

or

 

(b)          ¨ such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof;

 

or

 

(c)          ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and, if applicable, in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

 

4.           ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE OR OF AN UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE.

 

(a)          ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO RULE 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

(b)          ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

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(c)            ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO OTHER EXEMPTION. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 

  [Insert Name of Transferor]
     
  By:
    Name:
    Title:

 

Dated: _______________________

 

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:

 

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

 

(a) ¨ a beneficial interest in the:

 

(i) ¨ 144A Global Note (CUSIP [                 ]), or

 

(ii) ¨ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP [                 ]), or

 

(b) ¨ a Restricted Definitive Note.

 

2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:

 

[CHECK ONE]

 

(a) ¨ a beneficial interest in the:

 

(i) ¨ 144A Global Note (CUSIP [                 ]), or

 

(ii) ¨ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP [                 ]), or

 

(iii) ¨ Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP [                 ]); or

 

(b) ¨ a Restricted Definitive Note; or

 

(c) ¨ an Unrestricted Definitive Note, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

 

Polaris Intermediate Corp.

c/o MultiPlan

535 East Diehl Road

Naperville, IL 60563

Fax No.: [                    ]

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association

Global Capital Markets

50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Fax No.: [                    ]

Attention: Polaris Intermediate Corp. Administrator

 

Re:        8.500% / 9.250% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2022

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2017 (the “Indenture”), between Polaris Intermediate Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

___________ (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $__________ in such Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

 

1)             EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE FOR UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE

 

a)             ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

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b)             ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

c)             ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

d)             ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

2)             EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES FOR RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES

 

a)             ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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b)             ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] ¨ 144A Global Note ¨ Regulation S Global Note, with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 

  [Insert Name of Transferor]
     
  By:
    Name:
    Title:

 

Dated: _______________________

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]

 

[__________] Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of __________, among Polaris Intermediate Corp, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), __________________ (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of the Company, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), dated as of November 21, 2017, providing for the issuance of an unlimited aggregate principal amount of 8.500% / 9.250% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2022 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the “Guarantee”); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01(k) of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture without the consent of Holders.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:

 

(1)            Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

(2)            Agreement to Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to be a Guarantor under the Indenture and to be bound by the terms of the Indenture applicable to Guarantors, including Article 10 thereof.

 

(3)            Execution and Delivery. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.

 

(4)            Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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(5)            Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy, which may be delivered by facsimile or PDF transmission, shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

(6)            Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

(7)            The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary.

 

(8)            Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

 

(9)            Representations and Warranties by Guaranteeing Subsidiary. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee that this Supplemental Indenture has been duly and validly executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Indenture.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

  POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP.
     
  By:                            
    Name:
    Title:
     
  [GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]
     
  By:     
    Name:
    Title:

 

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  WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
   
  By:                        
    Name:
    Title:

 

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Exhibit 4.10

 

 

 

 

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of June 7, 2016

 

Between

 

POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP.

to be merged with and into
MPH AcQUISITION CORP 1

 

and

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee

 

7.125% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2024

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Page

 

ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE     1
           
Section 1.01   Definitions     1
Section 1.02   Other Definitions     46
Section 1.03   Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act     47
Section 1.04   Rules of Construction     48
Section 1.05   Acts of Holders     48

 

ARTICLE 2

 

THE NOTES     49
           
Section 2.01 Form and Dating; Terms     49
Section 2.02   Execution and Authentication     51
Section 2.03   Registrar and Paying Agent     51
Section 2.04   Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust     52
Section 2.05   Holder Lists     52
Section 2.06   Transfer and Exchange     52
Section 2.07   Replacement Notes     62
Section 2.08   Outstanding Notes     62
Section 2.09   Treasury Notes     63
Section 2.10   Temporary Notes     63
Section 2.11   Cancellation     63
Section 2.12   Defaulted Interest     64
Section 2.13   CUSIP Numbers     64
Section 2.14   Global Notes     64

 

ARTICLE 3

 

REDEMPTION     64
           
Section 3.01   Notices to Trustee     64
Section 3.02   Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased     65
Section 3.03   Notice of Redemption     65
Section 3.04   Effect of Notice of Redemption     66
Section 3.05   Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price     66
Section 3.06   Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part     67
Section 3.07   Optional Redemption     67
Section 3.08   Mandatory Redemption     68
Section 3.09   Offers to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds     68

 

     

 

 

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ARTICLE 4

 

COVENANTS     70
           
Section 4.01   Payment of Notes     70
Section 4.02   Maintenance of Office or Agency     71
Section 4.03   Reports and Other Information     71
Section 4.04   Compliance Certificate     73
Section 4.05   Taxes     74
Section 4.06   Stay, Extension and Usury Laws     74
Section 4.07   Limitation on Restricted Payments     74
Section 4.08   Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries     84
Section 4.09   Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock     86
Section 4.10   Asset Sales     93
Section 4.11   Transactions with Affiliates     97
Section 4.12   Liens     100
Section 4.13   Corporate Existence     100
Section 4.14   Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control     100
Section 4.15   Additional Guarantees     102
Section 4.16   Discharge and Suspension of Covenants     103

 

ARTICLE 5

 

SUCCESSORS     104
           
Section 5.01   Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets     104
Section 5.02   Successor Corporation Substituted     107

 

ARTICLE 6

 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES     107
           
Section 6.01   Events of Default     107
Section 6.02   Acceleration     109
Section 6.03   Other Remedies     109
Section 6.04   Waiver of Past Defaults     110
Section 6.05   Control by Majority     110
Section 6.06   Limitation on Suits     110
Section 6.07   Contractual Rights of Holders to Bring Suit for Enforcement of Payment     111
Section 6.08   Collection Suit by Trustee     111
Section 6.09   Restoration of Rights and Remedies     111
Section 6.10   Rights and Remedies Cumulative     111
Section 6.11   Delay or Omission Not Waiver     111
Section 6.12   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim     111
Section 6.13   Priorities     112
Section 6.14   Undertaking for Costs     112

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLE 7

 

TRUSTEE     113
           
Section 7.01   Duties of Trustee     113
Section 7.02   Rights of Trustee     114
Section 7.03   Individual Rights of Trustee     115
Section 7.04   Trustee’s Disclaimer     115
Section 7.05   Notice of Defaults     115
Section 7.06   Reports by Trustee to Holders     115
Section 7.07   Compensation and Indemnity     116
Section 7.08   Replacement of Trustee     117
Section 7.09   Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.     117
Section 7.10   Eligibility; Disqualification     117
Section 7.11   Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company     118

 

ARTICLE 8

 

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE     118
           
Section 8.01   Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance     118
Section 8.02   Legal Defeasance and Discharge     118
Section 8.03   Covenant Defeasance     119
Section 8.04   Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance     119
Section 8.05   Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions     120
Section 8.06   Repayment to Company     121
Section 8.07   Reinstatement     121

 

ARTICLE 9

 

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER     121
           
Section 9.01   Without Consent of Holders     121
Section 9.02   With Consent of Holders     123
Section 9.03   [Reserved]     124
Section 9.04   Revocation and Effect of Consents     124
Section 9.05   Notation on or Exchange of Notes     124
Section 9.06   Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.     125

 

     

 

 

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ARTICLE 10

 

GUARANTEES     125
           
Section 10.01   Guarantee     125
Section 10.02   Limitation on Guarantor Liability     126
Section 10.03   Execution and Delivery     127
Section 10.04   Subrogation     127
Section 10.05   Benefits Acknowledged     127
Section 10.06   Release of Guarantees     128

 

ARTICLE 11

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE     129
           
Section 11.01   Satisfaction and Discharge     129
Section 11.02   Application of Trust Money     130

 

ARTICLE 12

 

MISCELLANEOUS     130
           
Section 12.01   Notices     130
Section 12.02   Communication by Holders with Other Holders     131
Section 12.03   Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent     131
Section 12.04   Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion     132
Section 12.05   Rules by Trustee and Agents     132
Section 12.06   No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators, Members, Partners and Stockholders     132
Section 12.07   Governing Law     133
Section 12.08   Waiver of Jury Trial     133
Section 12.09   Force Majeure     133
Section 12.10   No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements     133
Section 12.11   Successors     133
Section 12.12   Severability     133
Section 12.13   Counterpart Originals     133
Section 12.14   Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.     134
Section 12.15   U.S.A. Patriot Act     134

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A   Form of Note        
Exhibit B   Form of Certificate of Transfer        
Exhibit C   Form of Certificate of Exchange        
Exhibit D   Form of Supplemental Indenture to Be Delivered in Connection with the Notes Assumption        
Exhibit E   Form of Supplemental Indenture to Be Delivered by Subsequent Guarantors        

 

     

 

 

INDENTURE, dated as of June 7, 2016, between Polaris Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as Trustee.

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, the Company (as defined herein) has duly authorized the creation of an issue of $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.125% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Initial Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, (1) Merger Sub shall be merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1 (“Acquisition Corp”), with Acquisition Corp surviving such merger, (2) MPH Intermediate Acquisition Corp. will merge with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 2, with MPH Acquisition Corp 2 surviving such merger and (3) MPH Acquisition Corp 2 will merge with and into Acquisition Corp, with Acquisition Corp surviving such merger (collectively, the “Merger”);

 

WHEREAS, immediately upon consummation of the Merger, Acquisition Corp, MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MPH Acquisition”), each Domestic Subsidiary of MPH Acquisition that guarantees the Senior Credit Agreement (each an “Initial Guarantor”) and the Trustee shall enter into a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit D pursuant to which (i) MPH Acquisition will become a party to this Indenture and expressly assume Acquisition Corp’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture, MPH Acquisition will be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, Acquisition Corp under this Indenture and Acquisition Corp will be released from all obligations hereunder and (ii) the obligations of MPH Acquisition with respect to the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes and the performance and observation of each covenant and agreement under this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed will become unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Initial Guarantors (collectively, the “Notes Assumption”); and

 

WHEREAS, Merger Sub has, and, upon consummation of the Merger and the Notes Assumption, the Company and the Initial Guarantors will have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders.

 

ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.01 Definitions.

 

144A Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

 

Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person,

 

(1)            Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging, consolidating or amalgamating with or into or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and

 

 

 

 

(2)            Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

 

Additional Notes” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 4.09, as part of the same series as the Notes.

 

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 purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

 

Agent” means any Registrar or Paying Agent.

 

Applicable Calculation Date” means the applicable date of calculation for (1) the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio, (2) the Consolidated Total Debt Ratio, (3) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, (4) Consolidated EBITDA, (5) any Restricted Payment, (6) any Permitted Investment, (7) the incurrence of any Indebtedness, (8) any Asset Sale or (9) any Default or Event of Default. When calculating the availability under any basket or ratio under this Indenture, in each case in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, the date of determination of such basket or ratio and of any Default or Event of Default shall, at the option of the Company, be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into and such baskets or ratios shall be calculated with such pro forma adjustments as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio after giving effect to such Limited Condition Acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they occurred at the beginning of the applicable period for purposes of determining the ability to consummate any such Limited Condition Acquisition, and, for the avoidance of doubt, (a) if any of such baskets or ratios are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in such basket or ratio (including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA of the Company or the target company) subsequent to such date of determination and at or prior to the consummation of the relevant Limited Condition Acquisition, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations solely for purposes of determining whether the Limited Condition Acquisition is permitted hereunder and (b) such baskets or ratios shall not be tested at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition or related transactions; provided that if the Company elects to have such determinations occur at the time of entry into such definitive agreement, any such transactions (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) shall be deemed to have occurred on the date the definitive agreements are entered and outstanding thereafter for purposes of calculating any baskets or ratios under this Indenture after the date of such agreement and before the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition unless and until such Limited Condition Acquisition has been abandoned, as determined by the Company, prior to the consummation thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company has exercised its option under the second sentence of this definition and any Default or Event of Default occurs following the date on which the definitive acquisition agreements for the applicable Limited Condition Acquisition were entered into and prior to or on the date of the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to not have occurred or be continuing for purposes of determining whether any action being taken in connection with such Limited Condition Acquisition is permitted under this Indenture.

 

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Applicable Measurement Period” means the most recently completed four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ending on or immediately preceding the Applicable Calculation Date for which internal financial statements are available; provided that prior to the first date financial statements have been furnished pursuant to Section 4.03, the Applicable Measurement Period in effect will be the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ended March 31, 2016.

 

Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any Redemption Date, the greater of:

 

(1)            1.0% of the principal amount of such Note; and

 

(2)            the excess, if any, of (a)(i) the sum of the present value at such Redemption Date of (A) the redemption price of such Note at June 1, 2019 (such redemption price being set forth in Section 3.07(b)), plus (B) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on such Note through June 1, 2019, discounted to such Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points, minus (ii) accrued but unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, over (b) the principal amount of such Note.

 

Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and/or Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.

 

Asset Sale” means:

 

(1)            the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction) of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”); or

 

(2)            the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 4.09), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions;

 

in each case, other than:

 

(a)            any disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete, damaged, unnecessary, unsuitable or used, surplus or worn out property, equipment, rights or other assets in the ordinary course of business, or any disposition of inventory or goods (or other property or assets) held for sale or no longer used or useful in the ordinary course of business;

 

(b)            the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture;

 

(c)            any disposition, issuance or sale in connection with the making of any Restricted Payment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.07;

 

(d)            any disposition of property or assets, or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, in any transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate fair market value at the time of such disposition, issuance or sale of less than the greater of (i) $30,000,000 and (ii) 4.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Applicable Measurement Period;

 

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(e)            any disposition of property or assets, or issuance of securities by a Restricted Subsidiary, to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(f)            to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code or any comparable or successor provision, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;

 

(g)            the lease, assignment, sub-lease, license or sub-license of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

 

(h)            any issuance, sale or pledge of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(i)            foreclosures, condemnation, expropriation, forced disposition, eminent domain or any similar action with respect to assets or the granting of Liens not prohibited by this Indenture (including any Permitted Lien);

 

(j)            sales or transfers of accounts receivable, or participations therein and related assets, in connection with any Receivables Facility;

 

(k)            any financing transaction with respect to property owned, built or acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Effective Date, including Sale and Lease-Back Transactions (other than Permitted Sale and Lease-Back Transactions) and asset securitizations permitted by this Indenture;

 

(l)            any surrender, termination or waiver of any contract rights or surrender, waiver, settlement, modification, compromise or release of any contract rights, litigation claims or any other claims of any kind (including in tort) in the ordinary course of business;

 

(m)            the sale, lease, assignment, license, sublease, sublicense or discount, forgiveness or write off of inventory, equipment, accounts receivable, notes receivable or other current assets in the ordinary course of business or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable; or other dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;

 

(n)            the licensing or sub-licensing of intellectual property or other general intangibles in the ordinary course of business or that is immaterial;

 

(o)            the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations;

 

(p)            sales, transfers and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

 

(q)            any abandonment, cancellation or ceasing to maintain or ceasing to enforce, intellectual property rights that are no longer used, useful or necessary for or are no longer economical, not in the best interest of or material for the operation of the Company’s and the Restricted Subsidiaries’ businesses (including by allowing any registrations or any applications for registration thereof to lapse), in each case in the ordinary course of business or in the reasonable business judgment of the Company;

 

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(r)            the issuance of directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals or other third parties as required by applicable law;

 

(s)            the disposition of any assets (including Equity Interests) (i) acquired in a transaction permitted under this Indenture, which assets are not used or useful in the core or principal business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, or (ii) made in connection with the approval of any applicable antitrust authority or otherwise necessary or advisable in the good faith determination of the Company to consummate any acquisition permitted under this Indenture; and

 

(t)            dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) an amount equal to the Net Proceeds of such disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property.

 

In the event that a transaction (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of a permitted Asset Sale and would also be a permitted Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment, the Company, in its sole discretion, will be entitled to divide and classify such transaction (or a portion thereof) as an Asset Sale and/or one or more of the types of permitted Restricted Payments or Permitted Investments.

 

Bank Lender” means any lender or holder or agent or arranger of Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Agreement.

 

Bank Products” means any facilities or services related to cash management, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, automated clearing house fund transfer services, purchase card, electronic funds transfer (including non-card e-payables services) and other cash management arrangements and commercial credit card and merchant card services.

 

Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.

 

Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.

 

Board” with respect to a Person means the board of directors (or similar body) of such Person or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board of directors (or similar body).

 

Business Day” means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.

 

Capital Stock” means:

 

(1)            in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

 

(2)            in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited);

 

(3)            in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; and

 

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(4)            any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person;

 

but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.

 

Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Cash Equivalents” means:

 

(1)            U.S. dollars;

 

(2)            (a)  Canadian dollars, euro, pounds sterling or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU; or

 

(b)            other currencies held by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

 

(3)            securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

(4)            certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition, demand deposits, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination);

 

(5)            repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (3) and (4) above and clause (11) below entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;

 

(6)            commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes rated investment grade by Moody’s or S&P (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of acquisition thereof, or investment grade commercial paper and investment grade variable or fixed rate notes issued or guaranteed by any lender or bank holding company owning any lender under the Senior Credit Agreement;

 

(7)            marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);

 

(8)            Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P or Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

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(9)            Investments with average maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);

 

(10)            readily marketable direct obligations issued by any foreign government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, in each case having an investment grade rating from either Moody’s or S&P (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

(11)            securities issued by any state, commonwealth, province or territory of the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth, province or territory or any public instrumentality thereof or any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or any public instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having an investment grade rating from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);

 

(12)            in the case of Investments by any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary or Investments made in a country outside the United States of America, Investments for short-term cash management purposes of comparable tenor and credit quality to those described in the foregoing clauses (1) through (11) customarily utilized in countries in which such Foreign Subsidiary operates, denominated in U.S. dollars or another currency customarily utilized in such countries; and

 

(13)            investment funds investing 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (12) above.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above, provided that such amounts are converted into any currency or securities listed in clauses (1) through (3) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

 

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any one or more of the following events after the Effective Date (and excluding, for avoidance of doubt, the Transactions):

 

(1)            the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than the Permitted Holders or any Guarantor; or

 

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(2)            the Company becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by (a) any Person (other than any one or more Permitted Holders) or (b) Persons (other than any one or more Permitted Holders) that are together a group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of Equity Interests of the Company (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company, unless the Permitted Holders otherwise have the right (pursuant to contract, proxy or otherwise), directly or indirectly, to designate, nominate or appoint directors (or similar position) having a majority of the aggregate votes on the Board of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding the preceding or any provision of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, (i) a Person or group shall not be deemed to beneficially own securities subject to an equity or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement, (ii) if any group includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of the Company beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any Permitted Holders that are part of such group shall not be treated as being beneficially owned by any other member of such group for purposes of determining whether a Change of Control has occurred and (iii) a Person or group will not be deemed to beneficially own the Voting Stock of another Person as a result of its ownership of Voting Stock or other securities of such other Person’s Parent Entity (or related contractual rights) unless it owns 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such Parent Entity. For purposes of this definition and any related definition to the extent used for purposes of this definition, at any time when 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company is directly or indirectly owned by a Parent Entity, all references to the Company shall be deemed to refer to its ultimate Parent Entity (but excluding any Investor) that directly or indirectly owns such Voting Stock.

 

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme.

 

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor thereto.

 

Company” means (1) prior to the consummation of the Merger and the Notes Assumption, Merger Sub, and (2) from and after the consummation of the Merger and the Notes Assumption, MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in each case together with its permitted successors and assignees.

 

Company Order” means a written request or order signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer of the Company, who must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, capitalized expenditures, including Capitalized Software Expenditures, intangible assets established through recapitalization or purchase accounting, and the accretion or amortization of original issue discount resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness at less than par, of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period,

 

(1) increased (without duplication) by:

 

(a) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, federal, foreign, state, local, franchise, unitary, property, excise, value added and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including taxes in respect of repatriated funds and any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations); plus

 

(b) Fixed Charges and, to the extent not reflected in Fixed Charges, bank and letter of credit fees, debt rating monitoring fees and net losses on Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, together with items excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” pursuant to clauses (i) through (xi) thereof, to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(d) the amount of any restructuring charge, accrual or reserve or non-recurring (on a per-transaction basis) integration costs and related costs and charges, including proposed or actual hiring and on-boarding of any senior level executives and any one-time (on a per-transaction basis) costs or charges incurred in connection with acquisitions and similar Investments and costs, charges and expenses, including put arrangements and headcount reductions or other similar actions including severance charges in respect of employee termination or relocation costs, excess pension charges, severance and lease termination expenses related to the closure, discontinuance and/or consolidation of locations and/or facilities, deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(e) any other non-cash charges, including (i) all non-cash compensation expenses and costs, (ii) the non-cash impact of recapitalization or purchase accounting, (iii) the non-cash impact of accounting changes or restatements, (iv) any non-cash portion of operating lease expense and (v) other non-cash charges, in each case, reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period (provided that to the extent that any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent; and provided, further, that amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period shall be excluded); plus

 

(f) the amount of Consolidated Net Income for such period attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, excluding cash distributions in respect thereof to the extent already included in Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

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(g) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees, termination payments, indemnities and related expenses paid or accrued in such period to (or on behalf of) the Investors (including amortization thereof) to the extent otherwise permitted under Section 4.11 or to (or on behalf of) affiliates of the Company (including affiliates immediately prior to the Merger) on or prior to the Effective Date (and following the Effective Date, with respect to indemnification or other amounts owed in respect of arrangements in effect prior to the Effective Date) and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(h)(i) pro forma adjustments, including pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and other synergies related to the Transactions projected by the Company in good faith to result from actions that have been taken, actions with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or actions that are expected to be taken (in each case, in the good faith determination of the Company) in any such case within 12 fiscal quarters after the Effective Date and, without duplication, and (ii) pro forma adjustments, including pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions, and other synergies related to mergers, business combinations, acquisitions, Investments, dispositions and other similar transactions, or related to restructuring initiatives, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives and projected by the Company in good faith to result from actions that have been taken, actions with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or actions that are expected to be taken (in each case, in the good faith determination of the Company), in any such case, within eight fiscal quarters after the date of consummation of such merger, business combination, acquisition, Investments, disposition or other similar transaction or the initiation of such restructuring initiative, cost savings initiative or other initiatives; provided that, for the purpose of this clause (h), (A) any such adjustments shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA until fully realized and shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though such adjustments had been realized on the first day of the relevant four-quarter period, and shall be calculated net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions, (B) any such adjustments shall be reasonably identifiable, (C) no such adjustments shall be added pursuant to this clause (h) to the extent duplicative of any items related to adjustments included in the definition of Consolidated Net Income, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio or Consolidated Total Debt Ratio or clause (d) above, and (D) “run rate” shall mean the full recurring benefit that is associated with any such action; plus

 

(i) Receivables Fees and the amount of loss on sale of receivables and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Receivables Facility, to the extent deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(j) (i) any costs or expense incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or share option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, any severance agreement or any equity subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, funded with cash contributed to the capital of the Company or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interest of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 4.07(a)(3) and (ii) any charges, costs, expenses accruals or reserves in connection with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock held by directors, officers, managers and/or employees of any Parent Entity of the Company, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

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(k) [Reserved]

 

(l) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not otherwise included in Consolidated EBITDA in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such receipts were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (2) below for any previous period and not added back; plus

 

(m) any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of FASB Accounting Standards Codification No. 715, any non-cash deemed finance charges in respect of any pension liabilities, the curtailment or modification of pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including settlement of pension liabilities), and any other items of a similar nature; plus

 

(n) in respect of any Hedging Obligations that are terminated (or early extinguished) prior to the stated settlement date, any loss (or gain, as applicable) reflected in Consolidated Net Income in or following the quarter in which such termination or early extinguishment occurs; plus

 

(o) costs, expenses, charges, accruals, reserves (including restructuring costs related to acquisitions prior to, on or after the Effective Date) or expenses attributable to the undertaking and/or the implementation of cost savings initiatives, operating expense reductions and other restructuring and integration and transition costs, costs associated with inventory category and distribution optimization programs, pre-opening, opening and other business optimization expenses (including software development costs), future lease commitments, consolidation, discontinuance and closing costs and expenses for locations and/or facilities, signing, retention and completion bonuses, costs related to entry and expansion into new markets (including consulting fees) and to modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, system design, establishment and implementation costs and project start-up costs, in each case, deducted in computing consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(p) changes in earn-out obligations incurred in connection with any acquisition or other Investments permitted under this Indenture and paid during the applicable period and any similar acquisitions completed prior to the Effective Date, in each case, deducted in computing consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(q) costs related to the implementation of operational and reporting systems and technology initiatives; and

 

(2) decreased by (without duplication) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash items that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period.

 

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Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person, including, (a) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, (b) the cash interest component of Financing Lease Obligations, and (c) net payments, if any, made (less net payments, if any, received) pursuant to obligations under Hedging Agreements for Indebtedness, but in any event excluding:

 

(i) the accretion or amortization of original issue discount resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness at less than par,

 

(ii) amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses,

 

(iii) any expenses resulting from discounting of Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or purchase accounting,

 

(iv) penalties or interest related to taxes and any other amounts of non-cash interest resulting from the effects of the acquisition method of accounting or pushdown accounting,

 

(v) any accretion or accrual of, or accrued interest on, discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness during such period,

 

(vi) non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under Hedging Agreements or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification No. 815—Derivatives and Hedging,

 

(vii) any one time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of Hedging Agreements for interest rates,

 

(viii) any interest in respect of items excluded from Indebtedness in the last proviso to the definition thereof,

 

(ix) all additional interest or liquidated damages then owing pursuant to any registration rights agreement and any comparable “additional interest” or liquidated damages with respect to other securities designed to compensate the holders thereof for a failure to publicly register such securities,

 

(x) expensing of bridge, arrangement, structuring, commitment or other financing fees or closing payments,

 

(xi) any prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or similar premium, penalty or inducement or other loss in connection with the early repayment or refinancing or the modification of Indebtedness paid or payable during such period,

 

(xii) any lease, rental or other expense in connection with a Non-Financing Lease Obligation,

 

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(xiii) Receivables Fees, commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Receivables Facility,

 

(xiv) any capitalized interest, whether paid in cash or otherwise, and

 

(xv) any other non-cash interest expense, including capitalized interest, whether paid or accrued; less

 

(2) interest income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.

 

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Financing Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Financing Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income, attributable to such Person for such period, on a consolidated basis, and on an after-tax basis to the extent appropriate, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, without duplication:

 

(1) any extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains, losses or expenses, costs associated with preparations for and implementation of compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other Public Company Costs, earn-out payments or other consideration paid or payable in connection with an acquisition to the extent recorded as cash compensation expense, severance costs, relocation costs, integration costs, pre-opening, opening, consolidation, discontinuation and closing costs for locations and/or facilities, signing, retention and completion bonuses, transition costs, restructuring costs and litigation settlements or losses and costs and related costs and expenses shall be excluded,

 

(2) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period,

 

(3) any net gains or losses realized on disposed, discontinued or abandoned operations (which shall not, unless the Company otherwise elects, include assets then held for sale) or on the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person shall be excluded,

 

(4) any net gains or losses realized attributable to asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Company, and dispositions of books of business, client lists or related goodwill in connection with the departure of related employees or producers, shall be excluded,

 

(5) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents (or, if not paid in cash or Cash Equivalents, but later converted into cash or Cash Equivalents, upon such conversion) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,

 

(6) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a)(3)(a), the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, is otherwise restricted by the operation of the terms of its charter or any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its equityholders (other than (i) restrictions that have been waived or otherwise released, (ii) restrictions pursuant to this Indenture or the Senior Credit Agreement and (iii) restrictions arising pursuant to an agreement or instrument if the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Holders than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in this Indenture or the Senior Credit Agreement (as determined by the Company in good faith)); provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Company will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) or Cash Equivalents to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein,

 

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(7) any income (loss) (less all fees and expenses or charges related thereto) from the purchase, acquisition, early extinguishment, conversion or cancellation of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid) shall be excluded,

 

(8) any impairment charge, asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to intangible assets (including goodwill), long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities, the amortization of intangibles, and the effects of adjustments to accruals and reserves during a prior period relating to any change in the methodology of calculating reserves for returns, rebates and other chargebacks (including government program rebates), shall be excluded,

 

(9) any (i) non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of equity appreciation or similar rights, profits interests, equity options, restricted equity or other rights or equity incentive programs and any non-cash charges associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock or options with respect thereto by, or to, future, current or former officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle, (ii) income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts, and (iii) any expense in respect of payments made to option holders or holders of profits interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to equityholders of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders or holders of profits interests as though they were equityholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution (to the extent such distribution to equityholders is excluded from Consolidated Net Income), shall be excluded,

 

(10) any fees and expenses (including any commissions or discounts) incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Asset Sale, Change of Control, issuance, incurrence, redemption, defeasance, repurchase, acquisition, defeasement, extinguishment, retirement or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment, supplement or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Effective Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed and/or not successful) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded,

 

(11) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted as a result of the Transactions, or any acquisition, Investment or Change of Control in accordance with GAAP or changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period, whether effected through a cumulative effect adjustment, restatement or a retroactive application in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded,

 

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(12) the effects from applying purchase accounting, including applying recapitalization or purchase accounting to inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill and other intangible assets, in-process research and development, post-employment benefits, leases, deferred revenue and debt-like items required or permitted by GAAP (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries), as a result of the Transactions or any other consummated acquisitions, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, shall be excluded,

 

(13) any foreign exchange gains or losses resulting from the impact of foreign currency changes on the valuation of assets and liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company shall be excluded,

 

(14) any non-cash interest expense and non-cash interest income, in each case to the extent there is no associated cash disbursement or receipt, as the case may be, before the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes and the date on which all the Notes cease to be outstanding, shall be excluded,

 

(15) the amount of any cash tax benefits related to the tax amortization of intangible assets in such period shall be included,

 

(16) Transaction Expenses (including any charges associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Equity Interests by management of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent Entities in connection with the Transactions) shall be excluded,

 

(17) income or expense related to changes in the fair value of contingent liabilities in connection with the Transactions or any acquisition of a business or Person or other Investment shall be excluded,

 

(18) proceeds received from business interruption insurance (to the extent not reflected as revenue or income in Net Income and to the extent that the related loss was deducted in the determination of Net Income), shall be included,

 

(19) charges, losses, lost profits, expenses or write-offs to the extent indemnified, reimbursed or insured by a third party, including expenses covered by indemnification or reimbursement provisions in connection with the Transactions, an Investment or any other acquisition, in each case, to the extent that indemnification, reimbursement or insurance coverage has not been denied, the Company in good faith believes that such amounts are recoverable from such indemnitors, reimbursers or insurers, and so long as such amounts are actually reimbursed to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash within one year after the related amount is first added to Consolidated Net Income pursuant to this clause (19) (and if not so reimbursed within one year, such amount shall be deducted from Consolidated Net Income during the next measurement period), shall be excluded; provided that such amounts shall only be included in Consolidated Net Income under Section 4.07(a)(3)(a) after such amounts are actually reimbursed in cash,

 

(20) any non-cash expenses, accruals, reserves or income related to adjustments to historical tax exposures shall be excluded; provided that if any such non-cash items represent an accrual or reserve for cash payments in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated Net Income in such future period, but only to the extent of such non-cash expense, accrual or reserve excluded pursuant to this clause (20) shall be excluded,

 

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(21) any non-cash gain or loss attributable to the mark-to-market movement in the valuation of Hedging Obligations (to the extent the cash impact resulting from such gain or loss has not been realized) or other derivative instruments pursuant to FASB Accounting Standards Codification No. 815—Derivatives and Hedging, shall be excluded,

 

(22) any gain or loss relating to Hedging Obligations associated with transactions realized in the current period that has been reflected in Net Income in prior periods and excluded from or included in, as applicable, Consolidated Net Income pursuant to the preceding clause (21) shall be included, and

 

(23) any expense to the extent a corresponding amount is received in cash by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries from a Person other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries, provided such payment has not been included in determining Consolidated Net Income (it being understood that if the amounts received in cash under any such agreement in any period exceed the amount of expense in respect of such period, such excess amounts received may be carried forward and applied against expense in future periods), shall be excluded.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.07 only (other than clause (3)(d) of Section 4.07(a)), there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments from the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances which constitute Restricted Investments by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, any sale of the equity of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary or the sale or transfer of assets from an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under clause (3)(d) of Section 4.07(a).

 

Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by Liens on any assets or property of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, as of the Applicable Calculation Date to (2) the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the Applicable Measurement Period, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Indebtedness (including as to the incurrence, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness), Cash Equivalents and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (other than as set forth in the first proviso to the first paragraph of such definition); provided that, for purposes of the calculation of Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio, in connection with (x) the incurrence of any Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(1) or (y) the Incurrence of any Lien pursuant to clause (45) of the definition of “Permitted Liens,” the Company may elect, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, to treat all or any portion of the commitment (such amount elected until revoked as described below, the “Elected Amount”) under any Indebtedness which is to be incurred or secured by such Lien, as the case may be, as being incurred as of the Applicable Calculation Date and (i) any subsequent incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment (so long as the total amount under such Indebtedness does not exceed the Elected Amount) shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an incurrence of additional Indebtedness or an additional Lien at such subsequent time, (ii) the Company may revoke an election of an Elected Amount pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee and (iii) for purposes of all subsequent calculations of the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio, the Elected Amount (if any) shall be deemed to be outstanding, whether or not such amount is actually outstanding.

 

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Consolidated Total Debt Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Applicable Calculation Date to (2) the Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the Applicable Measurement Period, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Indebtedness (including as to the incurrence, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness), Cash Equivalents and Consolidated EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (other than as set forth in the first proviso to the first paragraph of such definition).

 

Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as at any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (1) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, unreimbursed drawings under letters of credit, Obligations in respect of Financing Lease Obligations and third-party debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes and similar instruments (and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (a) all undrawn amounts under revolving credit facilities, (b) Hedging Obligations, (c) performance bonds or any similar instruments and (d) Non-Financing Lease Obligations) minus (2) all unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

Contingent Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:

 

(1)         to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor;

 

(2)         to advance or supply funds:

 

(a)            for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation; or

 

(b)            to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor; or

 

(3)         to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.

 

Controlled Investment Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person, other than any Investor, which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person and is organized by such Person (or any Person controlling such Person) primarily for making direct or indirect equity or debt investments in the Company and/or other Persons.

 

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.01 or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Holders and the Company.

 

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Credit Facilities” means, with respect to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, one or more debt facilities, including the Senior Credit Agreement, or other financing arrangements (including, without limitation, commercial paper facilities or indentures) providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit or other indebtedness, including any notes, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that exchange, replace, refund, refinance, extend, renew, restate, amend, supplement or modify any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such exchanged, replacement, refunding, refinancing, extended, renewed, restated, amended, supplemented or modified facility or indenture that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed or issued thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings or issuance is permitted under Section 4.09) or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, trustee, lender or group of lenders or other holders.

 

Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

 

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.

 

Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06(c), substantially in the form of Exhibit A except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

 

Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as Depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

 

Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the fair market value of consideration that is not deemed to be Cash Equivalents and that is received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale, redemption or repurchase of, or collection or payment on, such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

 

Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company (in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee equity ownership plan or trust established by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 4.07(a)(3).

 

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Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event or condition, (1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Capital Stock of such Person that would not otherwise constitute Disqualified Stock) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, other than solely as a result of a change of control, asset sale, casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event, or (2) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Capital Stock of such Person that would not otherwise constitute Disqualified Stock) other than solely as a result of a change of control, asset sale, casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event, in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or its respective Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or its respective Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations; provided, further, that any Capital Stock held by any future, current or former officer, director, employee or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity of the Company or any other entity in which the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary has an Investment and is designated in good faith as an “affiliate” by the Board shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to any equityholders’ agreement, management equity plan, equity option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

 

Domestic Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

EMU” means economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.

 

Effective Date” means June 7, 2016.

 

Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.

 

Equity Offering” means any public or private sale or issuance of common equity or Preferred Stock of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than:

 

(1)        public offerings with respect to the Company’s or such Parent Entity’s common equity registered on Form S-8;

 

(2)        issuances to any Subsidiary of the Company; and

 

(3)        any such public or private sale or issuance that constitutes an Excluded Contribution.

 

Equityholding Vehicle” means any Parent Entity of the Company and any equityholder thereof through which former, current officers or future officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent Entities hold Capital Stock of such Parent Entity.

 

euro” means the single currency of participating member states of the EMU.

 

Euroclear” means Euroclear S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.

 

Event of Default” has the meaning set forth under Section 6.01.

 

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

 

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Excluded Contribution” means net cash proceeds, and the fair market value of marketable securities or Qualified Proceeds, received by the Company from:

 

(1)        contributions to its common equity capital, and

 

(2)        the sale or issuance (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company or to any management equity plan or equity option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Company) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Company,

 

in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate of the Company within 10 Business Days of the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold or issued, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 4.07(a)(3).

 

Excluded Subsidiary” means (1) any Domestic Subsidiary that is (a) a FSHCO or (b) a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary that is a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code, (2) any Subsidiary to the extent that its Guarantee of the Notes would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Company or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Company and (3) any Special Purpose Subsidiary.

 

fair market value” means with respect to any Investment, asset, property or liability, the fair market value of such Investment, asset, property or liability as determined by the Company in good faith.

 

Financing Lease Obligation” means an obligation that is required to be accounted for as a financing or capital lease (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not a straight-line or operating lease) on both the balance sheet and income statement for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. At the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a financing or capital lease would be the amount required to be reflected as a liability on such balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP.

 

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any Applicable Calculation Period, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for such Applicable Calculation Period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such Applicable Calculation Period. In the event that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs, assumes, guarantees, redeems, repays, retires or extinguishes any Indebtedness or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of such Applicable Calculation Period but on or prior to the relevant Applicable Calculation Date, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption, repayment, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (in each case, including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the same had occurred at the beginning of such Applicable Calculation Period; provided, however, that the pro forma calculation shall not give effect to any Indebtedness incurred on such determination date pursuant to the provisions in Section 4.09(b) (other than pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(14)(b)); provided, further, that for purposes of the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, in connection with the Incurrence of any Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(a), the Company may elect, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, which may be revoked pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness which is to be incurred, as being incurred as of such Applicable Calculation Date and any subsequent incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment that was so treated shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an incurrence of additional Indebtedness; provided that for purposes of all subsequent calculations of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, the Elected Amount (as defined herein) (if any) shall be deemed to be outstanding, whether or not such amount is actually outstanding.

 

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For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers (including the Transactions), consolidations, amalgamation and disposed operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) and operational changes that have been made by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries during the Applicable Measurement Period or subsequent to such Applicable Measurement Period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Applicable Calculation Date (each, for purposes of this definition, a “pro forma event”) shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such pro forma events (and the change in any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in Consolidated EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the Applicable Measurement Period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning of such Applicable Measurement Period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, disposed operation or operational change that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such Applicable Measurement Period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, disposed operation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the Applicable Measurement Period; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any classification under GAAP of any Person or business in respect of which a definitive agreement for the disposition has been entered into as discontinued operations, the Consolidated EBITDA of such Person or business shall not be excluded pursuant to this paragraph until such disposition shall have been consummated.

 

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a pro forma event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Applicable Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness). To the extent interest expense generated by Hedging Obligations that have been terminated prior to the Applicable Calculation Date is included in Consolidated Interest Expense, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be adjusted to exclude such expense. Interest on a Financing Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Financing Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period or, if lower, the maximum commitments under such revolving credit facility as of the Applicable Calculation Date except as set forth in the first paragraph of this definition. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Company may designate. Any such pro forma calculation may include, without limitation, (1) all adjustments of the type described in clause (1)(h) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period, and (2) adjustments calculated in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

 

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Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum (without duplication) of:

 

(1)         Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period;

 

(2)         all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock during such period; and

 

(3)         all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock during such period.

 

Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not a Domestic Subsidiary and any Restricted Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary.

 

FSHCO” means any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary that has no material assets other than Capital Stock of one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries that are “controlled foreign corporations” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

 

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the Effective Date. At any time after the Effective Date, the Company may elect to apply IFRS accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and GAAP concepts and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS and corresponding IFRS concepts (except as otherwise provided in this Indenture); provided that any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable; provided, further, that any calculation or determination in this Indenture that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Company’s election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP. The Company shall give notice of any such election made in accordance with this definition to the Trustee. For the avoidance of doubt, solely making an election (without any other action) referred to in this definition will not be treated as an incurrence of Indebtedness.

 

Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(ii), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

 

Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b) or 2.06(d).

 

Government Securities” means securities that are:

 

(1)         direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or

 

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(2)         obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,

 

which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depository receipt.

 

guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness.

 

Guarantee” means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Company’s Obligations under this Indenture and the Notes.

 

Guarantor” means each Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that executes a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit D on the Effective Date in connection with the Notes Assumption providing for the guarantee of payment of the Notes and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that thereafter guarantees the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

 

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any Hedging Agreements.

 

Hedging Agreement” means (1) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (2) 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.

 

holder” means, with reference to any Indebtedness or other Obligations, any holder or lender of, or trustee or collateral agent or other authorized representative with respect to, such Indebtedness or Obligations, and, in the case of Hedging Obligations, any counterparty to such Hedging Obligations.

 

Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

 

IFRS” means the international financial reporting standards and interpretations issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

 

Immediate Family Members” means with respect to any individual, such individual’s estate, heirs, legatees, distributees, child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law (including adoptive relationships), any person sharing the individual’s household (other than an unrelated tenant or employee) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.

 

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Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:

 

(1)         any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent:

 

(a)        in respect of borrowed money;

 

(b)        evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);

 

(c)        representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including Financing Lease Obligations), except (i) any such balance that constitutes an obligation in respect of a commercial letter of credit, a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligations until after 30 days of becoming due and payable, has not been paid and such obligation has become a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and (iii) any obligations resulting from take-or-pay contracts entered into the ordinary course of business; or

 

(d)        representing any net Hedging Obligations;

 

if and to the extent that any of the foregoing indebtedness in clauses (a) through (d) (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that Indebtedness of any Parent Entity of the Company appearing on the balance sheet of the Company solely by reason of push-down accounting under GAAP shall be excluded;

 

(2)         to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(3)         to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such first Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such first Person; provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of: (a) the fair market value of such assets at such date of determination, and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person;

 

provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (a) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (b) obligations under a Receivables Facility, (c) Non-Financing Lease Obligations or other obligations under or in respect of straight-line leases, operating leases or Sale and Lease-Back Transactions (except resulting Financing Lease Obligations), (d) prepaid or deferred revenue, (e) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warrants or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (f) amounts owed to dissenting equityholders in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto (including any accrued interest), with respect to the Transactions, (g) trade accounts payable, deferred revenues, liabilities associated with customer prepayments and deposits and other accrued obligations (including transfer pricing), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business, (h) customary obligations under employment agreements and deferred compensation arrangements, (i) non-compete or consulting obligations and (j) Indebtedness of any Parent Entity of the Company appearing on the balance sheet of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary solely by reason of “pushdown” accounting under GAAP.

 

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

 

Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Company, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

 

Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.

 

Initial Notes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

 

Initial Purchasers” means Goldman, Sachs & Co., Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and UBS Securities LLC.

 

Interest Payment Date” means each June 1 and December 1.

 

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

 

Investment Grade Securities” means

 

(1)       securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents),

 

(2)       debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Company and its Subsidiaries,

 

(3)       investments in any fund that invests at least a 95% of its assets in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution, and

 

(4)       corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high-quality investments.

 

Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to customers, commission, travel and similar advances to officers, employees, managers and consultants, in each case made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of the Company in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 4.07:

 

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(1)         “Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to:

 

(a)         the Company’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; less

 

(b)         the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation;

 

(2)         any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Company; and

 

(3)         if the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary issues, sells or otherwise disposes of any Capital Stock of a Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary such that, after giving effect thereto, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, any investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person remaining after giving effect thereto shall not be deemed to be an Investment at such time.

 

The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount received in cash or Cash Equivalents by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment.

 

Investors” means, collectively, Hellman & Friedman LLC, GIC Private Limited, Leonard Green & Partners, LP, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc., Partners Group (USA) Inc. and Cohen Private Ventures, LLC (and each of their respective successors) and each of their respective Affiliates and any funds, partnerships or other co-investment vehicles managed, advised or controlled by the foregoing or their respective Affiliates, but not including, however, any portfolio companies of any of the foregoing.

 

Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banking institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York or in the place of payment.

 

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien (statutory or otherwise), pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest, preference, priority or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

 

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Limited Condition Acquisition” means any acquisition, including by way of merger, consolidation or amalgamation, by the Company or one or more of the Restricted Subsidiaries whose consummation is not conditioned upon the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing; provided that Consolidated Net Income (and any other financial term derived therefrom, other than for purposes of calculating any ratios in connection with the Limited Condition Acquisition), shall not include any Consolidated Net Income of or attributable to the target company or assets associated with any such Limited Condition Acquisition unless and until the closing of such Limited Condition Acquisition shall have actually occurred.

 

Management Investors” means the former, current or future officers, directors, employees and managers (and Controlled Investment Affiliates and Immediate Family Members of the foregoing) of the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent Entity of the Company who are or become direct or indirect investors in the Company, any Parent Entity of the Company or any Equityholding Vehicle, including any such officers, directors, employees and managers owning through an Equityholding Vehicle.

 

Market Capitalization” means an amount equal to (1) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company on the date of the declaration of a Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 4.07(b)(8) multiplied by (2) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such common Equity Interests on the principal securities exchange on which such common Equity Interests are traded for the 30 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of declaration of such Restricted Payment.

 

Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 5, 2016, by and among Polaris Parent Corp., Merger Sub, Acquisition Corp and MPH Topco L.P., as the same may be amended prior to the Effective Date.

 

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

 

Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) attributable to such Person, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of dividends on Preferred Stock (other than dividends on Disqualified Stock).

 

Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds and the fair market value of any Cash Equivalents received by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale, including any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale, net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, payments made in order to obtain a necessary consent or required by applicable law, and brokerage and sales commissions, any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, other fees and expenses, including title and recordation expenses, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof or any transactions occurring or deemed to occur to effectuate a payment under this Indenture (including in connection with any repatriation of funds, and after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on Senior Indebtedness, Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary or Indebtedness secured by a Lien on such assets and, in each case, required (other than required by Section 4.10(b)(1)) to be paid as a result of such transaction, any costs associated with unwinding any related Hedging Obligations in connection with such transactions and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.

 

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Non-Financing Lease Obligations” means a lease obligation that is not required to be accounted for as a financing or capital lease on both the balance sheet and the income statement for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. For avoidance of doubt, a straight line or operating lease shall be considered a Non-Financing Lease Obligation.

 

Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

 

Notes” means the Initial Notes and more particularly means any Note authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term “Notes” shall also include any Additional Notes that may be issued.

 

Notes Documents” means this Indenture, the Notes and the supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit D.

 

Obligations” means any principal, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

 

Offering Circular” means the offering circular, dated May 25, 2016, relating to the sale of the Notes.

 

Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer, the Controller, any Managing Director or the Secretary of (1) such Person or (2) if such Person is owned or managed by a single entity, of such entity, or any other individual designated as an “Officer” for purposes of this Indenture by the Board of the Company or such other Person, as the case may be.

 

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer of the Company or on behalf of any other Person, as the case may be, that meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture.

 

Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee (which opinion may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions). The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.

 

Parent Entity” means any Person that, with respect to another Person, owns 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such other Person.

 

Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

 

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Permitted Asset Swap” means the substantially concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 4.10.

 

Permitted Holders” means each of (1) the Investors, (2) the Management Investors (including any Management Investors owning through an Equityholding Vehicle), (3) any Permitted Parent and, (4) any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) the members of which include any of the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (1), (2), (3) or (4) above (a “Permitted Holder Group”); provided that, in the case of any Permitted Holder Group, no Person or other group (other than the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (1), (2), (3) or (4) above or the last sentence of this definition) own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company held by such Permitted Holder Group. Any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) whose acquisition of beneficial ownership of Voting Stock constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.

 

Permitted Investments” means:

 

(1)         any Investment in the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (including guarantees of obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary);

 

(2)         any Investment in cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;

 

(3)         any Investment by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person that is engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment:

 

(a)      such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or

 

(b)      such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, transfer or conveyance;

 

(4)         any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.10 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

 

(5)         any Investment existing on the Effective Date or made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Effective Date to the extent described in the Offering Circular, or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification, replacement, reinvestment or renewal of any such Investment existing on the Effective Date or binding commitment in effect on the Effective Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased in such extension, modification, replacement, reinvestment or renewal only (a) as required by the terms of such Investment or binding commitment as in existence on the Effective Date (including as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities) or (b) as otherwise permitted under this Indenture;

 

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(6)         any Investment acquired by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries:

 

(a)        in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the Company of such other Investment or accounts receivable;

 

(b)        in satisfaction of judgments against other Persons;

 

(c)        as a result of a foreclosure by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment; or

 

(d)        received in compromise or resolution of (i) obligations of trade creditors, suppliers or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor, supplier or customer, or (ii) litigation, arbitration or other disputes;

 

(7)         Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 4.09(b)(10);

 

(8)         any Investment in a Similar Business having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (8) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (a) $225,000,000 and (b) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Applicable Measurement Period at the time of such Investment (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (8) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (8) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(9)         Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests (exclusive of Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle; provided, however, that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a)(3);

 

(10)       guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09 and Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and the creation of Liens on the assets or properties of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in compliance with Section 4.12;

 

(11)       any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.11(b) (except transactions described in Section 4.11(b)(2), (5), (9), (14)(b) and (22));

 

(12)       Investments consisting of extensions of trade credit, purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material, equipment, intellectual property or other similar assets, or the lease or sublease of any asset, the licensing or sublicensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;

 

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(13)         additional Investments having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (13) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities), not to exceed the greater of (a) $250,000,000 and (b) 40.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Applicable Measurement Period at the time of such Investment (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (13) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (13) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(14)         Investments relating to a Receivables Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the Company are necessary or advisable to effect any Receivables Facility or any repurchase obligation in connection therewith;

 

(15)         loans and advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, former, current or future officers, directors, employees, managers and consultants not in excess of the greater of (a) $20,000,000 and (b) 3.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Applicable Measurement Period outstanding at the time such loan, advance or guarantee is made or incurred;

 

(16)         loans and advances to officers, directors, employees, managers and consultants for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses or payroll advances, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or to fund such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle;

 

(17)         Investments made to acquire, purchase, repurchase, redeem or retire Capital Stock of the Company or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle owned by any employee equity ownership plan or key employee ownership plan of the Company or any such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle;

 

(18)         Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of assets or services in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(19)         repurchases of any Notes;

 

(20)         Investments in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers;

 

(21)         Investments made as part of the Transactions;

 

(22)         Investments of assets related to non-qualified deferred payment plans;

 

(23)         advances, loans, rebates and extensions of credit (including the creation of receivables) to suppliers, customers and vendors, and performance guarantees, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

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(24)         Investments consisting of earnest money deposits required in connection with a purchase agreement or other acquisition;

 

(25)         capitalization or forgiveness of any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(26)         Investments of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or at the time such Person merges, amalgamates or consolidates with or into the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, in either case, in compliance with this Indenture; provided that such Investments were not made by such Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or such merger, amalgamation or consolidation;

 

(27)         non-cash or non-Cash Equivalent Investments in connection with tax planning and reorganization activities;

 

(28)         Investments consisting of loans and advances to any Parent Entity of the Company, any Equityholding Vehicle, and any Subsidiaries of such Parent Entity in connection with the reimbursement of expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(29)         Investments arising as a result of Permitted Sale and Lease-Back Transactions;

 

(30)         contributions in connection with compensation arrangements to a “rabbi” trust for the benefit of former, current or future officers, directors, employees, managers, partners, members, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers or other grantor trust subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(31)         any Investment in any Subsidiary or any joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(32)         loans to any Parent Entity of the Company or any Equityholding Vehicle that could otherwise be made as a permitted Restricted Payment under this Indenture to any Parent Entity of the Company or any Equityholding Vehicle, so long as the amount of such loan is deducted from the amount available to be made as a Restricted Payment under Section 4.07(a)(3);

 

(33)         advances of payroll payments to employees, consultants or independent contractors or other advances of salaries or compensation to officers, employees, managers, consultants or independent contractors, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(34)         guarantees by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of leases or subleases (other than Financing Leases Obligations), Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(35)         Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collections or deposit and customary trade arrangements with customers, vendors, suppliers, licensors, sublicensors, licensees and sublicensees;

 

(36)         Capital Expenditures permitted or not restricted under this Indenture;

 

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(37)         deposits in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of operating leases or utility contracts, or in connection with obligations in respect of tenders, statutory obligations, surety, stay and appeal bonds, bids, licenses, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds, completion guarantees and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money) incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(38)         Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with (a) obtaining, maintaining or renewing client and customer contracts and (b) loans or advances made to, and guarantees with respect to obligations of, independent operators, distributors, suppliers, licensors, sublicensors, licensees and sublicensees;

 

(39)         Investments resulting from pledges and deposits constituting Permitted Liens;

 

(40)         acquisitions by the Company of obligations of one or more former, current or future officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants of any Parent Entity of the Company, the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with such Person’s acquisition of Capital Stock of any Parent Entity of the Company or any Equityholding Vehicle, so long as no cash is actually advanced by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to such Person in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;

 

(41)         Investments in deposit accounts and securities accounts opened in the ordinary course of business;

 

(42)         guarantee obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of letters of support, guarantees or similar obligations issued, made or incurred for the benefit of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent required by law or in connection with any statutory filing or the delivery of audit opinions performed in jurisdictions other than within the United States; and

 

(43)         any other Investment; provided that on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Investment the Consolidated Total Debt Ratio would be equal to or less than 5.25 to 1.00.

 

Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:

 

(1)            Liens incurred or pledges, deposits or security (a) made in connection with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers’ compensation laws, unemployment insurance, employers’ health tax and other types of social security or similar legislation, (b) securing insurance premiums, other liabilities (including in respect of reimbursement and indemnified obligations) to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements (including, in respect of deductibles, self-insured retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereof), (c) securing the performance of tenders, public or statutory obligations, surety, stay, indemnity, warranty release, customs and appeal bonds, bids, licenses, leases (other than Financing Lease Obligations), contracts (including government contracts and trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness)), performance, performance and completion, completion and return-of-money bonds or guarantees, governance contracts, financial assurances and completion obligations and other similar obligations, (d) securing contested taxes or import duties or the payment of rent, (e) securing appeal bonds or other similar bonds required in respect of judicial proceedings and (f) securing letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar items issued or posted to support the payment of or for the benefit of items in the foregoing clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices;

 

(2)            Liens in respect of property or assets of any Person imposed by law or regulation, such as landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, construction contractors’ and mechanics’ Liens, contractors’, supplier of materials’, architects’ and other similar Liens, in each case so long as such Liens secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or, if more than 60 days overdue either (a) no action has been taken to enforce such Lien, (b) such amount is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established by such Person in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction or (c) with respect to which the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as a whole;

 

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(3)            Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or claims that are not yet overdue by more than 60 days, or if more than 60 days overdue either (a) that are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established by such Person in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction or (b) with respect to which the Company determines in good faith that the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as a whole;

 

(4)            (a) easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, rights-of-way, licenses, special assessments, survey exceptions, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), minor title defects, servitudes, drains, sewers, exceptions or irregularities in title, encroachments, protrusions and other similar charges, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or encumbrances or restrictions on the use of real property, which in each case do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as a whole, and that were not incurred in connection with and do not secure any Indebtedness;

 

(5)            Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(4), (12), (13), (14), (15), (18) and (25); provided that (a) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(4) extend only to the assets purchased with the proceeds of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock or that are the subject of the Financing Lease Obligation, as applicable, the proceeds and products thereof and customary security deposits, contract rights and payment intangibles and other assets related thereto; (b) Liens securing Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(13) extend only to the same assets as the assets securing the Indebtedness being refinanced, plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof, (c) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(14) either (i) extend only to the property or assets acquired, or (ii) after giving effect to such Lien and such Indebtedness, the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio would be no greater than immediately prior to such incurrence, and (d) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(18) extend only to the assets of Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors;

 

(6)            Liens existing on the Effective Date or pursuant to agreements in existence on the Effective Date;

 

(7)            Liens on property or Capital Stock or other assets of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided, however, such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than after-acquired property that is (a) affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, (b) after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing such Indebtedness, the terms of which Indebtedness require or include a pledge of after-acquired property (it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition) and (c) the proceeds and products thereof);

 

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(8)            Liens on property or other assets at the time the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired such property or other assets, including any acquisition by means of a merger, consolidation or amalgamation with or into the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation; provided, further, however, that the Liens may not extend to any other property or assets owned by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(9)            Liens securing Obligations relating to any Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or a Guarantor permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 4.09;

 

(10)          Liens securing Hedging Obligations; provided that with respect to Hedging Obligations relating to Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is permitted under this Indenture;

 

(11)          Liens on goods or inventory or proceeds of any Person, the purchase, shipment or storage of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance issued or created for the account of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(12)          licenses, sublicenses and cross-licenses (including intellectual property) granted to others in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(13)          Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute) financing statements, other applicable personal property or movable property security registry financing statements or similar filings made in respect of Non-Financing Lease Obligations, consignment arrangements or bailee arrangements entered into by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(14)          Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(15)          Liens on vehicles or equipment of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(16)          Liens on accounts receivable and related assets, incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility;

 

(17)          Liens to secure any modification, refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in clauses (5), (6), (7), (8), (18), (29), (40) and (45) of this definition; provided, however, that (a) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus accessions, additions and improvements on such property, including after-acquired property that is (i) affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, (ii) after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing such Indebtedness, the terms of which Indebtedness require or include a pledge of after-acquired property (it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition) and (iii) the proceeds and products thereof) and (b) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (5), (6), (7), (8), (18), (40) and (45) of this definition at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (ii) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and accrued and unpaid interest, related to such modification, refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;

 

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(18)          other Liens securing Indebtedness which Indebtedness, taken together with Indebtedness secured by Liens pursuant to clause (17) of this definition in respect of a refinancing of Indebtedness previously secured under this clause (18) does not exceed at the time of incurrence the greater of (a) $225,000,000 and (b) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Applicable Measurement Period;

 

(19)          Liens securing judgments, decrees or awards for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 6.01(a)(5);

 

(20)          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 or to secure the performance of leases of real property;

 

(21)          Liens (a) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (b) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (c) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

 

(22)          Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 4.09; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;

 

(23)          Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business and, at the time of incurrence thereof, not for speculative purposes;

 

(24)          Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (a) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness, (b) relating to pooled deposit, automatic clearing house or sweep accounts of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (c) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(25)          Liens securing Obligations permitted to be incurred under Credit Facilities, including any letter of credit facility relating thereto, that was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(1);

 

(26)          Liens securing Obligations owed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to any lender, agent or arranger under the Credit Facilities or any Affiliate of such a lender, agent or arranger in respect of any Hedging Obligations or Bank Products;

 

(27)          (a) Liens on Capital Stock in joint ventures securing obligations of such joint ventures and (b) to the extent constituting Liens, transfer restrictions, purchase options, rights of first refusal, tag or drag, put or call or similar rights of minority holders or joint venture partners, in each case under partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or similar organizational documents;

 

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(28)          Liens (a) solely on any earnest money deposits of cash or Cash Equivalents made by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement or to secure any letter of credit, bank guarantee or similar instrument issued or posted in respect thereof and (b) consisting of an agreement to dispose of any property in a transaction permitted under Section 4.10;

 

(29)          Liens on Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(30)          (a) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of property and bailee arrangements entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and (b) Liens arising by operation of applicable law under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar provision under any other Applicable Law) in favor of a seller or buyer of goods;

 

(31)          ground leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses in respect of real property on which locations and/or facilities owned or leased by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries are located;

 

(32)          Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;

 

(33)          the reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions expressed in any original grant from any governmental authority or other grant of real or immoveable property or interests therein;

 

(34)          any (a) Lien or interest or title of a lessor, sublessor or licensor or sublicensor or secured by a lessor’s, sublessor’s, licensor’s or sublicensor’s interest under any lease, sublease, license or sublicense permitted by this Indenture (other than in respect of a Financing Lease Obligation), (b) landlord Liens permitted by the terms of any lease, (c) restriction or encumbrance that the interest or title of any such lessor, sublessor, licensor or a sublicensor may be subject (including ground lease) or (d) subordination of the interest of the lessee, sublessee, licensee or sublicensee under such lease or license to any restriction or encumbrance referred to in the preceding clause (c);

 

(35)          Liens with respect to property or assets of any non-Guarantor Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of such Subsidiaries that was permitted by this Indenture to be incurred;

 

(36)          any zoning, building or similar law or right reserved to, or vested in, any governmental authority to control or regulate the use of any real property or any structure thereon that does not and could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as a whole;

 

(37)          servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements, subdivision agreements and other agreements with governmental authorities pertaining to the use or development of any of the real property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including, without limitation, any obligations to deliver letters of credit and other security as required; provided that the same do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as a whole;

 

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(38)          Liens (a) on advances of cash or Cash Equivalents in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted under this Indenture to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment (or to secure letters of credit, bank guarantee or similar instruments posted or issued in respect thereof), and (b) consisting of an agreement to sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any property in a transaction permitted under Section 4.10, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or sale, disposition, transfer or lease, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;

 

(39)          agreements to subordinate any interest of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any accounts receivable or other proceeds arising from inventory consigned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(40)          Liens securing the Notes (other than any Additional Notes) and related Guarantees;

 

(41)          Liens on property subject to Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by this Indenture, security deposits, related contract rights and payment intangibles related thereto;

 

(42)          Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents used to defease or to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided such defeasance or satisfaction and discharge is permitted hereunder;

 

(43)          Liens given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental authority when required by such utility or other authority in connection with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as a whole;

 

(44)          (a) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice that do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as a whole, or (b) the right reserved or vested in any Person (including any governmental authority) by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

 

(45)          Liens securing any Obligations in respect of any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09, provided, however, that, at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness secured under this clause (45) and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio would be no greater than 5.00 to 1.00;

 

(46)          Liens arising from judgments, awards, attachments or decrees for the payment of money in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default;

 

(47)          undetermined or inchoate Liens, rights of distress and charges incidental to current operations that have not at such time been filed or exercised, or which relate to obligations not due or payable or if due, the validity of such Liens are being contested in good faith by appropriate actions, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

 

(48)          Liens consisting of royalties payable with respect to any asset, right or property of the Company or its Subsidiaries;

 

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(49)          statutory Liens incurred or pledges or deposits made in favor of a governmental authority to secure the performance of obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under environmental laws to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, in each case incurred or made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(50)          the prior rights of consignees and their lenders under consignment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(51)          Liens securing obligations (other than obligations representing Indebtedness for borrowed money) under operating, reciprocal easement or similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(52)          Liens securing commercial letters of credit permitted pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(5);

 

(53)          with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, Liens arising mandatorily by legal requirements (and not as a result of under-capitalization of such Foreign Subsidiary);

 

(54)          Liens on escrowed proceeds from the incurrence of any Indebtedness for the benefit of the related holders of such Indebtedness (or the underwriters or arrangers thereof) or on cash set aside at the time of the incurrence of any Indebtedness or government securities purchased with such cash, in either case to the extent such cash or government securities prefund the payment of interest on such Indebtedness and are held in an escrow account or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose;

 

(55)          Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights;

 

(56)          all rights of expropriation, access or use or other similar right conferred by or reserved by any federal, state or municipal governmental authority;

 

(57)          the right reserved to, or vested in, any governmental authority by any statutory provision or by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit of the company or any Restricted Subsidiary, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or other payments as a condition to the continuance thereof; and

 

(58)          Liens securing rental payments under agreements for Financing Lease Obligations, which Financing Lease Obligations are permitted to be so secured.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this definition, (A) a Lien need not be incurred solely by reference to one category of Permitted Liens described in this definition but is permitted to be incurred in part under any combination thereof and of any other available exemption, and (B) in the event that Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of Permitted Liens, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify such Lien (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this definition and (C) in the event that a portion of Indebtedness secured by a Lien could be classified as secured in part pursuant to clause (45) above (giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of all such Indebtedness), the Company, in its sole discretion, may classify such portion of such Indebtedness (and any Obligations in respect thereof) as having been secured pursuant to clause (45) above and thereafter the remainder of the Indebtedness as having been secured pursuant to one or more of the other clauses of this definition.

 

For purposes of this definition, the term “Indebtedness” shall be deemed to include interest on such Indebtedness.

 

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Permitted Parent” means (1) any Parent Entity of the Company formed not in connection with, or in contemplation of, a transaction (other than the Transactions) that (but for the application to such Person of the proviso to the definition of “Permitted Holders”) would constitute a Change of Control and (2) any Public Company (or Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Public Company), except to the extent (and until such time as) any Person or group is deemed to be or becomes a beneficial owner of Voting Stock of such Public Company representing more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such Public Company.

 

Permitted Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction that the Company elects, on or prior to the date of closing thereof, to treat as an “Asset Sale.”

 

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

 

Preferred Stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

 

Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(i) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture, except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.

 

Public Company” means any Person with a class or series of Voting Stock that is traded on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ.

 

Public Company Costs” means costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity or debt securities, directors’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance, listing fees and all executive, legal and professional fees related to the foregoing.

 

QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

 

Qualified Proceeds” means assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business; provided that the fair market value of any such assets or Capital Stock shall be determined by the Company in good faith.

 

Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P or if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Company which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.

 

Receivables Facility” means any of one or more receivables financing facilities as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded from time to time, the Obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries sells its accounts receivable to either (1) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (2) a Restricted Subsidiary or Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds such purchase by selling its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or by borrowing from such a Person or from another Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds itself by borrowing from such a Person.

 

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Receivables Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any accounts receivable or participation interest therein issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility.

 

Receivables Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of, and that solely engages only in one or more Receivables Facilities and other activities reasonably related thereto.

 

Record Date” for the interest, if any, payable on any applicable Interest Payment Date means May 15 or November 15 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

 

Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Regulation S Global Note” means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note or Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as applicable.

 

Regulation S Permanent Global Note” means a permanent Global Note in the form of Exhibit A bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon expiration of the Restricted Period.

 

Regulation S Temporary Global Note” means a temporary Global Note in the form of Exhibit A bearing the Global Note Legend, the Private Placement Legend and the Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903.

 

Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(iii).

 

Related Business Assets” means assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business; provided that any assets received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter relating to this Indenture is referred because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who, in each case, shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

 

Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

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Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

 

Restricted Period” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.

 

Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any time, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company (including any Foreign Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary or the Company; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “Restricted Subsidiary.”

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

 

Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any arrangement providing for the leasing by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to a third Person in contemplation of such leasing.

 

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.

 

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

 

Senior Credit Agreement” means the Credit Facility under the credit agreement to be entered into as of the Effective Date by and among Merger Sub, the lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder and Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and the other agents and other parties thereto, including, in each case, any related notes, letters of credit, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any appendices, exhibits, annexes or schedules to any of the foregoing (as the same may be in effect from time to time) and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings, exchanges or refinancings thereof (whether with the original agents and lenders or other agents or lenders or otherwise, and whether provided under the original credit agreement or other credit agreements or otherwise) and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors that extend, replace, refund, renew, defense, exchange or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding, exchange or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09).

 

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Senior Indebtedness” means:

 

(1)            all Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor outstanding under the Senior Credit Agreement (or any guarantee thereof), the Notes or the Guarantees (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or similar proceeding or for reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor (at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, regardless of whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings)), and any and all other fees, expense reimbursement obligations, indemnification amounts, penalties, and other amounts (whether existing on the Effective Date or thereafter created or incurred) and all obligations of the Company or any Guarantor to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under letters of credit, acceptances or other similar instruments;

 

(2)            all Hedging Obligations (and guarantees thereof) owing to a Bank Lender or any of its Affiliates (or any Person that was a Bank Lender or an Affiliate of such Bank Lender at the time the applicable agreement giving rise to such Hedging Obligation was entered into); provided that such Hedging Obligations are permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture;

 

(3)            any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any related Guarantee; and

 

(4)            all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (1), (2) and (3);

 

provided, however, that Senior Indebtedness shall not include:

 

(a)            any obligation of such Person to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(b)            any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Person;

 

(c)            any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business;

 

(d)            any Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any other Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person; or

 

(e)            that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of incurrence is incurred in violation of this Indenture.

 

Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Effective Date.

 

Similar Business” means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Effective Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto.

 

Special Purpose Subsidiary” means any not-for-profit Subsidiary, captive insurance company or a subsidiary formed for a specific bona fide purpose not including substantive business operations, in each case, designated as a “Special Purpose Subsidiary” by the Company from time to time in an Officer’s Certificate.

 

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Subordinated Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Notes and the Guarantees,

 

(1)            any Indebtedness of the Company which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and

 

(2)            any Indebtedness of any Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such entity of the Notes.

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person:

 

(1)            any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; and

 

(2)            any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which

 

(x)            more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or otherwise, and

 

(y)            such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.

 

Transaction Expenses” means any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Investors, a Parent Entity of the Company, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions (including payments to former, current or future officers, directors, employees, managers and consultants as change of control payments, severance payments, special or retention bonuses and charges for repurchase or rollover of, or modifications to, equity options and payments in connection with Hedging Obligations any original issue discount or upfront fees), this Indenture, the Notes, the Senior Credit Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

Transactions” means the transactions contemplated by or in furtherance of the Merger Agreement, including the related equity contribution by the Investors and the Management Investors, the issuance of the Notes, the refinancing of certain indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries, borrowings under the Senior Credit Agreement, the Merger, the Notes Assumption, the assumption by MPH Acquisition and certain of its subsidiaries of all other obligations of Merger Sub, including under the Senior Credit Agreement, and the payment of Transaction Expenses.

 

Treasury Rate” means, as of any date of notice of redemption, the yield to maturity as of the date of such notice of U.S. Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the date of such notice (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the applicable Redemption Date to June 1, 2019; provided, however, that if the period from the applicable Redemption Date to June 1, 2019 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

 

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

 

Trustee” means Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

 

Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction from time to time. Unless otherwise specified, references to the Uniform Commercial Code herein refer to the New York Uniform Commercial Code.

 

Unrestricted Definitive Note” means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

Unrestricted Global Note” means a permanent Global Note, substantially in the form of Exhibit A that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:

 

(1)            any Subsidiary of the Company which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Company, as provided below); and

 

(2)            any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

The Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than solely any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated); provided that

 

(1)            such designation complies with Section 4.07; and

 

(2)            each of (a) the Subsidiary to be so designated and (b) its Subsidiaries has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Equity Interests in the Unrestricted Subsidiary).

 

The Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and all Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary could be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4.09 and all Liens encumbering the Capital Stock of such Unrestricted Subsidiary owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary would be Permitted Liens or the provisions of Section 4.12 shall otherwise be complied with.

 

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Any such designation by the Company shall be notified by the Company to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Board of the Company or any committee thereof giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

 

U.S. Person” means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.

 

Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time generally entitled, without regard to contingencies, to vote in the election of the Board of such Person. To the extent that a partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other agreement governing a partnership or limited liability company provides that the members of the Board of such partnership or limited liability company (or, in the case of a limited partnership whose business and affairs are managed or controlled by its general partner, the Board of the general partner of such limited partnership) is appointed or designated by one or more Persons rather than by a vote of Voting Stock, each of the Persons who are entitled to appoint or designate the members of such Board will be deemed to own a percentage of Voting Stock of such partnership or limited liability company equal to (a) the aggregate votes entitled to be cast on such Board by the members of such Board which such Person or Persons are entitled to appoint or designate divided by (b) the aggregate number of votes of all members of such Board.

 

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing:

 

(1)            the sum of the products of the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment; by

 

(2)            the sum of all such payments.

 

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

Section 1.02 Other Definitions.

 


Term
Defined
in Section
“Acceptable Commitment” 4.10(b)
“Advance Portion” 4.10(d)
“Advance Offer” 4.10(d)
“Affiliate Transaction” 4.11(a)
“Applicable Premium Deficit” 8.04(1)
“Asset Sale Offer” 4.10(d)
“Authentication Order” 2.02
“Change of Control Offer” 4.14(a)
“Change of Control Payment” 4.14(a)
“Change of Control Payment Date” 4.14(a)(2)
“Covenant Defeasance” 8.03
“Covenant Suspension Event” 4.16(a)
“DTC” 2.03

 

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Term Defined
in Section
“Event of Default” 6.01(a)
“Excess Proceeds” 4.10(d)
“Excess Proceeds Payment Amounts” 4.10(d)
“Excess Proceeds Threshold” 4.10(d)
“incur” and “incurrence” 4.09(a)
“Initial Guarantor” Preamble
“Initial Lien” 4.12
“Legal Defeasance” 8.02
“Merger” Preamble
“Merger Sub” Preamble
“MPH Acquisition” Preamble
“Notes Assumption” Preamble
“Note Register” 2.03
“Offer Amount” 3.09(b)
“Offer Period” 3.09(b)
“Pari Passu Indebtedness” 4.10(d)
“Paying Agent” 2.03
“Purchase Date” 3.09(b)
“Redemption Date” 3.07(a)
“refinance,” “refinances,” “refinanced” and “refinancing” 4.09(b)(13)
“Refinancing Indebtedness” 4.09(b)(13)
“Refunding Capital Stock” 4.07(b)(2)
“Registrar” 2.03
“Restricted Payments” 4.07(a)
“Reversion Date” 4.16(b)
“Second Change of Control Payment Date” 4.14(e)
“Successor Company” 5.01(a)(1)
“Successor Person” 5.01(d)(1)(A)
“Suspended Covenants” 4.16(a)
“Suspension Period” 4.16(c)
“Treasury Capital Stock” 4.07(b)(2)(a)

 

Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

 

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. Except for provisions of the Trust Indenture Act specifically incorporated by reference in this Indenture, the Trust Indenture Act shall not apply to this Indenture.

 

The following Trust Indenture Act term used in this Indenture has the following meaning:

 

obligor” on the Notes and the Guarantees means the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Guarantees, respectively.

 

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the Trust Indenture Act have the meanings so assigned to them.

 

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Section 1.04 Rules of Construction.

 

Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)             a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

(b)            an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

 

(c)            “or” is not exclusive;

 

(d)            words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

 

(e)            “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;

 

(f)              provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

 

(g)             references to sections of, or rules under, the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time;

 

(h)            unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article,” “Section,” “clause” or “Exhibit” refers to an Article, Section, clause or Exhibit, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and

 

(i)              the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not any particular Article, Section, clause or other subdivision.

 

Section 1.05 Acts of Holders.

 

(a)            Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or the holding by any Person of a Note, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 7.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.05.

 

(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 the certificate of any 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 or on behalf of any legal entity other than an individual, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute proof of the authority of the Person executing the same. 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 that the Trustee deems sufficient.

 

(c)            The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.

 

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(d)            Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by 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 any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

 

(e)            The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to give any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or take any other act, or to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders. Unless otherwise specified, if not set by the Company prior to the first solicitation of a Holder made by any Person in respect of any such action, or in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, any such record date shall be the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation.

 

(f)            Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Note may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Note or by one or more duly appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. Any notice given or action taken by a Holder or its agents with regard to different parts of such principal amount pursuant to this paragraph shall have the same effect as if given or taken by separate Holders of each such different part.

 

(g)            Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including DTC, that is the Holder of a Global Note, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and DTC that is the Holder of a Global Note may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Note through such Depositary’s standing instructions and customary practices.

 

(h)            The Company may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note held by DTC entitled under the procedures of such Depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record date.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

THE NOTES

 

Section 2.01 Form and Dating; Terms.

 

(a)            General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

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(b)            Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A (including the Global Note Legend and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A (but without the Global Note Legend and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified in the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto and each shall provide that it shall represent up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as applicable, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06.

 

(c)            Temporary Global Notes. Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as Custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.

 

Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in the Regulation S Permanent Global Note pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the Trustee shall cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.

 

(d)            Terms. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

 

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

The Notes shall be subject to repurchase by the Company pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer as provided in Section 4.10 or a Change of Control Offer as provided in Section 4.14. The Notes shall not be redeemable, other than as provided in Article 3.

 

Additional Notes ranking pari passu with the Initial Notes may be created and issued from time to time by the Company without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be consolidated with and form a single class with the Initial Notes and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Initial Notes; provided that the Company’s ability to issue Additional Notes shall be subject to the Company’s compliance with Section 4.09.

 

(e)            Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

 

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Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.

 

At least one Officer shall execute the Notes on behalf of the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

 

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.

 

A Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated substantially in the form of Exhibit A by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

 

On the Effective Date, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate and deliver the Initial Notes. In addition, at any time, from time to time, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate and deliver any Additional Notes for an aggregate principal amount specified in such Authentication Order for such Additional Notes issued hereunder.

 

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.

 

Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.

 

The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes (“Note Register”) and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. Either the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

 

The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

 

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Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

 

The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

 

Section 2.05 Holder Lists.

 

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least five (5) Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders and the Company shall otherwise comply with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a)            Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 2.06, a Global Note may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note unless (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it (x) is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note or (y) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, (ii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default and the Depositary shall have requested the issuance of Definitive Notes or (iii) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 2.06(a), Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures). Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note, except for Definitive Notes issued subsequent to any of the preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 2.06(a) and pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(ii)(B) and Section 2.06(c). A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a); provided, however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c).

 

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(b)            Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) in this Section 2.06(b), as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

 

(i)            Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).

 

(ii)            All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i), the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in clause (1) of this Section 2.06(b)(ii); provided that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (X) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (Y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h).

 

(iii)            Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) and the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)            if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; or

 

(B)            if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.

 

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(iv)          Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) and the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)         if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or

 

(B)          if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case, if the Registrar or Company so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

If any such transfer is effected pursuant to this Section 2.06(b)(iv) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to this Section 2.06(b)(iv).

 

Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.

 

(c)            Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.

 

(i)             Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in paragraph (i) or (ii) of Section 2.06(a) and receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

(A)           if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

 

(B)            if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(C)            if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

 

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(D)           if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

 

(E)            if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

 

(F)            if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

 

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h), and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate and mail to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

 

(ii)            Beneficial Interests in Regulation S Temporary Global Note to Definitive Notes. Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(i)(A) and (C), a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) of the Securities Act, except in the case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903 or Rule 904.

 

(iii)           Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only upon the occurrence of any of the events in subsection (i) or (ii) of Section 2.06(a) and if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)           if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or

 

(B)            if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case, if the Registrar or Company so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

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(iv)           Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in subsection (i) or (ii) of Section 2.06(a) and satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii), the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h), and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate and mail to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

(d)            Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.

 

(i)             Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

(A)           if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

 

(B)            if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(C)            if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

 

(D)            if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

 

(E)            if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

 

(F)            if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

 

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the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) of this Section 2.06(d)(i), the applicable Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) of this Section 2.06(d)(i), the applicable 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause (C) of this Section 2.06(d)(i), the applicable Regulation S Global Note.

 

(ii)            Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)           if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

 

(B)            if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case, if the Registrar or Company so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

 

(iii)            Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

 

If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraph (ii)(A), (ii)(B) or (iii) of this Section 2.06(d) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

 

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(e)           Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e):

 

(i)            Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)         if the transfer will be made pursuant to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

(B)          if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; or

 

(C)          if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

 

(ii)           Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if Registrar receives the following:

 

(A)         if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or

 

(B)          if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

and, in each such case, if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

(iii)          Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

 

(f)            [Reserved].

 

(g)            Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture:

 

(i)             Private Placement Legend.

 

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(A)          Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) in this Section 2.06(g), each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:

 

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE HOLDER:

 

(1)           REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE “SECURITIES ACT”) (A “QIB”) OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, IS NOT ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR THE ACCOUNT OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFF-SHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

 

(2)          AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT, WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO UNDER RULE 144(d)(1) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AS IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF THE TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO A PERSON WHOM THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QIB PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT INCLUDING PROVIDED BY RULE 144 (IF AVAILABLE), (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE AND PROVIDED THAT PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE ARE FURNISHED WITH AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (E) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND

 

(3)          AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (2)(D) OR (2)(E) ABOVE) A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND.

 

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IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO ABOVE, THE HOLDER MUST CERTIFY TO THE TRUSTEE THE MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER. AS USED HEREIN THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

(B)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraph (b)(iv), (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii) or (e)(iii) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

(ii)           Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(h) OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

 

(iii)          Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN).”

 

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(h)            Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Custodian at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Custodian at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

 

(i)             General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

 

(i)             To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 or at the Registrar’s request.

 

(ii)            No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.07, 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.14 and 9.05).

 

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

 

(iv)           The Company shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing or electronic delivery of a notice of redemption under Section 3.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or electronic delivery, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption or tendered (and not withdrawn) for repurchase in connection with a Change of Control Offer, an Asset Sale Offer or other tender offer, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

 

(v)            Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

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(vi)           Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 4.02, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more replacement Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount.

 

(vii)         At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Global Notes or Definitive Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail, the replacement Global Notes and Definitive Notes which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.

 

(viii)        All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.

 

(ix)           The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer (of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge) 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.

 

Section 2.07         Replacement Notes.

 

If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, the Registrar or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the ownership and destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. An indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee to protect the Trustee and in the judgment of the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge for their expenses in replacing a Note.

 

Every replacement Note is a contractual obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

 

Section 2.08         Outstanding Notes.

 

The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.

 

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser (as defined in Section 8-303 of the UCC).

 

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If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

 

If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.

 

Section 2.09         Treasury Notes.

 

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company, or by any Affiliate of the Company, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to deliver any such direction, waiver or consent with respect to the Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or any obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

 

Section 2.10         Temporary Notes.

 

Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.

 

Holders and beneficial holders, as the case may be, of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits accorded to Holders, or beneficial holders, respectively, of Notes under this Indenture.

 

Section 2.11         Cancellation.

 

The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee or, at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of such cancelled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Upon written request, certification of the destruction of all cancelled Notes shall be delivered to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that they have paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

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Section 2.12         Defaulted Interest.

 

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such defaulted interest as provided in this Section 2.12. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date shall be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of such special record date. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed (first-class postage prepaid) or deliver electronically, to each Holder a notice at his or her address as it appears in the Note Register that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

 

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12 and for greater certainty, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.

 

Section 2.13         CUSIP Numbers.

 

The Company in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such notice shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will as promptly as practicable notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

 

Section 2.14         Global Notes.

 

Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

REDEMPTION

 

Section 3.01         Notices to Trustee.

 

If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.07, it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least 5 Business Days (or such shorter time period as the Trustee may agree) before notice of redemption is required to be mailed, caused to be mailed or delivered electronically to Holders pursuant to Section 3.03 but not more than 60 days before a redemption date (except a redemption in connection with Article 8 or Article 11), an Officer’s Certificate setting forth (i) the paragraph or subparagraph of such Note and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price.

 

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Section 3.02         Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.

 

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, and the Notes are Global Notes, the Notes to be redeemed or repurchased shall be selected by the Depositary in accordance with its applicable procedures. If the Notes to be redeemed or repurchased are not Global Notes then held by the Depositary, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed or purchased (i) if the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange and the Trustee has been notified by the Company of such listing, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are listed, (ii) on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable or (iii) to the extent that selection on a pro rata basis is not practicable, by lot or such other similar method in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary. In the event of partial redemption or purchase by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed or purchased shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee or Depositary, as applicable, from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption or purchase.

 

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in minimum amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; no Notes of $2,000 or less can be redeemed or repurchased in part, except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed or purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.

 

Section 3.03         Notice of Redemption.

 

Subject to Section 3.09, the Company shall deliver electronically or mail or cause to be mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, notices of redemption at least 10 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered address or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, except that redemption notices may be mailed or delivered electronically more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with Article 8 or Article 11.

 

The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

 

(a)            the redemption date;

 

(b)            the redemption price;

 

(c)            if any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount of that Note that is to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note representing the same indebtedness to the extent not redeemed will be issued in the name of the Holder of the Notes upon cancellation of the original Note;

 

(d)            the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

(e)            that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

 

(f)             whether such redemption is conditioned on the happening of a future event;

 

(g)            that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

 

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(h)            the paragraph or subparagraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed;

 

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

 

(j)             any condition to such redemption.

 

Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption unless such redemption is conditioned on the happening of a future event. At the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense; provided that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 5 Business Days (or such shorter period as the Trustee may agree) before notice of redemption is required to be mailed, caused to be mailed or delivered electronically to Holders pursuant to this Section 3.03, 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.

 

Section 3.04         Effect of Notice of Redemption.

 

Once notice of redemption is delivered or mailed in accordance with Section 3.03, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable at the redemption price on the redemption date, unless such redemption is conditioned on the happening of a future event. The notice, if delivered or mailed in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or electronic delivery or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption in whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note. Subject to Section 3.05, on and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption.

 

Section 3.05         Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.

 

Prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the redemption or purchase date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.

 

If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after a Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption or purchase date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such Record Date. If any Note called for redemption or purchase shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest accrued to the redemption or purchase date not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01.

 

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Section 3.06          Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.

 

Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered representing the same indebtedness to the extent not redeemed or purchased; provided that each new Note will be in a minimum principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. It is understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, only an Authentication Order and not an Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate is required for the Trustee to authenticate such new Note.

 

Section 3.07          Optional Redemption.

 

(a)            At any time prior to June 1, 2019, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon notice as described under Section 3.03, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding the date of redemption (any applicable date of redemption, the “Redemption Date”), subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the Redemption Date. Calculation of the Applicable Premium shall be made by the Company or on behalf of the Company by such Person as the Company shall designate; provided that such calculation or the correctness thereof shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee.

 

(b)            On and after June 1, 2019, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon notice as described under Section 3.03, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the Redemption Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on June 1 of each of the years indicated below:

 

Year   Percentage  
2019     105.344 %
2020     103.563 %
2021     101.781 %
2022 and thereafter     100.000 %

 

(c)            Prior to June 1, 2019, the Company may, at its option, upon notice as described under Section 3.03, on one or more occasions, redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture at a redemption price equal to 107.125% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the Redemption Date, with an amount equal to or less than the net cash proceeds from one or more Equity Offerings to the extent such net cash proceeds are received by or contributed to the Company; provided that (1) at least 50% of the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under this Indenture on the Effective Date and any Additional Notes originally issued under this Indenture after the Effective Date remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption and (2) each such redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of closing of each such Equity Offering.

 

(d)            In connection with any tender offer for the Notes, if Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in such tender offer and the Company, or any third party making such tender offer in lieu of the Company, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company or such third party will have the right upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase date, to redeem (with respect to the Company) or purchase (with respect to a third party) all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price equal to the price paid to each other Holder in such tender offer plus, to the extent not included in the tender offer payment, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date or purchase date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the Redemption Date or purchase date.

 

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(e)            The Company may redeem the Notes under the circumstances and in accordance with Section 4.14(e).

 

(f)             Notice of any redemption of the Notes (including upon an Equity Offering or in connection with another transaction (or series of related transactions) or an event that constitutes a Change of Control) may, at the Company’s discretion, be sent prior to the completion or the occurrence thereof and any such redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion or occurrence of the related Equity Offering or other transaction or event, as the case may be. In addition, if such redemption or purchase is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date the notice of redemption was sent, including by electronic transmission) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption or purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed, or such notice may be rescinded at any time in the Company’s discretion if in the good faith judgment of the Company any or all of such conditions will not be satisfied. In addition, the Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible for monitoring, or charged with knowledge of, the maximum aggregate amount of the Notes eligible under this Indenture to be redeemed.

 

(g)            Except as set forth in this Section 3.07, the Company is not entitled to redeem the Notes at its option.

 

(h)            Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06.

 

Section 3.08         Mandatory Redemption.

 

The Company shall not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

 

Section 3.09         Offers to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.

 

(a)            In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10, the Company shall be required to commence an Asset Sale Offer, they shall follow the procedures specified below.

 

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(b)            The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). No later than five Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Company shall apply all Excess Proceeds (the “Offer Amount”) to the purchase of Notes and, if required, Pari Passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis, if applicable), or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.

 

(c)            If the Purchase Date is on or after a Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to but excluding the Purchase Date, shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such Record Date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.

 

(d)            Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company shall send, by first-class mail or electronic delivery, a notice to each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and holders of Pari Passu Indebtedness. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:

 

(1)            that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer shall remain open;

 

(2)            the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;

 

(3)            that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest;

 

(4)            that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;

 

(5)            that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in minimum amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof only;

 

(6)            that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, the Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;

 

(7)            that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;

 

(8)            that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by the holders thereof exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on principal amount or accreted value of the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered (with such adjustments as necessary so that no Notes or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as the case may be, shall be repurchased in part in an unauthorized denomination); and

 

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(9)            that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer) representing the same indebtedness to the extent not repurchased; provided that new Notes shall only be issued in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

(e)            On or before the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, (1) accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof validly tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered and (2) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof so tendered.

 

(f)            The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes properly tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) such new Note to such Holder (it being understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate is required for the Trustee to authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note) in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered representing the same indebtedness to the extent not repurchased; provided that each such new Note shall be in a minimum principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date.

 

Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09 or Section 4.10, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the applicable provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.01         Payment of Notes.

 

The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Trustee or Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee), if other than the Company or a Subsidiary, holds as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.

 

The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.

 

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Section 4.02         Maintenance of Office or Agency.

 

The Company shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. 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 or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

 

The Company may also from time to time designate 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 for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03; provided, that the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall not be an office or agency of the Company for the purpose of service of legal process on the Company.

 

Section 4.03         Reports and Other Information.

 

(a)            So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Holders (with a copy to the Trustee):

 

(1)            (A) all annual and quarterly financial statements substantially in forms that would be required to be contained in a filing with the SEC on Forms 10-K and 10-Q of the Company, if the Company were required to file such forms, plus a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” (B) with respect to the annual and quarterly information, a presentation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA of the Company substantially consistent with the presentation thereof in the Offering Circular and derived from such financial information, and (C) with respect to the annual financial statements only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm; and

 

(2)            promptly after the occurrence of an event required to be therein reported, such other information containing substantially the same information that would be required to be contained in filings with the SEC on Form 8-K under Items 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 2.01, 2.05, 2.06, 4.01, 4.02, 5.01 and 5.02(b) and (c) (other than with respect to information otherwise required or contemplated by Item 402 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC) as in effect on the Effective Date if the Company were required to file such reports; provided, however, that no such current report will be required to include as an exhibit, or to include a summary of the terms of, any employment or compensatory arrangement agreement, plan or understanding between the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) and any director, manager or executive officer of the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries);

 

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provided, however, that (i) in no event shall such reports be required to comply with Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC or contain separate financial statements for the Company, the Guarantors or other Subsidiaries the shares of which are pledged to secure the Notes or any Guarantee that would be required under (a) Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X, (b) Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X or (c) Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X, respectively, promulgated by the SEC, (ii) in no event shall such reports be required to comply with Regulation G under the Exchange Act or Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC with respect to any non-GAAP financial measures contained therein, (iii) no such reports referenced under clause (2) above shall be required to be furnished if the Company determines in its good faith judgment that such event is not material to the Holders or the business, assets, operations or financial position of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (iv) in no event shall such reports be required to include any information that is not otherwise similar to information included in the Offering Circular, other than with respect to reports provided under clause (2) above and (v) in no event shall reports referenced in clause (2) above be required to include as an exhibit copies of any agreements, financial statements or other items that would be required to be filed as exhibits to a current report on Form 8-K except for (x) agreements evidencing material Indebtedness and (y) historical and pro forma financial statements to the extent reasonably available and, in any case with respect to pro forma financial statements, to include only pro forma revenues, Consolidated EBITDA and capital expenditures in lieu thereof.

 

All such annual reports shall be furnished within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year to which they relate, and all such quarterly reports shall be furnished within 60 days after the end of the fiscal quarter to which they relate; provided that the quarterly reports for the first fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date shall be furnished within 75 days after the end of such fiscal quarter.

 

At any time that any of the Company’s Subsidiaries are Unrestricted Subsidiaries and if any such Unrestricted Subsidiary or group of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, if taken together as one Subsidiary, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary of the Company, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by the preceding paragraph will include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, in the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” or other comparable section, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company.

 

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Indenture, to the extent any of the information required to be furnished pursuant to Section 4.03(a) is not so furnished within the time periods specified above and is subsequently furnished, the Company will be deemed to have satisfied its obligations with respect thereto with effect from such time and any Default or Event of Default with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been cured with effect from such time.

 

(b)            So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall also make available such information and such reports (as well as the details regarding the conference call described below) to any Holder and, upon request, to any beneficial owner of the Notes, securities analysts providing analysis of investment in the Notes and market makers, in each case by posting such information on its website, on Intralinks or any comparable password-protected online data system which will require a confidentiality acknowledgment, and will make such information readily available to any Holder, any prospective investor in the Notes, any securities analyst (to the extent providing analysis of investment in the Notes) or any market maker in the Notes who agrees to treat such information as confidential or accesses such information on Intralinks or any comparable password-protected online data system which will require a confidentiality acknowledgment; provided that the Company shall post such information thereon and make readily available any password or other login information to any such Holder, prospective investor, securities analyst or market maker; provided, further, however, the Company may deny access to any competitively-sensitive information otherwise to be provided pursuant to this paragraph to any such Holder, prospective investor, security analyst or market maker that is a competitor of the Company and its Subsidiaries to the extent that the Company determines in good faith that the provision of such information to such Person would be competitively harmful to the Company and its Subsidiaries; and provided, still further, that such Holders, prospective investors, security analysts or market makers shall agree to (i) treat all such reports (and the information contained therein) and information as confidential, (ii) not use such reports and the information contained therein for any purpose other than their investment or potential investment in the Notes (but shall be authorized to trade the Company’s securities) and (iii) not publicly disclose any such reports (and the information contained therein).

 

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The Company will hold a quarterly conference call for all Holders and securities analysts (to the extent providing analysis of investment in the Notes) to discuss such financial information (including a customary Q&A session) no later than two (2) Business Days after distribution of such financial information; provided that the conference call for the fiscal quarter ending prior to the Effective Date shall be held no later than ten (10) Business Days after distribution of the financial information for such quarter.

 

(c)            To the extent not satisfied by this Section 4.03, the Company shall furnish to prospective investors, upon their request, any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act so long as the Notes are not freely transferable under the Securities Act.

 

(d)            The Company may satisfy its obligations under this Section 4.03 with respect to financial information relating to the Company by furnishing financial information relating to any Parent Entity of the Company instead of the Company; provided that to the extent financial information related to such Parent Entity is provided, such information is accompanied by consolidating information, which may be unaudited, that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information of such Parent Entity, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis, on the other hand.

 

(e)            The Company shall be deemed to have furnished the reports referred to in Sections 4.03(a)(i) and (ii) if the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company has filed reports containing such information with the SEC.

 

(f)             Delivery of information and documents provided for under this Section 4.03 to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of their covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates). The Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever to determine whether any filing or posting referred to in this Section 4.03 has occurred.

 

(g)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 4.03, if at any time the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company has made a good faith determination to file a registration statement with the SEC with respect to an initial public offering of such entity’s Capital Stock, the Company will not be required to disclose any information or take any actions that, in the good faith view of the Company, would violate applicable securities laws or the SEC’s “gun jumping” rules.

 

Section 4.04         Compliance Certificate.

 

(a)            The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year ending after the Effective Date, a certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company stating that a review of the activities of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officer with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every condition and covenant contained in this Indenture and are not in default, without regard to grace periods or notice requirements, in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults of which he or she may have knowledge).

 

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(b)          When any Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture, or if the Trustee or the holder of any other evidence of Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary gives any notice or takes any other action with respect to a claimed Default, the Company shall promptly (which shall be no more than ten (10) Business Days) deliver to the Trustee by registered or certified mail, by facsimile transmission or by electronic delivery, an Officer’s Certificate specifying such event, its status and the actions that the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section 4.05         Taxes.

 

The Company shall pay, and shall cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except (a) such as are being, or will be, contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been, or will be, established on the applicable financial statements in accordance with GAAP or (b) where the failure to effect such payment would not have a material adverse effect (i) upon the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) on the ability of the Company or the Guarantors to perform their respective obligations under the Notes or this Indenture.

 

Section 4.06         Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

 

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

 

Section 4.07         Limitation on Restricted Payments.

 

(a)          The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

(I)           declare or pay any dividend or make any payment or distribution on account of the Company’s, or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger, consolidation or amalgamation other than:

 

(A)          dividends, payments or distributions by the Company payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Equity Interests; or

 

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(B)           dividends, payments or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend, payment or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend, payment or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities;

 

(II)         purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle, including in connection with any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in each case held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(III)        make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor, other than:

 

(A)          Indebtedness or Preferred Stock permitted to be incurred or issued under Section 4.09(b)(7), (8) or (9); or

 

(B)           the redemption, defeasance, purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of redemption, defeasance, purchase, repurchase or acquisition; or

 

(IV)        make any Restricted Investment

 

(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (I) through (IV) (other than any exception thereto) of this Section 4.07(a) being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:

 

(1)          in the case of a Restricted Payment other than a Restricted Investment, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof and, in the case of a Restricted Investment utilizing Section 4.07(a)(3)(f), no Event of Default described under 6.01(a)(1), (2) or (6) shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;

 

(2)          except in the case of Restricted Investments, immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Company could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.09(a); and

 

(3)          such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Effective Date (including Restricted Payments permitted pursuant to Section 4.07(b)(1), (2) (with respect to the payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below) pursuant to clause (b) thereof only), (6)(c) and (8), but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.07(b)), is less than the sum of (without duplication):

 

(a)            50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period and including any predecessor) beginning on the first day of the fiscal quarter commencing prior to the Effective Date to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment, or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit; plus

 

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(b)          100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, of marketable securities or other property received by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries since immediately after the Effective Date (other than net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds have been used to incur Indebtedness or issue, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(12)(a)) from the issue or sale of:

 

(i)           (A)  Equity Interests of the Company, including Treasury Capital Stock (as defined below), but excluding cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, of marketable securities or other property received from the sale of:

 

(x)            Equity Interests to any future, current or former officer, director, employee, manager or consultant of the Company, any Parent Entity of the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries after the Effective Date to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with Section 4.07(b)(4); and

 

(y)            Designated Preferred Stock; and

 

(B)          to the extent such net cash proceeds are actually contributed to the Company, Equity Interests of the Parent Entities (excluding contributions of the proceeds from the sale of Designated Preferred Stock or contributions to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with Section 4.07(b)(4)); or

 

(ii)          Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that has been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests of the Company or a Parent Entity of the Company;

 

provided, however, that this clause (b) shall not include the proceeds from (W) Refunding Capital Stock, (X) Equity Interests (or Indebtedness that has been converted or exchanged for Equity Interests) of the Company sold to a Restricted Subsidiary, (Y) Disqualified Stock or Indebtedness that has been converted into Disqualified Stock or (Z) Excluded Contributions; plus

 

(c)          100% of the aggregate amount of cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board of the Company, of marketable securities or other property contributed to the capital (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or a Guarantor or that becomes part of the capital of the Company or a Guarantor through merger, consolidation or amalgamation, following the Effective Date (other than net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds (i) have been used to incur Indebtedness or issue, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(12)(a), (ii) are contributed by a Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) constitute Excluded Contributions); plus

 

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(d)          100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company, of marketable securities or other property received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary by means of:

 

(i)           the sale or other disposition (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of, or cash distributions or cash interest received in respect of, such Restricted Investments from the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of loans or advances, and releases of guarantees, which constitute Restricted Investments made by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case after the Effective Date; or

 

(ii)          the sale (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than in each case to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary constituted a Permitted Investment) or a dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Effective Date; plus

 

(e)           in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary where the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is the survivor in such merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or the transfer of assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Effective Date, the fair market value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary, as determined in good faith by the Company, at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation or transfer of assets other than to the extent such Investment constituted a Permitted Investment; plus

 

(f)           the greater of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Applicable Measurement Period.

 

(b)          The foregoing provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not prohibit:

 

(1)          the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of such notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;

 

(2)          (a) the redemption, repurchase, defeasance, discharge, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests (“Treasury Capital Stock”) or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Equity Interests of any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of a sale or issuance (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle to the extent contributed to the Company (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) (“Refunding Capital Stock”) made within 120 days of such sale or issuance of Refunding Capital Stock and (b) if immediately prior to the retirement of Treasury Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under Section 4.07(b)(6), the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that were declarable and payable on such Treasury Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;

 

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(3)          the prepayment, exchange, redemption, defeasance, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition for value of (i) Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor made in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of a sale of, new Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor or Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Guarantor made within 120 days of such incurrence or issuance of new Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or (ii) Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Guarantor made in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of a sale of, Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Guarantor made within 120 days of such sale of Disqualified Stock, that, in each case is incurred or issued in compliance with Section 4.09 so long as:

 

(a)            the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness or the liquidation preference of such new Disqualified Stock does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Subordinated Indebtedness or the liquidation preference of, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends on, the Disqualified Stock being so prepaid, exchanged, redeemed, defeased, repurchased, acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any premium (including tender premiums), defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and any fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such new Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock and such prepayment, exchange, redemption, defeasance, repurchase, exchange, retirement or acquisition;

 

(b)            such new Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the applicable Guarantee at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so prepaid, exchanged, redeemed, defeased, repurchased, retired or acquired;

 

(c)            such new Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so prepaid, exchanged, redeemed, defeased, repurchased, retired or acquired; and

 

(d)            such new Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock being so prepaid, exchanged, defeased, redeemed, repurchased, retired or acquired;

 

(4)          a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, redemptions, retirement or other acquisition of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, or Equity Interests of any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle held by any future, present or former officer, director, employee, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle pursuant to any management equity plan or equity option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, any severance agreement or any stock subscription or equityholder agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any principal and interest payable on any Indebtedness issued by the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle in connection with such repurchase, retirement or other acquisition), including any Equity Interests rolled over by management of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle in connection with the Transactions; provided, however, that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (4) do not exceed at the time made (x) $50,000,000 (or $100,000,000 following an initial public offering described in Section 4.07(b)(8)) in any calendar year (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years, up to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $100,000,000 carried forward to any calendar year from preceding calendar years); provided, further, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

 

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(a)            the proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company and, to the extent contributed to the Company, the proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests of any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle, in each case to any future, present or former employees, directors or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle that occurs after the Effective Date; provided that the amount of such proceeds utilized for any such repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition shall not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a)(3); plus

 

(b)            the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries (or any Parent Entity of the Company to the extent contributed to the Company) after the Effective Date; less

 

(c)            the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of this clause (4);

 

and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from any future, present or former officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates, Immediate Family Members or any permitted transferee thereof) of the Company, any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle shall not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 4.07 or any other provision of this Indenture;

 

(5)          the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any class or series of Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case issued in accordance with Section 4.09 to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of “Fixed Charges”;

 

(6)          (a)  the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Effective Date;

 

(b)          the declaration and payment of dividends to a Parent Entity of the Company, the proceeds of which shall be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of such Parent Entity issued after the Effective Date; provided that the amount of dividends paid pursuant to this clause (b) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash actually contributed to the Company from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock; or

 

(c)          the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to Section 4.07(b)(2);

 

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provided, however, in the case of each of clauses (a) and (c) of this clause (6), that for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock or the declaration of such dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock but is not Designated Preferred Stock, after giving effect to such issuance or declaration on a pro forma basis, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis would have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 2.00 to 1.00;

 

(7)          payments made or expected to be made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of withholding or similar taxes payable in connection with the exercise or vesting of Equity Interests or other equity awards by any future, current or former officer, director, employee, manager or consultant and repurchases or withholdings of Equity Interests in connection with any exercise of stock or other equity options or warrants or the vesting of Equity Interests or other equity awards if such Equity Interests represent all or a portion of the exercise price of, or withholding obligation with respect to, such options, warrants or other Equity Interest or equity awards;

 

(8)          the declaration and payment of dividends on the Company’s common equity (or the payment of dividends to any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle to fund a payment of dividends on such entity’s common equity), following consummation of the first public offering of the Company’s common equity or the common equity of any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle after the Effective Date, in an aggregate amount per annum not to exceed 5.0% of Market Capitalization;

 

(9)          Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount that does not exceed the aggregate amount of Excluded Contributions received since the Effective Date;

 

(10)        Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (10) not to exceed the greater of (a) $200,000,000 and (b) 30.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Applicable Measurement Period of such Restricted Payments at the time of such Restricted Payments;

 

(11)        distributions or payments of Receivables Fees and purchases of Receivables in connection with any Receivables Facility or any repurchase obligation in connection therewith;

 

(12)        Restricted Payments made in connection with (a) the Transactions or Restricted Payments necessary to consummate the Transactions including (i) in respect of any payments required to be made on or after the Effective Date in connection with, or necessary to consummate, the Transactions, (ii) the payment of the Transaction Expenses, (iii) in respect of working capital adjustments or purchase price adjustments or to satisfy indemnity and other similar obligations, in each case as set forth in the Merger Agreement, (iv) to holders of equity, restricted equity units or similar equity awards and (v) to dissenting equityholders in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto (including any accrued interest) in connection with the Transactions, (b) working capital adjustments or purchase price adjustments in connection with any acquisition or other Investment, (c) the satisfaction of indemnity and other similar obligations in connection with the Transactions, any acquisition or other Investment, or (d) used to fund amounts owed to Affiliates (including those made to any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle to permit payment by such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle);

 

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(13)        the repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or retirement of any Subordinated Indebtedness in accordance with provisions similar to those described under Section 4.10 and Section 4.14; provided that at or prior to such repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or retirement, all Notes tendered by Holders in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed, acquired, defeased or retired;

 

(14)        the declaration and payment of dividends by the Company to, or the making of loans to, any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle in amounts required for any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle to pay or cause to be paid, in each case without duplication,

 

(a)            franchise, excise or similar taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses, in each case, required to maintain their organizational existence;

 

(b)            foreign, federal, state and local income and similar taxes (including any interest or penalties related thereto), to the extent such income or similar taxes are attributable to the income, revenue, receipts, capital or margin of the Company, the Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent of the amount actually received from its Unrestricted Subsidiaries, in amounts required to pay such taxes to the extent attributable to the income of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided that in each case the amount of such payments in any fiscal year does not exceed the amount that the Company, the Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent described above, its Unrestricted Subsidiaries would be required to pay in respect of foreign, federal, state and local taxes for such fiscal year were the Company, the Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the extent described above, its Unrestricted Subsidiaries to pay such taxes separately from any such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle;

 

(c)            customary salary, bonus, severance and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, future, current or former officers, directors, employees, managers and consultants of any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle to the extent such salaries, bonuses, severance and other benefits and indemnities are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Company’s or Restricted Subsidiaries, proportionate share of such amount relating to such Parent Entity being a public company;

 

(d)            general corporate operating (including, without limitation, expenses related to the maintenance of organizational existence and auditing or other accounting matters) and overhead costs and expenses of any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle to the extent such costs and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Company’s proportionate share of such amount relating to such Parent Entity being a public company;

 

(e)            fees and expenses other than to Affiliates of the Company related to any equity or debt offering (whether or not successful) of any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle;

 

(f)            amounts that would otherwise be permitted to be paid directly by the Company pursuant to Section 4.11(b)(3), (4), (6), (7), (8), (12), (13), (15) or (17);

 

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(g)            cash payments in lieu of issuing fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle; and

 

(h)             to finance Investments that would otherwise be permitted to be made pursuant to this covenant if made by the Company; provided that (i) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment, (ii) the applicable Parent Entity of the Company shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (A) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to the capital of the Company or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Person formed or acquired with or into the Company or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent not prohibited by Section 5.01) in order to consummate such Investment, (iii) such Parent Entity and its Affiliates (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) receives no consideration or other payment in connection with such transaction except to the extent the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary could have given such consideration or made such payment in compliance with this Indenture, (iv) any property received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not increase amounts available for Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 4.07(a)(3) and (v) to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment shall be deemed to be made by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to another provision of this Section 4.07 (other than pursuant to Section 4.07(b)(9) or pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Investments” (other than (9) thereof);

 

(i)             amounts that, if paid directly by the Company, would be payable pursuant to Section 4.07(b)(4), (7) or (18);

 

(15)        the repurchase, redemption, or other acquisition of Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary deemed to occur in connection with paying cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, permitted under this Indenture;

 

(16)        the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents);

 

(17)        payments or distributions to satisfy dissenters’ rights pursuant to or in connection with an acquisition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or transfer of assets that complies with Section 5.01;

 

(18)        (a) payments made to option holders or holders of profits interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to equityholders of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders or holders of profits interests as though they were equityholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution, in each case to the extent permitted under this Indenture (it being understood that no such payment may be made to an optionholder pursuant to this clause to the extent such payment would not have been permitted, pursuant to any provision of this Section 4.07, other than this clause (18)(a), to be made to such optionholder if it were a shareholder, and, for the avoidance of doubt, any amounts paid pursuant to this clause (a) shall count against the amount available under such other provision), and (b) Restricted Payments to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition, in each case for nominal value, of Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle from a former investor of an acquired business or a current or former officer, director, employee, manager or consultant of an acquired business (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members), which Equity Interests were issued as part of an earn-out or similar arrangement in the acquisition of such business, and which repurchase relates the failure of such earn-out to fully vest;

 

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(19)        the distribution to any Parent Entity of the Company of the cash or Cash Equivalents that were deposited on or prior to the Effective Date with the trustee for the then outstanding 6.625% senior notes due 2022 of MPH Acquisition, to the extent in excess of the amount that was needed to fund the redemption and discharge of such notes in full;

 

(20)        any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness consisting of Acquired Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred (a) to provide all or any portion of the funds utilized to consummate the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) otherwise in connection with or contemplation of such acquisition);

 

(21)        mandatory redemptions of Disqualified Stock issued as a Restricted Payment or as a Permitted Investment; and

 

(22)        any other Restricted Payment, provided that on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payment the Consolidated Total Debt Ratio would be equal to or less than 5.25 to 1.0;

 

provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (10) and (22) above, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.

 

(c)          For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that a proposed Restricted Payment or Investment (or a portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Restricted Payments described in the preceding clauses (1) through (22) above and/or one or more of the clauses contained in the definition of “Permitted Investments,” or is entitled to be made pursuant to Section 4.07(a), the Company shall be entitled to divide or classify (or later divide, classify or reclassify in whole or in part in its sole discretion) such Restricted Payment or Investment (or portion thereof) among such clauses (1) through (22) and Section 4.07(a) and/or one or more of the clauses contained in the definition of “Permitted Investments,” in a manner that otherwise complies with this covenant.

 

(d)         The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the assets or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment.

 

(e)          As of the Effective Date, all of the Company’s Subsidiaries shall be Restricted Subsidiaries. The Company shall not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated shall be deemed to be Restricted Payments or Permitted Investments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of “Investments.” Such designation shall be permitted only if a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time, whether pursuant to this covenant or pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Investments,” and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

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(f)          This Section 4.07 shall not restrict the making of any “AHYDO catch up payment” with respect to, and required by the terms of, any Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred under this Indenture.

 

Section 4.08         Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

(a)          The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:

 

(1)          (A)  pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or

 

(B)         pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor;

 

(2)          make loans or advances to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor; or

 

(3)          sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor.

 

(b)          The restrictions in Section 4.08(a) shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

 

(1)          contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Effective Date, including pursuant to the Senior Credit Agreement and the related documentation and related Hedging Obligations;

 

(2)          this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees;

 

(3)          purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and Financing Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in Section 4.08(a)(3) on the property so acquired;

 

(4)          applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;

 

(5)          any agreement or other instrument of a Person, or relating to Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person, which Person is acquired by or merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any other transaction entered into in connection with any such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in existence at the time of such acquisition or at the time it merges, consolidates or amalgamates with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person (but, in each case, not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired or redesignated;

 

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(6)          contracts for the sale or disposition of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary;

 

(7)          Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 and Section 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;

 

(8)          restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or restrictions on cash or other deposits permitted under Section 4.12 or arising in connection with any Permitted Lien;

 

(9)          other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors that is permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.09;

 

(10)        customary provisions in joint venture agreements or arrangements and other similar agreements or arrangements relating to such joint venture;

 

(11)        customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses, sub-licenses or similar agreements, including with respect to intellectual property and other agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or that in the judgment of the Company would not materially impair the Company’s ability to make payments under the Notes when due;

 

(12)        restrictions or conditions contained in any trading, netting, operating, construction, service, supply, purchase, sale or other agreement to which the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice; provided that such agreement prohibits the encumbrance of solely the property or assets of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary that are the subject of such agreement, the payment rights arising thereunder or the proceeds thereof and does not extend to any other asset or property of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary or the assets or property of another Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(13)        any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Subsidiary which was previously an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to or by reason of an agreement that such Subsidiary is a party to or entered into before the date on which such Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such agreement was not entered into in anticipation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and any such encumbrance or restriction does not extend to any assets or property of the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary other than the assets and property of such Subsidiary;

 

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(14)        other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.09; provided that (i) in the judgment of the Company, such incurrence will not materially impair the Company’s ability to make payments under the Notes when due or (ii) such encumbrances and restrictions apply only during the continuance of a default in respect of a payment or financial maintenance covenant relating to such Indebtedness;

 

(15)        restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility that, in the good faith determination of the Company, are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility;

 

(16)        any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in Section 4.08(a)(1), (2) and (3) imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in Section 4.08(b)(1) through (15); provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Company, not materially more restrictive with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing;

 

(17)        negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under this Indenture, but solely to the extent any negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness; and

 

(18)        customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement (or the assets subject thereto) entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice.

 

(c)          For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.08, (i) the priority of any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on common stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock and (ii) the subordination of loans and advances made to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, to other Indebtedness incurred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances.

 

Section 4.09         Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.

 

(a)          The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”) with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Company shall not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Company may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of Preferred Stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio on a consolidated basis for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries’ most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period; provided, further, that Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors may not incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock if, after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or issuance (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), the aggregate amount of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors would be outstanding pursuant to this Section 4.09(a) at such time exceeds the greater of (i) $175,000,000 and (ii) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Applicable Measurement Period at the time of any incurrence pursuant to this Section 4.09(a).

 

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(b)          The provisions of Section 4.09(a) shall not apply to:

 

(1)          the incurrence of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof), up to an aggregate principal amount outstanding at the time of incurrence not to exceed the sum of (a) $4,225,000,000 plus (b) the maximum principal amount of Secured Indebtedness that could be incurred such that after giving effect to such incurrence, the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio would be no greater than 5.00 to 1.00;

 

(2)          the incurrence by the Company and any Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes (including any Guarantee) (other than any Additional Notes);

 

(3)          Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the Effective Date (other than Indebtedness described in Section 4.09(b)(1) and (2));

 

(4)          Indebtedness (including Financing Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, to finance the purchase, development, lease, construction, repair, expansion, installation, repair, maintenance, upgrade or improvement of property (real or personal), equipment or other assets, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets; provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred and outstanding pursuant to this clause (4), when aggregated with the outstanding amount of Indebtedness under Section 4.09(b)(13) incurred to refinance Indebtedness initially incurred in reliance on this clause (4), does not exceed at the time of incurrence the greater of (a) $175,000,000 and (b) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Applicable Measurement Period;

 

(5)          Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to bankers’ acceptances, bank guarantees, letters of credit, warehouse receipts or similar facilities issued or entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, including in respect of workers’ compensation claims, performance, completion or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance;

 

(6)          Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn-outs or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the Transactions, Investments permitted under this Indenture, and the disposition or acquisition of any business, assets or Capital Stock, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Capital Stock for the purpose of financing such acquisition, but including in connection with guarantees of Indebtedness, letters of credit and surety bonds on performance bonds securing the performance of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to such agreements;

 

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(7)          Indebtedness of the Company owing to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if such Indebtedness is owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and if such Indebtedness is not in respect of accounts payable incurred in connection with goods and services rendered in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice (and not in connection with the borrowing of money), such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes (to the extent permitted by applicable law and it does not result in material adverse tax consequences); provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness (to the extent such Indebtedness is then outstanding) not permitted by this clause (7);

 

(8)          Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and if such Indebtedness is not in respect of accounts payable incurred in connection with goods sold or services rendered in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice (and not in connection with the borrowing of money), such Indebtedness shall be expressly subordinated in right of payment (to the extent permitted by applicable law and it does not result in material adverse tax consequences) to the Guarantee of the Notes of such Guarantor; provided, further, that any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness (to the extent such Indebtedness is then outstanding) not permitted by this clause (8);

 

(9)          shares of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer (other than the incurrence of a Permitted Lien) of any such shares of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock (except to the Company or another of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any pledge of such Capital Stock constituting a Permitted Lien (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock, as applicable (to the extent such Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock is then outstanding), not permitted by this clause (9);

 

(10)        Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes);

 

(11)        obligations in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance and obligations in respect of stays, customs, performance, indemnity, bid, appeal, judgment, surety or other similar bonds or instruments and performance, bankers’ acceptance facilities and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case not in connection with the borrowing of money;

 

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(12)        (A) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference up to 100.0% of the net cash proceeds received by the Company since immediately after the Effective Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company or cash contributed to the capital of the Company (in each case, other than Excluded Contributions or proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) as determined in accordance with clauses (3)(b) and (3)(c) of Section 4.07(a) to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to Section 4.07(b) or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of the definition thereof) and (B) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (12)(B), does not at the time of incurrence exceed the greater of (i) $230,000,000 and (ii) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Applicable Measurement Period pursuant to this clause (12)(B) (it being understood that any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (12)(B) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (12)(B) but shall be deemed incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) from and after the first date on which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock under Section 4.09(a) without reliance on this clause (12)(B));

 

(13)        the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or the issuance by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that serves to refund, refinance, replace, renew, extend or defease (collectively, “refinance” with “refinances,” “refinanced” and “refinancing” having a correlative meaning) any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred or issued as permitted under Section 4.09(a) and Section 4.09(b)(2), (3), (4), (12)(a), (13), (14) and (23) or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued to so refinance, such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock including additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred to pay accrued and unpaid interest, dividends, premiums (including tender premiums), defeasance costs, underwriting discounts, and fees and expenses (including original issue discount, upfront fees or similar fees) in connection therewith (the “Refinancing Indebtedness”) on or prior to its respective maturity; provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:

 

(A)          has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being refinanced,

 

(B)          to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (i) Indebtedness subordinated to the Notes or any Guarantee thereof, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced or (ii) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, respectively, and

 

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(C)         shall not include:

 

(i)            Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or a Guarantor; or

 

(ii)           Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

and provided, further, that subclause (A) of this clause (13) shall not apply to any refinancing of (x) any Secured Indebtedness or (y) any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor;

 

(14)       Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (x) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary incurred or issued to finance an acquisition or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into, consolidated with or amalgamated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided that such Indebtedness is in an aggregate amount not to exceed at the time of incurrence

 

(A)          the greater of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Applicable Measurement Period pursuant to this clause (14); plus

 

(B)           unlimited additional Indebtedness if after giving pro forma effect to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation, the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) or the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries is equal to or greater than immediately prior to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation;

 

(15)       cash management obligations, cash management services and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, automatic clearing house arrangements, employees’ credit or purchase cards, overdraft protections and similar arrangements and otherwise in connection with depositary accounts and repurchase agreements permitted by this Indenture and other Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(16)       Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries supported by a letter of credit issued pursuant to any Credit Facility, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;

 

(17)       (A) any guarantee by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness incurred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture, or

 

(B)           any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Company or of any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Indebtedness is permitted under the terms of this Indenture;

 

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(18)        Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors incurred pursuant to this clause not to exceed at the time of incurrence, and together with any other Indebtedness then outstanding under this clause (18), the greater of (A) $125,000,000 and (B) 20.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Applicable Measurement Period (it being understood that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (18) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (18) but shall be deemed incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) from and after the first date on which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness under Section 4.09(a) without reliance on this clause (18));

 

(19)        Indebtedness under a Receivables Facility;

 

(20)        Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (A) the financing of insurance premiums or (B) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(21)        Indebtedness of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or joint venture in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(22)        Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to future, current or former officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle to the extent described in Section 4.07(b)(4);

 

(23)        Indebtedness incurred in connection with any Permitted Sale and Lease-Back Transaction;

 

(24)        Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the net proceeds thereof are promptly deposited with the Trustee to satisfy and discharge the Notes in accordance with this Indenture;

 

(25)        Indebtedness attributable to (but not incurred to finance) the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto, in each case with respect to the Transactions or any other acquisition (by merger, consolidation or amalgamation or otherwise) permitted under this Indenture;

 

(26)        Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to future, current or former officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants of any Parent Entity of the Company, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(27)        Indebtedness consisting of obligations under deferred compensation or any other similar arrangements incurred in connection with the Transactions, any Permitted Investment or any acquisition (by merger, consolidation or amalgamation or otherwise) permitted under this Indenture;

 

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(28)        customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice from customers for goods or services purchased in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(29)        Indebtedness of the seller of any business or assets permitted to be acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under this Indenture; provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (29) shall not exceed at the time of incurrence the greater of (A) $30,000,000 and (B) 4.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Applicable Measurement Period;

 

(30)        obligations outstanding at any time in respect of Disqualified Stock in an amount not to exceed at the time of issuance the greater of (A) $30,000,000 and (B) 4.5% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Applicable Measurement Period;

 

(31)        Indebtedness in respect of commercial letters of credit obtained in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(32)        Indebtedness incurred in connection with bankers’ acceptances, discounted bills of exchange or the discounting or factoring of receivables for credit management purposes, in each case incurred or undertaken in the ordinary course business or consistent with past practice on arm’s length commercial terms on a recourse basis;

 

(33)        Indebtedness arising solely as a result of the existence of any Permitted Lien (other than for Liens securing debt for borrowed money);

 

(34)        unfunded pension fund and other employee benefits plan obligations and liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice; and

 

(35)        all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (1) through (34) above.

 

(c)          For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09:

 

(1)          in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in Section 4.09(b)(1) through (35) or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a), the Company, in its sole discretion, shall divide, classify or reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant and shall only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock (or portion thereof) or Preferred Stock (or portion thereof) in one of the above clauses or paragraph; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Credit Agreement on the Effective Date shall be treated as incurred on the Effective Date under Section 4.09(b)(1);

 

(2)          at the time of incurrence, the Company shall be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Sections 4.09(a) and 4.09(b); and

 

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(3)          the principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under any clause of this Section 4.09 shall be determined after giving effect to the application of proceeds of any such Indebtedness to refinance any such other Indebtedness.

 

Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4.09. Any Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(1) or (12)(B) shall be permitted to include additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred to pay accrued but unpaid interest and dividends and premiums (including reasonable tender premiums) thereon, and defeasance costs, underwriting discounts, fees and expenses (including original issue discount, upfront fees or similar fees) incurred in connection with such refinancing.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of accrued and unpaid interest, dividends, premiums (including tender premiums), defeasance costs, underwriting discounts, and expenses (including original issue discount, upfront fees or similar fees) incurred in connection with such refinancing.

 

The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.

 

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) that is contractually subordinated or junior in right of payment to any Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee to the extent and in the same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated to other Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be.

 

This Indenture shall not treat (1) Indebtedness that is unsecured as subordinated or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured and (2) Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to any other Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.

 

Section 4.10         Asset Sales.

 

(a)          The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, consummate, directly or indirectly, an Asset Sale, unless:

 

(1)          the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Company at the time of contractually agreeing to such sale) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and

 

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(2)           except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale, together with all other Asset Sales since the Effective Date (on a cumulative basis), received by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries is in the form of Cash Equivalents.

 

(b)           Within 540 days after the later of (x) the date of any Asset Sale and (y) the receipt of any Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale,

 

(1)           to permanently reduce:

 

(A)           Obligations under the Senior Credit Agreement, and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;

 

(B)            Obligations under Senior Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor that is secured by a Lien, which Lien is permitted by this Indenture, and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;

 

(C)            Obligations under other Senior Indebtedness (and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto); provided that, in the case of this clause (C), the Company shall equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Notes on a pro rata basis as provided under Section 3.07, through open-market purchases (to the extent such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) or by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase their Notes, on a ratable basis with such other Senior Indebtedness, for no less than 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the amount of Notes that would otherwise be repurchased (which offer shall be deemed an Asset Sale Offer for purposes of this Indenture); or

 

(D)            Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(2)           to make (A) an Investment in any one or more businesses; provided that such Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock and results in the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes or continues to constitute a Restricted Subsidiary, (B) capital expenditures or (C) acquisitions of other assets that are, in each of (A), (B) and (C), either (i) are used or useful in a Similar Business or (ii) replace in whole or in part the businesses or assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale; or

 

(3)           any combination of the foregoing;

 

provided that, in the case of Section 4.10(b)(2), a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment so long as the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Proceeds shall be applied to satisfy such commitment within the later of (x) 180 days of such commitment and (y) 540 days after the date of the applicable Asset Sale (an “Acceptable Commitment”) and, in the event any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before the Net Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds.

 

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(c)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any of or all the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sales by a non-Guarantor would have a material adverse tax consequence (taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit actually realized in connection with such repatriation) or is prohibited or subject to limitation by applicable local law, order, decree or determination of any arbitrator, court or governmental authority from being repatriated to the United States or distributed to the Company or any Guarantor, the portion of such Net Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied in compliance with this covenant, and such amounts may be retained by the applicable non-Guarantor so long, but only so long, as applicable, as such material adverse tax consequence exists or the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States or distribution to the Company or any Guarantor (the Company hereby agreeing to use reasonable efforts to cause the applicable non-Guarantor to take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law, applicable organizational impediments or other impediment to permit such repatriation or distribution), and if such repatriation of any of such affected Net Proceeds, as applicable, no longer has material adverse tax consequences or is permitted under the applicable local law, such repatriation will be promptly effected and such repatriated Net Proceeds will be applied (whether or not repatriation actually occurs) in compliance with this Section 4.10.

 

(d)           Any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale that are not invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth in Section 4.10(b) shall be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds an aggregate of $40,000,000 in any fiscal year (the “Excess Proceeds Threshold”), the Company shall make an offer to all Holders and, if and to the extent required by the terms of any Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”), to the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness (an “Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness that is equal to the applicable authorized denominations thereof that may be purchased in the amount equal to the sum of the Excess Proceeds (the “Excess Proceeds Payment Amounts”) at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount or accreted value thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture and, if applicable, the other documents governing the applicable Pari Passu Indebtedness. The Company shall commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within fifteen (15) Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceed the Excess Proceeds Threshold by sending the notice required pursuant to Section 3.09, with a copy to the Trustee. The Company may satisfy the foregoing obligation with respect to such Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer with respect to all or a portion of the available Net Proceeds (the “Advance Portion”) in advance of being required to do so by this Indenture (the “Advance Offer”).

 

(e)           To the extent that the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of Notes and, if applicable, Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds Payment Amount (or, in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion), the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds (or, in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion) for such amount offered in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of Notes or the Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by such Holders and holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds (or, in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion), the Company shall select the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount or accreted value of the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered with adjustments as necessary so that no Notes or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as the case may be, shall be repurchased in part in an unauthorized denomination. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero, but in the case of an Advance Offer, the amount of Net Proceeds the Company is offering to apply in such Advance Offer shall be excluded in subsequent calculations of Excess Proceeds. Additionally, upon consummation or expiration of any Advance Offer, any remaining Net Proceeds shall not be deemed Excess Proceeds and the Company may use such Net Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited under this Indenture.

 

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(f)            Pending the final application of an amount equal to the Net Proceeds pursuant to this Section 4.10, the holder of such Net Proceeds may apply such Net Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility (including under the Senior Credit Agreement) or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture.

 

(g)            For purposes of this Section 4.10, the following are deemed to be Cash Equivalents:

 

(1)            any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto, or if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence or accrual had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Company) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or are otherwise extinguished in connection with the transactions relating to such Asset Sale) and for which the Company and all Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by all creditors in writing;

 

(2)            any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale; and

 

(3)            any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (3) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA for the Applicable Measurement Period at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.

 

(h)            Any Notice of an Asset Sale Offer, if mailed or delivered in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. If (1) the Notice of an Asset Sale Offer is mailed or delivered in a manner herein provided and (2) any Holder fails to receive such notice or a Holder receives such notice but it is defective, such Holder’s failure to receive such notice or such defect shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the purchase of the Notes as to all other Holders that properly received such notice without defect. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached their obligations under this Section 4.10 by virtue of such compliance.

 

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Section 4.11          Transactions with Affiliates.

 

(a)            The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $20,000,000, unless:

 

(1)            such Affiliate Transaction is on terms, taken as a whole, that are not materially less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis, and

 

(2)            the Company delivers to the Trustee with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $50,000,000 a resolution adopted by the majority of the Board of the Company approving such Affiliate Transaction and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this Section 4.11(a)(1).

 

(b)            The provisions of Section 4.11(a) shall not apply to the following:

 

(1)            (A) transactions between or among the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction and (B) any merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company, provided that such Parent Entity shall have no material liabilities and no material assets other than cash, Cash Equivalents and the Capital Stock of the Company and such merger, consolidation or amalgamation is otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture and effected for a bona fide business purpose;

 

(2)            Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.07 and the definition of “Permitted Investments”;

 

(3)            the payment of indemnification and other similar amounts to the Investors and reimbursement of expenses of the Investors in connection with the management or monitoring of, or the provision of other services rendered to, any Parent Entity of the Company, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(4)            the payment of reasonable and customary fees and compensation paid to, and benefits, indemnities and reimbursements and employment and severance arrangements provided on behalf of, or for the benefit of, former, current or future officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Company, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle;

 

(5)            transactions in which the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or stating that the terms are not materially less favorable, when taken as a whole, to the Company or its relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s length basis;

 

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(6)            any agreement or arrangement as in effect as of the Effective Date or as expressly contemplated in the Offering Circular, or any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment is not disadvantageous in any material respect (as determined in good faith by the Company) to the Holders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Effective Date);

 

(7)            the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any equityholders agreement or the equivalent (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it (or any Parent Entity of the Company) is a party as of the Effective Date and any similar agreements which it (or any Parent Entity of the Company) may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (or any Parent Entity of the Company) of obligations under any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Effective Date shall only be permitted by this clause (7) to the extent that the terms of any such amendment or new agreement are not otherwise disadvantageous in any material respect (as determined in good faith by the Company) to the Holders, when taken as a whole, when compared to such agreements in existence on the Effective Date;

 

(8)            the Transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the Transactions, in each case, as contemplated by the Offering Circular;

 

(9)            transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, contractors, joint venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods or services that are Affiliates, in each case in the ordinary course of business or that are consistent with past practice and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture which are fair to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the Board of the Company or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party;

 

(10)          the issuance or transfer of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company and the granting and performing of customary registration rights;

 

(11)          transactions effected as part of any Receivables Facility that are otherwise permitted under this Indenture;

 

(12)          payments to any of the Investors made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities including, without limitation, in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are approved by the Board of the Company in good faith;

 

(13)          payments, loans, advances or guarantees (or cancellation of loans, advances or guarantees) to future, current or former officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates) of the Company, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle and employment agreements, equity option plans and other compensatory arrangements with any such officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) which, in each case, are approved by the Company in good faith;

 

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(14)          (A) investments by any of the Permitted Holders in securities of any Parent Entity of the Company, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (and payment of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Permitted Holders in connection therewith) so long as the investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (B) payments to Permitted Holders in respect of securities or loans of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries contemplated in the foregoing subclause (A) or that were acquired from Persons other than any Parent Entity of the Company, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, in accordance with the terms of such securities or loans;

 

(15)          payments to any future, current or former officer, director, employee, manager or consultant (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Company, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle pursuant to any management equity plan or equity option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any equity subscription or equityholder agreement; and any employment agreements, equity option plans and other compensatory arrangements (and any successor plans thereto) and any health, disability and similar insurance or benefit plans or supplemental executive retirement benefit plans or arrangements with any such officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) that are, in each case, approved by the Company in good faith;

 

(16)          transactions with a Person that is an Affiliate of the Company (excluding any Unrestricted Subsidiary) arising solely because the Company or Restricted Subsidiary owns any Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person;

 

(17)          the entering into or payments by the Company (and any Parent Entity of the Company or Equityholding Vehicle) and their respective Subsidiaries pursuant to tax sharing agreements among the Company (and any such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle) and their respective Subsidiaries on customary terms and such payments shall not exceed the excess (if any) of the amount of taxes they would have paid on a stand-alone basis over the amount of such taxes they actually pay directly to governmental authorities;

 

(18)          any lease entered into between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as lessee and any Affiliate of the Company, as lessor, which is approved by the Company in good faith;

 

(19)          intellectual property licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(20)          any transaction between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Person that would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because a director of which is also a director of the Company or any Parent Entity, provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Company or such Parent Entity, as the case may be, on any matter including such other Person;

 

(21)          pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

 

(22)          the existence and performance of agreements and transactions with any Unrestricted Subsidiary that were entered into prior to the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent that the transaction was permitted at the time that it was entered into with such Restricted Subsidiary (and not entered into in contemplation of such designation) and transactions entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate prior to the redesignation of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary (and not entered into in contemplation of such designation); and

 

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(23)          payments to and from, and transactions with, any joint ventures entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice (including, without limitation, any cash management activities related thereto).

 

Section 4.12          Liens.

 

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) (each, an “Initial Lien”) that secures Obligations under any Indebtedness on any asset or property of the Company or any Guarantor, unless:

 

(a)            in the case of Initial Liens securing Subordinated Indebtedness, the Notes and related Guarantees are secured by a Lien on such property, assets or proceeds thereof that is senior in priority to such Initial Liens; or

 

(b)            in all other cases, the Notes or the Guarantees are equally and ratably secured.

 

Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to this Section 4.12 shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Initial Lien that gave rise to the obligation to so secure the Notes.

 

Section 4.13          Corporate Existence.

 

Subject to Article 5, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (a) its company existence, and the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other existence of each of the Restricted Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary and (b) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other existence of any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, if the Company in good faith shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

Section 4.14          Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.

 

(a)            If a Change of Control occurs (other than as a result of the Transactions), unless, prior to, or concurrently with, the time the Company is required to make a Change of Control Offer (as defined below), the Company has previously or concurrently mailed or transmitted electronically a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes as described under Section 3.07 or Section 11.01, the Company shall make an offer to purchase all of the Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a price in cash (the “Change of Control Payment”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall send notice of such Change of Control Offer electronically or by first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, sent in the same manner, to each Holder to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, with the following information:

 

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(1)            that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.14 and that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer will be accepted for payment by the Company;

 

(2)            the purchase price and the purchase date, which will be no earlier than 20 Business Days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed or transmitted electronically (the “Change of Control Payment Date”), except in the case of a conditional Change of Control Offer made in advance of a Change of Control as described below;

 

(3)            that any Note not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;

 

(4)            that unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

(5)            that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such Notes completed or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, to the paying agent specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third (3rd) Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

(6)            that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to require the Company to purchase such Notes; provided that the paying agent receives, not later than the expiration time of the Change of Control Offer, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such Notes purchased and any other information as may be required by the paying agent;

 

(7)            that if less than all of such Holder’s Notes are tendered for purchase, such Holder will be issued new Notes and such new Notes will be equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that the unpurchased portion of the Notes must be equal to at least $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;

 

(8)            if such notice is sent prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, stating that the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the occurrence of such Change of Control, and, if applicable, stating that, in the Company’s discretion, the Change of Control Payment Date may be delayed until such time as any or all applicable conditions shall be satisfied, or that such purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that the Company shall determine that the Change of Control will not occur by the Change of Control Payment Date, or by the Change of Control Payment Date as so delayed; and

 

(9)            the other instructions, as determined by the Company, consistent with this Section 4.14, that a Holder must follow.

 

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(b)            On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent permitted by law,

 

(1)            accept for payment all Notes issued by them or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer,

 

(2)            deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered, and

 

(3)            deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes so accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating that such Notes or portions thereof have been tendered to and purchased by the Company.

 

(c)            The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.14, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached their obligations under this Section 4.14 by virtue thereof.

 

(d)            The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.14 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.

 

(e)            If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Company, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Company as described in Section 4.14(d), purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company or such third party will have the right, upon not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice given not more than 30 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described in Section 4.14(d), to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase on a date (the “Second Change of Control Payment Date”) at a price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes that remain outstanding to, but excluding, the Second Change of Control Payment Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the Second Change of Control Payment Date).

 

(f)            Other than as specifically provided in this Section 4.14, any purchase pursuant to this Section 4.14 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.02, 3.05 and 3.06.

 

Section 4.15          Additional Guarantees.

 

(a)            The Company will not permit any of its Domestic Subsidiaries that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (and any Domestic Subsidiary that is a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary if such non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary guarantees the Senior Credit Facilities or other capital markets debt securities of the Company or any Guarantor), other than a Guarantor, a Receivables Subsidiary or an Excluded Subsidiary, to guarantee the payment of (i) any Credit Facility permitted under Section 4.09(b)(1) or (ii) capital markets debt securities of the Company or any other Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $200,000,000 unless:

 

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(1)            such Restricted Subsidiary within 60 days executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to this Indenture providing for a Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary, except that with respect to a guarantee of Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor, if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee, any such guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantee substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes; and

 

(2)            such Restricted Subsidiary waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary as a result of any payment by such Restricted Subsidiary under its Guarantee;

 

provided that this Section 4.15 shall not be applicable to any guarantee of any Restricted Subsidiary that existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary and was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

(b)            The Company may elect, in its sole discretion, to cause any Subsidiary that is not otherwise required to be a Guarantor to become a Guarantor, in which case such Subsidiary shall not be required to comply with the 60 day period described in Section 4.15(a)(1).

 

Section 4.16          Discharge and Suspension of Covenants.

 

(a)            If (1) the Notes have an Investment Grade Rating from both Rating Agencies and (2) no Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (1) and (2) being collectively referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”), then, beginning on that day, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to the following covenants: Section 4.07, Section 4.08, Section 4.09, Section 4.10, Section 4.11, Section 4.14, Section 4.15 and Section 5.01(a)(4) (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”).

 

(b)            In the event that the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the “Reversion Date”) one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraw their Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants with respect to future events. Notwithstanding that the Suspended Covenants may be reinstated, no Default, Event of Default or breach of any kind shall be deemed to exist under this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees with respect to the Suspended Covenants, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall bear any liability for any actions taken or events occurring during the Suspension Period, or any actions taken at any time pursuant to any contractual obligation arising prior to the Reversion Date, as a result of a failure to comply with the Suspended Covenants during the Suspension Period (or upon termination of the Suspension Period or after that time based solely on events that occurred during the Suspension Period solely to the extent arising from the failure to comply with the Suspended Covenants during the Suspended Period).

 

(c)            The period of time from and including the date of the Covenant Suspension Event to (and excluding) the Reversion Date is referred to as the “Suspension Period.” Additionally, upon the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

 

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(d)            In the event of any such reinstatement, no action taken or omitted to be taken by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries prior to such reinstatement will give rise to a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture with respect to the Notes; provided that (1) with respect to Restricted Payments made after the Reversion Date, the amount of Restricted Payments made will be calculated as though Section 4.07 had been in effect prior to, but not during the Suspension Period, (2) all Indebtedness incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period will be classified to have been incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(3), (3) any Affiliate Transaction entered into after the Reversion Date pursuant to an agreement entered into during any Suspension Period shall be deemed to be permitted pursuant to Section 4.11(b)(6) and (4) any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor to take any action described in Section 4.08(a)(1) through (3) that becomes effective during any Suspension Period shall be deemed to be permitted pursuant to Section 4.08(b)(1). No Subsidiaries shall be designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries during any Suspension Period. In the event that during the Suspension Period the Company or any of its Affiliates enter into an agreement to effect a transaction that would result in a Change of Control and one or more of the Rating Agencies indicate that if consummated, such transaction (alone or together with any related recapitalization or refinancing transactions) would cause such Rating Agency to withdraw its Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to Section 4.14 under this Indenture with respect to such transaction.

 

(e)            The Company shall deliver promptly to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate notifying it of any such occurrence under this Section 4.16. The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the ratings of the Notes, monitor the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Event or notify Holders of the same.

 

ARTICLE 5

 

SUCCESSORS

 

Section 5.01          Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets.

 

(a)            The Company shall not merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:

 

(1)            the Company is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, consolidation or amalgamation (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”); provided that in the case where the Successor Company is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation;

 

(2)            the Successor Company, if other than the Company, expressly assumes all the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to supplemental indentures;

 

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(3)            immediately after such transaction, no Event of Default exists;

 

(4)            immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the Applicable Measurement Period,

 

(A)            the Successor Company or the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a), or

 

(B)            the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company (or the Successor Company, as applicable) and the Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction;

 

(5)            each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, in which case Section 5.01(d) shall apply, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes; and

 

(6)            the Company or, if applicable, the Successor Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or disposition and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture.

 

(b)            The Successor Company shall succeed to, and be substituted for, the Company under this Indenture, and the Notes and the Company will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture, the Guarantees and the Notes. Notwithstanding Section 5.01(a)(3) and (4),

 

(1)            any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with or merge into or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey, or otherwise dispose of all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; and

 

(2)            the Company may consolidate or merge with an Affiliate of the Company, as the case may be, solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.01,

 

(i)            the Transactions shall be permitted under this Indenture with the only requirement under this Section 5.01 with respect to the Merger and the Notes Assumption being that, after consummation of the Merger and in connection with the Notes Assumption, MPH Acquisition expressly assume through a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit D all obligations of Merger Sub (or any successor Person pursuant to the Merger) under this Indenture and the Notes, and Merger Sub (and any successor Person pursuant to the Merger) will automatically be released and discharged from the obligations under this Indenture and the Notes; and

 

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(ii)            the Company shall not be required to deliver, or cause to be delivered, any Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel under this Section 5.01 in connection with the consummation of the Transactions on the Effective Date.

 

(d)            Subject to certain limitations described in this Indenture governing release of a Guarantee upon the sale, disposition or transfer of a Guarantor, no Guarantor shall, and the Company shall not permit any Guarantor to, consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Company or Guarantor is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any Person (other than the Company or a Guarantor) unless:

 

(1)            (A)  such Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, consolidation or amalgamation (if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Guarantor, as the case may be, or the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Person”);

 

(B)            the Successor Person, if other than such Guarantor, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under this Indenture and such Guarantor’s related Guarantee pursuant to supplemental indentures;

 

(C)            immediately after such transaction, no Event of Default exists; and

 

(D)            the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture; or

 

(2)            the transaction is made in compliance with Section 4.10.

 

(e)            Subject to certain limitations described in this Indenture, the Successor Person shall succeed to, and be substituted for, such Guarantor under this Indenture and such Guarantor’s Guarantee, and such Guarantor will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and the Guarantor’s Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantor may (i) merge, consolidate, amalgamate or wind up with or into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company, another Guarantor or another Restricted Subsidiary (provided that, if the surviving or transferee Restricted Subsidiary is not required to be a Guarantor under this Indenture immediately after such transaction, then any Indebtedness of the Guarantor party or parties to such transaction that is assumed by such surviving or transferee Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed an incurrence of such Indebtedness upon completion of such transaction, and such transaction shall be permitted only if such incurrence is permitted under this Indenture (without giving effect to Section 4.09(b)(14))), (ii) consolidate, merge or wind up with or into an Affiliate of the Company solely for the purpose of reincorporating or reorganizing the Guarantor in the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (iii) convert into a Person organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Guarantor or a jurisdiction in the United States, or (iv) liquidate or dissolve or change its legal form if the Company determines in good faith that such action is in the best interests of the Company and is not materially disadvantageous to the Holders, in each case, without regard to the requirements set forth in Section 5.01(d).

 

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Section 5.02          Successor Corporation Substituted.

 

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the Company shall refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the Company), and may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein; provided that the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Notes except in the case of a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all of the Company’s assets that meets the requirements of Section 5.01.

 

ARTICLE 6

 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 6.01          Events of Default.

 

(a)            An “Event of Default” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

 

(1)            default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes;

 

(2)            default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the Notes;

 

(3)            failure by the Company or any Guarantor for 60 days after receipt of written notice given (A) to the Company (with a copy to the Trustee) by the Holders of not less than 30% in aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Notes or (B) to the Company by the Trustee to comply with any of its obligations, covenants or agreements (other than a default referred to in Section 6.01(a)(1) or (2)) contained in this Indenture or the Notes; provided that in the case of a failure to comply with the provisions of Section 4.03, such period of continuance of such default or breach shall be 180 days after written notice described in this clause (3) has been given;

 

(4)            default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there is issued or by which there is secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary), whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the issuance of the Notes, if both:

 

(i)             such default either results from the failure to pay any principal of such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods) or relates to an obligation other than the obligation to pay principal of any such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity and results in the holder or holders of such Indebtedness causing such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated final maturity; and

 

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(ii)             the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at its stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $100,000,000 or more at any one time outstanding;

 

(5)            failure by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $100,000,000 (net of amounts covered by insurance policies issued by insurance companies), which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final, and in the event such judgment is covered by insurance, an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree which is not promptly stayed;

 

(6)            the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

 

(i)             commences proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent;

 

(ii)            consents to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under applicable Bankruptcy Law;

 

(iii)            consents to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of it or for all or substantially all of its property;

 

(iv)           makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or

 

(v)            generally is not paying its debts as they become due;

 

(7)            a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

 

(i)              is for relief against the Company or any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary in a proceeding in which the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent;

 

(ii)            appoints a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; or

 

(iii)            orders the liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary;

 

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; or

 

(8)            the Guarantee of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary shall for any reason (except as contemplated by the express terms thereof or this Indenture) cease to be in full force and effect or be declared null and void or any responsible officer of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary (or the responsible officers of any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Company for a fiscal quarter end provided as required pursuant to Section 4.03) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), as the case may be, denies in writing that it has any further liability under its Guarantee or gives written notice to such effect, other than by reason of the termination of this Indenture or the release of any such Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture.

 

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(b)            In the event of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(4), such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than as a result of acceleration of the Notes) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose the Company delivers an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating that:

 

(1)            the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged; or

 

(2)            the requisite holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default; or

 

(3)            the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.

 

Section 6.02          Acceleration.

 

If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(6) or (7)) occurs and is continuing under this Indenture, the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Company and the Trustee or the Trustee by written notice to the Company may declare the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately. The Trustee shall have no obligation to accelerate the Notes unless Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes provide written direction.

 

Upon the effectiveness of such declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising under Section 6.01(a)(6) or (7), all outstanding Notes shall be due and payable immediately without further action or notice.

 

Section 6.03          Other Remedies.

 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

 

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

 

If a Default occurs and is continuing and is actually known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall send to each Holder of the Notes notice of such Default within 90 days after the Trustee acquires actual knowledge of such Default.

 

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Section 6.04          Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee and the Company may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note held by a non-consenting Holder (including in connection with an Asset Sale Offer or a Change of Control Offer) and rescind any acceleration and its consequences with respect to the Notes; provided, subject to Section 6.02, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration; provided, further, that such rescission would not conflict with any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 6.05          Control by Majority.

 

Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then total outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. 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 other Holder (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such direction is unduly prejudicial to such Holders) or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

 

Section 6.06          Limitation on Suits.

 

Subject to Section 6.07, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

 

(a)            such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

 

(b)            Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

 

(c)            Holders have offered and, if requested, provided to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

 

(d)            the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt thereof and the offer of security or indemnity; and

 

(e)            Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

 

A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.

 

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Section 6.07          Contractual Rights of Holders to Bring Suit for Enforcement of Payment.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the contractual right of any Holder to bring suit for the enforcement of any payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on its Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note shall not be amended without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 6.08          Collection Suit by Trustee.

 

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(1) or (2) 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, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

 

Section 6.09          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 proceedings, 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 has been instituted.

 

Section 6.10          Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

 

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in Section 2.07, 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 6.11          Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

 

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note 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 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 or by the Holders, as the case may be.

 

Section 6.12          Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

 

The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes including the Guarantors), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to participate as a member in any official committee of creditors appointed in such matter and 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 shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

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Section 6.13          Priorities.

 

Any money or property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 6 and any money or other property distributable in respect of any grantor’s Obligations under this Indenture after an Event of Default shall be applied in the following order:

 

FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;

 

SECOND: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for the principal premium, if any, and interest ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively;

 

THIRD: without duplication, to Holders for any other Obligations owing to the Holders under this Indenture and the Notes; and

 

FOURTH: to the Company or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.13.

 

Section 6.14          Undertaking for Costs.

 

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.14 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

 

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ARTICLE 7

 

TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.01          Duties of Trustee.

 

(a)            The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge and after the curing or waiver of all such Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. If an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

 

(b)            Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(1)            the duties of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

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

 

(c)            The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(1)            this paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 7.01(b);

 

(2)            the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved in a court of competent jurisdiction that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

 

(3)            the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05; and

 

(4)            no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise to incur any liability, financial or otherwise, in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not assured to it.

 

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(d)            Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to Section 7.01(a), (b), (c) and (e)

 

(e)            The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless the Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense.

 

(f)            The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

Section 7.02          Rights of Trustee.

 

(a)            The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document, but the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may (and shall at the direction of the majority of the Holders) make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters, and, if the Trustee shall determine, or be so directed, 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 sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

 

(b)            Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

 

(c)            The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care.

 

(d)            The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

 

(e)            Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.

 

(f)            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 the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture. Delivery of reports to the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03 shall not constitute actual knowledge of, or notice to, the Trustee of the information contained therein.

 

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

 

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(h)            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.

 

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

 

(j)            The Trustee may request that the Company and any Guarantor deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the names of the individuals and/or titles of Officers (with specimen signatures) authorized at such times to take specific actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer’s Certificate may be signed by any person specified as so authorized in any certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

 

(k)            The right of the Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such act.

 

Section 7.03         Individual Rights of Trustee.

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

 

Section 7.04         Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

 

Section 7.05         Notice of Defaults.

 

If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail or otherwise deliver in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary to Holders a notice of the Default within 90 days after it obtains knowledge thereof, unless such default shall have been cured or waived. Except in the case of a Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold from the Holders notice of any continuing Default if and so long as it in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders.

 

Section 7.06         Reports by Trustee to Holders.

 

Within 60 days after each May 15, beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail or otherwise deliver to the Holders a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act (but if no event described in Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with Section 313(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent applicable. The Trustee shall also transmit by mail or otherwise deliver all reports as required by Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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A copy of each report at the time of its delivery to the Holders shall be delivered to the Company and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

 

Section 7.07         Compensation and Indemnity.

 

The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the parties shall agree in writing from time to time. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee, its officers, directors, employees and agents for, and hold the Trustee, its officers, directors, employees and agents harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder (including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company or any of the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07) or defending itself against any claim whether asserted by any Holder, the Company or any Guarantor or any other Person, or liability in connection with the acceptance, exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder). 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 and the Guarantors shall defend the claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct or gross negligence.

 

The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

To secure the payment obligations of the Company and the Guarantors in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes and rights of the Holders on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(6) or (7) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

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Section 7.08         Replacement of Trustee.

 

A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08. The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

 

(a)            the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

 

(b)            the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

 

(c)            a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(d)            the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

 

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the Company’s expense), the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall deliver a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

Section 7.09         Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

 

If the Trustee 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 shall be the successor Trustee.

 

Section 7.10         Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

 

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This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of Sections 310(a)(1), (2) and (5) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee is subject to Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

Section 7.11         Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

 

The Trustee is subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated therein.

 

ARTICLE 8

 

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

Section 8.01         Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.

 

Section 8.02         Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

 

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes and Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth below in this Section 8.02 are satisfied (“Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in Section 8.02(a) and (b), and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture including the obligations of the Guarantors (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute such instruments reasonably requested by the Company or such Guarantor acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

 

(a)            the rights of Holders to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when such payments are due solely out of the trust created pursuant to this Indenture referred to in Section 8.04;

 

(b)            the Company’s obligations with respect to Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of such Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust;

 

(c)            the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith; and

 

(d)            this Section 8.02.

 

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Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise their option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of their option under Section 8.03.

 

Section 8.03         Covenant Defeasance.

 

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be released from their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 3.09, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 5.01(a)(4), 5.01(a)(5) and 5.01(e) with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied, and have each Guarantor’s obligation released with respect to its Guarantee (“Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s, exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, Sections 6.01(a)(3), 6.01(a)(4), 6.01(a)(5), 6.01(a)(6) (solely with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries and any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that taken together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), 6.01(a)(7) (solely with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries and any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that taken together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) and 6.01(a)(8)  shall not constitute Events of Default.

 

Section 8.04         Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

 

The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 to the outstanding Notes:

 

(a)            the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor (insofar as any Government Securities are so included) to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest due on the Notes on the stated final maturity date or on the redemption date, as the case may be, of such principal, premium, if any, or interest on such Notes and the Company must specify whether such Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular Redemption Date; provided that upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any deficit as of the applicable Redemption Date (any such amount, the “Applicable Premium Deficit”) only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the applicable Redemption Date. Any Applicable Premium Deficit shall be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the deposit of such Applicable Premium Deficit that confirms that such Applicable Premium Deficit shall be applied toward such redemption.

 

(b)            in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions,

 

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(1)            the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or

 

(2)            since the issuance of the Notes, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law;

 

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the beneficial owners will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as applicable, as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(c)            in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the beneficial owners will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(d)            no Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness, and, in each case the granting of Liens in connection therewith) shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;

 

(e)            such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any material agreement or material instrument (other than this Indenture) to which, the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith);

 

(f)            the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company or any Guarantor or others; and

 

(g)            the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.

 

Section 8.05         Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

Subject to Section 8.06, all money and Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company or a Guarantor acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

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The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

 

Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the written request of the Company any money or Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 which, in the opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(b)), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

Section 8.06         Repayment to Company.

 

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, premium or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on their request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter 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.

 

Section 8.07         Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be; provided that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of their obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

ARTICLE 9

 

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

 

Section 9.01         Without Consent of Holders.

 

Notwithstanding Section 9.02, the Company, any Guarantor (with respect to a Guarantee or this Indenture) and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture and any Guarantee or Notes without the consent of any Holder:

 

(a)            to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency, as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate;

 

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(b)            to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

 

(c)            to comply with Section 5.01;

 

(d)            to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders;

 

(e)            to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders (including to secure the Notes or the Guarantees) or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder in any material respect;

 

(f)             to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor;

 

(g)            to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

 

(h)            to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, if applicable;

 

(i)             to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee or a successor Paying Agent thereunder pursuant to the requirements thereof;

 

(j)             to provide for the issuance of exchange notes or private exchange notes, which are identical to exchange notes except that they are not freely transferable;

 

(k)            to add a Guarantor or a Guarantee of a Parent Entity of the Company under this Indenture, or to release any such Guarantor or Guarantee if at the time of such release such Guarantor is not otherwise required by this Indenture to be a Guarantor;

 

(l)             to conform the text of this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes to any provision of the “Description of the Notes” section of the Offering Circular to the extent that such provision in such “Description of the Notes” section was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Guarantee or the Notes as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate;

 

(m)            to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes as permitted by this Indenture, including, without limitation, to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Notes; provided, however, that (1) compliance with this Indenture as so amended would not result in Notes being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable securities law and (2) such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes; or

 

(n)            to effect the Merger and the Notes Assumption.

 

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its board of directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) no Opinion of Counsel shall be required in connection with the addition of a Guarantor under this Indenture upon execution and delivery by such Guarantor and the Trustee of a supplemental indenture to this Indenture, the form of which is attached as Exhibit E, and delivery of an Officer’s Certificate and (2) no Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel shall be required in connection with the execution and delivery on the Effective Date of the supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit D.

 

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Section 9.02         With Consent of Holders.

 

Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes, and the Guarantees with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium or interest on the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08 and Section 2.09 shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for the purposes of this Section 9.02.

 

Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its board of directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.

 

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

 

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall deliver to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to deliver such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver.

 

Without the consent of each affected Holder, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

 

(a)            reduce the principal amount of such Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

(b)            reduce the principal of or change the fixed final maturity of any such Note or reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of such Notes or change the date at which such Notes may be redeemed as described under Section 3.07; provided that any amendment to the minimum notice requirement may be made with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding;

 

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(c)            reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;

 

(d)            waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration, or in respect of a covenant or provision contained in this Indenture or any Guarantee which cannot be amended or modified without the consent of all affected Holders;

 

(e)            make any Note payable in money other than that stated therein;

 

(f)            make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders to receive payments of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes;

 

(g)            make any change in these amendment and waiver provisions (except pursuant to Section 9.01, which relates to amendments permitted without the consent of any Holders);

 

(h)            impair the right of any Holder to institute suit for enforcement of any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on, such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor;

 

(i)            make any change to or modify the ranking of the Notes that would adversely affect the Holders; or

 

(j)            except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, modify the Guarantees of any Significant Subsidiary in any manner adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

 

Section 9.03         [Reserved].

 

Section 9.04         Revocation and Effect of Consents.

 

Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

 

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement, or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date unless the consent of the requisite number of Holders has been obtained.

 

Section 9.05         Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

 

The Company may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

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Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

Section 9.06         Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc.

 

The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amendment, supplement or waiver until the Board of the Company approves it. In executing any amendment, supplement or waiver to any Notes Document, the Trustee shall receive and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 12.03, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that all conditions precedent thereto have been complied with, and that such amendment, supplement or waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and any Guarantors party thereto, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the provisions hereof (including Section 9.03). Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) no Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel will be required for the Trustee to execute the supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit D on the Effective Date and (b) no Opinion of Counsel will be required for the Trustee to execute any amendment or supplement adding a new Guarantor under this Indenture if such amendment or supplement is made pursuant to Section 9.01.

 

ARTICLE 10

 

GUARANTEES

 

Section 10.01       Guarantee.

 

Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors that becomes a party to this Indenture through the execution of a supplemental indenture hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees 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: (a) the principal of, interest and premium, if any, on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same shall 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, redemption or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

 

The Guarantors hereby agree that 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 with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby 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 covenants that this Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.

 

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Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01.

 

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

 

Each 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 Guarantor further agrees that, as between the 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 6 for the purposes of this 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 Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Guarantees.

 

Each Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company for liquidation or reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of the Company’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Notes or Guarantees, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer,” “fraudulent conveyance” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Notes shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

 

In case any provision of any Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Each payment to be made by a Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.

 

Section 10.02       Limitation on Guarantor Liability.

 

Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such 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 Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law. Each Guarantor that makes a payment under its Guarantee shall be entitled upon payment in full of all guaranteed Obligations under this Indenture to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Section 10.03       Execution and Delivery.

 

To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a supplemental indenture (which, with regard to each Initial Guarantor, shall be in the form of Exhibit D, and with regard to each Guarantor that becomes a party hereto after the Effective Date, shall be in the form of Exhibit E) shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its authorized Officers.

 

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.

 

If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

 

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

 

If required by Section 4.15, the Company shall cause any newly created or acquired Restricted Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 4.15 and this Article 10, to the extent applicable.

 

Section 10.04       Subrogation.

 

Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by any Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.01; provided that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all amounts then due and payable by the Company under this Indenture or the Notes shall have been paid in full.

 

Section 10.05       Benefits Acknowledged.

 

Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to its Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

 

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Section 10.06       Release of Guarantees.

 

(a)            A Guarantee by a Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, and no further action by such Guarantor, the Company or the Trustee is required for the release of such Guarantor’s Guarantee, upon:

 

(1)            any sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition (by merger, consolidation, amalgamation, dividend, distribution or otherwise) of (A) the Capital Stock of such Guarantor (including any sale, exchange or transfer), after which the applicable Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, or (B) all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor, in each case, if such sale, exchange or transfer or other disposition is not prohibited by the applicable provisions of this Indenture;

 

(2)            the release or discharge of the guarantee or direct obligation by such Guarantor of the Senior Credit Agreement and, if applicable, the guarantee which resulted in the creation of such Guarantee, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such guarantee or direct obligation (it being understood that a release subject to a contingent reinstatement is still a release and that if any such guarantee or direct obligation is reinstated then such Guarantee shall also be reinstated to the extent required by Section 4.15);

 

(3)            the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;

 

(4)            the Company exercising its Legal Defeasance option or Covenant Defeasance option in accordance with Article 8 or the Company’s obligations under this Indenture being discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

 

(5)            the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Guarantor with and into the Company or another Guarantor that is the surviving Person in such merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or upon the liquidation of a Guarantor following the transfer of all of its assets to the Company or another Guarantor;

 

(6)            the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Guarantor with and into a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction permitted by this Indenture where such Restricted Subsidiary is the surviving Person and such Restricted Subsidiary is a Foreign Subsidiary or is an Excluded Subsidiary, or upon the liquidation of a Guarantor following the transfer of all of its assets to such a Restricted Subsidiary; or

 

(7)            the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event; and

 

(b)            the Company and such Guarantor delivering to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.

 

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ARTICLE 11

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

Section 11.01       Satisfaction and Discharge.

 

This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect as to all Notes, when either:

 

(a)            all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

(b)            (1)  all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise, shall become due and payable within one year or may be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption; provided that upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any Applicable Premium Deficit only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the applicable Redemption Date. Any Applicable Premium Deficit shall be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the deposit of such Applicable Premium Deficit that confirms that such Applicable Premium Deficit shall be applied toward such redemption;

 

(2)            no Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit or the grant of any Lien securing such borrowing or any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith) with respect to this Indenture or the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any material agreement or material instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith);

 

(3)            the Company has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture (including without limitation to every Guarantor with the resulting effect that no Guarantor remains subrogated to the rights of the Holders against the Company pursuant to Section 10.04); and

 

(4)            the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.

 

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In addition, the Company must deliver an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the provisions of Section 7.07 shall survive and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01(b)(1), the provisions of Section 11.02 and Section 8.06 shall survive.

 

Section 11.02       Application of Trust Money.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 11.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of their obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

ARTICLE 12

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 12.01       Notices.

 

Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor, the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing (including telecopy and electronic transmission in PDF format) and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), fax or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:

 

If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:

 

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC

c/o MultiPlan

535 East Diehl Road

Naperville, IL 60563

Fax No.: [                    ]

Attention Chief Financial Officer

 

If to the Trustee:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association

Global Capital Markets

50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290

 

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Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

Fax No.: [                    ]

Attention: MPH Acquisition Administrator

 

The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed by first-class mail; when receipt acknowledged, if faxed; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery; provided that any notice or communication delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed effective upon actual receipt thereof.

 

Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first-class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary (which permits electronic delivery). Any notice or communication shall also be sent to any Person described in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act. Failure to send a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

 

If a notice or communication is sent in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

 

If the Company sends a notice or communication to Holders, they shall send a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

 

Notices given by publication will be deemed given on the first date on which publication is made, notices given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, will be deemed given five Business Days after mailing and notices given otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary (which permits electronic delivery) will be deemed given on the date sent to the Depositary.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption) to a Holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary for such Note (or its designee), pursuant to the customary procedures of such Depositary.

 

Section 12.02       Communication by Holders with Other Holders.

 

Holders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

Section 12.03       Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

 

Upon any request or application by the Company or any of the Guarantors to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee:

 

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(a)            An Officer’s Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.04) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; provided that such Officer’s Certificate shall not be required in connection with the issuance of the Initial Notes or the entering into any of the Notes Documents on the Effective Date; and

 

(b)            An Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.04), stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied; provided that such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required in connection with the issuance of the Initial Notes or the entering into any of the Notes Documents on the Effective Date.

 

Section 12.04       Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

 

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to Section 4.04 or Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall include:

 

(a)            a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

 

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

 

(c)            a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with (and, in the case of an Opinion of Counsel, may be limited to reliance on an Officer’s Certificate as to matters of fact); and

 

(d)            a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

Section 12.05       Rules by Trustee and Agents.

 

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

 

Section 12.06       No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators, Members, Partners and Stockholders.

 

No director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor or any of their parent companies or entities (other than the Company in respect of the Notes and each Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee) shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Guarantees or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting Notes waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

 

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Section 12.07       Governing Law.

 

THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND ANY GUARANTEE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Section 12.08       Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS, THE TRUSTEE AND EACH HOLDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF A NOTE, 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 12.09       Force Majeure.

 

In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services.

 

Section 12.10       No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

 

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

Section 12.11       Successors.

 

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

 

Section 12.12       Severability.

 

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

 

Section 12.13       Counterpart Originals.

 

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. 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.

 

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Section 12.14       Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

 

The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Section 12.15       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.

 

[Signatures on following pages]

 

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  POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP.
   
  By: /s/ P. Hunter Philbrick
    Name: P. Hunter Philbrick
    Title:    Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]

 

 

  WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
  as Trustee
   
  By: /s/ Jane Y. Schweiger
    Name: Jane Y. Schweiger
    Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

[Face of Note]

 

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

[Insert the Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

A-1

 

 

CUSIP [           ]
ISIN [         ]1

[RULE 144A][REGULATION S] GLOBAL NOTE

 

7.125% Senior Notes due 2024

 

No. ___ [$______________]

 

Polaris Merger Sub Corp.

to be assumed by
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC

 

promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum [set forth on the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto] [of ________________________ United States Dollars] on June 1, 2024.

 

Interest Payment Dates: June 1 and December 1

 

Record Dates: May 15 and November 15

 

 

1 Rule 144A Note CUSIP: 553283 AB8
Rule 144A Note ISIN: US553283AB86
Regulation S Note CUSIP: U6203K AB0
Regulation S Note ISIN: USU6203KAB09

 

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IN WITNESS HEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

  POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP.
   
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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

 

  WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
Dated:    
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

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[Back of Note]

 

7.125% Senior Notes due 2024

 

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

 

1.            INTEREST. The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 7.125% per annum from June 7, 20162 until maturity. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that the first Interest Payment Date shall be December 1, 20163. The Company will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the interest rate on the Notes; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest, if any (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the interest rate on the Notes. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

 

2.            METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Notes, if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on the May 15 or November 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. Payment of interest, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium, if any, on all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

 

3.            PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, Wilmington Trust, National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without prior written notice to the Holders. The Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries may act in as paying agent or registrar.

 

4.            INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2016 (the “Indenture”), between Polaris Merger Sub Corp. and the Trustee. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of the Company designated as its 7.125% Senior Notes due 2024. The Company may issue Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.01 and 4.09 of the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

 

2 With respect to the Notes issued on the Effective Date.

 

3 With respect to the Notes issued on the Effective Date.

 

 

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5.            REDEMPTION and Repurchase. The Notes are subject to optional and mandatory redemption, and may be the subject of an Offer to Purchase, as further described in the Indenture. Except as provided in the Indenture, the Company shall not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

 

6.            DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption or tendered (and not withdrawn) for repurchase in connection with a Change of Control Offer, an Asset Sale Offer or other tender offer, in whole or in part, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before the mailing or electronic delivery of a notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed.

 

7.            PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

 

8.            AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. The Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture.

 

9.            DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. The Events of Default relating to the Notes are defined in Section 6.01 of the Indenture. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the rights and obligations of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall be as set forth in the applicable provisions of the Indenture.

 

10.            AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee.

 

11.            GOVERNING LAW. THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND ANY GUARANTEE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

12.            CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to the Company at the following address:

 

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MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC
c/o MultiPlan
535 East Diehl Road
Naperville, IL 60563
Fax No.: [                    ]
Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to: _______________________________________________________________________________________

(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint________________________________________________________________________________________________

to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date: _____________________

 

  Your Signature:  
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee:* __________________________________

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.14 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

 

¨ Section 4.10              ¨ Section 4.14

 

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.14 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

 

$_______________

 

Date: _____________________

 

  Your Signature:  
    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee:* __________________________________

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*

 

The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is $__________. The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange   Amount of decrease
in Principal Amount
  Amount of increase
in Principal Amount
of this Global Note
  Principal Amount of
this Global Note
following such
decrease or increase
  Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee or
Custodian
                 
                 
                 

 

 

 

*            This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC

c/o MultiPlan

535 East Diehl Road

Naperville, IL 60563

Fax No.: [                    ]

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association

Global Capital Markets

50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Fax No.: [                    ]

Attention: MPH Acquisition Administrator

 

Re:       7.125% Senior Notes due 2024

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2016 (the “Indenture”), among Polaris Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”; provided that, after the consummation of the Merger and Notes Assumption, references to the “Company” only refer to MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company), and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

_______________ (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $___________ in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to _______________ (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

 

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

 

1.            ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE 144A GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

2.            ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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3.            ¨ CHECK AND COMPLETE IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO ANY PROVISION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OTHER THAN RULE 144A OR REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

 

(a)           ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;

 

or

 

(b)           ¨ such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof;

 

or

 

(c)           ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and, if applicable, in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

 

4.            ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE OR OF AN UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE.

 

(a)           ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO RULE 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

(b)           ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

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(c)           ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO OTHER EXEMPTION. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 

  [Insert Name of Transferor]
     
By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

Dated: _______________________

 

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:

 

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

 

(a) ¨ a beneficial interest in the:

 

(i) ¨ 144A Global Note (CUSIP [         ]), or

 

(ii) ¨ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP [         ]), or

 

(b) ¨ a Restricted Definitive Note.

 

2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:

 

[CHECK ONE]

 

(a) ¨ a beneficial interest in the:

 

(i) ¨ 144A Global Note (CUSIP [         ]), or

 

(ii) ¨ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP [         ]), or

 

(iii) ¨ Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP [         ]); or

 

(b) ¨ a Restricted Definitive Note; or

 

(c) ¨ an Unrestricted Definitive Note, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

 

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC

c/o MultiPlan

535 East Diehl Road

Naperville, IL 60563

Fax No.: [                    ]

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association

Global Capital Markets

50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Fax No.: [                    ]

Attention: MPH Acquisition Administrator

 

Re:         7.125% Senior Notes due 2024

 

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2016 (the “Indenture”), among Polaris Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”; provided that, after the consummation of the Merger and Notes Assumption, references to the “Company” only refer to MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company), and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

___________ (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $__________ in such Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

 

1)            EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE FOR UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE

 

a)            ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

b)            ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

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c)            ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

d)            ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

2)            EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES FOR RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES

 

a)            ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

b)            ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] [  ] 144A Global Note [  ] Regulation S Global Note, with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 

  [Insert Name of Transferor]
     
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

Dated: _______________________

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC

AND THE INITIAL GUARANTORS]

 

Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of June 7, 2016, among MPH Acquisition Corp 1, a Delaware corporation (“Acquisition Corp”), MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), the Initial Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to below) party hereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, Polaris Merger Sub Corp. (“Merger Sub”) has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), dated as of June 7, 2016, related to the initial issuance by Merger Sub of $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.125% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, Merger Sub has merged with and into Acquisition Corp, with Acquisition Corp surviving such merger, MPH Intermediate Acquisition Corp. has merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 2, with MPH Acquisition Corp 2 surviving such merger and MPH Acquisition Corp 2 has merged with and into Acquisition Corp, with Acquisition Corp surviving such merger (collectively, the “Merger”);

 

WHEREAS, Article 10 and Section 5.01 of the Indenture provide that, immediately upon consummation of the Merger, the Company and the Guarantors shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which (i) the Company will become a party to the Indenture and expressly assume Acquisition Corp’s obligations with respect to the Notes and the Indenture and Acquisition Corp will be released from all obligations thereunder, and (ii) the obligations of the Company with respect to the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes and the performance and observation of each covenant and agreement under the Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed will become unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Guarantors;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01(n) of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Company, Acquisition Corp and the Guarantors are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture without the consent of Holders; and

 

WHEREAS, all acts necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and each Guarantor have been taken by the Company and each Guarantor, as applicable.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:

 

(1)          Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

   

 

 

(2)          Agreement to be Bound. (a)  The Company hereby agrees to unconditionally assume Acquisition Corp’s obligations with respect to the Notes and the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Notes and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of the “Company” under the Indenture as if it was in effect with respect to the Company since the Effective Date.

 

(b)            Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees to be a Guarantor under the Indenture and to be bound by the terms of the Indenture applicable to the Guarantors, including Article 10 thereof, and agrees that the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.

 

(3)          Execution and Delivery. The Company and each Guarantor hereby represent and warrant to and agree that each of them has all the requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Supplemental Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture has been duly and validly executed and delivered and constitutes their legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Indenture

 

(4)          Release of Obligations. Upon execution of this Supplemental Indenture by the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, Acquisition Corp shall be unconditionally and irrevocably released and discharged from all obligations and liabilities under the Indenture and the Notes.

 

(5)          Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

(6)          Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy, which may be delivered by facsimile or PDF transmission, shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

(7)          Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

(8)          The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company and the Guarantors.

 

(9)          Ratification. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

 

  MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1
   
       
  By:  
    Name: David Redmond
    Title: Secretary and Treasurer

 

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  MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC
   
       
  By:  
    Name: David Redmond
    Title: Secretary and Treasurer

 

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  ADMAR CORPORATION
  ASSOCIATES FOR HEALTH CARE, INC.
  BEECH STREET CORPORATION
  FORMOST, INC.
  HEALTHEOS BY MULTIPLAN, INC.
  HEALTHNETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
  HMA ACQUISITION CORPORATION
  IHP ACQUISITION CORP.
  MARS ACQUISITION CORP.
  MEDICAL AUDIT & REVIEW SOLUTIONS, INC.
  MULTIPLAN HOLDING CORPORATION
  MPH INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY 1
  MULTIPLAN CORP.
  MULTIPLAN SERVICES CORPORATION
  MULTIPLAN, INC.
  NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, LLC
  NCN ACQUISITION CORPORATION
  PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC.
  STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT PPO, INC.
  TEXAS TRUE CHOICE, INC.
  VIANT HOLDINGS, INC.
  VIANT, INC.
  VIANT PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.

 

  By:  
    Name: David Redmond
    Title: Authorized Officer

 

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  WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
   
       
  By:  
    Name: Jane Y. Schweiger
    Title: Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]

 

[__________] Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of __________, among MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), __________________ (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of the Company, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, each of Polaris Merger Sub Corp. has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), dated as of June 7, 2016, providing for the issuance of an unlimited aggregate principal amount of 7.125% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the “Guarantee”); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01(k) of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture without the consent of Holders.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:

 

(1)            Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

(2)            Agreement to Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to be a Guarantor under the Indenture and to be bound by the terms of the Indenture applicable to Guarantors, including Article 10 thereof.

 

(3)            Execution and Delivery. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.

 

(4)            Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

(5)            Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy, which may be delivered by facsimile or PDF transmission, shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

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(6)            Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

(7)            The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary.

 

(8)            Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

 

(9)            Representations and Warranties by Guaranteeing Subsidiary. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee that this Supplemental Indenture has been duly and validly executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Indenture.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

  MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC
   
       
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

 

  [GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]
   
       
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

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  WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
   
       
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

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Exhibit 4.12

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

First Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of June 7, 2016, among MPH Acquisition Corp 1, a Delaware corporation (“Acquisition Corp”), MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), the Initial Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to below) party hereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, Polaris Merger Sub Corp. (“Merger Sub”) has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), dated as of June 7, 2016, related to the initial issuance by Merger Sub of $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.125% senior notes due 2024 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, Merger Sub has merged with and into Acquisition Corp, with Acquisition Corp surviving such merger, MPH Intermediate Acquisition Corp. has merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 2, with MPH Acquisition Corp 2 surviving such merger and MPH Acquisition Corp 2 has merged with and into Acquisition Corp, with Acquisition Corp surviving such merger (collectively, the “Merger”);

 

WHEREAS, Article 10 and Section 5.01 of the Indenture provide that, immediately upon consummation of the Merger, the Company and the Guarantors shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which (i) the Company will become a party to the Indenture and expressly assume Acquisition Corp’s obligations with respect to the Notes and the Indenture and Acquisition Corp will be released from all obligations thereunder, and (ii) the obligations of the Company with respect to the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes and the performance and observation of each covenant and agreement under the Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed will become unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Guarantors;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01(n) of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Company, Acquisition Corp and the Guarantors are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture, without the consent of Holders; and

 

WHEREAS, all acts necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and each Guarantor have been taken by the Company and each Guarantor, as applicable.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:

 

(1)         Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

 

 

(2)         Agreement to be Bound. (a)  The Company hereby agrees to unconditionally assume Acquisition Corp’s obligations with respect to the Notes and the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Notes and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of the “Company” under the Indenture as if it was in effect with respect to the Company since the Effective Date.

 

(b)       Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees to be a Guarantor under the Indenture and to be bound by the terms of the Indenture applicable to the Guarantors, including Article 10 thereof, and agrees that the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.

 

(3)         Execution and Delivery. The Company and each Guarantor hereby represent and warrant to and agree that each of them has all the requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Supplemental Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture has been duly and validly executed and delivered and constitutes their legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Indenture..

 

(4)         Release of Obligations. Upon execution of this Supplemental Indenture by the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, Acquisition Corp shall be unconditionally and irrevocably released and discharged from all obligations and liabilities under the Indenture and the Notes.

 

(5)         Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

(6)         Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy, which may be delivered by facsimile or PDF transmission, shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

(7)         Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

(8)         The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company and the Guarantors.

 

(9)         Ratification. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

  MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1
   
  By: /s/ David L. Redmond
    Name: David Redmond
    Title: Secretary and Treasurer

 

 

 

  MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC
   
  By: /s/ David L. Redmond
  Name: David Redmond
  Title: Secretary and Treasurer

 

 

 

  ADMAR CORPORATION
  ASSOCIATES FOR HEALTH CARE, INC.
  BEECH STREET CORPORATION
  FORMOST, INC.
  HEALTHEOS BY MULTIPLAN, INC.
  HEALTHNETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
  HMA ACQUISITION CORPORATION
  IHP ACQUISITION CORP.
  MARS ACQUISITION CORP.
  MEDICAL AUDIT & REVIEW SOLUTIONS, INC.
  MULTIPLAN HOLDING CORPORATION
  MPH INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY 1
  MULTIPLAN CORP.
  MULTIPLAN SERVICES CORPORATION
  MULTIPLAN, INC.
  NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, LLC
  NCN ACQUISITION CORPORATION
  PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC.
  STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT PPO, INC.
  TEXAS TRUE CHOICE, INC.
  VIANT HOLDINGS, INC.
  VIANT, INC.
  VIANT PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
   
  By: /s/ David L. Redmond
    Name: David Redmond
    Title: Authorized Officer

 

 

 

  WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
   
  By: /s/ Jane Y. Schweiger
    Name: Jane Y. Schweiger
    Title: Vice President

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.13

 

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

Second Supplemental Indenture (this “Second Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of November 18, 2016, among MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to below) party hereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, Polaris Merger Sub Corp. (as predecessor to the Company) has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, including by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 7, 2016, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), and this Second Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of the Company’s 7.125% senior notes due 2024 (the “Notes”) and pursuant to which the Company has duly issued the Initial Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1,100,000,000;

 

WHEREAS, Section 2.01 of the Indenture provides that Additional Notes ranking pari passu with the Initial Notes may be created and issued from time to time under the Indenture by the Company without notice to or consent of the Holders and that such Additional Notes shall be consolidated with and form a single class with the Initial Notes and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Initial Notes, subject to the Company’s compliance with Section 4.09 of the Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01(g) of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors are authorized to execute and deliver this Second Supplemental Indenture without the consent of the Holders of the Notes;

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantors have authorized the execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture for the purpose of issuing $460,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes (the “New Notes”); and

 

WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by the parties hereto, and all conditions and requirements necessary to make this Second Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantors enforceable in accordance with its terms have been duly performed and complied with.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:

 

(1) Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

(2) Execution and Delivery. The Company and each Guarantor hereby represent and warrant to and agree that each of them has all the requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Second Supplemental Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture has been duly and validly executed and delivered and constitutes their legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Indenture.

 

 

 

(3) Additional Notes. As of the date hereof, the Company will issue, and the Trustee is directed to authenticate and deliver, the New Notes under the Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Indenture.

 

(4) Governing Law. THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

(5) Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Second Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy, which may be delivered by facsimile or PDF transmission, shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

(6) Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

(7) The Trustee. The Trustee accepts the amendment of the Existing Indenture effected by this Second Supplemental Indenture, but only upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Second Supplemental Indenture. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Second Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company and the Guarantors.

 

(8) Ratification of Indenture; Second Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Second Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

  MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC
   
  By:  /s/ David L. Redmond
    Name: David L. Redmond
    Title: Secretary and Treasurer

 

[Signature page to Second Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

 

  WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
   
  By: /s/ Jane Y. Schweiger
    Name: Jane Y. Schweiger
    Title: Vice President

 

[Signature page to Second Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

 

  ADMAR CORPORATION  
  ASSOCIATES FOR HEALTH CARE,INC.  
  BEECH STREET CORPORATION  
  FORMOST,INC.  
  HEALTHEOS BY MULTIPLAN,INC.  
  HEALTHNETWORK SYSTEMS LLC  
  HMA ACQUISITION CORPORATION  
  IHP ACQUISITION CORP.  
  MARS ACQUISITION CORP.  
  MEDICAL AUDIT& REVIEW SOLUTIONS,INC.  
  MPH INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY 1  
  MULTIPLAN CORP.  
  MULTIPLAN HOLDING CORPORATION  
  MULTIPLAN SERVICES CORPORATION  
  MULTIPLAN,INC.  
  NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, LLC  
  NCN ACQUISITION CORPORATION  
  PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS,INC.  
  STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT PPO,INC.  
  TEXAS TRUE CHOICE,INC.  
  VIANT HOLDINGS,INC.  
  VIANT PAYMENT SYSTEMS,INC.  
  VIANT,INC.  
     
  By: /s/ David L. Redmond  
    Name: David L. Redmond  
    Title: Authorized Officer  

 

[Signature page to Second Supplemental Indenture]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.8

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of June 7, 2016

 

among

 

POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., as initial Holdings and, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1,

as Holdings,

 

POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., as the initial Borrower, which on the Closing Date shall be merged with and into MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1 (with MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1 as the surviving entity of such merger) and, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, MPH

ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC,

as the Borrower,

 

The Co-Obligors

from Time to Time Parties Hereto,

 

The Several Lenders

from Time to Time Parties Hereto,

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer,

 

GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC,

as Syndication Agent

 

and

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

CITIBANK, N.A., and

UBS SECURITIES LLC

as Documentation Agents

 

 

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC,

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,

and

UBS SECURITIES LLC

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

  Page
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS 2
1.1 Defined Terms 2
1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions 74
1.3 Accounting Terms 75
1.4 Rounding 75
1.5 References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. 75
1.6 Times of Day 75
1.7 Timing of Payment or Performance 75
1.8 Currency Equivalents Generally 76
1.9 Classification of Loans and Borrowings 76
1.10 [Reserved] 76
1.11 Limited Condition Acquisitions 76
1.12 Pro Forma and Other Calculations 77
SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT FACILITIES 79
2.1 Loans 79
2.2 Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings 81
2.3 Notice of Borrowing 81
2.4 Disbursement of Funds 82
2.5 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt 83
2.6 Conversions and Continuations 84
2.7 Pro Rata Borrowings 85
2.8 Interest 85
2.9 Interest Periods 86
2.10 Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc. 86
2.11 Compensation 88
2.12 Change of Lending Office 88

 

 

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2.13 Notice of Certain Costs 88
2.14 Incremental Facilities 89
2.15 Extensions of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments 92
2.16 Defaulting Lenders 96
2.17 Term Loan Exchange Notes 98
SECTION 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT 99
3.1 Issuance of Letters of Credit 99
3.2 Letter of Credit Requests 100
3.3 Letter of Credit Participations 102
3.4 Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings 103
3.5 Increased Costs 104
3.6 New or Successor Letter of Credit Issuer 105
3.7 Role of Letter of Credit Issuer 106
3.8 Cash Collateral 106
3.9 [Reserved] 107
3.10 Conflict with Issuer Documents 107
3.11 Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries 107
3.12 Other 107
3.13 Applicability of ISP and UCP 108
SECTION 4. FEES; COMMITMENT REDUCTIONS AND TERMINATIONS 108
4.1 Fees 108
4.2 Voluntary Reduction of Commitments 109
4.3 Mandatory Termination of Commitments 110
SECTION 5. PAYMENTS 110
5.1 Voluntary Prepayments 110
5.2 Mandatory Prepayments 111
5.3 Method and Place of Payment 116

 

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5.4 Net Payments 116
5.5 Computations of Interest and Fees 119
5.6 Limit on Rate of Interest 119
SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO INITIAL CREDIT EVENT 120
6.1 Credit Documents 120
6.2 Collateral 120
6.3 Legal Opinions 121
6.4 Structure and Terms of the Transaction; No Material Adverse Effect 121
6.5 Closing Certificates 121
6.6 Corporate Proceedings 122
6.7 Corporate Documents 122
6.8 Solvency Certificate 122
6.9 Financial Statements 122
6.10 PATRIOT ACT 122
6.11 Fees and Expenses 122
6.12 Specified Representations 122
SECTION 7. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO ALL CREDIT EVENTS 123
7.1 No Default; Representations and Warranties 123
7.2 Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request 123
SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS 123
8.1 Corporate Status 123
8.2 Corporate Power and Authority; Enforceability 123
8.3 No Violation 124
8.4 Litigation 124
8.5 Margin Regulations 124
8.6 Governmental Approvals 124
8.7 Investment Company Act 124
8.8 True and Complete Disclosure 124

 

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8.9 Financial Statements 125
8.10 Tax Returns and Payments, Etc. 125
8.11 Compliance with ERISA 125
8.12 Subsidiaries 126
8.13 Intellectual Property 126
8.14 Environmental Laws 126
8.15 Properties, Assets and Rights 127
8.16 Solvency 127
8.17 Material Adverse Change 127
8.18 Use of Proceeds 127
8.19 FCPA 127
8.20 Sanctioned Persons 127
8.21 PATRIOT ACT 128
8.22 Labor Matters 128
8.23 Subordination of Junior Financing 128
8.24 No Default 128
SECTION 9. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 128
9.1 Information Covenants 128
9.2 Books, Records and Inspections 131
9.3 Maintenance of Insurance 131
9.4 Payment of Taxes 132
9.5 Consolidated Corporate Franchises 132
9.6 Compliance with Statutes 132
9.7 ERISA 132
9.8 Good Repair 133
9.9 End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters 133
9.10 Additional Guarantors, Grantors and Co-Obligors 133
9.11 Pledges of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness 133

 

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9.12 Use of Proceeds 134
9.13 Changes in Business 134
9.14 Further Assurances 134
9.15 Designation of Subsidiaries 136
9.16 Maintenance of Ratings 136
9.17 Post-Closing Obligations 136
SECTION 10. NEGATIVE COVENANTS 136
10.1 Limitation on Indebtedness 136
10.2 Limitation on Liens 144
10.3 Limitation on Fundamental Changes 149
10.4 Limitation on Sale of Assets 151
10.5 Limitation on Investments 154
10.6 Limitation on Restricted Payments 159
10.7 Limitations on Debt Payments and Amendments 164
10.8 Negative Pledge Clauses 164
10.9 Passive Holding Company; Etc. 167
10.10 Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio 168
10.11 Transactions with Affiliates 168
SECTION 11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT 171
11.1 Payments 171
11.2 Representations, Etc. 171
11.3 Covenants 171
11.4 Default Under Other Agreements 172
11.5 Bankruptcy, Etc. 172
11.6 ERISA 172
11.7 Guarantee 173
11.8 Security Document 173
11.9 Judgments 173

 

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11.10 Change of Control 173
11.11 Borrower’s Right to Cure 173
SECTION 12. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT 175
12.1 Appointment 175
12.2 Limited Duties 175
12.3 Binding Effect 175
12.4 Delegation of Duties 175
12.5 Exculpatory Provisions 176
12.6 Reliance by Administrative Agent 176
12.7 Notice of Default 176
12.8 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders 177
12.9 Indemnification 177
12.10 Agent in Its Individual Capacity 177
12.11 Successor Agent 178
12.12 Withholding Tax 179
12.13 Duties as Collateral Agent and as Paying Agent 179
12.14 Authorization to Release Liens and Guarantees 179
12.15 Intercreditor Agreements 179
12.16 Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements 180
12.17 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim 180
SECTION 13. MISCELLANEOUS 181
13.1 Amendments and Waivers 181
13.2 Notices; Electronic Communications 183
13.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies 186
13.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties 186
13.5 Payment of Expenses; Indemnification 187
13.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments; Etc. 188
13.7 Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances 195

 

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13.8 Adjustments; Set-off 196
13.9 Counterparts 197
13.10 Severability 197
13.11 Integration 197
13.12 GOVERNING LAW 197
13.13 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers 197
13.14 Acknowledgments 198
13.15 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL 198
13.16 Confidentiality 198
13.17 Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations; Subordination of Liens 199
13.18 USA PATRIOT ACT 200
13.19 Legend 200
13.20 Payments Set Aside 201
13.21 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions 201
13.22 Co-Obligor Obligations 201

 

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SCHEDULES  
   
Schedule 1.1(a) Commitments of Lenders
Schedule 1.1(b) Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 1.1(c) Mortgaged Property
Schedule 8.4 Litigation
Schedule 8.12 Subsidiaries
Schedule 8.15 Owned Real Property
Schedule 9.17 Post-Closing Obligations
Schedule 10.1 Indebtedness
Schedule 10.2 Liens
Schedule 10.4 Dispositions
Schedule 10.5 Investments
Schedule 10.8 Negative Pledge Clauses
Schedule 10.11 Transactions with Affiliates
Schedule 13.2 Addresses for Notices
   
EXHIBITS  
   
Exhibit A Form of Guarantee
Exhibit B Form of Security Agreement
Exhibit C Form of Pledge Agreement
Exhibit D Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit E Form of Borrower/Co-Obligor Joinder Agreement
Exhibit F Form of Closing Certificate
Exhibit G-1 Form of Promissory Note (Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans)
Exhibit G-2 Form of Promissory Note (Initial Term Loans)
Exhibit H-1 Form of Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit H-2 Form of Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit I Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit J Form of Affiliated Lender Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit K Form of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit L Form of United States Tax Compliance Certificate
Exhibit M Form of Intercompany Subordinated Note
Exhibit N Form of Perfection Certificate
Exhibit O Form of Notice of Voluntary Prepayment

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of June 7, 2016, among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Polaris Intermediate”), whose rights and obligations herein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assumed by the Surviving Company (as defined below), POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), which on the Closing Date shall be merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1, a Delaware corporation (the “Target”) (with the Target surviving such merger and with such merged company existing under the laws of the state of Delaware as the “Surviving Company”), whose rights and obligations herein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assumed by MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MPH LLC”), the Co-Obligors from time to time party hereto, the Lenders from time to time party hereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Syndication Agent, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CITIBANK, N.A. and UBS SECURITIES LLC, as Documentation Agents.

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, capitalized terms used and not defined in the preamble and these recitals shall have the respective meanings set forth for such terms in Section 1.1 hereof;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (a) Merger Sub will merge with and into the Target (such merger, the “Merger”), with the Target being the surviving entity of the Merger and the Surviving Company and (b) except with respect to certain equityholders of the Seller, including management of the Seller and/or the Target and its subsidiaries, who agreed to roll over their Capital Stock of the Target and its Affiliates or the cash proceeds they received from the Transactions into Capital Stock in the Surviving Company or a Parent Entity of the Surviving Company (in such capacity, the “Rollover Investors”), the Seller will receive cash in exchange for its Capital Stock in the Target (collectively, the “Merger Consideration”);

 

WHEREAS, (a) the Investors (including the Rollover Investors and certain members of management of the Seller and/or the Target and its Subsidiaries) will, directly or indirectly, make cash equity contributions to Polaris Parent, the net proceeds of which will be further contributed by Polaris Parent, directly or indirectly, as cash common equity to Merger Sub; provided that any such equity contribution to Merger Sub in a form other than common equity shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Lead Arrangers (the foregoing, collectively, the “Equity Contribution”), in an aggregate amount equal to, when combined with the Fair Market Value of any Capital Stock of any of the Rollover Investors rolled over or invested in connection with the Transactions, at least 30.0% of the sum of (1) the aggregate gross proceeds of the Initial Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans borrowed on the Closing Date plus the aggregate gross proceeds of Senior Unsecured Notes issued on or prior to the Closing Date, excluding the aggregate gross proceeds of (A) any Initial Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans borrowed to fund certain closing payments, OID and/or upfront fees required to be funded and (B) any Revolving Credit Loans borrowed to fund any working capital needs and (2) the equity capitalization of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, after giving effect to all of the Transactions;

 

WHEREAS, (i) immediately following the Merger, MPH Intermediate Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Existing Holdings”), will merge with and into MPH Acquisition Corp. 2 (“MPH2”), with MPH2 being the surviving entity of such merger (the “MPH2 Merger”), (ii) immediately following the MPH2 Merger, MPH2 will merge with and into the Surviving Company, with the Surviving Company being the surviving entity of such merger (such merger described in this clause (ii), together with the MPH2 Merger, the “Secondary Mergers”) and (iii) immediately after giving effect to the Secondary Mergers, (A) the Surviving Company shall assign to MPH LLC, and MPH LLC shall assume, pursuant to the Assumption Agreement all obligations of the Surviving Company as “Borrower” under the Credit Documents and as “Issuer” of the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents and (B) Polaris Intermediate shall assign to the Surviving Company, and the Surviving Company shall assume, pursuant to the Assumption Agreement, all obligations of Polaris Intermediate as “Holdings” in respect of the Credit Documents (the transactions described in this clause (iii), the “Assumption” and, together with the transactions described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (ii), collectively, the “Internal Restructuring”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, the Borrower has requested that, immediately upon the satisfaction in full of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 6 below, the Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuers extend credit to the Borrower in the form of (i) $3,470,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Initial Term Loans to be borrowed on the Closing Date (the “Initial Term Loan Facility”) and (ii) a revolving credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 of Revolving Credit Commitments (the “Revolving Credit Facility”);

 

 

 

 

WHEREAS, it is intended that the Borrower will issue Senior Unsecured Notes under the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture in sales pursuant to Rule 144A and/or Regulation S of the Securities Act, generating aggregate gross proceeds of up to $1,100,000,000.

 

WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans and the Initial Revolving Borrowing Amount (to the extent permitted in accordance with the definition of the term “Permitted Initial Revolving Credit Borrowing Purposes”), together with (a) a portion of the Target’s and its Subsidiaries’ cash on hand, (b) the proceeds from the issuance of the Senior Unsecured Notes and (c) the proceeds of the Equity Contribution, will be used to pay the Merger Consideration, the Existing Debt Refinancing and the Transaction Expenses;

 

WHEREAS, the Lenders have indicated their willingness to extend such credit and the Letter of Credit Issuers have indicated their willingness to issue Letters of Credit, in each case on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing and as an inducement for the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to extend the credit contemplated hereunder, the Borrower has agreed to secure all of its Obligations by granting to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority lien (such priority subject to Liens permitted hereunder) on substantially all of its assets (except as otherwise set forth in the Credit Documents), including a pledge of all of the Capital Stock of each of its Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Capital Stock); and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing and as an inducement for the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to extend the credit contemplated hereunder, each Guarantor has agreed to guarantee all of its Obligations and to secure its guarantees by granting to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority lien (such priority subject to Liens permitted hereunder) on substantially all of its assets (except as otherwise set forth in the Credit Documents), including a pledge of all of the Capital Stock of each of their respective Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Capital Stock).

 

AGREEMENT:

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.     Definitions.

 

1.1       Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.1 unless the context otherwise requires:

 

ABR” shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect for such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%, (c) the Eurodollar Rate for a one month Interest Period determined on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00% and (d) (i) solely with regard to the Initial Term Loans, 2.00% and (ii) with regard to the Revolving Credit Loans, 0.00%. If the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination should be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms of the definition thereof, the ABR shall be determined without regard to clause (b) of the preceding sentence until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurodollar Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurodollar Rate, as the case may be.

 

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ABR Loan” shall mean each Loan bearing interest at the rate provided in Section 2.8(a) and, in any event, shall include all Swingline Loans.

 

Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment” shall mean a binding commitment of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary entered into at any time prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period to reinvest the proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event.

 

Accounting Change” shall mean any change in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC.

 

Acquired EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA” were references to such Pro Forma Entity and its subsidiaries that will become Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Pro Forma Entity in accordance with GAAP.

 

Acquired Entity or Business” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”

 

“acquired Person” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1(k)(i)(E).

 

Additional Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(d).

 

Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, contribution or otherwise, of (a) at least a majority of the assets or property and/or liabilities (or any other substantial part for which financial statements or other financial information is available), or a business line, product line, unit or division of, any other Person, (b) Capital Stock of any other Person such that such other Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and (c) additional Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary not then held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Acquisition Consideration” shall mean, in connection with any Acquisition, the aggregate amount (as valued at the Fair Market Value of such Acquisition at the time such Acquisition is made) of, without duplication: (a) the purchase consideration paid or payable for such Acquisition, whether payable at or prior to the consummation of such Acquisition or deferred for payment at any future time, whether or not any such future payment is subject to the occurrence of any contingency, and including any and all payments representing the purchase price and any assumptions of Indebtedness and/or Guarantee Obligations, “earn-outs” and other agreements to make any payment the amount of which is, or the terms of payment of which are, in any respect subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of any Person or business and (b) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness Incurred in connection with such Acquisition; provided in each case, that any such future payment that is subject to a contingency shall be considered Acquisition Consideration only to the extent of the reserve, if any, required under GAAP (as determined at the time of the consummation of such Acquisition) to be established in respect thereof by Holdings, the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

 

Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility” shall mean each Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments made pursuant to Section 2.14(a).

 

Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Lender” shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment.

 

Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans” shall mean any loan made to the Borrower under a Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

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Adjusted Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment for such Class less the aggregate Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders in such Class.

 

Adjusted Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment for such Class less the aggregate Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders in such Class.

 

Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, at any time, the Total Revolving Credit Commitment less the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders.

 

Administrative Agent” shall mean Barclays Bank PLC or any successor to Barclays Bank PLC appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.11, together with its Affiliates that are appointed as sub-agents in accordance with Section 12.4, in each case, as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

 

Administrative Agent’s Office” shall mean the office and, as appropriate, the account of the Administrative Agent set forth on Schedule 13.2 or such other office or account as the Administrative Agent may hereafter designate in writing as such to the other parties hereto.

 

Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. The term “Control” shall mean 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 ownership of Voting Stock, by agreement or otherwise. The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Affiliated Lender” shall mean a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate or a Debt Fund Affiliate.

 

Affiliated Lender Assignment and Acceptance” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(g)(i)(C).

 

Agents” shall mean each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

 

Agreement” shall mean this Credit Agreement.

 

AHYDO Catch-Up Payment” shall mean any payment with respect to any obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including subordinated debt obligations and obligations in respect of the Senior Unsecured Notes, in each case to avoid the application of Section 163(e)(5) of the Code thereto.

 

Applicable Laws” shall mean, as to any Person, any international, foreign, provincial, territorial, federal, state, municipal, and local law (including common law and Environmental Laws), statute, regulation, by-law, ordinance, treaty, rule, order, code, regulation, decree, guideline, judgment, consent decree, writ, injunction, settlement agreement, governmental requirement and administrative or judicial precedents enacted, promulgated or imposed or entered into or agreed by any Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding on such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject.

 

Applicable Margin” shall mean:

 

(a)       with respect to any Initial Term Loan, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1(d):

 

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Pricing Level
Consolidated First Lien
Debt to Consolidated
EBITDA Ratio
Applicable Margin for
Initial Term Loans that
are Eurodollar Loans
Applicable Margin for
Initial Term Loans that
are ABR Loans
1 Greater than 4.50:1.00 4.00% 3.00%
2 Less than or equal to 4.50:1.00 3.75% 2.75%

 

(b)       with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1(d):

 

Pricing Level
Consolidated First Lien
Debt to Consolidated
EBITDA Ratio
Applicable Margin for
Revolving Credit Loans
that are Eurodollar
Loans

Applicable Margin for
Revolving Credit
Loans that are ABR Loans
and Swingline Loans
1 Greater than 4.50:1.00 4.00% 3.00%
2 Less than or equal to 4.50:1.00 but greater than 4.00:1.00 3.75% 2.75%
3 Less than or equal to 4.00:1.00 3.50% 2.50%

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition, during the period from the Closing Date until the Initial Financial Statement Delivery Date, the Applicable Margin for Initial Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans shall be determined by reference to the applicable “Pricing Level 1” set forth in the tables above. Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin for Initial Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans resulting from a change in the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date Section 9.1 Financials are delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Sections 9.1(a) and 9.1(b); provided that, at the option of the Required Lenders, the highest pricing level (as set forth in the tables above) shall apply as of the fifth Business Day after the date on which Section 9.1 Financials were required to have been delivered but have not been delivered pursuant to Section 9.1 and shall continue to so apply to and including the date on which such Section 9.1 Financials are so delivered (and thereafter the pricing level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply).

 

In the event that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower determine that any Section 9.1 Financials previously delivered were incorrect or inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than the Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, then (a) the Borrower shall as soon as practicable deliver to the Administrative Agent the correct Section 9.1 Financials for such Applicable Period, (b) the Applicable Margin shall be determined as if the pricing level for such higher Applicable Margin were applicable for such Applicable Period, and (c) the Borrower shall within 10 Business Days of demand thereof by the Administrative Agent pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest owing as a result of such increased Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to Section 2.8(c) and Section 11.

 

Applicable Period” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Applicable Margin”.

 

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Approved Foreign Bank” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Cash Equivalents”.

 

Approved Fund” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b).

 

Asset Sale Prepayment Event” shall mean any Disposition (or series of related Dispositions) of any business unit, asset or property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including any Disposition of any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Borrower owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary); provided that the term “Asset Sale Prepayment Event” shall include only Dispositions (or a series of related Dispositions) made pursuant to clauses (c), (d)(ii), (g), (j), (q), (r) and (t) of Section 10.4.

 

Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 13.6) substantially in the form of Exhibit I or such other form as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

Assumption” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Assumption Agreement” shall mean the Assumption Agreement between the Surviving Company and MPH LLC, with respect to the rights and obligations as “Borrower” under the Credit Documents and “Issuer” under the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents, and between Polaris Intermediate and the Surviving Company, with respect to the rights and obligations as “Holdings” under the Credit Documents, in each case reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

Authorized Officer” shall mean the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Treasurer, any Vice President, the Assistant Treasurer, with respect to certain limited liability companies or partnerships that do not have officers, any manager, managing member, managing director or general partner thereof, any other senior officer of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party designated as such in writing to the Administrative Agent by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party, as applicable, and, with respect to any document (other than the solvency certificate) delivered on the Closing Date, the Secretary or the Assistant Secretary of any Credit Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by an Authorized Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, partnership and/or other action on the part of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party and such Authorized Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Person.

 

Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(e).

 

Available Amount” shall mean, at any time (the “Available Amount Reference Time”), subject to the last sentence of this definition, an amount equal at such time to (a) the sum of, without duplication:

 

(i)         [reserved];

 

(ii)        the amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) equal to 50.0% of the Cumulative Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(iii)       to the extent not already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, the aggregate amount of all Returns (to the extent made in cash or Cash Equivalents) received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Investment to the extent such Investment was made by using the Available Amount during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time (other than the portion of any such dividends and other distributions that is used by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay taxes related to such amounts);

 

(iv)       to the extent not already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, the aggregate amount of all repayments made in cash or Cash Equivalents of principal received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Investment to the extent such Investment was made by using the Available Amount during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time in respect of loans made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and that constituted Investments;

 

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(v)        to the extent not already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income or applied to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) or to prepay, repurchase, redeem, defease, acquire, or make any other similar payment on any secured Permitted Additional Debt or on any secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, the aggregate amount of all Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Disposition of its ownership interest in any Investment to any Person other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and to the extent such Investment was made by using the Available Amount during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time; and

 

(vi)       the amount of any Investment of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 9.15 or that has been merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 10.3 or the amount of assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary Disposed of to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case following the Closing Date and at or prior to the Available Amount Reference Time, in each case, such amount not to exceed the lesser of (x) the Fair Market Value of the Investments of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary immediately prior to giving pro forma effect to such re-designation or merger, amalgamation or consolidation or Disposal of assets and (y) the amount originally invested from the Available Amount by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (provided that, in the case of original investments made in cash, the Fair Market Value shall be such cash value);

 

minus (b) the sum of, without duplication and without taking into account the proposed portion of the amount calculated above to be used at the applicable Available Amount Reference Time:

 

(i)        the aggregate amount of any Permitted Investments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 10.5 after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Amount Reference Time;

 

(ii)       the aggregate amount of any Restricted Payments made by the Borrower using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 10.6(f) after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Amount Reference Time; and

 

(iii)       the aggregate amount expended on prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, defeasements, acquisitions and other similar payments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 10.7(a) after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Amount Reference Time.

 

Available Amount Reference Time” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Available Amount.”

 

Available Equity Amount” shall mean, at any time (the “Available Equity Amount Reference Time”), subject to the last sentence of this definition, an amount equal at such time to (a) the sum of, without duplication:

 

(i)         the aggregate amount of cash and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property, in each case, contributed to the capital of the Borrower or the proceeds received by the Borrower from the issuance of any Capital Stock (or Incurrences of Indebtedness that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Capital Stock), in each case during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time, but excluding:

 

(A)       all proceeds from the issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock;

 

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(B)       any Excluded Contribution; and

 

(C)       any Cure Amount;

 

(ii)        the aggregate amount of all Returns (to the extent made in cash or Cash Equivalents) received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary on Investments made using the Available Equity Amount during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time;

 

(iii)       the Fair Market Value or, if the Fair Market Value of such Term Loans cannot be ascertained, the Fair Market Value shall be the purchase price of such Term Loans (which shall not in any event be calculated in excess of par) of Term Loans contributed directly or indirectly by an Investor or a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate to the Borrower during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time;

 

(iv)       the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 15% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to any such Available Equity Amount Reference Time (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

(v)        to the extent not already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, the aggregate amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) of any Retained Refused Proceeds retained by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time; and

 

(vi)       to the extent not already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, the aggregate amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) of any Retained Asset Sale Proceeds retained by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time;

 

minus (b) the sum, without duplication, and, without taking into account the proposed portion of the Available Equity Amount calculated above to be used at the applicable Available Equity Amount Reference Time, of:

 

(i)         the aggregate amount of any Permitted Investments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary using the Available Equity Amount pursuant to Section 10.5 after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Equity Amount Reference Time;

 

(ii)        the aggregate amount of any Restricted Payments made by the Borrower using the Available Equity Amount pursuant to Section 10.6(f) after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Equity Amount Reference Time; and

 

(iii)       the aggregate amount of prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances, acquisitions and other similar payments, made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary using the Available Equity Amount pursuant to Section 10.7(a) after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Equity Amount Reference Time.

 

Available Equity Amount Reference Time” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Available Equity Amount.”

 

Available Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment over (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans then outstanding and (ii) the aggregate Letter of Credit Obligations at such time.

 

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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 provisions of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 USC §§ 101 et seq., as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

 

Basel III” shall mean, collectively, those certain agreements on capital requirements, leverage ratios and liquidity standards contained in “Basel III: A Global Regulatory Framework for More Resilient Banks and Banking Systems,” “Basel III: International Framework for Liquidity Risk Measurement, Standards and Monitoring,” and “Guidance for National Authorities Operating the Countercyclical Capital Buffer,” each as published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010 (as revised from time to time), and as implemented by a Lender’s primary U.S. federal banking regulatory authority or primary non-U.S. financial regulatory authority, as applicable.

 

Beneficial Owner” shall mean, in the case of a Lender (including the Swingline Lender and each Letter of Credit Issuer), the beneficial owner of any amounts payable under any Credit Document for U.S. federal withholding tax purposes.

 

Benefited Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.8(a).

 

Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

 

Board of Directors” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) in the case of any corporation, the board of directors of such Person, (ii) in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers of such Person, (iii) in the case of any partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of such Person and (iv) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.

 

Borrower” shall mean, (i) initially Merger Sub, (ii) after giving effect to the Merger, the Surviving Company, and (iii) after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, MPH LLC, and shall include any Successor Borrower, to the extent applicable.

 

Borrower Materials” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.2.

 

Borrowing” shall mean and include (a) the Incurrence of Swingline Loans from the Swingline Lender on a given date (or swingline loans under any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments from any swingline lender thereunder on a given date), (b) the Incurrence of one Class and Type of Initial Term Loan on the Closing Date (or resulting from conversions on a given date after the Closing Date) having, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the same Interest Period (provided that ABR Loans Incurred pursuant to Section 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans), (c) the Incurrence of one Class and Type of Incremental Term Loan on an Incremental Facility Closing Date (or resulting from conversions on a given date after the applicable Incremental Facility Closing Date) having, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the same Interest Period (provided that ABR Loans Incurred pursuant to Section 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans), (d) the Incurrence of one Class and Type of Revolving Credit 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 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans), (e) the Incurrence of one Class and Type of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit 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 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans) and (f) the Incurrence of one Type of Extended Revolving Credit Loan of a specified Class 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 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans).

 

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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) if the applicable Business Day relates to any Eurodollar Loans, any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. Dollars are carried on in the London interbank eurodollar market.

 

Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of, without duplication, (a) all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as additions during such period to property, plant or equipment reflected in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) all Capitalized Software Expenditures and Capitalized Research and Development Costs during such period and (c) all fixed asset additions financed through Financing Lease Obligations Incurred by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and recorded on the balance sheet in accordance with GAAP during such period; provided that the term “Capital Expenditures” shall not include:

 

(i)         expenditures made in connection with the replacement, substitution, restoration or repair of assets to the extent financed from insurance proceeds or compensation awards paid on account of a Recovery Event (except to the extent that such proceeds otherwise increase Consolidated Net Income for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow for such period),

 

(ii)        the purchase price of equipment that is purchased simultaneously with the trade-in of existing equipment to the extent that the gross amount of such purchase price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time,

 

(iii)       the purchase of property, plant or equipment to the extent financed with the proceeds of Dispositions outside the ordinary course of business (except to the extent that such proceeds otherwise increase Consolidated Net Income for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow for such period),

 

(iv)       expenditures that constitute any part of Consolidated Lease Expense,

 

(v)        expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and that actually are paid for, or reimbursed, by a Person other than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and for which neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such Person or any other Person (whether before, during or after such period, it being understood, however, that only the amount of expenditures actually provided or incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in such period and not the amount required to be provided or incurred in any future period shall constitute “Capital Expenditures” in the applicable period),

 

(vi)       the book value of any asset owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary prior to or during such period to the extent that such book value is included as a capital expenditure during such period as a result of such Person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without a corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such period; provided that (x) any expenditure necessary in order to permit such asset to be reused shall be included as a Capital Expenditure during the period in which such expenditure actually is made and (y) such book value shall have been included in Capital Expenditures when such asset was originally acquired,

 

(vii)      any expenditures made as payments of the consideration for an Acquisition (or other similar Investment) and expenditures made in connection with the Transactions and any amounts recorded pursuant to purchase accounting required under GAAP pertaining to Acquisitions (or other similar Investments) or the Transactions,

 

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(viii)     any capitalized interest expense and internal costs reflected as additions to property, plant or equipment in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or capitalized as Capitalized Software Expenditures and Capitalized Research and Development Costs for such period, or

 

(ix)       any non-cash compensation or other non-cash costs reflected as additions to property, plant and equipment, Capitalized Software Expenditures and Capitalized Research and Development Costs in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Capital Stock” shall mean any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation and including membership interests and partnership interests) and, except to the extent constituting Indebtedness, any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase, acquire or exchange any of the foregoing.

 

Capitalized Research and Development Costs” shall mean, for any period, all research and development costs that are, or are required to be, in accordance with GAAP, reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Capitalized Software Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Cash Collateral” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.8(c).

 

Cash Collateralize” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.8(c).

 

Cash Equivalents” shall mean:

 

(a)       Dollars;

 

(b)       Canadian dollars, euro, pounds sterling or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU;

 

(c)       other currencies held by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

 

(d)       securities issued or unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in each case having maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof;

 

(e)       securities issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or any public instrumentality thereof or any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state or commonwealth or territory or any public instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having an Investment Grade Rating;

 

(f)        commercial paper or variable or fixed rate notes issued by or guaranteed by any Lender or any bank holding company owning any Lender;

 

(g)       commercial paper or variable or fixed rate notes maturing no more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having an Investment Grade Rating;

 

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(h)           time deposits with, or domestic and eurocurrency certificates of deposit, demand deposits or bankers’ acceptances maturing no more than two years after the date of acquisition thereof and overnight bank deposits, in each case, issued by, any Lender or any other bank having combined capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 (or the Dollar equivalent as of the date of determination);

 

(i)            repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the type described in clauses (d), (e) and (h) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (h) above or securities dealers of recognized national standing;

 

(j)            marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);

 

(k)           readily marketable direct obligations issued by any non-U.S. government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, in each case having an Investment Grade Rating with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

(l)            Investments with average maturities of no more than 24 months from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);

 

(m)          with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary: (i) obligations of the national government of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business; provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of acquisition thereof, (ii) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business; provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and who otherwise meets the qualifications specified in clause (f) above (any such bank being an “Approved Foreign Bank”), and in each case with maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition and (iii) the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank;

 

(n)           Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A-2” or higher from Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P or Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

(o)           in the case of investments by any Foreign Subsidiary or investments made in a country outside the United States of America, Cash Equivalents shall also include (i) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (a) through (n) above of foreign obligors, which investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings, described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign Rating Agencies and (ii) other short term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments described in clauses (a) through (n) of this paragraph; and

 

(p)           investment funds investing 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (o) above.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency or securities listed in clauses (a) through (d) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

 

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Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any agreement entered into from time to time by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with cash management services for collections, other Cash Management Services or for operating, payroll and trust accounts of such Person, including automatic clearing house services, controlled disbursement services, electronic funds transfer services, information reporting services, lockbox services, stop payment services and wire transfer services.

 

Cash Management Bank” shall mean any Person that is a Lender, Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner, Agent or any Affiliate of a Lender, Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner or Agent at the time it provides any Cash Management Services or any Person that shall have become a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent at any time after it has provided any Cash Management Services.

 

Cash Management Obligations” shall mean obligations owed by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Cash Management Bank in connection with, or in respect of, any Cash Management Services.

 

Cash Management Services” shall mean (a) commercial credit cards, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, (b) treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items and interstate depository network services) and (c) any other demand deposit or operating account relationships or other cash management services, including under any Cash Management Agreements.

 

CFC” shall mean a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

 

Change in Law” shall mean the occurrence, after the Closing Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration or interpretation thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) Basel III and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

Change of Control” shall mean and be deemed to have occurred if:

 

(a)           (i) at any time prior to a Qualifying IPO, (x) the Permitted Holders shall at any time cease, directly or indirectly, to have the power to vote or direct the voting of at least 35% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) or (y) the acquisition by (A) any Persons (other than any one or more Permitted Holders) or (B) Persons (other than any one or more Permitted Holders) that are together a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act (or any successor provision), but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person or “group” or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or Disposing of Capital Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision)) of a percentage of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) that is greater than the percentage of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, beneficially owned by the Permitted Holders and/or (ii) at any time on and after a Qualifying IPO, the acquisition by (A) any Person (other than any one or more Permitted Holders) or (B) Persons (other than any one or more Permitted Holders) that are together a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act (or any successor provision), but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person or “group” or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or Disposing of Capital Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision)) of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) having more than the greater of (A) 35% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) and (B) the percentage of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially in the aggregate by the Permitted Holders, unless in the case of either clause (i) or (ii) above, the Permitted Holders have, at such time, the right or the ability by voting power, contract, proxy or otherwise to elect, appoint, nominate or designate at least a majority of the aggregate votes on the Board of Directors of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings); and/or

 

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(b)           at any time prior to a Qualifying IPO of the Borrower (or, for the avoidance of doubt, a Successor Borrower), the failure of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings), directly or indirectly through wholly owned subsidiaries, to own beneficially and of record, all of the Capital Stock of the Borrower; and/or

 

(c)           a “change of control” or any comparable term under, and as defined in the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture (or any documentation governing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any Refinancing thereof) or the documentation governing any other First Lien Obligations (other than any Cash Management Agreement or Hedging Agreement).

 

Notwithstanding the preceding or any provision of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act (or any successor provision), (i) a Person or group shall not be deemed to beneficially own securities subject to an equity or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement, (ii) if any group includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any Permitted Holders that are part of such group shall not be treated as being beneficially owned by any other member of such group for purposes of determining whether a Change of Control has occurred and (iii) a Person or group will not be deemed to beneficially own the Voting Stock of another Person as a result of its ownership of Voting Stock or other securities of such other Person’s Parent Entity (or related contractual rights) unless it owns 50.0% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such Parent Entity. For purposes of this definition and any related definition to the extent used for purposes of this definition, at any time when 50.0% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) is directly or indirectly owned by a Parent Entity, all references to Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) shall be deemed to refer to its ultimate Parent Entity (but excluding any Investor) that directly or indirectly owns such Voting Stock.

 

Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Credit Loans, Initial Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans (of a Class), Extended Term Loans (of the same Extension Series), Extended Revolving Credit Loans (of the same Extension Series and any related swingline loans thereunder), Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (of the same Class and any related swingline loans thereunder) or Swingline Loans, and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Credit Commitment, an Initial Term Loan Commitment, an Incremental Term Loan Commitment (of the same Class), an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment (of the same Extension Series and any related swingline commitment thereunder), an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment (of the same Class and any related swingline commitment thereunder) or a Swingline Commitment, and when used in reference to any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment of such Class.

 

Claims” shall have meaning provided in the definition of Environmental Claims.

 

Closing Date” shall mean the date of the initial Credit Event under this Agreement, which date is June 7, 2016.

 

Closing Date Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and, to the extent in excess of $2,500,000, described on Schedule 10.1.

 

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Co-Obligor” shall mean each Subsidiary Guarantor on the Closing Date and each Subsidiary Guarantor that becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.10.

 

Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. Section references to the Code are to the Code, as in effect on the Closing Date, and any subsequent provisions of the Code, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

 

Collateral” shall have the meaning provided for such term or a similar term in each of the Security Documents; provided that, with respect to any Mortgages, “Collateral” shall mean “Mortgaged Property” as defined therein.

 

Collateral Agent” shall mean Barclays Bank PLC or any successor thereto appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.11, together with any of its Affiliates, that is appointed as a sub-agent in accordance with Section 12.4, as the collateral agent for the Secured Parties.

 

Commitment” shall mean, (a) with respect to each Lender (to the extent applicable), such Lender’s Initial Term Loan Commitment, Incremental Term Loan Commitment, Revolving Credit Commitment, Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment or any combination thereof (as the context requires) and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, or swingline lender under any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, its Swingline Commitment or swingline commitment, as applicable.

 

Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(a).

 

Commitment Fee Rate” shall mean a rate equal to the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1(d):

 

Pricing
Level
    Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated
EBITDA Ratio
  Commitment
Fee Rate
 
1     Greater than 4.50:1.00     0.50 %
2     Less than or equal to 4.50:1.00 but greater than 4.00:1.00     0.375 %
3     Less than or equal to 4.00:1.00     0.25 %

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition, during the period from the Closing Date until the Initial Financial Statement Delivery Date, the Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined by “Pricing Level 1” set forth in the table above. Any increase or decrease in the Commitment Fee Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date Section 9.1 Financials are delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Sections 9.1(a) and 9.1(b); provided that, at the option of the Required Lenders, the highest pricing level (as set forth in the table above) shall apply as of the fifth Business Day after the date on which Section 9.1 Financials were required to have been delivered but have not been delivered pursuant to Section 9.1 and shall continue to so apply to and including the date on which such Section 9.1 Financials are so delivered (and thereafter the pricing level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply).

 

In the event that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower determine that any Section 9.1 Financials previously delivered were incorrect or inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Commitment Fee Rate for any Applicable Period than the Commitment Fee Rate applied for such Applicable Period, then (a) the Borrower shall as soon as practicable deliver to the Administrative Agent the correct Section 9.1 Financials for such Applicable Period, (b) the Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined as if the pricing level for such higher Commitment Fee Rate were applicable for such Applicable Period, and (c) the Borrower shall within 10 Business Days of demand thereof by the Administrative Agent pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest owing as a result of such increased Commitment Fee Rate for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to Section 2.8(c) and Section 11.

 

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Commitment Letter” shall mean the Amended and Restated Credit Facilities Commitment Letter, dated as of May 13, 2016, among Barclays Bank PLC, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, Bank of America, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., UBS AG, Stamford Branch, UBS Securities LLC, Broad Street Loan Partners 2013 Onshore, L.P., Broad Street Loan Partners 2013, L.P., Broad Street Loan Partners 2013 Europe, L.P., Broad Street Senior Credit Partners, L.P., Broad Street Senior Credit Partners Offshore, L.P., Broad Street Credit Investments LLC, Broad Street London Partners #1, L.P., Broad Street London Partners #2, L.P., Streamview Investment Pte Ltd and Polaris Parent.

 

Commodity Exchange Act” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

Communications” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.2.

 

Confidential Information” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.16.

 

Confidential Information Memorandum” shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum of the Borrower dated May 2016, delivered to the prospective lenders in connection with this Agreement.

 

Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, Capital Expenditures, including Capitalized Software Expenditures, intangible assets established through recapitalization or purchase accounting, and the accretion or amortization of OID resulting from the Incurrence of Indebtedness at less than par, of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis and as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus:

 

(a)           without duplication and to the extent already deducted or, in the case of clauses (vi) and (viii) below, to the extent not included (and not added back or excluded) in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period:

 

(i)            provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, federal, foreign, state, local, franchise, unitary, property, excise, value added and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period (including taxes in respect of repatriated funds and any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations),

 

(ii)           Consolidated Interest Expense and, to the extent not reflected in such Consolidated Interest Expense, bank and letter of credit fees, debt rating monitoring fees and net losses on Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, together with items excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” pursuant to clauses (A) through (N) thereof,

 

(iii)          Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense,

 

(iv)          the amount of any restructuring charge, accrual or reserve or non-recurring (on a per-transaction basis) integration costs and related costs and charges, including proposed or actual hiring and on-boarding of any senior level executives and any one-time (on a per-transaction basis) costs or charges incurred in connection with Acquisitions and other Investments, and costs, charges and expenses, including put arrangements and headcount reductions or other similar actions including severance charges in respect of employee termination or relocation costs, excess pension charges, severance and lease termination expenses related to the closure, discontinuance and/or consolidation of locations and/or facilities,

 

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(v)           any other non-cash charges, including (A) all non-cash compensation expenses and costs, (B) the non-cash impact of recapitalization or purchase accounting, (C) the non-cash impact of accounting changes or restatements, (D) any non-cash portion of Consolidated Lease Expense and (E) other non-cash charges; provided that, to the extent that any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA in such future period to such extent; and provided, further, that amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period shall be excluded),

 

(vi)          the aggregate amount of Consolidated Net Income for such period attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, excluding cash distributions in respect thereof to the extent already included in Consolidated Net Income,

 

(vii)         the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees, termination payments, indemnities and related expenses paid or accrued in such period to (or on behalf of) the Investors (including amortization thereof) to the extent otherwise permitted under Section 10.11 or to (or on behalf of) Affiliates of the Seller and/or the Target on or prior to the Closing Date (and following the Closing Date, with respect to indemnification or other amounts owed in respect of arrangements in effect prior to the Closing Date),

 

(viii)        (A) pro forma adjustments, including pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and other synergies related to the Transactions projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions that have been taken, actions with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or actions that are expected to be taken (including any savings expected to result from the elimination of Public Company Costs) (in each case, in the good faith determination of the Borrower), in any such case within twelve fiscal quarters after the Closing Date (or, to the extent identified to the Lead Arrangers, undertaken or implemented prior to the Closing Date) and, without duplication and (B) pro forma adjustments, including pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions, and other synergies related to mergers, business combinations, Acquisitions, Dispositions and other similar transactions, or related to restructuring initiatives, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions that have been taken, actions with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or actions that are expected to be taken (in each case, in the good faith determination of the Borrower), in any such case, within eight fiscal quarters after the date of consummation of such merger, business combination, Acquisition, Disposition or other similar transaction or the initiation of such restructuring initiative, cost savings initiative or other initiative; provided, that, for the purpose of this clause (viii), (I) any such adjustments shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA for each Test Period until fully realized and shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though such adjustments had been realized on the first day of the relevant Test Period and shall be calculated net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions, (II) any such adjustments shall be reasonably identifiable and (III) no such adjustments shall be added pursuant to this clause (viii) to the extent duplicative of any items related to adjustments included in the definition of Consolidated Net Income, clause (iv) above or pursuant to the effects of Section 1.12 (it being understood that for purposes of the foregoing and Section 1.12 “run rate” shall mean the full recurring benefit that is associated with any such action),

 

(ix)           Receivables Fees and the amount of loss on sale of receivables and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Receivables Facility,

 

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(x)            to the extent funded with cash contributed to the capital of the Borrower or the Net Cash Proceeds of an issuance of Capital Stock of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) solely to the extent that such Net Cash Proceeds are excluded from the calculation of the Available Equity Amount, (A) any deductions, charges, costs or expenses (including compensation charges and expenses) incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or share option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, pension plan, any severance agreement or any equity subscription or shareholder agreement or any distributor equity plan or agreement or in connection with grants of stock appreciation or similar rights or other rights to directors, officers, managers and/or employees of any Parent Entity, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) any charges, costs, expenses accruals or reserves in connection with the rollover or acceleration of Capital Stock held by directors, officers, managers and/or employees of any Parent Entity, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,

 

(xi)          [reserved],

 

(xii)         cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not otherwise included in Consolidated EBITDA in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such receipts were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (b) below for any previous period and not added back,

 

(xiii)        any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification No. 715, any non-cash deemed finance charges in respect of any pension liabilities, the curtailment or modification of pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including settlement of pension liabilities), and any other items of a similar nature,

 

(xiv)         in respect of any Hedging Obligations that are terminated (or early extinguished) prior to the stated settlement date, any loss (or gain as applicable) reflected in Consolidated Net Income in or following the quarter in which such termination or early extinguishment occurs,

 

(xv)         all adjustments, other than normalized adjustments, of the type that are described on page 31 of the Public Lenders Presentation dated May 16, 2016, to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such period,

 

(xvi)        costs, expenses, charges, accruals, reserves (including restructuring costs related to acquisitions prior to, on or after the Closing Date) or expenses attributable to the undertaking and/or the implementation of cost savings initiatives, operating expense reductions and other restructuring and integration and transition costs, costs associated with inventory category and distribution optimization programs, pre-opening, opening and other business optimization expenses (including software development costs), future lease commitments, consolidation, discontinuance and closing costs and expenses for locations and/or facilities, signing, retention and completion bonuses, costs related to entry and expansion into new markets (including consulting fees) and to modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, system design, establishment and implementation costs and project start-up costs,

 

(xvii)       adjustments consistent with Regulation S-X of the Securities Act,

 

(xviii)       changes in earn-out obligations incurred in connection with any Acquisition or other Investment permitted under this Agreement and paid during the applicable period and any similar acquisitions completed prior to the Closing Date, and

 

(xix)         costs related to the implementation of operational and reporting systems and technology initiatives,

 

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(b)          without duplication and to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, any non-cash gains, but excluding any non-cash gains that represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash items that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period,

 

in each case, as determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP; provided that,

 

(I)            there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise Disposed of during such period (but not including the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired) (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired, including pursuant to the Transactions or pursuant to a transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date, and not subsequently so Disposed of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”), and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Restricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the Acquired EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) determined on a historical pro forma basis; and

 

(II)          there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset sold, transferred or otherwise Disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent not subsequently reacquired, reclassified or continued, in each case, during such period (each such Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary), property, business or asset so sold, transferred or otherwise Disposed of, closed or classified, a “Sold Entity or Business”), and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer, disposition, closure, classification or conversion) determined on a historical pro forma basis.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein and subject to adjustment as provided in clauses (I) and (II) of the immediately preceding proviso with respect to acquisitions and Dispositions occurring prior to, on and following the Closing Date and other adjustments contemplated by Section 1.12, clause (a)(viii) above, Consolidated EBITDA shall be deemed to be $141,900,000, $161,000,000, $178,000,000 and $172,300,000, respectively, for the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2015, September 30, 2015, December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2016.

 

Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent Test Period ended on or prior to such date of determination to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period; provided that, for purposes of calculating the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio for any period ending prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be an amount equal to actual Consolidated Interest Expense from the Closing Date through the date of determination multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is 365 and the denominator of which is the number of days from the Closing Date through the date of determination.

 

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Consolidated First Lien Debt” shall mean, without duplication, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Consolidated Total Debt (determined without regard to clause (b) of the definition thereof) outstanding under this Agreement as of such date (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions, any Acquisition or other Investment) and all other Consolidated Total Debt (determined without regard to clause (b) of the definition thereof) secured by Liens on the Collateral that do not rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are or should be listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date (but, for the avoidance of doubt, including as “unrestricted cash” any and all amounts held by, or for the benefit of, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of repurchasing, redeeming, defeasing or otherwise acquiring or making any other similar payment on the Existing Notes or the Senior Unsecured Notes). It is understood that to the extent the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs any Indebtedness and receives the proceeds of such Indebtedness, for purposes of determining any Incurrence test under this Agreement and whether the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with any such test, the proceeds of such Incurrence shall not be considered cash or Cash Equivalents for purposes of any “netting” pursuant to clause (b) of this definition.

 

Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:

 

(a)           the consolidated cash interest expense of such Person for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person, (including (i) all commissions, discounts and other cash fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, (ii) the cash interest component of Financing Lease Obligations, and (iii) net cash payments, if any, made (less net cash payments, if any, received), pursuant to obligations under Hedging Agreements for Indebtedness), but in any event excluding, for the avoidance of doubt,

 

(A)          accretion or amortization of original issue discount resulting from the Incurrence of Indebtedness at less than par;

 

(B)          amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses;

 

(C)          any accretion or accrual of, or accrued interest on discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness during such period and any prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or similar premium, penalty or inducement or other loss in connection with the early Refinancing or modification of Indebtedness paid or payable during such period;

 

(D)          any interest in respect of items excluded from Indebtedness in the proviso to the definition thereof;

 

(E)           penalties or interest relating to taxes and any other amount of non-cash interest resulting from the effects of the acquisition method of accounting or pushdown accounting;

 

(F)           non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under Hedging Agreements or other derivative instruments pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification No. 815 (Derivatives and Hedging);

 

(G)          any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of Hedging Agreements for interest rates and any payments with respect to make-whole premiums or other breakage costs in respect of any Indebtedness;

 

(H)          all additional interest or liquidated damages then owing pursuant to any registration rights agreement and any comparable “additional interest” or liquidated damages with respect to other securities designed to compensate the holders thereof for a failure to publicly register such securities;

 

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(I)            any expense resulting from the discounting of any Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or purchase accounting;

 

(J)            any expensing of bridge, arrangement, structuring, commitment or other financing fees or closing payments (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Commitment Fees);

 

(K)          any lease, rental or other expense in connection with Non-Financing Lease Obligations,

 

(L)           Receivables Fees, commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Receivables Facility,

 

(M)         any capitalized interest, whether paid in cash or otherwise; and

 

(N)          any other non-cash interest expense, including capitalized interest, whether paid or accrued;

 

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(b)           cash interest income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.

 

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Financing Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Financing Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Lease Expense” shall mean, for any period, all rental expenses of any Person during such period in respect of Non-Financing Lease Obligations for real or personal property (including in connection with Sale Leasebacks), but excluding real estate taxes, insurance costs and common area maintenance charges and net of sublease income; provided that Consolidated Lease Expense shall not include (a) obligations under vehicle leases entered into in the ordinary course of business, (b) all such rental expenses associated with assets acquired pursuant to the Transactions and pursuant to an Acquisition (or other Investment) to the extent that such rental expenses relate to Non-Financing Lease Obligations (i) in effect at the time of (and immediately prior to) such acquisition and (ii) related to periods prior to such acquisition, (c) Financing Lease Obligations, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and (d) the effects from applying purchase accounting.

 

Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income attributable to such Person for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, without duplication, and on an after-tax basis to the extent appropriate,

 

(a)           any extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains, losses or expenses, costs associated with preparations for, and implementation of, compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other Public Company Costs, earn-out payments or other consideration paid or payable in connection with an Acquisition to the extent recorded as cash compensation expense, severance costs, relocation costs, integration costs, pre-opening, opening, consolidation, discontinuation and closing costs and expenses for locations and/or facilities, signing, retention and completion bonuses, transition costs, restructuring costs and litigation settlements, fines, judgments, orders or losses and related costs and expenses shall be excluded,

 

(b)           the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period,

 

(c)           any net gains or losses realized on (i) Disposed of, discontinued or abandoned operations (which shall not, unless the Borrower otherwise elects, include assets then held for sale), or (ii) the sale or other Disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person, shall be excluded,

 

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(d)       any net gains or losses realized attributable to asset Dispositions, other than those in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Borrower, and Dispositions of books of business, client lists or related goodwill in connection with the departure of related employees or producers, shall be excluded,

 

(e)        the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents (or, if not paid in cash or Cash Equivalents, but later converted into cash or Cash Equivalents, upon such conversion) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,

 

(f)        solely for the purpose of determining the amount available under clause (ii) of the definition of “Available Amount,” the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Credit Party) shall be excluded to the extent the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, is otherwise restricted by the operation of the terms of its charter, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its equityholders, (other than: (i) restrictions that have been waived or otherwise released, (ii) restrictions pursuant to this Agreement or the Senior Unsecured Notes and (iii) restrictions arising pursuant to an agreement or instrument if the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Secured Parties than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Credit Documents (as determined by the Borrower in good faith)); provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents (or, if not paid in cash or Cash Equivalents, but later converted into cash or Cash Equivalents, upon such conversion) to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein,

 

(g)       any income (loss) (less all fees and expenses or charges related thereto) from the purchase, acquisition, early extinguishment, conversion or cancellation of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid) shall be excluded,

 

(h)       any impairment charge, asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to intangible assets (including goodwill), long-lived assets, Investments in debt and equity securities, the amortization of intangibles, and the effects of adjustments to accruals and reserves during a prior period relating to any change in the methodology of calculating reserves for returns, rebates, warranties, inventories and other chargebacks (including government program rebates), shall be excluded,

 

(i)        any (i) non-cash compensation expense as a result of grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, profits interests, stock options, restricted stock or other rights or equity incentive programs and any non-cash charges associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock or options with respect thereto by, or to, officers, directors, employees or consultants of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle, (ii) income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts and (iii) any expense in respect of payments made to option holders or holders of profits interests or restricted stock or restricted stock units of the Borrower or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to equityholders of the Borrower or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders or holders of profits interests or restricted stock or restricted stock units as though they were equityholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution (to the extent such distribution to equityholders is excluded from Consolidated Net Income), shall be excluded,

 

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(j)        any fees and expenses (including any commissions or discounts) incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any Acquisition, Investment, asset Disposition, Change of Control, Incurrence, Refinancing, prepayment, redemption, repurchase, acquisition, defeasance, extinguishment, retirement or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Capital Stock, or amendment, supplement or other modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken, but not completed and/or not successful) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded,

 

(k)       accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted as a result of the Transactions or any Acquisition or other Investment in accordance with GAAP or changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period, whether effected through a cumulative effect adjustment, restatement or a retroactive application in accordance with GAAP, shall be excluded,

 

(l)        the effects from applying purchase accounting, including applying recapitalization or purchase accounting to inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill and other intangible assets, in-process research and development, post-employment benefits, leases, deferred revenue and debt-like items required or permitted by GAAP (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries), as a result of the Transactions or any other consummated Acquisition, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, shall be excluded,

 

(m)      any foreign exchange gains or losses (whether or not realized) resulting from the impact of foreign currency changes on the valuation of assets and liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower shall be excluded,

 

(n)       any non-cash interest expense and non-cash interest income, in each case to the extent there is no associated cash disbursement or receipt, as the case may be, before the Latest Maturity Date, shall be excluded,

 

(o)       the amount of any cash tax benefits related to the tax amortization of intangible assets in such period shall be included,

 

(p)       Transaction Expenses (including any charges associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock by management of the Seller and/or the Target or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent Entities in connection with the Transactions) shall be excluded,

 

(q)       income or expense related to changes in the fair value of contingent liabilities recorded in connection with the Transactions or any Acquisition or other Investment shall be excluded,

 

(r)        proceeds received from business interruption insurance (to the extent not reflected as revenue or income in Net Income and to the extent that the related loss was deducted in the determination of Net Income), shall be included,

 

(s)        charges, losses, lost profits, expenses or write-offs to the extent indemnified, reimbursed or insured by a third party, including expenses covered by indemnification or reimbursement provisions in connection with the Transactions, an Acquisition or any other Investment, in each case, to the extent that indemnification, reimbursement or insurance coverage has not been denied, the Borrower in good faith believes that such amounts are recoverable from such indemnitors, reimbursers or insurers, and so long as such amounts are actually paid or reimbursed to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash or Cash Equivalents within one year after the related amount is first added to Consolidated Net Income pursuant to this clause (s) (and if not so reimbursed within one year, such amount shall be deducted from Consolidated Net Income during the next measurement period), shall be excluded; provided that such amounts shall only be included in Consolidated Net Income under clause (ii) of the definition of “Available Amount” after such amounts are actually reimbursed in cash,

 

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(t)        any non-cash expenses, accruals, reserves or income related to adjustments to historical tax exposures shall be excluded; provided that, if any such non-cash items represent an accrual or reserve for cash payments in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated Net Income in such future period, but only to the extent of such non-cash expense, accrual or reserve excluded pursuant to this clause (t), shall be excluded,

 

(u)       any non-cash gain or loss attributable to the mark-to-market movement in the valuation of Hedging Obligations (to the extent the cash impact resulting from such gain or loss has not been realized) or other derivative instruments pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification No. 815-Derivatives and Hedging, shall be excluded,

 

(v)       any gain or loss relating to Hedging Obligations associated with transactions realized in the current period that has been reflected in Net Income in prior periods and excluded from, or included in, as applicable, Consolidated Net Income pursuant to the preceding clause (u) shall be included, and

 

(w)      any expense to the extent a corresponding amount is received in cash by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries from a Person other than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries, provided such payment has not been included in determining Consolidated Net Income (it being understood that if the amounts received in cash under any such agreement in any period exceed the amount of expense in respect of such period, such excess amounts received may be carried forward and applied against expense in future periods).

 

Consolidated Secured Debt” shall mean, without duplication, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Consolidated Total Debt (determined without regard to clause (b) of the definition thereof) outstanding under this Agreement as of such date (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting in connection with any Acquisition or other Investment) and all other Consolidated Total Debt (determined without regard to clause (b) of the definition thereof) secured by Liens on any assets or property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are or should be listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date (but, for the avoidance of doubt, including as “unrestricted cash” any and all amounts held by, or for the benefit of, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of repurchasing, redeeming, defeasing or otherwise acquiring or making any other similar payment on the Existing Notes or the Senior Unsecured Notes). It is understood that to the extent the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs any Indebtedness and receives the proceeds of such Indebtedness, for purposes of determining any Incurrence test under this Agreement and whether the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with any such test, the proceeds of such Incurrence shall not be considered cash or Cash Equivalents for purposes of any “netting” pursuant to clause (b) of this definition.

 

Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Secured Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.

 

Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the total amount of all assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP as of such date.

 

Consolidated Total Debt” shall mean, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with any Acquisition or Investments), consisting of indebtedness for borrowed money, Unpaid Drawings, Financing Lease Obligations and third-party debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date (but, for the avoidance of doubt, including as “unrestricted cash” any and all amounts held by, or for the benefit of, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of repurchasing, redeeming, defeasing or otherwise acquiring or making any other similar payment on the Existing Notes or the Senior Unsecured Notes). It is understood that to the extent the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs any Indebtedness and receives the proceeds of such Indebtedness, for purposes of determining any Incurrence test under this Agreement and whether the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with any such test, the proceeds of such Incurrence shall not be considered cash or Cash Equivalents for purposes of any “netting” pursuant to clause (b) of this definition.

 

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Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.

 

Consolidated Working Capital” shall mean, at any date, the excess of (a) the sum of all amounts (excluding all 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 the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date less (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 the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, including (for purposes of both clauses (a) and (b)) current and long-term deferred revenue but excluding (for purposes of both clauses (a) and (b) above, as applicable), without duplication, (i) the current portion of any Funded Debt, (ii) all Indebtedness (including Letter of Credit Obligations) under the Revolving Credit Facility, any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility, any Extended Revolving Credit Facility or any other revolving credit facility that is effective in reliance on Section 10.1(u), to the extent otherwise included therein, (iii) the current portion of interest, (iv) the current portion of current and deferred income taxes, (v) non-cash compensation costs and expenses, (vi) any other liabilities that are not Indebtedness and will not be settled in cash or Cash Equivalents during the next succeeding twelve month period after such date, (vii) the effects from applying recapitalization or purchase accounting, (viii) any earn out obligations until 30 days after such obligation becomes contractually due and payable and any earn-out obligation that becomes contractually due and payable to the extent (A) such Person is indemnified for the payment thereof by a solvent Person reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or (B) amounts to be applied to the payment thereof are in escrow through customary arrangements and (ix) any asset or liability in respect of net obligations of such Person in respect of Swap Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided that Consolidated Working Capital shall be calculated without giving effect to (x) the depreciation of the Dollar relative to other foreign currencies or (y) changes to Consolidated Working Capital resulting from non-cash charges and credits to consolidated current assets and consolidated current liabilities (including, without limitation, derivatives and deferred income tax).

 

Contract Consideration” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Excess Cash Flow.”

 

Contractual Obligation” shall mean, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound other than the Obligations.

 

Controlled Investment Affiliate” shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person, other than any Investor, which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person and is organized by such Person (or any Person controlling such Person) primarily for making direct or indirect equity or debt investments in the Borrower and/or other Persons.

 

Converted Restricted Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”

 

Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”

 

Corrective Extension Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(e).

 

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Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean (a) Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt, (b) Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt or (c) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt; provided that, in each case, such Indebtedness is Incurred to Refinance, in whole or in part, existing Term Loans or existing Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Revolving Credit Commitments), any then-existing Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments), any then-existing Extended Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Extended Revolving Credit Commitments), or any Loans under any then-existing Incremental Facility (or, if applicable, unused Commitments thereunder), or any then-existing Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (“Refinanced Debt”); provided, further, that (i) except for any of the following that are only applicable to periods after the Latest Maturity Date, the covenants, events of default and guarantees of such Indebtedness (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, fees, funding discounts, original issue discounts, maturity and prepayment or redemption premiums and terms) (when taken as a whole) are determined by the Borrower to be either (A) consistent with market terms and conditions and conditions at the time of Incurrence or effectiveness (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) or (B) not materially more restrictive on the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those applicable to the Refinanced Debt, when taken as a whole (provided that if the documentation governing such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness contains a Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant, the Administrative Agent shall be given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement shall be amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility (provided, however, that if (x) both the Refinanced Debt and the related Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that includes a Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant consists of a revolving credit facility (whether or not the documentation therefor includes any other facilities) and (y) the applicable Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant is a “springing” financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of such revolving credit facility or a covenant only applicable to, or for the benefit of, a revolving credit facility, the Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant shall only be required to be included in this Agreement for the benefit of each revolving credit facility hereunder (and not for the benefit of any term loan facility hereunder) and such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed “more restrictive” solely as a result of such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant benefiting only such revolving credit facilities; provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (ii) any such Indebtedness in the form of bonds, notes or debentures or which Refinances, in whole or in part, existing Term Loans, shall have a maturity that is no earlier than the maturity of the Refinanced Debt and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Refinanced Debt; provided that the foregoing requirements of this clause (ii) shall not apply to the extent such Indebtedness constitutes a customary bridge facility, so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which any such customary bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (ii) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges, (iii) any such Indebtedness which Refinances any existing Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Revolving Credit Commitments), any then-existing Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments) or any then-existing Extended Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) shall have a maturity that is no earlier than the maturity of such Refinanced Debt and shall not require any mandatory commitment reductions prior to the maturity of such Refinanced Debt; provided that the foregoing requirements of this clause (iii) shall not apply to the extent such Indebtedness constitutes a customary bridge facility, so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which any such customary bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (iii) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges, (iv) except to the extent otherwise permitted under this Agreement (subject to a dollar for dollar usage of any other basket set forth in Section 10.1, if applicable), such Indebtedness shall not have a greater principal amount (or shall not have a greater accreted value, if applicable) than the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Refinanced Debt plus accrued interest, fees and premiums (including tender premiums) (if any) thereon, defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and fees and expenses (including OID, closing payments, upfront fees or similar fees) associated with the Refinancing plus an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized and letters of credit undrawn, (v) such Refinanced Debt shall be repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased, acquired or satisfied and discharged on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and all accrued interest, fees and premiums (including tender premiums) (if any) in connection therewith shall be paid substantially concurrently with the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred or made effective, (vi) except to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, the aggregate unused revolving commitments under such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall not exceed the unused Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, being replaced plus undrawn letters of credit, (vii) in the case of any such Indebtedness in the form of bonds, notes or debentures or which Refinances, in whole or in part, existing Term Loans, the terms thereof shall not require any mandatory repayment, redemption, repurchase, acquisition or defeasance (other than (x) in the case of bonds, notes or debentures, customary change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event offers, AHYDO Catch-Up Payments and customary acceleration any time after an event of default and (y) in the case of any term loans, mandatory prepayments that are on terms (when taken as a whole) not materially more favorable to the lenders or holders providing such Indebtedness than those applicable to the Refinanced Debt (when taken as a whole) prior to the maturity date of the Refinanced Debt, (viii) any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness may not be guaranteed by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower that do not guarantee the Obligations and (ix) any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness may not be secured by any assets that do not secure the Obligations.

 

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Credit Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Guarantee, the Fee Letter, each Letter of Credit, any promissory notes issued by the Borrower hereunder, any Incremental Agreement, any Extension Agreement, the Assumption Agreement and any Customary Intercreditor Agreement entered into after the Closing Date to which the Collateral Agent and/or the Administrative Agent is a party.

 

Credit Event” shall mean and include the making (but not the conversion or continuation) of a Loan and the issuance, increase in the amount, or extension of a Letter of Credit.

 

Credit Facility” shall mean any of the Initial Term Loan Facility, any Incremental Term Loan Facility, the Revolving Credit Facility, any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility, any Extended Term Loan Facility or any Extended Revolving Credit Facility, as applicable.

 

Credit Party” shall mean, collectively and/or, as applicable, individually, Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Cumulative Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, as at any date of determination, Consolidated Net Income for the period (taken as one accounting period) commencing on April 1, 2016 and ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which Section 9.1 Financials have been delivered.

 

Cure Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(a).

 

Cure Deadline” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(a).

 

Cure Right” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(a).

 

Customary Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean (a) to the extent executed in connection with the Incurrence of secured Indebtedness Incurred by a Credit Party, the Liens on the Collateral securing which are intended to rank equal in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies), at the option of the Borrower and the Collateral Agent acting together in good faith, either (i) any intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) a customary intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, which agreement shall provide that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Indebtedness shall rank equal in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies) and (b) to the extent executed in connection with the Incurrence of secured Indebtedness Incurred by a Credit Party, the Liens on the Collateral securing which are intended to rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations, at the option of the Borrower and the Collateral Agent acting together in good faith, either (i) an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) a customary intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, which agreement shall provide that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Indebtedness shall rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations.

 

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Debt Fund Affiliate” shall mean any Affiliate of the Borrower (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) that is primarily engaged in, or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in, making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit or securities in the ordinary course and that exercises investment discretion independent from the private equity business of each respective Investor; provided that, to the extent it is an Affiliate of the Borrower, any Person managed or directed by GIC Asset Management Pte Ltd, including, without limitation, Gamstar Pte Ltd shall constitute a Debt Fund Affiliate.

 

Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event” shall mean any Incurrence by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness, but excluding any Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred under Section 10.1 (other than Incremental Term Loans Incurred in reliance on clause (i)(x) of the proviso to Section 2.14(b), Permitted Additional Debt Incurred in reliance on Section 10.1(u)(i)(x) and, to the extent relating to Term Loans, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness).

 

Debtor Relief Laws” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code and any other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

 

Default” shall mean any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

Defaulting Lender” shall mean any Lender whose acts or failure to act, whether directly or indirectly, cause it to meet any part of the definition of “Lender Default.”

 

Designated Non-Cash Consideration” shall mean the Fair Market Value of consideration that is not deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents and that is received by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a Disposition pursuant to Section 10.4(c) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent, setting forth the basis of such valuation (less the amount of the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent Disposition, redemption or repurchase of, or collection or payment on, such Designated Non-Cash Consideration).

 

Designated Preferred Stock” shall mean Preferred Stock of the Borrower or any Parent Entity (in each case other than Disqualified Capital Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock by the Borrower on the issuance date thereof.

 

Disposed EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA” (and in the component financial definitions used therein) were references to such Sold Entity or Business and its Subsidiaries or to such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business.

 

Disposition” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.4. The terms “Disposal”, “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings.

 

Disposition Percentage” shall mean, with respect to any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event required to be applied pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i), the applicable percentage of Net Cash Proceeds required to be offered on any date of determination to prepay Term Loans.

 

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Disqualified Capital Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person 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 putable or 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, other than solely as a result of a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations under any Secured Hedging Agreement, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or contingent indemnification obligations and other contingent obligations not then due and payable), (b) is redeemable or exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations under any Secured Hedging Agreement, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or contingent indemnification obligations and other contingent obligations not then due and payable), in whole or in part, or (c) provides for the scheduled payment of dividends in cash, 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 any plan for the benefit of officers, directors, employees or consultants of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof), the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such officers, directors, employees or consultants, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof), the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such officer’s, director’s, employee’s or consultant’s termination, death or disability.

 

Disqualified Lenders” shall mean (a) such Persons that have been specified in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers on or prior to May 5, 2016 as being “Disqualified Lenders,” (b) those Persons who are competitors of the Target and its Subsidiaries that are separately identified in writing by the Borrower from time to time to the Administrative Agent and (c) in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), any of their Affiliates (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any bona fide debt investment funds that are Affiliates of the Persons referenced in clause (b) above) that are either (i) identified in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower from time to time or (ii) readily identifiable on the basis of such Affiliate’s name as an Affiliate of such entity; provided that any Person that is a Lender and subsequently becomes a Disqualified Lender (but was not a Disqualified Lender on the Closing Date or at the time it became a Lender) shall not retroactively be deemed to be a Disqualified Lender hereunder.

 

Distressed Person” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of “Lender-Related Distress Event.”

 

Documentation Agents” shall mean Bank of America, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and UBS Securities LLC each in its capacity as documentation agent under this Agreement.

 

Dollars,” “U.S. Dollars” and “$” shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the Applicable Laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia.

 

Drawing” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(b).

 

EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any Person established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country that is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

 

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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.

 

Effective Yield” shall mean, as to any Indebtedness, the effective yield paid by the Borrower on such Indebtedness as determined by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in a manner consistent with generally accepted financial practices, taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, any interest rate “floors” (the effect of which floors shall be determined in a manner set forth in the proviso below and assuming that, if interest on such Indebtedness is calculated on the basis of a floating rate, that the “LIBOR” component of such formula is included in the calculation of Effective Yield) or similar devices and all fees, including upfront or similar fees or OID (amortized over the shorter of (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness and (y) the four years following the date of Incurrence thereof, and, if applicable, assuming any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments were fully drawn) payable generally by the Borrower to Lenders or other institutions providing such Indebtedness, but excluding any arrangement fees, structuring fees, closing payments or other similar fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with the relevant Lenders and, if applicable, ticking fees accruing prior to the funding of such Indebtedness and customary consent fees for an amendment paid generally to consenting Lenders; provided that, with respect to any Indebtedness that includes a “floor”, (a) to the extent that the Reference Rate on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is less than such floor, the amount of such difference shall be deemed added to the interest rate margin for such Indebtedness for the purpose of calculating the Effective Yield and (b) to the extent that the Reference Rate on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is greater than such floor, then the floor shall be disregarded in calculating the Effective Yield.

 

Eligible Assignee” shall mean (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person (subject, in each case, to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 13.6(b)), other than, in each case, (i) a natural person, (ii) a Defaulting Lender or (iii) a Disqualified Lender.

 

Employee Investors” shall mean the current, former or future officers, directors, managers and employees (and Controlled Investment Affiliates and Immediate Family Members of the foregoing) of Holdings, the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity who are or who become direct or indirect investors in Holdings, any Parent Entity, any Equityholding Vehicle, or in the Borrower, including any such officers, directors, managers or employees owning through an Equityholding Vehicle.

 

EMU” shall mean the economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.

 

Environment” shall mean ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, land surface, sediments, and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.

 

Environmental Claims” shall mean any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, orders, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations (other than internal reports prepared by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (a) in the ordinary course of such Person’s business or (b) as required in connection with a financing transaction or an acquisition or disposition of real estate) or proceedings relating in any way to any Environmental Law or any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law (hereinafter, “Claims”), including (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from the Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to health, safety or the Environment.

 

Environmental Law” shall mean any applicable federal, state, provincial, territorial, foreign, municipal or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, permit, binding agreement issued, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Authority or rule of common law 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, consent decree or judgment, in each case relating to pollution or the protection of the Environment including, those relating to generation, use, handling, storage, treatment, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials or, to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials, human health or safety.

 

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Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 among (x) the Collateral Agent and (y) one or more representatives of the holders of one or more classes of Permitted Additional Debt and/or Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt, with any immaterial changes and material changes thereto in light of the prevailing market conditions, which material changes shall be posted to the Lenders not less than five Business Days before execution thereof and, if the Required Lenders shall not have objected to such changes within five Business Days after posting, then the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have agreed that the Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s entry into such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) is reasonable and to have consented to such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) and to the Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s execution thereof.

 

Equity Contribution” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Equityholding Vehicle” shall mean any Parent Entity and any equityholder thereof through which current, former or future officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants of Holdings or the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries or Parent Entity hold Capital Stock of such Parent Entity.

 

ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA, as in effect on the Closing Date, 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 Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof is treated as a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) of the Code.

 

Escrowed Proceeds” shall mean the proceeds from the offering of any debt securities or other Indebtedness paid into an escrow account with an independent escrow agent on the date of the applicable offering or incurrence pursuant to escrow arrangements that permit the release of amounts on deposit in such escrow account upon satisfaction of certain conditions or the occurrence of certain events. The term “Escrowed Proceeds” shall include any interest earned on the amounts held in escrow.

 

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 Borrowing” shall mean each Borrowing of a Eurodollar Loan.

 

Eurodollar Loan” shall mean any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate.

 

Eurodollar Rate” shall mean, (a) with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to greater of (i) (A) with regard to Initial Term Loans only, 1.00% and (B) with regard to Revolving Credit Loans, 0.00% and (ii) the product of (A) the LIBOR in effect for such Interest Period and (B) Statutory Reserves

 

Where,

 

LIBOR” shall mean, (i) the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate which appears on the page of the Reuters Screen which displays the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (such page currently being the LIBOR01 page) for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time), two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, or (ii) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays LIBOR for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that if LIBOR is quoted under either of the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), but there is no such quotation for the Interest Period elected, LIBOR shall be equal to the Interpolated Rate; and

 

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Statutory Reserves” shall mean 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 (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board and any other banking authority, domestic or foreign, to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including any branch, Affiliate, or other fronting office making or holding a Loan) is subject for Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board). Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board) 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. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

 

and (b) with respect to any ABR Loan, an interest rate per annum equal to the LIBOR in effect for an Interest Period of one month

 

Where,

 

LIBOR” shall mean (i) the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate which appears on the page of the Reuters Screen which displays the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (such page currently being the LIBOR01 page) for deposits in Dollars with a one-month term, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time), on the day of determination of such rate, or (ii) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays LIBOR for deposits in Dollars with a one-month term, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on the date of determination of such rate; provided that if LIBOR is quoted under either of the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), but there is no such quotation for a one-month Interest Period, LIBOR shall be equal to the Interpolated Rate

 

Event of Default” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.

 

Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of

 

(a)       the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(i)       Consolidated Net Income for such period;

 

(ii)      an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (provided that, in each case, if any non-cash charge represents an accrual or reserve for cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Excess Cash Flow in such future period);

 

(iii)    decreases in Consolidated Working Capital, decreases in long-term accounts receivable in each case as of the end of such period from the Consolidated Working Capital and long-term accounts receivable as of the beginning of such period (except, in the case of each of the foregoing, any such increases or decreases that are as a result of the reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa) (other than any such decreases or increases, as applicable, arising from Acquisitions or Dispositions outside the ordinary course of assets, business units or property by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting);

 

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(iv)    an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on the Disposition of assets, business units or property by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;

 

(v)     cash payments received in respect of Hedging Agreements during such period to the extent not included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income; and

 

(vi)     income tax expense to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (net of any adjustments pursuant to clause (o) of Consolidated Net Income for cash tax benefits related to the tax amortization of intangible assets in such period);

 

minus

 

(b)       the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(i)       an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (but excluding any non-cash credit to the extent representing the reversal of an accrual or reserve described in clause (a)(ii) above) and cash charges included in clauses (a) through (w) of the definition of the term “Consolidated Net Income”;

 

(ii)      without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of Intellectual Property made in cash or accrued during such period, except to the extent that such Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of Intellectual Property were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(iii)     the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including (A) the principal component of payments in respect of Financing Lease Obligations, (B) all scheduled principal repayments of the Term Loans, Permitted Additional Debt and Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, in each case to the extent such payments are permitted hereunder and actually made and (C) the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans actually made pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) and any mandatory redemption, repurchase, prepayment, defeasance, acquisition or similar payment of the Senior Unsecured Notes (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof), the Permitted Additional Debt or Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in each such case from the proceeds of any Disposition and that resulted in an increase to Consolidated Net Income (and have not otherwise been excluded under clause (c) of the definition thereof) and not in excess of the amount of such increase but excluding (1) all other prepayments, repurchases, defeasances, acquisitions, redemptions and/or similar payments of Term Loans and (2) all prepayments of revolving credit loans and swingline loans permitted hereunder made during such period (other than in respect of any revolving credit facility (other than in respect of (x) the Revolving Credit Facility, any Extended Revolving Credit Facility or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility and (y) other revolving loans that are effective in reliance on Section 10.1(a) or Section 10.1(u)) to the extent there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder)), except to the extent financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

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(iv)     an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on the Disposition of property by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than the Disposition of property in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;

 

(v)     increases in Consolidated Working Capital and increases in long-term accounts receivable in each case as of the end of such period from the Consolidated Working Capital and long-term accounts receivable as of the beginning of such period (except, in the case of each of the foregoing, any such increases or decreases that are as a result of the reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa) (other than any such increases or decreases, as applicable, arising from Acquisitions or Dispositions outside the ordinary course by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period or the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting);

 

(vi)     cash payments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness, except to the extent that such payments were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(vii)   without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Investments made in cash (other than Investments made pursuant to Sections 10.5(b), (f), (g), (h), (i), (n) and (s)) during such period, except to the extent that such Investments were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(viii)   without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xii) below, the amount of Restricted Payments (other than Restricted Investments) paid in cash during such period, except to the extent that such Restricted Payments were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(ix)    the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period, except to the extent that such expenditures were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(x)     the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are required to be made in connection with any prepayment, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or repurchase of Indebtedness, except to the extent that such payments were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

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(xi)       without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in other periods, (A) the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such period and (B) any planned cash expenditures by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (the “Planned Expenditures”) in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), relating to Acquisitions (or other Investments), Capital Expenditures (including Capitalized Software Expenditures) or acquisitions of Intellectual Property to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period (except to the extent financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business); provided that, to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash actually utilized to finance such Acquisitions (or other Investments), Capital Expenditures (including Capitalized Software Expenditures) or acquisitions of Intellectual Property during such following period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration and Planned Expenditures, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters;

 

(xii)      without duplication of any amounts deducted pursuant to clause (viii) above, the aggregate amount of all payments paid in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in connection with, or necessary to consummate, the Transactions;

 

(xiii)     income taxes, including penalties and interest, paid in cash in such period; and

 

(xiv)     cash expenditures made in respect of Hedging Agreements during such period to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income.

 

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Exchange Rate” shall mean on any day with respect to any currency (other than Dollars), the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into any other currency (including Dollars), as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day on the Bloomberg page or screen for such currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Bloomberg page or screen, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, or, in the absence of such agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about 11:00 a.m., local time, on such date for the purchase of the relevant currency for delivery two Business Days later.

 

Excluded Capital Stock” shall mean:

 

(a)      any Capital Stock with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower and the Collateral Agent as agreed in writing, the cost or other consequences (including any material adverse tax consequences) of pledging such Capital Stock shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom,

 

(b)      solely in the case of any pledge of Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO to secure the Obligations, any Capital Stock that is Voting Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO in excess of 65% of the outstanding Capital Stock that is Voting Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO,

 

(c)      any Capital Stock to the extent, and for so long as, the pledge thereof would be prohibited by any Applicable Law (including any legally effective requirement to obtain the consent of any Governmental Authority to such pledge unless such consent has been obtained),

 

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(d)      any “margin stock” (as defined in Regulation U),

 

(e)       the Capital Stock of any Person, other than any Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary to the extent, and for so long as, the pledge of such Capital Stock would be prohibited by the terms of any Contractual Obligation, Organizational Document, joint venture agreement or shareholders’ agreement applicable to such Person or legally effective Contractual Obligations or create an enforceable right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower),

 

(f)       the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary or any Subsidiary of a FSHCO,

 

(g)      the Capital Stock of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, and

 

(h)      any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such Capital Stock would result in material adverse tax consequences to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Collateral Agent.

 

Excluded Contribution” shall mean the Net Cash Proceeds, the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or the Qualified Proceeds, in each case received by the Borrower from capital contributions to the common Capital Stock of the Borrower or sales or issuances of common Capital Stock of the Borrower permitted hereunder, in each case, after the Closing Date (other than any amount to the extent used in the Cure Amount) and designated by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent as an Excluded Contribution within 10 Business Days of the date such capital contributions are made or the date the applicable Capital Stock is issued or sold.

 

Excluded Property” shall have the meaning provided in the Security Agreement.

 

Excluded Subsidiary” shall mean:

 

(a)       any Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary on any date such Subsidiary would otherwise be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of Section 9.10 (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-wholly owned Subsidiary),

 

(b)       any Subsidiary that is prohibited by (x) Applicable Law or (y) Contractual Obligation from guaranteeing the Obligations (and for so long as such restrictions or any replacement or renewal thereof is in effect); provided that in the case of clause (y), such Contractual Obligation existed on the Closing Date or, with respect to any Subsidiary acquired by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date (and so long as such Contractual Obligation was not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition), on the date such Subsidiary is so acquired,

 

(c)       any Domestic Subsidiary that is (i) a FSHCO or (ii) a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC,

 

(d)       any Immaterial Subsidiary (provided that the Borrower shall not be permitted to exclude Immaterial Subsidiaries from guaranteeing the Obligations to the extent that (i) the aggregate amount of gross revenue for all Immaterial Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) excluded by this clause (d) exceeds 10% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not otherwise Excluded Subsidiaries by virtue of any of the other clauses of this definition, except for this clause (d), for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of determination or (ii) the aggregate amount of total assets for all Immaterial Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) excluded by this clause (d) exceeds 10% of the aggregate amount of Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not otherwise Excluded Subsidiaries by virtue of any other clauses of this definition, except for this clause (d), as at the end of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of determination),

 

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(e)       any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower and the Collateral Agent), the cost or other consequences (including any material adverse tax consequences) of providing a guarantee shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom,

 

(f)       each Foreign Subsidiary and each Unrestricted Subsidiary,

 

(g)       each other Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to an Acquisition or other Investment and financed with secured Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(j) and the Liens securing which are permitted by Section 10.2(f) (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not Incurred in contemplation of such Acquisition or other Investment), and each Restricted Subsidiary acquired in such Acquisition or other Investment that guarantees such Indebtedness, in each case to the extent that, and for so long as, the documentation relating to such Indebtedness to which such Restricted Subsidiary is a party prohibits such Subsidiary from guaranteeing the Obligations,

 

(h)       any Subsidiary to the extent that the guarantee of the Obligations would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, and confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower and the Collateral Agent,

 

(i)       any Subsidiary that would require any consent, approval, license or authorization from any Governmental Authority to provide a guarantee unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received, or is received after commercially reasonable efforts by such Subsidiary to obtain the same, which efforts may be requested by the Administrative Agent,

 

(j)       any Subsidiary that does not have the legal capacity to provide a guarantee of the Obligations (provided that the lack of such legal capacity does not arise from any action or omission of the Borrower or any other Credit Party), and

 

(k)       any Special Purpose Subsidiary.

 

Excluded Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, (a) any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee pursuant to the Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal or unlawful under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation, or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) (i) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure to constitute an “eligible contract participant,” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder (determined after giving pro forma effect to any applicable keep well, support, or other agreement for the benefit of such Guarantor and any and all applicable guarantees of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Credit Parties), at the time the guarantee of (or grant of such security interest by, as applicable) such Guarantor becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or (ii) in the case of a Swap Obligation that is subject to a clearing requirement pursuant to section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act, because such Guarantor is a “financial entity,” as defined in section 2(h)(7)(C) of the Commodity Exchange Act, at the time the guarantee of (or grant of such security interest by, as applicable) such Guarantor becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or (b) any other Swap Obligation designated as an “Excluded Swap Obligation” of such Guarantor as specified in any agreement between the relevant Credit Parties and Hedge Bank applicable to such Swap Obligations. If a Swap Obligation arises under a Master Agreement governing more than one Swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to the Swap for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes excluded in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.

 

Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(a).

 

Existing Class” shall mean Existing Term Loan Classes and each Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

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Existing Credit Agreement” shall mean that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2014 (as amended supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Closing Date), by and among MPH LLC, as borrower, Existing Holdings, as holdings, the lenders referred to therein, Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent and as collateral agent, and the other parties thereto.

 

Existing Debt Refinancing” shall mean (a) the repayment in full of all principal, accrued and unpaid interest, fees, premium, if any, and other amounts outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, other than (i) contingent obligations not then due and payable and that by their terms survive the termination of the Existing Credit Agreements and (ii) the Existing Letters of Credit, the termination of all commitments to extend credit thereunder and the termination and/or release of any security interests and guarantees in connection therewith and (b) either the (i) redemption of the Existing Notes no later than 30 days after the Closing Date (with an irrevocable notice of redemption delivered (and deposit of cash in amount sufficient to redeem the Existing Notes in full being made on the Closing Date), (ii) irrevocable satisfaction and discharge of the Existing Notes in accordance with the terms of the Existing Indenture or (iii) tender offer and consent solicitation with respect to the Existing Notes the initial settlement of which shall close on the Closing Date and which, as a result of such tender offer and consent solicitation and/or any satisfaction and discharge in accordance with the terms of the Existing Indenture, the conflicts in the Existing Indenture are eliminated (and if any stub Existing Notes remain outstanding after such tender offer and consent solicitation, the redemption or satisfaction and discharge of such Existing Notes by MPH LLC in the manner described in either clause (a) or (b) above (with an irrevocable notice of redemption being delivered on the Closing Date).

 

Existing Holdings” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Existing Indenture” shall mean that certain Indenture, dated as of March 31, 2014 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Closing Date), among MPH LLC, the guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.

 

Existing Letters of Credit” shall mean all the letters of credit listed on Schedule 1.1(b).

 

Existing Notes” shall mean MPH LLC’s 6.625% Senior Notes due 2022 issued under the Existing Indenture.

 

Existing Revolving Credit Class” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Existing Revolving Credit Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Existing Revolving Credit Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Existing Term Loan Class” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(i).

 

Expected Cure Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(b).

 

Extended Loans/Commitments” shall mean Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

Extended Repayment Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).

 

Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Extended Revolving Credit Facility” shall mean each Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments established pursuant to Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Extended Revolving Credit Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

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Extended Term Loan Facility” shall mean each Class of Extended Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.15.

 

Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).

 

Extended Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(i).

 

Extending Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).

 

Extension Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(c).

 

Extension Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(d).

 

Extension Election” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).

 

Extension Request” shall mean Term Loan Extension Requests and Revolving Credit Extension Requests.

 

Extension Series” shall mean all Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (as applicable) that are established pursuant to the same Extension Agreement (or any subsequent Extension Agreement to the extent such Extension Agreement expressly provides that the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, provided for therein are intended to be a part of any previously established Extension Series) and that provide for the same interest margins, extension fees, if any, and amortization schedule.

 

Fair Market Value” shall mean with respect to any asset or group of assets on any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such asset at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arm’s length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time having regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset, as reasonably determined by the Borrower.

 

FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Closing Date (and any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code (or any law implementing such an intergovernmental agreement).

 

FCPA” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.19(a).

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it; provided that, if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

 

Fee Letter” shall mean the Amended and Restated Fee and Closing Payment Letter, dated as of May 13, 2016, among Barclays Bank PLC, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, Bank of America, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., UBS AG, Stamford Branch, UBS Securities LLC, Broad Street Loan Partners 2013 Onshore, L.P., Broad Street Loan Partners 2013, L.P., Broad Street Loan Partners 2013 Europe, L.P., Broad Street Senior Credit Partners, L.P., Broad Street Senior Credit Partners Offshore, L.P., Broad Street Credit Investments LLC, Broad Street London Partners #1, L.P., Broad Street London Partners #2, L.P., Streamview Investment Pte Ltd and Polaris Parent.

 

Fees” shall mean all amounts payable pursuant to or referred in Section 4.1.

 

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Financial Performance Covenant” shall mean the covenant of the Borrower set forth in Section 10.10.

 

Financial Performance Covenant Event of Default” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.3.

 

Financing Lease Obligation” shall mean, as applied to any Person, an obligation that is required to be accounted for as a financing or capital lease (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not a straight-line or operating lease) on both the balance sheet and income statement for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. At the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a financing or capital lease would be the amount required to be reflected as a liability on such balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP.

 

First Lien Obligations” shall mean the Obligations, any Permitted Additional Debt Obligations (other than any Permitted Additional Debt Obligations that are unsecured or are secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies)) and any Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt, collectively.

 

Flood Hazard Property” shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.14(c)(i).

 

Flood Insurance Laws” shall mean, collectively, (a) National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (b) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (c) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.

 

Foreign Plan” shall mean any pension plan maintained or contributed to by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to its respective employees employed outside the United States.

 

Foreign Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

Fronting Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(b).

 

FSHCO” shall mean any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary that has no material assets other than Capital Stock (including any debt instrument treated as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or Indebtedness of one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.

 

Funded Debt” shall mean all indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.

 

GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time, subject to Section 1.3(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time after adoption of IFRS by the Borrower for its financial statements and reports for all financial reporting purposes, the Borrower may elect to apply IFRS for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, in lieu of United States GAAP, and, upon any such election, references herein or in any other Loan Document to GAAP shall be construed to mean IFRS as in effect from time to time; provided that (a) any such election once made shall be irrevocable (and shall only be made once), (b) all financial statements and reports required to be provided after such election pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared on the basis of IFRS and (c) from and after such election, all ratios, computations and other determinations (i) based on GAAP contained in this Agreement shall be computed in conformity with IFRS and (ii) in this Agreement that require the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Borrower’s election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, further, that in the event of any such election by the Borrower, any financial ratio calculations or thresholds (including the Financial Maintenance Covenant) in this Agreement may be recalibrated to reflect the election to implement IFRS so long as (1) such recalibration is limited to changes in the calculation of such thresholds or covenant levels due to the effect of differences between GAAP and IFRS, (2) the recalibrated ratios and calculations shall be mutually agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, unless the Required Lenders have given notice of their objection to such recalibration within five Business Days of receiving notice thereof, and (3) any such recalibration shall be done in a manner such that after giving effect to such recalibration, the recalibrated thresholds and covenant levels shall be consistent with the intention of the respective thresholds and covenant levels calculated under GAAP prior to such election. The Borrower shall give notice of any election to the Administrative Agent with 10 Business Days of such election. For the avoidance of doubt, solely making an election (without any other action) referred to in this definition will not be treated as an incurrence of Indebtedness.

 

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Governmental Authority” shall mean the government of the United States, any foreign country or any multinational authority, or any state, province, territory, municipality or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity, body or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including the PBGC and other quasi-governmental entities established to perform such functions.

 

Guarantee” shall mean the Guarantee, dated as of the Closing Date, made by each Guarantor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

 

Guarantee Obligations” shall mean, as to any Person, any 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, however, that the term “Guarantee Obligations” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than 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) Holdings, (b) each Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that is Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary that is not party to the Guarantee on the Closing Date) on the Closing Date, (c) the Borrower (other than with respect to its own Obligations) and (d) each Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes a party to the Guarantee after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.10.

 

Hazardous Materials” shall mean (a) any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, transformers or other equipment that contains dielectric fluid containing regulated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, asbestos-containing materials, mold and radon gas; (b) any chemicals, materials or substances defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous waste,” “waste,” “hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous waste,” “restricted hazardous waste,” “subject waste,” “toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants,” “contaminants,” or “pollutants,” or words of similar import, under any Applicable Law pertaining to pollution or the protection of the Environment; and (c) any other chemical, material or substance, which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Applicable Law pertaining to pollution or the protection of the Environment.

 

Hedge Bank” shall mean any Person that is a counterparty to a Hedging Agreement with a Credit Party or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in its capacity as such, and that either (i) is a Lender, an Agent, a Lead Arranger, a Joint Bookrunner or an Affiliate of a Lender, an Agent, a Lead Arranger or a Joint Bookrunner at the time it enters into such Hedging Agreement or (ii) becomes a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent after it has entered into such Hedging Agreement; provided that no such Person (except an Agent) shall be considered a Hedge Bank until such time as it shall have delivered written notice to the Collateral Agent that such a transaction has been entered into and that such Person constitutes a Hedge Bank entitled to the benefits of the Security Documents. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a Person may deliver one notice confirming that it constitutes a “Hedge Bank” with respect to all Hedging Agreements entered into pursuant to a specified Master Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Agent shall constitute a Hedge Bank to the extent it has entered into a Hedging Agreement.

 

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Hedging Agreement” shall mean (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

 

Hedging Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under Hedging Agreements.

 

Historical Financial Statements” shall mean (a) audited consolidated balance sheets of MPH LLC (or the predecessor thereto) and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of, and related audited consolidated statements of income and cash flows of MPH LLC (or the predecessor thereto) and its consolidated subsidiaries for, the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2015 and (b) an unaudited consolidated condensed balance sheet of MPH LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of, and related unaudited consolidated condensed statements of income and cash flows of MPH LLC and its subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2016.

 

Holdings” shall mean (i) initially, Polaris Intermediate, and after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, the Surviving Company or (ii) at the election of the Borrower, any other Person or Persons (the “New Holdings”) that is a Subsidiary of (or are Subsidiaries of) Holdings or of any Parent Entity of Holdings (or the previous New Holdings, as the case may be) but not the Borrower (the “Previous Holdings”); provided that (a) such New Holdings directly owns 100% of the Capital Stock of the Borrower, (b) the New Holdings shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Previous Holdings under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (c) the New Holdings shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer stating that such substitution and any supplements to the Credit Documents preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents, (d) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent shall be delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to the effect that, without limitation, such substitution does not breach or result in a default under this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (e) all Capital Stock of the Borrower and substantially all of the other assets of the Previous Holdings are contributed or otherwise transferred to such New Holdings and pledged to secure the Obligations and (f) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such substitution and such substitution does not result in any Event of Default or material tax liability; provided, further, that if each of the foregoing is satisfied, the Previous Holdings shall be automatically released from all its obligations under the Credit Documents and any reference to “Holdings” in the Credit Documents shall be meant to refer to the “New Holdings.”

 

Immaterial Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (a) whose total assets (when combined with the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries, after eliminating intercompany obligations) at the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such determination date were an amount equal to or less than 5% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date and (b) whose gross revenues (when combined with the revenues of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries, after eliminating intercompany obligations) for such Test Period were an amount equal to or less than 5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Immediate Family Members” shall mean with respect to any individual, such individual’s estate, heirs, legatees, distributees, child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law (including adoptive relationships), any person sharing an individual’s household (other than an unrelated tenant or employee) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.

 

Incremental Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(e).

 

Incremental Base Amount” shall mean, as of any date of determination, (a) (x) the greater of $325,000,000 and (y) 50.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date (provided that in no event shall such amount derived under this clause (y) exceed $655,000,000) plus (b) the aggregate principal amount of (i) Term Loans voluntarily prepaid prior to such date pursuant to Section 5.1, and (ii) all permanent reductions of Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 4.2 effected prior to such date (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any such commitment reductions required by the proviso to Section 2.14(b) or in connection with the Incurrence of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance any Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments), in each case, except to the extent financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such Indebtedness Incurred under a revolving credit facility, Incurred as Permitted Additional Debt or otherwise Incurred under Section 2.14), or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business.

 

Incremental Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

 

Incremental Facilities” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

 

Incremental Facility Closing Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(e).

 

Incremental Limit” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).

 

Incremental Ratio Debt Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b) and Section 10.1(u).

 

Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

 

Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(f)(ii).

 

Incremental Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the Commitment of any Lender to make Incremental Term Loans of a particular Class pursuant to Section 2.14(a).

 

Incremental Term Loan Facility” shall mean each Class of Incremental Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.14.

 

Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean, with respect to any Class of Incremental Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.14, the final maturity date thereof.

 

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Incremental Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

 

Incur” shall mean create, issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness; provided, however, that any Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary. The term “Incurrence” when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning. Solely for purposes of determining compliance with Section 10.1:

 

(a)       amortization of debt discount or the accretion of principal with respect to a non-interest bearing or other discount security;

 

(b)       the payment of regularly scheduled interest in the form of additional Indebtedness of the same instrument or the payment of regularly scheduled dividends on Capital Stock in the form of additional Capital Stock of the same class and with the same terms; and

 

(c)       the obligation to pay a premium in respect of Indebtedness arising in connection with the issuance of a notice of prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or similar payment or making of a mandatory offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire, or similarly pay such Indebtedness;

 

will not be deemed to be the Incurrence of Indebtedness.

 

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 pro forma effect to any prior drawings or reductions which have been reimbursed) of 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)       net Hedging Obligations of such Person;

 

(d)       all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i) current trade or other ordinary course payables or liabilities or accrued expenses (but not any refinancings, extensions, renewals, or replacements thereof) Incurred in the ordinary course of business and maturing within 365 days after the Incurrence thereof except if such trade or other ordinary course payables or liabilities or accrued expenses bear interest, (ii) any earn-out or similar obligation, unless such obligation has not been paid within 30 days after becoming due and payable and becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and (iii) obligations resulting from take-or-pay contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business);

 

(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 Financing Lease Obligations;

 

(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;

 

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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 warrants or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (iii) amounts owed to dissenting equityholders in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto (including any accrued interest), with respect to the Transactions, (iv) liabilities associated with customer prepayments and deposits and other accrued obligations (including transfer pricing), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business, (v) Non-Financing Lease Obligations or other obligations under or in respect of straight-line leases, operating leases or Sale Leasebacks (except resulting in Financing Lease Obligations), (vi) customary obligations under employment agreements and deferred compensation arrangements, (vii) contingent post-closing purchase price adjustments, non-compete or consulting obligations or earn-outs to which the seller in an Acquisition or Investment may become entitled and (viii) Indebtedness of any Parent Entity appearing on the balance sheet of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary solely by reason of “pushdown” accounting under GAAP.

 

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall (A) 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 Debt of such Person and (B) in the case of Holdings, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries, exclude all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any net Hedging Obligations on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) above shall, unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person, be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the Fair Market Value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.

 

Indemnified Parties” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a)(iii).

 

Independent Financial Advisor” shall mean an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

 

Initial Financial Statement Delivery Date” shall mean the date on which Section 9.1 Financials are delivered to the Administrative Agent under Section 9.1 for the first full fiscal quarterly or annual period of the Borrower completed after the Closing Date.

 

Initial Revolving Borrowing Amount” shall mean one or more Borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans on the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed the aggregate amounts specified or referred to in the definition of the term “Permitted Initial Revolving Credit Borrowing Purposes”; provided that, without limitation, Letters of Credit may be issued on the Closing Date to, among other things, backstop or replace letters of credit outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date under the Existing Credit Facility.

 

Initial Term Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(a).

 

Initial Term Loan Commitment” shall mean (a) in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the Closing Date, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a) as such Lender’s “Initial Term Loan Commitment” and (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the Closing Date, the amount specified as such Lender’s “Initial Term Loan Commitment” in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment, in each case as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The aggregate amount of the Initial Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $3,470,000,000.

 

Initial Term Loan Facility” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

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Initial Term Loan Lender” shall mean a Lender with an Initial Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Initial Term Loan.

 

Initial Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date, or if such anniversary of the Closing Date is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such anniversary.

 

Initial Term Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(b).

 

Initial Term Loan Repayment Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(b).

 

Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning provided for such term in the Security Agreement.

 

Intercompany Note” shall mean the Intercompany Subordinated Note, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit M hereto, executed by Holdings, the Borrower and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower party thereto.

 

Interest Period” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the interest period applicable thereto, as determined pursuant to Section 2.9.

 

Internal Restructuring” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Interpolated Rate” shall mean, in relation to LIBOR, the rate which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:

 

(a)       the applicable LIBOR for the longest period (for which LIBOR is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; and

 

(b)       the applicable LIBOR for the shortest period (for which LIBOR is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Loan,

 

each as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period of that Loan.

 

Investment” shall mean, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Capital Stock or Indebtedness or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee Obligation with respect to any obligation of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other Indebtedness or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or Joint Venture interest in such other Person, excluding, in the case of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. The amount, as of any date of determination, of (i) any Investment in the form of a loan or an advance shall be the principal amount thereof outstanding on such date, minus any payments in cash or Cash Equivalents actually received by such investor representing interest in respect of such Investment, but without any adjustment for write-downs or write-offs (including as a result of forgiveness of any portion thereof) with respect to such loan or advance after the date thereof, (ii) any Investment in the form of a guarantee shall be equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof, as determined in good faith by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, (iii) any Investment in the form of a transfer of Capital Stock or other non-cash property or services by the investor to the investee, including any such transfer in the form of a capital contribution, shall be the Fair Market Value of such Capital Stock or other property or services as of the time of the transfer, minus any payments actually received by such investor representing a Return in respect of such Investment, but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment, and (iv) any Investment (other than any Investment referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above) by the specified Person in the form of a purchase or other acquisition for value of any Capital Stock, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of any other Person shall be the original cost of such Investment, except that the amount of any Investment in the form of an Acquisition shall be the Acquisition Consideration, minus (i) the amount of any portion of such Investment that has been repaid to the investor as a Return in respect of such Investment (without duplication of amounts increasing the Available Amount or the Available Equity Amount), but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment. For purposes of Section 10.5, if an Investment involves the acquisition of more than one Person, the amount of such Investment shall be allocated among the acquired Persons in accordance with GAAP; provided that pending the final determination of the amounts to be so allocated in accordance with GAAP, such allocation shall be as reasonably determined by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary issues, sells or otherwise Disposes of any Capital Stock of a Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary such that, after giving effect thereto, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, any Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person remaining after giving effect thereto shall not be deemed to be a new Investment at such time.

 

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Investment Grade Rating” shall mean a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

 

Investment Grade Securities” shall mean, (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents), (b) securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (c) investments in any fund that invests at least a 95% of its assets in investments of the type described in clauses (a) and (b) above, which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution and (d) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high-quality investments.

 

Investors” shall mean, collectively, Hellman & Friedman LLC, GIC Special Investments Pte. Ltd., Leonard Green & Partners, LP, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc., Partners Group (USA) Inc. and Cohen Private Ventures, LLC (and each of their respective successors) and each of their respective Affiliates and any funds, partnerships or other co-investment vehicles managed, advised or controlled by the foregoing or their respective Affiliates, but not including, however, any portfolio companies of any of the foregoing.

 

ISP” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

 

Issuer Documents” shall mean with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Request, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by a Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower (or any Restricted Subsidiary) or in favor of the Letter of Credit Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.

 

Joinder Agreement” shall mean a joinder agreement to this Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E or such other form as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which a Person shall become Co-Obligor under this Agreement

 

Joint Bookrunners” shall mean Barclays Bank PLC, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and UBS Securities LLC each in its capacity as joint bookrunner.

 

Joint Venture” shall mean a joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form.

 

Junior Debt” shall mean any Subordinated Indebtedness of any Credit Party.

 

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Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2, among (x) the Collateral Agent and (y) one or more representatives of the holders of Permitted Additional Debt and/or Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt, with any immaterial changes and material changes thereto in light of the prevailing market conditions, which material changes shall be posted to the Lenders not less than five Business Days before execution thereof and, if the Required Lenders shall not have objected to such changes within five Business Days after posting, then the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have agreed that the Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s entry into such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) is reasonable and to have consented to such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) and to the Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s execution thereof.

 

Latest Maturity Date” shall mean, with respect to the Incurrence of any Indebtedness or the issuance of any Capital Stock, the latest Maturity Date applicable to any Credit Facility that is outstanding hereunder as determined on the date such Indebtedness is Incurred or such Capital Stock is issued.

 

LCA Election” shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.11.

 

LCA Test Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.11.

 

Lead Arrangers” shall mean Barclays Bank PLC, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (or any other registered broker-dealer wholly-owned by Bank of America Corporation to which all or substantially all of Bank of America Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ investment banking, commercial lending services or related businesses may be transferred following the date of this Agreement), Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and UBS Securities LLC, each in its capacity as lead arranger.

 

Lender” shall mean (a) the Persons listed on Schedule 1.1(a), (b) any other Person that shall become a party hereto as a “lender” pursuant to Section 13.6 and (c) each Person that becomes a party hereto as a “lender” pursuant to the terms of Section 2.14, in each case other than a Person who ceases to hold any outstanding Loans, Letter of Credit Exposure, Swingline Exposure or any Commitment.

 

Lender Default” shall mean (a) the refusal (in writing) or failure of any Revolving Credit Lender (which term, for purposes of this definition, shall also include any Lender under an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility) to make available its portion of any Incurrence of Revolving Credit Loans or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans, which refusal or failure is not cured within one Business Day after the date of such refusal or failure, (b) the failure of any Revolving Credit Lender to pay over to the Administrative Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer, any Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due, (c) the notification by a Revolving Credit Lender to the Borrower, the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations under this Agreement, (d) the failure by a Revolving Credit Lender to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its obligations under this Agreement (e) the admission of a Distressed Person in writing that it is insolvent or such Distressed Person becomes subject to a Lender-Related Distress Event or (f) any Lender has become the subject of a Bail-In Action.

 

Lender-Related Distress Event” shall mean, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender (which term, for purposes of this definition, shall also include any Lender under an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility), that such Revolving Credit Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Revolving Credit Lender (each, a “Distressed Person”), as the case may be, is or becomes subject to a voluntary or involuntary case with respect to such Distressed Person under any debt relief law, or a custodian, conservator, receiver or similar official is appointed for such Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed Person’s assets, or such Distressed Person or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Distressed Person is subject to a forced liquidation or winding up, or such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any governmental authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person or its assets to be, insolvent or bankrupt or no longer viable, or if any governmental authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person has taken control of such Distressed Person or has taken steps to do so; provided that a Lender-Related Distress Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interests in any Revolving Credit Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Revolving Credit Lender by a governmental authority or an instrumentality thereof; provided, further, that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such person 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 person (or such governmental authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contract or agreements made by such person or its parent entity.

 

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Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.1(a).

 

Letter of Credit Borrowing” shall mean an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit that has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing.

 

Letter of Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, at any time, the sum of (a) the amount of any Unpaid Drawings in respect of which such Lender has made (or is required to have made) Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 3.4 at such time and (b) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Letter of Credit Obligations at such time (excluding the portion thereof consisting of Unpaid Drawings in respect of which the Lenders have made (or are required to have made) Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 3.4).

 

Letter of Credit Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(c).

 

Letter of Credit Issuer” shall mean (a) Barclays Bank PLC and (b) any one or more Persons who shall become a Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.6. Any Letter of Credit Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Letter of Credit Issuer, and in each such case the term “Letter of Credit Issuer” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate. In the event that there is more than one Letter of Credit Issuer at any time, references herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit or to all Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context requires.

 

Letter of Credit Maturity Date” shall mean the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

 

Letter of Credit Obligations” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unpaid Drawings, including all Letter of Credit Borrowings. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms, but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

 

Letter of Credit Participant” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).

 

Letter of Credit Participation” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).

 

Letter of Credit Request” shall mean an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by a Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

Letter of Credit Sub-Commitment” shall mean $25,000,000, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 4.2(b).

 

Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, security interest, hypothecation, assignment, 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 a Non-Financing Lease Obligation be deemed to be a Lien.

 

Limited Condition Acquisition” shall mean any Acquisition by the Borrower and/or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted by this Agreement whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.

 

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Loan” shall mean any Revolving Credit Loan, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loan, Extended Revolving Credit Loan, Swingline Loan (including any swingline loan pursuant to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments) or Term Loan made by any Lender hereunder.

 

Losses” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a)(iii).

 

Mandatory Borrowing” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(d)(ii).

 

Market Capitalization” shall mean an amount equal to (a) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common Capital Stock of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity on the date of the declaration of a Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 10.6(z) multiplied by (b) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such common Capital Stock on the principal securities exchange on which such common Capital Stock are traded for the 30 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of declaration of such Restricted Payment.

 

Master Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Hedging Agreement.”

 

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean, except as provided in Section 6.12, a circumstance or condition that would materially and adversely affect (a) the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Credit Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their payment obligations under the Credit Documents or (c) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Documents.

 

Material Real Property” shall mean any parcel or parcels of Real Property owned in fee by any Credit Party, now or hereafter, having a Fair Market Value (on a per property basis) of at least $10,000,000. For the purpose of determining the relevant value under this Agreement with respect to the preceding clause, such value shall be determined as of (x) the Closing Date for Real Property now owned, (y) the date of acquisition for Real Property acquired after the Closing Date or (z) the date on which the entity owning such Real Property becomes a Credit Party after the Closing Date, in each case as determined in good faith by the Borrower.

 

Maturity Date” shall mean, as to the applicable Loan or Commitment, the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, any Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, any maturity date related to any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or any maturity date related to any Class of Extended Term Loans or any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable.

 

Maximum Tender Condition” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(d).

 

Merger Agreement” shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 5, 2016, by and among Polaris Parent, Merger Sub, the Target and the Seller.

 

Merger Consideration” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Merger” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Merger Sub” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

MFN Exceptions” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).

 

MFN Protection” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).

 

Minimum Borrowing Amount” shall mean (a) with respect to a Borrowing of Term Loans, $5,000,000 (or such lesser amount as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent or as may be required in order to accommodate Borrowings described under Section 2.14(b)) and (b) with respect to a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, $1,000,000 and (c) with respect to a Borrowing of Swingline Loans, $100,000.

 

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Minimum Tender Condition” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(d).

 

Minority Investment” shall mean any Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owns Capital Stock.

 

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 the owner of a Mortgaged Property in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties creating a Lien on such Mortgaged Property, substantially in such form as may be reasonably agreed between the Borrower and the Collateral Agent.

 

Mortgaged Property” shall mean (a) the Real Property identified on Schedule 1.1(c) and (b) all Real Property owned in fee with respect to which a Mortgage is required to be granted pursuant to Section 9.14(b).

 

MPH LLC” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

MPH2” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

MPH2 Merger” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which Holdings, the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate contributes, has an obligation to contribute or had an obligation to contribute over the five preceding calendar years.

 

Necessary Cure Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(b).

 

Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean, with respect to any Prepayment Event, Incurrence of Indebtedness, any issuance of Capital Stock or any capital contribution or any Disposition of any Investment (including any Designated Non-Cash Consideration), (a) the gross cash proceeds (including payments from time to time in respect of installment or earn-out obligations, if applicable, but only as and when received and, with respect to any Recovery Event, any insurance proceeds, eminent domain awards or condemnation awards in respect of such Recovery Event) received by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Prepayment Event, issuance of Capital Stock, receipt of a capital contribution or Disposition of any Investment, less (b) the sum of:

 

(i)       in the case of any Prepayment Event or such Disposition, the amount, if any, of all taxes paid or estimated to be payable by any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Prepayment Event or such Disposition (including withholding taxes imposed on the repatriation of any such Net Cash Proceeds),

 

(ii)       in the case of any Prepayment Event or such Disposition, the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities (other than any amounts deducted pursuant to clause (i) above) (x) associated with the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event or such Disposition and (y) retained by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, including any pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such Prepayment Event or such Disposition occurring on the date of such reduction,

 

(iii)       in the case of any Prepayment Event or such Disposition, the amount of any principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest or other amounts on any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event or such Disposition to the extent that the instrument creating or evidencing such Indebtedness requires that such Indebtedness be repaid upon consummation of such Prepayment Event or such Disposition and such Indebtedness is actually so repaid (other than Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Documents or otherwise subject to a Customary Intercreditor Agreement and any costs associated with the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations in connection with such transaction),

 

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(iv)       in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, the amount of any proceeds of such Asset Sale Prepayment Event that the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary has reinvested (or intends to reinvest), or has entered into an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment to reinvest, within the Reinvestment Period, in the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (subject to Section 9.13); provided that:

 

(A)       the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall comply with Sections 9.10, 9.11 and 9.14(b) with respect to such reinvestment if applicable;

 

(B)       any portion of such proceeds that has not been so reinvested or made subject to an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment within the Reinvestment Period shall (x) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event occurring on the later of (1) the last day of the Reinvestment Period and (2) 180 days after the date that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall have entered into an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment and (y) be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) or to the prepayment, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or redemption of any secured Permitted Additional Debt or secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in any such case to the extent permitted under Section 5.2(a)(i); and

 

(C)       any proceeds subject to an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment that is (I) later canceled or terminated for any reason before such proceeds are applied in accordance therewith or (II) not consummated (i.e., the reinvestment contemplated by such Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment is not made) shall be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) or to the prepayment, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or redemption of any secured Permitted Additional Debt or secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in any such case to the extent permitted under Section 5.2(a)(i), unless the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary enters into another Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment with respect to such proceeds prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period,

 

(v)       in the case of any Recovery Prepayment Event, the amount of any proceeds of such Recovery Prepayment Event (x) that the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary has reinvested (or intends to reinvest), or has entered into an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment to reinvest, within the Reinvestment Period, in the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (subject to Section 9.13), including for the repair, restoration or replacement of the asset or assets subject to such Recovery Prepayment Event, or (y) for which the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary has provided a Restoration Certification prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period; provided that:

 

(A)       the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall comply with Sections 9.10, 9.11 and 9.14(b) with respect to such reinvestment if applicable;

 

(B)       any portion of such proceeds that has not been so reinvested or made subject to an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or Restoration Certification within the Reinvestment Period shall (x) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of a Recovery Prepayment Event occurring on the later of (1) the last day of the Reinvestment Period and (2) 180 days after the date that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall have entered into an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or shall have provided a Restoration Certification and (y) be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) or to the prepayment, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or redemption of any secured Permitted Additional Debt or secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in any such case to the extent permitted under Section 5.2(a)(i); and

 

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(C)       any proceeds subject to an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or a Restoration Certification that is (I) later canceled or terminated for any reason before such proceeds are applied in accordance therewith or (II) not consummated (i.e., the reinvestment, repair, restoration or replacement contemplated by such Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or Restoration Certification, as the case may be, is not made) shall be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) or to the prepayment, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or redemption of any secured Permitted Additional Debt or secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in each case to the extent permitted under Section 5.2(a)(i), unless the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary enters into another Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or provides another Restoration Certification with respect to such proceeds prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period,

 

(vi)       in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event by any non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the net cash proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (vi)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof,

 

(vii)       in the case of any Prepayment Event, Incurrence of Indebtedness, Disposition, issuance of Capital Stock or receipt of a capital contribution, the reasonable and customary fees, commissions, expenses (including attorney’s fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums and search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes and other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees or commissions), issuance costs, discounts and other costs and expenses (and, in the case of the Incurrence of any Indebtedness the proceeds of which are required to be used to prepay any Class of Loans and/or reduce any Class of Commitments under this Agreement, accrued interest and premium, if any, on such Loans and any other amounts (other than principal) required to be paid in respect of such Loans and/or Commitments in connection with any such prepayment and/or reduction), and payments made in order to obtain a necessary consent required by Applicable Law, in each case only to the extent not already deducted in arriving at the amount referred to in clause (a) above, and

 

(viii)       in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Disposition, any amounts funded into escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any such Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Disposition to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Disposition until such amounts are released to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) attributable to such Person, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of dividends on preferred Capital Stock (other than dividends on Disqualified Capital Stock).

 

New Holdings” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Holdings”.

 

Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.7(b).

 

Non-Credit Party” shall mean any Person that is not a Credit Party.

 

Non-Credit Party Asset Sale” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(h).

 

Non-Credit Party Recovery Event” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(h).

 

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Non-Debt Fund Affiliate” shall mean any Affiliate of the Borrower (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) that is not a Debt Fund Affiliate.

 

Non-Defaulting Lender” shall mean and include each Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.

 

Non-Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(a).

 

Non-Extension Notice Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(e).

 

Non-Financing Lease Obligations” shall mean a lease obligation that is not required to be accounted for as a financing or capital lease on both the balance sheet and the income statement for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. For avoidance of doubt, a straight-line or operating lease shall be considered a Non-Financing Lease Obligation.

 

Non-U.S. Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(d).

 

Note” shall mean a Term Note or a Revolving Credit Note, in each case of the Borrower payable to any Lender or its registered assigns, evidencing the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Loans made by such Lender.

 

Notice of Borrowing” shall mean a request of the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.3 and substantially in the form of Exhibit D or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

 

Notice of Conversion or Continuation” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.6(a).

 

Obligations” shall mean the collective reference to:

 

(a)       the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest at the applicable rate provided in this Agreement (including interest accruing during the pendency of any proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Laws (or that would accrue but for the operation of applicable Debtor Relief Laws), regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the Borrower under this Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon (including interest accruing during the pendency of any proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Laws (or that would accrue but for the operation of applicable Debtor Relief Laws), regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and obligations to provide Cash Collateral, and (iii) 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 applicable proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower or any other Credit Party to any of the Secured Parties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents,

 

(b)       the due and punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Borrower under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents,

 

(c)       the due and punctual payment and performance of all the covenants, agreements, obligations, and liabilities of each other Credit Party under or pursuant to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents,

 

(d)       the due and punctual payment and performance of all Cash Management Obligations under each Secured Cash Management Agreement of a Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof, and

 

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(e)       the due and punctual payment and performance of all Hedging Obligations under each Secured Hedging Agreement of a Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof (other than with respect to any such Credit Party’s Hedging Obligations that constitute Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Credit Party).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) unless otherwise agreed to by the Borrower, the obligations of a Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof under any Secured Cash Management Agreement and Secured Hedging Agreement shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents and only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed, (ii) any release of Collateral or Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall not require the consent of the holders of the Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or the consent of the holders of the Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements and (iii) Obligations shall in no event include any Excluded Swap Obligations.

 

OFAC” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.19(a).

 

OID” shall mean original issue discount.

 

Organizational 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 Taxes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(b).

 

Overnight Rate” shall mean, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (b) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

 

Parent Entity” shall mean any Person that is a direct or indirect parent company (which may be organized as, among other things, a partnership) of Holdings and/or the Borrower, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, any Person that is formed to effect a public offering of common Capital Stock that directly or indirectly owns a majority of the Voting Stock of Holdings will be deemed a Parent Entity of Holdings.

 

Participant” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(d)(i).

 

Participant Register” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(d)(ii).

 

PATRIOT ACT” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.21.

 

PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Section 4002 of ERISA, or any successor thereto.

 

Pension Plan” shall mean any “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by Holdings, the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate or, solely with respect to representations and covenants that relate to liability under Section 4069 of ERISA, that was so maintained and in respect of which the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate would have liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.

 

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Perfection Certificate” shall mean a certificate in the form of Exhibit N or any other form approved by the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion.

 

Permitted Acquisition” shall mean any Acquisition by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, so long as (a) such Acquisition and all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in all material respects in accordance with all Applicable Laws, (b) if such Acquisition involves the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person that upon such Acquisition would become a Subsidiary, such Acquisition shall result in the issuer of such Capital Stock becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and, to the extent required by Section 9.10, a Guarantor, (c) to the extent required by Sections 9.10, 9.11 and/or 9.14(b), such Acquisition shall result in the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, being granted a security interest in any Capital Stock or any assets so acquired, (d) subject to Section 1.11, both immediately prior to and after giving pro forma effect to such Acquisition, no Event of Default under either Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing and (e) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such Acquisition, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with Section 9.13.

 

Permitted Additional Debt” shall mean (a) secured or unsecured bonds, notes or debentures (which bonds, notes or debentures, if secured, may be secured by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking equal to the priority of the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) or by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations) or (b) secured or unsecured loans (or commitments to provide loans or other extensions of credit) (which loans or commitments, if secured, may be secured by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking equal to the priority of the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) or by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations), in each case Incurred by or provided to the Borrower or another Guarantor; provided that (a) the terms of such Indebtedness or commitments do not provide for maturity or any scheduled amortization or mandatory repayment, mandatory redemption, mandatory commitment reduction, mandatory offer to purchase or sinking fund obligation prior to the Latest Maturity Date, other than, subject (except, in the case of any such Indebtedness or commitments that constitute, or are intended to constitute, other First Lien Obligations) to the prior repayment or prepayment of, or the prior offer to repay or prepay (and to the extent such offer is accepted, the prior repayment or prepayment of) the Obligations hereunder (other than Hedging Obligations under any Secured Hedging Agreement, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or contingent indemnification obligations and other contingent obligations not then due and payable), customary prepayments, commitment reductions, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances, acquisitions or satisfactions and discharges, or offers to prepay, reduce, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or satisfy and discharge upon, a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event, or on account of the accumulation of excess cash flow (in the case of loans or commitments), AHYDO Catch-Up Payments and customary acceleration rights upon an event of default; provided that the foregoing requirements of this clause (a) shall not apply to the extent such Indebtedness or commitments constitute a customary bridge facility, so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which any such customary bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (a) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges, (b) except for any of the following that are applicable only to periods following the Latest Maturity Date, the covenants, events of default, Subsidiary guarantees and other terms for such Indebtedness or commitments (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest rate margins, rate floors, fees, maturity, funding discounts, original issue discounts and redemption or prepayment terms and premiums), when taken as a whole, are determined by the Borrower to either (A) be consistent with market terms and conditions and conditions at the time of Incurrence or effectiveness or (B) not be materially more restrictive on the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries than the terms of this Agreement, when taken as a whole (provided that, if the documentation governing such Indebtedness or commitments contains any Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant, the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement shall have been amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility (provided, however, that, if (x) the documentation governing the Permitted Additional Debt that includes a Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant consists of a revolving credit facility (whether or not the documentation therefor includes any other facilities) and (y) such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant is a “springing” financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of such revolving credit facility or a covenant only applicable to, or for the benefit of, a revolving credit facility, then this Agreement shall be amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant only for the benefit of each revolving credit facility hereunder (and not for the benefit of any term loan facility hereunder) and such Indebtedness or commitments shall not be deemed “more restrictive” solely as a result of such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant benefiting only such revolving credit facilities); provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness or the providing of such commitments, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or commitments or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (c) if such Indebtedness is senior subordinated or subordinated Indebtedness, the terms of such Indebtedness provide for customary “high yield” subordination of such Indebtedness to the Obligations, (d) any Permitted Additional Debt may not be guaranteed by any subsidiaries of the Borrower that do not guarantee the Obligations, (e) any secured Permitted Additional Debt Incurred may not be secured by any assets that do not secure the Obligations and shall be subject to an applicable Customary Intercreditor Agreement and (f) any Permitted Additional Debt in the form of loans secured by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking equal to the priority of the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) shall be subject to the MFN Protection set forth in Section 2.14(c) (but subject to the MFN Exceptions to such MFN Protection) as if such Permitted Additional Debt were an Incremental Term Loan.

 

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Permitted Additional Debt Documents” shall mean any document or instrument (including any guarantee, security or collateral agreement or mortgage and which may include any or all of the Credit Documents) issued or executed and delivered with respect to any Permitted Additional Debt by any Credit Party.

 

Permitted Additional Debt Obligations” shall mean, if any secured Permitted Additional Debt has been Incurred by or provided to a Credit Party and is outstanding, the collective reference to (a) the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest at the applicable rate provided in the applicable Permitted Additional Debt Documents (including interest accruing during the pendency of any proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Laws (or would accrue but for the operation of applicable Debtor Relief Laws), regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on any such Permitted Additional Debt, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition 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 proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Laws, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower or any other Credit Party to any of the Permitted Additional Debt Secured Parties under the applicable Permitted Additional Debt Documents and (b) the due and punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Borrower or any Credit Party under or pursuant to applicable Permitted Additional Debt Documents.

 

Permitted Additional Debt Secured Parties” shall mean the holders from time to time of the secured Permitted Additional Debt Obligations (and any representative on their behalf).

 

Permitted Debt Exchange” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).

 

Permitted Debt Exchange Offer” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).

 

Permitted Encumbrances” shall mean:

 

(a)       Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or claims that are not yet overdue by more than sixty days or more, or if more than sixty days overdue either (i) that are being diligently contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction or (ii) with respect to which the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(b)       Liens in respect of property or assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries imposed by Applicable Law, such as landlord’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, construction contractors’ and mechanics’ Liens, supplier of materials, architects’ and other similar Liens, in each case so long as such Liens arise in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than sixty days or, if more than sixty days overdue either (i) no action has been taken to enforce such Lien, (ii) such amount is being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction or (iii) with respect to which the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(c)       Liens arising from judgments, awards, attachments or decrees for the payment of money in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 11.9;

 

(d)       Liens incurred or pledges or deposits (i) made in connection with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, employers’ health tax and other types of social security or similar legislation, (ii) securing insurance premiums, other liabilities (including in respect of reimbursement and indemnified obligations) to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements (including in respect of deductibles, co-payment, co-insurance, self-insurance retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereof), (iii) securing the performance of tenders, public or statutory obligations, surety, stay, indemnity, warranty release, customs and appeal bonds, bids, licenses, leases (other than Financing Lease Obligations), contracts (including government contracts and trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness)), performance, performance and completion, completion and return-of-money bonds or guarantees, government contracts, financial assurances and completion obligations and other similar obligations, (iv) securing contested taxes or import duties or the payment of rent, (v) securing letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar items issued or posted to support the payment of or for the benefit of items in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(e)       ground leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses in respect of Real Property on which locations and/or facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries are located;

 

(f)       (i) easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, rights-of-way, licenses, special assessments, survey exceptions, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), minor title defects, servitudes, drains, sewers, exceptions or irregularities in title, encroachments, protrusions and other similar charges, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or encumbrances or restrictions on the use of Real Property, which in each case do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and that were not incurred in connection with and do not secure any Indebtedness, and (ii) to the extent reasonably agreed by the Collateral Agent, any exception on the title policies issued in connection with any Mortgaged Property;

 

(g)       any (i) Lien or interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor or secured by a lessor’s, sublessor’s, licensor’s or sublicensor’s interest under any lease, sublease, license or sublicense permitted by this Agreement (other than in respect of a Financing Lease Obligation), (ii) landlord Liens permitted by the terms of any lease, (iii) restriction or encumbrance that the interest or title of any such lessor, sublessor, licensor or a sublicensor may be subject (including ground lease) or (iv) subordination of the interest of the lessee, sublessee, licensee or sublicensee under such lease or license to any restriction or encumbrance referred to in the preceding clause (iii);

 

(h)       Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of Applicable Law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods or to secure the performance of leases of Real Property;

 

(i)       Liens on goods or inventory or proceeds thereof the purchase, shipment or storage price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance issued or created for the account of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance to the extent permitted under Section 10.1;

 

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(j)       licenses, sublicenses and cross-licenses of Intellectual Property granted in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(k)       Liens arising from precautionary UCC (or equivalent statute) financing statement, other applicable personal property or movable property security registry financing statements or similar filings made in respect of Non-Financing Lease Obligations, consignment arrangements or bailee arrangements entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(l)       any zoning, building or similar law or right reserved to, or vested in, any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any Real Property or any structure thereon that does not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(m)       (i) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses (including of Intellectual Property) granted to others in the ordinary course of business that do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) the rights reserved or vested in any Person (including any Governmental Authority) by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

 

(n)       Liens given to a public utility or any municipality or Governmental Authority when required by such utility or other authority in connection with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(o)       servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements, subdivision agreements and other agreements with Governmental Authorities pertaining to the use or development of any of the Real Property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including, without limitation, any obligations to deliver letters of credit and other security as required so long as the same do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(p)       undetermined or inchoate Liens, rights of distress and charges incidental to current operations that have not at such time been filed or exercised, or which relate to obligations not due or payable or if due, the validity of such Liens are being contested in good faith by appropriate actions diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

 

(q)       reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions expressed in any original grant from any Governmental Authority or other grant of real or immovable property or interests therein;

 

(r)       Liens consisting of royalties payable with respect to any asset, right or property of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries;

 

(s)       statutory Liens incurred or pledges or deposits made in favor of a Governmental Authority to secure the performance of obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under Environmental Laws to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, in each case incurred or made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(t)       all rights of expropriation, access or use or other similar right conferred by or reserved by any federal, state or municipal Governmental Authority;

 

(u)       the right reserved to, or vested in, any Governmental Authority by any statutory provision or by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or other payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

 

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(v)       Liens arising from Cash Equivalents described in clause (i) of the definition of the term “Cash Equivalents”; and

 

(w)       with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, other Liens and privileges arising mandatorily by any Applicable Law.

 

Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt” shall mean any secured Indebtedness Incurred by the Borrower and/or the Guarantors in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes, bonds or debentures; provided that (a) such Indebtedness is secured by Liens on all or a portion of the Collateral on an equal priority basis with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies) and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (b) such Indebtedness satisfies the applicable requirements set forth in the provisos to the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”, (c) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors and (d) the holders of such Indebtedness (or their representative) and Collateral Agent shall become parties to a Customary Intercreditor Agreement providing that the Liens on the Collateral securing such obligations shall rank equal in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies).

 

Permitted Holder Group” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Permitted Holders”.

 

Permitted Holders” shall mean each of (a) the Investors, (b) the Employee Investors and (c) other than for purposes of determining the “Permitted Holders” for purposes of clause (a)(i) of the definition of “Change of Control”, any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act (or any successor provision)) the members of which include any of the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (a) or (b) above (a “Permitted Holder Group”); provided that, in the case of any Permitted Holder Group, no Person or other group (other than the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (a) or (b) above) own, directly or indirectly, Capital Stock having more than 50.0% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) or any Parent Entity held by such Permitted Holder Group.

 

Permitted Initial Revolving Credit Borrowing Purposes” shall mean one or more Borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans equal to the sum of (a) an amount sufficient to fund certain closing payments, OID or upfront fees required to be funded plus (b) an amount sufficient to fund any ordinary course working capital requirements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date plus (c) an amount sufficient to cash collateralize letters of credit outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date under the Existing Credit Facility plus (d) an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 to pay the Merger Consideration, the Existing Debt Refinancing and/or the Transaction Expenses.

 

Permitted Investment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5.

 

Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt” shall mean secured Indebtedness Incurred by the Borrower and/or any Guarantor in the form of one or more series of junior lien secured notes, bonds or debentures or junior lien secured loans; provided that (a) such Indebtedness is secured by Liens on all or a portion of the Collateral on a junior priority basis to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and any other First Lien Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (b) such Indebtedness satisfies the applicable requirements set forth in the provisos in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” (provided that such Indebtedness may be secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and any other First Lien Obligations, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”), (c) the holders of such Indebtedness (or their representative) and the Collateral Agent shall become parties to a Customary Intercreditor Agreement providing that the Liens on the Collateral securing such obligations shall rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations, and (d) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors.

 

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Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean, with respect to any Indebtedness (the “Refinanced Indebtedness”), any Indebtedness Incurred in exchange for or as a replacement of (including by entering into alternative financing arrangements in respect of such exchange or replacement (in whole or in part), by adding or replacing lenders, creditors, agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, or, after the original instrument giving rise to such Indebtedness has been terminated, by entering into any credit agreement, loan agreement, note purchase agreement, indenture or other agreement), or the net proceeds of which are to be used for the purpose of modifying, extending, refinancing, renewing, replacing, redeeming, repurchasing, defeasing, acquiring, amending, supplementing, restructuring, repaying, prepaying, retiring, extinguishing or refunding (collectively to “Refinance” or a “Refinancing” or “Refinanced”), such Refinanced Indebtedness (or previous refinancing thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided that (A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of any such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Refinanced Indebtedness outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of such Refinancing except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest, dividends and premium (including tender premiums), if any, thereon plus defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and other amounts paid and fees and expenses (including OID, closing payments, upfront fees and similar fees) incurred in connection with such Refinancing plus an amount equal to any existing commitment unutilized and letters of credit undrawn thereunder, (B) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1(a), 10.1(b), 10.1(h) or 10.1(u), the direct and contingent obligors with respect to such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not changed (except that any Credit Party may be added as an additional direct or contingent obligor in respect of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness), (C) other than with respect to a Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 10.1(f) or Section 10.1(g), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Refinanced Indebtedness; provided that the foregoing requirements of this clause (C) shall not apply to the extent such Indebtedness constitutes a customary bridge facility, so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which any such customary bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (C) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges, and (D) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1(a), 10.1(b) 10.1(h) or 10.1(u), except for any of the following that are only applicable to periods after the Latest Maturity Date, the terms and conditions contained in the documentation governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, taken as a whole, are determined by the Borrower to either (A) be consistent with market terms and conditions and conditions at the time of incurrence, issuance or effectiveness or (B) not be materially more restrictive on the obligor or obligors of such Indebtedness than the terms and conditions contained in the documentation governing such Refinanced Indebtedness being Refinanced (including, if applicable, as to collateral priority and subordination, but excluding as to interest rates (including through fixed exchange rates), interest rate margins, rate floors, fees, maturity, funding discounts, original issue discount and redemption or prepayment terms and premiums) (provided that, if the documentation governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness contains a Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant, the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement shall be amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility (provided, however, that if (x) the documentation governing the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness that includes a Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant consists of a revolving credit facility (whether or not the documentation therefor includes any other facilities) and (y) such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant is a “springing” financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of such revolving credit facility or a covenant only applicable to, or for the benefit of, a revolving credit facility, the Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant shall only be included in this Agreement for the benefit of each revolving credit facility hereunder (and not for the benefit of any term loan facility hereunder) and such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed “more restrictive” solely as a result of such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant benefiting only such revolving credit facilities)); provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement in clause (D) shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees).

 

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Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt” shall mean unsecured Indebtedness Incurred by the Borrower and/or the Guarantors in the form of one or more series of senior, senior subordinated or subordinated unsecured notes, bonds, debentures or loans; provided that (a) such Indebtedness satisfies the applicable requirements set forth in the provisos in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” and (b) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors.

 

Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, Joint Venture, firm, corporation, unlimited liability company, limited liability company, association, trust or other enterprise or any Governmental Authority.

 

Planned Expenditures” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Excess Cash Flow.”

 

Platform” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.2.

 

Pledge Agreement” shall mean the Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Holdings, the Borrower, the Domestic Subsidiary pledgors party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

 

Polaris Intermediate” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Polaris Parent” shall mean Polaris Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation.

 

Preferred Stock” shall mean any Capital Stock with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

 

Prepayment Event” shall mean any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Recovery Prepayment Event or Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event.

 

Present Fair Saleable Value” shall mean the amount that could be obtained by an independent willing seller from an independent willing buyer if the assets (both tangible and intangible) of the applicable Person and its subsidiaries taken as a whole are sold on a going-concern basis with reasonable promptness in an arm’s-length transaction under present conditions for the sale of comparable business enterprises insofar as such conditions can be reasonably evaluated.

 

Previous Holdings” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Holdings.”

 

Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant” shall mean, at any time (x) any financial maintenance covenant that is not included in this Agreement at such time and (y) any financial maintenance covenant in any other Indebtedness that is included in this Agreement at such time but with covenant levels that are more restrictive on the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than the covenant levels included in this Agreement at such time.

 

Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent).

 

Principal Investor” shall mean any investment entity and/or other affiliate of Goldman, Sachs & Co. or any fund, investor, entity or account that is managed, sponsored or advised by Goldman, Sachs & Co. or its affiliates, in each case, which is not a Disqualified Lender or a natural person.

 

Proceeding” shall have the meaning provided in Section Error! Reference source not found..

 

Pro Forma Balance Sheet” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.9(b).

 

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Pro Forma Entity” shall mean any Acquired Entity or Business, any Sold Entity or Business, any Converted Restricted Subsidiary or any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Pro Forma Financial Statements” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.9(b).

 

Public Company” shall mean Person with a class or series of Voting Stock that is traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ.

 

Public Company Costs” shall mean costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, in each case as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity or debt securities, directors’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance, listing fees and all executive, legal and professional fees related to the foregoing.

 

Public Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.2.

 

Purchasing Borrower Party” shall mean Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes a Transferee pursuant to Section 13.6(g).

 

Qualified Capital Stock” shall mean any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

Qualified Proceeds” shall mean assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business; provided that the Fair Market Value of any such assets or Capital Stock shall be determined by the Borrower in good faith.

 

Qualifying IPO” shall mean the issuance by Holdings (or any Parent Entity of Holdings) or the Borrower of its common Capital Stock in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act (whether alone or in connection with a secondary public offering).

 

Qualified Receivables Facility” shall mean any Receivables Facility of a Receivables Subsidiary that meets the following conditions: (a) the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such Receivables Facility (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; (b) all sales of accounts receivables and related assets by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Receivables Subsidiary or any other Person are made at fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower); (c) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be on market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings; and (d) the obligations under such Receivables Facility are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary).

 

Rating Agency” shall mean Moody’s and S&P or if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Initial Term Loans and/or the Borrower and/or any other Person, instrument or security publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Borrower which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.

 

Real Property” shall mean, collectively, all right, title and interest in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned or leased by any person, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, all general intangibles and contract rights and other property and rights incidental to the ownership thereof.

 

Receivables Facility” shall mean any of one or more receivables financing facilities as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded from time to time, the obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries sells its accounts receivable to either (a) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) a Restricted Subsidiary or Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds such purchase by selling its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or by borrowing from such a Person or from another Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds itself by borrowing from such a Person, in each case, that constitutes a Qualified Receivables Facility.

 

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Receivables Fees” shall mean distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any accounts receivable or participation interest therein issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility.

 

Receivables Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of, and that solely engages only in, one or more Receivables Facilities and other activities reasonably related thereto.

 

Recovery Event” shall mean (a) any damage to, destruction of, or other casualty or loss involving, any property or asset or (b) any seizure, condemnation, confiscation or taking under the power of eminent domain of, or any requisition of title or use of or relating to, or any similar event in respect of, any property or asset, in each case, of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Recovery Prepayment Event” shall mean the receipt of cash proceeds with respect to any settlement or payment in connection with any Recovery Event in respect of any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the term “Recovery Prepayment Event” shall not include any Asset Sale Prepayment Event.

 

Redemption Notice” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.7(a).

 

Reference Rate” shall mean an interest rate per annum equal to the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day by reference to ICE Benchmark Administration Limited’s “LIBOR” rate (or by reference to the rates provided by any Person that take over the administration of such rate if ICE Benchmark Administration Limited is no longer making a “LIBOR” rate available) for deposits in Dollars (as set forth on the Bloomberg screen displaying such “LIBOR” rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Bloomberg page or screen, on any successor or substitute page or screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time, in each case as selected by the Administrative Agent)) for a period equal to three-months.

 

Refinance,” “Refinancing” and “Refinanced” shall have the meanings provided in the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”.

 

Refinanced Debt” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.

 

Refinanced Indebtedness” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”.

 

Refunding Capital Stock” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.6(a).

 

Register” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(v).

 

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 margin requirements.

 

Regulation T” shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.

 

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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.

 

Reinvestment Period” shall mean, with respect to any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event, the day which is eighteen months after the receipt of cash proceeds by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from such Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event.

 

Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, controlling Persons and other representatives and successors of such Person or such Person’s Affiliates.

 

Release” shall mean any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the Environment or within, from or into any building, structure, facility or fixture.

 

Repayment Amount” shall mean any Initial Term Loan Repayment Amount, an Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount with respect to any Extension Series and the amount of any installment of Incremental Term Loans scheduled to be repaid on any date.

 

Reportable Event” shall mean an event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30 day notice period referred to in Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived, with respect to a Pension Plan (other than a Pension Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) and (o) of Section 414 of the Code).

 

Repricing Transaction” shall mean (a) the Incurrence by the Borrower of any term loans (including, without limitation, any new or additional term loans under this Agreement, whether Incurred directly or by way of the conversion of Initial Term Loans into a new Class of replacement term loans under this Agreement) that is broadly marketed or syndicated to banks, financial institutions and/or other institutional lenders or investors in financings similar to the Initial Term Loan Facility provided for in this Agreement (i) having an Effective Yield for the respective Type of such Indebtedness that is less than the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans of the respective equivalent Type, but excluding Indebtedness Incurred in connection with a Qualifying IPO, Change of Control (or transaction that if consummated would constitute a Change of Control) or Transformative Acquisition and (ii) the proceeds of which are used to prepay (or, in the case of a conversion, deemed to prepay or replace), in whole or in part, outstanding principal of Initial Term Loans or (b) any effective reduction in the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans (e.g., by way of amendment, waiver or otherwise), except for a reduction in connection with a Qualifying IPO, Change of Control (or transaction that if consummated would constitute a Change of Control) or Transformative Acquisition and, in the case of any transaction under either clause (a) or clause (b) above, the primary purpose of which is to lower the Effective Yield on the Initial Term Loans. Any determination by the Administrative Agent with respect to whether a Repricing Transaction shall have occurred shall be conclusive and binding on all Lenders holding the Initial Term Loans.

 

Required Lenders” shall mean, at any date and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13.6(h), Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding greater than 50.0% of the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans in the aggregate at such date, (b)(i) the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date and the Adjusted Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of all Classes at such date or (ii) if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment (or any Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of any Class) has been terminated or, for the purposes of acceleration pursuant to Section 11, the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure (excluding the Revolving Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date and/or the outstanding principal amount of the Extended Revolving Credit Loans and letter of credit exposure under such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (excluding any such Extended Revolving Credit Loans and letter of credit exposure of Defaulting Lenders) at such date and (c)(i) the Adjusted Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment of each Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments at such date or (ii) if the Adjusted Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment of any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments has been terminated or for purposes of acceleration pursuant to Section 11, the outstanding principal amount of the Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans of such Class and the related revolving credit exposure (excluding the revolving credit exposure of Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date.

 

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Required Reimbursement Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(a).

 

Required Revolving Credit Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding greater than 50.0% of the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated at such time, a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Exposure (excluding the Revolving Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) at such time).

 

Restoration Certification” shall mean, with respect to any Recovery Prepayment Event, a certification made by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, to the Administrative Agent prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period certifying (a) that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary intends to use the proceeds received in connection with such Recovery Prepayment Event to repair, restore or replace the property or assets in respect of which such Recovery Prepayment Event occurred, or otherwise invest in assets useful to the business, (b) the approximate costs of completion of such repair, restoration or replacement and (c) that such repair, restoration, reinvestment, or replacement will be completed within the later of (x) eighteen months after the date on which cash proceeds with respect to such Recovery Prepayment Event were received and (y) 180 days after delivery of such Restoration Certification.

 

Restricted Investments” shall mean any Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

 

Restricted Payments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.6.

 

Restricted Payment Amount” shall mean, at any time, the greater of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) 30.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date, minus the sum of (a) the amount utilized by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments in reliance on Section 10.6(f)(iv) and (b) the amount utilized by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to prepay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise defease or make similar payments in respect of Junior Debt prior to its stated maturity made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in reliance Section 10.7(a)(iii)(D).

 

Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all references herein to a “Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

Retained Asset Sale Proceeds” shall mean that portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Payment Event not required to be offered to prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) due to the Disposition Percentage being less than 100%.

 

Retained Refused Proceeds” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(c)(ii).

 

Return” shall mean, with respect to any Investment, any dividend, distribution, interest, fee, premium, return of capital, repayment of principal, income, profit (from a Disposition or otherwise) and any other amount received or realized in respect thereof.

 

Revolving Credit Borrowing” shall mean a borrowing consisting of Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and Class and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders under such Class pursuant to Section 2.1(b).

 

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Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, (a) with respect to each Lender that is a Lender on the Closing Date, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a) as such Lender’s “Revolving Credit Commitment,” (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the Closing Date, the amount specified as such Lender’s “Revolving Credit Commitment” in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and (c) in the case of any Lender that increases its Revolving Credit Commitment or becomes an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, in each case pursuant to Section 2.14, the amount specified in the applicable Incremental Agreement, in each case as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to terms hereof. The aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Closing Date is $100,000,000.

 

Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage” shall mean, at any time, for each Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment by (b) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders; provided that, at any time when the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall have been terminated, each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage shall be its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage as in effect immediately prior to such termination.

 

Revolving Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender then outstanding, (b) such Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure at such time and (c) such Lender’s Swingline Exposure at such time.

 

Revolving Credit Extension Request” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Revolving Credit Facility” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Revolving Credit Lender” shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment at such time.

 

Revolving Credit Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(b)(i).

 

Revolving Credit Maturity Date” shall mean the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, or, if such anniversary is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such anniversary.

 

Revolving Credit Note” shall mean a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Revolving Credit Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Revolving Credit Lender resulting from the Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender.

 

Revolving Credit Termination Date” shall mean the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have terminated, no Revolving Credit Loans shall be outstanding and the Letter of Credit Obligations shall have been reduced to zero or Cash Collateralized.

 

Rollover Investors” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.

 

Sale Leaseback” shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (a) sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of any property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and (b) as part of such transaction, thereafter rents or leases such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold, transferred or Disposed of.

 

Sanctions” shall mean any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, or Her Majesty’s Treasury.

 

SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

 

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Secondary Mergers” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Section 9.1 Financials” shall mean the financial statements delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or 9.1(b) together with the accompanying officer’s certificate delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(d).

 

Secured Cash Management Agreement” shall mean, at the Borrower’s written election to the Administrative Agent, any agreement relating to Cash Management Services that is entered into by and between Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and a Cash Management Bank.

 

Secured Hedging Agreement” shall mean, at the Borrower’s written election to the Administrative Agent, any Hedging Agreement that is entered into by and between Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Borrower may deliver one notice designating all Hedging Agreements entered into pursuant to a specified Master Agreement as “Specified Hedging Agreements”.

 

Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Lenders, (b) the Letter of Credit Issuers, (c) the Swingline Lender, (d) the Administrative Agent, (e) the Collateral Agent, (f) each Hedge Bank, (g) each Cash Management Bank, (h) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Credit Party under the Credit Documents and (i) any successors, endorsees, transferees and assigns of each of the foregoing.

 

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Securitization Repurchase Obligation” shall mean any obligation of a seller (or any guaranty of such obligation) of assets subject to a Receivables Facility in a Qualified Receivables Facility to repurchase such assets arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including, without limitation, as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, offset or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.

 

Security Agreement” shall mean the Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Holdings, the Borrower, the Domestic Subsidiary grantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

 

Security Documents” shall mean, collectively the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Mortgages, if any, and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.2, 9.10, 9.11 or 9.14 and any Customary Intercreditor Agreement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 10.2 or pursuant to any of the Security Documents.

 

Senior Unsecured Notes” shall mean those 7.125% senior unsecured notes due 2024 issued by the Borrower under the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture in an initial aggregate principal amount of $1,100,000,000.

 

Senior Unsecured Notes Documents” shall mean the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture and the other documents referred to therein (including the related guarantee, the notes and notes purchase agreement).

 

Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture” shall mean the indenture for the Senior Unsecured Notes, dated as of June 7, 2016, between the Borrower and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.

 

Similar Business” shall mean any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto.

 

Software” shall have the meaning provided in the Security Agreement.

 

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Sold Entity or Business” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”

 

Solvent” shall mean, at the time of determination:

 

(a)       each of the Fair Value and the Present Fair Saleable Value of the assets of a Person and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole exceed their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities; and

 

(b)       such Person and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole do not have Unreasonably Small Capital; and

 

(c)       such Person and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole can pay their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as they mature.

 

Defined terms used in the foregoing definition shall have the meanings set forth in the Solvency Certificate delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.8.

 

Special Purpose Subsidiary” shall mean any (a) not-for-profit Subsidiary, (b) captive insurance company or (c) Receivables Subsidiary and any other Subsidiary formed for a specific bona fide purpose not including substantive business operations and that does not own any material assets, in each case, that has been designated as a “Special Purpose Subsidiary” by the Borrower.

 

Specified Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(a)(i).

 

Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean any Existing Revolving Credit Commitments belonging to a Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class.

 

Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Specified Merger Agreement Representations” shall mean the representations and warranties made by, or with respect to, the Target and its subsidiaries in the Merger Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that Polaris Parent (or its affiliates) has the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its (or their) obligations under the Merger Agreement or to decline to consummate the Merger (in accordance with the terms thereof) as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement.

 

Specified Representations” shall mean the representations and warranties of the Borrower and the Guarantors set forth in Sections 8.1 (with respect to the organizational existence only of Holdings and the Borrower), the first two sentences of Section 8.2, Section 8.3(c) (with respect to the Incurrence of the Loans on the Closing Date only, the provision of the Guarantees by the Credit Parties on the Closing Date and the granting of the Liens on the Collateral by the Credit Parties on the Closing Date), Section 8.5, Section 8.7, Section 8.16, Section 8.19 (with respect to the use of the proceeds of the Loans on the Closing Date), Section 8.20(b) (with respect to the use of the proceeds of the Loans on the Closing Date), Section 8.21 and Section 3.3 of the Security Agreement (limited to the Security Documents required to be delivered on the Closing Date and the other requirements set forth in Section 6).

 

Specified Restructuring” shall mean any restructuring initiative, cost saving initiative or other similar strategic initiative of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date described in reasonable detail in a certificate of an Authorized Officer delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent.

 

Specified Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Closing Date.

 

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Specified Transaction” shall mean, with respect to any period, any Investment (including Acquisitions), sale, transfer or other Disposition of assets or property, Incurrence, Refinancing, prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition similar payment, extinguishment, retirement or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation, Incremental Term Loan, provision of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases, provision of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, creation of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or other event that by the terms of the Credit Documents requires pro forma compliance” with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a pro forma basis.

 

Sponsor” shall mean, collectively Hellman & Friedman LLC and/or its Affiliates and any funds, partnerships or other co-investment vehicles managed, advised or controlled by the foregoing or their respective Affiliates, but excluding any operating portfolio companies of Hellman & Friedman LLC or any such Affiliate.

 

SPV” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c).

 

Standard Securitization Undertakings” shall mean representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower which the Borrower has determined in good faith to be customary in a Receivables Facility, including, without limitation, those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, it being understood that any Securitization Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.

 

Stated Amount” of any Letter of Credit shall mean, unless otherwise specified herein, the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving pro forma effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

 

Statutory Reserves” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Eurodollar Rate.”

 

Subordinated Indebtedness” shall mean any Indebtedness for borrowed money (and any Guarantee Obligations in respect thereof) that is subordinated expressly by its terms in right of payment to the Obligations.

 

Subordinated Indebtedness Documentation” shall mean any document or instrument issued or executed with respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness.

 

Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean and include (a) any corporation more than 50.0% of whose stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting 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 limited liability company, partnership, association, Joint Venture or other entity in which such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50.0% equity interest at the time. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

Subsidiary Guarantor” shall mean each Guarantor that is a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

Successor Borrower” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.3(a).

 

Successor Holdings” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.9(b).

 

Surviving Company” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Swap” shall mean any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

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Swap Obligation” shall mean any obligation to pay or perform under any Swap.

 

Swap Termination Value” shall mean, in respect of any one or more Hedging Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedging Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Hedging Agreements 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 Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedging Agreements (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

 

Swingline Commitment” shall mean $25,000,000.

 

Swingline Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, at any time, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Swingline Loans outstanding at such time.

 

Swingline Lender” shall mean Barclays Bank PLC in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder, or such other financial institution that, after the Closing Date, shall agree to act in the capacity of lender of Swingline Loans hereunder. In the event that there is more than one Swingline Lender at any time, references herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Swingline Lender shall be deemed to refer to the Swingline Lender in respect of the applicable Swingline Loan or to all Swingline Lenders, as the context requires.

 

Swingline Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(d)(i).

 

Swingline Maturity Date” shall mean, with respect to any Swingline Loan, the date that is three Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

 

Syndication Agent” shall mean Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, in its capacity as syndication agent under this Agreement.

 

Target” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Taxes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(a).

 

Term Loan” shall mean an Initial Term Loan, an Incremental Term Loan or any Extended Term Loan, as applicable.

 

Term Loan Exchange Notes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).

 

Term Loan Exchange Effective Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).

 

Term Loan Extension Request” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(i).

 

Term Loan Facility” shall mean any of the Initial Term Loan Facility, any Incremental Term Loan Facility and any Extended Term Loan Facility.

 

Term Note” shall mean a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Initial Term Loan Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-2 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Initial Term Loan Lender resulting from the Initial Term Loans made by such Initial Term Loan Lender.

 

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Test Period” shall mean, for any determination under this Agreement, the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on or prior to such date of determination (taken as one accounting period) in respect of which Section 9.1 Financials shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent for each fiscal quarter or fiscal year in such period; provided that, prior to the first date that Section 9.1 Financials shall have been delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b), the Test Period in effect shall be the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended March 31, 2016. A Test Period may be designated by reference to the last day thereof (i.e. the March 31, 2016 Test Period refers to the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended March 31, 2016), and a Test Period shall be deemed to end on the last day thereof.

 

Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean the sum of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Lenders providing any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

Total Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment, the Total Incremental Term Loan Commitment, the Total Revolving Credit Commitment, the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment and the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of each Extension Series.

 

Total Credit Exposure” shall mean, at any date, the sum, without duplication, of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall have terminated on such date, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Revolving Credit Lenders at such date), the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment shall have been terminated on such date, the aggregate exposure of all Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Lenders at such date), the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of each Extension Series at such date (or if the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of any Extension Series shall have been terminated on such date, the aggregate exposures of all lenders under such series at such date) and the outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans at such date.

 

Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean the sum of all Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of all Lenders under each Extension Series.

 

Total Incremental Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments of any Class of Incremental Term Loans of all the Lenders providing such Class of Incremental Term Loans.

 

Total Initial Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Initial Term Loan Commitments of all the Lenders.

 

Total Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, on any date, the sum of the Revolving Credit Commitments on such date of all the Revolving Credit Lenders.

 

Transaction Expenses” shall mean any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Investors, Polaris Parent, Merger Sub, Holdings, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates in connection with the Transactions, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

Transactions” shall mean, collectively, (a) the formation of Merger Sub and any Parent Entity of Merger Sub for purposes of consummating the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (b) the entry into the Merger Agreement, the Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter and any other Contractual Obligations in connection therewith, (c) the Equity Contribution, including the rollover consummated by the Rollover Investors, (d) the Merger and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the payment of the Merger Consideration and the payment of certain Transaction Expenses, (e) the Existing Debt Refinancing, (f) the Internal Restructuring, (g) the entering into of the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents and the issuance of the Senior Unsecured Notes in sales pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act, (h) the entering into of the Agreement, the other Credit Documents, and funding of the Loans on the Closing Date and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and (i) the payment of the Transaction Expenses.

 

Transferee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(f).

 

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Transformative Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is either (a) not permitted by the terms of this Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition or (b) if permitted by the terms of this Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition, would not provide the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility under this Agreement for the continuation and/or expansion of their combined operations following such consummation, as determined by the Borrower acting in good faith.

 

Treasury Capital Stock” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.6(a).

 

Type” shall mean as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.

 

UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time (except as otherwise specified) in any applicable state or jurisdiction.

 

UCP” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

 

Unfunded Current Liability” of any Pension Plan shall mean the amount, if any, by which the present value of the accrued benefits under the Pension Plan exceeds the Fair Market Value of the assets allocable thereto as of the close of its most recent plan year, determined in both cases using the applicable assumptions promulgated under Section 430 of the Code.

 

United States Tax Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(d).

 

Unpaid Drawing” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(a).

 

Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean (a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is formed or acquired after the Closing Date and is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.15 subsequent to the Closing Date, (b) any existing Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.15 subsequent to the Closing Date and (c) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Voting Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, shares of such Person’s Capital Stock that is at the time generally entitled, without regard to contingencies, to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person. To the extent that a partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other agreement governing a partnership or limited liability company provides that the members of the Board of Directors of such partnership or limited liability company (or, in the case of a limited partnership whose business and affairs are managed or controlled by its general partner, the Board of Directors of the general partner of such limited partnership) is appointed or designated by one or more Persons rather than by a vote of Voting Stock, each of the Persons who are entitled to appoint or designate the members of such Board of Directors will be deemed to own a percentage of Voting Stock of such partnership or limited liability company equal to (a) the aggregate votes entitled to be cast on such Board of Directors by the members of such Board of Directors which such Person or Persons are entitled to appoint or designate divided by (b) the aggregate number of votes of all members of such Board of Directors.

 

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” shall mean, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

 

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of a Person, all of the outstanding Capital Stock of which (other than (x) any director’s qualifying shares and (y) shares issued to other Persons to the extent required by Applicable Law) are owned by such Person and/or by one or more wholly-owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

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Withdrawal Liability” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.

 

Withholding Agent” shall mean any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any U.S. federal withholding tax, any other withholding agent, if applicable.

 

Write-Down and Conversion Power” 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.

 

1.2       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)       The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.

 

(d)       Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which such reference appears.

 

(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.

 

(h)       Any reference to any Person shall be constructed to include such Person’s successors or assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all of the functions thereof.

 

(i)       Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.

 

(j)        The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning as the word “shall.”

 

(k)       The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

 

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1.3       Accounting Terms.

 

(a)       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; provided, however, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any Accounting Change occurring after the Closing Date 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 Accounting Change, then such provision shall be interpreted as if such Accounting Change had not occurred until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

 

(b)       Where reference is made to “the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis” or similar language, such consolidation shall not include any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

(c)       Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification No. 825—Financial Instruments, or any successor thereto (including pursuant to the Accounting Standards Codification), to value any Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value” as defined therein.

 

(d)       For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any classification under GAAP of any Person or business in respect of which a definitive agreement for the Disposition thereof has been entered into as discontinued operations, the Net Income of such Person or business shall not be excluded from the calculation of Net Income until such Disposition shall have been consummated.

 

1.4       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).

 

1.5       References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organizational Documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents) and other Contractual Obligations 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 this Agreement; and (b) references to any Applicable Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Applicable Law.

 

1.6       Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable, for times of the day in New York City, New York).

 

1.7       Timing of Payment or Performance. Except as otherwise provided herein, 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 Section 2.5 or Section 2.9) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.

 

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1.8       Currency Equivalents Generally.

 

(a)       For purposes of any determination under Section 9, Section 10 (other than Section 10.10) or Section 11 or any determination under any other provision of this Agreement requiring the use of a current exchange rate, all amounts Incurred or proposed to be Incurred in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the Exchange Rate then in effect on the date of such determination; provided, however, that (x) for purposes of determining compliance with Section 10 with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness, Investment, Disposition, Restricted Payment or payment under Section 10.7 in a currency other than Dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is Incurred or Disposition, Restricted Payment or payment under Section 10.7 is made, (y) for purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness, if such Indebtedness is Incurred to Refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such Refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency Exchange Rate in effect on the date of such Refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of the Indebtedness that is Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted amount) of such Indebtedness being Refinanced, except by an amount equal to the accrued interest, dividends and premium (including tender premiums), if any, thereon plus defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and other amounts paid and fees and expenses (including OID, closing payments, upfront fees and similar fees) incurred in connection with such Refinancing plus an amount equal to any existing commitment unutilized and letters of credit undrawn thereunder and (z) for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.8 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be Incurred or Disposition, Restricted Payment or payment under Section 10.7 may be made at any time under such Sections. For purposes of Section 10.10, amounts in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the applicable exchange rates used in preparing the most recently delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b).

 

(b)       Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify with the Borrower’s consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) to appropriately reflect a change in currency of any country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to such change in currency.

 

1.9       Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Credit Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Credit Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Credit Borrowing”).

 

1.10       [Reserved]

 

1.11     Limited Condition Acquisitions.

 

(a)       In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, for purposes of determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement that requires that no Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default, as applicable, has occurred, is continuing or would result from any such action, as applicable, such condition shall, at the option of the Borrower, be deemed satisfied, so long as no Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default, as applicable, exists on the date on which the definitive acquisition agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has exercised its option under the first sentence of this clause (a), and any Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default occurs following the date on which the definitive acquisition agreements for the applicable Limited Condition Acquisition were entered into and prior to or on the date of the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default shall be deemed to not have occurred or be continuing for purposes of determining whether any action being taken in connection with such Limited Condition Acquisition is permitted hereunder.

 

(b)       In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, for purposes of:

 

(i)       determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires the calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio or the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio; or

 

(ii)       testing baskets set forth in this Agreement (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA);

 

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in each case, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Acquisition, an “LCA Election”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be the date on which the definitive acquisition agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into (the “LCA Test Date”), and if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any Incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the applicable LCA Test Date, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCA Test Date in compliance with such ratio or basket, such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made an LCA Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCA Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Acquisition, on or prior to the date of consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. If the Borrower has made an LCA Election for any Limited Condition Acquisition, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or test with respect to the Incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, or the making of distributions or Restricted Payments, Investments, payments pursuant to Section 10.7, Dispositions, mergers, Dispositions of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary on or following the relevant LCA Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated or the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Acquisition is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such ratio or test shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited Condition Acquisition and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated.

 

1.12     Pro Forma and Other Calculations.

 

(a)       Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, financial ratios and tests (including measurements of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA), including the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio, Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be calculated in the manner prescribed by this Section 1.12; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clauses (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this Section 1.12, when calculating the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for purposes of (i) the definition of “Applicable Margin,” and (ii) Section 5.2(a)(i) and Section 5.2(a)(ii), the events described in this Section 1.12 that occurred subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period shall not be given pro forma effect; provided, however, that for purposes of any determination under the proviso to Section 5.2(a)(ii), Consolidated First Lien Debt shall be determined after giving pro forma effect to any voluntary prepayments of Term Loans made pursuant to Section 5.1 after the end of the Borrower’s most recently ended full fiscal year and prior to the date of the applicable payment to be made pursuant to such Section 5.2(a)(ii) assuming such prepayments had been made on the last day of such fiscal year. In addition, whenever a financial ratio or test is to be calculated on a pro forma basis or requires pro forma compliance, the reference to “Test Period” for purposes of calculating such financial ratio or test shall be deemed to be a reference to, and shall be based on, the most recently ended Test Period for which Section 9.1 Financials have been delivered.

 

(b)       For purposes of calculating any financial ratio or test (including Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA), Specified Transactions (with any Incurrence or Refinancing of any Indebtedness in connection therewith to be subject to clause (d) of this Section 1.12) that have been made (i) during the applicable Test Period or (ii) subsequent to such Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio is made shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Specified Transactions (and any increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA and the component financial definitions used therein attributable to any Specified Transaction) had occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period (or, in the case of Consolidated Total Assets or “unrestricted” cash and Cash Equivalents, on the last day of the applicable Test Period). If, since the beginning of any applicable Test Period, any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such Test Period shall have made any Specified Transaction that would have required adjustment pursuant to this Section 1.12, then such financial ratio or test (including Consolidated Total Assets and Consolidated EBITDA) shall be calculated to give pro forma effect thereto in accordance with this Section 1.12.

 

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(c)       Whenever pro forma effect or a determination of pro forma compliance is to be given to a Specified Transaction or a Specified Restructuring, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and may include, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and cost synergies and other synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from or relating to any Specified Transaction (including the Transactions) or Specified Restructuring that is being given pro forma effect or for which a determination of pro forma compliance is being made that have been realized or are expected to be realized and for which the actions necessary to realize such cost savings, operating expense reductions, cost synergies or other synergies have been taken, have been committed to be taken, with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or which are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, cost synergies and other synergies had been realized on the first day of such period and as if such cost savings, operating expense reductions, cost synergies and other synergies were realized during the entirety of such period and “run rate” means the full recurring benefit for a period that is associated with any action taken, any action committed to be taken, any action with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or any action that is expected to be taken (including any savings expected to result from the elimination of Public Company Costs) net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions, and any such adjustments shall be included in the initial pro forma calculations of such financial ratios or tests and during any subsequent Test Period in which the effects thereof are expected to be realized) relating to such Specified Transaction or Specified Transaction, and any such adjustments included in the initial pro forma calculations shall continue to apply to subsequent calculations of such financial ratios or tests, including during any subsequent test periods in which the effects thereof are expected to be realizable; provided that (A) such amounts are reasonably identifiable in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, (B) such actions are taken, such actions are committed to be taken, substantial steps with respect to such action have been taken or such actions are expected to be taken no later than eight fiscal quarters after the date of consummation of such Specified Transaction or the date of initiation of such Specified Restructuring (or, with respect to the Transactions, twelve fiscal quarters) and (C) no amounts shall be added to the extent duplicative of any amounts that are otherwise added back in computing Consolidated EBITDA (or any other components thereof), whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, with respect to such period.

 

(d)       In the event that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs (including by assumption or guarantee) or Refinances (including by redemption, repurchase, repayment, retirement or extinguishment) any Indebtedness, in each case included in the calculations of any financial ratio or test, (i) during the applicable Test Period or (ii) subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio is made, then such financial ratio or test shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence or Refinancing of Indebtedness (including pro forma effect to the application of the net proceeds therefrom), in each case to the extent required, as if the same had occurred on the last day of the applicable Test Period (except in the case of the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio (or similar ratio), in which case such Incurrence or Refinancing of Indebtedness will be given effect, as if the same had occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period); provided that, with respect to any Incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by the provisions of this Agreement in reliance on the pro forma calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio and/or the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as applicable, shall not give pro forma effect to any Indebtedness being Incurred (or expected to be Incurred) substantially simultaneously or contemporaneously with the Incurrence of any such Indebtedness in reliance on any “basket” set forth in this Agreement (including the Incremental Base Amount, any “baskets” measured as a percentage of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA) including any Credit Event under the Revolving Credit Facility or, except to the extent expressly required to be calculated otherwise in Section 2.14 or Section 10.1(u), any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility.

 

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(e)       Whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a pro forma event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio is made had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any interest Hedging Agreements applicable to such Indebtedness). To the extent interest expense generated by Hedging Obligations that have been terminated is included in Consolidated Interest Expense prior to the date of the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio is being made, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be adjusted to exclude such expense. Interest on a Financing Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Financing Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be determined to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Borrower or applicable Restricted Subsidiary may designate. For purposes of making the computations referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period or, if lower, the maximum commitments under such revolving credit facility as of the date of the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio is being made, except as set forth in Section 1.12(d).

 

(f)       Any such pro forma calculation may include, without limitation, (1) all adjustments of the type described in clause (a)(viii) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such Test Period, and (2) adjustments calculated in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

 

SECTION 2.     Amount and Terms of Credit Facilities.

 

2.1       Loans.

 

(a)       Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Lender having an Initial Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make a loan or loans (each, an “Initial Term Loan”) to the Borrower, which Initial Term Loans (i) shall not exceed, for any such Lender, the Initial Term Loan Commitment of such Lender, (ii) shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment, (iii) shall be made on the Closing Date and shall be denominated in Dollars, (iv) may, at the option of the Borrower, be Incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans; provided that all such Initial Term Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise provided herein, consist entirely of Initial Term Loans of the same Type and (v) may be repaid or prepaid in accordance with the provisions hereof, but once repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. On the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, all outstanding Initial Term Loans shall be repaid in full.

 

(b)       (i) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make a loan or loans (each, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) to the Borrower in U.S. Dollars, which Revolving Credit Loans (A) shall not exceed, for any such Lender, the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender, (B) shall not, after giving pro forma effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result in such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure at such time exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time, (C) shall not, after giving pro forma effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, at any time result in the aggregate amount of all Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect, (D) shall be made at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made on the Closing Date shall not exceed the Initial Revolving Borrowing Amount), (E) may at the option of the Borrower be Incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans; provided that all Revolving Credit Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and (F) may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

(ii)       On the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans shall be repaid in full and the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate.

 

(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 (which obligation of the Lender shall not require it to take, or refrain from taking, actions that it determines would result in increased costs for which it will not be compensated hereunder or that it determines would be otherwise disadvantageous to it and in the event of such request for costs for which compensation is provided under this Agreement, the provisions of Section 2.10 shall apply).

 

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(d)       (i) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Swingline Lender in its individual capacity agrees, at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the Swingline Maturity Date, to make a loan or loans (each, a “Swingline Loan”) to the Borrower in U.S. Dollars, which Swingline Loans (A) shall be ABR Loans, (B) shall have the benefit of the provisions of Section 2.1(d)(ii), (C) shall not exceed at any time outstanding the Swingline Commitment, (D) shall not, after giving pro forma effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result at any time in the aggregate amount of all Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect, (E) may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof and (F) shall mature no later than the date ten Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made. On the Swingline Maturity Date, all outstanding Swingline Loans shall be repaid in full. The Swingline Lender shall not make any Swingline Loan after receiving a written notice from either the Borrower or the Administrative Agent stating that a Default or an Event of Default exists and is continuing until such time as the Swingline Lender shall have received written notice (x) of rescission of all such notices from the party or parties originally delivering such notice, (y) of the waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 or (z) from the Administrative Agent that such Default or Event of Default is no longer continuing.

 

(ii)       On any Business Day, the Swingline Lender may, in its sole discretion, give notice to the Revolving Credit Lenders, with a copy to the Borrower, that all then-outstanding Swingline Loans shall be funded with a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, in which case Revolving Credit Loans constituting ABR Loans (each such Borrowing, a “Mandatory Borrowing”) shall be made on the same Business Day by all Revolving Credit Lenders pro rata based on each such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage, and the proceeds thereof shall be applied directly to the Swingline Lender to repay the Swingline Lender for such outstanding Swingline Loans. Each Revolving Credit Lender hereby irrevocably agrees to make such Revolving Credit Loans upon same Business Days’ notice pursuant to each Mandatory Borrowing in the amount and in the manner specified in the preceding sentence and on the date specified to it in writing by the Swingline Lender notwithstanding (i) that the amount of the Mandatory Borrowing may not comply with the minimum amount for each Borrowing specified in Section 2.2, (ii) whether any conditions specified in Section 7 are then satisfied, (iii) whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (iv) the date of such Mandatory Borrowing or (v) any reduction in the Total Revolving Credit Commitment after any such Swingline Loans were made. In the event that, in the sole judgment of the Swingline Lender, any Mandatory Borrowing cannot for any reason be made on the date otherwise required above (including as a result of the commencement of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law in respect of the Borrower), each Revolving Credit Lender hereby agrees that it shall forthwith purchase from the Swingline Lender (without recourse or warranty) such participation of the outstanding Swingline Loans as shall be necessary to cause each such Lender to share in such Swingline Loans ratably based upon their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages; provided that all principal and interest payable on such Swingline Loans shall be for the account of the Swingline Lender until the date the respective participation is purchased and, to the extent attributable to the purchased participation, shall be payable to the Lender purchasing the same from and after such date of purchase.

 

(iii)       The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, designate as additional Swingline Lenders one or more applicable Revolving Credit Lenders that agree to serve in such capacity as provided below. The acceptance by a Revolving Credit Lender of an appointment as a Swingline Lender hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such designated Swingline Lender, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such Revolving Credit Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement and (ii) references herein to the term “Swingline Lender” shall be deemed to include such Revolving Credit Lender in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.

 

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(iv)       The Borrower may terminate the appointment of any Swingline Lender as a “Swingline Lender” hereunder by providing a written notice thereof to such Swingline Lender, with a copy to the Administrative Agent. Any such termination shall become effective upon the earlier of (i) the Swingline Lender’s acknowledging receipt of such notice and (ii) the fifth Business Day following the date of the delivery thereof; provided that no such termination shall become effective until and unless the Swingline Exposure of such Swingline Lender shall have been reduced to zero. Notwithstanding the effectiveness of any such termination, the terminated Swingline Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made by it prior to such termination, but shall not make any additional Swingline Loans.

 

2.2       Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings. The aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be in a multiple of $500,000, and Swingline Loans shall be in a multiple of $100,000, and, in each case, shall not be less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount with respect for such Type of Loans (except that that Mandatory Borrowings shall be made in the amounts required by Section 2.1(d) and Revolving Credit Loans to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to any Unpaid Drawing shall be made in the amounts required by Section 3.3 or Section 3.4, as applicable). More than one Borrowing may be Incurred on any date; provided that at no time shall there be outstanding more than twelve (12) Eurodollar Borrowings under this Agreement (which number of Eurodollar Borrowings may be increased or adjusted by agreement between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in connection with any Incremental Facility or Extended Loans/Commitments). For purposes of the foregoing, Borrowings having different Interest Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same date, shall be considered separate Borrowings.

 

2.3       Notice of Borrowing.

 

(a)       The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office (i) prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days’ prior written notice of the Borrowing of Initial Term Loans or any Borrowing of Incremental Term Loans (unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Incremental Agreement), as the case may be, if all or any of such Term Loans are to be initially Eurodollar Loans and (ii) written notice prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of the Borrowing of Initial Term Loans or any Borrowing of Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, if all or any of such Term Loans are to be ABR Loans; provided that any notice of a Borrowing to be made on the Closing Date or any Incremental Facility Closing Date (whether Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans) may be given not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) one Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing, which notice may be subject to the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement. Such notice (together with each notice of a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 2.3(b) and each notice of a Borrowing of Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.3(c), a “Notice of Borrowing”) shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit D and shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, to be made, (ii) the date of the Borrowing (which shall be, (x) in the case of the Initial Term Loans, the Closing Date, and, (y) in the case of the Incremental Term Loans, the applicable Incremental Facility Closing Date in respect of such Class) and (iii) whether the Initial Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, shall consist of ABR Loans and/or Eurodollar Loans and, if the Initial Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, are to include Eurodollar Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto; provided that the Notice of Borrowing for a Borrowing of Term Loans shall be revocable so long as the Borrower agrees to comply with the applicable provisions of Section 2.11 upon any such revocation. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Lender written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each proposed Borrowing of Initial Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, of such Lender’s proportionate share thereof and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.

 

(b)       Whenever the Borrower desires to Incur Revolving Credit Loans hereunder (other than Mandatory Borrowing or borrowings to repay Unpaid Drawings under Letters of Credit), it shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office, (i) prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days’ prior written notice of each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans that are to be initially Eurodollar Loans and (ii) prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of such Borrowing prior written notice of each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans that are to be ABR Loans; provided that any Notice of Borrowing to be made on the Closing Date or on any Incremental Facility Closing Date (whether Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans) may be given not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) one Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing, which notice may be subject to the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement. Each such Notice of Borrowing, except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 2.10, shall be irrevocable and shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans to be made pursuant to such Borrowing, (ii) the date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and (iii) whether the respective Borrowing shall consist of ABR Loans and/or Eurodollar Loans, and, if 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 Revolving Credit Loans, of such Lender’s proportionate share thereof and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.

 

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(c)       Whenever the Borrower desires to Incur Swingline Loans hereunder, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice of each Borrowing of Swingline Loans prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) or such later time as agreed by the Swingline Lender on the date of such Borrowing. Each such notice shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Swingline Loans to be made pursuant to such Borrowing and (ii) the date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day). The Administrative Agent shall promptly give the Swingline Lender written notice of each proposed Borrowing of Swingline Loans and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.

 

(d)       Mandatory Borrowings shall be made upon the notice specified in Section 2.1(d)(ii) with the Borrower irrevocably agreeing, by its Incurrence of any Swingline Loan, to the making of Mandatory Borrowings as set forth in such Section.

 

(e)       Borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans to reimburse Unpaid Drawings under Letters of Credit shall be made upon the terms set forth in Section 3.3 or Section 3.4(a).

 

(f)        If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Notice of Borrowing, then the applicable Loans shall be made as Eurodollar Loans with an Interest Period of one (1) month. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans, in any such Notice of Borrowing, but fails to specify an Interest Period (or fails to give a timely notice requesting a continuation of Eurodollar Loans), it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month.

 

2.4       Disbursement of Funds.

 

(a)       No later than the later of 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date specified in each Notice of Borrowing (including Mandatory Borrowings and Borrowings to reimburse Unpaid Drawings under Letters of Credit) and one hour after written notice of such Borrowing is delivered by the Administrative Agent to such Lender, each Lender will make available its pro rata portion, if any, of each Borrowing requested to be made on such date in the manner provided below; provided that, on the Closing Date (or, with respect to any Incremental Facilities, on the relevant Incremental Facilities Closing Date), such funds may be made available at such earlier time as may be agreed among the relevant Lenders, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent for the purpose of consummating the Transactions; provided, further, that all Swingline Loans shall be made available to the Borrower in the full amount thereof by the Swingline Lender no later than one hour after written notice of such Borrowing is delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Swingline Lender.

 

(b)       (i) Each Lender shall make available all amounts it is to fund to the Borrower under any Borrowing for its applicable Commitments in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office and the Administrative Agent will (except in the case of Mandatory Borrowings and Borrowings to repay Unpaid Drawings under Letters of Credit) make available to the Borrower by depositing to an 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 such 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 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 immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent in Dollars. 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 Effective Rate, or (ii) if paid by the Borrower, the then-applicable rate of interest, calculated in accordance with Section 2.8, for the respective Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

 

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(ii)       The Swingline Lender shall make available all amounts it is to fund to the Borrower under any Borrowing of Swingline Loans in immediately available funds to the Borrower (as specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing), by depositing to an account designated by the Borrower to the Swingline Lender in writing or otherwise in such Notice of Borrowing, the aggregate of the amount so made available.

 

(c)       Nothing in this Section 2.4, including any payment by the Borrower, 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).

 

2.5       Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.

 

(a)       The Borrower agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the applicable Lenders, (i) on the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, all then outstanding Initial Term Loans, (ii) on the relevant Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date for any Class of Incremental Term Loans, any then outstanding Incremental Term Loans of such Class, (iii) on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the then outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, (iv) on the relevant maturity date for any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, all then outstanding Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans of such Class, (v) on the relevant maturity date for any Class of Extended Term Loans, all then outstanding Extended Term Loans of such Class, (vi) on the relevant maturity date for any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, all then outstanding Extended Revolving Credit Loans of such Class and (vii) on the Swingline Maturity Date, the then outstanding Swingline Loans.

 

(b)       The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, in Dollars, for the ratable benefit of the Initial Term Loan Lenders, on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, beginning September 30, 2016 (each, an “Initial Term Loan Repayment Date”), a principal amount of the Initial Term Loans equal to (i) the product of (x) the aggregate principal amount of Initial Term Loans outstanding immediately after the Borrowing of Initial Term Loans on the Closing Date multiplied by (y) 0.25% (with respect to each Initial Term Loan Repayment Date prior to the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, as such product may be reduced by, and after giving pro forma effect to, any voluntary and mandatory prepayments made in accordance with Section 5 or as contemplated by Section 2.15) or (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Initial Term Loans then outstanding (with respect to the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date) (each amount, an “Initial Term Loan Repayment Amount”).

 

(c)       In the event any Incremental Term Loans are made, such Incremental Term Loans shall mature and be repaid in amounts and on dates as agreed between the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of such Incremental Term Loans in the applicable Incremental Agreement, subject to the requirements set forth in Section 2.14. In the event that any Extended Term Loans are established, such Extended Term Loans shall, subject to the requirements of Section 2.15, mature and be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts (each such amount, an “Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount”) and on the dates (each an “Extended Repayment Date”) set forth in the applicable Extension Agreement. In the event any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments are established, such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall, subject to the requirements of Section 2.15, be terminated (and all Extended Revolving Credit Loans of the same Extension Series repaid) on dates set forth in the applicable Extension Agreement.

 

(d)       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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(e)       The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Borrower, shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 13.6(b)(v), and a subaccount for each Lender, in which Register and subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, whether such Loan is an Initial Term Loan, an Incremental Term Loan (and the relevant Class thereof), a Revolving Credit Loan, an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loan (and the relevant Class thereof), an Extended Term Loan (and the relevant Class thereof), an Extended Revolving Credit Loan (and the relevant Class thereof), or a Swingline Loan, as applicable, the Type of each Loan made and the Interest Period, if any, 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 or the Swingline Lender hereunder, (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof and (iv) any cancellation or retirement of Loans contemplated by Section 13.6(i).

 

(f)       The entries made in the Register and accounts and subaccounts maintained pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 2.5 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 and, in the case of the Register, shall be conclusive absent manifest error; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the 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 in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(g)       For the avoidance of doubt, all Loans shall be repaid, whether pursuant to this Section 2.5 or otherwise, in Dollars.

 

2.6       Conversions and Continuations.

 

(a)       The Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day, subject to Section 2.11, to convert all or a portion equal to at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount of the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Loans of one Type into a Borrowing or Borrowings of another Type and except as otherwise provided herein the Borrower shall have the option on the last day of an Interest Period 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 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 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 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 2.6 shall be limited in number as provided in Section 2.2. Each such conversion or continuation shall be effected by the Borrower giving the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least (i) three Business Days’, in the case of a continuation of, or conversion to, Eurodollar Loans or (ii) the same Business Day in the case of a conversion into ABR Loans), prior written notice (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, the requested date of the conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), the principal amount of Loans to be converted or continued, as the case may be, and if such Loans are to be converted into or continued as Eurodollar Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. If the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made or continued as the same Type of Loan, which if a Eurodollar Loan, shall have a one-month Interest Period. Any such automatic continuation shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Loans. If the Borrower requests a conversion to, or continuation of, Eurodollar Loans in any such Notice of Conversion or Continuation, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month’s duration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Swingline Loan may not be converted to a Eurodollar Loan. The Administrative Agent shall give each applicable 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 and the Administrative Agent has, or the Required Lenders have, determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, Eurodollar Loans shall be automatically converted on the last day of the current Interest Period into ABR Loans.

 

2.7       Pro Rata Borrowings. Each Borrowing of Initial Term Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Initial Term Loan Commitments. Each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Revolving Credit Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages with respect to the applicable Class. Each Borrowing of Incremental Term Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Lenders of the relevant Class thereof pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Incremental Term Loan Commitments for the applicable Class. Each Borrowing of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Lenders of the relevant Class thereof pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments for the applicable Class. Each Borrowing of Extended Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Lenders of the relevant Class thereof pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Extended Revolving Credit Commitments for the applicable Class. It is understood that (a) no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligation to make Loans hereunder and that each Lender, severally and not jointly, 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, and (b) other than as expressly provided herein with respect to a Defaulting Lender, failure by a Lender to perform any of its obligations under any of the Credit Documents shall not release any Person from performance of its obligations under any Credit Document.

 

2.8       Interest.

 

(a)       The unpaid principal amount of each ABR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time 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 maturity thereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise) 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 in effect from time to time.

 

(c)       If at any time after the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 11.1, all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or any interest payable thereon or any fees or other amounts due hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Law) at a rate per annum that is (i) in the case of overdue principal, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto plus 2.00% or (ii) in the case of overdue interest, fees or other amounts due hereunder, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the rate described in Section 2.8(a) plus 2.00% from and including the date of such non-payment to but excluding the date on which such amount is paid in full. All such interest shall be payable on demand.

 

(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 in Dollars and, except as otherwise provided below, shall be payable (i) in respect of each ABR Loan, quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, (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 in the case of prepayments of any ABR Revolving Credit Loans that are not made in connection with the termination or permanent reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments), on any prepayment date (on the amount prepaid), at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) and, after such maturity, on demand; provided that a Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall bear interest for one day.

 

(e)       All computations of interest hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 5.5.

 

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(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)       Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever any payment hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of payment of interest or commitment or letter of credit fee or commission, as the case may be.

 

2.9       Interest Periods. At the time the Borrower gives a Notice of Borrowing or 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) on or prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the expiration of an Interest Period applicable to a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans, the Borrower shall have the right to elect, by giving the Administrative Agent written notice, the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, which Interest Period shall be the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the last Business Day) in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter (or, if agreed to by all relevant Lenders participating in the relevant Credit Facility, twelve months thereafter or a period shorter than one month).

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above:

 

(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 next preceding Interest Period expires;

 

(b)       if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;

 

(c)       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;

 

(d)       in the case of Eurodollar Loans, interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period; and

 

(e)       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.

 

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, 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 (x) deposits in the principal amounts of the Loans comprising any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans are not generally available in the relevant market or (y) by reason of any changes arising on or after the Closing Date affecting the London interbank eurocurrency 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)       that, due to a Change in Law, which shall (A) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement taken into account in determining the Statutory Reserves); (B) subject any Lender to any tax (other than (1) taxes indemnifiable under Section 5.4, (2) taxes described in clause (A), (B) or (C) of Section 5.4(a) or (3) taxes described in Section 5.4(f)) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credits, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or (C) impose on any Lender or the London interbank eurocurrency market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender, which results in the cost to such Lender of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or participating in Letters of Credit (in each case hereunder) increasing by an amount which such Lender reasonably deems material or the amounts received or receivable by such Lender hereunder with respect to the foregoing shall be reduced; or

 

(iii)       at any time after the Closing Date, 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 Closing Date that materially and adversely affects the London interbank eurocurrency market;

 

then, and in any such event, such Lender (or the Administrative Agent, in the case of clause (i) above) shall within a reasonable time thereafter give written notice 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 (x) 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, (y) in the case of clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender, promptly (but no later than ten Business 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 (z) 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 Applicable Law.

 

(b)       At any time that any Eurodollar Loan is affected by the circumstances described in Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii), the Borrower may (and in the case of a Eurodollar Loan affected pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(iii) shall) either (x) if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then being made pursuant to a Borrowing, cancel said Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent written notice thereof on the same date that the Borrower was notified by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii) or (y) if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to convert each such Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan, if applicable; 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).

 

(c)       If, any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s or their respective parent’s capital or assets as a consequence of such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s commitments or obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or their respective parent could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s or their respective parent’s policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time, promptly (but no later than ten Business Days) after written demand by such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or their respective parent for such reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that a Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any such Applicable Law as in effect on the Closing Date except as a result of a Change in Law. Each Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, upon determining in good faith that any additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this Section 2.10(c), will give prompt written notice thereof to the Borrower (on its own behalf) which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis of the calculation of such additional amounts, although the failure to give any such notice shall not, subject to Section 2.13, release or diminish any of the Borrower’s obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.10(c) upon receipt of such notice.

 

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(d)       This Section 2.10 shall not operate to provide payments that are duplicative of those required under Section 5.4.

 

(e)       The agreements in this Section 2.10 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

(f)       Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer shall be entitled to seek compensation under this Section 2.10 based on the occurrence of a Change in Law arising solely from (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or any requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or (y) Basel III or any requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, unless such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer is generally seeking compensation from other borrowers in the U.S. leveraged loan market with respect to its similarly affected commitments, loans and/or participations under agreements with such borrowers having provisions similar to this Section 2.10.

 

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 2.5, 2.6, 2.10, 5.1, 5.2 or 13.7, as a result of acceleration of the maturity of the Loans pursuant to Section 11 or for any other reason, (b) any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans is not made as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Borrowing or failure to satisfy the conditions of Section 6 and Section 7, (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 5.1 or 5.2, 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 and, absent clearly demonstrable error, the amount requested shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender within ten Business Days of such request 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 borrow, 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. The agreements in this Section 2.11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

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(c), 3.5 or 5.4 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 right of any Lender provided in Section 2.10, 3.5 or 5.4.

 

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, 3.5 or 5.4 is given by any Lender more than 180 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, 3.5 or 5.4, as the case may be, for any such amounts incurred or accruing prior to the giving of such notice to the Borrower; provided that, if the circumstance giving rise to such claim is retroactive, then such 180 day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

 

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2.14     Incremental Facilities.

 

(a)       The Borrower may at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent request (i) one or more additional Classes of term loans or additional term loans of the same Class of any existing Class of term loans (the “Incremental Term Loans”), (ii) one or more increases in the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class (each such increase, an “Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase”) or (iii) one or more additional Classes of revolving credit commitments (the “Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments,” and, together with the Incremental Term Loans and the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases, the “Incremental Facilities” and the commitments in respect thereof are referred to as the “Incremental Commitments”); provided that, subject to Section 1.11, at the time that any such Incremental Term Loan, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment is made or effected (and after giving pro forma effect thereto), except as set forth in the proviso to clause (b) below, no Event of Default (or, in the case of the Incurrence or provision of any Incremental Facility in connection with an Acquisition, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5) shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

(b)       Each tranche of Incremental Term Loans, each tranche of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and each Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $5,000,000 (it being understood that such amount may be less than $5,000,000 if such amount represents all remaining availability under the limit set forth below) (and in minimum increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof), and, subject to the proviso at the end of this Section 2.14(b), the aggregate amount of (x) the Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and the Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (after giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof) Incurred pursuant to this Section 2.14(b), plus (y) the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Additional Debt Incurred under Section 10.1(u)(ii)(A) shall not exceed, as of the date of Incurrence of such Indebtedness or commitments, the sum of (A) the Incremental Base Amount plus (B) an aggregate amount of Indebtedness, such that, subject to Section 1.11, after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence (and after giving pro forma effect to any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith and assuming that all Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and/or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments then outstanding and Incurred under this clause (B) were fully drawn), the Borrower would be in compliance with a Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the Incurrence of any such Incremental Facility, calculated on a pro forma basis, as if such Incurrence (and transactions) had occurred on the first day of such Test Period, that is no greater than 5.00:1.00 (this clause (B), the “Incremental Ratio Debt Amount” and, together with the Incremental Base Amount, the “Incremental Limit”); provided that (i) Incremental Term Loans may be Incurred without regard to the Incremental Limit, without regard to whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, without regard to the minimums set forth in the first part of this 2.14(b), to the extent that the Net Cash Proceeds from such Incremental Term Loans on the date of Incurrence of such Incremental Term Loans (or substantially concurrently therewith) are used to either (x) prepay Term Loans and related amounts in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.2(a)(i) or (y) permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.2(e)(ii) (and any such Incremental Term Loans shall be deemed to have been Incurred pursuant to this proviso), and (ii) Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments may be provided without regard to the Incremental Limit, without regard to whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent that the existing Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or other Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments shall be permanently reduced in accordance with Section 5.2(e)(ii) by an amount equal to the aggregate amount of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments so provided (and any such Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed to have been Incurred pursuant to this proviso).

 

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(c)       (i) The Incremental Term Loans (A) shall rank equal in right of payment and security with the Initial Term Loans, shall be secured only by all or a portion of the Collateral securing the Obligations and shall only be guaranteed by the Credit Parties, (B) shall not mature earlier than the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, (C) shall not have a shorter Weighted Average Life to Maturity than the remaining Initial Term Loans, (D) shall have a maturity date (subject to clause (B)), an amortization schedule (subject to clause (C)), and interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, AHYDO Catch-Up Payments, funding discounts, original issue discounts and prepayment terms and premiums for the Incremental Term Loans as determined by the Borrower and the lenders of the Incremental Term Loans; provided that, in the event that the Effective Yield for any Incremental Term Loans (other than Incremental Term Loans (w) Incurred pursuant to clause (B) of Section 2.14(b), (x) established pursuant to the proviso of Section 2.14(b), (y) having a final maturity date that is more than two years after the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date or (z) Incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition (clauses (w), (x), (y) and (z), collectively, the “MFN Exceptions”)), is greater than the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans by more than 0.50%, then the Applicable Margins for the Initial Term Loans shall be increased to the extent necessary so that the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans are equal to the Effective Yield for the Incremental Term Loans minus 0.50% (this proviso, the “MFN Protection”); provided, further, that, with respect to any Incremental Term Loans that do not bear interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, for purposes of calculating the applicable increase (if any) in the Applicable Margins for the Initial Term Loans in the immediately preceding proviso, the Applicable Margin for such Incremental Term Loans shall be deemed to be the interest rate (calculated after giving pro forma effect to any increases required pursuant to the immediately succeeding proviso) of such Incremental Term Loans less the then applicable Reference Rate; and (E) may otherwise have terms and conditions different from those of the Initial Term Loans; provided that (x) except with respect to matters contemplated by clauses (B), (C) and (D) above, any differences shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (except for covenants and other provisions applicable only to the periods after the Latest Maturity Date) and (y) the documentation governing any Incremental Term Loans may include any Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant so long as the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement is amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility.

 

(ii)       The Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall be treated the same as the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments being increased (including with respect to maturity date thereof) and shall be considered to be part of the Class of Revolving Credit Facility being increased (it being understood that, if required to consummate an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, the interest rate margins, rate floors and undrawn commitment fees on the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments being increased may be increased and additional upfront or similar fees may be payable to the lenders participating in the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase (without any requirement to pay such fees to any existing Revolving Credit Lenders)).

 

(iii)       The Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (A) shall rank equal in right of payment and security with the Revolving Credit Loans, shall be secured only by all or a portion of the Collateral securing the Obligations and shall only be guaranteed by the Credit Parties, (B) shall not mature earlier than the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and shall require no scheduled amortization or mandatory commitment reduction prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (C) shall have interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, undrawn commitment fees, funding discounts, AHYDO Catch-Up Payments, original issue discounts, maturity, prepayment terms and premiums and commitment reduction and termination terms as determined by the Borrower and the lenders of such commitments; provided that, in the event that the Effective Yield for any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (other than Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans under Loans under any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (w) incurred pursuant to Section 2.14(b)(B), (x) established pursuant to the proviso of Section 2.14(b), (y) having a final maturity date that is more than two years after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or (z) Incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition), is greater than the Effective Yield for the Revolving Credit Loans by more than 0.50%, then the Applicable Margins for the Revolving Credit Loans shall be increased to the extent necessary so that the Effective Yield for the Revolving Credit Loans are equal to the Effective Yield for the Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans minus 0.50%; (D) shall contain borrowing, repayment and termination of Commitment procedures as determined by the Borrower and the lenders of such commitments, (E) may include provisions relating swingline loans and/or letters of credit, as applicable, issued thereunder, which issuances shall be on terms substantially similar (except for the overall size of such subfacilities, the fees payable in connection therewith and the identity of the swingline lender and letter of credit issuer, as applicable, which shall be determined by the Borrower, the lenders of such commitments and the applicable letter of credit issuers and swingline lenders and borrowing, repayment and termination of commitment procedures with respect thereto, in each case which shall be specified in the applicable Incremental Agreement) to the terms relating to the Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit with respect to the applicable Class of Revolving Credit Commitments or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (F) may otherwise have terms and conditions different from those of the Revolving Credit Facility; provided that (x) except with respect to matters contemplated by clauses (B), (C), (D) and (E) above, any differences shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (except for covenants and other provisions applicable only to the periods after the Latest Maturity Date) and (y) the documentation governing any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments may include any Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant so long as the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement is amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility (provided, further, however, that, if the applicable Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant is a “springing” financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of such revolving credit facility or covenant only applicable to, or for the benefit of, a revolving credit facility, the Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant shall be automatically included in this Agreement only for the benefit of each revolving credit facility hereunder (and not for the benefit of any term loan facility hereunder)).

 

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(d)       Each notice from the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be given in writing and shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments. Incremental Term Loans may be made, and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments may be provided, subject to the prior written consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), by any existing Lender (it being understood that no existing Lender with an Initial Term Loan Commitment will have an obligation to make a portion of any Incremental Term Loan, no existing Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment will have any obligation to provide a portion of any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and no existing Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment will have an obligation to provide a portion of any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment) or by any other bank, financial institution, other institutional lender or other investor (any such other bank, financial institution or other investor being called an “Additional Lender”); provided that the Administrative Agent shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Lender’s or Additional Lender’s making such Incremental Term Loans or providing such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or such Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments if such consent would be required under Section 13.6(b) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments, as applicable, to such Lender or Additional Lender; provided, further, that, solely with respect to any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, the Swingline Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Lender’s or Additional Lender’s providing such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments if such consent would be required under Section 13.6(b) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments, as applicable, to such Lender or Additional Lender.

 

(e)       Commitments in respect of Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments shall become Commitments (or in the case of an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase to be provided by an existing Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment, an increase in such Lender’s applicable Revolving Credit Commitment) under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Agreement”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Credit Documents, executed by Holdings, the Borrower, each Lender agreeing to provide such Commitment, if any, each Additional Lender, if any, and the Administrative Agent. The Incremental Agreement may, subject to Section 2.14(c), without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as may be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section (including (i) in connection with an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, to reallocate Revolving Credit Exposure on a pro rata basis among the relevant Revolving Credit Lenders, (ii) to increase the Effective Yield of the applicable Class of Term Loans to the extent necessary in order to ensure that any applicable Class of Incremental Term Loans are “fungible” with such existing Class of Term Loans and/or (iii) to add or extend “soft call” or add or extend any other “call protection”, in either case for the benefit of any existing Class of Term Loans. The effectiveness of any Incremental Agreement (an “Incremental Facility Closing Date”) and the occurrence of any Credit Event pursuant to such Incremental Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction of such conditions as the parties thereto shall agree. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments for any purpose not prohibited by this Agreement; provided, however, that the proceeds of any Incremental Term Loans Incurred, and any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments provided, in either case as described in the proviso to Section 2.14(b), shall be used in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

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(f)       (i) No Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments unless it so agrees and the Borrower shall not be obligated to offer any existing Lender the opportunity to provide any Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

(ii)       Upon each increase in the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class pursuant to this Section, each Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Lender providing a portion of the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase (each, an “Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender”) in respect of such increase, and each such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans such that, after giving pro forma effect to each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding (A) participations hereunder in Letters of Credit and (B) participations hereunder in Swingline Loans held by each Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class (including each such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender) will equal the percentage of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class of all Lenders represented by such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class. If, on the date of such increase, there are any Revolving Credit Loans of such Class outstanding, such Revolving Credit Loans shall on or prior to the effectiveness of such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase be prepaid from the proceeds of additional Revolving Credit Loans made hereunder (reflecting such increase in Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class), which prepayment shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the Revolving Credit Loans of such Class being prepaid and any costs incurred by any Lender in accordance with Section 2.11. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.

 

(g)       This Section 2.14 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.7 or 13.1 to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, any provisions of this Section 2.14 may be amended with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided no such amendment shall require any Lender to provide any Incremental Commitment without such Lender’s consent

 

2.15       Extensions of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

(a)       (i) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of each Term Loan of any Class (an “Existing Term Loan Class”) be converted or exchanged to extend the scheduled final maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Term Loans (any such Term Loans which have been so extended, “Extended Term Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.15. Prior to entering into any Extension Agreement with respect to any Extended Term Loans, the Borrower shall provide written notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Existing Term Loan Class, with such request offered equally to all such Lenders of such Existing Term Loan Class) (a “Term Loan Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans to be established, which terms shall be similar to the Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class from which they are to be extended except that (w) the scheduled final maturity date shall be extended and all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of all or a portion of any principal amount of such Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than the scheduled amortization of principal of the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class (with any such delay resulting in a corresponding adjustment to the scheduled amortization payments reflected in Section 2.5 or in the Extension Agreement or the Incremental Agreement, as the case may be, with respect to the Existing Term Loan Class of Term Loans from which such Extended Term Loans were extended, in each case as more particularly set forth in Section 2.15(c) below), (x)(A) the interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, funding discounts, AHYDO Catch-Up Payments, original issue discounts and prepayment terms and premiums with respect to the Extended Term Loans may be different than those for the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class and/or (B) additional fees and/or premiums may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans in addition to any of the items contemplated by the preceding clause (A), in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Agreement, (y) subject to the provisions set forth in Sections 5.1 and 5.2, the Extended Term Loans may have optional prepayment terms (including call protection and prepayment terms and premiums) and mandatory prepayment terms as may be agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders thereof and (z) the Extension Agreement may provide for other covenants and terms that apply to any period after the Latest Maturity Date. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Term Loans of any Existing Term Loan Class converted into Extended Term Loans pursuant to any Term Loan Extension Request. Any Extended Term Loans of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of Term Loans from the Existing Term Loan Class of Term Loans from which they were extended.

 

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(ii)       The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class, the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class and/or any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (and, in each case, including any previously extended Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments), existing at the time of such request (each, an “Existing Revolving Credit Commitment” and any related revolving credit loans under any such facility, “Existing Revolving Credit Loans”; each Existing Revolving Credit Commitment and related Existing Revolving Credit Loans together being referred to as an “Existing Revolving Credit Class”) be converted or exchanged to extend the termination date thereof and the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of Existing Revolving Credit Loans related to such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (any such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments which have been so extended, “Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” and any related revolving credit loans, “Extended Revolving Credit Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.15. Prior to entering into any Extension Agreement with respect to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, with such request offered equally to all Lenders of such Class) (a “Revolving Credit Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to be established thereunder, which terms shall be similar to those applicable to the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments from which they are to be extended (the “Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class”) except that (w) all or any of the final maturity dates of such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be delayed to later dates than the final maturity dates of the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class, (x)(A) the interest rates, interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, funding discounts, AHYDO Catch-Up Payments, original issue discounts and prepayment terms and premiums with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be different than those for the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class and/or (B) additional fees and/or premiums may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in addition to or in lieu of any of the items contemplated by the preceding clause (A) and (y)(1) the undrawn revolving credit commitment fee rate with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be different than those for the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class and (2) the Extension Agreement may provide for other covenants and terms that apply to any period after the Latest Maturity Date; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.15, Section 5.2(e) or otherwise, (I) the borrowing and repayment (other than in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments) of the Extended Revolving Credit Loans under any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with any borrowings and repayments of the Existing Revolving Credit Loans of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class (the mechanics for which may be implemented through the applicable Extension Agreement and may include technical changes related to the borrowing and repayment procedures of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class), (II) assignments and participations of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed by the assignment and participation provisions set forth in Section 13.6 and (III) subject to the applicable limitations set forth in Section 4.2 and Section 5.2(e)(ii), permanent repayments of Extended Revolving Credit Loans (and corresponding permanent reduction in the related Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) shall be permitted as may be agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders thereof. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Revolving Credit Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments of any Existing Revolving Credit Class converted or exchanged into Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to any Extension Request. Any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of revolving credit commitments from Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class and from any other Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (together with any other Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so established on such date).

 

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(b)       The Borrower shall provide the applicable Extension Request to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may determine in its reasonable discretion) prior to the date on which Lenders under the Existing Class are requested to respond, and shall agree to such procedures, if any, as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Administrative Agent, in each case acting reasonably, to accomplish the purpose of this Section 2.15. The Borrower may, at its election, specify as a condition to consummating any Extension Agreement that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Extension Request in the Borrower’s sole discretion and as may be waived by the Borrower) of Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments (as applicable) of any or all applicable Classes be tendered. Any Lender (an “Extending Lender”) wishing to have all or a portion of its Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (or any earlier Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) of an Existing Class subject to such Extension Request converted or exchanged into Extended Loans/Commitments shall notify the Administrative Agent (an “Extension Election”) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of its Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (and/or any earlier Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) which it has elected to convert or exchange into Extended Loans/Commitments (subject to any minimum denomination requirements imposed by the Administrative Agent). In the event that the aggregate amount of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (and any earlier extended Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of Extended Loans/Commitments requested pursuant to the Extension Request, Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or earlier extended Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, subject to Extension Elections shall be converted to or exchanged to Extended Loans/Commitments on a pro rata basis (subject to such rounding requirements as may be established by the Administrative Agent) based on the amount of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and earlier extended Extended Revolving Credit Commitments included in each such Extension Election or as may be otherwise agreed to in the applicable Extension Agreement. Notwithstanding the conversion of any Existing Revolving Credit Commitment into an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, unless expressly agreed by the holders of each affected Existing Revolving Credit Commitment of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class, such Extended Revolving Credit Commitment shall not be treated more favorably than all Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class for purposes of the obligations of a Revolving Credit Lender in respect of Swingline Loans under Section 2.1(d) and Letters of Credit under Section 3, except that the applicable Extension Amendment may provide that the Swingline Maturity Date and/or the last day for issuing Letters of Credit may be extended and the related obligations to make Swingline Loans and issue Letters of Credit may be continued (pursuant to mechanics to be specified in the applicable Extension Amendment) so long as the Swingline Lender and/or each Letter of Credit Issuer have consented to such extensions (it being understood that no consent of any other Lender shall be required in connection with any such extension).

 

(c)       Extended Loans/Commitments shall be established pursuant to an amendment (an “Extension Agreement”) to this Agreement (which, except to the extent expressly contemplated by the penultimate sentence of this Section 2.15(c) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 13.1, shall not require the consent of any Lender other than the Extending Lenders with respect to the Extended Loans/Commitments established thereby) executed by the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Extending Lenders. In addition to any terms and changes required or permitted by Section 2.15(c), each Extension Agreement in respect of Extended Term Loans shall amend the scheduled amortization payments pursuant to Section 2.5 or the applicable Incremental Agreement or Extension Agreement with respect to the Existing Class of Term Loans from which the Extended Term Loans were exchanged to reduce each scheduled Repayment Amount for the Existing Class in the same proportion as the amount of Term Loans of the Existing Class is to be reduced pursuant to such Extension Agreement (it being understood that the amount of any Repayment Amount payable with respect to any individual Term Loan of such Existing Class that is not an Extended Term Loan shall not be reduced as a result thereof). In connection with any Extension Agreement, the Borrower shall deliver an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Extending Lenders (i) as to the enforceability of such Extension Agreement, this Agreement as amended thereby, and such of the other Credit Documents (if any) as may be amended thereby (in the case of such other Credit Documents as contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence) and covering customary matters and (ii) to the effect that such Extension Agreement, including the Extended Loans/Commitments provided for therein, does not breach or result in a default under the provisions of Section 13.1 of this Agreement.

 

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(d)       Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (A) on any date on which any Existing Term Loan Class or Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments is converted or exchanged to extend the related scheduled maturity date(s) in accordance with paragraph (a) above (an “Extension Date”), (I) in the case of the existing Term Loans of each Extending Lender, the aggregate principal amount of such existing Term Loans shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Term Loans so converted or exchanged by such Lender on such date, and the Extended Term Loans shall be established as a separate Class of Term Loans (together with any other Extended Term Loans so established on such date), and (II) in the case of the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of each Extending Lender under any Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class, the aggregate principal amount of such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so converted or exchanged by such Lender on such date (or by any greater amount as may be agreed by the Borrower and such Lender), and such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be established as a separate Class of revolving credit commitments from the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class and from any other Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (together with any other Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so established on such date) and (B) if, on any Extension Date, any Existing Revolving Credit Loans of any Extending Lender are outstanding under the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class, such Existing Revolving Credit Loans (and any related participations) shall be deemed to be converted or exchanged to Extended Revolving Credit Loans (and related participations) of the applicable Class in the same proportion as such Extending Lender’s Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class.

 

(e)       In the event that the Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion that the allocation of Extended Term Loans of a given Extension Series or the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of a given Extension Series, in each case to a given Lender was incorrectly determined as a result of manifest administrative error in the receipt and processing of an Extension Election timely submitted by such Lender in accordance with the procedures set forth in the applicable Extension Agreement, then the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such affected Lender may (and hereby are authorized to), in their sole discretion and without the consent of any other Lender, enter into an amendment to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents (each, a “Corrective Extension Agreement”) within 15 days following the effective date of such Extension Agreement, as the case may be, which Corrective Extension Agreement shall (i) provide for the conversion or exchange and extension of Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Class or Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (and related Revolving Credit Exposure), as the case may be, in such amount as is required to cause such Lender to hold Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (and related revolving credit exposure) of the applicable Extension Series into which such other Term Loans or commitments were initially converted or exchanged, as the case may be, in the amount such Lender would have held had such administrative error not occurred and had such Lender received the minimum allocation of the applicable Loans or Commitments to which it was entitled under the terms of such Extension Agreement, in the absence of such error, (ii) be subject to the satisfaction of such conditions as the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such Lender may agree (including conditions of the type required to be satisfied for the effectiveness of an Extension Agreement described in Section 2.15(c)), and (iii) effect such other amendments of the type (with appropriate reference and nomenclature changes) described in the penultimate sentence of Section 2.15(c).

 

(f)       No conversion or exchange of Loans or Commitments pursuant to any Extension Agreement in accordance with this Section 2.15 shall constitute a voluntary or mandatory payment or prepayment for purposes of this Agreement.

 

(g)       This Section 2.15 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.4 or Section 13.1 to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, any of the provisions of this Section 2.15 may be amended with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such amendment shall require any Lender to provide any Extended Loans/Commitments without such Lender’s consent.

 

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2.16         Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

 

(a)       fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 4.1(a);

 

(b)       the Commitment of and the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether all Lenders or the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to Section 13.1); provided that (i) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender which affects such Defaulting Lender differently than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (ii) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender;

 

(c)       if any Swingline Exposure or Letter of Credit Exposure exists at the time a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then (i) all or any part of such Letter of Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender and such Swingline Exposure of such Defaulting Lender will, subject to the limitation in the proviso below, automatically be reallocated (effective on the day such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender) among the Non-Defaulting Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage; provided that (A) each Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure may not in any event exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Non-Defaulting Lender as in effect at the time of such reallocation and (B) subject to Section 13.21, neither such reallocation nor any payment by a Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant thereto will constitute a waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender or cause such Defaulting Lender to be a Non-Defaulting Lender, (ii) to the extent that all or any portion (the “unreallocated portion”) of the Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure and Swingline Exposure cannot, or can only partially, be so reallocated to Non-Defaulting Lenders, whether by reason of the first proviso in Section 2.16(c)(i) above or otherwise, the Borrower shall within two Business Days following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Swingline Exposure (after giving pro forma effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) and (y) second, Cash Collateralize such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure (after giving pro forma effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above), in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.8 for so long as such Letter of Credit Exposure is outstanding, (iii) if the Borrower Cash Collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure pursuant to the requirements of this Section 2.16(c), the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 4.1(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure is Cash Collateralized, (iv) if the Letter of Credit Exposure of the Non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to the requirements of this Section 2.16(c), then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 4.1(c) shall be adjusted in accordance with such Non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to the Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 4.1(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure during the period that such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure is reallocated, or (v) if any Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure is neither Cash Collateralized nor reallocated pursuant to the requirements of this Section 2.16(c), then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Letter of Credit Issuer or any Lender hereunder, all fees payable under Section 4.1(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure shall be payable to the Letter of Credit Issuer until such Letter of Credit Exposure is Cash Collateralized and/or reallocated;

 

(d)       (i) the Letter of Credit Issuer will not be required to issue any new Letter of Credit or amend any outstanding Letter of Credit to increase the face amount thereof, alter the drawing terms thereunder or extend the expiry date thereof, unless the Letter of Credit Issuer is reasonably satisfied that any exposure that would result from the exposure to such Defaulting Lender is eliminated or fully covered by the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Lenders or by Cash Collateralization or a combination thereof in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.16(c) above or otherwise in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer; and

 

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(ii)       the Swingline Lender will be not required to fund any Swingline Loans unless the Swingline Lender is reasonably satisfied that any exposure that would result from the exposure to such Defaulting Lender is eliminated or fully covered by the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Lenders or a combination thereof in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.16(c) above.

 

(e)       If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and each applicable Letter of Credit Issuer agree in writing in their discretion that a Lender that is 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, such Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans of the other Revolving Credit Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause such outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Revolving Credit Lenders (including such Lender) in accordance with their applicable percentages, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender and will be a Non-Defaulting Lender and any applicable Cash Collateral shall be promptly returned to the Borrower and any Letter of Credit Exposure and Swingline Exposure of such Lender reallocated pursuant to the requirements of Section 2.16(c) shall be reallocated back to such Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; provided that, except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Non-Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender; and

 

(f)       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 11 or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 13.8), 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, in the case of a Revolving Credit Lender, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender hereunder; third, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or 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; fourth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize, in accordance with Section 3.8, the Letter of Credit Issuer’s potential future fronting exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement; fifth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, such Letter of Credit Issuer or such Swingline Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; sixth, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any Secured Hedging Agreement with such Defaulting Lender as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Defaulting Lender) prior to such date of payment; seventh, so long as no Default or 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 eighth, 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 or a payment of any Unpaid Drawings, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the relevant Loans of, and Unpaid Drawings owed to, the relevant non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied in the manner set forth in this Section 2.16(f). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 3.8 shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

 

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2.17        Term Loan Exchange Notes.

 

(a)          The Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to offer (each a “Permitted Debt Exchange Offer”) to issue to Lenders holding Term Loans under this Agreement first priority senior secured notes and/or junior lien secured notes and/or unsecured notes (the “Term Loan Exchange Notes”) in exchange for the Term Loans (each such exchange, a “Permitted Debt Exchange”); provided that such Term Loan Exchange Notes may not be in an aggregate principal amount greater than the Term Loans being exchanged plus unpaid accrued interest, fees and premiums (including tender premiums) (if any) thereon, defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and fees, commissions and expenses (including OID, closing payments, upfront fees or similar fees) in connection with the issuance of the Term Loan Exchange Notes. Each such notice shall specify the date (each, a “Term Loan Exchange Effective Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that the Term Loan Exchange Notes shall be issued, which shall be a date not less than fifteen days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (w) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Term Loan Exchange Notes shall not be shorter than the then remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans being exchanged (it being understood that acceleration or mandatory repayment, prepayment, redemption or repurchase of such Term Loan Exchange Notes upon the occurrence of an event of default, a change in control, an event of loss or an asset disposition shall not be deemed to constitute a change in the stated final maturity thereof); (x) if secured, such Term Loan Exchange Notes shall rank equal to or junior in right of payment and of security with the Loans and Commitments being exchanged hereunder; (y) all other terms and conditions (other than interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest rate margins, rate floors, fees, maturity, funding discounts, original issue discounts and redemption or prepayment terms and premiums) applicable to such Term Loan Exchange Notes shall reflect market terms and conditions at the time of incurrence or issuance (as determined in good faith by the Borrower); provided that the Term Loan Exchange Notes may have the benefit of any Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant if the Administrative Agent has been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement shall have been amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant; and (z) the obligations in respect of the Term Loan Exchange Notes (A) shall not be secured by Liens on any asset of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than assets constituting Collateral, (B) if such Term Loan Exchange Notes are secured, all security therefor shall be granted pursuant to documentation that is not more restrictive than the Security Documents in any material respect taken as a whole (as determined by the Borrower) and the representative for such Additional Term Notes shall enter into a Customary Intercreditor Agreement (it being understood that junior Liens are not required to be equal to other junior Liens, and that Indebtedness secured by junior Liens may be secured by Liens that are equal to, or junior in priority to, other Liens that are junior to the Liens securing the Obligations), or (C) shall not be incurred or Guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiary unless such Restricted Subsidiary is a Credit Party which shall have previously or substantially concurrently Guaranteed or borrowed such Term Loans being exchanged.

 

(b)       The Borrower shall offer to issue Term Loan Exchange Notes in exchange for the Class of Term Loans to all Lenders holding such Class of Term Loans (other than any Lender that, if requested by the Borrower, is unable to certify that it is (i) a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act), (ii) an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act) or (iii) not a “U.S. person” (as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act) on a pro rata basis, and such Lenders may choose to accept or decline to receive such Term Loan Exchange Notes in their sole discretion. Any such Term Loans exchanged for Term Loan Exchange Notes shall be automatically and immediately, without further action by any Person, cancelled on the Term Loan Exchange Effective Date for all purposes of this Agreement (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, any applicable exchanging Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, or such other form as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in respect thereof pursuant to which the respective Lender assigns its interest in the Term Loans being exchanged pursuant to the Permitted Debt Exchange to the Borrower for immediate cancellation), and accrued and unpaid interest on such Term Loans shall be paid to the exchanging Lenders on the Term Loan Exchange Effective Date, or, if agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date with respect to such Term Loans (with such interest accruing until the date of consummation of such Permitted Debt Exchange).

 

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(c)       If the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) of a given Class tendered by Lenders in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer (with no Lender being permitted to tender a principal amount of Term Loans which exceeds the principal amount thereof of the applicable Class actually held by it) shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of such Class offered to be exchanged by the Borrower pursuant to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer, then the Borrower shall exchange Term Loans under the relevant Class tendered by such Lenders ratably up to such maximum based on the respective principal amounts so tendered, or, if such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall have been made with respect to multiple Classes without specifying a maximum aggregate principal amount offered to be exchanged for each Class, and the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) of all Classes tendered by Lenders in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer (with no Lender being permitted to tender a principal amount of Term Loans which exceeds the principal amount thereof actually held by it) shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of all relevant Classes offered to be exchanged by the Borrower pursuant to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer, then the Borrower shall exchange Term Loans across all Classes subject to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer tendered by such Lenders ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts so tendered.

 

(d)       With respect to all Permitted Debt Exchanges effected by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.17, unless waived by the Borrower, such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall be made for not less than $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Term Loans; provided that subject to the foregoing the Borrower may at its election specify (A) as a condition (a “Minimum Tender Condition”) to consummating any such Permitted Debt Exchange that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer in the Borrower’s discretion) of Term Loans of any or all applicable Classes be tendered and/or (B) as a condition (a “Maximum Tender Condition”) to consummating any such Permitted Debt Exchange that no more than a maximum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer in the Borrower’s discretion) of Term Loans of any or all applicable Classes will be accepted for exchange. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby acknowledge and agree that this Section 2.17 shall supersede any provisions of Section 2.5, Section V and Section 13.1 to the contrary, waive the requirements of any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that may otherwise prohibit the incurrence of any Indebtedness expressly provided for by this Section 2.17 and hereby agree not to assert any Default or Event of Default in connection with the implementation of any such Permitted Debt Exchange or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.17.

 

(e)       In connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice thereof, and the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, acting reasonably, shall mutually agree to such procedures as may be necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.17; provided that the terms of any Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall provide that the date by which the relevant Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such Permitted Debt Exchange shall be not less than five Business Days following the date on which the Permitted Debt Exchange Offer is made. The Borrower shall provide the final results of such Permitted Debt Exchange to the Administrative Agent no later than one Business Day prior to the proposed date of effectiveness for such Permitted Debt Exchange and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such results.

 

(f)       The Borrower shall be responsible for compliance with, and hereby agrees to comply with, all applicable securities and other laws in connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, it being understood and agreed that (x) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender assumes any responsibility in connection with the Borrower’s compliance with such laws in connection with any Permitted Debt Exchange and (y) each Lender shall be solely responsible for its compliance with any applicable “insider trading” laws and regulations to which such Lender may be subject under the Exchange Act.

 

SECTION 3. Letters of Credit.

 

3.1          Issuance of Letters of Credit.

 

(a)          Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the date that is 15 days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the Letter of Credit Issuer agrees to issue (or cause its Affiliates or other financial institution with which the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have entered into an agreement regarding the issuance of letters of credit hereunder, to issue on its behalf), upon the request of and for the account of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, letters of credit (each, a “Letter of Credit”) in such form as may be approved by the Letter of Credit Issuer in its reasonable discretion; provided that the Borrower shall be a co-applicant, and be jointly and severally liable, with respect to each Letter of Credit issued for the account of a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

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(b)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which, when added to the Letter of Credit Obligations at such time, would exceed the Letter of Credit Sub-Commitment then in effect, (ii) no Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which, when added to the Letter of Credit Obligations and the Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans outstanding at such time, would exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect, (iii) no Letter of Credit shall be required to be issued by a Letter of Credit Issuer the Stated Amount of which, when added to such Letter of Credit Issuer’s Revolving Credit Exposure (whether held directly or through its Affiliates), would exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Letter of Credit Issuer (or its Affiliates), (iv) each Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date occurring no later than the earlier of (x) one year after the date of issuance thereof, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer or as provided under Section 3.2(e), and (y) the Letter of Credit Maturity Date, (v) each Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars, (vi) no Letter of Credit shall be issued if it would be illegal under any Applicable Law for the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit to have a Letter of Credit issued in its favor, (vii) no Letter of Credit shall be issued after the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer has received a written notice from the Borrower or the Administrative Agent stating that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing until such time as the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a written notice of (x) rescission of such notice from the party or parties originally delivering such notice or (y) the waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 or that such Default or Event of Default is no longer continuing and (viii) Barclays Bank PLC shall not be required to issue commercial or trade letters of credit.

 

(c)           In connection with the establishment of any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and subject to the availability of unused Commitments with respect to such newly established Class and the satisfaction of the Conditions set forth in Section 7, the Borrower may, with the written consent of the Letter of Credit Issuer, designate any outstanding Letter of Credit to be a Letter of Credit issued pursuant to such Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable. Upon such designation such Letter of Credit shall no longer be deemed to be issued and outstanding under such prior Class and shall instead be deemed to be issued and outstanding under such newly established Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable.

 

(d)           On the Closing Date, without further action by any party hereto (including the delivery of a Letter of Credit Request or any consent of, or confirmation by or to, the Administrative Agent), subject to the terms of this Section 3, (i) each Existing Letter of Credit set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) hereto issued by a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder shall become a Letter of Credit outstanding under this Agreement, shall be deemed to be a Letter of Credit issued under this Agreement and shall be subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including Section 4.1) as if each such Letter of Credit was issued by the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) each Letter of Credit Issuer that has issued an Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed to have granted each Letter of Credit Participant in respect thereof and each Letter of Credit Participant in respect thereof shall be deemed to have acquired from such Letter of Credit Issuer, on the terms and conditions of Section 3.3 hereof, for such Letter of Credit Participant’s own account and risk, an undivided participation interest in such Letter of Credit Issuer’s obligations and rights under each such Existing Letter of Credit equal to such Letter of Credit Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage, as applicable, of (A) the outstanding amount available to be drawn under such Existing Letter of Credit and (B) the aggregate amount of any outstanding reimbursement obligations in respect thereof.

 

3.2           Letter of Credit Requests.

 

(a)           Whenever the Borrower (or the Borrower on behalf of any Restricted Subsidiary) desires that a Letter of Credit be issued (or amended, renewed or extended), it shall give the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer a Letter of Credit Request by no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) (i) at least three (or such lesser number as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer) Business Days prior to the proposed date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension for any Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor (provided that such Subsidiary Guarantor shall have also signed the applicable Letter of Credit Request), (ii) at least five (or such lesser number as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer) Business Days prior to the proposed date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension for any Letter of Credit for the account of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party and (iii) at least ten (or such lesser number as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer) Business Days prior to the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension for any Letter of Credit for the account of any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary. Each Letter of Credit Request shall be executed by the Borrower and sent by facsimile, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by the Letter of Credit Issuer, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to the Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

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(b)          In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the Stated Amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof (which shall be not later than the earlier of (x) one year after the date of issuance thereof, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer or as provided under Section 3.2(e), and (y) the Letter of Credit Maturity Date); (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder and (G) such other matters as the Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify: (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require.

 

(c)           Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Request, the Letter of Credit Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent in writing that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Request from the Borrower and, if not, the Letter of Credit Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the Letter of Credit Issuer has received written notice from the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Borrower or any other Credit Party at least two Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Section 7 shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

(d)          The making of each Letter of Credit Request shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the Letter of Credit may be issued in accordance with, and will not violate the requirements of, Section 3.1(b).

 

(e)           If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Request, the Letter of Credit Issuer may agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the Letter of Credit Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the Letter of Credit Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Letter of Credit Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Maturity Date; provided, however, that the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the Letter of Credit Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 3.1(b) or otherwise), or (B) it has received written notice on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 7 are not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the Letter of Credit Issuer not to permit such extension.

 

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(f)            Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment, renewal or extension to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the Letter of Credit Issuer will notify the Administrative Agent of such delivery, amendment, renewal or extension and will also deliver to the Borrower a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment, renewal or extension. On the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall provide the Administrative Agent a list of all Letters of Credit issued by it that are outstanding at such time.

 

3.3           Letter of Credit Participations.

 

(a)           Immediately upon the issuance by the Letter of Credit Issuer of any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each other Revolving Credit Lender (each such Revolving Credit Lender, in its capacity under this Section 3.3(a), a “Letter of Credit Participant”), and each such Letter of Credit Participant shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased and received from the Letter of Credit Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation (each, a “Letter of Credit Participation”), to the extent of such Letter of Credit Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage, in such Letter of Credit, each substitute letter of credit, each drawing made thereunder and the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement with respect thereto, and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto (although Letter of Credit Fees will be paid directly to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Letter of Credit Participants as provided in Section 4.1(c) and the Letter of Credit Participants shall have no right to receive any portion of any fees paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of each Letter of Credit issued hereunder).

 

(b)           In determining whether to pay under any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have no obligation relative to the Letter of Credit Participants other than to confirm to the Administrative Agent that any documents required to be delivered under such Letter of Credit have been delivered and that they appear to comply on their face with the requirements of such Letter of Credit. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Letter of Credit Issuer under or in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by it, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall not create for the Letter of Credit Issuer any resulting liability.

 

(c)           Whenever the Administrative Agent receives a payment in respect of an unpaid reimbursement obligation for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each Letter of Credit Participant that has paid its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such reimbursement obligation, in Dollars and in immediately available funds, an amount equal to such Letter of Credit Participant’s share (based upon the proportionate aggregate amount originally funded or deposited by such Letter of Credit Participant to the aggregate amount funded or deposited by all Letter of Credit Participants) of the principal amount of such reimbursement obligation and interest thereon accruing after the purchase of the respective Letter of Credit Participations; provided that the amount paid to any Letter of Credit Participant shall not exceed the amount funded or deposited by such Letter of Credit Participant.

 

(d)           The obligations of the Letter of Credit Participants to purchase Letter of Credit Participations from the Letter of Credit Issuer and make payments to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit shall be irrevocable and not subject to counterclaim, set-off or other defense or any other qualification or exception whatsoever and shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances, including under any of the following circumstances:

 

(i)       any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents;

 

(ii)       the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Letter of Credit, any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or transferee may be acting), the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Lender or other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated hereby or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying transaction between the Borrower and the beneficiary named in any such Letter of Credit);

 

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(iii)       any draft, certificate or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;

 

(iv)       the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance of any of the terms of any of the Credit Documents;

 

(v)       the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default; or

 

(vi)       any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Credit Party or Restricted Subsidiary.

 

3.4           Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings.

 

(a)           The Borrower hereby agrees to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer in Dollars with respect to any drawing under any Letter of Credit, by making payment, whether with its own funds, with the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans or any other source, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer in immediately available funds, for any payment or disbursement made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit issued by it (with respect to each such amount so paid under a Letter of Credit until reimbursed, a “Unpaid Drawing” (i) within one Business Day of the date of such payment or disbursement, if the Letter of Credit Issuer provides notice to the Borrower of such payment or disbursement prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such next succeeding Business Day after the date of such payment or disbursement or (ii) if such notice is received after such time, on the next Business Day following the date of receipt of such notice (such required date for reimbursement under clause (i) or (ii), as applicable (the “Required Reimbursement Date”), with interest on the amount so paid or disbursed by such Letter of Credit Issuer, from and including the date of such payment or disbursement to but excluding the Required Reimbursement Date, at the per annum rate for each day equal to the rate described in Section 2.8(a); provided that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, with respect to any Letter of Credit, (i) unless the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Required Reimbursement Date that the Borrower intends to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for the amount of such drawing with funds other than the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have given a Notice of Borrowing requesting that the Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments make Revolving Credit Loans (which shall be ABR Loans) on the Required Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing, and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Letter of Credit Participant of such drawing and the amount of its Revolving Credit Loan to be made in respect thereof, and each Letter of Credit Participant shall be irrevocably obligated to make a Revolving Credit Loan to the Borrower in the manner deemed to have been requested in the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the applicable Unpaid Drawing by 12:00 noon (New York City time) on such Required Reimbursement Date by making the amount of such Revolving Credit Loan available to the Administrative Agent. Such Revolving Credit Loans made in respect of such Unpaid Drawing on such Required Reimbursement Date shall be made without regard to the Minimum Borrowing Amount and without regard to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 7. The Administrative Agent shall use the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans solely for the purpose of reimbursing the Letter of Credit Issuer for the related Unpaid Drawing. If and to the extent such Letter of Credit Participant shall not have so made its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such payment available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, or that in the sole judgment of the Letter of Credit Issuer, such Revolving Credit Loan cannot for any reason be made on the date otherwise required above (including as a result of the commencement of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law in respect of the Borrower), each Letter of Credit Participant hereby agrees that its participation in such Unpaid Drawing shall remain outstanding in lieu of funding its portion of such Revolving Credit Loan and such Letter of Credit Participant agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, forthwith on demand, such amount, together with interest thereon for each day from such date until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate from time to time then in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with the foregoing. The failure of any Letter of Credit Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under any Letter of Credit shall not relieve any other Letter of Credit Participant of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under such Letter of Credit on the date required, as specified above, but no Letter of Credit Participant shall be responsible for the failure of any other Letter of Credit Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent such other Letter of Credit Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any such payment.

 

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(b)          The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 3.4 to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Unpaid Drawings (including, in each case, interest thereon) shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower or any other Person may have or have had against the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including in its capacity as a Letter of Credit Participant), including any defense based upon the failure of any drawing under a Letter of Credit (each, a “Drawing”) to conform to the terms of such Letter of Credit or any non-application or misapplication by the beneficiary of the proceeds of such Drawing; provided that the Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for any wrongful payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under the Letter of Credit issued by it as a result of acts or omissions constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Letter of Credit Issuer as determined in the final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

3.5           Increased Costs. If a Change in Law shall either (a) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against letters of credit issued by the Letter of Credit Issuer, or any Letter of Credit Participant’s Letter of Credit Participation therein or (b) impose on the Letter of Credit Issuer or any Letter of Credit Participant any other conditions affecting its obligations under this Agreement in respect of Letters of Credit or Letter of Credit Participations therein or any Letter of Credit or such Letter of Credit Participant’s Letter of Credit Participation therein, and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant of issuing, maintaining or participating in any Letter of Credit, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant hereunder (other than any such increase or reduction attributable to (i) taxes indemnifiable under Section 5.4, (ii) taxes described in clause (A), (B) or (C) of Section 5.4(a) or (iii) taxes described in Section 5.4(f)) in respect of Letters of Credit or Letter of Credit Participations therein, then, promptly after receipt of written demand to the Borrower by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which notice shall be sent by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant for such increased cost or reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that the Letter of Credit Issuer or a Letter of Credit Participant shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Person’s compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any such Applicable Law that would have existed in the event that a Change in Law had not occurred. A certificate submitted to the Borrower by the Letter of Credit Issuer or a Letter of Credit Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which certificate shall be sent by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant to the Administrative Agent), setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the determination of such additional amount or amounts necessary to compensate the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant as aforesaid shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower absent clearly demonstrable error. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer shall be entitled to seek compensation under this Section 3.5 based on the occurrence of a Change in Law arising solely from (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or any requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or (y) Basel III or any requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, unless such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer is generally seeking compensation from other borrowers in the U.S. leveraged loan market with respect to its similarly affected commitments, loans and/or participations under agreements with such borrowers having provisions similar to this Section 3.5.

 

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3.6           New or Successor Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

(a)           Any Letter of Credit Issuer may resign as a Letter of Credit Issuer upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders and the Borrower. Subject to the terms of the following sentence, the Borrower may replace the Letter of Credit Issuer for any reason upon written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower may add Letter of Credit Issuers at any time upon notice to the Administrative Agent and with the agreement of such new Letter of Credit Issuer. If the Letter of Credit Issuer shall resign or be replaced, or if the Borrower shall decide to add a new Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement, then the Borrower may appoint a successor issuer of Letters of Credit or a new Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor issuer shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the replaced or resigning Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or such new issuer of Letters of Credit shall be granted the rights, powers and duties of a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, and the term “Letter of Credit Issuer” shall mean such successor or such new issuer of Letters of Credit effective upon such appointment. At the time such resignation or replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay to the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer all accrued and unpaid fees pursuant to Sections 4.1(b) and 4.1(d). The acceptance of any appointment as a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, whether as a successor issuer or new issuer of Letters of Credit in accordance with this Agreement, shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such new or successor issuer of Letters of Credit, in a form satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, such new or successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall become a “Letter of Credit Issuer” hereunder. After the resignation or replacement of a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of a Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation or replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit or amend or renew existing Letters of Credit. In connection with any resignation or replacement pursuant to this clause (a) (but, in case of any such resignation, only to the extent that a successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall have been appointed), either (i) the Borrower, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall arrange to have any outstanding Letters of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer replaced with Letters of Credit issued by the successor issuer of Letters of Credit or (ii) the Borrower shall cause the successor issuer of Letters of Credit, if such successor issuer is reasonably satisfactory to the replaced or resigning Letter of Credit Issuer, to issue “back-stop” Letters of Credit naming the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer as beneficiary for each outstanding Letter of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer, which new Letters of Credit shall have a face amount equal to the Letters of Credit being back-stopped, and the sole requirement for drawing on such new Letters of Credit shall be a drawing on the corresponding back-stopped Letters of Credit. After any resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer’s resignation or replacement as Letter of Credit Issuer, the provisions of this Agreement relating to a Letter of Credit Issuer shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it (A) while it was a Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement or (B) at any time with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

(b)          To the extent that there are, at the time of any resignation or replacement as set forth in clause (a) above, any outstanding Letters of Credit, nothing herein shall be deemed to impact or impair any rights and obligations of any of the parties hereto with respect to such outstanding Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, any obligations related to the payment of fees or the reimbursement or funding of amounts drawn), except that the Borrower, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall have the obligations regarding outstanding Letters of Credit described in clause (a) above.

 

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3.7           Role of Letter of Credit Issuer. Each Revolving Credit Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Related Party of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates or any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Required Lenders or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable, (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Related Party of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates or any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in Section 3.3(d); provided that anything in such Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against the Letter of Credit Issuer, and the Letter of Credit Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower caused by the Letter of Credit Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence, as determined in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, or the Letter of Credit Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable order). In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Letter of Credit Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.

 

3.8           Cash Collateral.

 

(a)            If, as of the Letter of Credit Maturity Date, there are any Letter of Credit Obligations, the Borrower shall promptly (and in any event not later than the following Business Day) Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Obligations that for any reason remain outstanding. Section 2.16 and Section 5.2 set forth certain additional circumstances under which Cash Collateral may be, or is required to be, delivered hereunder.

 

(b)            If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders may require that the Letter of Credit Obligations be Cash Collateralized; provided that, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default referred to in Section 11.5, the Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize the Letters of Credit then outstanding and no notice or request by or consent from the Required Lenders shall be required.

 

(c)            For purposes of this Agreement, “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Letter of Credit Issuer collateral for the Letter of Credit Obligations cash or deposit account balances (“Cash Collateral”) in an amount equal to 102% of the amount of the Letter of Credit Obligations required to be Cash Collateralized pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Revolving Credit Lenders). Derivatives of such terms have corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Letter of Credit Participants, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Letter of Credit Participants, other than any Liens permitted under Section 10.2, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the amount required to be delivered as described above, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Collateral Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, interest bearing deposit accounts with the Collateral Agent.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under this Agreement in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific Letter of Credit Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein, any interest accrued on such obligation and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.

 

(e)           Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce or secure any obligations herein shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable obligation giving rise thereto or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however that (x) any such release shall be without prejudice to, and any disbursement or other transfer of Cash Collateral shall be and remain subject to, any other Lien conferred under the Credit Documents and the other applicable provisions of the Credit Documents, and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the Letter of Credit Issuer may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support anticipated obligations.

 

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3.9           [Reserved]

 

3.10         Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

 

3.11         Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Restricted Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

3.12         Other.

 

(a)           The Letter of Credit Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

 

(i)       any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Letter of Credit Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any requirement of law applicable to the Letter of Credit Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Letter of Credit Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the Letter of Credit Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Letter of Credit Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the Letter of Credit Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the Letter of Credit Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

 

(ii)       the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the Letter of Credit Issuer;

 

(iii)       except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial Stated Amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $10,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;

 

(iv)       such Letter of Credit is denominated in a currency other than Dollars; or

 

(v)       such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the Stated Amount after any drawing thereunder.

 

(b)           The Letter of Credit Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the Letter of Credit Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.

 

(c)           The Letter of Credit Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Section 12 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Section 12 included the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

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3.13        Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the UCP shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible to the Borrower for, and the Letter of Credit Issuer’s rights and remedies against the Borrower shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of the Letter of Credit Issuer required or permitted under any Applicable Law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Applicable Law or any order of a jurisdiction where the Letter of Credit Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.

 

SECTION 4. Fees; Commitment Reductions and Terminations.

 

4.1           Fees.

 

(a)           The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender (in each case pro rata according to the respective Revolving Credit Commitments of all such Revolving Credit Lenders) a commitment fee (the “Commitment Fee”) in Dollars that shall accrue daily from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Credit Termination Date. Each such Commitment Fee shall be payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December (for the three-month period (or portion thereof) ended on such day for which no payment has been received) and (y) on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (for the period ended on such date for which no payment has been received pursuant to clause (x) above), and shall be computed for each day during such period at a rate per annum equal to the Commitment Fee Rate in effect on such day to be calculated based on the actual amount of the Available Revolving Credit Commitment (in each case, assuming for this purpose that there is no reference to Swingline Loans in clause (b)(i) of the definition of Available Revolving Credit Commitment) in effect on such day.

 

(b)           Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Letter of Credit Issuer for its own account a fronting fee (the “Fronting Fee”) with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such Letter of Credit Issuer on the Borrower’s behalf, computed at the rate for each day for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to but excluding the termination or expiration date of such Letter of Credit equal to 0.125% per annum (or such other percentage per annum as may be agreed between the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower), times the actual daily Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit. The Fronting Fee shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

 

(c)            The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender, pro rata according to the Letter of Credit Exposure of such Lender, a fee in Dollars in respect of each Letter of Credit (the “Letter of Credit Fee”), for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to but excluding the termination or expiration date of such Letter of Credit, computed at the per annum rate for each day equal to (x) the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans then in effect for Revolving Credit Loans times (y) the actual daily Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit. Each Letter of Credit Fee shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date. If there is any change in the Applicable Margin during any quarter, the daily maximum amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Margin separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Margin was in effect.

 

(d)           The Borrower agrees to pay directly to each Letter of Credit Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the Letter of Credit Issuer relating to Letters of Credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable within 10 Business Days after demand and are nonrefundable.

 

(e)           The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the administrative agency fees in the amounts and on the dates as set forth in the Fee Letter.

 

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(f)            The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Initial Term Loan Lender on the Closing Date, an upfront fee equal to 0.50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term Loans made on the Closing Date, which may be reflected as original issue discount. All such fees payable under this Section 4.1(f) shall be payable in full on the Closing Date.

 

4.2           Voluntary Reduction of Commitments.

 

(a)           Upon the prior written notice to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office (in which case the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each of the Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, without premium or penalty, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the Commitments of any Class, as determined by the Borrower, in whole or in part; provided that (a) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m., at least two Business Days prior to the proposed date of termination or reduction, (b) any such termination or reduction shall apply proportionately and permanently to reduce the Commitments of each of the Lenders within such Class, except that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) the Borrower may allocate any termination or reduction of Commitments among Classes of Commitments at its direction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, to the Commitments with respect to any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments without any termination or reduction of the Commitments with respect to any Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the same Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class) and (2) in connection with the establishment on any date of any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.15, the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of any one or more Lenders providing any such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on such date shall be reduced in an amount equal to the amount of Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments so extended on such date (or, if agreed by the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, by any greater amount so long as (a) a proportionate reduction of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments has been offered to each Lender to whom the applicable Revolving Credit Extension Request has been made (which may be conditioned upon such Lender becoming an Extending Lender), and (b) the Borrower prepays the Existing Revolving Credit Loans of such Class owed to such Lenders providing such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to the extent necessary to ensure that, after giving pro forma effect to such repayment or reduction, the Existing Revolving Credit Loans of such Class are held by the Lenders of such Class on a pro rata basis in accordance with their Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class after giving pro forma effect to such reduction) (provided that (x) after giving pro forma effect to any such reduction and to the repayment of any Loans made on such date, the aggregate amount of the revolving credit exposure of any such Lender does not exceed the Existing Revolving Credit Commitment thereof (such revolving credit exposure and Revolving Credit Commitment being determined in each case, for the avoidance of doubt, exclusive of such Lender’s Extended Revolving Credit Commitment and any exposure in respect thereof) and (y) for the avoidance of doubt, any such repayment of Loans contemplated by the preceding clause shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 5.3(a) with respect to the ratable allocation of payments hereunder, with such allocation being determined after giving pro forma effect to any conversion or exchange pursuant to Section 2.15 of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and Existing Revolving Credit Loans into Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Loans respectively, and prior to any reduction being made to the Commitment of any other Lender), (c) any partial reduction pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be in an aggregate amount of at least $1,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (d) after giving pro forma effect to such termination or reduction and to any prepayments of Loans or cancellation or Cash Collateralization of Letters of Credit made on the date thereof in accordance with this Agreement, the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ revolving credit exposures for such Class shall not exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment for such Class, (e) after giving pro forma effect to such termination or reduction and to any prepayments of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans of any Class or cancellation or cash collateralization of letters of credit made on the date thereof in accordance with this Agreement, the aggregate amount of such Lenders’ revolving credit exposures for such Class shall not exceed the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment for such Class and the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ revolving credit exposure for all Classes shall not exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment for all Classes, and (f) if, after giving pro forma effect to any reduction hereunder, the Letter of Credit Commitment or the Swingline Commitment exceeds the sum of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment (if any), such Commitment shall be 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(b)           Upon at least one Business Day’s prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the Letter of Credit Sub-Commitment, in whole or in part; provided that, after giving pro forma effect to such termination or reduction, the Letter of Credit Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sub-Commitment.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 4.2(a), the Borrower may terminate the unused amount of the Commitment of a Defaulting Lender upon not less than two (2) Business Days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly notify the Lenders thereof), and in such event the provisions of Section 2.16(f) will apply to all amounts thereafter paid by the Borrower for the account of such Defaulting Lender under this Agreement (whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnity or other amounts); provided that such termination will not be deemed to be a waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer, any Swingline Lender or any Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender.

 

4.3          Mandatory Termination of Commitments.

 

(a)          The Total Initial Term Loan Commitment shall terminate upon the occurrence of the Closing Date.

 

(b)          The Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall terminate at 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

 

(c)          The Swingline Commitments shall terminate at 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Swingline Maturity Date.

 

(d)          The Incremental Term Loan Commitment for any Class shall, unless otherwise provided in the documentation governing such Incremental Term Loan Commitment, terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Incremental Facility Closing Date for such Class.

 

(e)          The Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment for any Class shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the maturity date for such Class specified in the documentation governing such Class.

 

(f)           The Extended Loan/Commitment for any Extension Series shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the maturity date for such Class specified in the Extension Agreement.

 

SECTION 5.        Payments.

 

5.1       Voluntary Prepayments.

 

(a)          The Borrower shall have the right to prepay Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans, without, except as set forth in Section 5.1(b), premium or penalty, in whole or in part from time to time on the following terms and conditions: (1) the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office written notice of its intent to make such prepayment, the amount of such prepayment and in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made, which notice shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit O and be given by the Borrower no later than (x) 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of such prepayment (in the case of ABR Loans) (y) 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of such prepayment (in the case of Swingline Loans) or (z) 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) three Business Days prior to (in the case of Eurodollar Loans), and, in each case, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each of the relevant Lenders or the relevant Swingline Lender, as the case may be, (2) each partial prepayment of any Borrowing of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be in a multiple of $500,000 and in an aggregate principal amount of at least $1,000,000 and each partial prepayment of Swingline Loans shall be in a multiple of $100,000 and in an aggregate principal amount of at least $100,000; provided that no partial prepayment of Eurodollar Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing shall reduce the outstanding Eurodollar Loans made pursuant to such Borrowing to an amount less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount for Eurodollar Loans and (3) any prepayment of Eurodollar Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto shall be subject to compliance by the Borrower with the applicable provisions of Section 2.11. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Class(es) and Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid. Each prepayment in respect of any Class of Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be applied to reduce the Repayment Amounts in such order as the Borrower may determine and may be applied to any Class of Term Loans as directed by the Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower may (i) prepay Term Loans of an Existing Term Loan Class pursuant to this Section 5.1 without any requirement to prepay Extended Term Loans that were converted or exchanged from such Existing Term Loan Class and (ii) prepay Extended Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 without any requirement to prepay Term Loans of an Existing Term Loan Class that were converted or exchanged for such Extended Term Loans. In the event that the Borrower does not specify the order in which to apply prepayments to reduce Repayment Amounts or as between Classes of Term Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected that such proceeds be applied to reduce the Repayment Amounts in direct order of maturity and/or a pro rata basis among Term Loan Classes. All prepayments under this Section 5.1 shall also be subject to the provisions of Sections 5.2(d) and 5.2(e). At the Borrower’s election in connection with any prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.1, such prepayment shall not be applied to any Loan of a Defaulting Lender.

 

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(b)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, at the time of the effectiveness of any Repricing Transaction (including any Incurrence of Incremental Term Loans pursuant to the proviso of Section 2.14(b) in respect of Initial Term Loans) that is consummated prior to the twelve-month anniversary of the Closing Date, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each Lender with outstanding Initial Term Loans, a fee in an amount equal to 1.0% of (x) in the case of a Repricing Transaction of the type described in clause (a) of the definition thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all Initial Term Loans prepaid (or converted or exchanged) in connection with such Repricing Transaction and (y) in the case of a Repricing Transaction described in clause (b) of the definition thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all Initial Term Loans outstanding on such date that are subject to an effective pricing reduction pursuant to such Repricing Transaction. Such fees shall be due and payable upon the date of the effectiveness of such Repricing Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, on and after the date that is twelve months following the Closing Date, no fee shall be payable pursuant to this Section 5.1(b).

 

5.2          Mandatory Prepayments.

 

(a)          Term Loan Prepayments.

 

(i)            On each occasion that a Prepayment Event occurs, the Borrower shall, within five Business Day after the receipt of Net Cash Proceeds from a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event and within thirty days after the receipt of Net Cash Proceeds in connection with the occurrence of any other Prepayment Event, offer to prepay (or, in the case of a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event arising from (A) the Incurrence of Incremental Term Loans in reliance on clause (x) of the proviso to Section 2.14(b), (B) the Incurrence of Permitted Additional Debt in reliance on clause (x) of Section 10.1(u)(i) or (C) to the extent relating to Term Loans, the Incurrence of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (any of the foregoing, a “Specified Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event”), prepay), in accordance with Sections 5.2(c) and 5.2(d) below, without premium or penalty, a principal amount of Term Loans in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such Prepayment Event; provided that, in the case of Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or a Recovery Prepayment Event, the Borrower may use cash in an amount not to exceed the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds to prepay, redeem, defease, acquire, repurchase or make a similar payment to any Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt or any Permitted Additional Debt secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks equal in priority to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies), in each case the documentation with respect to which requires the issuer or borrower under such Indebtedness to prepay or make an offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or satisfy and discharge such Indebtedness with the proceeds of such Prepayment Event, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (1) the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds multiplied by (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of the Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt and Permitted Additional Debt secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks equal in priority to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) and with respect to which such a requirement to prepay or make an offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or satisfy and discharge exists and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt and Permitted Additional Debt and the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans; provided that in the case of Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or a Recovery Prepayment Event, (A) the percentage in this Section 5.2(a)(i) shall be reduced to 50.0% if the Borrower’s Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date the Net Cash Proceeds are required to be offered, is less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 but greater than 4.00 to 1.00 and (B) no payment of any Term Loans shall be required under this Section 5.2(a)(i) if the Borrower’s Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date the Net Cash Proceeds are required to be offered, is less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00.

 

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(ii)           Not later than the date that is ten Business Days following the date Section 9.1 Financials are required to be delivered under Section 9.1(a) (commencing with the Section 9.1 Financials to be delivered with respect to the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017), the Borrower shall offer to prepay, in accordance with Sections 5.2(c) and 5.2(d) below, without premium or penalty, an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans equal to (x) 50.0% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year minus (y) at the Borrower’s option, the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1, the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans and other revolving loans that are effective in reliance on Section 10.1(a) or Section 10.1(u) voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1 to the extent accompanied by a permanent reduction of such Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or other revolving commitments, as applicable, in an equal amount pursuant to Section 4.2 (or equivalent provision governing such revolving credit facility) and the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid by any Purchasing Borrower Party (other than Holdings) to effect any assignment to it of Term Loans pursuant to Section 13.6(g), but only to the extent that such Term Loans (x) have been acquired pursuant to an offer made to all Lenders within any Class of Term Loans on a pro rata basis (in which case, the applicable reduction to the required Excess Cash Flow payment shall be for the amounts owing to such Class only) and (y) have been cancelled, but excluding the aggregate principal amount of any such voluntary prepayments and any such assignments made with the proceeds of Incurrences of long-term Indebtedness or issuances of Capital Stock), in each case during such fiscal year or after year-end and prior to the time such prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.2(a)(ii) is due; provided that, in the case that Excess Cash Flow is required to be offered to prepay any Term Loans, the Borrower may use cash in an amount not to exceed the amount of such Excess Cash Flow required to be offered to prepay the Term Loans to prepay, redeem, defease, acquire, repurchase or make a similar payment to any Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt or any Permitted Additional Debt secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks equal in priority to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies), in each case the documentation with respect to which requires the issuer or borrower under such Indebtedness to prepay or make an offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or satisfy and discharge such Indebtedness with a percentage of Excess Cash Flow, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (1) the amount of such Excess Cash Flow required to be offered to prepay the Term Loans multiplied by (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of the Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt and Permitted Additional Debt secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks equal in priority to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) and with respect to which such a requirement to prepay or make an offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or satisfy and discharge exists and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt and Permitted Additional Debt and the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans; provided that (A) the percentage in this Section 5.2(a)(ii) shall be reduced to 25% if the Borrower’s Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for the fiscal year ended prior to such prepayment date is less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 but greater than 4.00 to 1.00 and (B) no payment of any Term Loans shall be required under this Section 5.2(a)(ii) if the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for the fiscal year ended prior to such prepayment date is less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00. Any prepayment amounts credited pursuant to subclause (y) above against such amount in subclause (x) above shall be without duplication of any such credit in any prior or subsequent fiscal year.

 

(b)           Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans. If, on any date, the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures in respect of any Class of Revolving Credit Loans for any reason exceeds 100% of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class then in effect, the Borrower shall forthwith repay on such date the principal amount of Swingline Loans of such Class, and after all such Swingline Loans have been paid in full, the Revolving Credit Loans of such Class in an amount equal to such excess. If, after giving pro forma effect to the prepayment of all outstanding Swingline Loans and Revolving Credit Loans of such Class, the Revolving Credit Exposures of such Class exceeds the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class then in effect, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the Letters of Credit outstanding in relation to such Class to the extent of such excess.

 

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(c)           Application to Repayment Amounts.

 

(i)            Subject to clause (ii) of this Section 5.2(c), the first proviso to Section 5.2(a)(i) and the first proviso to Section 5.2(a)(ii), (A) each prepayment of Term Loans required by Sections 5.2(a)(i) and (ii) (other than in connection with a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event) shall be allocated to the Classes of Term Loans outstanding, pro rata, based upon the applicable remaining Repayment Amounts due in respect of each such Class of Term Loans (excluding any Class of Term Loans that has agreed to receive a less than pro rata share of any such mandatory prepayment and taking into account any reduction in the amount of any required Excess Cash Flow payment to any Class of Term Loans that have been the subject of a Section 13.6(g) transaction that was offered to all Lenders within such Class), shall be applied pro rata to Lenders within each Class, based upon the outstanding principal amounts owing to each such Lender under each such Class of Term Loans and shall be applied to reduce such scheduled Repayment Amounts within each such Class in accordance with Section 5.2(d)(ii) and (B) each prepayment of Term Loans required by Section 5.2(a)(i) in connection with a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event shall be allocated to any Class of Term Loans outstanding as directed by the Borrower (subject to the requirement that the proceeds of any Specified Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event shall in all cases be applied to prepay or repay the applicable Refinanced Indebtedness), shall be applied pro rata to Lenders within each such Class, based upon the outstanding principal amounts owing to each such Lender under each such Class of Term Loans and shall be applied to reduce such scheduled Repayment Amounts within each such Class in accordance with Section 5.2(d)(ii); provided that, with respect to the allocation of such prepayments under clause (A) above only, between an Existing Term Loan Class and Extended Term Loans of the same Extension Series, the Borrower may allocate such prepayments as the Borrower may specify, subject to the limitation that the Borrower shall not allocate to Extended Term Loans of any Extension Series any such mandatory prepayment under such clause (A) unless such prepayment is accompanied by at least a pro rata prepayment, based upon the applicable remaining Repayment Amounts due in respect thereof, of the Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class, if any, from which such Extended Term Loans were converted or exchanged (or such Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class have otherwise been repaid in full).

 

(ii)           With respect to each such prepayment required by Section 5.2(a)(i) and Section 5.2(a)(ii) (other than any Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event), (A) the Borrower will, not later than the date specified in Section 5.2(a) for offering to make such prepayment, give the Administrative Agent, written notice requesting that the Administrative Agent provide notice of such prepayment to each Lender and the Administrative Agent will promptly provide such notice to each Lender, (B) other than if such prepayment arises due to a Specified Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, each Lender of Term Loans will have the right to refuse any such prepayment by giving written notice of such refusal to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower within three Business Days after such Lender’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent of such prepayment, and to the extent any such prepayment is so refused, such amounts may be retained by the Borrower (the “Retained Refused Proceeds”) and (C) the Borrower will make all such prepayments not so refused upon the tenth Business Day after the Lender received first notice of repayment from the Administrative Agent.

 

(d)           Application to Term Loans.

 

(i)            With respect to each prepayment of Term Loans elected by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.1 or pursuant to a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, such prepayments shall be applied to reduce Repayment Amounts in such order as the Borrower may specify (or, if not specified, in direct order of maturity) and 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 a manner that minimizes the amount of payments required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11.

 

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(ii)           With respect to each prepayment of Term Loans by the Borrower required pursuant to Section 5.2(a); other than in respect of a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, such prepayments shall be applied to reduce Repayment Amounts in direct order of maturity and on a pro rata basis to the then outstanding Term Loans (other than any Class of Term Loans that has agreed to receive a less than pro rata share of any such mandatory prepayment) being prepaid irrespective of whether such outstanding Term Loans are ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans; provided that, if no Lender exercises the right to waive a given mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(c)(ii), then, with respect to such mandatory prepayment, the amount of such mandatory prepayment shall be applied first to Term Loans that are ABR Loans to the full extent thereof before application to Term Loans that are Eurodollar Loans in a manner that minimizes the amount of any payments required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11.

 

(e)           Application to Revolving Credit Loans; Mandatory Commitment Reduction.

 

(i)            With respect to each prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans elected by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.1 or required by Section 5.2(b), the Borrower may designate (i) the Class and Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which such Loans were made and (ii) the Class of Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans to be prepaid; provided that (x) Eurodollar Loans may be designated for prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.2 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; (y) each prepayment of any Loans made pursuant to a Borrowing shall be applied pro rata among such Loans of such Class (except that any prepayment made in connection with a reduction of the Commitments of such Class pursuant to Section 4.2 shall be applied pro rata based on the amount of the reduction in the Commitments of such Class of each applicable Lender); and (z) notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding clause (y), at the option of the Borrower, no prepayment made pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 5.2(b) of Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans of any Class shall be applied to the Loans of any Defaulting Lender. 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 a manner that minimizes the amount of any payments required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11.

 

(ii)           With respect to each mandatory reduction and termination of Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (and any previously extended Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) required by either clause (i) or (ii) of the proviso to Section 2.14(b), by Section 10.1(u)(i) or in connection with the Incurrence of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance any Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower may designate (A) the Classes of Commitments to be reduced and terminated and (B) the corresponding Classes of Loans to be prepaid; provided that (x) any such reduction and termination shall apply proportionately and permanently to reduce the Commitments of each of the Lenders within any such Class and (y) after giving pro forma effect to such termination or reduction and to any prepayments of Loans or cancellation or cash collateralization of letters of credit made on the date of each such reduction and termination in accordance with this Agreement, the aggregate amount of such Lenders’ credit exposures shall not exceed the remaining Commitments of such Lenders’ in respect of the Class reduced and terminated. In connection with any such termination or reduction, to the extent necessary, the participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans may be required to be reallocated and related loans outstanding prepaid and then reborrowed, in each case in the manner contemplated by Section 2.14(f)(ii) (as modified to account for a termination or reduction, as opposed to an increase, of such Commitment).

 

(f)            Eurodollar Interest Periods. In lieu of making any payment pursuant to this Section 5.2 in respect of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period thereof, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower at its option may deposit with the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the amount of the Eurodollar Loan to be prepaid and such Eurodollar Loan shall be repaid on the last day of the Interest Period therefor in the required amount. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent in a corporate time deposit account established on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, earning interest at the then-customary rate for accounts of such type. Such deposit shall constitute cash collateral for the Obligations; provided that the Borrower may at any time direct that such deposit be applied to make the applicable payment required pursuant to this Section 5.2.

 

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(g)           Minimum Amount.

 

(i)            No prepayment shall be required pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) (except to the extent such prepayment arises due to a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event) unless and until the amount at any time of Net Cash Proceeds from Prepayment Events required to be offered at or prior to such time pursuant to such Section and not yet offered at or prior to such time to prepay Term Loans pursuant to such Section exceeds (i) $20,000,000 for any single Prepayment Event or series of related Prepayment Events and (ii) $40,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Prepayment Events in any fiscal year, at which time the amount in excess of $20,000,000 or $40,000,000, as the case may be, will be offered to be prepaid as provided in Section 5.2(a)(i), with the date of receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds being deemed for such purpose to be the date such thresholds set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (g) are met.

 

(ii)           No prepayment shall be required pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(ii) unless and until the amount of Excess Cash Flow required to be offered to prepay Term Loans for a fiscal year pursuant to such Section exceeds $10,000,000, at which time the amount in excess of $10,000,000, will be offered to be prepaid as provided in Section 5.2(a)(ii).

 

(h)           Non-Credit Party Asset Sales. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 5.2(h), (i) to the extent that any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any asset sale by a Non-Credit Party giving rise to an Asset Sale Prepayment Event (a “Non-Credit Party Asset Sale”), the Net Cash Proceeds of any Recovery Event from a Non-Credit Party (a “Non-Credit Party Recovery Event”) or Excess Cash Flow, are prohibited, delayed or restricted by applicable local law, rule or regulation from being repatriated to the United States or from being distributed to a Credit Party, the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 5.2(h) but may be retained by the applicable Non-Credit Party so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law, rule or regulation will not permit repatriation to the United States or distribution to a Credit Party (the Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Non-Credit Party to promptly take all commercially reasonable actions required by the applicable local law, rule or regulation to permit such repatriation or distribution), and once such repatriation or distribution of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law, rule or regulation, such repatriation or distribution will be immediately effected and such repatriated or distributed Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly (and in any event not later than two Business Days after such repatriation or distribution) applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the repayment of the Term Loans (and, if applicable, such other Indebtedness as is contemplated by this Section 5.2(h)) pursuant to this Section 5.2(h) and (ii) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Non-Credit Party Asset Sale, any Non-Credit Party Recovery Event or Excess Cash Flow would have a material adverse tax cost consequence with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow (but only for so long as such material adverse tax cost consequence exists), the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Non-Credit Party; provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), on or before the date on which any Net Cash Proceeds from any Non-Credit Party Asset Sale or Non-Credit Party Recovery Event so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to Section 5.2(a) (or, in the case of Excess Cash Flow, a date on or before the date that is six months after the date such Excess Cash Flow would have been so required to be applied to prepayments pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(ii) unless previously repatriated in which case such repatriated Excess Cash Flow shall have been promptly applied to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a)), (x) the Borrower applies an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Borrower rather than such Non-Credit Party, less the amount of additional taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Non-Credit Party) or (y) such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow are applied to the repayment of Indebtedness of a Non-Credit Party.

 

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5.3           Method and Place of Payment.

 

(a)           All payments under this Agreement shall be made by the Borrower, without set-off, counterclaim or deduction of any kind. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, all payments by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be made in Dollars to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the applicable Lenders entitled thereto, the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender (except to the extent payments are to be made directly to such Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender), as the case may be, not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date when due and shall be made in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office it being understood that written or facsimile notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to make a payment from the funds in the Borrower’s account at the Administrative Agent’s Office shall constitute the making of such payment to the extent of such funds held in such account. 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 City time) on such day and, if not, on the next Business Day in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion) like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or Fees ratably to the Lenders entitled thereto or to the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, as applicable.

 

(b)           For purposes of computing interest or fees, any payments under this Agreement that are made later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion (and the Administrative Agent may extend such deadline in its discretion whether or not such payments are in process). Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, 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 be payable during such extension at the applicable rate in effect immediately prior to such extension.

 

5.4           Net Payments.

 

(a)           Except as required by law, 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 income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority (including any interest, additions to tax and penalties) (collectively, “Taxes”) excluding in the case of each Lender and each Agent and except as otherwise provided in Section 5.4(f), (A) net income Taxes and franchise Taxes (imposed in lieu of net income Taxes) imposed on such Agent or such Lender as a result of (i) such Agent or such Lender having been organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax or (ii) a present or former connection between such Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising from such Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, or engaged in any other transactions pursuant to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document), (B) any branch profits Taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar Tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (A) and (C) any U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed pursuant to FATCA (collectively, “Excluded Taxes”). If any such non-Excluded Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party under Credit Documents (“Non-Excluded Taxes”) are required to be withheld by a Withholding Agent from any amounts payable under this Agreement or any other Credit Document, the applicable Credit Party 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 those applicable to any amounts payable under this Section 5.4) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in such Credit Document. Whenever any withholding Taxes are payable by any Credit Party in respect of amounts payable under any Credit Document, promptly thereafter, the applicable Credit Party shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of such Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt, if available (or other evidence acceptable to such Lender, acting reasonably) received by the applicable Credit Party showing payment thereof. The agreements in this Section 5.4 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

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(b)           In addition, each Credit Party shall pay any present or future stamp, documentary, filing, mortgage, recording, property or similar intangible taxes, charges or levies that arise from any payment made by such Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Documents or from the execution, delivery or registration or recordation of, performance under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, except any taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between an assignee and the jurisdiction imposing such tax (other than a connection arising solely from an assignee having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any transaction pursuant to, or enforced this Agreement) with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment requested by a Credit Party pursuant to Section 2.12) (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).

 

(c)           (i) Subject to Section 5.4(f), the Credit Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Lender and each Agent for and hold them harmless against the full amount of Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes, and for the full amount of Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes payable, imposed or asserted (whether or not correctly or legally asserted) by any jurisdiction on any additional amounts or indemnities payable under this Section 5.4, imposed on or paid by such Lender or such Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (including penalties, additions to tax, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto; provided that if any claim pursuant to this Section 5.4(e)(i) is made later than 180 days after the date on which the relevant Lender or Agent had actual knowledge of the relevant Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes, then the Credit Parties shall not be required to indemnify the applicable Lender or Agent for any penalties which accrue in respect of such Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes after the 180th day. This indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the date such Lender or such Agent (as the case may be) makes written demand therefor.

 

(ii)           Each Lender shall, and does hereby, severally indemnify, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, (x) the Administrative Agent against any Non-Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Credit Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Non-Excluded Taxes and without limiting the obligation of Credit Parties to do so), (y) the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties, as applicable, against any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 13.6(d)(ii) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties, as applicable, against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or the Credit Parties in connection with any Credit Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Credit Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii).

 

(d)           Each Lender shall, at such times as are reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, provide the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with any documentation prescribed by any Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (A) as will permit such payments to be made without, or at a reduced rate of, withholding or (B) as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Each such Lender shall, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders such documentation obsolete, expired or inaccurate in any material respect, deliver promptly to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent updated or other appropriate documentation (including any new documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to do so. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 5.4(d)(i), 5.4(e) and 5.4(g) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender. Without limiting the foregoing to the extent permitted by law, each Lender that is not a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “Non-U.S. Lender”) shall:

 

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(i)            deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) two originals of either (w) 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 or W-8BEN-E (together with a certificate representing that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(A) 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) substantially in the form of Exhibit L (a “United States Tax Compliance Certificate”)), (x) United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or Form W-8ECI, (y) to the extent a Non-U.S. Lender is not the Beneficial Owner (for example, where the Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership or a participating Lender), United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor forms) of the Non-U.S. Lender, accompanied by a Form W-8ECI, W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, United States Tax Compliance Certificate, Form W-9, Form W-8IMY or any other required information from each Beneficial Owner, as applicable (provided that, if one or more Beneficial Owners are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, the United States Tax Compliance Certificate may be provided by such Non-U.S. Lender on behalf of such Beneficial Owner), or (z) two properly completed and duly signed original copies of any other form prescribed by applicable U.S. federal income Tax laws (including the United States Treasury Regulations) as a basis for claiming a complete exemption from, or a reduction in, U.S. federal withholding Tax on any payments to such Lender under the Credit Documents, 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; and

 

(ii)           deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two further originals of any such form or certification (or any applicable successor form) on or before the date that any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate and promptly after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by it to the Borrower;

 

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. Each Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered form or certification to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent.

 

(e)            If a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement or any other Credit Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Withholding Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent as may be necessary for the Withholding Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 5.4(e), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

(f)            No Credit Party shall be required to indemnify any Lender or Agent pursuant to Section 5.4(c), or to pay any additional amounts to any Lender or Agent pursuant to Section 5.4(a) in respect of (i) U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under any law in effect on the date such Lender acquired its interest in the applicable Loan, Commitment or Letter of Credit or changed its lending office; provided, however, that this Section 5.4(f) shall not apply to the extent that (x) the indemnity payments or additional amounts any Lender would be entitled to receive (without regard to this clause (i)) do not exceed the indemnity payment or additional amounts that the person making the assignment or change in lending office would have been entitled to receive immediately prior to such assignment or change in lending office, or (y) such assignment had been requested by a Credit Party or (ii) Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 5.4(d), 5.4(e) or 5.4(g).

 

(g)           Each Lender that is organized in the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia shall (A) on or prior to the date such Lender becomes a Lender hereunder, (B) on or prior to the date on which any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, (C) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certification previously delivered by it pursuant to this Section 5.4(g) and (D) from time to time if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a participant, the relevant Lender), provide the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or, in the case of a participant, the relevant Lender) with two duly completed and signed originals of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (certifying that such Lender is entitled to an exemption from U.S. backup withholding tax) or any successor form.

 

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(h)           If any Lender or the Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of a Non-Excluded Tax or Other Taxes for which a payment has been made by a Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement, which refund in the good-faith judgment of such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, is attributable to such payment made by such Credit Party, then such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall reimburse the Credit Party for such amount (together with any interest received thereon) as such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, reasonably determines to be the proportion of the refund as will leave it, after such reimbursement, in no better or worse position than it would have been in if the payment had not been required; provided that the Credit Party, upon the request of such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Credit Party (with interest and penalties) in the event such Lender or the Administrative Agent is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Neither any Lender nor the Administrative Agent shall be obliged to disclose any information regarding its tax affairs or computations to any Credit Party in connection with this paragraph (h) or any other provision of this Section 5.4; provided, further, that nothing in this Section 5.4 shall obligate any Lender (or Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to apply for any refund.

 

(i)            For purpose of this Section 5.4, the term “Lender” shall include any Swingline Lender and any Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

5.5           Computations of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest and of fees shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days and, in the case of ABR Loans, 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, in each case for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last) occurring in the period for which such interest and fees are payable.

 

5.6           Limit on Rate of Interest.

 

(a)           No Payment Shall Exceed Lawful Rate. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be obliged to pay any interest or other amounts under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document in excess of the amount or rate permitted under or consistent with any Applicable Law.

 

(b)           Payment at Highest Lawful Rate. If the Borrower is not obliged to make a payment which it would otherwise be required to make, as a result of Section 5.6(a), the Borrower shall make such payment to the maximum extent permitted by or consistent with Applicable Law.

 

(c)           Adjustment if Any Payment Exceeds Lawful Rate. If any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents would obligate the Borrower to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to any Lender in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by any Applicable Law, or would result in receipt by an Agent or Lender of interest at a rate prohibited by any Applicable Law, then notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by Applicable Law (in the case of the Borrower), such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, as follows:

 

(i)            firstly, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid by the Borrower to the affected Lender under Section 2.8; and

 

(ii)           thereafter, by reducing any fees, commissions, premiums and other amounts required to be paid by the Borrower to the affected Lender.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, and after giving pro forma effect to all adjustments contemplated thereby, if any Lender shall have received from the Borrower an amount in excess of the maximum permitted by any Applicable Law, then the Borrower shall be entitled, by notice in writing to the Administrative Agent, to obtain reimbursement from such Lender in an amount equal to such excess, and pending such reimbursement, such amount shall be deemed to be an amount payable by such Lender to the Borrower.

 

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SECTION 6.        Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Event. The occurrence of the initial Credit Event is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

 

6.1           Credit Documents. The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by an Authorized Officer of the signing Credit Party:

 

(a)           this Agreement, executed and delivered by (i) an Authorized Officer of each of Holdings, the Borrower and each Person that is a Co-Obligor on the Closing Date, (ii) each Agent, (iii) each Lender, (iv) the Swingline Lender and (v) each Letter of Credit Issuer;

 

(b)           the Guarantee, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of each Person that is a Guarantor as of the Closing Date;

 

(c)           the Security Agreement, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and each other grantor party thereto as of the Closing Date;

 

(d)           the Pledge Agreement, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and each other pledgor party thereto; and

 

(e)           such certificates of good standing (to the extent such concept exists) from the applicable secretary of state or other relevant Governmental Authority of the jurisdiction of organization of each Credit Party.

 

6.2           Collateral.

 

(a)           All Capital Stock of the Borrower and all Capital Stock of each wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower directly owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case as of the Closing Date, shall have been pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement (except that such Credit Parties shall not be required to pledge any Excluded Capital Stock) and the Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates, if any, (except as permitted by Section 9.17) representing such securities pledged under the Pledge Agreement, accompanied by instruments of transfer and undated stock powers endorsed in blank.

 

(b)           (i) Except with respect to intercompany Indebtedness, all evidences of Indebtedness for borrowed money in a principal amount in excess of $10,000,000 (individually) that is owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be evidenced by a promissory note and shall have been pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and the Collateral Agent shall have received all such promissory notes, together with undated instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank.

 

(ii)           All Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary on the Closing Date that is owing to any Credit Party shall be evidenced by the Intercompany Note, which shall be executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary on the Closing Date and shall have been pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and the Collateral Agent shall have received such Intercompany Note, together with undated instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; provided, however, that, if the Intercompany Note cannot be delivered to the Collateral Agent on or prior to the Closing Date notwithstanding the Borrower’s use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so, delivery thereof shall not be a condition to closing, and in such case the Borrower agrees to deliver same to the Collateral Agent not later than 90 days following the Closing Date (or such later date as the Collateral Agent shall agree in its discretion).

 

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(c)           All documents and instruments, including UCC or other applicable personal property security financing statements and Intellectual Property Security Agreements (as defined in the Security Agreement), required by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents on the Collateral owned by the Borrower and the Guarantors and perfect such Liens in the United States to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent in appropriate form for filing, registration or recording under the UCC and with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable.

 

(d)          The Collateral Agent shall have received a completed Perfection Certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated thereby.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, to the extent any security interest in any Collateral is not or cannot be provided and/or perfected on the Closing Date (other than the pledge and perfection of the security interests (i) in the certificated Capital Stock, if any, of the Borrower and any wholly owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary (to the extent required by Section 6.2(a)) and (ii) in other assets pursuant to which a security interest may be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the UCC) after the Borrower’s use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so or without undue burden or expense, then the provision and/or perfection of a security interest in such Collateral shall not constitute a condition to the initial Credit Event to occur on the Closing Date and the Borrower agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered such documents and instruments, and take or cause to be taken such other actions as may be required to provide and/or perfect such security interests, with respect to any certificated Capital Stock of the Target or any wholly owned material U.S. restricted subsidiary of the Target not delivered on the Closing Date, on or prior to the date that is 5 Business Days after the Closing date, and with respect to any other such Collateral, on or prior to the date that is 90 days after the Closing Date or, in each case, such longer period of time as may be mutually agreed by the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, each acting reasonably.

 

6.3           Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the executed legal opinions of (i) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel to Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) Davis & Kuelthau, s.c., Wisconsin counsel to Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

6.4           Structure and Terms of the Transaction; No Material Adverse Effect.

 

(a)          The Merger shall have been consummated, or shall be consummated substantially simultaneously with, the initial Credit Event hereunder to occur on the Closing Date, in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, after giving effect to any modifications, amendments, supplements, consents, waivers or requests, other than those modifications, amendments, supplements, consents, waivers or requests (including the effects of any such requests) by Polaris Parent (and/or its affiliates) that are materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders or the Joint Bookrunners, unless consented to in writing by the Joint Bookrunners (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

(b)          The Equity Contribution shall have been made, or shall be made substantially simultaneously with, the initial Credit Event hereunder to occur on the Closing Date, in at least the amount set forth in the third recital to this Agreement.

 

(c)          The Existing Debt Refinancing shall have been consummated, or shall be consummated substantially simultaneously with, the initial Credit Event hereunder to occur on the Closing Date.

 

(d)          Since the date of the Merger Agreement, no Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement) shall have occurred.

 

6.5          Closing Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of each Person that is a Credit Party as of the Closing Date, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit F, with appropriate insertions, executed by two Authorized Officers (only one of which may be the Secretary or Assistant Secretary) of such Credit Party, and attaching the documents referred to in Sections 6.6 and 6.7.

 

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6.6           Corporate Proceedings. The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of the resolutions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the Board of Directors or other governing body, as applicable, of each Person that is a Credit Party as of the Closing Date (or a duly authorized committee thereof) authorizing (a) the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents (and any agreements relating thereto) to which it is a party and (b) in the case of the Borrower, the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder.

 

6.7           Corporate Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received true and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of each Person that is a Credit Party as of the Closing Date.

 

6.8           Solvency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the chief financial officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit K.

 

6.9           Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent and the Joint Bookrunners shall have received the Historical Financial Statements and the Pro Forma Financial Statements.

 

6.10         PATRIOT ACT. The Administrative Agent and the Joint Bookrunners shall have received, at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation and other information about the Borrower and the Guarantors that shall have been reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Joint Bookrunners in writing at least 10 Business Days prior to the Closing Date and that the Administrative Agent and the Joint Bookrunners reasonably determine is required by United States regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the PATRIOT ACT.

 

6.11         Fees and Expenses. All fees required to be paid on the Closing Date pursuant to the Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be paid on the Closing Date pursuant to the Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter, with respect to expenses to the extent invoiced at least three business days prior to the Closing Date, shall, upon the initial borrowings under the Credit Facilities, have been, or will be substantially simultaneously, paid.

 

6.12         Specified Representations. The Specified Representations and the Specified Merger Agreement Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date (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, with respect to the Specified Representations made on the Closing Date, to the extent that such representations are qualified by “Material Adverse Effect”, the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” applicable to such qualifications shall be the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” set forth in the Merger Agreement and not the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” set forth in this Agreement.

 

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.3, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 6, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

 

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SECTION 7.       Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events.

 

7.1           No Default; Representations and Warranties. The agreement of each Lender to make any Loan requested to be made by it on any date (excluding Mandatory Borrowings and Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(ii) or pursuant to Section 3.4(a) which shall each be made without regard to the satisfaction of the condition set forth in this Section 7 and excluding borrowings made pursuant to Section 2.14, Section 2.15 and/or Section 2.17, which may be subject to different conditions precedent and representations, but only if so agreed by the Borrower and the applicable Lenders) and the obligation of the Letter of Credit Issuer to issue, amend, extend or renew Letters of Credit on any date is subject to the satisfaction of the condition precedent that at the time of each such Credit Event and also after giving effect thereto (a) except in the case of the initial Credit Event to occur on the Closing Date, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of and after giving effect to such Credit Event and (b) except in the case of the initial Credit Event to occur on the Closing Date, all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such Credit Event (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, and except where such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects). The acceptance of the benefits of each such Credit Event shall constitute a representation and warranty by each Credit Party to each of the Lenders that the conditions contained in this Section 7.1 have been met as of such date.

 

7.2           Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request.

 

(a)           Prior to the making of each Term Loan, each Revolving Credit Loan (other than any Revolving Credit Loan made pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(ii) or pursuant to Section 3.4(a)), each Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loan and each Extended Revolving Credit Loan and each Swingline Loan, the Administrative Agent shall have received a written Notice of Borrowing meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.

 

(b)           Prior to the issuance of each Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a Letter of Credit Request meeting the requirements of Section 3.2(a).

 

SECTION 8.        Representations, Warranties and Agreements. In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement, make the Loans and issue, renew, amend, extend or participate in Letters of Credit as provided for herein, each of Holdings (solely with respect to the representations and warranties applicable to it) and the Borrower makes the following representations and warranties to, and agreements with, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer, all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of the Loans and the issuance, renewal, amendment or extension of the Letters of Credit:

 

8.1           Corporate Status. Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary (a) is a duly organized and validly existing corporation or other entity and, to the extent such concept is applicable in the corresponding jurisdiction, is 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 is required to be so qualified, except, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.2           Corporate Power and Authority; Enforceability. 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 each Credit Document to which it is a party and each such Credit Document constitutes 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, 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). Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries (a) is in compliance with all Applicable Laws and (b) has all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to operate its business as currently conducted except, in each case to the extent that failure to be in compliance therewith or to have all such licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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8.3           No Violation. 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 hereof and thereof will not (a) contravene any material applicable provision of any material Applicable Law of any Governmental Authority, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or give rise to any right to accelerate or to require the prepayment, repurchase or redemption of any obligation 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 of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents) pursuant to, the terms of any indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage or deed of trust or any other Contractual Obligation to which Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which they or any of their property or assets is bound, except, in the case of either of clause (a) or (b), to the extent that any such conflict, breach, contravention, default, creation or imposition would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (c) violate any provision of the Organizational Documents of Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

8.4           Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 8.4, there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings (including Environmental Claims) pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened, in either case with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that (a) involve any of the Credit Documents or (b) would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.5           Margin Regulations. Neither the making of any Loan hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate the provisions of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board.

 

8.6           Governmental Approvals. No order, consent, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, any Governmental Authority is required to authorize or is required in connection with (a) the execution, delivery and performance of any Credit Document or (b) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any Credit Document, except, in the case of either clause (a) or (b), (i) such orders, consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations, validations, filings, recordings, registrations or exemptions as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings and recordings in respect of Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents and (iii) such orders, consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations, validations, filings, recordings, registrations or exemptions to the extent that failure to so receive would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.7           Investment Company Act. None of the Credit Parties is an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

8.8          True and Complete Disclosure.

 

(a)           None of the written factual information or written factual data (taken as a whole) heretofore or contemporaneously furnished by Holdings, the Borrower, any of its respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective authorized representatives in writing to any Agent or any Lender on or before the Closing Date (including all such information contained in the Confidential Information Memorandum (and all information incorporated by reference therein) and in the Credit Documents) for purposes of, or in connection with, this Agreement or any transaction contemplated herein contained any untrue statement of material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make such information and data (taken as a whole) not materially misleading at such time (after giving effect to all supplements so furnished from time to time) in light of the circumstances under which such information or data was furnished; it being understood and agreed that for purposes of this Section 8.8(a), such factual information and data shall not include projections (including financial estimates, forecasts and other forward-looking information), pro forma financial information or information of a general economic or industry specific nature.

 

(b)          The projections contained in the information and data referred to in Section 8.8(a) were prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by Holdings and the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made; it being recognized by the Agents and the Lenders that such projections are as to future events and are not to be viewed as facts, the projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, that no assurance can be given that any particular projections will be realized and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material.

 

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8.9           Financial Statements.

 

(a)       The Historical Financial Statements present fairly in all material respects the financial position and results of operations of the Target (or the predecessor thereto) and its consolidated Subsidiaries at the respective dates of such information and for the respective periods covered thereby and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, except to the extent provided in the notes thereto, and subject, in the case of the unaudited financial information, to changes resulting from audit, normal year-end audit adjustments and to the absence of footnotes and the inclusion of any explanatory note.

 

(b)       The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the MPH LLC and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2016 (including any notes thereto) (the “Pro Forma Balance Sheet”) and the unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of income of MPH LLC and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the 12-month period ending on March 31, 2016 (together with the Pro Forma Balance Sheet, the “Pro Forma Financial Statements”), copies of which have heretofore been furnished to the Administrative Agent, has been prepared giving pro forma effect (as if such events had occurred on such date or the beginning of such period, as the case may be) to the consummation of all of the Transactions. The Pro Forma Financial Statements have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent, and, subject to the qualifications and limitations contained in the notes attached thereto, present fairly in all material respects on a pro forma basis, the estimated financial position of MPH LLC and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at March 31, 2016 and their estimated results of operations for the periods covered thereby, assuming that the events specified in the preceding sentence had actually occurred at such date or at the beginning of the periods covered thereby.

 

Each Lender and each Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may be required to restate the Historical Financial Statements as the result of the implementation of changes in GAAP or the interpretation thereof, and that such restatements will not result in a Default under the Credit Documents under Section 11.2 (including any effect on any conditions required to be satisfied on the Closing Date) to the extent that the restatements do not reveal any material omission, misstatement or other material inaccuracy in the reported information from actual results for any relevant prior period.

 

8.10       Tax Returns and Payments, Etc. (a) Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries have filed all U.S. federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns, domestic and foreign, required to be filed by them and have 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 for which adequate reserves have been established on the applicable financial statements in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction and (b) each of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries have paid, or have provided adequate reserves (in the good-faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction for the payment of, all material U.S. federal, state, and foreign income taxes applicable for all prior fiscal years and for the current fiscal year to the Closing Date, except in the case of either of clauses (a) or (b), to the extent that the failure to be in compliance therewith would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.11       Compliance with ERISA. Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) each Pension Plan is in compliance with ERISA, the Code and any Applicable Law; (b) no Reportable Event has occurred (or is reasonably likely to occur); (c) no Multiemployer Plan is “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA (or is reasonably likely to be insolvent), and no written notice of any such insolvency has been given to any of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate; (d) none of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has failed to make a required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan, whether or not waived (or is reasonably likely to fail to make such required contribution); (e) no Pension Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at-risk” status within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA and no Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, in “endangered or critical status” within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (f) none of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred (or is reasonably likely to incur) any liability to or on account of a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, as applicable, 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 Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (g) no proceedings by the PBGC have been instituted (or are reasonably likely to be instituted) to terminate or to reorganize any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, and no written notice of any such proceedings has been given to any of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate; (h) the conditions for imposition of a Lien that could be imposed under the Code or ERISA on the assets of any of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to a Pension Plan do not exist (or are not reasonably likely to exist) nor has the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate been notified in writing that such a lien will be imposed on the assets of any of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate on account of any Pension Plan; and (i) each Foreign Plan is in compliance with Applicable Laws (including funding requirements under such Applicable Laws), and no proceedings have been instituted to terminate any Foreign Plan which would reasonably be expected to give rise to liability for the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary. No Pension Plan has an Unfunded Current Liability that would, individually or when taken together with any other liabilities incurred or reasonably likely to be incurred by the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate as referenced in this Section 8.11, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. With respect to Multiemployer Plans, the representations and warranties in this Section 8.11, other than any made with respect to (i) liability under Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA, (ii) any contribution required to be made, or (iii) liability for termination of any such Multiemployer Plan under ERISA, are made to the best knowledge of the Borrower.

 

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8.12       Subsidiaries. On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, Holdings does not have any Subsidiaries other than the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 8.12. Schedule 8.12 sets forth, as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, the name and the jurisdiction of organization of each Subsidiary and, as to each Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by any Credit Party and the designation of such Subsidiary as a Guarantor, a Restricted Subsidiary, an Unrestricted Subsidiary, a Specified Subsidiary or an Immaterial Subsidiary. The Borrower does not own or hold, directly or indirectly, any Capital Stock of any Person other than such Subsidiaries and Investments permitted by Section 10.5.

 

8.13       Intellectual Property. Each of the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries owns, has good and marketable title to, or has a valid license or otherwise has the right to use, all Intellectual Property, that is necessary for, or otherwise used or held for use in, the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens permitted by Section 10.2), except where the failure to own, or have any such title, license or rights would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) to the Borrower’s knowledge, the operation of the businesses conducted by each of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and the Intellectual Property now employed by any of the Credit Parties does not infringe upon, misappropriate, or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property rights owned by any other Person, and (ii) no material written claim has been received by the Borrower, or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, and no litigation regarding the foregoing is pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened in writing, in either case against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

8.14       Environmental Laws.

 

(a)          Except as would not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance with all Environmental Laws (including having obtained and complied with all permits required under Environmental Laws for their current operations); (ii) to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, there are no facts, circumstances or conditions arising out of or relating to the operations of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any currently or formerly owned, operated or leased Real Property that would reasonably be expected to result in Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries incurring liability under any Environmental Law; (iii) none of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has become subject to any pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened Environmental Claim or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, any other liability under any Environmental Law.

 

(b)           None of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has treated, stored, transported or Released Hazardous Materials at or from any currently or formerly owned, operated or leased Real Property in a manner that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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8.15       Properties, Assets and Rights.

 

(a)         As of the Closing Date and as of the date of each Credit Event thereafter, the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to, valid leasehold interest in, or easements, licenses or other limited property interests in, all properties (other than Intellectual Property) that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, except where the failure to have such good title or interest in such property would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of such properties and assets is subject to any Lien, except for Liens permitted under Section 10.2.

 

(b)         Set forth on Schedule 8.15 hereto is a complete and accurate list of all Real Property owned in fee by the Credit Parties on the Closing Date, showing as of the Closing Date the street address, county or other relevant jurisdiction, state and record owner thereof.

 

(c)         All permits required to have been issued or appropriate to enable all Real Property of the Credit Parties to be lawfully occupied and used for all of the purposes for which they are currently occupied and used have been lawfully issued and are in full force and effect, other than those permits the failure of which to be issued or to so enable lawful occupation and use would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.16       Solvency. On the Closing Date after giving pro forma effect to the Transactions, the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis are Solvent.

 

8.17       Material Adverse Change. Since the Closing Date, there have been no events or developments that have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.18       Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of (a) the Initial Term Loans and the Initial Revolving Borrowing Amount shall be used on (i) the Closing Date, together with the proceeds from the issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes, cash on hand at the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the proceeds from the Equity Contribution to pay the Merger Consideration, the Existing Debt Refinancing and/or the Transaction Expenses and (ii) to the extent any proceeds remain after the application described in clause (i), will be used on and after the Closing Date for other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) Revolving Credit Loans available under any Revolving Credit Facility, together with the proceeds of the Swingline Loans and the Letters of Credit, will be used for working capital requirements and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the financing of acquisitions, other Investments and Restricted Payments and other distributions on account of the Capital Stock of the Borrower (or any Parent Entity thereof), in each case permitted hereunder, and any other use not prohibited hereby.

 

8.19      FCPA.

 

(a)         The Borrower and each other Credit Party and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), except to the extent that the failure to be in compliance would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)          None of the Borrower or any other Credit Party will use the proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Person for the purposes of any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the FCPA.

 

8.20        Sanctioned Persons.

 

(a)           None of the Borrower, any other Credit Party or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries is currently the target of any U.S. sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) of the U.S. Treasury Department or the U.S. Department of State.

 

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(b)          None of the Borrower or any other Credit Party will use the proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Person for use in any manner that will result in a violation by any Lender of any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State.

 

8.21        PATRIOT ACT. Except to the extent as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any other Credit Party is in violation of any Applicable Laws relating to money laundering, including the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “PATRIOT ACT”).

 

8.22        Labor Matters. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes against any of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing and (b) none of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries have been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other Applicable Laws dealing with wage and hour matters.

 

8.23         Subordination of Junior Financing. The Obligations are “Designated Senior Debt” (if applicable), “Senior Debt”, “Senior Indebtedness”, “Guarantor Senior Debt” or “Senior Secured Financing” (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in, any indenture or document governing any Junior Debt.

 

8.24         No Default. As of the date of any Credit Event after the Closing Date, no Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

SECTION 9.     Affirmative Covenants. The Borrower (and, in the case of Section 9.14, Holdings) hereby covenants and agrees that, on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Total Commitment and all Letters of Credit have terminated (unless such Letters of Credit have been Cash Collateralized on the terms and conditions set forth in Section 3.8) and the Loans and Unpaid Drawings, together with interest, fees and all other Obligations Incurred hereunder (other than Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements and contingent indemnification obligations and other contingent obligations not then due and payable), are paid in full:

 

9.1          Information Covenants. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender:

 

(a)       Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event on or before the date that is 90 days after the end of each fiscal year (or, in the case of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, the date that is 120 days after the end of such fiscal year), the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries and, if different, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statement of income and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the preceding fiscal year (or, in lieu of such audited financial statements of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, a detailed reconciliation, reflecting such financial information for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, on the other hand), all in reasonable detail and prepared in all material respects in accordance with GAAP (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements) and, except with respect to such reconciliation, reported on by independent registered public accountants of recognized national standing with an unmodified report by such independent registered public accountants without an emphasis of matter paragraph related to going concern as defined by Statement on Accounting Standards AU-C Section 570 “The Auditor’s Consideration of an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” (or any similar statement under any amended or successor rule as may be adopted by the Auditing Standards Board from time to time) (other than solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, an upcoming maturity date of any Indebtedness under the Credit Documents, including pursuant to Sections 2.14 and 2.15, Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(k), Section 10.1(s) and Section 10.1(u), the Senior Unsecured Notes, any Term Loan Exchange Notes, and/or any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, Permitted Additional Debt or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) any such Indebtedness), and, for the avoidance of doubt, without modification as to the scope of audit, together in any event with a certificate of such accounting firm stating that in the course of its regular audit of the business of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, which audit was conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, such accounting firm has obtained no knowledge of any Event of Default relating to the Financial Performance Covenant that has occurred and is continuing or, if in the opinion of such accounting firm such an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in this Section 9.1 (a) may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries by furnishing (A) the applicable financial statements of Holdings (or any Parent Entity of Holdings) or (B) the Borrower’s or Holdings’ (or any Parent Entity thereof), as applicable, Form 10-K filed with the SEC or (C) following an election by the Borrower pursuant to the definition of “GAAP”, the applicable financial statements shall be determined in accordance with IFRS; provided that, with respect to each of clauses (A) and (B), (i) to the extent such information relates to Holdings (or such Parent Entity), such information is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to Holdings (or such Parent Entity), on the one hand, and the information relating to the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand and (ii) to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under the first sentence of this Section 9.1(a), such materials shall be reported on by an independent registered public accounting firm of recognized national standing, with an unmodified report by such independent registered public accountants without an emphasis of matter paragraph related to going concern as defined by Statement on Accounting Standards AU-C Section 570 “The Auditor’s Consideration of an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” (or any similar statement under any amended or successor rule as may be adopted by the Auditing Standards Board from time to time) (other than solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, an upcoming maturity date of any Indebtedness under the Credit Documents, including pursuant to Sections 2.14 and 2.15, Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(k), Section 10.1(s) and Section 10.1(u), the Senior Unsecured Notes, any Term Loan Exchange Notes and/or any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, Permitted Additional Debt or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) any such Indebtedness) (it being understood that there shall be no obligation to audit any such consolidating information), and, for the avoidance of doubt, without modification as to the scope of audit.

 

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(b)       Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event on or before the date that is 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly accounting periods in each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, in the case of each of the quarters ending June 30, 2016, September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2017, the date that is 60 days after the end of such quarter), the consolidated, condensed balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries and, if different, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case as at the end of such quarterly period and the related consolidated, condensed statement of income for such quarterly accounting period and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and the related consolidated, condensed statement of cash flows for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and setting forth comparative consolidated, condensed figures for the related periods in the prior fiscal year or, in the case of such consolidated, condensed balance sheet, for the last day of the prior fiscal year (or in lieu of such financial statements of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, a detailed reconciliation, reflecting such financial information for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on the other hand), all in reasonable detail and all of which shall be certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, members’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries (and, if applicable, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) in all material respects accordance with GAAP (except as disclosed in such financing statements), subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end audit adjustments and to the absence of footnotes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in this Section 9.1(b) may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries by furnishing (A) the applicable financial statements of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof) or (B) the Borrower’s or Holdings’ (or any Parent Entity thereof), as applicable, Form 10-Q filed with the SEC or (C) following an election by the Borrower pursuant to the definition of “GAAP”, the applicable financial statements shall be determined in accordance with IFRS; provided that, with respect to each of clauses (A) and (B), to the extent such information relates to Holdings (or any such Parent Entity), such information is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to Holdings (or such Parent Entity), on the one hand, and the information relating to the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand.

 

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(c)        Budget. No later than five Business Days following the delivery by the Borrower of the financial statements required under Section 9.1(a), beginning at the time of the delivery of the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, a detailed quarterly budget of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in reasonable detail for the current fiscal year as customarily prepared by management of the Borrower for its internal use (but including, in any event, only a projected consolidated, condensed statement of income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the current fiscal year and not a projected consolidated balance sheet or statement of projected cash flow) and setting forth the principal assumptions upon which such budget is based (provided that no such budgets shall be required to be delivered for the fiscal year which began January 1, 2016). It is understood and agreed that any financial or business projections furnished by any Credit Party (i)(A) are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, which may be beyond the control of the Credit Parties, (B) no assurance is given by the Credit Parties that the results or forecast in any such projections will be realized and (C) the actual results may differ from the forecast results set forth in such projections and such differences may be material and (ii) are not a guarantee of performance.

 

(d)        Officer’s Certificates. No later than five Business Days following the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Sections 9.1(a) and 9.1(b), a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the effect that no Default or Event of Default exists or, if any Default or Event of Default does exist, specifying the nature and extent thereof, which certificate shall set forth (i) during any fiscal quarter during which the Financial Performance Covenant is applicable, the calculations required to establish whether the Borrower was in compliance with the provisions of the Financial Performance Covenant as at the end of such fiscal year or period, as the case may be, beginning with the fiscal period ending December 31, 2016, if required, (ii) a specification of any change in the identity of the Guarantors, the Restricted Subsidiaries, the Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the Specified Subsidiaries, the Immaterial Subsidiaries and the Foreign Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year or period, as the case may be, from the Guarantors, Restricted Subsidiaries, the Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the Specified Subsidiaries, the Immaterial Subsidiaries and the Foreign Subsidiaries, respectively, provided to the Lenders on the Closing Date or the most recent fiscal year or period, as the case may be, and (iii) the then applicable Applicable Margins and Commitment Fee Rate. At the time of the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Section 9.1(a) beginning with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, the Available Amount and the Available Equity Amount as at the end of the fiscal year to which such financial statements relate.

 

(e)          Notice of Certain Events. Promptly after an Authorized Officer of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, notice of the occurrence of (i) 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 Holdings or the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto, and (ii) any litigation or governmental proceeding pending against Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(f)          Other Information. (i) Promptly upon filing thereof, (x) copies of any annual, quarterly and other regular, material periodic and special reports (including on Form 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K) and registration statements which Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary files with the SEC or any analogous Governmental Authority in any relevant jurisdiction (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it becomes effective, is delivered to the Administrative Agent for further delivery to the Lenders), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statements on Form S-8 and other than any filing filed confidentiality with the SEC or any analogous Governmental Authority in any relevant jurisdiction) and (y) copies of all financial statements, proxy statements and material reports that Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall send to the holders of any publicly issued debt of Holdings, the Borrower and/or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in their capacity as such holders (in each case to the extent not theretofore delivered to the Administrative Agent for further delivery to the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement) and (ii) with reasonable promptness, but subject to the limitations set forth in the last sentence of Section 9.2 and Section 13.16, 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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Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 9.1(a), 9.1(b) and 9.1(f)(i) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 13.2 or (ii) on which such documents are transmitted by electronic mail to the Administrative Agent; provided that: (A) upon written request by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent and (B) the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies of the certificates required by Section 9.1(d) to the Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents.

 

9.2         Books, Records and Inspections. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted 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 Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders to visit and inspect any of its properties (to the extent it is within such Person’s control to permit such inspection), to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the reasonable expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower (and subject, in the case of any such meetings or advice from such independent accountants, to such accountants’ customary policies and procedures); provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise rights of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders under this Section 9.2, and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than once during any calendar year absent the existence of an Event of Default at the Borrower’s expense; and provided, further, that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice. The Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrower’s independent public accountants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.1 or this Section 9.2, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to any Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by Applicable Law or any binding agreement or (iii) that is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product.

 

9.3         Maintenance of Insurance.

 

(a)          The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, at all times maintain in full force and effect, with insurance companies that the Borrower believes (in the good-faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) are financially sound and responsible at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance in at least such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance which the Borrower believes (in the good-faith judgment of management of the Borrower) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business) 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 by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; 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. The Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall be the additional insured on any such liability insurance and the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall be the additional loss payee or additional mortgagee under any such casualty or property insurance, except in each case as the Collateral Agent and the Borrower may otherwise agree.

 

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(b)         If any buildings or improvements comprising of any Mortgaged Property are at any time located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a special flood hazard area with respect to which flood insurance has been made available under the Flood Insurance Laws, then the Borrower shall, or shall cause the applicable Credit Parties to, solely to the extent required by Applicable Law, (i) maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer (determined at the time such insurance is obtained or renewed), flood insurance in an amount and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Flood Insurance Laws and (ii) deliver to the Collateral Agent evidence of such compliance in form reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent.

 

9.4         Payment of Taxes. The Borrower will pay and discharge, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which such payments become overdue, and all lawful material claims in respect of taxes imposed, assessed or levied that, if unpaid, would reasonably be expected to become a material Lien upon any properties of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that none of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim that is being diligently contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves (in the good-faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction.

 

9.5         Consolidated Corporate Franchises. The Borrower will do, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, corporate rights, privileges and authority, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate any transaction permitted under Section 10.3, 10.4 or 10.5.

 

9.6         Compliance with Statutes. The Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to (a) comply with all Applicable Laws, rules, regulations and orders applicable to it or its property, including, without limitation, (i) the FCPA, (ii) applicable Sanctions and (iii) the PATRIOT ACT, and (b) maintain in effect all governmental approvals or authorizations required to conduct its business, except in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

9.7          ERISA. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know of the occurrence of any of the following events that, individually or in the aggregate (including in the aggregate such events previously disclosed or exempt from disclosure hereunder, to the extent the liability therefor remains outstanding), would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer or any other senior officer of the Borrower setting forth details as to such occurrence and the action, if any, that the Borrower, such Restricted 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 the Borrower, such Restricted Subsidiary, such ERISA Affiliate, the PBGC, or a Multiemployer Plan administrator (provided that if such notice is given by the Multiemployer Plan administrator, it is given to any of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliates thereof): (a) that a Reportable Event has occurred; (b) that there has been a failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA or an application is to be made to the Secretary of the Treasury for a waiver or modification of the minimum funding standard (including any required installment payments) or an extension of any amortization period under Section 412 of the Code with respect to a Pension Plan; (c) that a Pension Plan having an Unfunded Current Liability has been or is to be terminated under Title IV of ERISA (including the giving of written notice thereof); (d) that a Pension Plan has an Unfunded Current Liability that has or will result in a Lien under ERISA or the Code on the assets of any of Holdings, the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate; (e) that proceedings will be or have been instituted by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan having an Unfunded Current Liability (including the giving of written notice thereof); (f) that a proceeding has been instituted against the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary thereof or an ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 515 of ERISA to collect a delinquent contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (g) that the PBGC has notified the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate of its intention to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan; (h) that the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate has failed to make any required contribution or payment to a Multiemployer Plan; (i) that a determination has been made that any Pension Plan is in “at-risk” status within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA or any Multiemployer Plan is in “endangered or critical status” within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (j) that the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred (or has been notified in writing by a Multiemployer Plan administrator that it will incur) any liability (including any contingent or secondary liability) to or on account of a Pension Plan or Multiemployer 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; (k) that a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA; (l) that the termination of any Foreign Plan has occurred that gives rise to liability for Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; or (m) that any non-compliance with any funding requirements under Applicable Law for any Foreign Plan has occurred. Such certificate and notice shall be provided as soon as reasonably practicable after the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know of the occurrence of any such event.

 

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9.8         Good Repair. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, ensure that its properties and equipment used or useful in its business in whomsoever’s possession they may be to the extent that it is within the control of such party to cause same, are kept in good repair, working order and condition, normal wear and tear excepted, and that from time to time there are made in such properties and equipment all needful and proper repairs, renewals, replacements, extensions, additions, betterments and improvements thereto, to the extent and in the manner customary for companies in the industry in which the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries conduct business and consistent with third party leases, except in each case to the extent the failure to do so would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

9.9         End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters. The Borrower will, for financial reporting purposes, cause (a) each of its, and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries’, fiscal years to end on December 31 of each year and (b) each of its, and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries’, fiscal quarters to end on dates consistent with such fiscal year-end and the Borrower’s past practice; provided, however, that the Borrower may, upon written notice to, and consent by, the Administrative Agent, change the financial reporting convention specified above to any other financial reporting convention reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in which case the Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary in order to reflect such change in financial reporting.

 

9.10       Additional Guarantors, Grantors and Co-Obligors. Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Guarantee, the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement or any other Security Document, as applicable, the Borrower will cause (i) any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Closing Date (including pursuant to an Acquisition) and (ii) any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary, to promptly execute (A) a supplement to each of the Guarantee, the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement substantially in the form of Annex B, Exhibit 1 or Annex A, as applicable, to the respective agreement in order to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee, a grantor under the Security Agreement and a pledgor under the Pledge Agreement, (B) a counterpart signature page to the Intercompany Note, (C) a Joinder Agreement to this Agreement and (D) a joinder agreement or such comparable documentation to each other applicable Security Document, substantially in the form annexed thereto, and to take all actions required thereunder to perfect the Liens created thereunder.

 

9.11       Pledges of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness.

 

(a)          Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents, as applicable, the Borrower will pledge, and, if applicable, will cause each other Subsidiary Guarantor (or a Person required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.10) to pledge, to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (i) all the Capital Stock (other than any Excluded Capital Stock) of each Subsidiary owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor (or Person required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.10), in each case, formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Closing Date, pursuant to a supplement to the Pledge Agreement substantially in the form of Annex A thereto and (ii) except with respect to intercompany Indebtedness, all evidences of Indebtedness for borrowed money in a principal amount in excess of $10,000,000 (individually) that are owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor (or Person required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.10) (which shall be evidenced by a promissory note), in each case pursuant to a supplement to the Pledge Agreement substantially in the form of Annex A thereto.

 

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(b)          The Borrower agrees that all Indebtedness of the Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is owing to any Credit Party (or a Person required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.10) shall be evidenced by the Intercompany Note, which promissory note shall be required to be pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Pledge Agreement.

 

9.12        Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Initial Term Loans and the Initial Revolving Borrowing Amount shall be used (a) on the Closing Date, together with the proceeds from the issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes, cash on hand at the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the proceeds from the Equity Contribution to pay the Merger Consideration, the Existing Debt Refinancing and/or the Transaction Expenses and (b) to the extent any proceeds remain after the application described in clause (a), on and after the Closing Date for other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. The proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans available under any Revolving Credit Facility, together with the proceeds of the Swingline Loans and the Letters of Credit, will be used for working capital requirements and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the financing of acquisitions, other Investments and Restricted Payments and other distributions on account of the Capital Stock of the Borrower (or any Parent Entity thereof), in each case permitted hereunder, and any other use not prohibited hereby. The proceeds of any Incremental Term Loan Facility, the proceeds of any Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and the proceeds of any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, may be used for working capital requirements and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries including the financing of acquisitions, other Investments and Restricted Payments and other distributions on account of the Capital Stock of the Borrower (or any Parent Entity thereof), in each case permitted hereunder, and any other use not prohibited hereby.

 

9.13        Changes in Business. The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not fundamentally and substantively alter the character of their business, taken as a whole, from the business conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on the Closing Date and other similar, incidental, ancillary, supportive, complementary, synergetic or related businesses or reasonable extensions thereof (and non-core incidental businesses acquired in connection with any Acquisition or Investment or other immaterial businesses).

 

9.14        Further Assurances.

 

(a)           Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement and the Security Documents, Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each other Subsidiary Guarantor 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 and other similar documents), that may be required under any Applicable Law, or that the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders 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 Documents, all at the expense of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

(b)           Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents and in Sections 9.10 and 9.11, (i) if any Material Real Property is acquired by any Credit Party after the Closing Date or, (ii) if any Credit Party that becomes a Credit Party after the Closing Date owns any Material Real Property, the Borrower will notify the Collateral Agent (who shall thereafter notify the Lenders) thereof and will, within 90 days after the acquisition of such Material Real Property or within 90 days of the date on which the applicable Credit Party became a Credit Party, as applicable, (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion), cause such Material Real Property to be subjected to a Mortgage (provided, however, that, in the event any Material Real Property subject to a Mortgage under this Section is located in a jurisdiction that imposes mortgage recording taxes or any similar fees or charges, such Mortgage shall only secure an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of such Material Real Property) and will take, and cause the Subsidiary Guarantors to take, such other actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant and perfect a Lien on such Material Real Property consistent with the applicable requirements of the Security Documents, including actions described in Section 9.14(a) and Section 9.14(c), all at the expense of the Credit Parties.

 

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(c)          Any Mortgage delivered to the Collateral Agent in accordance with Sections 9.14(b) shall be accompanied by:

 

(i)           a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property (together with a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the Borrower) and with respect to each Mortgaged Property that is: (x) in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as being located in a special flood hazard area, and (y) contains “improved real estate” or a “mobile home” (as defined by the Flood Insurance Laws) within such special flood hazard area (a “Flood Hazard Property”) the Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent (i) Borrower’s written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification from the Collateral Agent as to the fact that such asset is a Flood Hazard Property and as to whether the community in which such Mortgaged Property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program and (ii) evidence of flood insurance in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent;

 

(ii)         a policy or policies of title insurance or a marked unconditional commitment or binder thereof issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring title to such Mortgaged Property is vested in such Credit Party for an amount not to exceed the Fair Market Value (determined at the time described in Section 9.14(b) above) and together with such endorsements as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and which are available at commercially reasonable rates in the jurisdiction where the applicable Mortgaged Property is located;

 

(iii)        unless the Collateral Agent shall have otherwise agreed, but only to the extent already prepared and otherwise available, either (A) a survey of the applicable Mortgaged Property for which all necessary fees (where applicable) have been paid (1) prepared by a surveyor reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, (2) dated or re-certificated not earlier than three months prior to the date of such delivery or such other date as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, (3) for Mortgaged Property situated in the United States, certified to the Collateral Agent and the title insurance company issuing the title insurance policy for such Mortgaged Property pursuant to clause (ii), which certification shall be reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and (4) for Mortgaged Property situated in the United States, complying with current “Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys,” jointly established and adopted by American Land Title Association, the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping and the National Society of Professional Surveyors (except for such deviations as are acceptable to the Collateral Agent) or (B) coverage under the title insurance policy or policies referred to in clause (ii) above that does not contain a general exception for survey matters and which contains survey-related endorsements reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent; and

 

(iv)         opinions of counsel to the Credit Party mortgagor with respect to the enforceability, due authorization, execution and delivery of the applicable Mortgages and any related fixture filings in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

 

(d)          Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Collateral Agent and the Borrower reasonably determine in writing that the time or cost of creating or perfecting any Lien on any property (including the time and cost required to obtain the flood insurance required under Section 9.14(c)(i)) is excessive in relation to the benefits afforded to the Lenders thereby, then such property may be excluded from the Collateral for all purposes of the Credit Documents.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Credit Parties shall not be required to take any actions outside the United States, to (i) create any security interest in assets titled or located outside the United States, or (ii) perfect or make enforceable any security interests in any Collateral.

 

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9.15       Designation of Subsidiaries. The Board of Directors of the Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that immediately before and after such designation, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Borrower’s Investment therein. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the Incurrence at the time of designation of any Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time. Upon any such designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary (but without duplication of any amount reducing such Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of “Investment” or the definition of “Available Amount”), the Borrower and/or the applicable Restricted Subsidiaries shall receive a credit against the applicable clause in Section 10.5 or Section 10.6 that was utilized for the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary for all Returns in respect of such Investment.

 

9.16       Maintenance of Ratings. The Borrower will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the public credit rating for the Initial Term Loan Facility issued by S&P and the public credit rating for the Initial Term Loan Facility issued by Moody’s, and the Borrower’s public corporate credit rating issued by S&P and public corporate credit rating issued by Moody’s to each be maintained (but not to obtain or maintain a specific rating).

 

9.17       Post-Closing Obligations. To the extent not executed and delivered on the Closing Date, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, execute and deliver the documents and complete the tasks set forth on Schedule 9.17, in each case within the time limits specified on such schedule (or such later time as the Administrative Agent shall agree in its reasonable discretion).

 

SECTION 10.      Negative Covenants. The Borrower (and, with respect to Section 10.9, Holdings) hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Total Commitment and all Letters of Credit have terminated (unless such Letters of Credit have been Cash Collateralized on terms and conditions set forth in Section 3.8) and the Loans and Unpaid Drawings, together with interest, fees and all other payment Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or contingent indemnification or other contingent obligations not then due and payable), are paid in full:

 

10.1       Limitation on Indebtedness. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur, contingently or otherwise, with respect to any Indebtedness, except:

 

(a)       (i) Indebtedness arising under the Credit Documents, including pursuant to Sections 2.14 and 2.15, and (ii) any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness;

 

(b)       Indebtedness arising under the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents (including any guarantees in respect thereof) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to clause (ii) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding), except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, $1,100,000,000 and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness; provided that, notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, no Person other than a Credit Party shall at any time be an obligor in respect of any such Indebtedness;

 

(c)       (i) Indebtedness constituting reimbursement obligations in respect of any bankers’ acceptance, bank guarantees, letters of credit, warehouse receipt or similar facilities entered into in the ordinary course of business (including in respect of workers compensation claims, or consistent with past practice, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance) and (ii) Indebtedness supported by Letters of Credit or other letters of credit under similar facilities in an amount not to exceed the Stated Amount of such Letters of Credit or stated amount of such other letters of credit under such similar facilities;

 

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(d)       Except as otherwise limited by clauses (a), (b), (h) and (u), Guarantee Obligations Incurred by (i) any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary that is permitted to be Incurred under this Agreement and (ii) the Borrower in respect of Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is permitted to be Incurred under this Agreement; provided that, if the applicable Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations, any such Guarantee Obligations shall be subordinated to the Obligations;

 

(e)       Guarantee Obligations Incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice in respect of obligations to suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors, licensees, sublicensees or distribution partners;

 

(f)       (i) Indebtedness (including Financing Lease Obligations and other Indebtedness arising under mortgage financings and purchase money Indebtedness (including any industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond or similar financings)) the proceeds of which are used to finance the acquisition, development, construction, repair, restoration, replacement, maintenance, upgrade, expansion or improvement of fixed or capital assets or otherwise Incurred in respect of Capital Expenditures; provided that (A) such Indebtedness is Incurred concurrently with or within 270 days after the completion of the applicable acquisition, development, construction, repair, restoration, replacement, maintenance, upgrade, expansion or improvement or the making of the applicable Capital Expenditure and (B) such Indebtedness is not Incurred to acquire Capital Stock of any Person; provided, further, that, at the time of Incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness then outstanding pursuant to clause (i) (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to clause (ii) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) shall not, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, exceed an amount equal to (I) the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of the date such Indebtedness is Incurred based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date) minus (II) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(g) and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness;

 

(g)       (i) Indebtedness constituting Financing Lease Obligations, other than Financing Lease Obligations in effect on the Closing Date (and set forth on Schedule 10.1) or Financing Lease Obligations entered into pursuant to Section 10.1(f); provided that, at the time of Incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness then outstanding pursuant to clause (i) (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to clause (ii) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) shall not, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, exceed an amount equal to (I) the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of the date such Indebtedness is Incurred based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date) minus (II) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(f); and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness.

 

(h)       Closing Date Indebtedness and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness;

 

(i)        Indebtedness in respect of Hedging Agreements Incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and, in each case, at the time entered into, not for speculative purposes;

 

(j)        (i) Indebtedness of a Person or Indebtedness attaching to assets of a Person that, in either case, becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is a Restricted Subsidiary that survives a merger, consolidation or amalgamation with such Person or any of its Subsidiaries) or Indebtedness attaching to assets that are acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case after the Closing Date as the result of an Acquisition or Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that

 

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(A)       subject to Section 1.11, before and after giving pro forma effect thereto, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 has occurred and is continuing;

 

(B)        as of the date that any such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is a Restricted Subsidiary that survives a merger, consolidation or amalgamation with such a Person or any of its Subsidiaries) or the date that any such assets are acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding pursuant to this Section 10.1(j) does not exceed, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, the sum of (I) when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of (1) Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding under, Section 10.1(k)(i)(B)(I) and Section 10.1(s)(i) and (2) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 10.1(j) to Refinance Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding in reliance on, this clause (I), the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date plus (II) subject to Section 1.11, an aggregate amount such that, after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of any such Indebtedness, to such Acquisition, Investment, any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis with a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Incurrence, as if such Incurrence, Acquisition, Investment, Specified Transaction and Specified Restructuring had occurred on the first day of such Test Period of not greater than 6.85:1.00;

 

(C)        such Indebtedness existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time such assets were acquired and, in each case, was not created in anticipation thereof;

 

(D)       such Indebtedness is not guaranteed in any respect by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any such Person that so becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is the survivor of a merger with such Person or any of its Subsidiaries) except to the extent permitted under Section 10.5 or Section 10.6; and

 

(E)        (x) the Capital Stock of such Person is pledged to the Collateral Agent to the extent required under Section 9.11 and (y) such Person executes a supplement to each of the Guarantee, the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement (or alternative guarantee and security arrangements in relation to the Obligations) and a counterpart signature page to the Intercompany Notes, in each case to the extent required under Section 9.10, 9.11 or 9.14(b), as applicable; provided that the requirements of this clause (E) shall not apply to any Indebtedness of the type that could have been Incurred under Section 10.1(f) or Section 10.1(g);

 

(ii)           any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness;

 

(k)       (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurred to finance an Acquisition; provided that,

 

(A)       subject to Section 1.11, before and after giving pro forma effect thereto, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 has occurred and is continuing;

 

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(B)        as of the date of such Incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding pursuant to this Section 10.1(k), does not exceed, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, the sum of (I) when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of (1) Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding under, Section 10.1(j)(i)(B)(I) and Section 10.1(s)(i) and (2) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 10.1(k) to Refinance Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding in reliance on, this clause (I), the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date plus (II) subject to Section 1.11, an aggregate amount such that, after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of any such Indebtedness, to such Acquisition, Investment, any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis with a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Incurrence, as if such Incurrence, Acquisition, Investment, Specified Transaction and Specified Restructuring had occurred on the first day of such Test Period of not greater than 6.85:1.00;

 

(C)       the terms of such Indebtedness do not provide for any scheduled repayment (including at maturity), mandatory repayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition, similar payment or sinking fund obligation prior to the Latest Maturity Date, other than customary prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances or similar payments of, or offers to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or similarly pay upon, a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event or on account of the accumulation of excess cash flow and customary acceleration rights upon an event of default;

 

(D)       if such Indebtedness is Incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Indebtedness shall not be guaranteed in any respect by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor except to the extent permitted under Section 10.5;

 

(E)       (x) the Capital Stock of any Person acquired in such Acquisitions or Investments permitted under Section 10.5 (the “acquired Person”) is pledged to the Collateral Agent to the extent required under Section 9.11 and (y) such acquired Person executes a supplement to each of the Guarantee, the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement and a counterpart signature page to the Intercompany Note (or alternative guarantee and security arrangements in relation to the Obligations), in each case, to the extent required under Section 9.10, 9.11 or 9.14(b), as applicable;

 

(F)        the terms of such Indebtedness shall be consistent with the requirements set forth in clause (b) and, if applicable, clause (f) of the definition of “Permitted Additional Debt”; provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees); and

 

(G)       at the time any such Indebtedness is Incurred and after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith and the use of the proceeds thereof,, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness Incurred by Non- Credit Parties pursuant to, and then outstanding under, this Section 10.1(k), when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of (1) all other Indebtedness Incurred by Non-Credit Parties and then outstanding pursuant to Section 10.1(s) and (2) all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred by Non-Credit Parties and then outstanding pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 10.1(k), shall not exceed, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of the date such Indebtedness is Incurred based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date);

 

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(ii)           any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness;

 

(l)         (i) unsecured Indebtedness in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; provided that such obligations are Incurred in connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money and (ii) unsecured Indebtedness in respect of intercompany obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of accounts payable Incurred in connection with goods sold or services rendered in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money;

 

(m)       Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn-outs, deferred purchase price, payment obligations in respect of any non-compete, consulting or similar arrangement, contingent earnout obligations or similar obligations (including earn-outs), in each case entered into in connection with the Transactions, Acquisitions, other Investments and the Disposition of any business, assets or Capital Stock permitted hereunder, other than Guarantee Obligations Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Capital Stock for the purpose of financing such acquisition, but including in connection with Guarantee Obligations, letters of credit, surety bonds on performance bonds securing the performance of the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to such agreements;

 

(n)       Indebtedness in respect of contracts (including trade contracts and government contracts), statutory obligations, performance bonds, bid bonds, custom bonds, stay and appeal bonds, surety bonds, indemnity bonds, judgment bonds, performance and completion and return of money bonds and guarantees, financial assurances, bankers’ acceptance facilities and similar obligations or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case not in connection with the borrowing of money, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations;

 

(o)       Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take or pay obligations contained in supply agreements, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and not in connection with the borrowing of money;

 

(p)       (i) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to officers, directors, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle), the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle), the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries under deferred compensation arrangements to their officers, directors, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors or other similar arrangements Incurred by such Persons in connection with the Transactions, Acquisitions or any other Investment expressly permitted under Section 10.5 or Section 10.6;

 

(q)       unsecured Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to future, current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors, employees and independent contractors (or their respective Immediate Family Members) of Holdings, the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle, in each case, to finance the retirement, acquisition, repurchase or redemption of Capital Stock of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle to the extent such Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle uses the proceeds to finance the purchase or redemption (directly or indirectly) of its Capital Stock) or the Capital Stock of the Borrower, in each case to the extent permitted by Section 10.6; provided that, any such Indebtedness shall reduce availability under Section 10.6 to the extent of any amounts incurred from time to time under this Section 10.1(q), whether or not outstanding, except in respect of amounts forgiven or cancelled without payment being made;

 

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(r)         Cash Management Obligations, Cash Management Services and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, automatic clearing house arrangements, employees’ credit or purchase cards, overdraft protections and similar arrangements and otherwise in connection with deposit accounts and repurchase agreements permitted under Section 10.5;

 

(s)        additional senior, senior subordinated or subordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof, in an aggregate principal amount, determined as of the date of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness and giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof, not to exceed, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, the sum of (i) when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of (1) Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding under, Section 10.1(j)(i)(B)(I) and Section 10.1(k)(i)(B)(I) and (2) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (s) to Refinance Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding in reliance on, this clause (i), the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date plus (ii) an amount such that, after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of any such Indebtedness and any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith, the Borrower and Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis with either (x) a Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Incurrence, as if such Incurrence, acquisition, Specified Transaction and Specified Restructuring occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of not less than 2.00:1.00 or (y) a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio of less than or equal to 6.85:1.00, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Incurrence, as if such Incurrence, acquisition, Specified Transaction and Specified Restructuring occurred on the first day of such Test Period; provided, that, at the time any such Indebtedness is Incurred and after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness Incurred and then outstanding under this Section 10.1(s) by Non-Credit Parties, when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of (1) all other Indebtedness Incurred by Non-Credit Parties and then outstanding pursuant to Section 10.1(k) and (2) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding under, this clause (s) to Refinance Indebtedness of Non-Credit Parties, shall not exceed, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of the date such Indebtedness is Incurred based upon the Section Financials 9.1 ;(or prior to such date most recently delivered onprovided, further, that the terms of such Indebtedness shall be consistent with the requirements of clause (a), clause (b) and, if applicable, clause (f) of the proviso of the definition of “Permitted Additional Debt”; provided, further, that the Net Cash Proceeds from the Incurrence of any Indebtedness under this Section 10.1(s) shall not be permitted to be used by the Borrower of any Restricted Subsidiary to consummate any Acquisition;

 

(t)        (i) Indebtedness Incurred in connection with any Sale Leaseback and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness;

 

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(u)        Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Additional Debt, the Net Cash Proceeds from which or, in the case of commitments, the new commitments of which, are required to be applied to (x) prepay the Term Loans and related amounts in the manner set forth in Section 5.2(a)(i) or (y) permanently reduce Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments in the manner set forth in Section 5.2(e)(ii) (and any such Permitted Additional Debt shall be deemed to have been Incurred pursuant to this clause (i)), (ii) other Permitted Additional Debt; provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), at the time of Incurrence or provision thereof and after giving pro forma effect thereto and such other transactions being consummated in connection therewith and the use of the proceeds thereof, assuming that all commitments, if any, thereunder were fully drawn, the aggregate principal amount of (X) all such Indebtedness Incurred or provided under this Section 10.1(u)(ii) plus (Y) any Incremental Term Loans (other than those Incremental Term Loans Incurred under the proviso to Section 2.14(b)), any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (other than those Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments Incurred or provided under the proviso to Section 2.14(b)) that, in each case, have been Incurred or provided pursuant to Section 2.14(b)(A), shall not exceed the sum of (A) the Incremental Base Amount plus (B) an aggregate amount of Indebtedness, such that, after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence (and after giving pro forma effect to any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith and assuming that all Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments then outstanding and Incurred under Section 2.14(b)(B) were fully drawn), the Borrower would be in compliance with a Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the Incurrence of any such Permitted Additional Debt, calculated on a pro forma basis, as if such Incurrence (and any related transaction) had occurred on the first day of such Test Period, that is no greater than 5.00:1.00 (the “Incremental Ratio Debt Amount”) (with all such Indebtedness Incurred in reliance on the Incremental Ratio Debt Amount to be considered Consolidated First Lien Debt for purposes of such calculation and any subsequent calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for purposes of Section 2.14 or this Section 10.(u)); provided, further, that, in each case of this clause (ii), subject to Section 1.11, no Event of Default (or, in the case of the Incurrence or provision of Permitted Additional Debt in connection with an Acquisition, no Event of Default under either Section 11.1 or 11.5) shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the Incurrence or provision of any such Indebtedness or after giving pro forma effect thereto and (iii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; provided that, without limitation of the requirements set forth in the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be of the type described in clause (a) or clause (b) of the definition of “Permitted Additional Debt”;

 

(v)        Indebtedness of Non-Credit Parties; provided that, at the time of the Incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence and other transactions and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding in reliance on this Section 10.1(v) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $125,000,000 and (y) 20.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of the date such Indebtedness is Incurred based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date);

 

(w)        unsecured Indebtedness in the amount of any Excluded Contribution to the extent not counted for purposes of the Available Equity Amount or Cure Amount; provided that, the maturity date of such Indebtedness is not earlier than the Latest Maturity Date;

 

(x)        Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that, at the time of the Incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence and other transactions and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding under this Section 10.1(x) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $230,000,000 and (y) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of the date such Indebtedness is Incurred based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date);

 

(y)        (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owing by a Credit Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be evidenced by the Intercompany Note and (ii) Indebtedness in respect of shares of Disqualified Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer (other than the incurrence of a lien permitted by Section 10.2) of any such shares of Disqualified Capital Stock (except to the Borrower or another of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any pledge of such Capital Stock constituting a lien permitted by Section 10.2 (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of Disqualified Capital Stock (to the extent such Disqualified Capital Stock is then outstanding) not permitted by this clause;

 

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(z)       Indebtedness in respect of commercial letters of credit obtained in the ordinary course of business;

 

(aa)      Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;

 

(bb)     customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers for goods or services purchased in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(cc)      Indebtedness Incurred in connection with bankers’ acceptances, discounted bills of exchange or the discounting or factoring of receivables for credit management purposes, in each case Incurred or undertaken in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice on arm’s length commercial terms on a recourse basis;

 

(dd)     Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or Joint Venture in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(ee)      Indebtedness arising solely as a result of the existence of any Lien (other than for Liens securing debt for borrowed money) permitted under Section 10.2;

 

(ff)       Indebtedness of any Receivables Subsidiary arising under a Receivables Facility;

 

(gg)     Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are promptly deposited with the trustee under the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture to satisfy and discharge the Senior Unsecured Notes in accordance with the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture, to the extent constituting a Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

 

(hh)      [reserved];

 

(ii)        Indebtedness to the seller of any business or assets permitted to be acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under this Agreement; provided that, at the time of the Incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence and other transactions and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding in reliance on this Section 10.1(ii) shall not exceed the greater of (a) $30,000,000 and (b) 4.5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

(jj)        obligations in respect of Disqualified Capital Stock; provided that, at the time of the Incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence and other transactions and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding under this clause (jj) shall not exceed the greater of (a) $30,000,000 and (b) 4.5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

(kk)      unfunded pension fund and other employee benefit plan obligations and liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business to the extent they do not result in an Event of Default under Section 11.6;

 

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(ll)        Indebtedness in respect of (i) any Term Loan Exchange Notes and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness;

 

(mm)    endorsement of instruments or other payment items for deposit in the ordinary course of business;

 

(nn)     performance Guarantees of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries primarily guaranteeing performance of contractual obligations of the Borrower or Restricted Subsidiaries to a third party and not primarily for the purpose of guaranteeing payment of Indebtedness;

 

(oo)      obligations in respect of letters of support, guarantees or similar obligations issued, made or incurred for the benefit of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent required by law or in connection with any statutory filing or the delivery of audit opinions performed in jurisdictions other than within the United States; and

 

(pp)     all customary premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition and capitalized interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in each of the clauses of this Section 10.1.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.1, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in clauses (a) through (pp) above, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof and including as between the Incremental Base Amount and the Incremental Ratio Debt Amount) in a manner that complies with this Section 10.1 and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the above clauses; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Documents and any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness will be deemed to have been Incurred in reliance only on the exception set forth in Section 10.1 (a) (but without limiting the right of the Borrower to classify and reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, Indebtedness incurred under Section 2.14 or Section 10.1(u) as between the Incremental Base Amount and the Incremental Ratio Debt Amount). The accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 10.1.

 

At the time of Incurrence, the Borrower will be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in the paragraphs above. It is understood and agreed that any Indebtedness in the form of loans secured by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking equal to the priority of the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) shall be subject to the MFN Protection set forth in Section 2.14(c) (but subject to the MFN Exceptions to such MFN Protection) as if such Indebtedness were an Incremental Term Loan.

 

10.2       Limitation on Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted 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 the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

 

(a)       Liens created pursuant to (i) the Credit Documents to secure the Obligations (including Liens permitted pursuant to Section 3.8) or permitted in respect of any Mortgaged Property by the terms of the applicable Mortgage, (ii) the Permitted Additional Debt Documents securing Permitted Additional Debt Obligations permitted to be Incurred under Section 10.1(u) (provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets that are not Collateral) and (iii) the documentation governing any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets that are not Collateral); provided that, (A) in the case of Liens described in subclause (ii) or (iii) above securing Permitted Additional Debt Obligations or Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that constitute, or are intended to constitute, First Lien Obligations, the applicable Permitted Additional Debt Secured Parties or parties to such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall have entered into with the Collateral Agent a Customary Intercreditor Agreement which agreement shall provide that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Permitted Additional Debt Obligations or Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall have the same priority ranking as the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) and (B) in the case of Liens described in subclause (ii) or (iii) above securing Permitted Additional Debt Obligations or Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that do not constitute, or are not intended to constitute, First Lien Obligations, the applicable Permitted Additional Debt Secured Parties or parties to such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall have entered into a Customary Intercreditor Agreement with the Collateral Agent which agreement shall provide that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Permitted Additional Debt Obligations or Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, as applicable, shall rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and any other First Lien Obligations. Without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to negotiate, execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Customary Intercreditor Agreement or any amendment (or amendment and restatement) to the Security Documents or a Customary Intercreditor Agreement to the extent necessary to effect the provisions contemplated by this Section 10.2(a);

 

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(b)       Permitted Encumbrances;

 

(c)       Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 10.1(f) or Section 10.1(g) (including the interests of vendors and lessors under conditional sale and title retention agreements); provided that (i) such Liens attach concurrently with or within 270 days after the acquisition, lease, repair, replacement, restoration, construction, expansion or improvement (as applicable) of the property subject to such Liens or the making of the applicable Capital Expenditures, (ii) other than the property financed by such Indebtedness, such Liens do not at any time encumber any property, except for replacements thereof and accessions and additions to such property and ancillary rights thereto and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits, related contract rights and payment intangibles and other assets related thereto and (iii) with respect to Financing Lease Obligations, such Liens do not at any time extend to, or cover any assets (except for accessions and additions to such assets, replacements and products thereof and customary security deposits, related contract rights and payment intangibles), other than the assets subject to such Financing Lease Obligations and ancillary rights thereto; provided that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender;

 

(d)       Liens on property and assets existing on the Closing Date or pursuant to agreements in existence on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 10.2 or, to the extent not listed in such Schedule, such property or assets have a Fair Market Value that does not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate; provided that (i) such Lien does not extend to any other property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than (A) after acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien or financed by Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1 and (B) the proceeds and products thereof and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations that such Liens secured on the Closing Date and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1;

 

(e)       the modification, Refinancing, replacement, extension or renewal (or successive modifications, Refinancings, replacements, extensions or renewals) of any Lien permitted by clauses (c), (d), (f), (p), (t), (u) and (bb) of this Section 10.2 upon or in the same assets theretofore subject to such Lien other than (i) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, (ii) in the case of Liens permitted by clauses (f), (t), (u) or (bb), after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1, the terms of which Indebtedness require or include a pledge of after-acquired property (it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition) and (iii) the proceeds and products thereof;

 

(f)        Liens existing on the assets, or shares of Capital Stock, of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (including by designation as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 9.15), or existing on assets acquired, pursuant to an Acquisition or other Investment permitted under Section 10.5 or Section 10.6 to the extent the Liens on such assets secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1(j); provided that such Liens attach at all times only to the same assets that such Liens attached to (other than (i) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, (ii) after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1(j), the terms of which Indebtedness require or include a pledge of after-acquired property (it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition) and (iii) the proceeds and products thereof), and secure only, the same Indebtedness or obligations (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1) that such Liens secured, immediately prior to such Acquisition or other Investment, as applicable;

 

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(g)       Liens arising out of any license, sublicense or cross-license of Intellectual Property permitted under Section 10.4;

 

(h)       Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(i)        Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right to set off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

 

(j)        Liens (i) on advances of cash or Cash Equivalents in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 10.5 or Section 10.6 to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment (or to secure letters of credit, bank guarantee or similar instruments posted or issued in respect thereof), and (ii) consisting of an agreement to sell, transfer, lease or otherwise Dispose of any property in a transaction permitted under Section 10.4, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or sale, Disposition, transfer or lease, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;

 

(k)       (i) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of property and bailee arrangements entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business permitted by this Agreement and (ii) Lien arising by operation of Applicable Law under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar provision under any other Applicable Law) in favor of a seller or buyer of goods;

 

(l)         Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 10.5; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;

 

(m)       Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (A) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the Incurrence of Indebtedness, (B) relating to pooled deposit, automatic clearing house or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (C) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice; provided that, Liens permitted pursuant to this clause (m) may be first priority Liens and not subject to any Lien or security interest securing the Obligations;

 

(n)       Liens (i) solely on any earnest money deposits of cash or Cash Equivalents made by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder or to secure any letter of credit, bank guarantee or similar instrument issued or posted in respect thereof and (ii) consisting of an agreement to Dispose of any property in a transaction permitted under Section 10.4;

 

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(o)       Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;

 

(p)       Liens on property subject to Sale Leasebacks and customary security deposits, related contract rights and payment intangibles related thereto;

 

(q)       the prior rights of consignees and their lenders under consignment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(r)        agreements to subordinate any interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any accounts receivable or other proceeds arising from inventory consigned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(s)       (i) Liens on Capital Stock in Joint Ventures securing obligations of such Joint Ventures and (ii) to the extent constituting Liens, transfer restrictions, purchase options, rights of first refusal, tag or drag, put or call or similar rights of minority holders or Joint Ventures partners, in each case under partnership, limited liability coverage, Joint Venture or similar Organizational Documents;

 

(t)       Liens with respect to property or assets of any Non-Credit Party securing Indebtedness of a Non-Credit Party permitted under Section 10.1(v);

 

(u)       Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section 10.2; provided that, at the time of the incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of proceeds thereof, the aggregate amount of Indebtedness and other obligations then outstanding and secured thereby (when aggregated with the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by Liens Incurred in reliance on, and then outstanding under, Section 10.2(e) above in respect of a Refinancing of Indebtedness previously secured under this Section 10.2(u)) does not exceed, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, the greater of (x) $225,000,000 and (y) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date such Lien is created, incurred, assumed or suffered to exist (measured as such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date; provided that, if such Liens are on Collateral, then the Borrower may elect to have the holders of the Indebtedness or other obligations secured thereby (or a representative or trustee on their behalf) enter into a Customary Intercreditor Agreement providing that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Indebtedness or other obligations shall rank junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations. Without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to negotiate, execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Customary Intercreditor Agreement or any amendment (or amendment and restatement) to the Security Documents or a Customary Intercreditor Agreement to the extent necessary to effect the provisions contemplated by this Section 10.2(u);

 

(v)       Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business and, at the time of incurrence thereof, not for speculative purposes;

 

(w)       Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents used to defease or to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided such defeasance or satisfaction or discharge is permitted under this Agreement;

 

(x)        Liens securing obligations (other than obligations representing Indebtedness for borrowed money) under operating, reciprocal easement or similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(y)       Liens securing commercial letters of credit permitted pursuant to Section 10.1(z);

 

(z)        Liens on Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

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(aa)      Liens securing Hedging Agreements submitted for clearing in accordance with Applicable Law;

 

(bb)     Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1(k), (s) or (x); provided that, subject to Section 1.11, after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of any such Liens and the Incurrence of such Indebtedness and to any Acquisition, Investment, Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith, the Borrower and Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis with a Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio of less than or equal to 5.00:1.00, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Incurrence, as if such Incurrence, Acquisition, Investment, and any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Test Period; provided, further, that, if such Liens are on Collateral, then the Borrower may elect to have the holders of the Indebtedness or other obligations secured thereby (or a representative or trustee on their behalf) enter into a Customary Intercreditor Agreement providing that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Indebtedness or other obligations shall rank junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations. Without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to negotiate, execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Customary Intercreditor Agreement or any amendment (or amendment and restatement) to the Security Documents or a Customary Intercreditor Agreement to the extent necessary to effect the provisions contemplated by this Section 10.2(bb);

 

(cc)      with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, Liens arising mandatorily by legal requirements (and not as a result of under-capitalization of such Foreign Subsidiary);

 

(dd)     Liens on Escrowed Proceeds for the benefit of the related holders of debt securities or other Indebtedness (or the underwriters or arrangers thereof) or on cash set aside at the time of the Incurrence of any Indebtedness or government securities purchased with such cash, in either case to the extent such cash or government securities prefund the payment of interest on such Indebtedness and are held in an escrow account or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose;

 

(ee)     Liens on vehicles or equipment of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business;

 

(ff)       Liens on accounts receivable and related assets, incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility;

 

(gg)     Liens securing obligations in respect of any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds or in respect of any credit card or similar services incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(hh)     Liens representing (i) any interest or title of a licensor, lessor or sublicensor or sublessor under any lease or license permitted by this Agreement, (ii) any Lien or restriction that the interest or title of such lessor, licensor, sublessor or sublicensor may be subject to, or (iii) the interest of a licensee, lessee, sublicensee or sublessee arising by virtue of being granted a license or lease permitted by this Agreement;

 

(ii)       Liens granted pursuant to a security agreement between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and a licensee of Intellectual Property to secure the damages, if any, of such licensee resulting from the rejection of the license of such licensee in a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(jj)       utility and similar deposits in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(kk)     Liens securing any Hedging Obligations under any Hedging Agreement so long as the Fair Market Value of the Collateral securing such Hedging Obligations does not exceed $75,000,000 at any time;

 

(ll)        Liens arising in connection with rights of dissenting equityholders pursuant to Applicable Law in respect of the Transactions; and

 

(mm)   Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.2, (A) Lien need not be incurred solely by reference to one category of Liens permitted by this Section 10.2 but are permitted to be incurred in part under any combination thereof and of any other available exemption, (B) in the event that Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of Liens permitted by this Section 10.2, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify such Lien (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this definition and (C) in the event that a portion of Indebtedness or other obligations secured by a Lien could be classified as secured in part pursuant to Section 10.2(bb) above (giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of such portion of such Indebtedness or other obligations), the Borrower, in its sole discretion, may classify such portion of such Indebtedness (and any obligations in respect thereof) as having been secured pursuant to Section 10.2(bb) above and thereafter the remainder of the Indebtedness or other obligations as having been secured pursuant to one or more of the other clauses of this Section 10.2.

 

10.3         Limitation on Fundamental Changes. Except as expressly permitted by Section 10.4, 10.5 or 10.6, the Borrower will not and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its business units, assets or other properties, except that:

 

(a)       any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person (other than Holdings) may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower or the Borrower may Dispose of all or substantially all of its business units, assets and other properties; provided that (i) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person or, in the case of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation where the Borrower is not the continuing or surviving Person, the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation (if other than the Borrower) or in connection with a Disposition of all or substantially all of the Borrower’s assets, the transferee of such assets or properties, shall, in each case, be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (the Borrower or such Person, as the case may be, being herein referred to as the “Successor Borrower”), (ii) the Successor Borrower (if other than the Borrower) shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (iii) if such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition involves the Borrower and a Person that, prior to the consummation of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, or Disposition, is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (A) subject to Section 1.11, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing on the date of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition or would result from the consummation of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition, (B) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition or unless the Successor Borrower is the Borrower, shall have confirmed by a supplement to the Guarantee and by a supplement to this Agreement that its Guarantee and Co-Obligor obligations shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (C) each Subsidiary grantor and each Subsidiary pledgor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition or unless the Successor Borrower is the Borrower, shall have by a supplement to the Credit Documents confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (D) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition or unless the Successor Borrower is the Borrower, shall have by an amendment to or restatement of the Mortgage confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (E) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate stating that such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition and any supplements to the Credit Documents preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection of the Liens on the Collateral under the Security Documents, (F) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall be required to deliver to the Administrative Agent an opinion of counsel to the effect that such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition does not breach or result in a default under this Agreement or any other Credit Document and (G) such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition shall comply with all the conditions set forth in the definition of the term “Permitted Acquisition” or is otherwise permitted under Section 10.5 or Section 10.6; provided, further, that, if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower (if other than the Borrower) will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement (provided, further, that, in the event of a Disposition of all or substantially all of the Borrower’s assets or property to a Successor Borrower (which is not the Borrower) as set forth above and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 13.6(a), if the original Borrower retains any assets or property other than immaterial assets or property after such Disposition, such original Borrower shall remain obligated as a co-Borrower along with the Successor Borrower hereunder);

 

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(b)       any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person (other than Holdings) may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into any one or more Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its business units, assets and other properties; provided that, (i) in the case of any merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition involving one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, (A) a Restricted Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person or the transferee of such assets or (B) the Borrower shall take all steps necessary to cause the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or the transferee of such assets and properties (if other than a Restricted Subsidiary) to become a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) in the case of any merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition involving one or more Subsidiary Guarantors, if the surviving Person formed by or surviving such merger, amalgamation or consolidation or the transferee of such assets and properties is a Credit Party, then any Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor assumed by such surviving Person or the transferee of such assets and properties shall be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness upon completion of such transaction and such transaction shall be permitted only if such Incurrence is permitted under Section 10.1 of this Agreement (without giving effect to Section 10.1(k)) and (iii) if such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition involves a Restricted Subsidiary and a Person that, prior to the consummation of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition, is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, (A) subject to Section 1.11, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing on the date of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition or would result from the consummation of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition, (B) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer stating that such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition and such supplements to any Credit Document preserve the enforceability of the Guarantees and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents and (C) such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition shall comply with all the conditions set forth in the definition of the term “Permitted Acquisition” or is otherwise permitted under Section 10.4, Section 10.5 or Section 10.6;

 

(c)       any Restricted Subsidiary may (i) merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any other Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) Dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower;

 

(d)       the Transactions (including the Merger and the Internal Restructuring) may be consummated; provided that, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC expressly assumes all of the obligations of MPH Acquisition Corp 1 (as Successor Borrower after the Merger and Internal Restructuring);

 

(e)       any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve or change its legal form if (x) the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution or change of legal form is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and (y) any assets or business not otherwise Disposed of or transferred in accordance with Section 10.4, Section 10.5 or Section 10.6, or, in the case of any such business, discontinued, shall be transferred to, or otherwise owned or conducted by, the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary after giving effect to such liquidation or dissolution or change of legal form; and

 

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(f)        the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation, amalgamation or Disposition, the purpose of which is to (i) effect a Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 10.4 (other than 10.4(h)), (ii) reorganize or reincorporate any such Person in the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof or (iii) convert into a Person organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person or another jurisdiction of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof; provided that, with respect to any of the actions described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above, the Borrower or applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall have complied with Section 4.2 of the Security Agreement.

 

10.4         Limitation on Sale of Assets. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, (i) convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer, license or otherwise dispose of any of its property, business or assets (including receivables and including pursuant to a Sale Leaseback), whether now owned or hereafter acquired (each, a “Disposition”) (other than any such Disposition resulting from a Recovery Event), or (ii) sell to any Person (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) any shares owned by it of any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries’ Capital Stock, except that:

 

(a)       the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, lease, assign, transfer, license, abandon, allow the expiration or lapse of, or otherwise Dispose of, the following: (i) obsolete, worn-out, damaged, uneconomic, no longer commercially desirable, used or surplus assets, rights and properties and other assets, rights and properties that are held for sale or no longer used, useful or necessary for the operation of the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ business, (ii) inventory, equipment, service agreements, product sales, securities and goods held for sale or other immaterial assets in the ordinary course of business, (iii) cash, Cash Equivalents and Investment Grade Securities in the ordinary course of business, (iv) books of business, client lists or related goodwill in connection with the departure of related employees or producers in the ordinary course of business and (v) any such other assets or Capital Stock to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of such assets sold in any single transaction or series of related transactions does not exceed the greater of (x) $30,000,000 and (y) 4.5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date such assets are Disposed (measured as of the date such assets are Disposed) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

(b)       the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may (i) enter into non-exclusive licenses, sublicenses or cross-licenses of Intellectual Property including in connection with a research and development agreement in which the other party receives a license to Intellectual Property that results from such agreement, (ii) exclusively license, sublicense or cross-license Intellectual Property if done in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (iii) assign, lease, sublease, license or sublicense any real or personal property or terminate or allow to lapse any such assignment, lease, sublease, license or sublicense, other than any Intellectual Property, in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

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(c)       the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, transfer or otherwise Dispose of other assets for Fair Market Value; provided that (i) with respect to any Disposition pursuant to this Section 10.4(c) for a purchase price in excess of the greater of (x) $35,000,000 and (y) 5.2% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date such assets are Disposed (measured as of the date such assets are Disposed) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall receive not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that, for purposes of determining what constitutes cash under this clause (i), (A) any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto or if accrued or incurred subsequent to the date of such balance sheets, such liabilities would have been shown on the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto as if such accrual or incurrence had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the payment in cash of the Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition and for which the Borrower and all of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing shall be deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents, (B) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition shall be deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents and (C) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of the applicable Disposition having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (C) that is outstanding at the time such Designated Non-Cash Consideration is received, not in excess of the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date such assets are Disposed (measured as of the date such assets are Disposed) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, shall be deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents, (ii) any non-cash proceeds received in the form of Indebtedness or Capital Stock are pledged to the Collateral Agent to the extent required under Section 9.11, and (iii) to the extent applicable, the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are promptly offered to prepay the Term Loans to the extent required by Section 5.2(a)(i);

 

(d)       the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may (i) Dispose of, discount, forgive or write off accounts receivable, notes receivable or other current assets in the ordinary course of business or convert accounts receivable to notes receivable or make other Dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the compromise or collection thereof and (ii) sell or transfer accounts receivable so long as the Net Cash Proceeds of any sale or transfer pursuant to this clause (ii) are offered to prepay the Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i);

 

(e)       the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may Dispose of properties, rights or assets (including the Disposition or issuance of Capital Stock) to the Borrower or to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, if the transferor of such property, right or asset is the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor and the transferee thereof is a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, then the Indebtedness of such transferor assumed by such transferee shall be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness upon completion of such transaction and such transaction shall be permitted only if such Incurrence is permitted under Section 10.1 (without giving effect to Section 10.1(j));

 

(f)        the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may Dispose of property (including like-kind exchanges) to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;

 

(g)       the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, transfer and otherwise Dispose of Investments in Joint Ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the Joint Venture parties set forth in Joint Venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

 

(h)       the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may effect any transaction permitted by Section 10.3, 10.5 or 10.6 and may create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens permitted by Section 10.2;

 

(i)         the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiary may transfer property subject to Recovery Events, including foreclosures, condemnation, expropriation, forced disposition, eminent domain or any similar action with respect to assets;

 

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(j)         the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions listed on Schedule 10.4 and Dispositions of (i) non-core or obsolete assets acquired in connection with Acquisitions or other Investments that are not used or useful in, or are surplus to, the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) other assets acquired in connection with Acquisitions or other Investments permitted under this Agreement for Fair Market Value; provided that any such Dispositions referred to in this clause (ii) shall be made or contractually committed to be made within 365 days of the date such assets were acquired by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(k)       the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may unwind or terminate any Hedging Agreement or Cash Management Agreement and allow for the expiration of any options agreement with respect to any Real Property or personal property;

 

(l)         the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions of residential Real Property and related assets in connection with relocation activities for officers, managers, consultants, directors, employees or independent contractors (or their Immediate Family Members) of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle), the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(m)       the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may issue directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals, in each case as required by Applicable Laws;

 

(n)       the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into any netting arrangement of accounts receivable between or among the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or among Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower made in the ordinary course of business;

 

(o)       the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may allow the lapse of, abandon, cancel or cease to maintain or cease to enforce Intellectual Property rights that are no longer (i) used, useful or necessary for, (ii) economically practicable or commercially reasonable to maintain or (iii) in the best interest of or material for the operation of the Borrower’s and the Restricted Subsidiaries’ businesses (including by allowing any registrations or any applications for registration thereof to lapse), in each case in the ordinary course of business or in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower;

 

(p)       the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may surrender, terminate or waive any contract rights or surrender, waive, settle, modify, compromise or release any contract rights, litigation claims or any other claims of any kind (including in tort) in the ordinary course of business;

 

(q)       the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions or issuances of the Capital Stock in, Indebtedness of, or other securities issued by, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(r)        the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may effect a Sale Leaseback (i) with respect to property that is acquired after the Closing Date so long as such Sale Leaseback is consummated within 270 days of the acquisition of such property or (ii) if at the time the lease in connection therewith is entered into, and after giving effect to the entering into of such lease, such lease is otherwise permitted under this Agreement;

 

(s)       the Borrower may issue Qualified Capital Stock and, to the extent permitted by Section 10.1, Disqualified Capital Stock;

 

(t)        the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions (including those of the type otherwise described herein) after the Closing Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $30,000,000 and (y) 4.5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior the date such assets are Disposed (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

(u)       to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code or any comparable or successor provision, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;

 

(v)       sales or transfers of accounts receivable, or participations therein and related assets, in connection with any Receivables Facility;

 

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(w)      sales or dispositions of Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary in order to qualify members of the governing body of such Subsidiary if required by Applicable Law;

 

(x)       samples, including time-limited evaluation software, provided to customers or prospective customers;

 

(y)      de minimis amounts of equipment provided to employees;

 

(z)       the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may (i) terminate or otherwise collapse its cost sharing agreements with the Borrower or any Subsidiary and settle any crossing payments in connection therewith, (ii) convert any intercompany Indebtedness to Capital Stock, (iii) transfer any intercompany Indebtedness to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (subject to applicable subordination terms if Indebtedness of a Credit Party is transferred to a non-Credit Party), (iv) settle, discount, write off, forgive or cancel any intercompany Indebtedness or other obligation owing by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (v) settle, discount, write off, forgive or cancel any Indebtedness owing by any present or former consultants, directors, officers or employees of any Parent Entity, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their successors or assigns or (vi) surrender or waive contractual rights and settle or waive contractual or litigation claims; and

 

(aa)     the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions of any asset between or among the Borrower and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a substantially concurrent interim Disposition in connection with a Disposition otherwise permitted pursuant to clauses (a) through (z) above.

 

10.5       Limitation on Investments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any Investment, except (each of the following exceptions, the “Permitted Investments”):

 

(a)       extensions of trade credit, asset purchases (including purchases of inventory, Intellectual Property, supplies, material or equipment or other similar assets), the lease or sublease of any asset and the licensing or sublicensing or contribution of Intellectual Property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(b)       Investments in assets constituting, or at the time of making such Investments were, cash or Cash Equivalents;

 

(c)       loans and advances to officers, managers, directors, employees, consultants and independent contractors of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof), the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) to finance the purchase of Capital Stock of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle); provided that the amount of such loans and advances used to acquire such Capital Stock shall be contributed to the Borrower in cash as common equity, (ii) for reasonable and customary business related travel expenses, entertainment expenses, moving expenses and similar expenses or payroll expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, and (iii) for additional purposes not contemplated by subclause (i) or (ii) above; provided that, after giving pro forma effect to the making of any such loan or advance, the aggregate principal amount of all loans and advances outstanding under this Section 10.5(c)(iii) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $20,000,000 and (y) 3.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date such Investment is made (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

(d)       Investments (i) existing or contemplated on the Closing Date or (ii) made pursuant to binding agreements in effect on the Closing Date to the extent listed on Schedule 10.5 and (iii) in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), any modification, replacement, renewal, extension or reinvestment thereof, so long as the aggregate amount of all Investments pursuant to this Section 10.5(d) is not increased at any time above the amount of such Investments or binding agreements existing or contemplated on the Closing Date, except pursuant to the terms of such Investment or binding agreements existing or contemplated as of the Closing Date (including as a result of the accrual or accretion of original issue discount or the issuance of payment-in-kind obligations) or as otherwise permitted by this Section 10.5 or Section 10.6;

 

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(e)       Investments in Hedging Agreements permitted by Section 10.1(i) and Cash Management Agreements permitted by Section 10.1;

 

(f)       Investments received (i) in connection with, or as a result of, any bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of suppliers, trade creditors or customers or in settlement or compromise of delinquent obligations and disputes with, or judgments against, or other disputes with, customers, trade creditors or suppliers, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon bankruptcy or insolvency of any customer, trade creditor or supplier, (ii) in satisfaction of judgments against other Persons, (iii) as a result of the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment or (iv) as a result of the settlement, compromise or resolution of litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Person who are not Affiliates;

 

(g)       Investments to the extent that the payment for such Investments is made solely with the Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) or the Borrower;

 

(h)       Investments constituting non-cash proceeds of sales, transfers and other Dispositions of assets to the extent permitted by Sections 10.3 and 10.4;

 

(i)       (i) Investments by or among the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary (including guarantees of obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary and any prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances, acquisitions and other similar payments of any Indebtedness of any such Person not prohibited by Section 10.7) and (ii) Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture as valued at the Fair Market Value of such Investment at the time each such Investment is made; provided that the aggregate amount of such Investment (as so valued) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) 30.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date such Investment is made (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

(j)       Investments consisting of advances, loans, rebates and extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable, notes receivable security deposits and prepayments (including prepayments of expenses) arising and trade credit granted in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other deposits, prepayments and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(k)       the Borrower may make a loan to Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) that could otherwise be made as a Restricted Payment (other than a Restricted Investment) to Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) under Section 10.6, so long as the amount of such loan is deducted from the amount available to be made as a Restricted Payment under the applicable clause of Section 10.6;

 

(l)        Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of UCC Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and UCC Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers;

 

(m)      advances of payroll payments to employees, consultants or independent contractors or other advances of salaries or compensation to officers, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(n)       Guarantees by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of leases or subleases (other than Financing Lease Obligations), Contractual Obligations or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(o)       Investments made to acquire, purchase, repurchase, redeem, acquire or retire Capital Stock of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) or the Borrower owned by any employee stock ownership plan or key employee stock ownership plan of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) or the Borrower;

 

(p)       Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions;

 

(q)       any additional Investments (including Investments in Minority Investments, Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Investments in Joint Ventures or similar entities that do not constitute Restricted Subsidiaries), as valued at the Fair Market Value of such Investment at the time each such Investment is made; provided that the aggregate amount of such Investment (as so valued) shall not cause the aggregate amount of all such Investments made pursuant to this Section 10.5(q) measured at the time such Investment is made, to exceed, after giving pro forma effect to such Investment, the sum of (i) the greater of (x) $250,000,000 and (y) 40.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior the date such Investment is made (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date, (ii) the Available Equity Amount at such time and (iii) the Available Amount at such time; provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this Section 10.5(q) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 10.5(i)(i) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this Section 10.5(q) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

(r)       Investments arising as a result of Sale Leasebacks;

 

(s)       Investments held by any Person acquired by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date or of any Person merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Borrower or merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 10.3 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation;

 

(t)       Investments consisting of Indebtedness, fundamental changes, Dispositions, Restricted Payments (other than Restricted Investments) and debt payments permitted under Sections 10.1, 10.3 (but only any lettered paragraphs thereof), 10.4 (other than 10.4(e) or 10.4(i) (as such Section 10.4(i) relates to Section 10.5)), 10.6 (other than 10.6(c)(i)) and 10.7;

 

(u)       the forgiveness, capitalization or conversion to Qualified Capital Stock of any Indebtedness owed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and permitted by Section 10.1;

 

(v)       Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower may be established or created if the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiary comply with the requirements of Sections 9.10, 9.11 and 9.14, if applicable; provided that, in each case, to the extent such new Restricted Subsidiary is created solely for the purpose of consummating a transaction pursuant to an acquisition permitted by this Section 10.5, and such new Restricted Subsidiary at no time holds any assets or liabilities other than any merger consideration contributed to it contemporaneously with the closing of such transactions, such new Restricted Subsidiary shall not be required to take the actions set forth in Sections 9.10, 9.11 and 9.14 until the respective acquisition is consummated (at which time the surviving entity of the respective transaction shall be required to so comply in accordance with the provisions thereof);

 

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(w)     Investments consisting of earnest money deposits required in connection with purchase agreements or other Acquisitions;

 

(x)      Investments consisting of loans and advances to Holdings (or any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle) and its Subsidiaries in connection with the reimbursement of expenses incurred on behalf of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

(y)      Investment Grade Securities maturing no more than 24 months from the date of acquisition;

 

(z)      contributions in connection with compensation arrangements to a “rabbi” trust for the benefit of employees, directors, partners, members, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers or other grantor trust subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(aa)     non-cash or non-Cash Equivalent Investments in connection with tax planning and reorganization activities; provided that, after giving pro forma effect to any such activities, the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations would not be materially impaired;

 

(bb)     loans and advances to customers in the ordinary course of business in respect of the confidential payment of insurance premiums;

 

(cc)     any Investment made in connection with the Transactions, including the Merger, the Internal Restructuring and any transactions in connection with the Existing Debt Refinancing;

 

(dd)    Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of assets or services in the ordinary course of business;

 

(ee)     Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit and customary trade arrangements with customers, vendors, suppliers, licensors, sublicensors, licensees and sublicensees;

 

(ff)      Capital Expenditures permitted or not restricted under this Agreement;

 

(gg)     deposits in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of Non-Financing Lease Obligations or utility contracts, or in connection with obligations in respect of tenders, statutory obligations, surety, stay and appeal bonds, bids, licenses, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds, completion guarantees and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money) incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(hh)    Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with (i) obtaining, maintaining or renewing client and customer contracts and (ii) loans or advances made to, and guarantees with respect to obligations of, independent operators, distributors, suppliers, licensors, sublicensors, licensees and sublicensees.

 

(ii)      additional Investments so long as, subject to Section 1.11, (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (y) after giving pro forma effect to such Investment, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of the making of such Investment, as if such Investment and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of no greater than 5.25:1.00;

 

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(jj)       Investments in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this Section 10.5(kk) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $225,000,000 and 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Investment (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date; provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this Section 10.5(jj) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, after such date, such investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 10.5(i) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this Section 10.5(jj) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(kk)     to the extent not required to be applied to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i), Investments made in accordance with clause (v) of the definition of “Net Cash Proceeds” with the proceeds received in connection with a Recovery Prepayment Event;

 

(ll)       Investments resulting from pledges and deposits permitted by Sections 10.2(a)(i), 10.2(b) (with respect to clause (d) of the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances”) and 10.1(n);

 

(mm)   any Investment in any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(nn)    Investments in deposit accounts and securities accounts in the ordinary course of business;

 

(oo)    Investments solely to the extent such Investments reflect an increase in the value of Investments otherwise permitted under this Section 10.5;

 

(pp)    the acquisition of additional Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries from minority equityholders (it being understood that to the extent that any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party is acquiring Capital Stock from minority equityholders, then this clause (pp) shall not in and of itself create, or increase the capacity under, any basket for Investments by Credit Parties in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party);

 

(qq)    Investments in Capital Stock in any Subsidiary resulting from any sale, transfer or other Disposition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary permitted by Section 10.4, including as a result of any contribution from any Parent Entity or distribution to any Subsidiary of such Capital Stock;

 

(rr)      Term Loans repurchased by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to and subject to immediate cancellation in accordance with this Agreement;

 

(ss)     Guarantee obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of letters of support, guarantees or similar obligations issued, made or incurred for the benefit of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent required by law or in connection with any statutory filing or the delivery of audit opinions performed in jurisdictions other than within the United States;

 

(tt)      Investments in any Receivables Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the Borrower are necessary or advisable to effect any Receivables Facility or any repurchase obligation in connection therewith; and

 

(uu)    Acquisitions by the Borrower of obligations of one or more directors, officers, employees, member or management or consultants of Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with such Person’s acquisition of Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle, so long as no cash is actually advanced by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to such Person in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations.

 

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10.6       Limitation on Restricted Payments. The Borrower will not pay any dividends (other than dividends payable solely in the Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower) or return any capital to its equity holders or make any other distribution, payment or delivery of property or cash to its equity holders as such, or redeem, retire, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, for consideration, any shares of any class of its Capital Stock or the Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle now or hereafter outstanding (or any options or warrants or stock appreciation or similar rights issued with respect to any of its Capital Stock), or set aside any funds for any of the foregoing purposes (but excluding, in each case, the payment of compensation in the ordinary course of business to equity holders of any such Capital Stock who are employees of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary), or permit the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration (other than in connection with an Investment permitted by Section 10.5) any shares of any class of the Capital Stock of any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle or the Capital Stock of the Borrower, now or hereafter outstanding (or any options or warrants or stock appreciation or similar rights issued with respect to any of the Capital Stock of any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle or the Capital Stock of the Borrower) or make any Restricted Investment (all of the foregoing, “Restricted Payments”); provided that:

 

(a)       (i) the Borrower may (or may pay Restricted Payments to permit any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle to) redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire in whole or in part any Capital Stock (“Treasury Capital Stock”) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle, in exchange for another class of Capital Stock or rights to acquire its Capital Stock or with proceeds from equity contributions or sales or issuances (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of new shares of such Capital Stock to the extent contributed to the Borrower (in each case other than Disqualified Capital Stock, “Refunding Capital Stock”) substantially concurrently with such contribution or sale or issuance; provided that any terms and provisions material to the interests of the Lenders, when taken as a whole, contained in such Refunding Capital Stock are at least as advantageous to the Lenders as those contained in the Capital Stock redeemed thereby and (ii) the Borrower, and any Restricted Subsidiary may pay Restricted Payments payable solely in the Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock not otherwise permitted by Section 10.1) of such Person;

 

(b)       So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may redeem, acquire, retire or repurchase (and the Borrower may declare and pay Restricted Payments to any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle, the proceeds of which are used to so redeem, acquire, retire or repurchase) shares of its Capital Stock (or any options or warrants or equity appreciation or similar rights issued with respect to any of such Capital Stock) (or to allow any of the Borrower’s Parent Entities or any Equityholding Vehicle to so redeem, retire, acquire or repurchase their Capital Stock (or any options or warrants or equity appreciation or similar rights issued with respect to any of its Capital Stock)) held by future, current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors, employees and independent contractors (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower, upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of any such Person or otherwise in accordance with any equity option or equity appreciation or similar rights plan, any management, director and/or employee equity ownership or incentive plan, equity subscription plan or subscription agreement, employment termination agreement or any other employment agreements or equity holders’ agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any principal or interest payable on any Indebtedness Incurred by the Borrower or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle in connection with any such redemption, acquisition, retirement or repurchase); provided that, except with respect to non-discretionary repurchases, acquisitions, retirements or redemptions pursuant to the terms of any equity option or equity appreciation rights plan, any management, director and/or employee equity ownership or incentive plan, equity subscription plan or subscription agreement, employment termination agreement or any other employment agreement or equity holders’ agreement, the aggregate amount of all cash paid in respect of all such shares of Capital Stock (or any options or warrants or stock appreciation or similar rights issued with respect to any of such Capital Stock) so redeemed, acquired, retired or repurchased, does not exceed the sum of (i) $50,000,000 in any calendar year (which shall increase to $100,000,000 in any calendar year following the consummation of a Qualifying IPO); notwithstanding the foregoing, 100% of the unused amount of payments in respect of this Section 10.6(b)(i) (before giving pro forma effect to any carry forward) up to a maximum of $100,000,000, may be carried forward to succeeding calendar years and utilized to make payments pursuant to this Section 10.6(b) plus (ii) all proceeds obtained by any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle (and contributed to the Borrower) or the Borrower after the Closing Date from the sale of such Capital Stock to other future, current or former officers, managers, consultants, employees, directors and independent contractors (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) in connection with any plan or agreement referred to above in this clause (b) plus (iii) all Net Cash Proceeds obtained from any key-man life insurance policies received by the Borrower (or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle to the extent contributed to the Borrower) after the Closing Date less (iv) the amount of any previous Restricted Payments made pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 10.6(b); and provided, further, that, the cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any future, current or former employees, officers, managers, directors, consultants or independent contractors (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a redemption, acquisition, retirement or repurchase of its Capital Stock will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Agreement;

 

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(c)       (i) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments (other than Restricted Investments), the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may make Investments permitted by Section 10.5 and (ii) each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower and to Restricted Subsidiaries (and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, to the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary and to each other owner of Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests);

 

(d)       to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into and consummate transactions expressly permitted by any provision of Section 10.3 and 10.4 (other than 10.4(h)), and the Borrower may pay Restricted Payments to any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle as and when necessary to enable such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle to effect the transactions permitted by such section;

 

(e)       the Borrower may redeem, acquire, retire or repurchase Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle of the Borrower or the Borrower, as applicable, upon exercise of stock options or warrants to the extent such Capital Stock represents all or a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants, and the Borrower may pay Restricted Payments to a Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle thereof as and when necessary to enable such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle to effect such repurchases;

 

(f)       in addition to the foregoing Restricted Payments (i) the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments, so long as (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (y) after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment, the Borrower would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of payment of such Restricted Payment, as if such Restricted Payment and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of no greater than 5.25:1.00, (ii) the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed an amount equal to the Available Amount at the time such Restricted Payment is paid, so long as, (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (y) after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment, the Borrower would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with a Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of payment of such Restricted Payment, as if such Restricted Payment and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of no less than 2.00:1.00, (iii) the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed an amount equal to the Available Equity Amount at the time such Restricted Payment is paid and (iv) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the portion, if any, of the Restricted Payment Amount, on the relevant date of determination, that the Borrower elects to apply pursuant to this clause (iv);

 

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(g)       the Borrower may make and pay Restricted Payments:

 

(i)        the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity of the Borrower to pay) any tax liability in respect of income attributable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, but not in excess of the tax liability that the Borrower would incur if it filed tax returns as the parent of a consolidated, combined, unitary or aggregate group for itself and its Subsidiaries (and net of any payment already made and to be made by the Borrower to a taxing authority to satisfy such tax liability); provided that a Restricted Payment attributable to any taxes attributable to an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be permitted only to the extent such Unrestricted Subsidiary distributed cash to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(ii)       the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle to pay) its operating expenses incurred in the ordinary course (including related to maintenance of organizational existence), general administrative costs and other overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting, professional and similar fees and expenses provided by third parties, including the Borrower’s proportionate share of such amount relating to such Parent Entity being a Public Company), plus any indemnification claims made by employees, managers, consultants, independent contractors, directors or officers of any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle;

 

(iii)      the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle to pay) franchise, excise and similar taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses, in each case, required to maintain its (or any of its Parent Entities’ or Equityholding Vehicles’) corporate or other legal existence;

 

(iv)      the proceeds of which shall be used to make Investments contemplated by Section 10.5(c);

 

(v)       the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle to pay) fees and expenses (other than to Affiliates of the Borrower) related to any successful or unsuccessful equity issuance or offering or Incurrence of Indebtedness, Refinancing, Disposition or acquisition or Investment transaction permitted by this Agreement;

 

(vi)       to the extent not constituting a Restricted Investment, the proceeds of which shall be used to finance Investments that would otherwise be permitted to be made pursuant to Section 10.5 or as a Restricted Investment pursuant to Section 10.6 if made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment, (ii) such Parent Entity shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (A) all property acquired (whether assets or Capital Stock) to be contributed to the capital of the Borrower or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Person formed or acquired with or into the Borrower or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent not prohibited by Section 10.3) in order to consummate such Investment and (iii) such Parent Entity and its Affiliates (other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) receives no consideration or other payment in connection with such transaction except to the extent the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary could have otherwise given such consideration or made such payment in compliance with this Agreement; and

 

(vii)       the proceeds of which shall be used to pay customary salary, bonus, severance and other benefits payable to directors, officers, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors of any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries including the Borrower’s proportionate share of such amount relating to such Parent Entity being a Public Company;

 

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(h)       the Borrower may (or may make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle to) (i) pay cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any Restricted Payment (including in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock), share split, reverse share split or combination thereof or any Acquisition or other Investment and (ii) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;

 

(i)       the Borrower may pay (or may make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle to pay) Restricted Payments in an amount equal to withholding or similar taxes payable or expected to be payable by any future, current or former employee, director, manager, consultant or independent contractor (or any of their respective Immediate Family Members) of any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with the exercise or vesting of Capital Stock or other equity awards or any repurchases, redemptions, acquisitions, retirements or withholdings of Capital Stock in connection with any exercise of Capital Stock or other equity options or warrants or the vesting of Capital Stock or other equity awards if such Capital Stock represent all or a portion of the exercise price of, or withholding obligation with respect to, such options or, warrants or other Capital Stock or equity awards;

 

(j)       the Borrower may make payments (or make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle to make such payments) described in Sections 10.11(c), (e), (h), (i), (j), (l) and (v) (subject to the conditions set out therein);

 

(k)      the Borrower may make Restricted Payments and distributions within sixty (60) days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration of such payment, such payment would have complied with the other provisions of this Section 10.6;

 

(l)        [reserved];

 

(m)      the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may pay and make any Restricted Payment in connection with (i) the Transactions or Restricted Payments necessary to consummate the Transactions, including (A) in respect of any payments required to be made after the Closing Date in connection with, or necessary to consummate, the Transactions, (B) the payment of the Transaction Expenses related thereto or used to fund amounts owed to Affiliates (including those made to any Parent Entity of the Borrower or Equityholding Vehicle to permit payment by such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle), (C) in respect of working capital adjustments or purchase price adjustments or to satisfy indemnity and other similar obligations, in each case as set forth in the Merger Agreement, (D) to holders of restricted stock, restricted stock units or similar equity awards and (E) to dissenting equityholders in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto (including any accrued interest) in connection with the Transactions, (ii) working capital adjustments or purchase price adjustments in connection with any Acquisition or other Investment and (iii) the satisfaction of indemnity and other similar obligations in connection with any Acquisition or other Investment;

 

(n)       the Borrower may make payments made to optionholders or holders of profits interests of the Borrower or any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of the Borrower or any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle (to the extent such distribution is otherwise permitted hereunder), which payments are being made to compensate such optionholders or holders of profits interests as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution (it being understood that no such payment may be made to an optionholder or holder of profits interests pursuant to this clause to the extent such payment would not have been permitted to be made to such optionholder or holder of profits interests if it were a shareholder pursuant to any other paragraph of this Section 10.6, and any payment hereunder shall reduce payments available under such other paragraph);

 

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(o)       the Borrower may pay Restricted Payments to pay for the redemption, acquisition, retirement or repurchase, in each case for nominal value, of Capital Stock of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) or the Borrower from a former investor of a business acquired in an Acquisition or other Investment or a current or former employee, officer, director, manager or consultant of a business acquired in an Acquisition or other Investment (or their Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members), which Capital Stock was issued as part of an earn-out or similar arrangement in the acquisition of such business, and which redemption, acquisition, retirement or repurchase relates the failure of such earn-out to fully vest;

 

(p)       the Borrower may make distributions, by Restricted Payment or otherwise, or other transfer or Disposition of shares of Capital Stock of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries the primary assets of which are Cash Equivalents); and

 

(q)       the Borrower may make payments or distributions to satisfy dissenters’ rights pursuant to or in connection with an Acquisition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or transfer of assets that complies with Section 10.3;

 

(r)       [reserved];

 

(s)       the Borrower may make Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount that does not exceed the aggregate amount of Excluded Contributions received since the Closing Date (not otherwise building Available Equity Amount or constituting a Cure Amount or used to incur Indebtedness);

 

(t)        the Borrower may make distributions or payments of Receivables Fees and purchases of Receivables in connection with any Receivables Facility or any repurchase obligation in connection therewith;

 

(u)       the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to any Parent Entity of the cash or Cash Equivalents that were deposited on or prior to the Closing Date with the trustee for the Existing Notes, to the extent in excess of the amount that was needed to fund the redemption and discharge of such notes in full;

 

(v)       the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments in connection with the acquisition of additional Capital Stock in any Restricted Subsidiary from minority equityholders; and

 

(w)      so long as no Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, after a Qualifying IPO, the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle so that such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle can make Restricted Payments to its equity holders in an aggregate amount not exceeding 5% of the Market Capitalization.

 

The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the assets or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10.6 shall not restrict the making of any AHYDO Catch-Up Payment with respect to, and required by the terms of, any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Agreement. Indebtedness Incurred under Section 10.1(q) shall reduce availability under this Section 10.6 in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount incurred from time to time under Section 10.1(q), whether or not outstanding, except in respect of amounts forgiven or cancelled without payment being made.

 

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10.7       Limitations on Debt Payments and Amendments.

 

(a)       The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, prepay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise defease or make similar payments in respect of any Junior Debt prior to its stated maturity (it being understood that payments of regularly scheduled interest, fees, expenses, indemnification obligations and, so long as no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 is continuing or would result therefrom, AHYDO Catch-Up Payments shall be permitted); provided, however, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may prepay, repurchase, redeem, defease, acquire or otherwise make payments on any such Indebtedness (i) with the proceeds of any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness, (ii) by converting or exchanging any such Indebtedness to Capital Stock of Holdings or any of its Parent Entities and (iii) (A) so long as (x) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (y) after giving pro forma effect to such prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or other payment, the Borrower would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of any such payment, as if such prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or other payment and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of no greater than 5.25:1.00 after giving pro forma effect thereto, (B) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount at the time of such prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or other payment, so long as (x) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (y) after giving pro forma effect to such prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or other payment, the Borrower would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with a Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or other payment, as if such prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or other payment and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of no less than 2.00:1.00, (C) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Equity Amount at the time of such prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or other payment, (D) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the portion, if any, of the Restricted Payment Amount, on the relevant date of determination that the Borrower elects to apply pursuant to this clause (D), (E) any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Junior Debt Incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(j) (other than Indebtedness Incurred (I) to provide all or any portion of the funds utilized to consummate the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or (II) otherwise in connection with or contemplation of such acquisition), so long as such purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or similar payment is made or deposited with a trustee or other similar representative of the holders of such Junior Debt contemporaneously with, or substantially simultaneously with, the closing of the Acquisition under which such Junior Debt is Incurred and (F) the payment, redemption, repurchase, retirement, termination or cancellation of Indebtedness within 60 days of the date of the Redemption Notice if, at the date of any payment, redemption, repurchase, retirement, termination or cancellation notice in respect thereof (the “Redemption Notice”), such payment, redemption, repurchase, retirement termination or cancellation would have complied with another provision of this Section 10.7(a); provided that such payment, redemption, repurchase, retirement termination or cancellation shall reduce capacity under such other provision.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 10.7 shall prohibit (i) the repayment, prepayment, repurchase, redemption or other payment of intercompany subordinated Indebtedness owed among the Borrower and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries, in either case unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Borrower has received a notice from the Collateral Agent instructing it not to make or permit the Borrower and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries to make any such repayment or prepayment or (ii) substantially concurrent transfers of credit positions in connection with intercompany debt restructurings so long as such Indebtedness is permitted by Section 10.1 after giving pro forma effect to such transfer.

 

(b)       The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, waive, amend or modify any term or condition in any Subordinated Indebtedness Documentation (or, in each case, any documentation governing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) to the extent that any such waiver, amendment or modification, taken as a whole, would be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

 

10.8     Negative Pledge Clauses. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into or permit to exist any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement, any other Credit Document, any Permitted Additional Debt Documents related to any secured Permitted Additional Debt, any document governing any secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents, any document governing any Term Loan Exchange Notes and any documentation governing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance any such Indebtedness) that limits the ability of the Borrower or any Guarantor to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person for the benefit of the Secured Parties with respect to the Obligations or under the Credit Documents; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to Contractual Obligations that in any material respect:

 

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(i)       (x) exist on the Closing Date and (to the extent not otherwise permitted by this Section 10.8) are listed on Schedule 10.8 hereto and (y) to the extent Contractual Obligations permitted by clause (x) are set forth in an agreement evidencing Indebtedness or other obligations, are set forth in any agreement evidencing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness or obligation so long as such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not materially expand the scope of such Contractual Obligation (as determined in good faith by the Borrower),

 

(ii)       are binding on a Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary first becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as such Contractual Obligations were not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower,

 

(iii)      represent Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Credit Party to the extent such Indebtedness is permitted by Section 10.1,

 

(iv)      arise pursuant to agreements entered into with respect to any sale, transfer, lease, license or other Disposition permitted by Section 10.4, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale, transfer, lease, license, or other Disposition of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary, and applicable solely to assets under such sale, transfer, lease or other Disposition,

 

(v)       are customary provisions in Joint Venture agreements, partnership agreements, limited liability company organizational governance document, and other similar agreements applicable to partnerships, limited liability companies, Joint Ventures and similar Persons permitted by Section 10.5 or Section 10.6 and applicable solely to such Persons or the transfer of ownership therein,

 

(vi)      are negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1, but solely to the extent any negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness,

 

(vii)     are customary restrictions on leases, subleases, service agreements, product sales, licenses and sublicenses (including with respect to Intellectual Property) or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby so long as such restrictions relate to the assets subject thereto,

 

(viii)    comprise restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 10.1 to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the specific property or assets securing such Indebtedness,

 

(ix)       are customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment or transfers of any lease governing a leasehold interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary,

 

(x)        are customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement (or the assets subject thereto) entered into in the ordinary course of business,

 

(xi)       are restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed (including by customers) under agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business,

 

(xii)      are imposed by Applicable Law,

 

(xiii)     are customary net worth provisions contained in real property leases entered into by Subsidiaries of the Borrower, so long as the Borrower has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions could not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligation;

 

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(xiv)    comprise restrictions imposed by any agreement governing Indebtedness entered into after the Closing Date and permitted under Section 10.1 that are, taken as a whole, in the good-faith judgment of the Borrower, no more restrictive with respect to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary than customary market terms for Indebtedness of such type (and, in any event, are no more restrictive than the restrictions contained in this Agreement), so long as the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such restrictions will not materially impair its obligation or ability to make any payments required hereunder,

 

(xv)     arise in connection with purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business or Financing Lease Obligations;

 

(xvi)    arise in connection with any agreement or other instrument of a Person or relating to Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person, which Person is acquired by or merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any other transaction is entered into with any such Acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in existence at the time of such Acquisition or at the time it merges, consolidates or amalgamates with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person (but, in any such case, not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person so acquired and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person so acquired and its Subsidiaries or the property or assets so acquired or redesignated;

 

(xvii)   are restrictions or conditions contained in any trading, netting, operating, construction, service, supply, purchase, sale or other agreement to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided that such agreement prohibits the encumbrance of solely the property or assets of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary that are the subject to such agreement, the payment rights arising thereunder or the proceeds thereof and does not extend to any other asset or property of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or the assets or property of another Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(xviii)  are provisions restricting the granting of a security interest in Intellectual Property contained in licenses or sublicenses by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of such Intellectual Property, which licenses and sublicenses were entered into in the ordinary course of business (in which case such restriction shall relate only to such Intellectual Property);

 

(xix)     arise in connection with cash or other deposits imposed by agreement permitted under Section 10.2, Section 10.5 or Section 10.6 entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(xx)      restrictions with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary that was previously an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to or by reason of an agreement that such Restricted Subsidiary is a party to or entered into before the date on which such Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such agreement was not entered into in anticipation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and any such or restriction does not extend to any assets or property of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary other than the assets and property of such Subsidiary;

 

(xxi)     restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility that, in the good faith determination of the Borrower, are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility; and

 

(xxii)    are any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (i) through (xxi) of this Section 10.8; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good-faith judgment of the Borrower, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

 

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10.9       Passive Holding Company; Etc.

 

(a)       Holdings will not conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or operations other than (i) the ownership and/or acquisition of the Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Borrower, (ii) the maintenance of its legal existence, including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance, (iii) to the extent applicable, participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as a member of the consolidated group of Holdings and the Borrower, (iv) the performance of its obligations under and in connection with the Credit Documents and any documents relating to other Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1, (v) any public offering of its common Capital Stock or any other issuance or registration of its Capital Stock for sale or resale not prohibited by Section 10, including the costs, fees and expenses related thereto, (vi) any transaction that Holdings is permitted to enter into or consummate under this Section 10 and any transaction between Holdings and the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under this Section 10, including (a) making any dividend or distribution or other transaction similar to a Restricted Payment (other than a Restricted Investment) not prohibited by Section 10.6 (or the making of a loan to its Parent Entities or any Equityholding Vehicle in lieu of any such permitted Restricted Payment (other than a Restricted Investment) or distribution or other transaction similar to a Restricted Payment (other than a Restricted Investment)) or holding any cash received in connection with Restricted Payments (other than a Restricted Investment) made by the Borrower in accordance with Section 10.6 pending application thereof by Holdings in the manner contemplated by Section 10.6 (including the redemption in whole or in part of any of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) in exchange for another class of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) or rights to acquire its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new shares of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock)), (b) making any Investment to the extent (1) payment therefor is made solely with the Capital Stock of Holdings (other than Disqualified Capital Stock), the proceeds of Restricted Payments (other than a Restricted Investment) received from the Borrower and/or proceeds of the issuance of, or contribution in respect of the, Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of Holdings and (2) any property (including Capital Stock) acquired in connection therewith is contributed to the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor (or, if otherwise permitted by Section 10.5 or Section 10.6, a Restricted Subsidiary) or the Person formed or acquired in connection therewith is merged with the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and (c) the (w) provision of guarantees in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors, licensees, sublicensees or distribution partners; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that such guarantees shall not be in respect of debt for borrowed money, (x) Incurrence of Indebtedness of Holdings contemplated by Sections 10.1(p) and 10.1(q), (y) Incurrence of guarantees and the performance of its other obligations in respect of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Sections 10.1(a), 10.1(b), 10.1(k) and 10.1(s) and Permitted Additional Debt Incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(u) and (z) granting of Liens to the extent the Indebtedness contemplated by subclause (y) is permitted to be secured under Sections 10.2(a), 10.2(u) and 10.2(bb), (vii) incurring fees, costs and expenses relating to overhead and general operating including professional fees for legal, tax and accounting issues and paying taxes, (viii) providing indemnification to officers and directors and as otherwise permitted in Section 10, (ix) activities related to the consummation of the Transactions, including the execution and delivery of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the Internal Restructuring, (x) organizational activities incidental to Acquisitions or other Investments consummated by the Borrower, including the formation of acquisition vehicle entities and intercompany loans and/or investments incidental to such Acquisitions or other Investments in each case consummated substantially contemporaneously with the consummation of the applicable Acquisitions or other Investments; provided that in no event shall any such activities include the incurrence of a Lien on any of the assets of Holdings, (xi) the making of any loan to any officers or directors contemplated by Section 10.5 or Section 10.6, the making of any Investment in the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or, to the extent otherwise allowed under Section 10.5 or Section 10.6, a Restricted Subsidiary and (xii) activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in clauses (i) to (xi) of this Section 10.9.

 

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(b)       Except in connection with the Transactions, Holdings will not consummate any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets and other properties, except that Holdings may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any other Person (other than the Borrower) or, in connection with a Qualifying IPO, liquidate into the issuing entity, or otherwise Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets and property; provided that (i) Holdings shall be the continuing or surviving Person or, in the case of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation where Holdings is not the continuing or surviving Person or where Holdings has been liquidated, or in connection with a Disposition of all or substantially all of its assets, the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation or the Person into which Holdings has been liquidated or to which Holdings has transferred such assets shall, in each case, be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (Holdings or such Person, as the case may be, being herein referred to as the “Successor Holdings”), (ii) the Successor Holdings (if other than Holdings) shall expressly assume all the obligations of Holdings under this Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (iii) each Subsidiary Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or Disposition or unless the Successor Holdings is Holdings, shall have by a supplement to the Guarantee confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to the Successor Holdings’ obligations under this Agreement, (iv) each Subsidiary grantor and each Subsidiary pledgor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or Disposition or unless the Successor Holdings is Holdings, shall have by a supplement to the applicable Credit Documents confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Holdings’ obligations under this Agreement, (v) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or Disposition or unless the Successor Holdings is Holdings, shall have by an amendment to or restatement of the applicable Mortgage confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Holdings’ obligations under this Agreement, (vi) Holdings shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate stating that such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or Disposition and any supplements to the Credit Documents preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection of the Liens on the Collateral under the Security Documents, (vii) the Successor Holdings shall, immediately following such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or Disposition, directly or indirectly, own all Subsidiaries owned by Holdings immediately prior to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or Disposition and (viii) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel shall be required to be provided to the effect that such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation, or Disposition does not breach or result in a default under this Agreement or any other Credit Document; provided, further, that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Holdings (if other than Holdings) will succeed to, and be substituted for, Holdings under this Agreement.

 

10.10     Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio. Solely with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility and subject to the following proviso, beginning with the Test Period ending December 31, 2016, the Borrower will not permit the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as of the last day of any Test Period to be greater than 7.60:1.00; provided, however, that the Borrower shall be required to be in compliance with this Section 10.10 with respect to any Test Period only if the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans plus (B) the aggregate Letter of Credit Obligations (other than (i) those Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to the Stated Amount thereof and (ii) without duplication of amounts described in clause (i) above, Letter of Credit Obligations, the aggregate Stated Amount of which do not exceed the greater of (x) $10,000,000 and (y) the Stated Amount of Existing Letters of Credit outstanding on the Closing Date), in each case outstanding on the last day of such Test Period, exceeds 30.0% of the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment in effect on such date.

 

10.11     Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Borrower involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of the greater of (x) $20,000,000 and (y) 3.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date such transaction occurs (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date except:

 

(a)       such transactions that are made on terms, when taken as a whole, not materially less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate;

 

(b)       if such transaction is among Holdings, the Borrower and one or more Subsidiary Guarantors or any Restricted Subsidiary or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction;

 

(c)       the payment of Transaction Expenses, including the payment of all fees, expenses, bonuses and awards, and the consummation of the Transactions;

 

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(d)       the issuance of Capital Stock of any Parent Entity, any Equityholding Vehicle or the Borrower to the management of such Parent Entity, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to arrangements described in clause (m) below;

 

(e)       the payment of indemnities and other similar amounts and reasonable expenses incurred by the Investors and their respective Affiliates in connection with the management or monitoring of, or the provision of other services rendered to, any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(f)        equity issuances, repurchases, retirements, redemptions or other acquisitions or retirements of Capital Stock by any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle or the Borrower permitted under Section 10.6 and any actions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit the same;

 

 

(g)       loans, guarantees and other transactions by any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent permitted under Section 10;

 

(h)       the entry into, performance under, and making of any payments in respect of any employment, compensation and severance arrangements and health, disability and similar insurance or benefit plans or supplemental executive retirement benefit plans or arrangements between any Parent Entity of the Borrower, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors (including management and/or employee benefit plans or agreements, stock/equity/option plans, management equity plans, subscription agreements or similar agreements pertaining to the repurchase of Capital Stock pursuant to put/call rights or similar rights with current or former employees, officers, managers, directors, consultants or independent contractors (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) and stock option or incentive plans and other compensation arrangements) in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise approved by the Board of Directors of any Parent Entity of the Borrower or the Borrower;

 

(i)        the payment of customary fees, compensation and reasonable out-of-pocket costs to, and benefits, indemnities and reimbursements and employment and severance arrangements provided on behalf of, or for the benefit of, future, current or former, directors, managers, consultants, officers, employees and independent contractors (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(j)        transactions pursuant to permitted agreements in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 10.11 or any amendment thereto to the extent such an amendment is not adverse, taken as a whole, to the interests of the Lenders in any material respect as compared to the applicable agreement in effect on the Closing Date (in the good-faith judgment of the Borrower);

 

(k)       Restricted Payments permitted under Section 10.6, and Investments permitted under Section 10.5;

 

(l)        payments (including reimbursement of out-of-pocket fees and expenses) by the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiaries to the Investors and any of their respective Affiliates made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions or Dispositions, whether or not consummated), which payments are approved by the majority of the members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of any Parent Entity of the Borrower, Holdings or the Borrower in good faith;

 

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(m)       any issuance or transfer of Capital Stock, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities, Capital Stock or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, equity options and equity ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors of any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle or the Borrower, as the case may be and the granting and performing of customary registration rights;

 

(n)       the issuance and sale of any Qualified Capital Stock and any purchase by any Parent Entity of the Borrower of the Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower; provided that, to the extent required by Section 9.11, any Capital Stock of the Borrower so purchased shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Pledge Agreement;

 

(o)       transactions with wholly owned Subsidiaries for the purchase or sale of goods, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business in a manner consistent with prudent business practice followed by companies in the industry of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

(p)       transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, Joint Venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(q)       any contribution by any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle to the capital of the Borrower;

 

(r)        transactions with Joint Ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment and services entered into in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with prudent business practice followed by companies in the industry of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

(s)       any transaction between or among Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Affiliate of Holdings, the Borrower or a Joint Venture or similar Person that would constitute an Affiliate transaction solely because Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary owns Capital Stock in or otherwise controls such Affiliate, Joint Venture or similar Person;

 

(t)        Affiliate repurchases of the Loans or Commitments to the extent permitted under this Agreement and the holding of such Loans or Commitments and the payments and other transactions contemplated under this Agreement in respect thereof;

 

(u)       customary transactions effected as part of any Receivables Facility that are otherwise permitted under this Agreement;

 

(v)       the entering into, and payments by, any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to tax sharing agreements among any such Parent Entity, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on customary terms; provided that payments by Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries under any such tax sharing agreements shall not exceed the excess (if any) of the amount they would pay on a standalone basis over the amount they actually pay to Governmental Authorities;

 

(w)      transactions in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (a) of this Section 10.11;

 

(x)        payments, loans, advances or guarantees (or cancellation of loans, advances or guarantees) to future, current or former employees, directors or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle and employment agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements with any such employees, directors or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) which, in each case, are approved by the Borrower in good faith;

 

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(y)       (i) Investments by any of the Permitted Holders in securities of any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (and payment of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Permitted Holders in connection therewith) so long as the Investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (ii) payments to Permitted Holders in respect of securities or loans of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries contemplated in the foregoing subclause (i) or that were acquired from Persons other than any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, in accordance with the terms of such securities or loans;

 

(z)        pledges of Capital Stock of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

 

(aa)     the existence and performance of agreements and transactions with any Unrestricted Subsidiary that were entered into prior to the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent that the transaction was permitted at the time that it was entered into with such Restricted Subsidiary (and not entered into in contemplation of such designation) and transactions entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate prior to the redesignation of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary (and not entered into in contemplation of such designation); and

 

(bb)     the existence of, and performance under, customary obligations under the terms of any equityholders agreement, principal investors agreement (including any registration rights or purchase agreement related thereto) to which any Parent Entity, Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party as of the Closing Date (as such agreement may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time) and any similar agreements relating to the Capital Stock of any of the foregoing which the relevant parties may enter into after the Closing Date (except to the extent the performance of such obligations is otherwise prohibited under the terms of this Agreement).

 

SECTION 11.     Events of Default. Upon the occurrence of any of the following specified events (each an “Event of Default”):

 

11.1       Payments. The Borrower shall (a) default in the payment when due of any principal of the Loans or (b) default, and such default shall continue for five or more Business Days, in the payment when due of any interest on the Loans or any fees or of any other amounts owing hereunder or under any other Credit Document (other than any amount referred to in clauses 11.1(a)); or

 

11.2       Representations, Etc. Any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party herein or in any other Credit Document or any certificate, statement, report or other document delivered or required to be delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to be untrue in any material respect on the date as of which made or deemed made; or

 

11.3       Covenants. Any Credit Party shall (a) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 9.1(e)(i), Section 9.5 (with respect to the existence of the Borrower only) or Section 10; provided that with respect to Section 10.10, (i) an Event of Default (a “Financial Performance Covenant Event of Default”) shall not occur until the expiration of the 10th Business Day subsequent to the date the certificate calculating compliance with Section 10.10 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d) (without giving pro forma effect to any grace period for such delivery) with respect to such fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as applicable, and (ii) any default under Section 10.10 shall not constitute an Event of Default with respect to any Loans or Commitments hereunder, other than the Revolving Credit Loans and the Revolving Credit Commitments, until the date on which the Revolving Credit Loans (if any) have been accelerated, and the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, in each case, by the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, or (b) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement (other than those referred to in Section 11.1, Section 11.2 and clause (a) of this Section 11.3) contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of at least 30 days after receipt of written notice by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or

 

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11.4         Default Under Other Agreements. (a) The Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall (i) fail to make any required payment with respect to any Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness described in Section 11.1) in excess of $100,000,000, beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created or (ii) fail to observe or perform any agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist (other than, (i) with respect to Indebtedness consisting of any Hedging Agreements, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Hedging Agreements and (ii) secured Indebtedness that becomes due solely as a result of the sale, transfer or other Disposition (including as a result of Recovery Event) of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness), the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, any such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; provided that such failure remains unremedied or has not been waived (including in the form of an amendment) by the holders of such Indebtedness or (b) without limiting the provisions of clause (a) above, any such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid prior to the stated maturity thereof other than by (x) a regularly scheduled required prepayment or (y) as a mandatory prepayment or redemption; provided that this clause (b) shall not apply to (A) Indebtedness outstanding under any Hedging Agreements that becomes due pursuant to a termination event or equivalent event under the terms of such Hedging Agreements, (B) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a Disposition or a Recovery Event with respect to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness or (C) Indebtedness that is convertible into Capital Stock and converts to Capital Stock in accordance with its terms; or

 

11.5         Bankruptcy, Etc. Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case, proceeding or action concerning itself under the Bankruptcy Code; or an involuntary case, proceeding or action is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary under the Bankruptcy Code and the petition is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement of the case, proceeding or action; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary commences any other proceeding or action under any other Debtor Relief Law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary; or a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code), receiver, receiver manager, trustee or similar person is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or substantially all of the property of Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary; or there is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary under any other Debtor Relief Law any such proceeding or action that remains undismissed for a period of 60 days; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding or action is entered; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary suffers any appointment of any custodian, receiver, receiver manager, trustee or the like for it or any substantial part of its property to continue undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

 

11.6         ERISA. (a) With respect to any Pension Plan, the failure by Holdings, the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate to satisfy the minimum funding standard required for any plan year or part thereof, whether or not waived, under Section 412 of the Code; with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the failure to make any required contribution or payment; a determination that any Pension Plan is in “at-risk” status within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA or any Multiemployer Plan is in “endangered or critical status” within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; any Pension Plan is or shall have been terminated or is the subject of termination proceedings by the PBGC under Title IV of ERISA (including the giving of written notice thereof); a determination that a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA; with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, notification by the administrator of such Multiemployer Plan that the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or will be assessed Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan; the PBGC provides written notice of its intent to terminate any Pension Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan in a manner that results in a liability under Title IV of ERISA to the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate; an event shall have occurred or a condition shall exist entitling the PBGC to provide written notice of its intent to terminate any Pension Plan; the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or is reasonably likely to incur a liability to or on account of a Pension Plan under Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064 or 4069 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the Code (including the receipt by Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate of written notice thereof); any termination of a Foreign Plan has occurred that gives rise to liability for Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; or any non-compliance with the funding requirements under Applicable Law for any Foreign Plan has occurred; (b) there could result from any event or events set forth in clause (a) of this Section 11.6 the imposition of a Lien, the granting of a security interest, or a liability, or the reasonable likelihood of incurring a Lien, security interest or liability; and (c) such Lien, security interest or liability will or would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

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11.7         Guarantee. The Guarantee or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect or any Guarantor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any Guarantor’s obligations under the Guarantee; or

 

11.8         Security Document. Any Security Document or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof or as a result of acts or omissions of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender), or any grantor, pledgor or mortgagor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any grantor’s, pledgor’s or mortgagor’s obligations under such Security Document; or

 

11.9         Judgments. One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $100,000,000 for all such judgments and decrees for Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent not paid or fully covered by insurance provided by a carrier not disputing coverage) and any such judgments or decrees shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or

 

11.10       Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur;

 

then, and in any such event, and at any time thereafter, if any Event of Default shall then be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, upon the written request of the Required Lenders, by written notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii) require that the Letter of Credit Obligations be Cash Collateralized as provided in Section 3.8(b) and (iii) declare the principal of and any accrued interest and fees in respect of all Loans and all Obligations owing hereunder and thereunder to be, whereupon the same shall become, forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower without prejudice to the rights of any Agent or any Lender to enforce its claims against the Borrower, except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement (provided that, if an Event of Default specified in Section 11.5 with respect to the Borrower shall occur, no written notice by the Administrative Agent shall be required and the Commitments shall automatically terminate and all amounts in respect of all Loans and all Obligations shall be automatically become forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, during any period during which solely a Financial Performance Covenant Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent may with the consent of, and shall at the request of, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders take any of the foregoing actions described in the immediately preceding paragraph solely as they relate to the Revolving Credit Lenders (versus the Lenders), the Revolving Credit Commitments (versus the Commitments), the Revolving Credit Loans and the Swingline Loans (versus the Loans), and the Letters of Credit.

 

11.11       Borrower’s Right to Cure.

 

(a)           Financial Performance Covenant. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11, in the event that the Borrower reasonably expects to fail (or has failed) to comply with the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of any Test Period, at any time during the last fiscal quarter of such Test Period through and until the expiration of the 10th Business Day subsequent to the date the financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or Section 9.1(b) with respect to such fiscal quarter (the “Cure Deadline”), the Borrower (or any Parent Entity thereof) shall have the right to issue Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to (or, in the case of any Parent Entity of Holdings, receive equity interests in Holdings for its cash contributions to) the Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Borrower (collectively, the “Cure Right”), and upon the receipt by the Borrower of the net proceeds of such issuance or contribution (the “Cure Amount”) pursuant to the exercise by the Borrower of such Cure Right; provided such Cure Amount is received by the Borrower on or before the applicable Cure Deadline, compliance with the Financial Performance Covenant for such Test Period shall be recalculated giving pro forma effect to the following pro forma adjustments:

 

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(i)            Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased with respect to such applicable fiscal quarter with respect to which such Cure Amount is received by the Borrower and any Test Period that includes such fiscal quarter, solely for the purpose of determining whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as a result of a violation of the Financial Performance Covenant and, subject to clause (c) below, not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount and any prepayment of Indebtedness with the Cure Amount shall be disregarded for purposes of measuring the Financial Performance Covenant for such Test Period;

 

(ii)           if, after giving pro forma effect to such increase in Consolidated EBITDA, the Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant, the Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of the Financial Performance Covenant that had occurred shall be deemed cured for purposes of this Agreement; and

 

(iii)          Consolidated First Lien Debt in the Test Period for which the Cure Amount is deemed applied shall be decreased solely to the extent proceeds of the Cure Amount are applied to prepay any Indebtedness (provided that any such Indebtedness so prepaid shall be a permanent repayment of such Indebtedness and termination of commitments thereunder) included in the calculation of Consolidated First Lien Debt;

 

provided that the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent in writing of the exercise of such Cure Right within five Business Days of the receipt of the Cure Amounts.

 

(b)           Limitation on Exercise of Cure Right. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) in each four fiscal-quarter period there shall be no more than two fiscal quarters with respect to which the Cure Right is exercised, (ii) there shall be no more than five exercises of Cure Right in the aggregate, (iii) the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required for purposes of complying with the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of such fiscal quarter (such amount, the “Necessary Cure Amount”); provided that, if the Cure Right is exercised prior to the date financial statements are required to be delivered for such fiscal quarter then the Cure Amount shall be equal to the amount reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith that is required for purposes of complying with the Financial Performance Covenant for such fiscal quarter (such amount, the “Expected Cure Amount”), (iv) subject to clause (c) below, all Cure Amounts shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the Applicable Margin, any baskets, with respect to the covenants contained in the Credit Documents or the usage of the Available Amount or the Available Equity Amount and (v) no borrowing shall be made under the Revolving Credit Facility following a breach of the Financial Maintenance Covenant until the Cure Amount has actually been received by the Borrower.

 

(c)           Expected Cure Amount. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent that the Expected Cure Amount is (i) greater than the Necessary Cure Amount, then such difference may be used for the purposes of determining any baskets (other than any previously contributed Cure Amounts), with respect to the covenants contained in the Credit Documents, the Available Amount or the Available Equity Amount and (ii) less than the Necessary Cure Amount, then not later than the applicable Cure Deadline, the Borrower must receive the cash proceeds of the Cure Amount or a cash capital contribution to Holdings, which cash proceeds received by Borrower shall be equal to the shortfall between such Expected Cure Amount and such Necessary Cure Amount.

 

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SECTION 12.      The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

 

12.1        Appointment.

 

(a)           Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Barclays Bank PLC (together with any successor Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 12.11) as Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. 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, 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.

 

(b)           Each Lender hereby appoints Barclays Bank PLC (together with any successor Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 12.11) as the Collateral Agent hereunder and authorizes the Collateral Agent to (i) take such action on its behalf and to exercise all rights, powers and remedies and perform the duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent under such Credit Documents and (ii) exercise such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. For purposes of the exculpatory, liability-limiting and other similar provisions of this Section 12, references to the “Administrative Agent” shall be deemed to include the Collateral Agent in its capacity as such. Each Lender hereby appoints the Collateral Agent to enter into, and sign for and on behalf of the Lenders as Secured Parties, the Security Documents for the benefit of the Lenders and the Secured Parties.

 

(c)           Each Lead Arranger and each Joint Bookrunner, in its capacity as such, shall not have any obligations, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement but shall be entitled to all benefits of this Section 12. The Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agents, each in its respective capacity as such, shall not have any obligations, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement but shall be entitled to all benefits of this Section 12.

 

12.2         Limited Duties. Under the Credit Documents, the Administrative Agent (i) is acting solely on behalf of the Lenders (except to the limited extent provided in Section 2.5(e)), with duties that are entirely administrative in nature, notwithstanding the use of the defined term “Administrative Agent,” the terms “agent,” “administrative agent” and “collateral agent” and similar terms in any Credit Document to refer to the Administrative Agent, which terms are used for title purposes only, (ii) is not assuming any obligation under any Credit Document other than as expressly set forth therein or any role as agent, fiduciary or trustee of or for any Lender or any other Secured Party and (iii) shall have no implied functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or other liabilities under any Credit Document, and each Lender hereby waives and agrees not to assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on the roles, duties and legal relationships expressly disclaimed in clauses (i) through (iii) above.

 

12.3         Binding Effect. Each Lender 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) or the Required Revolving Credit 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) or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders and (iii) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders 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.

 

12.4         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, or through their respective Related Parties, and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The exculpatory provisions of this Section 12 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

 

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12.5         Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall (a) be 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, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any action taken by it in good faith in connection with the entry into, or any amendment of, or any action taken in connection with, any Customary Intercreditor Agreement contemplated by the terms hereof (except for its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction), (b) be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any recitals, statements, representations or warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document or in any certificate, report, statement, agreement 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, (ii) the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (iii) the creation, perfection priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Credit Documents, (iv) any failure of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Credit Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder or the occurrence of any Default or (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, (c) be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (d) have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Credit Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Credit Documents), provided that 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 Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law and (e) except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. 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 the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility or liability for monitoring or enforcing the list of Disqualified Lenders or for any assignment to a Disqualified Lender.

 

12.6         Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex, electronic mail message or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender specified in the Register with respect to any amount owing hereunder 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 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, 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.

 

12.7         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 unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a written notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders and the Collateral Agent. 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; 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 it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders (except to the extent that this Agreement requires that such action be taken only with the approval of the Required Lenders or each of the Lenders, as applicable).

 

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12.8         Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Credit Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties, 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 Borrower, any Guarantor and any other Credit Party and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties, 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 Borrower, any Guarantor and any other Credit Party. 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 with any credit or other information concerning the business, assets, operations, properties, financial condition, prospects or creditworthiness of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other 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.

 

12.9         Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent required to be reimbursed by the Borrower and not so reimbursed by the Borrower, and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought (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 their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect 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 (including at any time following 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 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 resulting from the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. The agreements in this Section 12.9 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

12.10       Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each of Barclays Bank PLC and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower, any Guarantor and any other Credit Party as though Barclays Bank PLC was not the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it, Barclays Bank PLC 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” and “Lenders” shall include Barclays Bank PLC in its individual capacity.

 

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12.11       Successor Agent. The Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent may resign as the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender, the other Agents and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent becomes a Defaulting Lender, then such Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may be removed as the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, at the reasonable request of the Borrower and the Required Lenders. If the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent shall resign or be removed as the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, then (a) the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor for the Lenders within 30 days, or (b) in the case of a resignation, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, selected from among the Lenders. In either case, the successor shall be approved by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld and shall not be required if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing), whereupon such successor shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent,” and/or “Collateral Agent,” as applicable, shall mean such successor effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent shall be terminated without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any Lenders or other holders of the Loans. If no successor has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent by the date which is 30 days following the retiring Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, as the case may be, (x) the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor as provided for above and (y) the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective at such time as a successor Collateral Agent shall have been appointed, and such successor Collateral Agent shall have accepted such appointment, in accordance with the terms of this Section 12.11 and upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to the Mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Required Lenders may reasonably request, in order to continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Security Documents. After any retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s and/or the Collateral Agent’s resignation or removal as the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 12 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

 

Any resignation or replacement by Barclays Bank PLC as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation or replacement as Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender. If Barclays Bank PLC resigns or is replaced as Letter of Credit Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation or replacement as Letter of Credit Issuer and all Letter of Credit Obligations with respect thereto, including the right to require the Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans or fund risk participations in Unpaid Drawings pursuant to Sections 3.3 and 3.4. At the time such resignation or replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay to Barclays Bank PLC all accrued and unpaid fees pursuant to Sections 4.1(b) and 4.1(d). After such resignation or replacement, Barclays Bank PLC shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit or amend or renew existing Letters of Credit or issue additional Swingline Loans. If Barclays Bank PLC resigns as Swingline Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swingline Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swingline Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(ii). Upon the appointment by the Borrower of a successor Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender hereunder (which successor shall in all cases be a Lender other than a Defaulting Lender), (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender, as applicable, (b) the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Credit Documents, and (c) the successor Letter of Credit Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Barclays Bank PLC to effectively assume the obligations of Barclays Bank PLC with respect to such Letters of Credit.

 

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12.12      Withholding Tax. To the extent the Administrative Agent reasonably believes that it is required by any Applicable Law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding tax. Without limiting or expanding the obligations of the Credit Parties under Section 5.4, if the United States Internal Revenue Service or any authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender (because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or for any other reason), such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as tax or otherwise, including penalties and interest, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses, allocated staff costs and any out-of-pocket expenses. The agreements in this Section 12.12 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to set off any amounts owing to it under Section 12.12 against any amounts otherwise payable to the applicable Lender.

 

12.13       Duties as Collateral Agent and as Paying Agent. Without limiting the generality of Section 12.1 above, the Collateral Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority (to the exclusion of the Lenders each Hedge Bank and each Cash Management Bank), and is hereby authorized, to (i) act as the disbursing and collecting agent for the Secured Parties with respect to all payments and collections arising in connection with the Credit Documents (including in any proceeding described in Section 11.5 or any other proceeds under any other Debtor Relief Laws, and each Person making any payment in connection with any Credit Document to any Secured Party is hereby authorized to make such payment to the Collateral Agent, (ii) file and prove claims and file other documents necessary or desirable to allow the claims of the Secured Parties with respect to any Obligation in any proceeding described in Section 11.5 or any other proceeds under any other Debtor Relief Laws (but not to vote, consent or otherwise act on behalf of such Secured Party), (iii) act as collateral agent for each Secured Party for purposes of the perfection of all Liens created by such agreements and all other purposes stated therein, (iv) manage, supervise and otherwise deal with the Collateral, (v) take such other action as is necessary or desirable to maintain the perfection and priority of the Liens created or purported to be created by the Credit Documents, (vi) except as may be otherwise specified in any Credit Document, exercise all remedies given to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, whether under the Credit Documents, applicable requirements of law or otherwise, (vii) negotiate the form of any Mortgage and (viii) execute any amendment, consent or waiver under the Security Documents on behalf of the Secured Parties, to the extent consented to in accordance with Section 13.1 and the terms thereof; provided, however, that the Collateral Agent hereby appoints, authorizes and directs each Lender to act as collateral sub-agent for the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties for purposes of the perfection of all Liens with respect to the Collateral, including any deposit account maintained by a Credit Party with, and cash and Cash Equivalents held by such Secured Party and may further authorize and direct the Secured Parties to take further actions as collateral sub-agents for purposes of enforcing such Liens or otherwise to transfer the Collateral subject thereto to the Collateral Agent, and each Secured Party hereby agrees to take such further actions to the extent, and only to the extent, so authorized and directed.

 

12.14       Authorization to Release Liens and Guarantees. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are hereby irrevocably authorized by each of the Lenders to effect any release or subordination of Liens or the Guarantees contemplated by Section 13.17 without further action or consent by the Lenders.

 

12.15       Intercreditor Agreements. The Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to enter into any Customary Intercreditor Agreement to the extent contemplated by the terms hereof, and the parties hereto acknowledge that such Customary Intercreditor Agreement is binding upon them. Each Lender (a) hereby agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the Customary Intercreditor Agreement and (b) hereby authorizes and instructs the Collateral Agent to enter into the Customary Intercreditor Agreement and to subject the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations to the provisions thereof. In addition, each Lender hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to enter into (i) any amendments to any Customary Intercreditor Agreement, and (ii) any other intercreditor arrangements, in the case of clauses (i), and (ii) to the extent required to give effect to the establishment of intercreditor rights and privileges as contemplated and required by Section 10.2 of this Agreement.

 

Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that any of the Agents (or one or more of their respective Affiliates) may (but are not obligated to) act as the “Representative” or like term for the holders of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness under the security agreements with respect thereto and/or under a Customary Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender waives any conflict of interest, now contemplated or arising hereafter, in connection therewith and agrees not to assert against any Agent or any of its affiliates any claims, causes of action, damages or liabilities of whatever kind or nature relating thereto.

 

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12.16       Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein or in any Guarantee or any Security Document, no Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank that obtains the benefits of any Guarantee or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any Guarantee or any Security Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Credit Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Credit Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 12 to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedging Agreements unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be.

 

12.17       Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

(a)           to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, Letter of Credit Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Sections 4.1 and 13.5) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b)           to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuer, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents and their respective agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 4.1 and 13.5.

 

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer in any such proceeding.

 

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The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations (including accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, or any similar laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Credit Party is subject, (b) at any other sale or foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any Applicable Law. In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid on a ratable basis (with Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that would vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) in the asset or assets so purchased (or in the Capital Stock or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are used to consummate such purchase). In connection with any such bid (i) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles to make a bid, (ii) to adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles (provided that any actions by the Administrative Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or Capital Stock thereof shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by the vote of the Required Lenders, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving pro forma effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 13.1 of this Agreement, (iii) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to assign the relevant Obligations to any such acquisition vehicle pro rata by the Lenders, as a result of which each of the Lenders shall be deemed to have received a pro rata portion of any Capital Stock and/or debt instruments issued by such an acquisition vehicle on account of the assignment of the Obligations to be credit bid, all without the need for any Secured Party or acquisition vehicle to take any further action, and (iv) to the extent that Obligations that are assigned to an acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of another bid being higher or better, because the amount of Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of debt credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Lenders pro rata and the Capital Stock and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of the Obligations that had been assigned to the acquisition vehicle shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any acquisition vehicle to take any further action.

 

SECTION 13.      Miscellaneous.

 

13.1         Amendments and Waivers. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, neither this Agreement nor any other Credit Document (other than the Fee Letter), nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13.1. The Required Lenders may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent shall, 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, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral 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, however, that no such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification shall directly:

 

(i)            without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby:

 

(A)            reduce or forgive the principal of any Loan (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 6 and 7 or waiver or amendment of any Default, Event of Default or mandatory prepayment shall not constitute a reduction or forgiveness of principal);

 

(B)            extend the date of any scheduled amortization payment (including any scheduled Initial Term Loan Repayment Date or any date scheduled for the repayment of any installment of Incremental Term Loans) or the final scheduled maturity date of any Loan (other than as a result of waiving the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 6 and 7 or other than as a result of a waiver or amendment of any Default, Event of Default or mandatory prepayment (which shall not constitute an extension, forgiveness or postponement of any maturity date)); provided that the foregoing shall not apply to extensions effected in accordance with Section 2.15;

 

(C)            reduce the amount of any fee payable hereunder or reduce the stated interest rate applicable to the Loans (it being understood that any change (x) to the definition of “Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” or (y) in the component definitions thereof shall not constitute a reduction in the rate); provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the “default rate,” (ii) to amend Section 2.8(c) or (iii) to waive any requirement of Section 2.14(b);

 

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(D)            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 and other than as a result of a waiver or amendment of any Default, Event of Default or mandatory prepayment (which shall not constitute an extension, forgiveness or postponement of any date for payment of principal, interest or fees));

 

(E)            extend the final expiration date of any Lender’s Commitment (provided that any Lender, upon the request of the Borrower, may extend the final expiration date of its Commitments without the consent of any other Lender, including the Required Lenders); provided that the foregoing shall not apply to extensions effected in accordance with Section 2.15;

 

(F)            extend the final expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the date specified in Section 3.1(b);

 

(G)           increase the aggregate amount of any Commitment of any Lender (other than (i) with respect to any Incremental Facility to which such Lender has agreed, (ii) as a result of waiving the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 6 and 7 or (iii) as a result of a waiver or amendment of any Default or Event of Default (which shall not constitute an extension or increase of any commitment));

 

(H)           decrease or forgive any Repayment Amount; or

 

(I)            amend Section 5.4 of the Security Agreement or Section 12(b) of the Pledge Agreement;

 

provided that any amendment, modification or waiver contemplated in clause (i) above shall only require the consent of the Lenders expressly set forth therein and not the Required Lenders or any other majority or required percentage of Lenders of any Class of Loans or Commitments.

 

(ii)              reduce the percentages specified in the definition of the term “Required Revolving Credit Lenders” without the written consent of all Revolving Credit Lenders, or

 

(iii)            amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 13.1 or reduce the percentages specified in the definition of the term “Required Lenders” or consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party (except as permitted pursuant to Section 10.3), in each case without the written consent of each Lender, or

 

(iv)            amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 12 without the written consent of then-current Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, or

 

(v)             amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.16 (to the extent applicable to it) or Section 3 without the written consent of the Letter of Credit Issuer, or

 

(vi)            amend, modify or waive any provisions hereof relating to Swingline Loans without the written consent of the Swingline Lender, or

 

(vii)           subject to any applicable Customary Intercreditor Agreement, release all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantors under the Guarantee (except as expressly permitted by the Guarantee), or release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Security Documents (except as expressly permitted by the Security Documents), in each case without the prior written consent of each Lender.

 

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provided, further, that (A) any waiver, amendment or modification of this Agreement that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of a particular Class (but not the Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of any other Class) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrower, and the requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto under this Section if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time and (B) any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency (including, without limitation, amendments, supplements or waivers to any of the Security Documents, guarantees, intercreditor agreements or related documents executed by any Credit Party or any other Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement if such amendment, supplement or waiver is delivered in order to cause such Security Documents, guarantees, intercreditor agreements or related documents to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents), so long as, in each case, the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment; provided that the consent of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as the case may be, shall not be required to make any such changes necessary to be made in connection with (w) any borrowing of Incremental Term Loans to effect the provisions of Section 2.14, (x) the provision of any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase or any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, (y) in connection with an amendment that addresses solely a re-pricing transaction in which any Class of Term Loans is refinanced with a replacement Class of term loans bearing (or is modified in such a manner such that the resulting term loans bear) a lower Effective Yield for which only the consent of the Lenders holding Term Loans subject to such permitted repricing transaction that will continue as a Lender in respect of the repriced tranche of Term Loans or modified Term Loans or (z) changes otherwise to effect the provisions of Section 2.14, 2.15, 2.17 or 10.2(a) and (C) Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may, without the input or consent of the other Lenders, (i) negotiate the form of any Mortgage as may be necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Collateral Agent and (ii) effect changes to this Agreement that are necessary and appropriate to provide for the mechanics contemplated by the offering process set forth in Section 13.6(g)(i)(B) herein.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall be required to (and only the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall have the ability to) waive, amend, supplement or modify the covenant set forth in Section 10.10 (including any defined terms as they relate thereto).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may, without the consent of any Lender, enter into any amendment to the Security Documents or a Customary Intercreditor Agreement contemplated by Section 10.2(a) or 10.2(u).

 

To the extent notice has been provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the definition of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, Permitted Additional Debt or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness or pursuant to Sections 2.14(c), 10.1(k)(i)(F) or 10.1(s) with respect to the inclusion of any Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant, this Agreement shall be automatically and without further action on the part of any Person hereunder and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 13.1 deemed modified to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant on the date of the Incurrence of the applicable Indebtedness to the extent required by the terms of such definition or section.

 

13.2            Notices; Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by fax, as follows:

 

(a)          if to the Borrower, Holdings or any other Credit Party, to it at:

 

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC or MPH Acquisition Corp 1

c/o MultiPlan

535 East Diehl Road

Naperville, IL 60563

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Tel: [          ]

Facsimile: [          ]

 

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(b)          if to the Administrative Agent, to it at:

 

For purposes of Borrowing, Continuation/Conversion and Prepayment notices:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

700 Prides Crossing

Newark, DE 19713

Attention: Jason Jones

Tel: [          ]

Electronic mail: [          ]

 

For any other purpose:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

745 7th Avenue

24th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Christine Aharonian

Tel: [          ]

Electronic mail: [          ]

 

(c)          if to the Collateral Agent, to it at:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

745 7th Avenue

24th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Christine Aharonian

Tel: [          ]

Electronic mail: [          ]

 

(d)          if to Barclays Bank PLC, as Letter of Credit Issuer, to it at:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

745 7th Avenue

24th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: LC Department

Electronic mail: [          ]

 

(e)          if to Barclays Bank PLC, as Swingline Lender, to it at:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

700 Prides Crossing

Newark, DE 19713

Attention: Jason Jones

Tel: [          ]

Electronic mail: [          ]

 

(f)          if to a Lender or other Letter of Credit Issuer, to it at its address (or fax number) set forth on Schedule 13.2 or in the Assignment and Acceptance, Incremental Agreement or documents relating to any Refinancing pursuant to which such Lender shall have become a party hereto.

 

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All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by fax or on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 13.2 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 13.2. As agreed to among Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the applicable Lenders from time to time, notices and other communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the email address of a representative of the applicable Person provided from time to time by such Person.

 

The Borrower hereby agrees, unless directed otherwise by the Administrative Agent or unless the electronic mail address referred to below has not been provided by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, that it will, or will cause its Subsidiaries to, provide to the Administrative Agent all information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Documents or to the Lenders under Section 9, including all notices, requests, financial statements, financial and other reports, certificates and other information materials, but excluding any such communication that (i) is or relates to a Notice of Borrowing or a notice pursuant to Section 2.6, (ii) relates to the payment of any principal or other amount due under this Agreement prior to the scheduled date therefor, (iii) provides notice of any Default or Event of Default under this Agreement or any other Credit Document or (iv) is required to be delivered to satisfy any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement and/or any Borrowing or other extension of credit hereunder (all such non-excluded communications being referred to herein collectively as “Communications”), by transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium that is properly identified in a format reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent to an electronic mail address as directed by the Administrative Agent. In addition, the Borrower agrees, and agrees to cause its Subsidiaries, to continue to provide the Communications to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, as the case may be, in the manner specified in the Credit Documents but only to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent.

 

The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, the “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on Intralinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof) or the Borrower or any of their respective securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). The Borrower hereby agrees that (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Agents and the Lenders to treat the Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof) or the Borrower or any of their respective securities for purposes of United States federal securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 13.16); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated as “Public Investor”; and (z) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not marked as “Public Investor.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following Borrower Materials shall be deemed to be marked “PUBLIC” unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent promptly that any such document contains material non-public information: (1) the Credit Documents, (2) notification of changes in the terms of the Credit Facilities and (3) all information delivered pursuant to Section 9.01(a) and (b).

 

Each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and Applicable Law, including United States federal securities laws, to make reference to Communications that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof) or the Borrower or any of their respective securities for purposes of United States federal securities laws.

 

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THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” NEITHER THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT NOR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM AND EACH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS IS MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY CREDIT PARTY, ANY LENDER, ANY OTHER AGENT OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER OR NOT BASED ON STRICT LIABILITY AND INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY CREDIT PARTY’S OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR NOTICES THROUGH THE PLATFORM, ANY OTHER ELECTRONIC PLATFORM OR ELECTRONIC MESSAGING SERVICE, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE LIABILITY OF ANY SUCH PERSON IS FOUND IN A FINAL DECISION BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO HAVE RESULTED FROM SUCH PERSON’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE, BAD FAITH OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.

 

The Administrative Agent agrees that the receipt of the Communications by the Administrative Agent at its e-mail address set forth above shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to the Administrative Agent for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees that receipt of notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that the Communications have been posted to the Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (including by electronic communication) from time to time of such Lender’s e-mail address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and that the foregoing notice may be sent to such e-mail address. Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Credit Document in any other manner specified in such Credit Document.

 

The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower 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.

 

The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Acceptances, amendments or other modifications, Notices of Borrowing, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any Applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

13.3            No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral 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.

 

13.4            Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Credit Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans hereunder.

 

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13.5            Payment of Expenses; Indemnification.

 

(a)              The Borrower agrees (i) to pay or reimburse each of the Agents, the Lead Arrangers and the Joint Bookrunners for all their reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses (without duplication) associated with the syndication of the Initial Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility and incurred in connection with the development, preparation, execution and delivery of, and any amendment, supplement, modification to, waiver and/or enforcement of 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 fees, disbursements and other charges of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and, to the extent necessary, a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate local jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) or otherwise retained with the Borrower’s consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and (ii) to pay or reimburse each of the Agents for all their reasonable and documented or invoiced 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 fees, disbursements and other charges of one firm or counsel to the Agents, and, to the extent necessary, a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate local jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) or otherwise retained with the Borrower’s consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and (iii) to pay, indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, each Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender, each Lead Arranger and each Joint Bookrunner and their respective Related Parties (without duplication) (the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or penalties (collectively, “Losses”) of any kind or nature whatsoever and the reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket expenses, joint or several, to which any such Indemnified Party may become subject, in each case to the extent of any such Losses and related expenses, to the extent arising out of, resulting from, or in connection with any action, claim, litigation, investigation or other proceeding (including any inquiry or investigation of the foregoing) (any of the foregoing, a “Proceeding”) (regardless of whether such Indemnified Party is a party thereto or whether or not such Proceeding was brought by the Borrower, its equity holders, affiliates or creditors or any other third person) and, subject to Section 13.5(e), to reimburse each such Indemnified Party promptly for any reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with investigating, responding to or defending any of the foregoing (which in the case of legal fees shall be limited to the reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket fees, expenses, disbursements and other charges of a single firm of counsel for all Indemnified Parties, taken as a whole and, to the extent necessary, a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate local jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnified Party affected by such conflict notifies the Borrower of any existence of such conflict and in connection with the investigating, responding to or defending any of the foregoing has retained its own counsel, of one other firm of counsel for such affected Indemnified Party)), relating to the Transactions or the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents or the use of the proceeds of the Loans or Letters of Credit (all the foregoing in this clause (iii), collectively, the “indemnified liabilities”); provided that this clause (iii) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses or damages arising from any non-Tax claim; and provided, further, that the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnified Party with respect to indemnified liabilities to the extent arising from (a) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party or any of its Related Parties as determined in a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, (b) a material breach of the obligations of such Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates under the terms of this Agreement or any other Credit Document by such Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates as determined in a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, (c) in addition to clause (b) above, in the case of any Proceeding initiated by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary against the relevant Indemnified Party, a breach of the obligations of such Indemnified Party or its Related Parties under the terms of this Agreement or any other Credit Document as determined in a final and non-appealable decision by a court of competent jurisdiction, or (d) any Proceeding brought by any Indemnified Party against any other Indemnified Party that does not involve an act or omission by Holdings, the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that each of the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender, the Lead Arrangers and the Joint Bookrunners, in each case to the extent fulfilling their respective roles in their capacities as such, shall remain indemnified in respect of such a Proceeding, to the extent that none of the exceptions set forth in clause (a), (b) or (c) of the immediately preceding proviso applies to such Person at such time. All amounts payable under this Section 13.5(a) shall be paid within 30 days after receipt by the Borrower of an invoice relating thereto setting forth such expense in reasonable detail. The agreements in this Section 13.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

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(b)            No Credit Party nor any Indemnified Party shall have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages (including any loss of profits, business or anticipated savings) in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date); provided that the foregoing shall not limit the Borrower’s indemnification and reimbursement obligations to the Indemnified Parties pursuant to Section 13.5(a)(iii), to the extent that such special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages are included in any claim by a third party unaffiliated with any of the Indemnified Parties with respect to which the applicable Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification under Section 13.5(a)(iii). No Indemnified Party 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, except to the extent that such damages have resulted from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of any Indemnified Party or any of its Related Parties as determined by a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

(c)            No Credit Party shall be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected without written consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), but if settled with the Borrower’s written consent or if there is a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction for the plaintiff in any such Proceeding, each Credit Party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party from and against any and all Losses and reasonable and documented or invoiced legal or other out-of-pocket expenses by reason of such settlement or judgment in accordance with and to the extent provided in the other provisions of this Section 13.5. If any Person has reimbursed any Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses in accordance with such request and there is a final and non-appealable determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Indemnified Party was not entitled to indemnification or contribution rights with respect to such payment pursuant to this Section 13.5, then the Indemnified Party shall promptly refund such amount.

 

(d)            No Credit Party shall without the prior written consent of any Indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, it being understood that the withholding of consent due to non-satisfaction of any of the conditions described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this sentence shall be deemed reasonable), effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Proceeding in respect of which indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party from all liability or claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding and (ii) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability, wrongdoing or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party.

 

(e)            In case any proceeding is instituted involving any Indemnified Party for which indemnification is to be sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, then such Indemnified Party will promptly notify the Borrower of the commencement of any proceeding; provided, however, that the failure to do so will not relieve the Borrower from any liability that it may have to such Indemnified Party hereunder, except to the extent that the Borrower is materially prejudiced by such failure. Notwithstanding the above, following such notification, the Borrower may elect in writing to assume the defense of such proceeding, and, upon such election, the Borrower will not be liable for any legal costs subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party (other than reasonable costs of investigation and providing evidence) in connection therewith, unless (i) the Borrower has failed to provide counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in a timely manner, (ii) counsel provided by the Borrower reasonably determines its representation of such Indemnified Party would present it with a conflict of interest or (iii) the Indemnified Party reasonably determines that there are actual conflicts of interest between the Borrower and the Indemnified Party, including situations in which there may be legal defenses available to the Indemnified Party which are different from or in addition to those available to the Borrower.

 

13.6            Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments; Etc.

 

(a)              The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Letter of Credit Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) except as set forth in Section 10.3, the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. 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 (including any Affiliate of the Letter of Credit Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in Section 13.6(d)) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnified Parties) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

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(b)            (i)      Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph 13.6(b)(ii), any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:

 

(A)            the Borrower; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (x) for an assignment of any Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund (unless increased costs would result therefrom) or from a Principal Investor to any other Principal Investor or (y) if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or an Event of Default with respect to the Borrower under Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing; provided, further, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment of a Term Loan unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten Business Days after having received written notice thereof; provided, further, that it shall be understood that, without limitation, the Borrower shall have the right to withhold its consent to any assignment if, in order for such assignment to comply with Applicable Law, the Borrower would be required to obtain the consent of, or make any filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority, and

 

(B)             (i)      in the case of Term Loans or Commitments in respect of Term Loans, the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or to any Purchasing Borrower Party or any Affiliated Lender, or from a Principal Investor to any other Principal Investor and (ii) in the case of Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary set forth herein, any assignment of any Loans to a Purchasing Borrower Party or any Affiliated Lender shall also be subject to the requirements of Section 13.6(g).

 

(ii)            Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

 

(A)            except in the case of (i) an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or (ii) an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments or Loans of the applicable Class, 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, in the case of Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans, $5,000,000 (or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof), or, in the case of Initial Term Loan Commitments, Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Term Loans, $1,000,000 (or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof), unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents; provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 with respect to the Borrower has occurred and is continuing; provided, further, that contemporaneous assignments to a single assignee made by Affiliated Lenders or related Approved Funds or by a single assignor to related Approved Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of meeting the minimum assignment amount requirements stated above;

 

(B)             subject to the terms of Section 13.7(c), the parties to each assignment shall (x) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent or (y) if previously agreed with the Administrative Agent, manually execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, in each case, together with a processing fee of $3,500 (it being understood that such recordation fee shall not apply to any assignment by any of the Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners or any of their respective Affiliates hereunder in connection with the primary syndication of the Initial Term Loan Facility, or any assignment by any Principal Investor to any other Principal Investor); provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive or reduce such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment, including assignments effected pursuant to the provisions of Section 13.7; and

 

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(C)            the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent any tax form required by Section 5.4 and an administrative questionnaire in a form approved by the Administrative Agent in which the assignee 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 the assignee’s compliance procedures and Applicable Laws, including Federal and state securities laws.

 

(D)            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 with respect to the Loan or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (D) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate tranches of Loans (if any) on a non-pro rata basis.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary set forth herein (i) any assignment of any Loans or Commitments to a Purchasing Borrower Party or an Affiliated Lender shall also be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 13.6(g) and (ii) no natural person may be an Eligible Assignee with respect to any Loans or Commitments.

 

For the purpose of this Section 13.6(b), the term “Approved Fund” has the following meaning:

 

Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is primarily engaged or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit or securities in the ordinary course of business 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.

 

(iii)            Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to Section 13.6(b)(vi), 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 and subject to the requirements of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 5.4 and 13.5); 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 other party hereto against such Defaulting Lender arising from such 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 13.6 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 13.6(d).

 

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(iv)            By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender thereunder and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (A) such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim and that its Initial Term Loan Commitment, Incremental Term Loan Commitment, Revolving Credit Commitment and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment, and the outstanding balances of its Loans, in each case without giving pro forma effect to assignments thereof which have not become effective, are as set forth in such Assignment and Acceptance, (B) except as set forth in (A) above, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement, or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto, or the financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the performance or observance by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any of its obligations under this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (C) such assignee represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (D) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 8.9 or delivered pursuant to Section 9.1 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (E) such assignee will independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (F) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, respectively, by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (G) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

 

(v)            The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office 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 (and interest thereon) and any payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit 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 Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer 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. The Register, as in effect at the close of business on the preceding Business Day, shall be available for inspection by (x) the Borrower, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Collateral Agent and (y) any Lender (solely with respect to its own outstanding Loans and Commitments), at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

(vi)            Upon its receipt of and, if required, consent to, a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed administrative questionnaire and any tax form required by Section 5.4 (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder) and any written consent to such assignment required by Section 13.6(b)(i), the Administrative Agent shall promptly 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.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, any Lender may assign to one or more wholly owned special purpose funding vehicles (each, an “SPV”) all or any portion of its funded Loans (without the corresponding Commitment), without the consent of any Person or the payment of a fee, by execution of a written assignment agreement in a form agreed to by such assigning Lender and such SPV, and may grant any such SPV the option, in such SPV’s sole discretion, to provide the Borrower all or any part of any Loans that such assigning Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement. Such SPVs shall have all the rights which a Lender making or holding such Loans would have under this Agreement, but no obligations. Any such assigning Lender shall remain liable for all its original obligations under this Agreement, including its Commitment (although the unused portion thereof shall be reduced by the principal amount of any Loans held by an SPV). Notwithstanding such assignment, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may deliver notices to such assigning Lender (as agent for the SPV) and not separately to the SPV unless the Administrative Agent and the Borrower are requested in writing by the SPV to deliver such notices separately to it. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) neither the grant to the SPV nor the exercise by any SPV of such option will increase the costs or expenses or otherwise change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, except, in the case of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4, where (A) the increase or change results from a change in any Applicable Law after the SPV becomes an SPV and the assigning Lender notifies the Borrower in writing of such increase or change no later than ninety (90) days after such change in Applicable Law becomes effective or (B) the grant was made with the Borrower’s prior written consent, (ii) the assigning Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Credit Document and the receipt of any notices provided by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (as agent for the SPV) remain the Lender of record hereunder and (iii) no SPV shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the assigning Lender). The Borrower shall, at the request of any such assigning Lender, execute and deliver to such Person as such assigning Lender may designate, a Note, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 or G-2, in the amount of such assigning Lender’s original Note to evidence the Loans of such assigning Lender and related SPV.

 

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(d)            (i)     Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities, other than to any Disqualified Lender (to the extent that the list of Disqualified Lenders has been made available to the Lenders), Holdings, the Borrower or any of its 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, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer 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 the first proviso to Section 13.1 that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (d)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits (and subject to the requirements) of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 5.4 and 13.5 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 13.6(b). To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 13.8(b) as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 13.8(a) as though it were a Lender.

 

(ii)            A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless (A) the entitlement to a greater payment resulted from a change in any Applicable Law after the Participant became a Participant and the participating Lender notifies the Borrower in writing of such entitlement to a greater payment no later than ninety (90) days after such change in Applicable Law becomes effective or (B) the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. Each Lender having sold a participation in any of its Obligations, acting as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower solely for this purpose, shall establish and maintain at its address a record of ownership, in which such Lender shall register by book entry (A) the name and address of each such Participant (and each change thereto, whether by assignment or otherwise) and (B) the rights, interest or obligation of each such Participant in any Obligation, in any Commitment and in any right to receive any interest or principal payment hereunder (such register, a “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of its Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Obligation or Commitment) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Obligation or Commitment 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 the parties shall treat the Person listed in the Participant Register as the Participant for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.

 

(e)            Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or any other central bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. In order to facilitate such pledge or assignment, the Borrower hereby agrees that, upon request of any Lender at any time and from time to time after the Borrower has made its initial borrowing hereunder, the Borrower shall provide to such Lender, at the Borrower’s own expense, a Note evidencing the Loans owing to such Lender.

 

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(f)           Subject to Section 13.16, the Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant, secured creditor of such Lender or assignee (each, a “Transferee”) and any prospective Transferee any and all financial information in such Lender’s possession concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement or which has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates in connection with such Lender’s credit evaluation of the Borrower and its Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement.

 

(g)           (i) Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender may assign all or a portion of its Term Loans to any Purchasing Borrower Party or any Affiliated Lender in accordance with Section 13.6(b) (which assignment, if to a Purchasing Borrower Party, will not, except for purposes of making the calculations set forth in Section 5.2(a)(ii), constitute a prepayment of Loans for any purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents); provided that:

 

(A)          with respect to any assignment to a Purchasing Borrower Party, no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing or would result therefrom;

 

(B)          with respect to any such assignment to a Purchasing Borrower Party, either (x) such Purchasing Borrower Party shall offer to all Lenders within any Class of Term Loans (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, to every Class) to buy the Term Loans within such Class on a pro rata basis based on the then outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans of such Class, pursuant to procedures to be reasonably agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower or (y) such assignment shall be effected pursuant to an open market purchase;

 

(C)          the assigning Lender and Purchasing Borrower Party or Non-Debt Fund Affiliate purchasing such Lender’s Term Loans, as applicable, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an assignment agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J or such other form as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (an “Affiliated Lender Assignment and Acceptance”) in lieu of an Assignment and Acceptance;

 

(D)          for the avoidance of doubt, Lenders shall not be permitted to assign Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Credit Loans to any Purchasing Borrower Party or any Affiliated Lender;

 

(E)           any Term Loans assigned to any Purchasing Borrower Party shall be automatically and permanently cancelled upon the effectiveness of such assignment and will thereafter no longer be outstanding for any purpose hereunder;

 

(F)           no Purchasing Borrower Party may use the proceeds from Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Swingline Loans or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (or any other revolving credit facility that is effective in reliance on Section 10.1(a) or Section 10.1(u)) to purchase any Term Loans;

 

(G)           no Term Loan may be assigned to a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate pursuant to this Section 13.6(g) if, after giving pro forma effect to such assignment, Non-Debt Fund Affiliates in the aggregate would own in excess of 25% of the Term Loans of any Class then outstanding (determined as of the time of such purchase); and

 

(H)           any purchases or assignments of Loans by a Purchasing Borrower Party or a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate made through “dutch auctions” shall (i) be conducted pursuant to procedures to be established by the applicable “auction agent” that are consistent with this Section 13.6(g)(i) and are otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and (ii) require that such Person clearly identify itself as a Purchasing Borrower Party or an Affiliated Lender, as the case may be, in any assignment and acceptance agreement executed in connection with such purchases or assignments.

 

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(ii)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Non-Debt Fund Affiliate shall have any right to (A) attend (including by telephone) any meeting or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Credit Parties are not invited, (B) receive any information or material prepared by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and/or one or more Lenders, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to any Credit Party or its representatives (and in any case, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this Agreement) or (C) make or bring (or participate in, other than as a passive participant in or recipient of its pro rata benefits of) any claim, in its capacity as a Lender, against the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent with respect to any duties or obligations or alleged duties or obligations of such Agent under the Credit Documents or to challenge such Agent’s attorney-client privilege.

 

(iii)            By its acquisition of Term Loans, a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that if a case under the Bankruptcy Code is commenced against any Credit Party, such Credit Party shall seek (and each Non-Debt Fund Affiliate shall consent) to provide that the vote of any Non-Debt Fund Affiliate (in its capacity as a Lender) with respect to any plan of reorganization or liquidation of such Credit Party shall not be counted except that such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate’s vote (in its capacity as a Lender) may be counted to the extent any such plan of reorganization or liquidation proposes to treat the Obligations held by such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate in a manner that is less favorable to such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate than the proposed treatment of similar Obligations held by Lenders that are not Affiliates of the Borrower; each Non-Debt Fund Affiliate hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent (such appointment being coupled with an interest) as such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate and in the name of such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate (solely in respect of Loans and participations therein and not in respect of any other claim or status such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate may otherwise have) from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this clause (iii);

 

(iv)            Any Lender may assign all or a portion of the Term Loans of any Class (but not any Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) held by it to a Debt Fund Affiliate in accordance with Section 13.6(b).

 

(h)              Notwithstanding anything in Section 13.1 or the definition of “Required Lenders” to the contrary, for purposes of determining whether the Required Lenders or any other requisite Class vote required by this Agreement have (i) consented (or not consented) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Credit Document or any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, (ii) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Credit Document, or (iii) directed or required the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Credit Document, (A) all Term Loans held by any Non-Debt Fund Affiliate shall be deemed to be not outstanding for all purposes of calculating whether the Required Lenders (or requisite vote of any Class of Lenders) have taken any actions and (B) the aggregate amount of Term Loans held by Debt Fund Affiliates will be excluded to the extent in excess of 49.9% of the amount required to constitute “Required Lenders” (any such excess amount shall be deemed to be not outstanding on a pro rata basis among all Debt Fund Affiliates).

 

(i)               Upon any contribution of Term Loans to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and upon any purchase of Term Loans by a Purchasing Borrower Party, (A) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of such Term Loans shall automatically be cancelled and retired or extinguished by the Borrower on the date of such contribution or purchase (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, with respect to a contribution of Term Loans, any applicable contributing Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, or such other form as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in respect thereof pursuant to which the respective Lender assigns its interest in such Loans to the Borrower for immediate cancellation) and (B) the Administrative Agent shall record such cancellation or retirement or extinguishment in the Register.

 

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(j)           The Administrative Agent shall not (a) be required to serve as the auction agent for, or have any other obligations to participate in (other than mechanical administrative duties), or facilitate any, “dutch auction” unless it is reasonably satisfied with the terms and restrictions of such auction or (b) have any obligation to participate in, arrange, sell or otherwise facilitate, and will have no liability in connection with, any open market purchases by any Purchasing Borrower Party.

 

(k)           Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein:

 

(i)            The Surviving Company and the Co-Obligors shall have no rights or obligations hereunder until the consummation of the Merger, and any representations and warranties of the Surviving Company and the Co-Obligors hereunder shall not become effective until such time. Upon consummation of the Merger, the signature pages to this Agreement submitted on behalf of the Co-Obligors shall be deemed released, the Surviving Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of Merger Sub under this Agreement, the Surviving Company and the Co-Obligors shall succeed to, or become subject to, all the rights and obligations under the other Credit Documents to which they are a party and all representations and warranties of the Surviving Company and the Co-Obligors hereunder shall become effective as of the time of consummation of the Merger, without any further action by any Person;

 

(ii)            The Surviving Company shall have no rights or obligations hereunder as Holdings until the consummation of the Internal Restructuring, and any representations and warranties of the Surviving Company in its capacity as Holdings under the Credit Documents shall not become effective until such time. Upon consummation of the Internal Restructuring, the Surviving Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of Polaris Intermediate as Holdings under this Agreement, and the Surviving Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of Polaris Intermediate under the other Credit Documents to which Holdings is a party, and all representations and warranties of the Surviving Company in its capacity as Holdings hereunder shall become effective as of the time of consummation of the Internal Restructuring, without any further action by any Person; and

 

(iii)            MPH LLC shall have no rights or obligations hereunder in any capacity until the consummation of the Internal Restructuring. Upon consummation of the Internal Restructuring, MPH LLC shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of the Surviving Company as Borrower under this Agreement, and MPH LLC shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of the Surviving Company as Borrower under the other Credit Documents to which the Borrower is a party, and all representations and warranties of MPH LLC in its capacity as Borrower hereunder shall become effective as of the time of consummation of the Internal Restructuring, without any further action by any Person.

 

13.7         Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances.

 

(a)            The Borrower, at its sole expense, shall be permitted to replace any Lender (or any Participant) that (i) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4, (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 or (iii) becomes a Defaulting Lender, with a replacement bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor that is an Eligible Assignee; provided that (A) such replacement does not conflict with any Applicable Law, (B) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (C) the Borrower shall repay (or such replacement bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor shall purchase, at par) all Loans and pay all other amounts (other than any disputed amounts) owing to such replaced Lender hereunder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4, as the case may be) and under the other Credit Documents prior to the date of replacement of such Lender, (D) such replacement bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor (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 13.6 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 or that the replaced Lender shall have against the Borrower and the other parties for indemnity, contribution, payment of disputed and other unpaid amounts and otherwise.

 

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(b)           If any Lender (such Lender a “Non-Consenting Lender”) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, modification, supplement, waiver, discharge or termination, which pursuant to the terms of Section 13.1 requires the consent of all of the Lenders affected or each Lender and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, then, provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, 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 Eligible Assignees reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided that (i) all Obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full (including any applicable premium under Section 5.1(b)) to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment, (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 and other accrued and unpaid amounts thereon, (iii) the replacement Lender shall consent to the proposed amendment, modification, supplement, waiver, discharge or termination, (iv) all Lenders required to have consented to such proposed amendment, modification, supplement, waiver, discharge or termination (other than Non-Consenting Lenders which are simultaneously replaced) shall have consented thereto, and (v) the assignment of such Non-Consenting Lenders Loans to one or more Eligible Assignees does not otherwise conflict with Applicable Law. In connection with any such assignment, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 13.6(a).

 

(c)            Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each party hereto agrees that any assignment pursuant to the terms of this Section 13.7 may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and that the Lender making such assignment need not be a party thereto.

 

13.8         Adjustments; Set-off.

 

(a)            Except as otherwise set forth herein, if any Lender (a “Benefited Lender”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of the Loans of any Class and/or the participations in letter of credit obligations or swingline loans held by it, 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 11.5, 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 of such Class or participations in letter of credit obligations or swingline loans, as applicable, such Benefited Lender shall (i) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (ii) purchase for cash at face value from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lender’s Loans of such Class or participations in letter of credit obligations or swingline loans, as applicable, 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 in accordance with the aggregate principal of their respective Loans of the applicable Class or participations in letter of credit obligations or swingline loans, as applicable; provided that, (A) 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 (B) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans, Commitments or participations in a Letter of Credit Obligations or Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant or (z) any disproportionate payment obtained by a Lender of any Class as a result of the extension by Lenders of the maturity date or expiration date of some but not all Loans or Commitments of that Class or any increase in the Applicable Margin (or other pricing term, including any fee, discount or premium) in respect of Loans or Commitments of Lenders that have consented to any such extension to the extent such transaction is permitted hereunder. 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 set-off 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.

 

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(b)        After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by Applicable Law, each Lender, the Swingline Lender and each Letter of Credit Issuer shall have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to setoff 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; provided that, in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of set-off, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16 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, the Swingline Lender, each Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of set-off. Each Lender, the Swingline Lender and each Letter of Credit Issuer agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Person; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 13.8(b) to the contrary, no Lender, no Swingline Lender and no Letter Credit Issuer will exercise, or attempt to exercise, any right of set off, banker’s lien or the like against any deposit account or property of the Borrower or any other credit party held or maintained by such Lender, Swingline Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, as applicable, in each case to the extent the deposits or other proceeds of such exercise, or attempt to exercise, any right of set off, banker’s lien or the like are, or are intended to be or are otherwise are held out to be applied to the Obligations hereunder or otherwise secured by the Collateral, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.

 

13.9        Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “pdf” or “tif”)), 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 Holdings, the Borrower and each Agent.

 

13.10      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.

 

13.11      Integration. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or any Lender relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.

 

13.12      GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

13.13      Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

(a)            submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in the County of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;

 

(b)            consents that any such action or proceeding shall 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 in Section 13.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

 

(d)            agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

 

(e)            waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 13.13 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

 

13.14       Acknowledgments. Each of Holdings and the Borrower 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)            none of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lead Arranger, any Joint Bookrunner or any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to Holdings or the Borrower arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, and the relationship between the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders, on one hand, and Holdings or the Borrower 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 Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders.

 

13.15       WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. HOLDINGS, THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE COLLATERAL AGENT, EACH LETTER OF CREDIT ISSUER, THE SWINGLINE LENDER 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.

 

13.16        Confidentiality. Each Agent, each Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender and each Lender shall hold all non-public information furnished by or on behalf of Holdings and the Borrower and their Subsidiaries in connection with such Lender’s evaluation of whether to become a Lender hereunder or obtained by such Lender, such Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement (“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 and in any event may make disclosure (a) as required or requested by any Governmental Authority or representative thereof or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority or representative thereof) or pursuant to legal process or otherwise as required by Applicable Law based on the reasonable advice of counsel, (b) to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder; provided that, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), the relevant Person is advised of and agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 13.16 or other provisions at least as restrictive as this Section 13.16, (c) to such Lender’s or such Agent’s or the Letter of Credit Issuer’s trustees, attorneys, professional advisors or independent auditors or Related Parties, in each case who need to know such information in connection with the administration of the Credit Documents and are informed of the confidential nature of such information or are subject to customary confidentiality obligations of professional practice or who agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this paragraph (or language substantially similar to this paragraph) (and to the extent a person’s compliance is within the control of an Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer or Lender, such Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer or Lender will be responsible for such compliance), (d) with the written consent of the Borrower, (e) to the extent such Confidential Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 13.16, (ii) becomes available to any Agent, any Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source that is not subject to these confidentiality provisions or (iii) to the extent such information is independently developed by such Agent, Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer, or Affiliate without the use of confidential information in breach of this Section 13.16, (f) to rating agencies that are involved in the administration or monitoring of the Principal Investors’ investment in the Initial Term Loan Facility on a need-to-know basis and who are informed of the confidential nature of such information and are or have been advised of their obligation to keep such information confidential (and to the extent such person’s compliance is within the control of a Principal Investor, such Principal Investor will be responsible for such compliance) (provided that the only information that may be provided under this clause (f) is information that the Administrative Agent has posted on the Platform) or (g) for purposes of establishing a “due diligence” defense; provided that unless specifically prohibited by Applicable Law or court order, each Lender, each Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall notify the Borrower of any request by any Governmental Authority or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with an audit or examination of the financial condition of such Lender, such Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer by, or questions or requests for information or documents from, such Governmental Authority) for disclosure of any such non-public information prior to disclosure of such information; and provided, further, that, in no event shall any Lender, any Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer be obligated or required to return any materials furnished by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower. Each Lender, each Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer agrees that it will not provide to prospective Transferees, pledgees referred to in Section 13.16 or to prospective direct or indirect contractual counterparties under Hedging Agreements to be entered into in connection with Loans made hereunder any of the Confidential Information unless such Person is advised of and agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 13.16. The confidentiality provisions contained herein shall not prohibit disclosures to any trustee, administrator, collateral manager, servicer, backup servicer, lender, rating agency or secured party of any SPV in connection with the evaluation, administration, servicing of, or the reporting on, the assets or securitization activities of such SPV; provided that any such Person is advised of and agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 13.16.

 

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13.17       Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations; Subordination of Liens.

 

(a)            The Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent by the Credit Parties on any Collateral shall be automatically released (i) in full, as set forth in clause (b) below, (ii) upon the sale, transfer or other Disposition (including any disposition by means of a distribution or Restricted Payment) of such Collateral (including as part of or in connection with any other sale, transfer or other Disposition permitted hereunder) to any Person other than another Credit Party, to the extent such sale, transfer or other Disposition is made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Credit Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iii) to the extent such Collateral is comprised of property leased to a Credit Party by a Person that is not a Credit Party, upon termination or expiration of such lease, (iv) if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other percentage of the Lenders whose consent may be required in accordance with Section 13.1), (v) to the extent the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee (in accordance with the second and third succeeding sentences and Section 25 of the Guarantee), (vi) as required by the Collateral Agent to effect any sale, transfer or other disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and (vii) to the extent such Collateral otherwise becomes Excluded Capital Stock or Excluded Property (other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition thereof). Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those being released) upon (or Obligations (other than those being released) of the Credit Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Credit Parties, including the proceeds of any disposition, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral except to the extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents. Additionally, the Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Guarantors shall be released from the Guarantee upon consummation of any transaction permitted hereunder resulting in such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Restricted Subsidiary, or otherwise becoming an Excluded Subsidiary (including in connection with any designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary), or, in the case of a Previous Holdings, in accordance with the conditions set forth in the definition of Holdings. Polaris Intermediate shall be released from its Guarantee and all of its property released as Collateral automatically upon the effectiveness of the Internal Restructuring. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to execute and deliver any instruments, documents, and agreements necessary or desirable to evidence and confirm the release of any Guarantor or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender. Any representation, warranty or covenant contained in any Credit Document relating to any such Collateral or Guarantor shall no longer be deemed to be repeated.

 

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(b)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or any other Credit Document, when all Obligations (other than (i) Hedging Obligations in respect of any Secured Hedging Agreements, (ii) Cash Management Obligations in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreements and (iii) any contingent obligations or contingent indemnification obligations not then due and payable) have been paid in full, all Commitments have terminated or expired and no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding that is not Cash Collateralized or back-stopped on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer, upon request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Secured Party) take such actions as shall be required to release its security interest in all Collateral, and to release all obligations under any Credit Document, whether or not on the date of such release there may be any (i) Hedging Obligations in respect of any Secured Hedging Agreements, (ii) Cash Management Obligations in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreements and (iii) any contingent obligations or contingent indemnification obligations not then due and payable. Any such release of Obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such Obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Credit Document, upon reasonable request of the Borrower in connection with any Liens permitted by the Credit Documents, the Collateral Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Secured Party) take such actions as shall be required to subordinate the Lien on any Collateral to any Lien permitted under Sections 10.2(c), (e) (solely as it relates to clauses (c) and (f) of Section 10.2), (f), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (q), (r), (s), (v), (w), (x), (y), (aa), (ff) and clauses (d), (e), (f), (g), (i) and (n) of the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances.” In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Credit Document, upon reasonable request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Secured Party) enter into subordination or intercreditor agreements with respect to Indebtedness to the extent the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent is otherwise contemplated herein as a party to such subordination or intercreditor agreements, in each case to the extent consistent with the provisions of Section 12.15.

 

(d)            Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in the Credit Documents to the contrary, at the direction of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, in exercising remedies, take any and all necessary and appropriate action to effectuate a credit bid of all Loans (or any lesser amount thereof) for the Credit Parties’ assets in a bankruptcy, foreclosure or other similar proceeding, forbear from exercising remedies upon an Event of Default, or in a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, enter into a settlement agreement on behalf of all Lenders.

 

13.18        USA PATRIOT ACT. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower and each Credit Party that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT ACT, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and each Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower and Credit Parties in accordance with the PATRIOT ACT.

 

13.19         Legend. THE TERM LOANS WILL BE ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF OID, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY OF THESE TERM LOANS MAY BE OBTAINED BY WRITING TO THE BORROWER AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SECTION 13.2.

 

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13.20      Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of Holdings or the Borrower is made to any Agent or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by any Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect.

 

13.21      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.

 

13.22       Co-Obligor Obligations.

 

(a)            Joint and Several Liability. In consideration of the establishment of any Commitments and the making of the Loans and issuance of the Letters of Credit under this Agreement, and of the benefits to the Borrower and the Co-Obligors that are anticipated to result therefrom, the Borrower and the Co-Obligors agree that, notwithstanding any other provision contained herein or in any other Credit Document, the Borrower and each of the Co-Obligors shall be fully liable for all of the Obligations, both severally and jointly, regardless of whether the Borrower actually receives the proceeds of the Loans or the benefit of any other extensions of credit hereunder. Accordingly, the Borrower and each of the Co-Obligors irrevocably agrees with each Lender and the Administrative Agent and their respective successors and assigns that they will make prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by optional prepayment or otherwise) of the Obligations, strictly in accordance with the terms thereof. The Borrower and each of the Co-Obligors hereby further agrees that if any Credit Party shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by optional prepayment or otherwise) any of the Obligations, then they will promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.

 

(b)            Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the Borrower and each of the Co-Obligors under paragraph (a) above are absolute and unconditional irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the obligations of any other Credit Party under this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 13.22 that the joint and several obligations of the Borrower and the Co-Obligors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not affect the joint and several liability of the Borrower or the Co-Obligors hereunder:

 

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(i)             at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Borrower or the Co-Obligors, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;

 

(ii)            any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be done or omitted; or

 

(iii)           the maturity of any of the Obligations shall be accelerated or delayed, or any of the Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Obligations or any security therefor shall be released or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with.

 

(c)             Certain Waivers. The Borrower and each of the Co-Obligors hereby expressly waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against either it or the Borrower under this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or against any other person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Obligations.

 

(d)             Reinstatement. The obligations of the Borrower and the Co-Obligors under this Section shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower or the Co-Obligors in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise.

 

(e)             Remedies. The Borrower and each of the Co-Obligors agrees that, as among them, in their capacity as co-obligors with joint and several liability, and the Lenders, the obligations of any of them under this Agreement may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 11 hereof (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in said Section 11) for purposes of paragraph (a) above notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against any of them and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by any of them) shall forthwith become due and payable by the others, in their capacities as obligor or co-obligor, as applicable, for purposes of such paragraph (a).

 

(f)              Continuing Obligation. Each of the agreements of the Borrower and the Co-Obligors in this Section is a continuing agreement and undertaking, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising.

 

(g)             Notices, Elections, Approvals, etc. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or other Credit Documents, each of the Co-Obligors hereby agrees that any and all notices, elections, requests, decisions, approval rights and similar discretionary activities under the Credit Documents may be taken by the Borrower on behalf of itself and/or the Co-Obligors.

 

(h)              Standstill. Upon payment by the Borrower or any Co-Obligor of any sums as provided under paragraph (a) above (or under any other provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document), all rights, if any, of the Borrower or the Co-Obligors against the other or any other Credit Party arising as a result thereof by way of subrogation or otherwise shall in all respects be irrevocably waived prior to the payment in full in cash of all of the Obligations.

 

[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.

 

  POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP.
   
  By: /s/ P. Hunter Philbrick
    Name: P. Hunter Philbrick
    Title: Vice President

 

  POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP.
   
  By: /s/ P. Hunter Philbrick
    Name: P. Hunter Philbrick
    Title: Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]

 

 

  MEDICAL AUDIT & REVIEW SOLUTIONS, INC., as Co-Obligor
   
  By: /s/ Mark Tabak
    Name: Mark Tabak
    Title: Vice President
     

 

  MPH ACQUISITION CORPORATION, as Co-Obligor
  MPH INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY 1, as Co-Obligor
   
  By: /s/ Mark Tabak
    Name: Mark Tabak
    Title: President

 

  FORMOST, INC., as Co-Obligor
  HMA ACQUISITION CORPORATION, as Co-Obligor
  IHP ACQUISITION CORP., as Co-Obligor
  MARS ACQUISITION CORP., as Co-Obligor
  MULTIPLAN CORP., as Co-Obligor
  MULTIPLAN SERVICES CORPORATION, as Co-Obligor
  NCN ACQUISITION CORPORATION, as Co-Obligor
  PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC., as Co-Obligor
  TEXAS TRUE CHOICE, INC., as Co-Obligor
  VIANT, INC., as Co-Obligor
  VIANT HOLDINGS, INC., as Co-Obligor
  VIANT PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC., as Co-Obligor
  HEALTHNETWORK SYSTEMS LLC, as Co-Obligor
  NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, LLC, as Co-Obligor
  ADMAR CORPORATION, as Co-Obligor
  BEECH STREET CORPORATION, as Co-Obligor
  MULTIPLAN, INC., as Co-Obligor
  STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT PPO INC., as Co-Obligor
  ASSOCIATES FOR HEALTH CARE, INC., as Co-Obligor
  HEALTHEOS BY MULTIPLAN, INC., as Co-Obligor

 

  By: /s/ Mark Tabak
    Name: Mark Tabak
    Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]

 

 

  BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
  as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline
  Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer and Lender
 
By: /s/ John Skrobe
    Name: John Skrobe
    Title: Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]

 

 

  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
   
  By: /s/ David H. Strickert
    Name: David H. Strickert
    Title: Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]

 

 

 

  CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender
   
  By: /s/ Akshay Kulkarni
    Name: Akshay Kulkarni
    Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]

 

 

 

  GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as a Lender
   
  By: /s/ Robert Ehudin
    Name: Robert Ehudin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]

 

 

 

  BROAD STREET CREDIT INVESTMENTS LLC, as a Lender
   
  By: /s/ Oliver Thym
    Name: Oliver Thym
    Title: Vice President

 

  BROAD STREET SENIOR CREDIT PARTNERS, L.P., as a Lender
   
  By: Goldman, Sachs & Co., as Attorney-in-Fact
   
  By: /s/ Oliver Thym
    Name: Oliver Thym
    Title: Managing Director

 

  BROAD STREET SENIOR CREDIT PARTNERS OFFSHORE, L.P., as a Lender
   
  By: Goldman, Sachs & Co., Duly Authorized
   
  By: /s/ Oliver Thym
    Name: Oliver Thym
    Title: Managing Director

 

  BROAD STREET LOAN PARTNERS 2013 ONSHORE, L.P., as a Lender
   
  By: Goldman, Sachs & Co., as Attorney-in-Fact
   
  By: /s/ Oliver Thym
    Name: Oliver Thym
    Title: Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]

 

 

 

  BROAD STREET LOAN PARTNERS 2013, L.P., as a Lender
   
  By: Goldman, Sachs & Co., Duly Authorized
   
  By: /s/ Oliver Thym
    Name: Oliver Thym
    Title: Managing Director

 

  BROAD STREET LOAN PARTNERS 2013 EUROPE, L.P., as a Lender
   
  By: Goldman, Sachs & Co., Duly Authorized
   
  By: /s/ Oliver Thym
    Name: Oliver Thym
    Title: Managing Director

 

  BROAD STREET LONDON PARTNERS #1, L.P., as a Lender
   
  By: Goldman, Sachs & Co., Duly Authorized
   
  By: /s/ Oliver Thym
    Name: Oliver Thym
    Title: Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]

 

 

 

  BROAD STREET LONDON PARTNERS #2, L.P., as a Lender
   
  By: Goldman, Sachs & Co., Duly Authorized
   
  By: /s/ Oliver Thym
    Name: Oliver Thym
    Title: Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]

 

 

 

  UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as a Lender
   
  By: /s/ Darlene Arias
    Name: Darlene Arias
    Title: Director

 

  By: /s/ Craig Pearson
    Name: Craig Pearson
    Title: Associate Director

 

[Signature Page to Credit Agreement]

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1.1(a)

 

Commitments of Lenders

 

Lender   Initial Term Loan Commitments  
BARCLAYS BANK PLC   $ 3,170,000,000.00  
BROAD STREET LOAN PARTNERS 2013 ONSHORE, L.P.   $ 6,053,176.65  
BROAD STREET LOAN PARTNERS 2013, L.P.   $ 3,106,848.58  
BROAD STREET LOAN PARTNERS 2013 EUROPE, L.P.   $ 13,839,974.77  
BROAD STREET SENIOR CREDIT PARTNERS, L.P.   $ 95,448,247.96  
BROAD STREET SENIOR CREDIT PARTNERS OFFSHORE, L.P.   $ 14,551,752.04  
BROAD STREET CREDIT INVESTMENTS LLC   $ 143,142,857.14  
BROAD STREET LONDON PARTNERS #1, L.P.   $ 14,314,285.72  
BROAD STREET LONDON PARTNERS #2, L.P.   $ 9,542,857.14  
Total:   $ 3,470,000,000.00  

 

Lender   Revolving Credit Commitments  
BARCLAYS BANK PLC   $ 44,000,000.00  
GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC   $ 36,000,000.00  
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.   $ 10,000,000.00  
CITIBANK, N.A.   $ 5,000,000.00  
UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH   $ 5,000,000.00  
Total:   $ 100,000,000.00  

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1.1(b)

 

Existing Letters of Credit

 

1. Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. SB-02089, dated February 27, 2015, issued by Barclays Bank PLC, New York Branch.

 

2. Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. SB-02156, dated June 18, 2015, issued by Barclays Bank PLC, New York Branch.

 

3. Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. SB-02168, dated July 31, 2015, issued by Barclays Bank PLC, New York Branch.

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1.1(c)

 

Mortgaged Property

 

None.

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 8.4

 

Litigation

 

Thibodeaux Class Action (Thibodeaux (Kerry T.), M.D. v. American Lifecare, Inc. (Claim Date July 12, 2013)).

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 8.12

 

Subsidiaries

 

  State of Designation of Percentage Ownership of
Legal Name Formation Subsidiary Each Class of Capital Stock
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC DE N/A (Borrower) MPH Acquisition Corp 1 (100%)
MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1 DE Guarantor MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC (100%)
MPH Acquisition Corporation DE Guarantor MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1 (100%)
MultiPlan, Inc. NY Guarantor MPH Acquisition Corporation (100%)
MARS Acquisition Corp. DE Guarantor MultiPlan, Inc. (100%)
Medical Audit & Review Solutions, Inc. DE Guarantor MARS Acquisition Corp. (100%)
IHP Acquisition Corp. DE Guarantor MultiPlan, Inc. (100%)
HMA Acquisition Corporation DE Guarantor MultiPlan, Inc. (100%)
NCN Acquisition Corporation DE Guarantor MultiPlan, Inc. (100%)
National Care Network, LLC DE Guarantor NCN Acquisition Corporation (100%)
MultiPlan Corp. DE Guarantor MultiPlan, Inc. (100%)
Associates for Health Care, Inc. WI Guarantor MultiPlan Corp. (100%)
Admar Corporation CA Guarantor MultiPlan Corp. (100%)
ForMost, Inc. DE Guarantor MultiPlan Corp. (100%)
HealthEOS by MultiPlan, Inc. WI Guarantor MultiPlan, Inc. (100%)
Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. DE Guarantor MultiPlan, Inc. (100%)
Statewide Independent PPO Inc. NY Guarantor Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. (100%)
MultiPlan Services Corporation DE Guarantor MultiPlan, Inc. (100%)
Viant Holdings, Inc. DE Guarantor MultiPlan, Inc. (100%)
Viant, Inc. NV Guarantor Viant Holdings, Inc. (100%)
Beech Street Corporation CA Guarantor Viant, Inc. (100%)
Viant Payment Systems, Inc. DE Guarantor Viant, Inc. (100%)
HealthNetwork Systems LLC DE Guarantor Viant Payment Systems, Inc. (100%)
Texas True Choice, Inc. DE Guarantor Viant, Inc. (100%)
ProAmerica Managed Care, Inc. TX Immaterial Subsidiary MultiPlan Corp. (100%)
Florida Health, L.C. FL Immaterial MultiPlan Corp. (1%)
    Subsidiary ProAmerica Managed Care, Inc. (99%)
Healthnetwork ProAmerica Midwest, Inc. IL Immaterial Subsidiary ProAmerica Managed Care, Inc. (100%)
American Lifecare, Inc. LA Immaterial Subsidiary Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. (100%)
American Lifecare Holdings, Inc. LA Immaterial Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. (100%)
Viant Management Services, Inc. NV Immaterial Subsidiary Viant Holdings, Inc. (100%)
Savant Management Concepts, Inc. AZ Immaterial Subsidiary HMA Acquisition Corporation (100%)

 

 

 

  State of Designation of Percentage Ownership of
Legal Name Formation Subsidiary Each Class of Capital Stock
i/mx Technologies, Inc. AZ Immaterial Subsidiary HMA Acquisition Corporation (100%)
HMA, Inc. AZ Immaterial Subsidiary HMA Acquisition Corporation (100%)
Medical Management Services, Inc. NV Immaterial Subsidiary HMA, Inc. (100%)
Rural Arizona Network, Inc. AZ Immaterial Subsidiary HMA, Inc. (100%)
Health Management Network, Inc. NV Immaterial Subsidiary HMA, Inc. (100%)
Integrated Health Plan, Inc. FL Immaterial Subsidiary IHP Acquisition Corp. (100%)

 

2

 

 

SCHEDULE 8.15

 

Owned Real Property

 

None.

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 9.17

 

Post-Closing Obligations

 

Within 60 days of the Closing Date (or such longer period as agreed by the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent insurance certificates as to coverage under the insurance policies required by Section 9.3 of the Credit Agreement, together with endorsements for each insurance certificate, thereby naming the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as additional insured, loss payee and/or mortgagee, as applicable, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

 

Within 60 days of the Closing Date (or such longer period as agreed by the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent new stock certificates of ProAmerica Managed Care, Inc., Florida Health, L.C., ForMost, Inc. and Associates for Health Care, Inc., in each case certifying that MultiPlan Corp. is the owner of such stock certificate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

 

To the extent the Internal Restructuring is not consummated on the Closing Date, (i) each of MPH Acquisition Corp 2 and MPH Intermediate Acquisition Corp. (the “Joining Entities”) shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (1) a Joinder Agreement and joinders to each of the Guarantee, Security Agreement, Pledge Agreement and (2) documents, instruments, filings of the type required in Section 6.1(e), 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 6.6 and 6.7 of the Credit Agreement, in each case, as if each reference therein to Restricted Subsidiary were to such Joining Entities, (ii) MPH Acquisition Corp 1 shall pledge its equity interest in MPH Acquisition Corp 2 and (iii) all of the signature pages of MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC to the Credit Documents shall be deemed released and all such rights, obligations, representations and warranties effective as of such time, in each case, on the date that is one Business Day after the Closing Date.

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 10.1

 

Indebtedness

 

None.

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 10.2

 

Liens

 

None.

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 10.4

 

Dispositions

 

None.

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 10.5

 

Investments

 

None.

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 10.8

 

Negative Pledge Clauses

 

None.

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 10.11

 

Transactions with Affiliates

 

1. Affiliated Companies Services Agreement by and between MultiPlan, Inc. and NCN Acquisition Corporation, Viant, Inc., IHP Acquisiton Corp., Beech Street Corporation, Viant Payment Systems, Inc., HealthNetwork Systems LLC, Health Management Network, Inc., Texas True Choice, Inc., Rural Arizona Network, Inc. and HMA, Inc., dated June 1, 2013, as amended, and additionally signed by Medical Audit & Review Solutions, Inc., on January 1, 2015.

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13.2

 

Addresses for Notices

 

1. If to Borrower, Holdings or any other Credit Party:

 

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC or MPH Acquisition Corp 1

c/o MultiPlan

535 East Diehl Road

Naperville, IL 60563

Attn: Chief Financial Officer

Tel: [ ______________ ]

Facsimile: [ ______________ ]

 

2. If to the Administrative Agent, to it at:

 

For purposes of Borrowing, Continuation/Conversion and Prepayment notices:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

700 Prides Crossing

Newark, DE 19713

Attention: Jason Jones

Tel: [ ______________ ]

Electronic mail: [ ______________ ]

 

For any other purpose:

 

Barclays Bank PLC \

745 7th Avenue

24th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Christine Aharonian

Tel: [ ______________ ]

Electronic mail: [ ______________ ]

 

3. If to other Lenders:

 

On file with Administrative Agent

 

4. Account of Barclays Bank PLC as Administrative Agent:

 

To:   Barclays Bank PLC
ABA #:   [ ______________ ]
for credit to:   Clad Control Account
Account No.   # [ ______________ ]
Ref:   MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC
Attn:   Agency Desk

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF GUARANTEE

 

GUARANTEE, dated as of June 7, 2016 (this “Guarantee”), made among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Polaris Intermediate”) (whose rights and obligations herein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assumed by the Surviving Company (as defined below)), POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation, which on the Closing Date shall be merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1, a Delaware corporation (the “Target”) (with the Target surviving such merger and with such merged company existing under the laws of the state of Delaware as the “Surviving Company”, whose rights and obligations herein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assumed by MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MPH LLC”)), each of the subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on Annex A hereto or that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 21 hereof (each such subsidiary, individually, a “Subsidiary Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”; and together with Holdings and, other than with respect to its own obligations, the Borrower, collectively, the “Guarantors”), and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (as defined below) (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, (a) pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (the “Credit Agreement”), among Holdings, the Borrower, the banks, financial institutions and other investors from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”), the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender, the other agents party thereto and the other parties from time to time party thereto, the Lenders have severally agreed to make Loans to the Borrower and the Letter of Credit Issuers have agreed to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, (b) one or more Hedge Banks may from time to time enter into Secured Hedging Agreements with any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, (c) one or more Cash Management Banks may from time to time provide Cash Management Services pursuant to Secured Cash Management Agreements to any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and (d) the Credit Parties may incur Additional First Lien Obligations from time to time to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement and each Additional First Lien Agreement (clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d), collectively, the “Extensions of Credit”);

 

WHEREAS, Holdings is an affiliate of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor is a Subsidiary of the Borrower;

 

WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Extensions of Credit will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to the other Guarantors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses;

 

WHEREAS, each Guarantor acknowledges that it will derive a substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the Extensions of Credit; and

 

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligations of the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that the Guarantors shall have executed and delivered this Guarantee to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

Exhibit A

 

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Agents, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, to induce the holders of any Additional First Lien Obligations to make their advances thereunder, to induce one or more Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Hedging Agreements with any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and to induce one or more Cash Management Banks pursuant to Secured Cash Management Agreements to provide Cash Management Services to any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and the Guarantors, as applicable, hereby agree with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:

 

1.            Defined Terms.

 

(a)          Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein (including terms used in the preamble and recitals hereto) shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement. Furthermore, unless otherwise defined herein or in the Credit Agreement, terms defined in the Security Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Security Agreement.

 

(b)          The rules of construction and other interpretative provisions specified in Sections 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 and 1.11 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Guarantee, including terms defined in the preamble and recitals hereto.

 

(c)          As used herein, the term “Additional First Lien Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Additional First Lien Agreement” in the Security Agreement.

 

(d)          As used herein, the term “Additional First Lien Obligations” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Additional First Lien Obligations” in the Security Agreement.

 

(e)          As used herein, the term “First Lien Obligations” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “First Lien Obligations” in the Security Agreement.

 

(f)           As used herein, the term “Secured Parties” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Secured Parties” in the Security Agreement.

 

(g)          As used herein, the term “Termination Date” shall have the meaning assigned to the term “Termination Date” in the Security Agreement.

 

2.            Guarantee.

 

(a)          Subject to the provisions of Section 2(b), each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the prompt and complete payment (and not of collection) and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the First Lien Obligations (other than, in the case of the Borrower, in respect of its own obligations), whether currently existing or hereafter incurred. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Borrower or any other Credit Party to pay any First Lien Obligation when and as the same shall become due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), each Guarantor hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Collateral Agent for distribution to the applicable Secured Parties the amount of such unpaid First Lien Obligation. Upon payment by any Guarantor of any sums to the Collateral Agent as provided above, all rights of such Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Guarantor arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subject to Sections 3 and 5 hereof.

  

Exhibit A

 

 

 

(b)          Anything herein or in any other Credit Document or in any Additional First Lien Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and any Additional First Lien Agreement shall in no event exceed the amount that can be guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor under Applicable Laws relating to the insolvency of debtors.

 

(c)          To the extent the Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to Section 13.5 of the Credit Agreement (whether or not then in effect) or any comparable provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement, each Guarantor further agrees to pay any and all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that may be paid or incurred by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in enforcing or preserving any rights with respect to, or collecting, any or all of the First Lien Obligations and/or enforcing any rights with respect to, or collecting against, such Guarantor under this Guarantee.

 

(d)          Each Guarantor agrees that the First Lien Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing this Guarantee or affecting the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party hereunder.

 

(e)          No payment or payments made by the Borrower, any Guarantor, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party from the Borrower, any Guarantor, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the First Lien Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, which shall, notwithstanding any such payment or payments other than payments made by such Guarantor in respect of the First Lien Obligations or payments received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the First Lien Obligations, remain liable for the First Lien Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Termination Date.

 

(f)           Each Guarantor agrees that whenever, at any time, or from time to time, it shall make any payment to the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party on account of its liability hereunder, it will notify the Collateral Agent in writing that such payment is made under this Guarantee for such purpose.

 

(g)          Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Borrower’s and each other Credit Party’s financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the First Lien Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that none of the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties will have any duty to advise such Guarantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.

 

(h)          Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein:

  

Exhibit A

 

 

 

(i)            The Surviving Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall have no rights or obligations hereunder until the consummation of the Merger, and any representations and warranties of the Surviving Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder shall not become effective until such time. Upon consummation of the Merger, the signature pages to this Agreement submitted on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed released, the Surviving Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of Merger Sub under this Agreement, the Surviving Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall succeed to, or become subject to, all the rights and obligations under the other Credit Documents to which they are a party and all representations and warranties of the Surviving Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder shall become effective as of the time of consummation of the Merger, without any further action by any Person;

 

(ii)            The Surviving Company shall have no rights or obligations hereunder as Holdings until the consummation of the Internal Restructuring, and any representations and warranties of the Surviving Company in its capacity as Holdings under the Credit Documents shall not become effective until such time. Upon consummation of the Internal Restructuring, the Surviving Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of Polaris Intermediate as Holdings under this Agreement, and the Surviving Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of Polaris Intermediate under the other Credit Documents to which Holdings is a party, and all representations and warranties of the Surviving Company in its capacity as Holdings hereunder shall become effective as of the time of consummation of the Internal Restructuring, without any further action by any Person; and

 

(iii)            MPH LLC shall have no rights or obligations hereunder in any capacity until the consummation of the Internal Restructuring, and any representations and warranties of MPH LLC hereunder shall not become effective until such time. Upon consummation of the Internal Restructuring, the signature pages to this Agreement submitted on behalf of MPH LLC shall be deemed released, MPH LLC shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of the Surviving Company as Borrower and a Guarantor under this Agreement, and MPH LLC shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of the Surviving Company as Borrower under the other Credit Documents to which the Borrower is a party, and all representations and warranties of MPH LLC hereunder shall become effective as of the time of consummation of the Internal Restructuring, without any further action by any Person.

 

(i)            The Borrower, unconditionally and irrevocably, with respect to each other Guarantor (other than with respect to any Guarantor, any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Guarantor), guarantees such Guarantor’s guarantee of any Hedging Agreement entered into by a Hedge Bank. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 2(i) shall remain in full force and effect until the discharge of the First Lien Obligations in accordance with the Credit Documents. The Borrower intends that this Section 2(i) constitute, and this Section 2(i) shall be deemed to constitute, a guarantee or other agreement for the benefit of each other Guarantor for all purposes of section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

3.            Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder that has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 5 hereof. The provisions of this Section 3 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.

 

Exhibit A

 

 

 

4.            Right of Set-off. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Secured Parties provided by Applicable Law, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes each Secured Party at any time and from time to time following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default without notice to such Guarantor or any other Guarantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Guarantor, upon any amount becoming due and payable by such Guarantor hereunder (whether at 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 Secured Party to or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor. Each Secured Party shall notify such Guarantor and the Collateral Agent promptly of any such set-off and the appropriation and application made by such Secured Party; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and appropriation and application.

 

5.            No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by any of the Guarantors hereunder or any set-off or appropriation and application of funds of any of the Guarantors by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of the First Lien Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until the Termination Date. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time prior to the Termination Date, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Collateral Agent, if required), to be applied against the First Lien Obligations, whether due or to become due, in accordance with Section 5.4 of the Security Agreement.

 

6.            Amendments, etc. with Respect to the First Lien Obligations; Waiver of Rights. Except for termination of a Guarantor’s obligations hereunder as expressly provided in Section 25, each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, (a) any demand for payment of any of the First Lien Obligations made by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may be rescinded by such party and any of the First Lien Obligations continued, (b) the First Lien Obligations, or the liability of any other party upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, (c) the Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents, any Additional First Lien Agreement and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith, the Secured Hedging Agreements and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith and the Secured Cash Management Agreements and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith, may be amended, waived, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, in accordance with the terms of the applicable document and (d) any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of the First Lien Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the First Lien Obligations or for this Guarantee or any property subject thereto. When making any demand hereunder against any Guarantor, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on the Borrower or any other Guarantor or other guarantor, and any failure by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to make any such demand or to collect any payments from the Borrower or any other Guarantor or other guarantor or any release of the Borrower or any other Guarantor or other guarantor shall not relieve any Guarantor in respect of which a demand or collection is not made or any Guarantor not so released of its several obligations or liabilities hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, express or implied, or as a matter of law, of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof, “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.

 

Exhibit A

 

 

 

7.            Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, contraction, Incurrence, renewal, extension, amendment, waiver or accrual of any of the First Lien Obligations (including as a result of the Incurrence of Incremental Term Loans and/or the provision of any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments), and notice of or proof of reliance by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party upon this Guarantee or acceptance of this Guarantee, the First Lien Obligations or any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or Incurred, or renewed, extended, amended, waived or accrued, in reliance upon this Guarantee; and all dealings between the Borrower and any of the other Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this Guarantee. Each Guarantor waives promptness, diligence, presentment, protest, notice of protest, demand for payment and notice of default, acceleration or nonpayment and any other notice to or upon the Borrower or any other Guarantor with respect to the First Lien Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees that this Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment (and not of collection) without regard to (a) the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document, any Additional First Lien Agreement, any Secured Hedging Agreement or any Secured Cash Management Agreement, any of the First Lien Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) that may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower against the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, (c) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the First Lien Obligations by the Guarantors or (d) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or such Guarantor) that constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the First Lien Obligations, or of such Guarantor under this Guarantee, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Collateral Agent and any other Secured Party may elect, but shall be under no obligation, to pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Borrower or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the First Lien Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Borrower or any such other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Borrower or any such other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve such Guarantor of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties against such Guarantor. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to Applicable Law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement, subrogation, exoneration, contribution or indemnification or other right or remedy of such Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Guarantor, as the case may be, or any security. This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon each Guarantor and the successors and assigns thereof, and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, until the Termination Date, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement, any Additional First Lien Agreement and any Secured Hedging Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement the Credit Parties may be free from any First Lien Obligations.

 

Exhibit A

 

 

 

8.            Subordination. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that any Indebtedness of any Guarantor now or hereafter owing to any other Subsidiary, whether heretofore, now or hereafter created (the “Guarantor Subordinated Debt”), is hereby subordinated to all of the First Lien Obligations until the Termination Date and that the Guarantor Subordinated Debt shall not be paid in whole or in part during the continuance of any Event of Default after written notice from the Collateral Agent to the Borrower. In the event of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, and any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings in connection therewith, relative to any Guarantor or to its property, and in the event of any proceedings for voluntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of such Guarantor (except as expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreement), whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, then, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, after written notice from the Collateral Agent to the Borrower (a) the Termination Date shall have occurred, before any payee is entitled to receive (whether directly or indirectly), or make any demands for, any payment on account of the Guarantor Subordinated Debt and (b) until the Termination Date shall have occurred, any payment or distribution to which such payee would otherwise be entitled (other than debt securities of such Guarantor that are subordinated, to at least the same extent as this Section 8, to the payment of all Guarantor Subordinated Debt then outstanding (such securities being hereinafter referred to as “Restructured Debt Securities”)) shall be made to the Collateral Agent. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, after written notice from the Collateral Agent to the Borrower, no payment or distribution of any kind or character shall be accepted by or on behalf of the Guarantor or any other Person on its behalf with respect to the Guarantor Subordinated Debt. If any payment or distribution of any character, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than Restructured Debt Securities), in respect of the Guarantor Subordinated Debt shall be received by any payee in violation of this Section 8 before all First Lien Obligations shall have been paid irrevocably in full in cash in immediately available funds (other than Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or contingent indemnification obligations), such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and shall be paid over to the Collateral Agent.

 

9.            Representations and Warranties; Covenants. Each Guarantor hereby (a) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties as to it made by the Borrower in Section 8 of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on each date as required by Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement (or any equivalent provision(s) of any Additional First Lien Agreement) (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, and except where such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) and (b) agrees to take, or refrain from taking, as the case may be, each action necessary to be taken or not taken, as the case may be, so that no Default or Event of Default is caused by the failure to take such action or to refrain from taking such action by such Guarantor.

 

10.          Reinstatement. This Guarantee shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the First Lien Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any other Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any other Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.

 

Exhibit A

 

 

 

11.          Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Collateral Agent without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars at the Collateral Agent’s office specified in Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement.

 

12.          Authority of Agent. Each Guarantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this Guarantee with respect to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Collateral Agent of any option, right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Guarantee shall, as between the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, be governed by the Credit Agreement, any Additional First Lien Agreements and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them (including an intercreditor agreement), but, as between the Collateral Agent and such Guarantor, the Collateral Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Guarantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.

 

13.          Notices. All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to each Guarantor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower at the Borrower’s address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement. All notices to any holder of Additional First Lien Obligations shall be given to it in care of the applicable Authorized Representative at such Authorized Representative’s address set forth in the applicable Additional Secured Party Consent or Additional First Lien Agreement, as the case may be, as such address may be changed by written notice to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower.

 

14.          Counterparts. This Guarantee may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Guarantee on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “PDF” or “TIF” file)), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

 

15.          Severability. Any provision of this Guarantee 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. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

16.          Integration. This Guarantee represents the agreement of each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents or any Additional First Lien Agreement (and each other agreement or instrument executed or issued in connection therewith).

 

17.          Amendments in Writing; No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.

 

(a)          None of the terms or provisions of this Guarantee may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a written instrument executed by the affected Guarantor(s) and the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement or any comparable provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement.

 

Exhibit A

 

 

 

(b)          Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 17(a) hereof), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default or in any breach of any of the terms and conditions hereof. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion.

 

(c)          The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.

 

18.          Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Guarantee are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

 

19.          Entire Agreement. This Guarantee, taken together with all of the other Credit Documents and any Additional First Lien Agreement executed and delivered by the Guarantors, represents the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto and supersedes all prior understandings, written and oral, relating to the subject matter hereof.

 

20.          Successors and Assigns. This Guarantee shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, except that no Guarantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Guarantee without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent unless otherwise permitted under each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreement.

 

21.          Additional Guarantors. Each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is required to become a party to this Guarantee pursuant to Section 9.10 of the Credit Agreement or any equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement shall become a Guarantor, with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor herein, for all purposes of this Guarantee upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of a Supplement in the form of Annex B hereto or in such other form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. The execution and delivery of any instrument adding an additional Guarantor as a party to this Guarantee shall not require the consent of any other Guarantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Guarantor as a party to this Guarantee. Upon the consummation of the Internal Restructuring, (a) the Surviving Company shall become a Guarantor, with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor herein, and (b) MPH LLC shall become the Borrower and, other than with respect to its own obligations, shall become a Guarantor, with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor herein, in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b) without any further action by any Person.

 

22.         WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS GUARANTEE, ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

  

Exhibit A

 

 

 

23.          Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

(a)          submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Guarantee, the other Credit Documents to which it is a party and any Additional First Lien Agreement to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in the County of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;

 

(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 such Guarantor at its address referred to in Section 13 hereof or at such other address of which the Collateral Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

 

(d)          agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

 

(e)          waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 23 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

 

24.         GOVERNING LAW. THIS GUARANTEE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

25.          Termination or Release.

 

(a)          This Guarantee shall terminate on the Termination Date.

 

(b)          (i) A Subsidiary Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder upon the consummation of any transaction (x) with respect to the Obligations, permitted by the Credit Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise becomes an Excluded Subsidiary and (y) with respect to any Additional First Lien Obligations under any Additional First Lien Agreements, permitted by such Additional First Lien Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a guarantor thereunder; provided that (A) in the case of clause (x) above, the requisite lenders shall have consented to such transaction (to the extent required by the Credit Agreement) and the terms of such consent did not provide otherwise and (B) in case of clause (y) above the requisite holders or lenders of such Additional First Lien Obligations shall have consented to such transaction (to the extent required by the applicable Additional First Lien Agreement) and the terms of such consent did not provide otherwise, (ii) Holdings (or the Previous Holdings, as the case may be) shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder in accordance with the formation or acquisition of a New Holdings that satisfies the conditions set forth in (x) with respect to the Obligations, the Credit Agreement and (y) with respect to any Additional First Lien Obligations under any Additional First Lien Agreement, such Additional First Lien Agreement, (iii) any Guarantee shall be automatically be released in accordance with Section 13.17 of the Credit Agreement and (iv) Polaris Intermediate shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder upon the effectiveness of the Internal Restructuring.

  

Exhibit A

 

 

 

(c)          In connection with any termination or release, the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Guarantor, at such Guarantor’s expense, all documents that such Guarantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 25 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.

 

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Exhibit A

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.

 

  POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP.
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
  POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP.
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:  

 

Exhibit A

 

 

 

  MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1
   
  By:  
    Name:    Mark Tabak
    Title:   Vice President
   
  MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC
   
  By:  
    Name:   Mark Tabak
    Title:     President

 

Exhibit A

 

 

 

  MEDICAL AUDIT & REVIEW SOLUTIONS, INC., as Guarantor
 
  By:  
    Name:   Mark Tabak
    Title:     Vice President
   
  MPH ACQUISITION CORPORATION, as Guarantor
MPH INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY 1, as Guarantor
 
  By:  
    Name:    Mark Tabak
    Title:      President
     
  FORMOST, INC., as Guarantor
  HMA ACQUISITION CORPORATION, as Guarantor
  IHP ACQUISITION CORP., as Guarantor
  MARS ACQUISITION CORP., as Guarantor
  MULTIPLAN CORP., as Guarantor
  MULTIPLAN SERVICES CORPORATION, as Guarantor
  NCN ACQUISITION CORPORATION, as Guarantor
  PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC., as Guarantor
  TEXAS TRUE CHOICE, INC., as Guarantor
  VIANT, INC., as Guarantor
  VIANT HOLDINGS, INC., as Guarantor
  VIANT PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC., as Guarantor
  HEALTHNETWORK SYSTEMS LLC, as Guarantor
  NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, LLC, as Guarantor
  ADMAR CORPORATION, as Guarantor
  BEECH STREET CORPORATION, as Guarantor
  MULTIPLAN, INC., as Guarantor
  STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT PPO INC., as Guarantor
  ASSOCIATES FOR HEALTH CARE, INC., as Guarantor
  HEALTHEOS BY MULTIPLAN, INC., as Guarantor
   
  By:  
    Name:    Mark Tabak
    Title:      President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Exhibit A

 

 

 

  BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Collateral Agent
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:  

 

Exhibit A

 

 

 

ANNEX A

TO THE GUARANTEE

 

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

 

1.     Admar Corporation

2.     Associates for Health Care, Inc.

3.     Beech Street Corporation

4.     ForMost, Inc.

5.     HealthEOS by MultiPlan, Inc.

6.     HealthNetwork Systems LLC

7.     HMA Acquisition Corporation

8.     IHP Acquisition Corp.

9.     MARS Acquisition Corp.

10.   Medical Audit & Review Solutions, Inc.

11.   MPH Acquisition Corporation

12.   MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1

13.   MultiPlan Corp.

14.   MultiPlan, Inc.

15.   MultiPlan Services Corporation

16.   National Care Network, LLC

17.   NCN Acquisition Corporation

18.   Private Healthcare Systems, Inc.

19.   Statewide Independent PPO Inc.

20.   Texas True Choice, Inc.

21.   Viant Holdings, Inc.

22.   Viant Payment Systems, Inc. 

23.    Viant, Inc.

 

Exhibit A

 

 

 

ANNEX B

TO THE GUARANTEE

 

SUPPLEMENT NO. [ ], dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (this “Supplement”), to the GUARANTEE, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guarantee”), made among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation (initial Holdings, whose rights and obligations therein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, were assumed by the Surviving Company (as defined below)), POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation, which on the Closing Date was merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1, a Delaware corporation (the “Target”) (with the Target surviving such merger and with such merged company existing under the laws of the state of Delaware as the “Surviving Company”, whose rights and obligations therein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, were assumed by MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC (“MPH LLC”), a Delaware limited liability company), each of the subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto (each such subsidiary, individually, a “Subsidiary Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”; and together with Holdings and, other than with respect to its own obligations, the Borrower, collectively, the “Guarantors”), and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

A.            Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Holdings (as defined therein), the Borrower (as defined therein), the banks, financial institutions and other investors from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”), the Co- Obligors (as defined therein) from time to time party thereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender, the other agents party thereto and the other parties from time to time party thereto.

 

B.            Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Guarantee. The rules of construction and other interpretative provisions specified in Section 1(b) of the Guarantee shall apply to this Supplement, including terms defined in the preamble and recitals hereto.

 

C.            The Guarantors have entered into the Guarantee in order to induce the Agents, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, to induce the holders of any Additional First Lien Obligations to make their advances thereunder, to induce one or more Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Hedging Agreements with any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and to induce one or more Cash Management Banks to provide Cash Management Services pursuant to Secured Cash Management Agreements to any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary. Section 9.10 of the Credit Agreement and Section 21 of the Guarantee provide that additional Subsidiaries may become Guarantors under the Guarantee by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. Each undersigned Subsidiary (each a “New Guarantor”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee in order to induce the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make additional Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, to induce the holders of any Additional First Lien Obligations to make additional advances thereunder, if applicable, to induce one or more Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Hedging Agreements with any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and to induce one or more Cash Management Banks to provide Cash Management Services pursuant to Secured Cash Management Agreements to any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and as consideration for Extensions of Credit previously made, advances previously made under any Additional First Lien Agreement, Secured Hedging Agreements previously entered into and Cash Management Services previously provided.

 

Exhibit A

 

 

 

Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and each New Guarantor agrees as follows:

 

SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 21 of the Guarantee, each New Guarantor by its signature below becomes a Guarantor under the Guarantee with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor and each New Guarantor hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guarantee applicable to it as a Guarantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Guarantor thereunder are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof (except to the extent that they expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except where such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects). Each reference to a Guarantor in the Guarantee shall be deemed to include each New Guarantor. The Guarantee is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

SECTION 2. Each New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, 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 3. This Supplement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Supplement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “PDF” or “TIF” file)), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. This Supplement shall become effective as to each New Guarantor when the Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of such New Guarantor and the Collateral Agent.

 

SECTION 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 5. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 6. Any provision of this Supplement 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 in the Guarantee, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

Exhibit A

 

 

 

SECTION 7. All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 13 of the Guarantee. All communications and notices hereunder to each New Guarantor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower at the Borrower’s address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement.

 

SECTION 8. Each New Guarantor agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for its reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one firm or counsel to the Collateral Agent, and, to the extent necessary, a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate local jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) or otherwise retained with the Borrower’s consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

Exhibit A

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each New Guarantor and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Guarantee as of the day and year first above written.

 

  [NEW GUARANTOR(S)]
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
  BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Collateral Agent
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:  

 

Exhibit A

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B 

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of June 7, 2016 (this “Agreement”), among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation (whose rights and obligations herein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assumed by the Surviving Company (as defined below)), POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation, which on the Closing Date shall be merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1, a Delaware corporation (the “Target”) (with the Target surviving such merger and with such merged company existing under the laws of the state of Delaware as the “Surviving Company”, whose rights and obligations herein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assumed by MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MPH LLC”)), each of the subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on Annex A hereto or that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 7.13 (each such subsidiary, individually, a “Subsidiary Grantor” and, collectively, the “Subsidiary Grantors”; and, together with Holdings and the Borrower, collectively, the “Grantors”), and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, (a) Holdings and the Borrower are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (the “Credit Agreement”), with the Lenders from time to time party thereto, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender, the other agents party thereto and the other parties from time to time party thereto, pursuant to which the Lenders have severally agreed to make Loans to the Borrower and the Letter of Credit Issuers have agreed to issue letters of credit for the account of the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, (b) one or more Hedge Banks may from time to time enter into Secured Hedging Agreements with any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, (c) one or more Cash Management Banks may from time to time provide Cash Management Services pursuant to Secured Cash Management Agreements to any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and (d) the Credit Parties may incur Additional First Lien Obligations (as defined below) from time to time to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement and each Additional First Lien Agreement (as defined below) (clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d), collectively, the “Extensions of Credit”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Guarantee, dated as of June 7, 2016 (the “Guarantee”), each Grantor (other than the Borrower in respect of its own obligations) has agreed to guarantee to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the First Lien Obligations;

 

WHEREAS, Holdings, the Borrower (other than in respect of its own obligations) and each of the Subsidiary Grantors may also unconditionally and irrevocably guaranty, as primary obligors and not merely as sureties, for the benefit of the Secured Parties under any Additional First Lien Agreements, the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Additional First Lien Obligations;

 

WHEREAS, Holdings is an affiliate of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Grantor is a Subsidiary of the Borrower;

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Extensions of Credit will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to Holdings and the Subsidiary Grantors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses;

 

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligations of the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and

 

WHEREAS, the Grantors acknowledge that they will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the Extensions of Credit and have agreed to secure their obligations with respect thereto pursuant to this Agreement, on a first priority basis (subject to Liens permitted by each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreement).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, and to induce the Agents, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, to induce the holders of any Additional First Lien Obligations to make their advances under the applicable Additional First Lien Agreement, to induce one or more Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Hedging Agreements with any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and to induce one or more Cash Management Banks to provide Cash Management Services pursuant to Secured Cash Management Agreements to any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, the Grantors hereby agree with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:

 

1.            Defined Terms.

 

(a)           (i) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein (including terms used in the preamble and the recitals) shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement and (ii) all terms defined in the Uniform Commercial Code from time to time in effect in the State of New York (the “NY UCC”) and not defined herein or in the Credit Agreement shall have the meanings specified therein (and if defined in more than one article of the NY UCC, shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 thereof).

 

(b)           The rules of construction and other interpretive provisions specified in Sections 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 and 1.11 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Agreement, including terms defined in the preamble and recitals to this Agreement.

 

(c)           The following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Additional First Lien Agreement” shall mean any indenture, credit agreement, loan agreement, note purchase agreement or other document, instrument or agreement, if any, pursuant to which any Grantor has or will Incur Additional First Lien Obligations as permitted by each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreement then in effect; provided that, in each case, the Indebtedness thereunder has been designated as Additional First Lien Obligations pursuant to and in accordance with Section 7.15.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

Additional First Lien Obligations” shall mean all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Grantor arising under any Additional First Lien Agreement relating to Indebtedness Incurred by, or provided to, the Borrower and/or any other Credit Party including, without limitation, Permitted Additional Debt Obligations and Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt in respect of the Obligations, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Grantor of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding (or that would accrue but for the operation of applicable Debtor Relief Law), regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding, in each case, that have been designated as Additional First Lien Obligations pursuant to and in accordance with Section 7.15.

 

Additional Secured Party Consent” shall mean a consent in the form of Exhibit 3 to this Agreement.

 

After-Acquired Intellectual Property Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.1(c).

 

Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Authorized Representative” shall mean (a) the Administrative Agent with respect to the Credit Agreement and (b) any duly authorized agent, trustee or representative of any other Secured Party under Additional First Lien Agreements designated as “Authorized Representative” for any Secured Party in an Additional Secured Party Consent delivered to the Collateral Agent.

 

Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.

 

Collateral Account” shall mean any collateral account established by the Collateral Agent as provided in Section 5.1(b).

 

Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Control” shall mean in the case of any Deposit Account, “control,” as such term is defined in Section 9-104 of the NY UCC.

 

Copyrights” shall mean all (a) copyrights, rights in works of authorship, mask works and integrated circuit designs and other rights subject to the copyright laws of the United States, or of any other country or any group of countries, including copyrights and other rights in Software, data, databases, Internet web sites and the proprietary content thereof, (b) registrations, renewals, rights of reversion, extensions, supplemental registrations, recordings and applications for registration of any of the foregoing in the United States or any other country, including registrations, recordings, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office, and (c) rights to obtain all renewals, reversions and extensions thereof.

 

Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Credit Party” shall mean the Borrower, Holdings, the Subsidiary Grantors and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a party to the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document or any Additional First Lien Agreement.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

Default” or “Event of Default” shall mean a “default” or “event of default” under the Credit Agreement or under any Additional First Lien Agreement.

 

Equipment” shall mean all “equipment,” as such term is defined in Article 9 of the NY UCC, now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or to which any Grantor has rights and, in any event, shall include all machinery, equipment, furnishings, movable trade fixtures and vehicles now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or to which any Grantor has rights and any and all additions, substitutions and replacements of any of the foregoing, wherever located, together with all attachments, components, parts, equipment and accessories installed thereon or affixed thereto.

 

Excluded Property” shall mean (a) (i) any fee owned real property that is not Material Real Property and (ii) all real property leasehold interests (including requirements to deliver landlord lien waivers, estoppels and collateral access letters), (b) any Subject Property, (c) any property included in the definition of “Collateral” in the Pledge Agreement, (d) any Excluded Capital Stock, (e) any property with respect to which the Collateral Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree in writing that the costs or other consequences of granting or perfecting a security interest therein is excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom, (f) any “intent-to-use” trademark application filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office prior to the filing and acceptance of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto, (g) any cash, Cash Equivalents, Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts (including securities entitlements and related assets) or Commodity Accounts (but, in each case, not including cash or cash equivalents representing the proceeds of assets otherwise constituting Collateral), in each case, other than any Collateral Account, (h) any Capital Stock of any Immaterial Subsidiary or Special Purpose Subsidiary, (i) any aircraft, aircraft engines and related assets and (j) and any property to the extent a security interest in such property would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with (but without requiring the consent of) the Collateral Agent; provided, however, that Excluded Property shall not include any Proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any property referred to in clauses (a) through (j) above (unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would constitute Excluded Property referred to in clauses (a) through (j) above).

 

Extensions of Credit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

First Lien Obligations” shall mean, collectively, the Obligations and any Additional First Lien Obligations.

 

General Intangibles” shall mean all “general intangibles” as such term is defined in Article 9 of the NY UCC and, in any event, including with respect to any Grantor, all contracts, agreements, instruments and indentures in any form, and portions thereof, to which such Grantor is a party or under which such Grantor has any right, title or interest or to which such Grantor or any property of such Grantor is subject, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified, including (a) all rights of such Grantor to receive moneys due and to become due to it thereunder or in connection therewith, (b) all rights of such Grantor to receive proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guarantee with respect thereto, (c) all claims of such Grantor for damages arising out of any breach of or default thereunder and (d) all rights of such Grantor to terminate, amend, supplement, modify or exercise rights or options thereunder, to perform thereunder and to compel performance and otherwise exercise all remedies thereunder.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

Grantors” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Guarantee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Intellectual Property” shall mean any and all intellectual property and General Intangibles of similar or like nature, and all rights therein, including Trade Secrets, Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and IP Agreements, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any past, present, or future infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation, misuse or other impairment thereof or unfair competition therewith, including the right to receive and collect injunctive or other equitable relief and damages and compensation, and all rights to receive and collect Proceeds therefrom.

 

Intellectual Property Collateral” shall mean the Collateral constituting Intellectual Property, including the U.S. Recordable Intellectual Property set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.

 

Intellectual Property Security Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.4(e).

 

IP Agreements” shall mean any and all written agreements, contracts, permits, consents, orders and franchises, now or hereafter in effect, to which any Grantor, now or hereafter, is a party, relating to the license, sublicense, development, use, manufacture, distribution, sale, acquisition or disclosure of any Intellectual Property.

 

NY UCC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1(a)(ii).

 

Patents” shall mean all (a) patents, statutory invention registrations, certificates of invention, industrial designs and utility models, and all pending applications of the foregoing, (b) provisionals, reissues, reexaminations, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals or extensions thereof and (c) the inventions, discoveries and designs disclosed or claimed therein and all improvements thereto, including the right to make, use and/or sell the inventions, discoveries and designs disclosed or claimed therein.

 

Proceeds” shall mean all “proceeds” as such term is defined in Article 9 of the NY UCC and, in any event, shall include with respect to any Grantor, any consideration received from the sale, exchange, license, lease or other Disposition of any asset or property that constitutes Collateral, any value received as a consequence of the possession of any Collateral and any payment received from any insurer or other Person as a result of the destruction, loss, theft, damage or other involuntary conversion of whatever nature of any asset or property that constitutes Collateral, and shall include (a) all cash and negotiable instruments received by or held on behalf of the Collateral Agent, (b) any claim of any Grantor against any third party for (and the right to sue and recover for and the rights to damages or profits due or accrued arising out of or in connection with) (i) past, present or future infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation, misuse or other impairment or unfair competition, where applicable, of any Patent, Trademark, Copyright or Trade Secret, now or hereafter owned by any Grantor, or licensed to Grantor under an IP Agreement or injury to the goodwill associated with or symbolized by any Trademark now or hereafter owned by any Grantor, and (ii) past, present or future breach of any IP Agreement and (c) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

Secured Debt Documents” shall mean, collectively, the Credit Documents, each Secured Hedging Agreement entered into with a Hedge Bank and each Secured Cash Management Agreement entered into with a Cash Management Bank.

 

Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and, if any, the holders of Additional First Lien Obligations and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto.

 

Securities Account” shall mean all “securities accounts,” as such term is defined in Article 8 of the NY UCC.

 

Security Interest” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2(a).

 

Software” shall mean all “software,” as such term is defined in Article 9 of the NY UCC, and shall further include all source code, object code, processes, algorithms, methods, data structures, interfaces and documentation related thereto.

 

Subject Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the proviso to Section 2(a).

 

Subsidiary Grantor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Termination Date” shall mean the date on which all First Lien Obligations (other than (i) Hedging Obligations in respect of any Secured Hedging Agreements, (ii) Cash Management Obligations in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreements and (iii) any contingent obligations or other contingent indemnification obligations not then due and payable) have been paid in full, all Commitments have terminated or expired and no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding that is not Cash Collateralized or back-stopped to the reasonable satisfaction of the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

Trademarks” shall mean all (a) trademarks, service marks, domain names, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, slogans, other source or business identifiers, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, whether registered or unregistered, and all registrations, recordings and applications for registration filed in connection with the foregoing, including registrations, recordings and applications for registration in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any State of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, and all common-law rights related thereto, (b) all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby and (c) all extensions or renewals thereof.

 

Trade Secrets” shall mean all confidential and proprietary information, including technology, know-how, trade secrets, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, inventions, research and development information, including, without limitation, technical data, financial, marketing and business data, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans and customer and supplier lists and information.

 

Uniform Commercial Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time (except as otherwise specified) in any applicable state or jurisdiction.

 

U.S. Recordable Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

U.S. Registered Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.

 

Vehicles” shall mean all cars, trucks, trailers, and other vehicles covered by a certificate of title law of any state or other jurisdiction and all tires and other appurtenances to any of the foregoing.

 

(d)           Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or the relevant part thereof.

 

2.            Grant of Security Interest.

 

(a)           As security for the prompt and complete payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the First Lien Obligations, each Grantor hereby transfers, assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in and continuing lien on (the “Security Interest”) all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in (subject only to Liens permitted under each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreement) and to all of the following assets and properties, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or existing or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Collateral”):

 

(i)            all Accounts;

 

(ii)           all Chattel Paper;

 

(iii)          all Commercial Tort Claims described in Schedule 2 to this Agreement;

 

(iv)          all Documents;

 

(v)           all Equipment;

 

(vi)          all Fixtures;

 

(vii)         all General Intangibles;

 

(viii)        all Goods;

 

(ix)           all Instruments;

 

(x)            all Intellectual Property;

 

(xi)           all Inventory;

 

(xii)          all Investment Property;

 

(xiii)         all letters of credit and Letter-of-Credit Rights;

 

(xiv)        all Supporting Obligations;

 

(xv)         such Grantor’s ownership interest in (1) any Collateral Account, (2) all cash held in a Collateral Account and (3) all money that was withdrawn by the Collateral Agent from the Collateral Account or deposited by the Borrower with the Collateral Agent, in each case, pending prompt payment to Lenders;

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

(xvi)        all books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and

 

(xvii)       to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to the foregoing;

 

provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement:

 

(A)             this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in or Lien on (1) any property to the extent that such grant of a security interest in or Lien on such property is prohibited by any Applicable Law or requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority pursuant to any Applicable Law, (2) any contract, license, lease, agreement, permit, instrument, security or franchise agreement or other document (a “Contract”) to which any Grantor is a party or any asset, right or property (including any property that is subject to a Lien permitted pursuant to the following clauses of Section 10.2 of the Credit Agreement: (c), (e) (but only in the case of clauses (c) or (f) of Section 10.2 of the Credit Agreement), (f), (p) or (ff)) (and accessions and additions to such assets, rights or property, replacements and products thereof and customary security deposits, related contract rights and payment intangibles) of a Grantor that is subject to a purchase money security interest, Financing Lease Obligation, similar arrangement or Contract and any of its rights or interests thereunder, in each case only to the extent and for so long as the grant of such security interest or Lien in such Contract or such asset, right or property is prohibited by or constitutes or results or would constitute or result in the invalidation, violation, breach, default, forfeiture or unenforceability of any right, title or interest of such Grantor under such Contract or purchase money, capital lease or similar arrangement or Contract or creates or would create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower), or requires consent not obtained of any third party (it being understood and agreed that no Grantor or Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to seek any such consent), after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment clauses of the Uniform Commercial Code and Applicable Laws, other than the Proceeds thereof the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code or any similar Applicable Laws notwithstanding such prohibition, (3) any Governmental Authority licenses or state or local Governmental Authority franchises, charters or authorizations, to the extent the grant of a security interest in any such licenses, franchise, charter or authorization would be prohibited or restricted by such license, franchise, charter or authorization or (4) any property to the extent that such grant of a security interest would result in the forfeiture of the Grantor’s rights in the property (including any legally effective prohibition or restriction) (the property described in any of clauses (1), (2), (3) or (4), collectively the “Subject Property”); provided, however, that the foregoing exclusions shall not apply to the extent that any such prohibition, default or other term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any relevant jurisdiction, or any other Applicable Law or principles of equity; and provided, further, that the Security Interest shall attach immediately to any property (or any portion thereof) that would otherwise constitute Collateral but for the operation of clauses (1), (2), (3) or (4) above upon such property ceasing to constitute Subject Property;

 

(B)              the Collateral shall not include any Excluded Property and no Grantor shall be deemed to have granted a Security Interest in any of such Grantor’s rights or interests in any Excluded Property;

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

(C)              Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Grantors shall not be required to take any action intended to cause “Excluded Property” to constitute Collateral (but without limitation of any requirements set forth in clause (i) of the definition of “Excluded Subsidiary”).

 

(D)             The Surviving Company and the Subsidiary Grantors shall have no rights or obligations hereunder until the consummation of the Merger, and any representations and warranties of the Surviving Company and the Subsidiary Grantors hereunder shall not become effective until such time. Upon consummation of the Merger, the signature pages to this Agreement submitted on behalf of the Subsidiary Grantors shall be deemed released, the Surviving Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of Merger Sub under this Agreement, the Surviving Company and the Subsidiary Grantors shall succeed to, or become subject to, all the rights and obligations under the other Credit Documents to which they are a party and all representations and warranties of the Surviving Company and the Subsidiary Grantors hereunder shall become effective as of the time of consummation of the Merger, without any further action by any Person;

 

(E)              The Surviving Company shall have no rights or obligations hereunder as Holdings until the consummation of the Internal Restructuring, and any representations and warranties of the Surviving Company in its capacity as Holdings under the Credit Documents shall not become effective until such time. Upon consummation of the Internal Restructuring, the Surviving Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of Polaris Intermediate as Holdings under this Agreement, and the Surviving Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of Polaris Intermediate under the other Credit Documents to which Holdings is a party, and all representations and warranties of the Surviving Company in its capacity as Holdings hereunder shall become effective as of the time of consummation of the Internal Restructuring, without any further action by any Person; and

 

(F)              MPH LLC shall have no rights or obligations hereunder in any capacity until the consummation of the Internal Restructuring, and any representations and warranties of MPH LLC hereunder shall not become effective until such time. Upon consummation of the Internal Restructuring, the signature pages to this Agreement submitted on behalf of MPH LLC shall be deemed released, MPH LLC shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of the Surviving Company as Borrower and a Grantor under this Agreement, and MPH LLC shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of the Surviving Company as Borrower under the other Credit Documents to which the Borrower is a party, and all representations and warranties of MPH LLC hereunder shall become effective as of the time of consummation of the Internal Restructuring, without any further action by any Person.

 

(b)           Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements (including fixture filings) with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof and amendments thereto and continuations thereof that contain the information required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment or continuation, including whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such Grantor. Such financing statements may describe the Collateral in the same manner as described herein or may contain an indication or description of collateral that describes such property in any other manner such as “all assets” or “all personal property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired” of such Grantor or words of similar effect as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail and in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or covering the Collateral constituting minerals or the like to be extracted or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of the real property to which such Collateral relates. Each Grantor agrees to provide such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon request.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

Each Grantor also ratifies any authorization previously given in writing to the Collateral Agent to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements or amendments thereto or continuations thereof if filed prior to the date hereof.

 

The Collateral Agent is further authorized to file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or any successor office) such documents executed by such Grantor as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing, protecting or providing notice of the Security Interests granted by each Grantor in respect of U.S. Recordable Intellectual Property, executed by each applicable Grantor, and naming any Grantor or the Grantors as debtors and the Collateral Agent as secured party.

 

This Agreement secures the payment of all the First Lien Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement secures the payment of all amounts that constitute part of the First Lien Obligations and would be owed to the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law involving any Grantor.

 

The Security Interests created hereby are granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor with respect to or arising out of the Collateral.

 

3.          Representations and Warranties.

 

Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and each Secured Party that:

 

3.1.          Title; No Other Liens. Except for (a) the Security Interest granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement and (b) Liens permitted under each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreements, such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others and has the corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of this Agreement and has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. To the knowledge of such Grantor, no action or proceeding seeking to limit, cancel or question the validity of such Grantor’s ownership interest in the Collateral, that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is pending or threatened. None of the Grantors has filed or consented to the filing of any (x) security agreement, financing statement or analogous document under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other Applicable Laws covering any Collateral, (y) assignment for security in which any Grantor assigns any Intellectual Property Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Intellectual Property Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, which security agreement, financing statement or similar instrument or assignment is still in effect or (z) assignment for security in which any Grantor assigns any Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except in the case of each of clauses (x), (y) and (z) above, such as (i) have been filed in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents or (ii) are filed in respect of Liens permitted under each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreements. For the avoidance of doubt, any reference herein to Liens permitted under each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreements shall mean only Liens permitted to be outstanding under both the Credit Agreement (so long as it is in effect) and any Additional First Lien Agreement (but only to the extent such agreement exists and is in effect).

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

3.2.          Intellectual Property.

 

(a)           As of the Closing Date, Schedule 1 hereto contains a true and correct list of all (i) United States federal issued patents, pending patent applications, trademark registrations, pending trademark applications and copyright registrations (collectively, the “U.S. Registered Intellectual Property”), owned by each Grantor, and indicating for each such item, as applicable, the application and/or registration number and the identity of the current applicant or registered owner, and (ii) exclusive licenses of third party U.S. issued, registered or applied for Intellectual Property to which a Grantor is an exclusive licensee (together with the U.S. Registered Intellectual Property, the “U.S. Recordable Intellectual Property”), and indicating for each item the name of the agreement, the parties, the date, and a list of any issued, registered or applied for Intellectual Property exclusively licensed pursuant thereto. Except as set forth on Schedule 1, each Grantor exclusively owns all right, title and interest in and to the U.S. Registered Intellectual Property identified on Schedule 1.

 

(b)           Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect:

 

(i)            the Intellectual Property Collateral is subsisting, and to such Grantor’s knowledge, valid and enforceable and there are no pending or, to such Grantor’s knowledge, threatened (in writing) claims challenging the ownership, right to use, validity or enforceability of the Intellectual Property Collateral owned by each Grantor; and

 

(ii)           to such Grantor’s knowledge, no Person is engaging in any activity that infringes, misappropriates, dilutes or otherwise violates the Intellectual Property Collateral owned by each Grantor or the Grantor’s rights in or use thereof.

 

3.3.          Perfected Security Interests.

 

(a)            Subject to the limitations set forth in clause (b) of this Section 3.3, the Pledge Agreement and Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement, the Security Interests granted pursuant to this Agreement (i) will constitute legal and valid perfected security interests in the Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for the First Lien Obligations, upon (A) in the case of Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, the filing of financing statements naming each Grantor as “debtor” and the Collateral Agent as “secured party” and describing the Collateral in the applicable filing offices, (B) in the case of Instruments, Tangible Chattel Paper, negotiable Documents and Certificated Securities, the earlier of the delivery thereof to the Collateral Agent and the filing of the financing statements referred to in clause (A), and/or (C) in the case of U.S. Recordable Intellectual Property that is part of the Intellectual Property Collateral, the filing of the financing statements referred to in clause (A) and the completion of the filing, registration and recording of fully executed agreements in the form of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement set forth in Exhibit 2 hereto with, as applicable, (x) the United States Patent and Trademark Office or (y) the United States Copyright Office and (ii) are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral other than Liens permitted by each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreements or Liens having priority over the Collateral Agent’s Lien by operation of Applicable Law. No Grantor shall be required to complete any filings or otherwise take any action with respect to the perfection of the Security Interests created hereby in any jurisdiction outside of the United States or incur or reimburse any expense in connection therewith.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

(b)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Grantor shall be required to perfect the Security Interests created hereby by any means other than (i) filings pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code, (ii) filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, with respect to U.S. Recordable Intellectual Property, (iii) in the case of Collateral that constitutes Tangible Chattel Paper, Instruments, negotiable Documents or Certificated Securities, in each case, to the extent included in the Collateral and required by Section 4.5, delivery to the Collateral Agent to be held in its possession in the United States and (iv) in the case of Collateral that constitutes Commercial Tort Claims taking the actions specified by Section 4.1(d). No Grantor shall be required to (1) (x) enter into any security agreements governed under foreign law or (y) complete any filings or take any other actions in any foreign jurisdiction or required by foreign law to create any security interest in Collateral located or titled outside the United States or to perfect or make enforceable any Security Interest in any foreign jurisdiction or required by foreign law, (2) except as described in clauses (iii) and (iv) above, take actions to perfect by Control, including delivering control agreements with respect to Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts or Commodity Accounts, (3) take any perfection actions with respect to (x) Letter of Credit Rights, except to the extent constituting Supporting Obligations of other Collateral as to which perfection is accomplished by the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or equivalent (it being understood that no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in Letter of Credit Rights, other than the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or equivalent) and (y) Vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title or (4) deliver Certificated Securities, if any, representing or evidencing the Securities of an Immaterial Subsidiary or Special Purpose Subsidiary or of any Person that is not a Subsidiary.

 

(c)            It is understood and agreed that the Security Interests created hereby shall not prevent the Grantors from using the Collateral in the ordinary course of their respective businesses or as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreements.

 

(d)           The Perfection Certificate has been duly prepared, completed and executed and the information set forth therein (including (i) the exact legal name of each Grantor and (ii) the jurisdiction of organization of each Grantor) is correct and complete in all material respects as of the Closing Date.

 

4.          Covenants.

 

Each Grantor hereby covenants and agrees with the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Termination Date:

 

4.1.          Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation.

 

(a)           Such Grantor shall (i) maintain the Security Interests created hereby as perfected first priority security interests (subject to Section 3.3(b) and to any Lien permitted by each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreements) unless such Security Interests cease to be perfected first priority security interests (x) as a result of a release of Collateral permitted under Section 13.17 of the Credit Agreement or (y) as a result of the Collateral Agent’s failure to (1) maintain possession of any Tangible Chattel Paper, Instruments or Certificated Securities delivered to it under the Security Documents or (2) file and maintain proper Uniform Commercial Code statements (including continuation statements) and (ii) subject to Section 3.3(b), take any such actions as may be required under Applicable Law or which the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request to defend the Security Interests created hereby and the priority thereof against the claims and demands not expressly permitted by each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreements of all Persons whomsoever.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

(b)           Such Grantor will furnish to the Collateral Agent from time to time statements, at such Grantor’s sole cost and expense, and schedules further identifying and describing the assets and property of such Grantor and such other reports in connection therewith as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, all in such detail as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request.

 

(c)            Each Grantor agrees that should it, after the Closing Date, obtain an ownership interest in or become a party to any U.S. Recordable Intellectual Property or obtain an ownership interest in any United States “intent-to-use” trademark application for which an “Amendment to Allege Use” or a verified “Statement of Use” has been filed and accepted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office that would, had it been owned on the Closing Date, be considered a part of the Intellectual Property Collateral (collectively, “After-Acquired Intellectual Property Collateral”), such After-Acquired Intellectual Property Collateral shall automatically become part of the Intellectual Property Collateral, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement with respect thereto. In addition, such Grantor shall, on the date the Borrower is required to deliver the financial statements provided for in Section 9.1(a) for the fiscal period of the Borrower to occur after the acquisition of such After-Acquired Intellectual Property Collateral, execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent agreements substantially in the form of Exhibit 2 hereto covering such After-Acquired Intellectual Property Collateral to be recorded with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable.

 

(d)           As of the Closing Date, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants that it holds no individual Commercial Tort Claim with a value in excess of $10,000,000 other than those listed in Schedule 2. If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim for which a claim or counterclaim has been filed and is known to an Authorized Officer of the applicable Grantor, such Grantor shall, on each date that the Borrower is required to deliver Section 9.1 Financials for the next fiscal period of the Borrower to occur after first holding or acquiring such Commercial Tort Claim, notify the Collateral Agent in writing signed by such Grantor setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for and nature of such Commercial Tort Claim and promptly thereafter grant to the Collateral Agent a Security Interest therein and in the Proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement. The requirement in the preceding sentence shall not apply to the extent that the amount of any such individual Commercial Tort Claim does not exceed $10,000,000 or the extent that such Grantor shall have previously notified the Collateral Agent with respect to any previously held or acquired Commercial Tort Claim.

 

(e)            Subject to Section 3.3(b), each Grantor agrees that at any time and from time to time, at the expense of such Grantor, it will 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 and other documents), which may be required under any Applicable Law or which the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders (or if there are any Additional First Lien Obligations outstanding, subject to the terms of any intercreditor agreement among the holders of First Lien Obligations, the requisite holders or lenders of such Additional First Lien Obligations) may reasonably request, in order (x) to grant, preserve, protect and perfect the validity and priority of the Security Interests created or intended to be created hereby or (y) to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral, including the filing of any financing or continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the Security Interests created hereby, all at the expense of such Grantor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such Grantor shall comply with Section 9.14 of the Credit Agreement and any equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

 

4.2.          Changes in Locations, Name, etc. Each Grantor will furnish to the Collateral Agent prompt written notice (which shall in any event be provided within 60 days of such change or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree) of any change (i) in its legal name, (ii) in its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, (iii) in its identity or type of organization or corporate structure or (iv) in its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number, if any, to the extent such Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number is required to be listed on Uniform Commercial Code financing statements for purposes of perfecting any Security Interest, in each case to the extent required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected Security Interest in the Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Each Grantor agrees promptly to provide the Collateral Agent with certified Organizational Documents reflecting any of the changes described in the first sentence of this paragraph.

 

4.3.          Notices.

 

(a)           Each Grantor will advise the Collateral Agent in reasonable detail, of any Lien of which it has knowledge (other than the Security Interests created hereby and other Liens permitted under each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreements) on any of the Collateral which would adversely affect, in any material respect, the ability of the Collateral Agent to exercise any of its remedies hereunder.

 

(b)           Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, and after written notice is delivered to the applicable Grantor, (i) the Collateral Agent may adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and/or approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Collateral and (ii) all insurance payments or condemnation awards in respect of any Collateral shall be paid to and applied by the Collateral Agent as specified in Section 5.4.

 

4.4.          Intellectual Property.

 

(a)           With respect to each item of Intellectual Property Collateral owned by each Grantor, each Grantor agrees to take, at its expense, all commercially reasonable steps, including, as applicable, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office and any other Governmental Authority located in the United States, to (i) maintain the validity and enforceability of such Intellectual Property Collateral and maintain such Intellectual Property Collateral in full force and effect, and (ii) pursue the registration and maintenance of each Patent, Trademark, or Copyright registration or application for registration, now or hereafter included in such Intellectual Property Collateral of such Grantor, except in each case of (i) and (ii) to the extent otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement or to the extent failure to do any of the foregoing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)           Such Grantor shall (and shall take reasonable efforts to cause all its licensees to), in such Grantor’s reasonable business judgment (i) (1) continue to use each Trademark included in the Intellectual Property Collateral in order to maintain such Trademark in full force and effect with respect to each class of goods for which such Trademark is currently used, free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (2) maintain at least the same standards of quality of products and services offered under such Trademark as are currently maintained, (3) use such Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration and all other notices and legends required by Applicable Law and (ii) not do any act or omit to do any act whereby (w) such Trademark (or any goodwill associated therewith) may become destroyed, invalidated, impaired or harmed in any way, (x) any Patent included in the Intellectual Property Collateral may become forfeited, misused, unenforceable, abandoned or dedicated to the public or (y) any portion of the Copyrights included in the Intellectual Property Collateral may become invalidated, otherwise impaired or fall into the public domain, except in each case of (i) and (ii) to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement or to the extent failure to do any of the foregoing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

(c)           Except as permitted by the Credit Agreement or except to the extent any of the following actions would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, no Grantor shall abandon or allow to lapse any owned Intellectual Property Collateral unless such Grantor shall have determined in such Grantor’s reasonable business judgment that the pursuit or maintenance of such Intellectual Property Collateral is no longer desirable in the conduct of such Grantor’s business.

 

(d)           In the event that any Grantor becomes aware after the Closing Date that any item of its material Intellectual Property Collateral is being infringed, diluted, violated or misappropriated by a third party in any way that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent and take such actions, at its expense, as such Grantor deems reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to protect or enforce such Intellectual Property Collateral, including, if such Grantor deems it necessary, suing for infringement, dilution, violation or misappropriation and for an injunction against such infringement, dilution violation or misappropriation.

 

(e)          With respect to its U.S. Recordable Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor in its own name or to which such Grantor is a party on the Closing Date, as and when required by Section 4.1(c), each Grantor agrees to execute and deliver an agreement, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit 2 hereto (an “Intellectual Property Security Agreement”), to the Collateral Agent covering such U.S. Recordable Intellectual Property to be recorded with, as applicable, the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office.

 

(f)            Nothing in this Agreement prevents any Grantor from disposing of, discontinuing the use or maintenance of, failing to pursue, or otherwise allowing to lapse, terminate or put into the public domain any of its Intellectual Property Collateral to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement.

 

4.5.          Investment Property. Subject to Section 3.3(b) and the Pledge Agreement, and limited to the requirements of Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement, if any of the Collateral (other than any property included in the definition of “Collateral” in the Pledge Agreement) is or shall become evidenced or represented by any Instrument, negotiable Document, Certificated Security or Tangible Chattel Paper, such Instrument (other than checks received in the ordinary course of business), negotiable Document, Certificated Security or Tangible Chattel Paper shall, in each case, be promptly delivered to the Collateral Agent on each date that the Borrower is required to deliver Section 9.1 Financials for the next fiscal period of the Borrower to occur after such Collateral first is or becomes evidenced or represented by any Instrument, negotiable Document, Certificated Security or Tangible Chattel Paper, duly endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, if the Fair Market Value of any such individual Instrument, negotiable Document or Tangible Chattel Paper exceeds $10,000,000, in each case except to the extent constituting Excluded Capital Stock, Capital Stock of an Immaterial Subsidiary or Special Purpose Subsidiary or Capital Stock of a Minority Investment.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

5.             Remedial Provisions.

 

5.1.          Certain Matters Relating to Accounts.

 

(a)           At any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default after prior written notice is delivered to the Grantor, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to make test verifications of the Accounts in any manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and each Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as the Collateral Agent may reasonably require in connection with such test verifications. The Collateral Agent shall have the absolute right to share any information it gains from such inspection or verification with any Secured Party; provided that the provisions of Section 13.16 of the Credit Agreement or any equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement shall apply to such information.

 

(b)          The Collateral Agent hereby authorizes each Grantor to collect such Grantor’s Accounts and the Collateral Agent may curtail or terminate said authority at any time upon three Business Days’ prior written notice after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default. If required in writing by the Collateral Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, any payments of Accounts, when collected by any Grantor, (i) shall be forthwith (and, in any event, within three Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly endorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent if required, in a Deposit Account maintained under the sole dominion and control of and on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (the “Collateral Account”), subject to withdrawal by the Collateral Agent for the account of the Secured Parties only as provided in Sections 5.4 and 5.5, and (ii) until so turned over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor. Each such deposit of Proceeds of Accounts shall be accompanied by a report identifying in reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit.

 

(c)           At the Collateral Agent’s written request at any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent all original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Accounts, including all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.

 

(d)           Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, and after prior written notice thereof is delivered to the Grantor, a Grantor shall not grant any extension of the time of payment of any of the Accounts, compromise, compound or settle the same for less than the full amount thereof, release, wholly or partly, any person liable for the payment thereof, or allow any credit or discount whatsoever thereon if the Collateral Agent shall have instructed such Grantor in writing not to grant or make any such extension, credit, discount, compromise, or settlement under any circumstances during the continuation of such Event of Default.

 

(e)           Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.1, each Grantor may continue to collect, at its own expense, all amounts due or to become due to such Grantor under the Accounts. In connection with such collections, each Grantor may take such action as such Grantor may deem necessary or advisable to enforce collection of amounts due or to become due under the Accounts.

 

5.2.          Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable.

 

(a)           The Collateral Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, after giving reasonable prior written notice to the relevant Grantor of its intent to do so, communicate with obligors under the Accounts to verify with them to the Collateral Agent’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Accounts. The Collateral Agent shall have the absolute right to share any information it gains from such inspection or verification with any Secured Party; provided, that the provisions of Section 13.16 of the Credit Agreement or any equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement shall apply to such information.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

(b)           Upon the prior written request of the Collateral Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default (it being understood that the exercise of remedies by the Secured Parties in connection with an Event of Default under Section 11.5 of the Credit Agreement or any equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a request by the Collateral Agent for the purposes of this sentence and in such circumstances, no such written notice shall be required), each Grantor shall notify obligors on the Accounts that the Accounts have been assigned to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to the Collateral Agent and that the Collateral Agent may enforce such Grantor’s rights against such obligors.

 

(c)           Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the Accounts to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any Account (or any agreement giving rise thereto) by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party of any payment relating thereto, nor shall the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Account (or any agreement giving rise thereto), to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.

 

5.3.          Proceeds to be Turned Over To Collateral Agent. In addition to the rights of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties specified in Section 5.1 with respect to payments of Accounts, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Collateral Agent gives prior notice in writing to the relevant Grantor (it being understood that the exercise of remedies by the Secured Parties in connection with an Event of Default under Section 11.5 of the Credit Agreement or any equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a request by the Collateral Agent for the purposes of this sentence and in such circumstances, no such written notice shall be required), all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly endorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent, if required). All Proceeds received by the Collateral Agent under this Section 5.3 shall be held by the Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under its sole dominion and control and on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. All Proceeds while held by the Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all the First Lien Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in Section 5.4.

 

5.4.          Application of Proceeds.

 

(a)           Except as expressly provided elsewhere in this Agreement or any other Credit Document, all proceeds received by the Collateral Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all amounts on deposit in the Collateral Account) shall be applied as follows:

 

(i)            FIRST, to the payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with such sale, collection or realization or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, the other Credit Documents, any Additional First Lien Agreement or any of the First Lien Obligations, including all court costs and the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document on behalf of any Grantor and any other reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder, under any other Credit Document or under any Additional First Lien Agreement;

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

(ii)           SECOND, to the Secured Parties, an amount equal to all First Lien Obligations owing to them on the date of any such distribution, and, if such moneys shall be insufficient to pay such amounts in full, then ratably (without priority of any one over any other) to such Secured Parties in proportion to the unpaid amounts thereof; and

 

(iii)          THIRD, any surplus then remaining shall be paid to the Grantors or their successors or assigns or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no amounts received from any Grantor shall be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligation of such Grantor and (ii) after the payments pursuant to clause FIRST above, if an intercreditor agreement (including the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or other Customary Intercreditor Agreement) has been entered into among the holders of First Lien Obligations which provides for the application of proceeds received by the Collateral Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral, then such proceeds shall be applied pursuant to the terms of such intercreditor agreement (including the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or other Customary Intercreditor Agreement) and in making the determination and allocations required in any intercreditor agreement the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely upon information supplied by the applicable Authorized Representatives as to the amounts of unpaid principal and interest and other amounts outstanding with respect to such First Lien Obligations and the Collateral Agent shall have no liability to any of the Secured Parties for actions taken in reliance on such information.

 

(b)          The Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of the application of any such proceeds in accordance with this Section 5.4. Upon any sale of the Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

5.5.          Code and Other Remedies. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Collateral Agent may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to all other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the NY UCC or any other Applicable Law or in equity and also may without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind except as specified below, withdraw all amounts held in the Collateral Account and sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any exchange broker’s board or at any of the Collateral Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, at such price or prices and upon such other terms as are commercially reasonable irrespective of the impact of any such sales on the market price of the Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall be authorized at any such sale (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers of Collateral to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and, upon consummation of any such sale, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by Applicable Law) all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal that it now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. The Collateral Agent or any Secured Party shall have the right upon any such public sale, and, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, upon any such private sale, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold and the Collateral Agent or such Secured Party may, subject to (x) the satisfaction in full in cash of all payments due pursuant to Section 5.4(a)(i) hereof and (y) the satisfaction of the First Lien Obligations in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 5.4(a) hereof, pay the purchase price by crediting the amount thereof against the First Lien Obligations. Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten days’ notice to such Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Grantor hereby waives any claim against the Collateral Agent arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price that might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Collateral Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree. Each Grantor further agrees, at the Collateral Agent’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Collateral Agent at places which the Collateral Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere. The Collateral Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this Section 5.5 in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.4 hereof. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Collateral Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.5 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the NY UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.

 

5.6.          Deficiency. Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay the First Lien Obligations and the fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to collect such deficiency.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

5.7.          Amendments, etc. with Respect to the First Lien Obligations; Waiver of Rights. Except for the termination of a Grantor’s First Lien Obligations hereunder as provided in Section 6.5, each Grantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Grantor and without notice to or further assent by any Grantor, (a) any demand for payment of any of the First Lien Obligations made by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may be rescinded by such party and any of the First Lien Obligations continued, (b) the First Lien Obligations, or the liability of any other party upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, (c) the Secured Debt Documents, any Additional First Lien Agreement and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, in accordance with the terms of the applicable Secured Debt Document or Additional First Lien Agreement and (d) any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of the First Lien Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation to protect, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the First Lien Obligations or for this Agreement or any property subject thereto. When making any demand hereunder against any Grantor, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on the Borrower or any other Grantor, and any failure by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to make any such demand or to collect any payments from the Borrower or any other Grantor or any release of the Borrower or any other Grantor shall not relieve any Grantor in respect of which a demand or collection is not made or any Grantor not so released of its several obligations or liabilities hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, express or implied, or as a matter of law, of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party against any Grantor. For the purpose hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.

 

5.8.          Conflict with Credit Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Section 5 and the Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement shall prevail.

 

5.9.          Intellectual Property. Each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for use solely upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after prior written notice from the Collateral Agent to the Grantors, a non-exclusive, irrevocable, fully paid-up, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, assign, or license or sublicense the rights to use, copy, display, perform, distribute and/or make derivative works of the Intellectual Property Collateral now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor. Such license shall include reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer programs and equipment used for the compilation or printout thereof, in each case, subject to Applicable Law and any Grantor’s reasonable security policies and obligations of confidentiality; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.9 shall require any Grantor to grant any license, sublicense or assignment that is prohibited by any Applicable Law or is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach of default under or results in the termination of or gives rise to any right of acceleration, modification or cancellation under any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing, giving rise to a right to use or theretofore granted with respect to such property; provided, further, that such licenses to be granted hereunder with respect to Trademarks shall be subject to the quality control standards applicable to each such Trademark as in effect as of the date such licenses hereunder are granted; provided, further, that any licenses granted hereunder by the Collateral Agent shall be binding upon the Grantors notwithstanding any subsequent cure of an Event of Default.

 

6.            The Collateral Agent.

 

6.1.          Collateral Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc.

 

(a)           Each Grantor hereby appoints, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest, effective upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or otherwise, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any Additional First Lien Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any Additional First Lien Agreement and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives the Collateral Agent the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, either in the Collateral Agent’s name or in the name of such Grantor or otherwise, without assent by such Grantor, to do any or all of the following at the same time or at different times, in each case after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default and after written notice by the Collateral Agent of its intent to do so:

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

(i)            take possession of and endorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under any Account or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any Account or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;

 

(ii)           in the case of any Intellectual Property Collateral, execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Collateral Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ Security Interest in such Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;

 

(iii)          pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against any Collateral;

 

(iv)          execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 5.5, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral;

 

(v)           obtain, pay and adjust insurance required to be maintained by such Grantor or paid to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any Additional First Lien Agreement;

 

(vi)          send verifications of Accounts to any Person who is or who may become obligated to any Grantor under, with respect to or on account of an Account;

 

(vii)         direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Collateral Agent or as the Collateral Agent shall direct;

 

(viii)        ask or demand for, collect and receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral;

 

(ix)          sign and endorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral;

 

(x)           commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral;

 

(xi)          defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral (with such Grantor’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the extent such action or its resolution could materially affect such Grantor or any of its Affiliates in any manner other than with respect to its continuing rights in such Collateral; provided that such consent right shall not limit any other rights or remedies available to the Collateral Agent at law);

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

(xii)         settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Collateral Agent may deem appropriate (with such Grantor’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the extent such action or its resolution could materially affect such Grantor or any of its Affiliates in any manner other than with respect to its continuing rights in such Collateral; provided that such consent right shall not limit any other rights or remedies available to the Collateral Agent at law);

 

(xiii)         assign, license, prosecute or maintain any Intellectual Property Collateral throughout the world for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as the Collateral Agent shall in its reasonable business discretion determine; and

 

(xiv)        generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Collateral Agent’s option and such Grantor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things that the Collateral Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Collateral Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ Security Interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.

 

Anything in this Section 6.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Collateral Agent agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 6.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

(b)           If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein, the Collateral Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement.

 

(c)           Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the Security Interests created hereby are released.

 

6.2.          Duty of Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the NY UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Collateral Agent deals with similar property for its own account. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the Collateral Agent accords its own property. Neither the Collateral Agent, any other Secured Party nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are solely to protect the Collateral Agent’s and the other Secured Parties’ interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for the safe custody of any Collateral in its possession and for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

6.3.          Authority of Collateral Agent. Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Collateral Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, be governed by this Agreement or, if there are any Additional First Lien Obligations, by this Agreement, the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or other Customary Intercreditor Agreement with respect thereto and such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Collateral Agent and the Grantors, the Collateral Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the applicable Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.

 

6.4.          Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Security Interests created hereby and all obligations of the Grantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document, any Additional First Lien Agreement, any agreement with respect to any of the First Lien Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the First Lien Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document, any Additional First Lien Agreement or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the First Lien Obligations, or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Grantor in respect of the First Lien Obligations or this Agreement.

 

6.5.          Continuing Security Interest; Assignments Under the Secured Debt Documents or any Additional First Lien Agreement; Release.

 

(a)          This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon each Grantor and the successors and assigns thereof and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns until the Termination Date.

 

(b)           (i) A Subsidiary Grantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the Security Interests in the Collateral of such Subsidiary Grantor created hereby shall be automatically released (x) as it relates to the Obligations, upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement, as a result of which such Subsidiary Grantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or otherwise becomes an Excluded Subsidiary, (y) as it relates to any Additional First Lien Obligations under any Additional First Lien Agreement, upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by such Additional First Lien Agreement, as a result of which such Subsidiary Grantor ceases to be a guarantor thereunder and (z) upon the effectiveness of any release (including any written consent to such release) of a Subsidiary Grantor in accordance with Section 13.17 of the Credit Agreement and any applicable provision in each Additional First Lien Agreement; (ii) Holdings (or Previous Holdings, as the case may be) shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the Security Interests in the Collateral of Holdings (or Previous Holdings, as the case may be) created hereby shall be automatically released in accordance with the formation or acquisition of a New Holdings that satisfies the conditions set forth in (x) as it relates to the Obligations, the Credit Agreement and (y) as it relates to any Additional First Lien Obligations under any Additional First Lien Agreement, such Additional First Lien Agreement and (iii) Polaris Intermediate shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the Security Interests in the Collateral of Polaris Intermediate created hereby shall be automatically released upon the effectiveness of the Internal Restructuring.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

(c)          The Security Interests created hereby in any Collateral shall be automatically released and such Collateral sold free and clear of the Lien and Security Interests created hereby (i) to the extent such Collateral is comprised of property leased to a Grantor by a Person that is not a Grantor, upon termination or expiration of such lease, (ii) as required by the Collateral Agent to effect any sale, transfer or other Disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) upon any sale, transfer or other Disposition by any Grantor of any Collateral that is permitted under the Credit Agreement and each Additional First Lien Agreement (other than to another Grantor), (iv) upon the effectiveness of any release (including any written consent to such release) of the Lien and Security Interests created hereby in any Collateral in accordance with Section 13.17 of the Credit Agreement and any applicable provision in each Additional First Lien Agreement, (v) upon such Collateral becoming Excluded Capital Stock or Excluded Property, (vi) to the extent the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee (in accordance with Section 13.17 of the Credit Agreement and the Guarantee) or (vii) as otherwise provided in any applicable intercreditor agreement (including the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or other Customary Intercreditor Agreement) among holders of First Lien Obligations.

 

(d)           In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c), the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Grantor or authorize the filing of, at such Grantor’s expense, all documents that such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 6.5 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.

 

6.6.          Reinstatement. This Agreement shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the First Lien Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any other Grantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any other Grantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.

 

7.             Miscellaneous.

 

7.1.         Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a written instrument executed by the affected Grantors and the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement; provided, however, that this Agreement may be supplemented (but no existing provisions may be modified and no Collateral may be released) through agreements substantially in the form of Exhibit 1, in each case duly executed by each Grantor directly affected thereby.

 

The Collateral Agent may, without the consent of any Lender, enter into any amendments to this Agreement (including modifications of the terms “Additional First Lien Agreement” and “Additional First Lien Obligations” and any provisions of this Agreement referencing such terms) to reflect the Incurrence of any Indebtedness secured by a Lien permitted by Section 10.2(a) of the Credit Agreement that is not secured by Liens granted under this Agreement.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

 

7.2.            Notices. All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement (whether or not then in effect). All communications and notices hereunder to any Subsidiary Grantor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower at the Borrower’s address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement (whether or not then in effect). All notices to any holder of Additional First Lien Obligations shall be given to it in care of the applicable Authorized Representative at such Authorized Representative’s address set forth in the applicable Additional Secured Party Consent or Additional First Lien Agreement, as the case may be, as such address may be changed by written notice to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower.

 

7.3.            No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default or in any breach of any of the terms and conditions hereof or of any other applicable Secured Debt Document or of any Additional First Lien Agreement. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that the Collateral Agent or such other Secured Party would otherwise have on any other occasion. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.

 

7.4.            Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification.

 

(a)             Each Grantor agrees to pay any and all reasonable and documented expenses (including all reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that may be paid or incurred by the Collateral Agent in enforcing, or obtaining advice of counsel in respect of, any rights with respect to, or collecting, any or all of the First Lien Obligations and/or enforcing any rights with respect to, or collecting against, such Grantor under this Agreement to the extent the Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to Section 13.5 of the Credit Agreement.

 

(b)            Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Credit Documents or any Additional First Lien Agreements, each Grantor agrees to pay, indemnify and to hold harmless the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties (each, an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or penalties (collectively, “Losses”) of any kind or nature whatsoever and the reasonable and documented or invoiced out of pocket expenses, joint or several, to which any such Indemnified Party may become subject, in each case to the extent any such Losses and related expenses arise out of, result from, or are in connection with any action, claim, litigation, investigation or other proceeding (including any inquiry or investigation of the foregoing) (any of the foregoing, a “Proceeding”) (regardless of whether such Indemnified Party is a party thereto or whether or not such Proceeding was brought by such Grantor, its equity holders, affiliates or creditors or any other third person), and, subject to Section 13.5(e) of the Credit Agreement, to reimburse each such Indemnified Party promptly for any reasonable and documented or invoiced out of pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with investigating, responding to or defending any of the foregoing, in each case to the extent the Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to Section 13.5 of the Credit Agreement (whether or not then in effect) or any comparable provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

(c)             Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional First Lien Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents and any Additional First Lien Agreements. The agreements in this Section 7.4 shall survive termination of this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any Additional First Lien Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the First Lien Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any Additional First Lien Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 7.4 shall be payable on written demand therefor.

 

7.5.            Successors and Assigns. 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 no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, except pursuant to a transaction permitted by each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreements.

 

7.6.            Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e. a “pdf” or “tif’)), 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 Collateral Agent and the Borrower.

 

7.7.            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. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

7.8.            Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

 

7.9.            Integration. This Agreement together with the other Credit Documents and each Additional First Lien Agreement represents the agreement of each of the Grantors with respect to the subject matter hereof and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Secured Debt Documents or any Additional First Lien Agreement (and each other agreement or instrument executed or issued in connection therewith).

 

7.10.          GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

7.11.          Submission to Jurisdiction Waivers. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

(a)             submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, the other Credit Documents to which it is a party and any Additional First Lien Agreement to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in the County of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

(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 such Grantor at its address referred to in Section 7.2 or at such other address of which the Collateral Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

 

(d)             agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

 

(e)             waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 7.11 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

 

7.12.          Acknowledgments. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:

 

(a)              it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party;

 

(b)             neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, and the relationship between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor;

 

(c)              no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Credit Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Secured Parties or among the Grantors and the Secured Parties; and

 

(d)             upon any Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may proceed against any Grantor and any Collateral to collect and recover the full amount of any First Lien Obligation then due, without first proceeding against any other Grantor, any other Credit Party or any other Collateral and without first joining any other Grantor or any other Credit Party in any proceeding.

 

7.13.          Additional Grantors. Each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.10 of the Credit Agreement and/or the equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement and the terms hereof shall become a Grantor, with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein, for all purposes of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of a supplement substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 hereto. The execution and delivery of any instrument adding an additional Grantor as a party to this Agreement shall not require the consent of any other Grantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor as a party to this Agreement.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

7.14.          WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

 

7.15.          Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and any intercreditor agreement (including the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or other Customary Intercreditor Agreement) among the holders of First Lien Obligations that relates solely to the rights or obligations of, or relationship between, the First Lien Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement and the First Lien Secured Parties under any Additional First Lien Agreement, the provisions of such intercreditor agreement shall control.

 

7.16.          Additional First Lien Obligations. On or after the date hereof and so long as permitted by the Credit Agreement and each Additional First Lien Agreement then outstanding, the Borrower may from time to time designate Indebtedness at the time of Incurrence to be secured by Liens on the Collateral on a basis that rank equal in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations or any other First Lien Obligations if then in effect, as Additional First Lien Obligations hereunder by delivering to the Collateral Agent and if any Additional First Lien Agreement is then in effect, each Authorized Representative (a) a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower (i) identifying the obligations so designated and the initial aggregate principal amount or face amount thereof, (ii) stating that such obligations are designated as Additional First Lien Obligations for purposes hereof, (iii) representing that such designation of such obligations as Additional First Lien Obligations complies with the terms of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreement then outstanding and (iv) specifying the name and address of the Authorized Representative for such obligations, (b) if applicable, (i) a fully executed Additional Secured Party Consent (in the form attached as Exhibit 3) or (ii) any other instruments reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent setting forth such Authorized Representative’s agreement, on behalf of the Secured Parties under the Additional First Lien Agreement, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, the Guarantee and the Pledge Agreement and (c)(i) a fully executed Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or other Customary Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) a fully executed joinder agreement to the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement if such agreement is then in effect; provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Collateral Agent, the Borrower, and/or any Authorized Representative decide not to execute an Additional Secured Party Consent or any other instrument setting forth such Authorized Representative’s agreement, on behalf of the Secured Parties under the applicable Additional First Lien Agreement, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, the Guarantee and the Pledge Agreement, the Borrower and such Authorized Representative may execute separate security agreements, pledge agreements and/or guarantees, subject to compliance with the provisions of Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to serve as agent on behalf of the holders of any Additional First Lien Obligations (or their representatives) or under any Additional First Lien Agreement and may decide, in its sole discretion, not to serve in such role, it being understood that, in such circumstance, no provisions of this Agreement will benefit or apply to the holders of Additional First Lien Obligations (or their representatives). It being further understood that the Collateral Agent shall serve in such role only if it has countersigned an Additional Secured Party Consent and in such case solely with respect to the New Secured Obligation under and as defined in such Additional Secured Party Consent. For the avoidance of doubt, any refusal by the Collateral Agent to serve as collateral agent on behalf of the holders of any Additional First Lien Obligations (or their representatives) and the decision of the Collateral Agent, the Borrower and/or any Authorized Representative not to execute an Additional Secured Party Consent shall not limit the Borrower’s ability to incur such obligations and secure them by Liens on the Collateral that rank equal in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and any other First Lien Obligations if then in effect to the extent permitted to do so under each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreement. and in such case the Collateral Agent is authorized to execute the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or any other Customary Intercreditor Agreement (or any joinders thereto) and any related documentation to evidence and/or acknowledge the Liens securing any such Additional First Lien Obligations and the relationship between the Collateral Agent and the collateral agent appointed in respect of such Additional First Lien Obligations.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.

 

  POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP.
     
  By:  
    Name: P. Hunter Philbrick
    Title:   Vice President
     
  POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP.
     
  By:  
    Name: P. Hunter Philbrick
    Title:   Vice President

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

  MEDICAL AUDIT & REVIEW SOLUTIONS, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name: Mark Tabak
    Title:   Vice President
     
  MPH ACQUISITION CORPORATION
  MPH INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY 1
     
  By:  
    Name: Mark Tabak
    Title:   President
     
  FORMOST, INC.
  HMA ACQUISITION CORPORATION
  IHP ACQUISITION CORP.
  MARS ACQUISITION CORP.
  MULTIPLAN CORP.
  MULTIPLAN SERVICES CORPORATION
  NCN ACQUISITION CORPORATION
  PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC.
  TEXAS TRUE CHOICE, INC.
  VIANT, INC.
  VIANT HOLDINGS, INC.
  VIANT PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
  HEALTHNETWORK SYSTEMS LLC
  NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, LLC
  ADMAR CORPORATION
  BEECH STREET CORPORATION
  MULTIPLAN, INC.
  STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT PPO INC.
  ASSOCIATES FOR HEALTH CARE, INC.
  HEALTHEOS BY MULTIPLAN, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name: Mark Tabak
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

  BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Collateral Agent
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

 

ANNEX A

TO THE SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

SUBSIDIARY GRANTORS

 

1. Admar Corporation

2. Associates for Health Care, Inc.

3. Beech Street Corporation

4. ForMost, Inc.

5. HealthEOS by MultiPlan, Inc.

6. HealthNetwork Systems LLC

7. HMA Acquisition Corporation

8. IHP Acquisition Corp.

9. MARS Acquisition Corp.

10. Medical Audit & Review Solutions, Inc.

11. MPH Acquisition Corporation

12. MPH Intermediate Holding Company

13. MultiPlan Corp.

14. MultiPlan, Inc.

15. MultiPlan Services Corporation

16. National Care Network, LLC

17. NCN Acquisition Corporation

18. Private Healthcare Systems, Inc.

19. Statewide Independent PPO Inc.

20. Texas True Choice, Inc.

21. Viant Holdings, Inc.

22. Viant Payment Systems, Inc.

23. Viant, Inc.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1 TO THE

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

U.S. RECORDABLE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

A. COPYRIGHTS AND COPYRIGHT APPLICATIONS

 

Copyright (Work) Reg. No. Owner
NATIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM:    
CREDENTIALING 2000 TXu000743063 BEECH STREET CORPORATION
NATIONAL CARE NETWORK DATA iSIGHT WEBSITE TX0006855873 NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, L.P.
MYMETRIX.COM TXu000945385 VIANT, INC.

 

B. PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS

 

Title Country Application/Registration
Number
Current Owner of Record
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING CLAIM REIMBURSEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS US 8103522 B1 NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, LLC

 

C. TRADEMARKS AND TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS

 

Mark Jurisdiction Serial/Registration
Number
Current Owner of Record
BEECH STREET US 3071061 VIANT HOLDINGS, INC.
     
BEECH STREET US 3071065 VIANT HOLDINGS, INC.
CAREAWAY USA US 1944456 MULTIPLAN, INC.
CONSUMER SCOPE US 3766362 NATIONAL CARE
      NETWORK, LLC

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

Mark Jurisdiction Serial/Registration
Number
Current Owner of Record
DATA ISIGHT (Text & Design) US 4665680 NATIONAL CARE
      NETWORK, LLC
     
DATA ISIGHT (Text) US 4665679 NATIONAL CARE
      NETWORK, LLC
ENTERPRICE US 3310907 MULTIPLAN, INC.
HEALTHEOS US 2993586 HEALTHEOS BY
      MULTIPLAN, INC.
HEALTHEOS US 4894721 HEALTHEOS BY
      MULTIPLAN, INC.
I and Design US 3359415 MULTIPLAN, INC.
     
MEDCENTS US 86/655129 MULTIPLAN, INC.
MULTIPLAN US 1839584 MULTIPLAN, INC.
MULTIPLAN NETWORK US 3456460 MULTIPLAN, INC.

NCN & DESIGN

US 3310937 NATIONAL CARE
      NETWORK, LLC
NCN US 3310938 NATIONAL CARE
      NETWORK, LLC

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

Mark Jurisdiction Serial/Registration
Number
Current Owner of Record
PHCS US 1477965 PRIVATE HEALTHCARE
      SYSTEMS, INC.
PHCS SAVILITY US 3736126 MULTIPLAN, INC.
VALUEPOINT US 3369309 MULTIPLAN, INC.
VALUEPOINT BY US 3384174 MULTIPLAN, INC.
MULTIPLAN      
VIANT US 3477608 VIANT HOLDINGS, INC.
TRUECHOICE USA US 3024096 TEXAS TRUE CHOICE, INC.

 

D. EXCLUSIVE LICENSES WHERE A GRANTOR IS AN EXCLUSIVE LICENSEE OF ISSUED, REGISTERED OR APPLIED FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

NONE

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 2 TO THE

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS

 

None.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 1 TO THE

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

SUPPLEMENT NO. [ ], dated as of [ ] (this “Supplement”), to the Security Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation (whose rights and obligations therein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, were assumed by the Surviving Company (as defined below)), POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation, which on the Closing Date was merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1, a Delaware corporation (the “Target”) (with the Target surviving such merger and with such merged company existing under the laws of the state of Delaware as the “Surviving Company”, whose rights and obligations therein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, were assumed by MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MPH LLC”)), each of the subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on Annex A thereto or that becomes a party thereto pursuant to Section 7.13 thereof (each such subsidiary, individually, a “Subsidiary Grantor” and, collectively, the “Subsidiary Grantors”; and, together with Holdings and the Borrower, collectively, the “Grantors”), and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

A.            Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein (including terms used in the preamble and the recitals) shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreement.

 

B.            The rules of construction and other interpretive provisions specified in Sections 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 and 1.11 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Supplement, including terms defined in the preamble and recitals hereto.

 

C.            Section 7.13 of the Security Agreement provides that each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is required to become a party to the Security Agreement pursuant to Section 9.10 of the Credit Agreement or the equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement and the terms thereof shall become a Grantor, with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor therein, for all purposes of the Security Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. Each undersigned Subsidiary (each, a “New Grantor”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Security Agreement to become a Subsidiary Grantor under the Security Agreement as consideration for the First Lien Obligations.

 

Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and the New Grantors agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.         In accordance with Section 7.13 of the Security Agreement, each New Grantor by its signature below becomes a Grantor under the Security Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and each New Grantor hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Security Agreement applicable to it as a Grantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Grantor thereunder are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof (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, and except where such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects). In furtherance of the foregoing, each New Grantor, as security for the payment and performance in full of the First Lien Obligations, does hereby assign, pledge, mortgage and hypothecate to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority security interest in all of the Collateral of such New Grantor, in each case whether now or hereafter existing or in which such New Grantor now has or hereafter acquires an interest. Each reference to a “Grantor” in the Security Agreement shall be deemed to include each New Grantor. The Security Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

SECTION 2.         Each New Grantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law).

 

SECTION 3.         This Supplement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Supplement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e. a “pdf” or “tif”)), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Supplement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Collateral Agent and the Borrower. This Supplement shall become effective as to each New Grantor when the Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of such New Grantor and the Collateral Agent.

 

SECTION 4.         Such New Grantor hereby represents and warrants that (a) set forth on Schedule A attached hereto is (i) the legal name of such New Grantor, (ii) the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and chief executive office of such New Grantor, (iii) the identity or type of organization or corporate structure of such New Grantor and (iv) the Federal Taxpayer Identification Number and organizational number of such New Grantor and (b) as of the date hereof Schedule B hereto sets forth all of the (i) U.S. Registered Intellectual Property owned by a such New Grantor in its name, and indicates for each such item, as applicable, the application and/or registration number, date and jurisdiction of filing and/or issuance, and the identity of the current applicant or registered owner and (ii) exclusive licenses of U.S. Registered Intellectual Property to which a New Grantor is a party, indicating for each item the name of the agreement, the parties, the date, and a list of any issued, registered or applied for U.S. Registered Intellectual Property exclusively licensed pursuant thereto (together with the U.S. Registered Intellectual Property, the “U.S. Recordable Intellectual Property”).

 

SECTION 5.         Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 6.         THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 7.         Any provision of this Supplement 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 in the Security Agreement, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

SECTION 8.         All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 7.2 of the Security Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to each New Grantor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower at the Borrower’s address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement (whether or not then in effect).

  

Exhibit B

 

 

 

SECTION 9.         Each New Grantor agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable and documented fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Collateral Agent.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each New Grantor and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Security Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  [NEW GRANTOR(S)]
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Collateral Agent,
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

TO SUPPLEMENT NO. __ TO THE

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

CORPORATE INFORMATION

 

      Federal Taxpayer
      Identification
      Number and
  Jurisdiction of   Organizational
  Incorporation or Type of Organization or Identification
Legal Name Organization Corporate Structure Number
       

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

SCHEDULE B

TO SUPPLEMENT NO.   TO THE

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

U.S. RECORDABLE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

Registered Owner/Grantor   Title   Registration or Application
No.
         
         
         

 

B. PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS

 
Registered Owner/Grantor   Patent   Registration or Application
No.
         
         
         

 

C. TRADEMARKS AND TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS

 
Registered Owner/Grantor   Trademark   Registration or Application
No.
         
         
         

 

D. EXCLUSIVE LICENSES WHERE A GRANTOR IS AN EXCLUSIVE LICENSEE OF ISSUED, REGISTERED OR APPLIED FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

Date   Licensor   Licensee   Title / Patent /
Trademark
  Registration or
Application No.
                 
                 
                 

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 2 TO THE

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

[FORM OF] INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “IP Security Agreement”), dated as of [·], 20  , among the Person listed on the signature pages hereof (the “Grantor”), and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

A.            Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein (including terms used in the preamble and the recitals) shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”) among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation (whose rights and obligations therein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assumed by the Surviving Company (as defined below)), POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation, which on the Closing Date shall be merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1, a Delaware corporation (the “Target”) (with the Target surviving such merger and with such merged company existing under the laws of the state of Delaware as the “Surviving Company”, whose rights and obligations therein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assumed by MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MPH LLC”)), each of the subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on Annex A thereto or that becomes a party thereto pursuant to Section 7.13 thereof (each such subsidiary, individually, a “Subsidiary Grantor” and, collectively, the “Subsidiary Grantors”; and, together with Holdings and the Borrower, collectively, the “Grantors”), and the Collateral Agent.

 

B.            The rules of construction and other interpretive provisions specified in Sections 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 and 1.11 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this IP Security Agreement, including terms defined in the preamble and recitals hereto.

 

C.            Pursuant to Section 4.4(e) of the Security Agreement, Grantor has agreed to execute or otherwise authenticate and deliver this IP Security Agreement for recording the Security Interest granted under the Security Agreement to the Collateral Agent in such Grantor’s U.S. Recordable Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”).

 

Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and Grantor agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.      Grant of Security.1 The Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to the [United States trademark registrations and applications and exclusive licenses thereof (including all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby), but excluding any “intent-to-use” trademark application filed with the USPTO prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto,] [United States patent and patent applications and exclusive licenses thereof] [United States copyright registrations and applications and exclusive licenses thereof] of such Grantor set forth in Schedule A hereto, including all rights to sue at law or in equity for any past, present, or future infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation, misuse or other impairment thereof or unfair competition therewith, to receive and collect injunctive or other equitable relief and damages and compensation, and to receive and collect Proceeds therefrom (collectively, the “Collateral”).

 

 

1            Separate agreements should be entered in respect of patents, trademarks, and copyrights.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

  

SECTION 2.      Security for First Lien Obligations. The grant of a security interest in the Collateral by Grantor under this IP Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts that constitute part of the First Lien Obligations and would be owed to the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving Grantor.

 

SECTION 3.      Recordation. Grantor authorizes and requests that the Register of Copyrights, the Commissioner for Patents and the Commissioner for Trademarks record this IP Security Agreement.

 

SECTION 4.      Grants, Rights and Remedies. This IP Security Agreement has been entered into in conjunction with the provisions of the Security Agreement. Grantor does hereby acknowledge and confirm that the grant of the security interest hereunder to, and the rights and remedies of, the Collateral Agent with respect to the Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this IP Security Agreement and the terms of the Security Agreement, the terms of the Security Agreement shall govern.

 

SECTION 5.      Counterparts. This IP Security Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this IP Security Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e. a “pdf” or “tif”)), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

 

SECTION 6.      GOVERNING LAW. THIS IP SECURITY AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 7.      Severability. Any provision of this IP Security 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 in the Security Agreement, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

SECTION 8.      Notices. All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 7.2 of the Security Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to Grantor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower at the Borrower’s address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement (whether or not then in effect).

 

SECTION 9.      Expenses. To the extent the Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to Section 13.5 of the Credit Agreement (whether or not then in effect) or any comparable provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement, Grantor agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this IP Security Agreement, including the reasonable and documented fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Collateral Agent.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantor and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this IP Security Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  [NAME OF GRANTOR]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Collateral Agent
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Exhibit B

 

 

  

SCHEDULE A TO THE

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

[UNITED STATES TRADEMARKS AND EXCLUSIVE LICENSES THEREOF/UNITED STATES

PATENTS AND EXCLUSIVE LICENSES THEREOF/

UNITED STATES COPYRIGHTS AND EXCLUSIVE LICENSES THEREOF]

 

Exhibit B

 

 

  

EXHIBIT 3 TO THE

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

[Form of]

 

ADDITIONAL SECURED PARTY CONSENT

 

[Name of Additional Secured Party]

[Address of Additional Secured Party]

 

[Date]

 

   
   
   
   

 

The undersigned is the Authorized Representative for Persons wishing to become Secured Parties (the “New Secured Parties”) under (i) the Security Agreement dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement” (terms used without definition herein have the meanings assigned to such term by the Security Agreement)) among each of the Grantors listed on the signature pages thereto or that becomes a party thereto pursuant to Section 7.13 thereof and Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties, (ii) the Pledge Agreement dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge Agreement”) among each of the Pledgors listed on the signature pages thereto or that may become a party thereto pursuant to the terms thereof and Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties, (iii) each other Security Document and (iv) the Guarantee dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guarantee”) among each of the Guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and Barclays Bank PLC, as [Collateral][Administrative] Agent for the Secured Parties.

 

In consideration of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby:

 

(i)            represents that the Authorized Representative has been duly authorized by the New Secured Parties to become a party to the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the other Security Documents and the Guarantee on behalf of the New Secured Parties under that [DESCRIBE OPERATIVE AGREEMENT] (the “New Secured Obligation”) and to act as the Authorized Representative for the New Secured Parties;

 

(ii)           acknowledges that the New Secured Parties have received copies of the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the other Security Documents and the Guarantee;

 

(iii)          appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and on behalf of all other Secured Parties and to exercise such powers under the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, each other Security Document and the Guarantee as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms thereof, together with all such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto;

 

(iv)          agrees that its address for receiving notices pursuant to the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, each other Security Document and the Guarantee shall be as follows:

 

[Address]

 

Exhibit B

 

 

  

The Collateral Agent, by acknowledging and agreeing to this Additional Secured Party Consent, accepts the appointment set forth in clause (iii) above.

 

THIS ADDITIONAL SECURED PARTY CONSENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Exhibit B

 

 

  

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Additional Secured Party Consent to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the ____ day of 20 ____ .

 

      [NAME OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE]
         
      By:  
        Name:
        Title:
         
Acknowledged and Agreed      
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,      
as Collateral Agent      
         
By:        
  Name:      
  Title:      

 

[MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1]

 

[MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC]

 

[ADMAR CORPORATION]

 

[ASSOCIATES FOR HEALTH CARE, INC.]

 

[BEECH STREET CORPORATION]

 

[FORMOST, INC.]

 

[HEALTHEOS BY MULTIPLAN, INC.]

 

[HEALTHNETWORK SYSTEMES LLC]

 

[HMA ACQUISITION CORPORATION]

 

[IHP ACQUISITION CORP.]

 

[MARS ACQUISITION CORP.]

 

[MEDICAL AUDIT & REVIEW SOLUTIONS, INC.]

 

[MPH ACQUISITION CORPORATION]

 

Exhibit B

 

 

  

[MPH INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY 1]

 

[MULTIPLAN CORP.]

 

[MULTIPLAN, INC.]

 

[MULTIPLAN SERVICES CORPORATION]

 

[NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, LLC]

 

[NCN ACQUISITION CORPORATION]

 

[PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC.]

 

[STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT PPO INC.]

 

[TEXAS TRUE CHOICE INC.]

 

[VIANT HOLDINGS, INC.]

 

[VIANT PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.]

 

[VIANT, INC.]

 

The other Grantors, Pledgors and Guarantors party to the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and the Guarantee, each as Grantor, Pledgor and Guarantor

 

By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Exhibit B

 

 

  

 

EXHIBIT C

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF PLEDGE AGREEMENT

 

PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of June 7, 2016 (this “Agreement”), among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation (whose rights and obligations herein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assumed by the Surviving Company (as defined below)), POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation, which on the Closing Date shall be merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1, a Delaware corporation (the “Target”) (with the Target surviving such merger and with such merged company existing under the laws of the state of Delaware as the “Surviving Company”, whose rights and obligations herein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assumed by MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MPH LLC”)), each of the subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on Schedule 1 hereto or that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 9(b) (each such subsidiary, individually, a “Subsidiary Pledgor” and, collectively, the “Subsidiary Pledgors”; and, together with Holdings and the Borrower, collectively, the “Pledgors”), and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, (a) Holdings and the Borrower are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (the “Credit Agreement”), with the Lenders from time to time party thereto, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto, Barclays Bank PLC, as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender, the other agents party thereto and the other parties from time to time party thereto, pursuant to which the Lenders have severally agreed to make Loans to the Borrower and the Letter of Credit Issuers have agreed to issue letters of credit for the account of the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, (b) one or more Hedge Banks may from time to time enter into Secured Hedging Agreements with any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, (c) one or more Cash Management Banks may from time to time provide Cash Management Services pursuant to Secured Cash Management Agreements to any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and (d) the Credit Parties may incur Additional First Lien Obligations (as defined below) from time to time to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement and each Additional First Lien Agreement (as defined below) (clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d), collectively, the “Extensions of Credit”);

 

WHEREAS, each Subsidiary Pledgor is a Subsidiary of the Borrower or other Subsidiary Pledgor;

 

WHEREAS, the Pledgors are party to the Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “Security Agreement”), among the Pledgors and the Collateral Agent;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Guarantee, dated as of June 7, 2016 (the “Guarantee”), among Holdings, the Borrower (other than with respect to its own obligations), each Subsidiary Pledgor and the Collateral Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Subsidiary Pledgors have agreed to guarantee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the First Lien Obligations;

 

WHEREAS, Holdings, the Borrower (other than in respect of its own obligations) and each of the Subsidiary Pledgors may also unconditionally and irrevocably guaranty, as primary obligors and not merely as sureties, for the benefit of the Secured Parties under any Additional First Lien Agreements, the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Additional First Lien Obligations;

 

Exhibit C

 

 

  

WHEREAS, Holdings is an affiliate of the Borrower;

 

WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Extensions of Credit will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to Holdings and the Subsidiary Pledgors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses;

 

WHEREAS, each Pledgor acknowledges that it will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the Extensions of Credit and have agreed to secure their obligations with respect thereto pursuant to this Agreement on a first priority basis (subject to Liens permitted by each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreement);

 

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligations of the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that the Pledgors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and

 

WHEREAS, (a) after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, the Pledgors are the legal and beneficial owners of the Capital Stock described in Schedule 2 and issued by the entities named therein (such Capital Stock, together with all other Capital Stock required to be pledged pursuant to Section 9.11(a) of the Credit Agreement or any equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement (the “After-acquired Shares”), are referred to collectively herein as the “Pledged Shares”), (b) each of the Pledgors is the legal and beneficial owner of the promissory notes, chattel paper and instruments evidencing Indebtedness owed to it described in Schedule 2 and issued by the entities named therein (such notes, chattel paper and instruments, together with any other Indebtedness owed to any Pledgor hereafter and required to be pledged pursuant to Section 9.11(a) of the Credit Agreement or any equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement (the “After-acquired Debt”), are referred to collectively herein as the “Pledged Debt”), in each case as such schedule may be amended or supplemented pursuant to Section 9.11(a) of the Credit Agreement or any equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement and/or Section 9(b) hereof and (c) the Pledgors are the legal and beneficial owners of the Intercompany Note described in Schedule 2 and issued by the entities named therein, evidencing all Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is owing to any Credit Party and required to be pledged pursuant to Section 9.11(b) of the Credit Agreement or any equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement, in each case as such schedule may be amended or supplemented pursuant to Section 9(b) hereof.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, and to induce the Agents, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, to induce the holders of any Additional First Lien Obligations to make their advances under the applicable Additional First Lien Agreement, to induce one or more Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Hedging Agreements with any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and to induce one or more Cash Management Banks to provide Cash Management Services pursuant to Secured Cash Management Agreements to any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, the Pledgors hereby agree with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:

 

Exhibit C

 

 

  

1.              Defined Terms.

 

(a)            (i) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein (including terms used in the preamble and the recitals) shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement and (ii) all terms defined in the Uniform Commercial Code from time to time in effect in the State of New York (the “NY UCC”) and used herein and not defined herein or in the Credit Agreement shall have the meanings specified therein (and if defined in more than one article of the NY UCC, shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 thereof). Furthermore, unless otherwise defined herein, in the Credit Agreement or the NY UCC, terms defined in the Security Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Security Agreement.

 

(b)            The rules of construction and other interpretive provisions specified in Sections 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 and 1.11 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Agreement, including terms defined in the preamble and recitals to this Agreement.

 

(c)            The following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Additional First Lien Agreement” shall mean any indenture, credit agreement, loan agreement, note purchase agreement or other document, instrument or agreement, if any, pursuant to which any Pledgor has or will Incur Additional First Lien Obligations as permitted by each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreement then in effect; provided that, in each case, the Indebtedness thereunder has been designated as Additional First Lien Obligations pursuant to and in accordance with Section 7.15 of the Security Agreement.

 

Additional First Lien Obligations” shall mean all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Pledgor arising under any Additional First Lien Agreement relating to Indebtedness Incurred by, or provided to, the Borrower and/or any other Credit Party including, without limitation, Permitted Additional Debt Obligations and Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt in respect of the Obligations, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Pledgor or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding (or that would accrue but for the operation of applicable Debtor Relief Laws), regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding, in each case, that have been designated as Additional First Lien Obligations pursuant to and in accordance with Section 7.15 of the Security Agreement.

 

Additional Secured Party Consent” shall mean a consent in the form of Exhibit 3 to the Security Agreement.

 

After-acquired Debt” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

After-acquired Shares” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Authorized Representative” shall mean (a) the Administrative Agent with respect to the Credit Agreement and (b) any duly authorized agent, trustee or representative of any other Secured Party under Additional First Lien Agreements designated as “Authorized Representative” for any Secured Party in an Additional Secured Party Consent delivered to the Collateral Agent.

 

Exhibit C

 

 

  

Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.

 

Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Credit Party” shall mean the Borrower, Holdings, the Subsidiary Pledgors and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a party to the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document or any Additional First Lien Agreement.

 

Default” or “Event of Default” shall mean a “default” or “event of default” under the Credit Agreement or under any Additional First Lien Agreement.

 

Excluded Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement; provided that clause (c) of such definition of “Excluded Property” shall not apply for purposes of this Agreement.

 

Extensions of Credit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

First Lien Obligations” shall mean, collectively, the Obligations and any Additional First Lien Obligations.

 

Guarantee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Permitted Pledged Collateral Liens” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5(b).

 

Pledged Debt” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Pledged Shares” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Pledgors” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Proceeds” shall mean all “proceeds” as such term is defined in Article 9 of the NY UCC and, in any event, shall include with respect to any Pledgor, any consideration received from the sale, exchange, license, lease or other Disposition of any asset or property that constitutes Collateral, any value received as a consequence of the possession of any Collateral and any payment received from any insurer or other Person as a result of the destruction, loss, theft, damage or other involuntary conversion of whatever nature of any asset or property that constitutes Collateral, and shall include (a) all cash and negotiable instruments received by or held on behalf of the Collateral Agent and (b) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral.

 

Secured Debt Documents” shall mean, collectively, the Credit Documents, each Secured Hedging Agreement entered into with a Hedge Bank and each Secured Cash Management Agreement entered into with a Cash Management Bank.

 

Exhibit C

 

 

  

Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and, if any, the holders of Additional First Lien Obligations and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto.

 

Security Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Security Interest” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.

 

Subsidiary Pledgors” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Termination Date” shall mean the date on which all First Lien Obligations (other than (i) Hedging Obligations in respect of any Secured Hedging Agreements, (ii) Cash Management Obligations in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreements and (iii) any contingent obligations or other contingent indemnification obligations not then due and payable) have been paid in full, all Commitments have terminated or expired and no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding that is not Cash Collateralized or back-stopped to the reasonable satisfaction of the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

Uniform Commercial Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time (except as otherwise specified) in any applicable state or jurisdiction.

 

(d)           Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when used in relation to a Pledgor, shall refer to such Pledgor’s Collateral or the relevant part thereof.

 

2.              Grant of Security. As security for the prompt and complete payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the First Lien Obligations, each Pledgor hereby transfers, assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in and continuing lien on (the “Security Interest”) all of such Pledgor’s right, title and interest in (subject only to Liens permitted under each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreement) and to all of the following assets and properties, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or existing or in which such Pledgor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Collateral”):

 

(a)            the Pledged Shares held by such Pledgor and the certificates, if any, representing such Pledged Shares and any interest of such Pledgor, including all interests documented in the entries on the books of the issuer of the Pledged Shares or any financial intermediary pertaining to the Pledged Shares and all dividends, cash, warrants, rights, instruments and other property or Proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, or in exchange for, any or all of the Pledged Shares;

 

(b)            the Pledged Debt and the chattel paper or instruments evidencing the Pledged Debt owed to such Pledgor and all payments of principal or interest, cash, instruments and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such Pledged Debt;

 

(c)            all other property that may be delivered to and held by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Section 2;

 

Exhibit C

 

 

  

(d)            subject to Section 8, all rights and privileges of such Pledgor with respect to the securities and other property referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above;

 

(e)            the Intercompany Note; and

 

(f)             to the extent not covered by clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above, respectively, all Proceeds of any or all of the foregoing Collateral.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained herein:

 

(1)            the Collateral for the First Lien Obligations shall not include any Excluded Capital Stock or any other Excluded Property, and no Pledgor shall be deemed to have granted a Security Interest in any of such Pledgor’s rights or interests in any Excluded Capital Stock or any other Excluded Property;

 

(2)            at the Borrower’s option and if so specified by the Borrower in a writing delivered to the Collateral Agent at the time the applicable Additional Secured Party Consent is delivered, any Collateral securing any Additional First Lien Obligations (but not any other Obligations) shall not include, solely with respect to such Additional First Lien Obligations, any Capital Stock and other securities of a Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such Capital Stock would result in the Borrower, Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof) or any Subsidiary being required to file separate financial statements of such Subsidiary with the SEC, but only to the extent necessary to not be subject to such requirement and only for so long as such requirement is in existence and only with respect to the relevant Additional First Lien Obligations affected; provided that neither Holdings, the Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall take any action in the form of a reorganization, merger or other restructuring a principal purpose of which is to provide for the release of the Lien on any Capital Stock pursuant to this clause (2). In addition, in any case described in clause (2) of the preceding sentence, in the event that Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act (“Rule 3-16”) is amended, modified or interpreted by the SEC to require (or is replaced with another Applicable Law, or any other Applicable Law is adopted, that would require) the filing with the SEC (or any other Governmental Authority) of separate financial statements of any Subsidiary of Holdings due to the fact that such Subsidiary’s Capital Stock secures the Additional First Lien Obligations affected thereby, then the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary will automatically be deemed not to be part of the Collateral securing the relevant Additional First Lien Obligations affected thereby but only to the extent necessary to not be subject to such requirement and only for so long as required to not be subject to such requirement. In such event, this Agreement may be amended or modified, without the consent of any Secured Party, to the extent necessary to release the Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the holders of any such Additional First Lien Obligations on the Capital Stock shares that are so deemed to no longer constitute part of the Collateral for the relevant Additional First Lien Obligations only. In the event that Rule 3-16 is amended, modified or interpreted by the SEC to permit (or is replaced with another Applicable Law, or any other Applicable Law is adopted, that would permit) such Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to secure the Additional First Lien Obligations in excess of the amount then pledged without the filing with the SEC (or any other Governmental Authority) of separate financial statements of such Subsidiary, then the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary will automatically be deemed to be a part of the Collateral for the relevant Additional First Lien Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, nothing in this paragraph shall limit the pledge of such Capital Stock and other securities from securing the Obligations at all times or from securing any Additional First Lien Obligations that are not in respect of securities subject to regulation by the SEC (or other Governmental Authority);

 

Exhibit C

 

 

 

(3)            Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Pledgors shall not be required to take any action intended to cause “Excluded Capital Stock” or any other “Excluded Property” to constitute Collateral (but without limitation of any requirements set forth in clause (i) of the definition of “Excluded Subsidiary”).

 

(4)            The Surviving Company and the Subsidiary Pledgors shall have no rights or obligations hereunder until the consummation of the Merger, and any representations and warranties of the Surviving Company and the Subsidiary Pledgors hereunder shall not become effective until such time. Upon consummation of the Merger, the signature pages to this Agreement submitted on behalf of the Subsidiary Pledgors shall be deemed released, the Surviving Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of Merger Sub under this Agreement, the Surviving Company and the Subsidiary Pledgors shall succeed to, or become subject to, all the rights and obligations under the other Credit Documents to which they are a party and all representations and warranties of the Surviving Company and the Subsidiary Pledgors hereunder shall become effective as of the time of consummation of the Merger, without any further action by any Person;

 

(5)            The Surviving Company shall have no rights or obligations hereunder as Holdings until the consummation of the Internal Restructuring, and any representations and warranties of the Surviving Company in its capacity as Holdings under the Credit Documents shall not become effective until such time. Upon consummation of the Internal Restructuring, the Surviving Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of Polaris Intermediate as Holdings under this Agreement, and the Surviving Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of Polaris Intermediate under the other Credit Documents to which Holdings is a party, and all representations and warranties of the Surviving Company in its capacity as Holdings hereunder shall become effective as of the time of consummation of the Internal Restructuring, without any further action by any Person; and

 

(6)            MPH LLC shall have no rights or obligations hereunder in any capacity until the consummation of the Internal Restructuring, and any representations and warranties of MPH LLC hereunder shall not become effective until such time. Upon consummation of the Internal Restructuring, the signature pages to this Agreement submitted on behalf of MPH LLC shall be deemed released, MPH LLC shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of the Surviving Company as Borrower and a Pledgor under this Agreement, and MPH LLC shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of the Surviving Company as Borrower under the other Credit Documents to which the Borrower is a party, and all representations and warranties of MPH LLC hereunder shall become effective as of the time of consummation of the Internal Restructuring, without any further action by any Person.

 

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Collateral, together with all right, title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, forever; subject, however, to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.

 

Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof and amendments thereto and continuations thereof that contain the information required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment or continuation, including whether such Pledgor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such Pledgor. Such financing statements may describe the Collateral in the same manner as described herein or may contain an indication or description of collateral that describes such property in any other manner such as “all assets” or “all personal property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired” of such Pledgor or words of similar effect as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail. Each Pledgor agrees to provide such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon request. Each Pledgor also ratifies any authorization previously given in writing to the Collateral Agent to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements or amendments thereto or continuations thereof if filed prior to the Closing Date.

 

Exhibit C

 

 

  

3.              Security for the First Lien Obligations. This Agreement secures the payment of all the First Lien Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement secures the payment of all amounts that constitute part of the First Lien Obligations and would be owed to the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties under the Secured Debt Documents or any Additional First Lien Agreement but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law involving any Pledgor.

 

4.              Delivery of the Collateral. All Instruments, Certificated Securities or Tangible Chattel Paper, if any, representing or evidencing the Collateral shall be promptly delivered to and held by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent pursuant hereto to the extent required by the Credit Agreement or any Additional First Lien Agreement then in effect and shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; provided that the foregoing shall only apply to an Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper if the Fair Market Value of such Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper as of the date acquired or created exceeds $10,000,000 (individually); provided, further, that the foregoing shall not apply to any Excluded Capital Stock, Capital Stock of an Immaterial Subsidiary or Special Purpose Subsidiary or Capital Stock of a Minority Investment. The Collateral Agent shall have the right, at any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default and upon three Business Days’ prior written notice to any Pledgor (except as otherwise expressly provided herein), to transfer to or to register in the name of the Collateral Agent or any of its nominees any or all of the Pledged Shares. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Pledgor will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Shares registered in the name of such Pledgor. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Shares for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement. Each delivery of Collateral (including any After-acquired Shares and After-acquired Debt) shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities and Indebtedness then being pledged hereunder, which shall be attached hereto as part of Schedule 2 and made a part hereof; provided that the failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such securities and Indebtedness. Each schedule so delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so delivered.

 

5.              Representations and Warranties. Each Pledgor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party that:

 

(a)            Schedule 2 hereto (i) correctly represents as of the Closing Date and as specified therein, (A) the issuer, the issuer’s jurisdiction of formation, the certificate number, if any, the Pledgor and the record owner, the number and class and the percentage of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of such class of all Pledged Shares and (B) the issuer, the initial principal amount, the Pledgor and holder, date of issuance and maturity date (if applicable) of all Pledged Debt and (ii) together with the comparable schedule to each supplement hereto, includes, all Capital Stock, debt securities and promissory notes held by such Pledgor on the Closing Date (subject to the notations specified on such Schedule 2 with respect to ownership before and after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring), and required to be pledged pursuant to Section 6.2(a) and 6.2(b) of the Credit Agreement or required to be pledged pursuant to Section 9.11(a) of the Credit Agreement, pursuant to any equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement and pursuant to Section 9(b) hereof, except in each case to the extent constituting (x) debt securities and promissory notes not required to be delivered hereunder pursuant to Section 4, (y) Excluded Capital Stock or (z) Excluded Property. Except as set forth on Schedule 2 and subject to the notations specified on such Schedule 2 with respect to ownership before and after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, the Pledged Shares represent all of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of each class of Capital Stock (or 65% of all of the issued and outstanding voting Capital Stock and 100% of all issued and outstanding non-voting Capital Stock in the case of pledges of Capital Stock in Foreign Subsidiaries or FSHCOs) in the issuer on the Closing Date.

 

Exhibit C

 

 

  

(b)            Such Pledgor is the legal and beneficial owner of the Collateral pledged or assigned by such Pledgor hereunder, free and clear of any Lien, except for (1) the Liens created by this Agreement and by any Additional First Lien Agreement, (2) any nonconsensual Liens permitted under each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreement and (3) any Liens secured by the Collateral on a priority basis that is junior to the Liens secured by the Collateral described in subclause (1) and permitted by the Credit Agreement (the Liens described in clauses (1), (2) and (3), collectively the “Permitted Pledged Collateral Liens”).

 

(c)            As of the Closing Date, the Pledged Shares pledged by such Pledgor hereunder have been duly authorized and validly issued and, in the case of Pledged Shares issued by a corporation, are fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(d)            Except for restrictions and limitations imposed by (x) the Permitted Pledged Collateral Liens and the underlying documents thereof or securities laws generally, (y) Applicable Law or (z) agreements relating to Dispositions of Collateral permitted by the Credit Agreement, the Collateral is freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Collateral is subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter or bylaw provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect the pledge of such Collateral hereunder, the sale or Disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of rights and remedies hereunder.

 

(e)            No consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other Person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected hereby (other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect).

 

(f)            The execution and delivery by such Pledgor of this Agreement and the pledge of the Collateral pledged by such Pledgor hereunder pursuant hereto create a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in such Collateral (in the case of the Capital Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries, to the extent the creation of such security interest in the Capital Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries is governed by the NY UCC) and (i) in the case of Instruments, Certificated Securities or Tangible Chattel Paper representing or evidencing the Collateral, upon the earlier of (x) delivery of such Collateral to the Collateral Agent in accordance with this Agreement and (y) the filing of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code financing statements described in Section 3.3(a) of the Security Agreement and (ii) in the case of all other Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, upon the filing of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code financing statements described in Section 3.3(a) of the Security Agreement, shall create a perfected security interest in such Collateral (in the case of the Capital Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries, to the extent the creation of such security interest in the Capital Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries is governed by the NY UCC), securing the payment of the First Lien Obligations, in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, 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).

 

Exhibit C

 

 

  

(g)            The pledge effected hereby is effective to vest in the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the rights of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral as set forth herein.

 

(h)            Such Pledgor has full power, authority and legal right to pledge all the Collateral pledged by such Pledgor pursuant to this Agreement and this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Pledgor (in the case of the Capital Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries, to the extent the creation of such security interest in the Capital Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries is governed by the NY UCC), enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, 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).

 

(i)             The Pledged Debt constitutes all of the outstanding Indebtedness for borrowed money (except Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary that is owing to any Pledgor) which, in each case, is owed by any Person to such Pledgor and with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $10,000,000 (individually) as of the Closing Date and required to be pledged hereunder or pursuant to Section 6.2(b) or 9.11(a) of the Credit Agreement or any equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement.

 

6.              Certification of Limited Liability Company Interests, Limited Partnership Interests, Corporate Interests and Pledged Debt.

 

(a)            Unless otherwise consented to by the Collateral Agent, Capital Stock required to be pledged hereunder in any Domestic Subsidiary that is organized as a limited liability company or limited partnership and pledged hereunder shall either (i) be represented by a certificate, and in the Organizational Documents of such Domestic Subsidiary the applicable Pledgor shall cause the issuer of such interests to elect to treat such interests as a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of its jurisdiction of organization or formation, as applicable, by including in its Organizational Documents language substantially similar to the following and, accordingly, such interests shall be governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code:

 

“The [partnership/limited liability company] hereby irrevocably elects that all [partnership/membership] interests in the [partnership/limited liability company] shall be securities governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of [jurisdiction of organization or formation, as applicable]. Each certificate evidencing [partnership/membership] interests in the [partnership/limited liability company] shall bear the following legend: “This certificate evidences an interest in [name of [partnership/limited liability company]] and shall be a security for purposes of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code.” No change to this provision shall be effective until all outstanding certificates have been surrendered for cancellation and any new certificates thereafter issued shall not bear the foregoing legend.”

 

or (ii) not have elected to be treated as a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code by the issuer of such Capital Stock and shall not be represented by a certificate; provided that such Pledgor shall at no time elect to treat any such interest as a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code, nor shall such interest be represented by a certificate, unless such Pledgor provides prompt (and in any event within five (5) Business Days, subject to extension in the sole discretion of the Collateral Agent) written notification to the Collateral Agent of such election and such interest is thereafter represented by a certificate that is promptly delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

Exhibit C

 

 

  

(b)            Subject to the limitations set forth herein, in Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement, in Section 3.3(b) of the Security Agreement or in any equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement, each Pledgor will cause each separate obligation of Indebtedness for borrowed money not already evidenced by an Intercompany Note, having an aggregate principal amount in excess of $10,000,000 (individually) owed to any Pledgor and required to be pledged pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any Additional First Lien Agreement to be evidenced by a duly executed promissory note that is pledged and delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

7.              Further Assurances. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, the other Security Documents (including Section 3.3(b) of the Security Agreement) and in any Additional First Lien Agreement, each Pledgor agrees that at any time and from time to time, at the expense of such Pledgor, it will execute or otherwise authorize the filing of 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 and other documents), which may be required under any Applicable Law, or which the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders (or if there are any Additional First Lien Obligations outstanding, subject to the terms of any intercreditor agreement among the holders of First Lien Obligations, the requisite holders or lenders of such Additional First Lien Obligations) may reasonably request, in order (x) to perfect and protect any pledge, assignment or security interest granted or intended to be granted hereby (including the priority thereof) or (y) to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral.

 

8.              Voting Rights; Dividends and Distributions; Etc.

 

(a)            So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and three Business Days’ prior written notice has not been received by the Borrower from the Collateral Agent:

 

(i)             Each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement, the other Secured Debt Documents or any Additional First Lien Agreement.

 

(ii)            The Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to each Pledgor all such proxies and other instruments as such Pledgor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Pledgor to exercise the voting and other rights that it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (i) above.

 

(b)            Subject to paragraph (c) below, each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain and use, free and clear of the Lien of this Agreement, any and all dividends, distributions, redemptions, principal and interest made or paid in respect of the Collateral to the extent not prohibited by any Secured Debt Document or any Additional First Lien Agreement; provided, however, that any and all noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Shares or Pledged Debt, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Capital Stock of the issuer of any Pledged Shares or received in exchange for Pledged Shares or Pledged Debt or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be, and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent to hold as, Collateral and shall, if received by such Pledgor, be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, be segregated from the other property or funds of such Pledgor and be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent as Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary indorsement).

 

Exhibit C

 

 

  

(c)            Upon three Business Days’ prior written notice to the Pledgors by the Collateral Agent following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default:

 

(i)             all rights of such Pledgor to exercise or refrain from exercising the voting and other consensual rights that it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 8(a)(i) shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise or refrain from exercising such voting and other consensual rights during the continuation of such Event of Default; provided that, unless otherwise directed by the Required Lenders (or if there are any Additional First Lien Obligations outstanding, subject to the terms of any intercreditor agreement among the holders of First Lien Obligations, the requisite holders or lenders of such Additional First Lien Obligations), the Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default to permit the Pledgors to exercise such rights. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived or otherwise cease to be continuing and the Borrower has delivered to the Collateral Agent a certificate to that effect, each Pledgor will have the right to exercise the voting and consensual rights that such Pledgor would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of Section 8(a)(i) (and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under Section 8(a)(ii) shall be reinstated);

 

(ii)            all rights of such Pledgor to receive the dividends, distributions and principal and interest payments that such Pledgor would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 8(b) shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall thereupon have the sole right to receive and hold as Collateral such dividends, distributions and principal and interest payments during the continuation of such Event of Default. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived or otherwise cease to be continuing and the Borrower has delivered to the Collateral Agent a certificate to that effect, the Collateral Agent shall repay to each Pledgor (without interest) and each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive, retain and use all dividends, distributions and principal and interest payments that such Pledgor would otherwise be permitted to receive, retain and use pursuant to the terms of Section 8(b);

 

(iii)           all dividends, distributions and principal and interest payments that are received by such Pledgor contrary to the provisions of Section 8(b) shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Pledgor and shall forthwith be delivered to the Collateral Agent as Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary indorsements); and

 

(iv)           in order to permit the Collateral Agent to receive all dividends, distributions and principal and interest payments to which it may be entitled under Section 8(b) above, to exercise the voting and other consensual rights that it may be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 8(c)(i), and to receive all dividends, distributions and principal and interest payments that it may be entitled to under Sections 8(c)(ii) and (c)(iii), such Pledgor shall from time to time execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent, appropriate proxies, dividend payment orders and other instruments as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request.

 

(d)            Any notice given by the Collateral Agent to the Pledgors suspending their rights under paragraph (c) of this Section 8, (i) may be given to one or more of the Pledgors at the same or different times and (ii) may suspend the rights of the Pledgors under paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (b) of this Section 8 in part without suspending all such rights (as specified by the Collateral Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the Collateral Agent’s rights to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

Exhibit C

 

 

 

9.              Transfers and Other Liens; Additional Collateral; Etc. Each Pledgor shall:

 

(a)            not, except as permitted by each of the Credit Agreement and each Additional First Lien Agreement (including pursuant to waivers and consents thereunder), (i) sell or otherwise Dispose of, or grant any option or warrant with respect to, any of the Collateral or (ii) create or suffer to exist any consensual Lien upon or with respect to any of the Collateral, except for the Liens permitted under Section 10.2 of the Credit Agreement; provided that, in the event such Pledgor sells or otherwise Disposes of assets as permitted by each of the Credit Agreement and each Additional First Lien Agreement (including pursuant to waivers and consents thereunder) to a Person that is not a Pledgor and such assets are or include any of the Collateral, such Collateral shall automatically be released to such Pledgor free and clear of the Lien created by this Agreement concurrently with the consummation of such Disposition in accordance with Section 13.17 of the Credit Agreement, any equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement and with Section 14 hereof;

 

(b)            pledge and, if applicable, cause each Subsidiary required to become a party hereto to pledge, to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, promptly upon acquisition thereof, all After-acquired Shares and After-acquired Debt required to be pledged pursuant to Section 9.11(a) of the Credit Agreement and any equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement, except in each case to the extent such After-acquired Shares and After-acquired Debt constitute Excluded Capital Stock or Excluded Property and in each case pursuant to a supplement to this Agreement substantially in the form of Annex A hereto or such other form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (it being understood that the execution and delivery of such a supplement shall not require the consent of any Pledgor hereunder and that the rights and obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Subsidiary Pledgor as a party to this Agreement); and

 

(c)            take any actions required under Applicable Law or which the Collateral Agent or Required Lenders may reasonably request to defend its and the Collateral Agent’s title or interest in and to all the Collateral (and in the Proceeds thereof) against any and all Liens (other than any Permitted Pledged Collateral Liens), however arising, and any and all Persons whomsoever and, subject to Section 13.17 of the Credit Agreement, any equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement and Section 14 hereof, to maintain and preserve the Lien and security interest created by this Agreement until the Termination Date.

 

10.            Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Pledgor hereby appoints, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest, the Collateral Agent as such Pledgor’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Pledgor and in the name of such Pledgor or otherwise, to take any action and to execute any instrument, in each case after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, that the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including to receive, indorse and collect all instruments made payable to such Pledgor representing any dividend, distribution or principal or interest payment in respect of the Collateral or any part thereof and to give full discharge for the same.

 

11.            The Collateral Agent’s Duties. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect its interest and the interests of the Secured Parties in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. Except for the safe custody of any Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral, as to ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Pledged Shares, whether or not the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters, or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the Collateral Agent accords its own property.

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

12.            Remedies. If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:

 

(a)            The Collateral Agent may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the NY UCC (whether or not the NY UCC applies to the affected Collateral) and also may without notice, except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any exchange broker’s board or at any of the Collateral Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, at such price or prices and upon such other terms as are commercially reasonable irrespective of the impact of any such sales on the market price of the Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall be authorized at any such sale (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers of Collateral to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and, upon consummation of any such sale, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of any Pledgor, and each Pledgor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by Applicable Law) all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal that it now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. The Collateral Agent or any Secured Party shall have the right upon any such public sale, and, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, upon any such private sale, to purchase all or any part of the Collateral so sold and the Collateral Agent or such other Secured Party may, subject to (x) the satisfaction in full of all payments due pursuant to Section 12(b)(i) hereof and (y) the satisfaction of the First Lien Obligations in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 12(b), pay the purchase price by crediting the amount thereof against the First Lien Obligations. Each Pledgor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by Applicable Law, at least ten days’ notice to such Pledgor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Pledgor hereby waives any claim against the Collateral Agent arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price that might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Collateral Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Collateral Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 12 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.

 

(b)            Except as expressly provided elsewhere in this Agreement or any other Credit Document, all proceeds received by the Collateral Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied after receipt as follows:

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

(i)            FIRST, to the payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, the other Credit Documents, any Additional First Lien Agreement or any of the First Lien Obligations, including all court costs and the reasonable and documented fees and out-of-pocket expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Collateral Agent hereunder, under any other Credit Document or under any Additional First Lien Agreement on behalf of any Pledgor and any other reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder, under any other Credit Document or under any Additional First Lien Agreement;

 

(ii)            SECOND, to the Secured Parties, an amount equal to all First Lien Obligations owing to them on the date of any such distribution, and, if such moneys shall be insufficient to pay such amounts in full, then ratably (without priority of any one over any other) to such Secured Parties in proportion to the unpaid amounts thereof; and

 

(iii)            THIRD, any surplus then remaining shall be paid to the Pledgors or their successors or assigns or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no amounts received from any Pledgor shall be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligation of such Pledgor and (ii) after the payments pursuant to clause FIRST above, if an intercreditor agreement (including the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or other Customary Intercreditor Agreement) has been entered into among the holders of First Lien Obligations which provides for the application of proceeds received by the Collateral Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral, then such proceeds shall be applied pursuant to the terms of such intercreditor agreement (including the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or other Customary Intercreditor Agreement) and in making the determination and allocations required in any intercreditor agreement the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely upon information supplied by the applicable Authorized Representatives as to the amounts of unpaid principal and interest and other amounts outstanding with respect to such First Lien Obligations and the Collateral Agent shall have no liability to any of the Secured Parties for actions taken in reliance on such information.

 

The Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of the application of any such proceeds in accordance with this Section 12. Upon any sale of the Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.

 

(c)            The Collateral Agent may exercise any and all rights and remedies of each Pledgor in respect of the Collateral.

 

(d)            All payments received by any Pledgor after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default and after prior written notice from the Collateral Agent to the Borrower (it being understood that the exercise of remedies by the Secured Parties in connection with an Event of Default under Section 11.5 of the Credit Agreement or any equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a request by the Collateral Agent for the purposes of this sentence and in such circumstances, no such written notice shall be required) in respect of the Collateral shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Pledgor and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent as Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary indorsement).

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

(e)            If the Collateral Agent shall determine to exercise its right to sell all or any of the Pledged Shares pursuant to this Section 12, each Pledgor recognizes that the Collateral Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all of the Pledged Shares, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. The Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Shares for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities laws, even if such issuer would agree to do so.

 

(f)            If the Collateral Agent determines to exercise its right to sell any or all of the Collateral, upon written request, each Pledgor shall, from time to time, furnish to the Collateral Agent all such information as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to determine the number of shares and other instruments included in the Collateral which may be sold by the Collateral Agent as exempt transactions under the Securities Act and rules of the SEC, as the same are from time to time in effect.

 

13.            Amendments, etc. with Respect to the First Lien Obligations; Waiver of Rights. Except for the termination of a Pledgor’s First Lien Obligations hereunder as provided in Section 14, each Pledgor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Pledgor and without notice to or further assent by any Pledgor, (a) any demand for payment of any of the First Lien Obligations made by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may be rescinded by such party and any of the First Lien Obligations continued, (b) the First Lien Obligations, or the liability of any other party upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, (c) the Secured Debt Documents, any Additional First Lien Agreement and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, in accordance with the terms of the applicable Secured Debt Document or Additional First Lien Agreement and (d) any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of the First Lien Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the First Lien Obligations or for this Agreement or any property subject thereto. When making any demand hereunder against any Pledgor, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on the Borrower (to the extent such demand is in respect of any First Lien Obligations owing by Borrower) or any other Pledgor or pledgor, and any failure by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to make any such demand or to collect any payments from the Borrower or any other Pledgor or pledgor or any release of the Borrower or any other Pledgor or pledgor shall not relieve any Pledgor in respect of which a demand or collection is not made or any Pledgor not so released of its several obligations or liabilities hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, express or implied, or as a matter of law, of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party against any Pledgor. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuation of any legal proceedings. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Section 13 and the Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement shall prevail.

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

14.            Continuing Security Interest; Assignments Under the Secured Debt Documents or any Additional First Lien Agreement; Release.

 

(a)            This Agreement and the security interest granted hereunder shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon each Pledgor and the successors and assigns thereof and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns until the Termination Date, notwithstanding that from time to time prior to the Termination Date, the Pledgors may be free from any Obligations.

 

(b)            (i) A Subsidiary Pledgor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the Security Interests in the Collateral of such Subsidiary Pledgor created hereby shall be automatically released (x) as it relates to the Obligations, upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement, as a result of which such Subsidiary Pledgor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or otherwise becomes an Excluded Subsidiary and (y) as it relates to any Additional First Lien Obligations under any Additional First Lien Agreement, upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by such Additional First Lien Agreement, as a result of which such Subsidiary Pledgor ceases to be a guarantor thereunder; (ii) Holdings (or the Previous Holdings, as the case may be) shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the Security Interests in the Collateral of Holdings (or the Previous Holdings, as the case may be) created hereby shall be automatically released in accordance with the formation or acquisition of a New Holdings that satisfies the conditions set forth in (x) as it relates to the Obligations, the Credit Agreement and (y) as it relates to any Additional First Lien Obligations under any Additional First Lien Agreement, such Additional First Lien Agreement; and (iii) Polaris Intermediate shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the Security Interests in the Collateral of Polaris Intermediate created hereby shall be automatically released upon the effectiveness of the Internal Restructuring.

 

(c)            The Security Interests created hereby in any Collateral shall be automatically released and such Collateral sold free and clear of the Security Interests created hereby (i) as required by the Collateral Agent to effect any sale, transfer or other Disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) upon any sale, transfer or other Disposition by any Pledgor of any Collateral that is permitted under the Credit Agreement and each Additional First Lien Agreement (other than to another Pledgor), (iii) upon the effectiveness of any release (including any written consent to such release) of the Security Interests created hereby in any Collateral in accordance with Section 13.17 of the Credit Agreement and any applicable provision in each Additional First Lien Agreement, (iv) upon such Collateral becoming Excluded Capital Stock or Excluded Property, (v) to the extent the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee (in accordance with Section 13.17 of the Credit Agreement and the Guarantee) or (vi) as otherwise provided in any applicable intercreditor agreement (including the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or other Customary Intercreditor Agreement) among holders of First Lien Obligations.

 

(d)            In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c), the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Pledgor or authorize the filing of, at such Pledgor’s expense, all documents that such Pledgor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 14 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

15.            Reinstatement. This Agreement shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the First Lien Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Pledgor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any other Pledgor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.

 

16.            Notices. All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement (whether or not then in effect). All communications and notices hereunder to any Subsidiary Pledgor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower at the Borrower’s address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement (whether or not then in effect). All notices to any holder of Additional First Lien Obligations shall be given to it in care of the applicable Authorized Representative at such Authorized Representative’s address set forth in the applicable Additional Secured Party Consent or Additional First Lien Agreement, as the case may be, as such address may be changed by written notice to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower.

 

17.            Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “PDF” or “TIF” file)), 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 Collateral Agent and the Borrower.

 

18.            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. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

19.            Integration. This Agreement together with the other Credit Documents and each Additional First Lien Agreement represents the agreement of each of the Pledgors with respect to the subject matter hereof and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Secured Debt Documents or any Additional First Lien Agreement (and each other agreement or instrument executed or issued in connection therewith).

 

20.            Amendments in Writing; No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.

 

(a)            None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a written instrument executed by the affected Pledgor(s) and the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement. The Collateral Agent may, without the consent of any Lender, enter into any amendments to this Agreement (including modifications of the terms “Additional First Lien Agreement” and “Additional First Lien Obligations” and any provisions of this Agreement referencing such terms) to reflect the issuance or Incurrence of any Indebtedness secured by a Lien permitted by Section 10.2(a) of the Credit Agreement that is not secured by Liens granted under this Agreement.

 

(b)            Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 20(a) hereof), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default or in any breach of any of the terms and conditions hereof or of any other applicable Secured Debt Document or of any Additional First Lien Agreement. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that the Collateral Agent or such other Secured Party would otherwise have on any other occasion.

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

(c)            The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.

 

21.            Collateral Agent as Agent. Section 6.3 and Section 6.4 of the Security Agreement are incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

22.            Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

 

23.            Successors and Assigns. 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 no Pledgor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, except pursuant to a transaction permitted by each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreements.

 

24.            WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

 

25.            Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

(a)            submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, the other Credit Documents to which it is a party and any Additional First Lien Agreement to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in the County of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;

 

(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 such Pledgor at its address referred to in Section 16 or at such other address of which the Collateral Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

 

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(d)            agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

 

(e)            waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 25 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

 

26.            GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

27.            Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and any intercreditor agreement (including the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or other Customary Intercreditor Agreement) among the holders of First Lien Obligations that relates solely to the rights or obligations of, or relationship between, the First Lien Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement and the First Lien Secured Parties under any Additional First Lien Agreement, the provisions of such intercreditor agreement shall control.

 

28.            Additional First Lien Obligations. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to serve as agent on behalf of the holders of any Additional First Lien Obligations (or their representatives) or under any Additional First Lien Agreement and may decide, in its sole discretion, not to serve in such role, it being understood that, in such circumstance, no provisions of this Agreement will benefit or apply to the holders of Additional First Lien Obligations (or their representatives). It being further understood that the Collateral Agent shall serve in such role only if it has countersigned an Additional Secured Party Consent and in such case solely with respect to the New Secured Obligation under and as defined in such Additional Secured Party Consent. For the avoidance of doubt, any refusal by the Collateral Agent to serve as collateral agent on behalf of the holders of any Additional First Lien Obligations (or their representatives) shall not limit the Borrower’s ability to incur such obligations and secure them by Liens on the Collateral that rank equal in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and any other First Lien Obligations if then in effect to the extent permitted to do so under each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreement and in such case the Collateral Agent is authorized to execute the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or any other Customary Intercreditor Agreement (or any joinders thereto) and any related documentation to evidence and/or acknowledge the Liens securing any such Additional First Lien Obligations and the relationship between the Collateral Agent and the collateral agent appointed in respect of such Additional First Lien Obligations.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

  POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP.
   
     
  By:       
    Name:
    Title:
     
     
  POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP.
     
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

  MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1
     
     
  By:  
    Name: Mark Tabak
    Title: Vice President
     
     
  MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC
     
     
  By:  
    Name: Mark Tabak
    Title: President

 

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  MEDICAL AUDIT & REVIEW SOLUTIONS, INC., as Pledgor
     
     
  By:  
    Name: Mark Tabak
    Title:   Vice President
     
     
  MPH ACQUISITION CORPORATION, as Pledgor
  MPH INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY 1, as Pledgor
     
     
  By:  
    Name: Mark Tabak
    Title:   President
     
     
 

FORMOST, INC., as Pledgor

HMA ACQUISITION CORPORATION, as Pledgor

IHP ACQUISITION CORP., as Pledgor

MARS ACQUISITION CORP., as Pledgor

MULTIPLAN CORP., as Pledgor

MULTIPLAN SERVICES CORPORATION, as Pledgor

NCN ACQUISITION CORPORATION, as Pledgor

PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC., as Pledgor

TEXAS TRUE CHOICE, INC., as Pledgor

VIANT, INC., as Pledgor

VIANT HOLDINGS, INC., as Pledgor

VIANT PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC., as Pledgor

HEALTHNETWORK SYSTEMS LLC, as Pledgor

NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, LLC, as Pledgor

ADMAR CORPORATION, as Pledgor

BEECH STREET CORPORATION, as Pledgor

MULTIPLAN, INC., as Pledgor

STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT PPO INC., as Pledgor

ASSOCIATES FOR HEALTH CARE, INC., as Pledgor

HEALTHEOS BY MULTIPLAN, INC., as Pledgor

 

 

  By:  
    Name: Mark Tabak
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

  BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Collateral Agent
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

TO THE PLEDGE AGREEMENT

 

    SUBSIDIARY PLEDGORS
     
1. Admar Corporation

2. Associates for Health Care, Inc.

3. Beech Street Corporation

4. ForMost, Inc.

5. HealthEOS by MultiPlan, Inc.

6. HealthNetwork Systems LLC

7. HMA Acquisition Corporation

8. IHP Acquisition Corp.

9. MARS Acquisition Corp.

10. Medical Audit & Review Solutions, Inc.

11. MPH Acquisition Corporation

12. MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1

13. MultiPlan Corp.

14. MultiPlan, Inc.

15. MultiPlan Services Corporation

16. National Care Network, LLC

17. NCN Acquisition Corporation

18. Private Healthcare Systems, Inc.

19. Statewide Independent PPO Inc.

20. Texas True Choice, Inc.

21. Viant Holdings, Inc.

22. Viant Payment Systems, Inc.

23. Viant, Inc.

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 2

TO THE PLEDGE AGREEMENT

 

PLEDGED SHARES AND PLEDGED DEBT

 

Pledged Shares

 

      Certificate Number of
Pledgor/   Class of Nos. of Shares/Units
Record & Beneficial Issuing Entity Issued Issued Issued &
Owner   Stock/Units Shares Percentage of
      /Units Class
Polaris Intermediate Corp. MPH Acquisition Corp 12 Series A common stock Uncertificated 500
(100%)
         
Polaris Intermediate Corp. MPH Acquisition Corp 13 Series B common stock Uncertificated 500
(100%)
         
MPH Acquisition Corp 1 MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC LLC Interests Uncertificated 100%
         
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1 Series A common stock Uncertificated 500
(100%)
         
         
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1 Series B common stock Uncertificated 500
(100%)
         
MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1 MPH Acquisition Corporation Series A common stock Uncertificated 500
(100%)
         
MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1 MPH Acquisition Corporation Series B common stock Uncertificated 500
(100%)
         
         
MPH Acquisition Corporation MultiPlan, Inc. Common stock 11 1,000
(100%)

 

 

2            Pledge by Polaris Intermediate Corp. of the Capital Stock issued by MPH Acquisition Corp 1 owned by Polaris Intermediate Corp. upon consummation of the Merger shall be released upon consummation of the Internal Restructuring pursuant to Section 14(b) of this Agreement.

 

3            Pledge by Polaris Intermediate Corp. of the Capital Stock issued by MPH Acquisition Corp 1 owned by Polaris Intermediate Corp. upon consummation of the Merger shall be released upon consummation of the Internal Restructuring pursuant to Section 14(b) of this Agreement.

 

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      Certificate Number of
Pledgor/   Class of Nos. of Shares/Units
Record & Beneficial Issuing Entity Issued Issued Issued &
Owner   Stock/Units Shares Percentage of
      /Units Class
MultiPlan, Inc. MultiPlan Corp. Common stock 6 1,000
(100%)
MultiPlan, Inc. HealthEOS by MultiPlan, Inc. Common stock 4 250
(100%)
MultiPlan, Inc. MultiPlan Services Corporation Common stock 7 100
(100%)
MultiPlan, Inc. Viant Holdings, Inc. Common stock CS-3 1,000
(100%)
MultiPlan, Inc. Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. Common stock C-1 1,000
(100%)
MultiPlan, Inc. HMA Acquisition Corporation Common stock 1 1,000
(100%)
MultiPlan, Inc. NCN Acquisition Corporation Common stock 1 1,000
(100%)
MultiPlan, Inc. IHP Acquisition Corp. Common stock 1 1,000
(100%)
MultiPlan, Inc. MARS Acquisition Corporation Common stock 001 1,000
(100%)
MultiPlan Corp. Associates for Health Care, Inc. Common stock 8 2,000
(100%)
MultiPlan Corp. ForMost, Inc. Common stock 11 11,111
(100%)
MultiPlan Corp. ProAmerica Managed Care, Inc. Common stock 5 5,000
(100%)
MultiPlan Corp. Admar Corporation Common stock 2 1,000
(100%)
MultiPlan Corp. Florida Health, L.C. LLC Interests 1B 1%
Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. American Lifecare, Inc. Common stock 6 3,000,000
(100%)
Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. American Lifecare Holdings, Inc. Common stock 2 100
(100%)
Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. Statewide Independent PPO Inc. Common stock 4 1
(100%)
Viant Holdings, Inc. Viant, Inc. Common stock 002 1,000
(100%)

 

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      Certificate Number of
Pledgor/   Class of Nos. of Shares/Units
Record & Beneficial Issuing Entity Issued Issued Issued &
Owner   Stock/Units Shares Percentage of
      /Units Class
Viant Holdings, Inc. Viant Management Services, Inc. Common stock 008 1,000
(100%)
Viant, Inc. Beech Street Corporation Common stock 003 1,000
(100%)
Viant, Inc. Texas True Choice, Inc. Common stock 001 1,000
(100%)
Viant, Inc. Viant Payment Systems, Inc. Common stock 005 1,000
(100%)
Viant Payment Systems, Inc. HealthNetwork Systems LLC LLC Interests Uncertificated 100%
HMA Acquisition Corporation Savant Management Concepts, Inc. Common stock 2 1,000
(100%)
HMA Acquisition Corporation i/mx Technologies, Inc. Common stock 2 1,000
(100%)
HMA Acquisition Corporation HMA, Inc. Common stock 25 15,798
(100%)
NCN Acquisition Corporation National Care Network, LLC LLC Interests Uncertificated 100%
IHP Acquisition Corp. Integrated Health Plan, Inc. Class A common stock 2 100
(100%
)
MARS Acquisition Corporation Medical Audit & Review Solutions, Inc. Common stock 2 100
(100%)

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

Pledged Debt

 

The Intercompany Note (as defined in the Credit Agreement), dated as of the Closing Date and executed by Holdings, the Borrower and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

ANNEX A

TO THE PLEDGE AGREEMENT

 

SUPPLEMENT NO. [______], dated as of [__________] (this “Supplement”), to the Pledge Agreement dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge Agreement”), among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation (initial Holdings, whose rights and obligations therein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, were assumed by the Surviving Company (as defined below)), POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation, which on the Closing Date was merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1, a Delaware corporation (the “Target”) (with the Target surviving such merger and with such merged company existing under the laws of the state of Delaware as the “Surviving Company”, whose rights and obligations therein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, were assumed by MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MPH LLC”)), each of the subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on Schedule 1 thereto or that becomes a party thereto pursuant to Section 9(b) thereof (each such subsidiary, individually, a “Subsidiary Pledgor” and, collectively, the “Subsidiary Pledgors”; and, together with Holdings and the Borrower, collectively, the “Pledgors”), and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

A.            Reference is made to (a) the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Holdings, the Borrower, financial institutions and other investors from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”), the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender, the other agents party thereto and the other parties from time to time party thereto and (b) the Guarantee, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guarantee”), among the Guarantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent.

 

B.            Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein (including in the preamble and the recitals to this Agreement) shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pledge Agreement or the Credit Agreement (whether or not the Credit Agreement is in effect on the date hereof), as applicable. The rules of construction and the interpretive provisions specified in Section 1(b) of the Pledge Agreement shall apply to this Supplement, including terms defined in the preamble and recitals to this Agreement.

 

C.            The Pledgors have entered into the Pledge Agreement in order to induce the Agents, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce (a) the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, (b) the holders of any Additional First Lien Obligations to make their advances under the applicable Additional First Lien Agreement, (c) one or more Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Hedging Agreements with any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and (d) one or more Cash Management Banks to provide Cash Management Services pursuant to Secured Cash Management Agreements to any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary.

 

D.            The undersigned [Pledgor] [Domestic Subsidiary] (each, an “Additional Pledgor”) is (a) the legal and beneficial owner of the Capital Stock described under Schedule 1 hereto and issued by the entities named therein (such pledged Capital Stock, together with all other Capital Stock required to be pledged under the Pledge Agreement (the “After-acquired Additional Pledged Shares”), referred to collectively herein as the “Additional Pledged Shares”) and (b) the legal and beneficial owner of the Instruments or Chattel Paper evidencing Indebtedness owed to it (the “Additional Pledged Debt”) described under Schedule 1 hereto and issued by the entities named therein.

 

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E.            Section 9.11(a) of the Credit Agreement and/or the equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement and Section 9(b) of the Pledge Agreement provides that additional Subsidiaries of the Borrower may become Subsidiary Pledgors under the Pledge Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. Each undersigned Additional Pledgor is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of Section 9(b) of the Pledge Agreement to pledge to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the Additional Pledged Shares and the Additional Pledged Debt and to become a Subsidiary Pledgor under the Pledge Agreement in order to induce (a) the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make additional Extensions of Credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and as consideration for Extensions of Credit previously made, (b) the holders of any Additional First Lien Obligations to make their advances under the applicable Additional First Lien Agreement, (c) one or more Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Hedging Agreements with any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and (d) one or more Cash Management Banks to provide Cash Management Services pursuant to Secured Cash Management Agreements to any Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and each undersigned Additional Pledgor agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.      In accordance with Section 9(b) of the Pledge Agreement, each Additional Pledgor by its signature below hereby transfers, assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in and to all of such Additional Pledgor’s right, title and interest in the following, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or existing (collectively, the “Additional Collateral”):

 

(a)            the Additional Pledged Shares held by such Additional Pledgor and the certificates, if any, representing such Additional Pledged Shares and any interest of such Additional Pledgor, including all rights, privileges, authority and powers of such Pledgor relating to such Pledged Shares in each issuer or under any organizational document of each issuer and the certificates, instruments and agreements representing such Pledged Shares and all interests documented in the entries on the books of the issuer of the Additional Pledged Shares or any financial intermediary pertaining to the Additional Pledged Shares and all dividends, cash, warrants, rights, instruments and other property or Proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for (including upon any consolidation or merger of any issuer of such Pledged Shares), any or all of the Additional Pledged Shares; provided that the Additional Pledged Shares under this Supplement shall not include any Excluded Capital Stock or Excluded Property;

 

(b)            the Additional Pledged Debt and the Instruments or Chattel Paper evidencing the Additional Pledged Debt owed to such Additional Pledgor, and all payments of principal or interest, cash, instruments and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such Additional Pledged Debt;

 

(c)            all other property that may be delivered to and held by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Section 1;

 

(d)            subject to the terms of the Pledge Agreement, all rights and privileges of such Pledgor with respect to the securities and other property referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above; and

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

(e)            to the extent not covered by clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) above, respectively, all Proceeds of any or all of the foregoing Additional Collateral.

 

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Additional Collateral, together with all right, title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, forever; subject, however, to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.

 

For purposes of the Pledge Agreement, (w) the Collateral shall be deemed to include the Additional Collateral, (x) the After-acquired Shares shall be deemed to include the After-acquired Additional Pledged Shares, (y) the After-acquired Debt shall be deemed to include the Additional Pledged Debt and (z) Schedule 1 hereto shall supplement Schedule 2 to the Pledge Agreement.

 

[SECTION 2.      Each Additional Pledgor by its signature below becomes a Pledgor under the Pledge Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Pledgor and each Additional Pledgor hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Pledge Agreement applicable to it as a Pledgor thereunder. Each reference to a “Subsidiary Pledgor” or a “Pledgor” in the Pledge Agreement shall be deemed to include each Additional Pledgor. The Pledge Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.]4

 

SECTION [2][3]. Each Additional Pledgor represents and warrants as follows:

 

(a)            Schedule 1 hereto (i) correctly represents as of the date hereof (A) the issuer, the certificate number, if any, the Pledgor and the record owner, the number and class and the percentage of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of such class of all Additional Pledged Shares and (B) the issuer, the initial principal amount, the Pledgor and holder, date of issuance and maturity date of all Additional Pledged Debt and (ii) together with Schedule 2 to the Pledge Agreement and the comparable schedules to each other Supplement to the Pledge Agreement, includes all Capital Stock, debt securities and promissory notes required to be pledged pursuant to Section 9.11(a) of the Credit Agreement and/or the equivalent provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement and Section 9(b) of the Pledge Agreement. Except as set forth on Schedule 1, the Pledged Shares represent all of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of each class of Capital Stock (or 65% of all of the issued and outstanding voting Capital Stock and 100% of non-voting Capital Stock in the case of pledges of Capital Stock in Foreign Subsidiaries or FSHCOs) in the issuer on the date hereof.

 

(b)            Such Additional Pledgor is the legal and beneficial owner of the Additional Collateral pledged or assigned by such Additional Pledgor hereunder free and clear of any Lien, except for the Permitted Pledged Collateral Liens.

 

(c)            As of the date of this Supplement, the Additional Pledged Shares pledged by such Additional Pledgor hereunder have been duly authorized and validly issued and, in the case of Additional Pledged Shares issued by a corporation, are fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(d)            Except for restrictions and limitations imposed by (x) the Permitted Pledged Collateral Liens and the underlying documents thereof or securities laws generally or (y) agreements relating to Dispositions of Collateral permitted by the Credit Agreement, and except as disclosed on Schedule 1, the Additional Collateral is freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Additional Collateral is subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter or by-law provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect the pledge of such Additional Collateral hereunder, the sale or Disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of rights and remedies hereunder.

 

 

4            Include only for Additional Pledgors that are not already signatories to the Pledge Agreement.

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

 

(e)            No consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other Person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected hereby (other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect).

 

(f)            The execution and delivery by such Additional Pledgor of this Supplement and the pledge of the Additional Collateral pledged by such Additional Pledgor hereunder pursuant hereto create a valid and enforceable security interest in such Additional Collateral and (a) in the case of certificates, chattel paper or instruments representing or evidencing the Additional Collateral, upon the earlier of (i) delivery of such Additional Collateral to the Collateral Agent (or to its non-fiduciary agent or designee) in accordance with this Supplement and the Pledge Agreement and (ii) the filing of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code financing statements described in Section 3.3(a) of the Security Agreement and (b) in the case of all other Additional Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, upon the filing of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code financing statements described in Section 3.3(a) of the Security Agreement, shall create a perfected security interest in such Additional Collateral, securing the payment of the First Lien Obligations, prior to any other Lien on any Pledged Shares or Pledged Debt other than any nonconsensual Liens permitted under each of the Credit Agreement and any Additional First Lien Agreement, in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, 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).

 

(g)            The pledge effected hereby is effective to vest in the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the rights of the Collateral Agent in the Additional Collateral as set forth herein.

 

(h)            Such Additional Pledgor has full power, authority and legal right to pledge all the Additional Collateral pledged by such Additional Pledgor pursuant to this Supplement and this Supplement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Additional Pledgor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, 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 [3][4]. This Supplement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Supplement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “pdf” or “tif” file)), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Supplement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Collateral Agent and the Borrower. This Supplement shall become effective as to each Additional Pledgor when the Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of such Additional Pledgor and the Collateral Agent.

 

SECTION [4][5]. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Pledge Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION [5][6].      THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

SECTION [6][7]. Any provision of this Supplement 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 in the Pledge Agreement, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

SECTION [7][8]. All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 16 of the Pledge Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to each Additional Pledgor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower at the Borrower’s address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement (whether or not then in effect).

 

SECTION [8][9]. To the extent the Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to Section 13.5 of the Credit Agreement (whether or not then in effect) or any comparable provision of any Additional First Lien Agreement, each Additional Pledgor agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable and documented fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Collateral Agent.

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Additional Pledgor and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Pledge Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  [NAME OF ADDITIONAL PLEDGOR(S)]
     
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
     
  BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Collateral Agent
     
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

TO SUPPLEMENT NO. [    ]

TO THE PLEDGE AGREEMENT

 

PLEDGED SHARES AND PLEDGED DEBT

 

Pledged Shares

 

            Percentage
    Issuer’s Class of     of Issued
Pledgor   jurisdiction Equity Certificate Number and
  Issuer of Interest No(s), if any of Units Outstanding
    formation       Units
             
             
             

 

Pledged Debt

 

    Initial    
Pledgor   Principal    
  Issuer Amount Date of Issuance Maturity Date
         
         
         

 

  Exhibit C

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC

as Administrative Agent

700 Prides Crossing

Newark, DE 19713

 

Attn: Jason Jones

Tel: [___________]

Email: [___________]

Email for notices: [___________]

 

,_________

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned, [POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP.][MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC], a Delaware [corporation][limited liability company] (the “Borrower”), refers to the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation, POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC (the “Administrative Agent”), as the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Syndication Agent and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CITIBANK, N.A. and UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as Documentation Agents and the other parties from time to time party thereto.

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement.

 

The Borrower hereby gives you notice pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Credit Agreement that it hereby requests a Borrowing under the Credit Agreement and, in connection therewith, sets forth below the terms on which such Borrowing is requested to be made:

 

(A)            Date of Borrowing   ___________,____ 1

 

(B)            Aggregate Principal amount of Borrowing $_____________ 2

 

 

1            In the case of the Initial Term Loans, the Closing Date; in the case of the Incremental Term Loans, the applicable Incremental Facility Closing Date in respect of such Class. In the case of all other Borrowings, a Business Day.

 

  Exhibit D

 

 

 

 

(C)            Class of Borrowing  ____________ 3

 

(D)            Type of Borrowing  ____________ 4

 

(E)            [Interest Period ____________  ]5

 

[The undersigned hereby certifies that (a) subject to the provisions of Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement, all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained in the Credit Agreement or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of the Borrowing requested hereby (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except where such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects), and (b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the date of the Borrowing requested hereby nor, after giving effect to the Borrowing requested hereby, would a Default or Event of Default occur.]6

 

If any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans is not made as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Borrowing or failure to satisfy the conditions of Section 6 and Section 7 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower shall, after receipt of a written request by any Lender (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount and, absent clearly demonstrable error, the amount requested shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender within ten Business Days of such request 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 borrow, 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.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

     
    (continued….)

2            The aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be in a multiple of $500,000 and of each Borrowing of Swingline Loans shall be in a multiple of $100,000.

 

3            Specify Revolving Credit Loans, Swingline Loans, Initial Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans (of a Class), Extended Term Loans (of the same Extension Series), Extended Revolving Credit Loans (of the same Extension Series) or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans.

 

4            Specify ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans.

 

5            Applicable only to Eurodollar Borrowings and subject to the definition of “Interest Period” and Section 2.9 of the Credit Agreement.

 

6            Not to be included in Notice of Borrowing for the Borrowing to occur on the Closing Date, and to be included for subsequent Borrowings only to the extent required by Section 7.

 

  Exhibit D

 

 

 

 

  [BORROWER]
     
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

  Exhibit D

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT E

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF BORROWER/CO-OBLIGOR JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

This JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of [____________] (this “Agreement”), is entered into by each of the undersigned Subsidiaries (the “New Co-Obligors”), and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, in its capacity as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (the “Agent”) under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation, POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto, the Agent, and the other parties from time to time party thereto. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement requires that the Borrower cause each of its direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Closing Date (including pursuant to an Acquisition) and any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary to execute a joinder agreement to the Credit Agreement whereby such Subsidiaries become Co-Obligors under the Credit Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, each of the New Co-Obligors is a Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Excluded Subsidiary and, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, is required to execute this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, The New Co-Obligors and the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Each of the New Co-Obligors hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this Agreement, it will be deemed to be a “Co-Obligor” under the Credit Agreement and shall have all of the obligations of a Co-Obligor thereunder as if it had executed the Credit Agreement. Each of the New Co-Obligors hereby ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions contained in the Credit Agreement, including without limitation all of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 8 of the Credit Agreement. Each reference to a “Co-Obligor” in the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to include each New Co-Obligor. The Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference. This Agreement constitutes a “Credit Document” for all purposes under the Credit Documents.

 

2. Each New Co-Obligor represents and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuer that this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law).

 

  Exhibit E

 

 

 

 

3. If required, each New Co-Obligor is, simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, executing and delivering such Security Documents (and such other documents and instruments) as required by the Credit Agreement.

 

4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

5. All notices, requests and demands to or upon any New Co-Obligor, any Agent or any Lender shall be governed by the terms of Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement.

 

6. 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 in the Credit Agreement, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

7. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e. a “pdf” or “tif”)), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective as to each New Co-Obligor when the Agent shall have received counterparts of this Agreement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of such New Co-Obligor and the Agent.

 

8. The rules of construction and other interpretive provisions specified in Sections 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 and 1.11 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Agreement, including terms defined in the preamble and recitals hereto

 

9. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

  Exhibit E

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each New Co-Obligor and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  [                    ]
   
  By:     
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

  Exhibit E

 

 

 

 

 

  Acknowledged and accepted:
     
  BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
     
  By:                
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

  Exhibit E

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT F

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF CLOSING CERTIFICATE

 

OMNIBUS CLOSING CERTIFICATE

 

June 7, 2016

 

Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Polaris Intermediate Corp. (whose rights and obligations therein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assumed by the Surviving Company (as defined below)), Polaris Merger Sub Corp., which on the Closing Date shall be merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1 (“MPH”), with MPH surviving such merger and with the merged company existing under the laws of the state of Delaware as the “Surviving Company”, whose rights and obligations therein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assumed by MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders and investors from time to time parties thereto, Barclays Bank PLC, as the Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto, the other agents party thereto and the other parties from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement, as applicable.

 

1.            The undersigned, David L. Redmond, an Authorized Officer of each company listed on Schedule I hereto (each, a “Schedule I Certifying Loan Party” and, collectively, the “Schedule I Certifying Loan Parties”), hereby certifies that Mark Tabak is a duly elected and qualified Authorized Officer of each Schedule I Certifying Loan Party and the signature set forth on the signature line for such signatory below is such signatory’s true and genuine signature, and such signatory is duly authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of each Schedule I Certifying Loan Party each Credit Document to which it is a party and any certificate or other document to be delivered by each Schedule I Certifying Loan Party pursuant to such Credit Documents.

 

2.            The undersigned, P. Hunter Philbrick, an Authorized Officer of each company listed on Schedule II hereto (each, a “Schedule II Certifying Loan Party” and, collectively, the “Schedule II Certifying Loan Parties”), hereby certifies that Allen Thorpe is a duly elected and qualified Authorized Officer of each Schedule II Certifying Loan Party and the signature set forth on the signature line for such signatory below is such signatory’s true and genuine signature, and such signatory is duly authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of each Schedule II Certifying Loan Party each Credit Document to which it is a party and any certificate or other document to be delivered by each Schedule II Certifying Loan Party pursuant to such Credit Documents. The term “Certifying Loan Party” shall refer to any of the Schedule I Certifying Loan Parties and the Schedule II Certifying Loan Parties individually and the term “Certifying Loan Parties” shall refer to the Schedule I Certifying Loan Parties and the Schedule II Certifying Loan Parties collectively.

 

3.            Each of the undersigned Authorized Officers of the Certifying Loan Parties hereby certifies with respect to each such Certifying Loan Party for which he or she is an Authorized Officer as follows:

 

(a)            All representations and warranties made by each Certifying Loan Party contained in the Credit Agreement or in the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except where such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects); and

 

  Exhibit F

 

 

 

 

(b)            No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date hereof and no Default or Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing after giving effect to the Borrowing on the date hereof.

 

4.            The undersigned, Mark Tabak, an Authorized Officer of each Schedule I Certifying Loan Party and the undersigned, Allen Thorpe, an Authorized Officer of each Schedule II Certifying Loan Party hereby certifies with respect to each such Certifying Loan Party for which he or she is an Authorized Officer as follows:

 

(a)            Each Certifying Loan Party is a limited liability company or a corporation, in either case, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization or formation;

 

(b)            Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a complete and correct copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof), board of managers or a designated person or applicable member or members, as applicable, of each Certifying Loan Party on the date indicated therein, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents (and any agreements relating thereto) to which it is a party; such resolutions have not in any way been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded and have been in full force and effect since their adoption to and including the date hereof and are now in full force and effect; and such resolutions are the only corporate or company proceedings of each Certifying Loan Party now in force relating to or affecting the matters referred to therein;

 

(c)            The persons set forth on Exhibit B are now duly elected and qualified Authorized Officers of each Certifying Loan Party holding the offices indicated next to their respective names, and such officers hold such offices with such Certifying Loan Party on the date hereof, and the signatures appearing opposite their respective names are the true and genuine signatures of such officers, and each of such officers is duly authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of each Certifying Loan Party each Credit Document to which it is a party and any certificate or other document to be delivered by such Certifying Loan Party pursuant to such Credit Documents.

 

(d)            Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and complete copy of the limited liability company agreement or bylaws, as applicable, of each Certifying Loan Party as in effect on the date hereof;

 

(e)            Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and complete copy of the certificate of formation or certificate of incorporation, as applicable, of each Certifying Loan Party as in effect on the date hereof, certified by the Secretary of State of its jurisdiction of organization or formation as of a recent date; and

 

  Exhibit F

 

 

 

 

(f)            Attached hereto as Exhibit E is a true and complete copy of the certificate of good standing of each Certifying Loan Party issued by the Secretary of State of its jurisdiction of organization or formation.

 

[remainder of page intentionally left blank]

 

  Exhibit F

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed this certificate as of the date first written above.

 

 

EACH OF THE ENTITIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO   EACH OF THE ENTITIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO
 
     
Name: Mark Tabak   Name: David L. Redmond
Title: Authorized Officer   Title: Authorized Officer

 

  Exhibit F

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed this certificate as of the date first written above.

 

 

EACH OF THE ENTITIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE II HERETO   EACH OF THE ENTITIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE II HERETO
 
     
Name: Allen Thorpe   Name: P. Hunter Philbrick
Title: Authorized Officer   Title: Authorized Officer

 

  Exhibit F

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

MPH Acquisition Corp 1

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC

MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1

MPH Acquisition Corporation

MultiPlan, Inc.

ForMost, Inc.

HMA Acquisition Corporation

IHP Acquisition Corp.

MARS Acquisition Corp.

Medical Audit & Review Solutions, Inc.

MultiPlan Corp.

MultiPlan Services Corporation

NCN Acquisition Corporation

Private Healthcare Systems, Inc.

Texas True Choice, Inc.

Viant, Inc.

Viant Holdings, Inc.

Viant Payment Systems, Inc.

HealthNetwork Systems LLC

National Care Network, LLC

Admar Corporation

Beech Street Corporation

Statewide Independent PPO Inc.

Associates for Health Care, Inc.

HealthEOS by MultiPlan, Inc.

 

  Exhibit F

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE II

 

Polaris Intermediate Corp.

Polaris Merger Sub Inc.

 

  Exhibit F

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

to the Closing Certificate

 

Omnibus Resolutions

 

[See attached]

 

  Exhibit F

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

to the Closing Certificate

 

Incumbency

 

[See Attached.]

 

  Exhibit F

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

to the Closing Certificate

 

Limited Liability Company Agreements and Bylaws

 

[See attached]

 

Exhibit F

 

 

EXHIBIT D

to the Closing Certificate

 

Certificates of Formation and Certificates of Incorporation

 

[See attached]

 

Exhibit F

 

 

EXHIBIT E

to the Closing Certificate

 

Good Standing Certificates

 

[See attached]

 

Exhibit F

 

 

EXHIBIT G-1

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF PROMISSORY NOTE

(REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS AND SWINGLINE LOANS)

 

New York

$       [_______________], 20[      ]

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of [REVOLVING CREDIT LENDER] [SWINGLINE LENDER] or its registered successors or assigns (the “Lender”), at the Administrative Agent’s Office or such other place as BARCLAYS BANK PLC (the “Administrative Agent”) shall have specified, in U.S. Dollars and in immediately available funds, in accordance with Section 2.5 of the Credit Agreement (as defined below; capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement) on the [Revolving Credit Maturity Date] [Swingline Maturity Date] the principal amount of $[_____] or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all advances made by the Lender to the Borrower as [Revolving Credit Loans] [Swingline Loans] pursuant to the Credit Agreement. The Borrower further unconditionally promises to pay interest in like money at such office on the unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time outstanding at the rates per annum and on the dates specified in Section 2.8 of the Credit Agreement.

 

This promissory note (the “Promissory Note”) is one of the promissory notes referred to in Section 13.6 of the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation, POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC (the “Administrative Agent”), as the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Syndication Agent and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CITIBANK, N.A. and UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as Documentation Agents and the other parties from time to time party thereto. This Promissory Note is subject to, and the Lender is entitled to the benefits of, the provisions of the Credit Agreement, and the [Revolving Credit Loans] [Swingline Loans] evidenced hereby are guaranteed and secured as provided therein and in the other Credit Documents. The [Revolving Credit Loans] [Swingline Loans] evidenced hereby are subject to prepayment prior to the [Revolving Credit Maturity Date] [Swingline Maturity Date], in whole or in part, as provided in the Credit Agreement.

 

All parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Promissory Note, whether maker, principal, surety, guarantor, endorser or otherwise, hereby waive diligence, presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind whatsoever in connection with this Promissory Note. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or the Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the Credit Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. A waiver by the Administrative Agent or the Lender of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any Credit Document on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that the Administrative Agent or the Lender would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

 

Exhibit G-1

 

 

All payments in respect of the principal of and interest on this Promissory Note shall be made to the Person recorded in the Register as the holder of this Promissory Note and such Person shall be treated as the Lender hereunder for all purposes of the Credit Agreement.

 

Exhibit G-1

 

 

THIS PROMISSORY NOTE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

  MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC
     
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

Exhibit G-1

 

 

EXHIBIT G-2

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF PROMISSORY NOTE

(INITIAL TERM LOANS)

 

New York

$       [_____________], 20[       ]

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of [Lender] or its registered successors or assigns (the “Lender”), at the Administrative Agent’s Office or such other place BARCLAYS BANK PLC (the “Administrative Agent”) shall have specified, in U.S. Dollars and in immediately available funds, in accordance with Section 2.5 of the Credit Agreement (as defined below; capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement) on the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, the principal amount of $[     ] or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Initial Term Loans, if any, made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement. The Borrower further unconditionally promises to pay interest in like money at such office on the unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time outstanding at the rates per annum and on the dates specified in Section 2.8 of the Credit Agreement.

 

This promissory note (the “Promissory Note”) is one of the promissory notes referred to in Section 13.6 of the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation, POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC (the “Administrative Agent”), as the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Syndication Agent and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CITIBANK, N.A. and UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as Documentation Agents and the other parties from time to time party thereto. This Promissory Note is subject to, and the Lender is entitled to the benefits of, the provisions of the Credit Agreement, and the Initial Term Loans evidenced hereby are guaranteed and secured as provided therein and in the other Credit Documents. The Initial Term Loans evidenced hereby are subject to prepayment prior to the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, in whole or in part, as provided in the Credit Agreement.

 

All parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Promissory Note, whether maker, principal, surety, guarantor, endorser or otherwise, hereby waive diligence, presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind whatsoever in connection with this Promissory Note. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or the Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the Credit Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. A waiver by the Administrative Agent or the Lender of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any Credit Document on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that the Administrative Agent or the Lender would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

 

All payments in respect of the principal of and interest on this Promissory Note shall be made to the Person recorded in the Register as the holder of this Promissory Note, as described more fully in Section 2.5(e) of the Credit Agreement, and such Person shall be treated as the Lender hereunder for all purposes of the Credit Agreement.

 

Exhibit G-2

 

 

THIS PROMISSORY NOTE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Exhibit G-2

 

 

  MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC
     
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

 

Exhibit G-2

 

 

EXHIBIT H-1

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF EQUAL PRIORITY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

 

EQUAL PRIORITY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

 

among

 

[MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1]

as Holdings,

 

[MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC],

as the Borrower,

 

and the other Grantors party hereto,

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

as Credit Agreement Collateral Agent

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

as Authorized Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties,

 

and

 

each additional Authorized Representative from time to time party hereto

 

dated as of [   ]

 

Exhibit H-1-1

 

 

 

EQUAL PRIORITY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, dated as of [   ] (this “Agreement”), among [MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1], a Delaware [corporation] (or any successor thereof), [MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC], a Delaware [limited liability company], the other Grantors (as defined below) party hereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC (“Barclays”), as collateral agent for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, the Initial Additional Credit Agreement Secured Parties and Additional Credit Agreement Secured Parties (each, as defined below) (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “Credit Agreement Collateral Agent”), Barclays, as Authorized Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (as each such term is defined below) and each additional Authorized Representative from time to time party hereto for the other Additional Secured Parties of the Series (as defined below) with respect to which it is acting in such capacity.

 

In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Credit Agreement Secured Parties) and each additional Authorized Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Additional Secured Parties of the applicable Series) agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

SECTION 1.01 Certain Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement or, if defined in the New York UCC, the meanings specified therein. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

 

Additional Class Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.13.

 

Additional Class Debt Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.13.

 

Additional Class Debt Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.13.

 

Additional Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent for the Additional Secured Parties, other than the Initial Additional Secured Parties and the Additional Credit Agreement Secured Parties, together with its successors in such capacity.

 

Additional Credit Agreement Obligations” means “Additional First Lien Obligations” as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement Security Agreement (which for the avoidance of doubt shall not include any Initial Additional Credit Agreement Obligations).

 

Additional Credit Agreement Secured Party” means the holders of any Additional Credit Agreement Obligations and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto.

 

Additional Documents” means, with respect to the Initial Additional Obligations or any Series of Additional Class Debt, the notes, credit agreements, loan agreements, note purchase agreements, indentures, security documents and other operative agreements evidencing or governing such indebtedness and liens securing such indebtedness, including the Initial Additional Security Documents and the Additional Security Documents and each other agreement entered into for the purpose of securing the Initial Additional Obligations or any Series of Additional Class Debt; provided that, in each case, the Indebtedness thereunder (other than the Initial Additional Obligations) has been designated as Additional Obligations pursuant to Section 5.13 hereto.

 

Exhibit H-1-2

 

 

 

Additional Obligations” shall mean the Additional Credit Agreement Obligations and all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Grantor arising under any Additional Documents relating to any Series of Additional Class Debt relating to Indebtedness Incurred by, or provided to, the Borrower and/or any other Credit Party, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Grantor of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding (or that would accrue but for the operation of applicable Bankruptcy Law), regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding, in each case, that have been designated as Additional Obligations pursuant to and in accordance with Section 5.13(ii).

 

Additional Secured Party” means the holders of any Additional Obligations and any Authorized Representative and Collateral Agent with respect thereto, and shall include the Initial Additional Secured Parties.

 

Additional Security Documents” means any security agreement or any other document now existing or entered into after the date hereof that create Liens on any assets or properties of any Grantor to secure the Additional Obligations.

 

Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Credit Agreement”.

 

Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

 

Applicable Authorized Representative” means, with respect to any Shared Collateral, (a) until the earlier of (i) the Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations and (ii) the Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date, the Administrative Agent and (b) from and after the earlier of (i) the Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations and (ii) the Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date, the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative.

 

Applicable Collateral Agent” means at any time, the Collateral Agent with respect to the Series of Obligations represented by the Authorized Representative that is the Applicable Authorized Representative at such time.

 

Authorized Representative” means, at any time, (a) in the case of any Credit Agreement Obligations or the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent, (b) in the case of the Initial Additional Obligations or the Initial Additional Secured Parties, the Initial Additional Authorized Representative, and (c) in the case of any other Series of Additional Obligations or Additional Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof, the Authorized Representative named for such Series in the applicable Joinder Agreement.

 

Bankruptcy Case” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).

 

Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.

 

Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any other federal, state or foreign law, including common law, from time to time in effect in respect of voluntary or involuntary insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, wind-up, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, reorganization, or debtor relief.

 

Exhibit H-1-3

 

 

 

Barclays” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

 

Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

 

Collateral” means all assets and properties subject to Liens created pursuant to any Security Document to secure one or more Series of Obligations.

 

Collateral Agent” means (a) in the case of any Credit Agreement Obligations, any Initial Additional Credit Agreement Obligations and any Additional Credit Agreement Obligations, the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, (b) in the case of the Initial Additional Obligations, other than Initial Additional Credit Agreement Obligations, the Initial Additional Collateral Agent, and (c) in the case of the Additional Obligations, other than Additional Credit Agreement Obligations, the Additional Collateral Agent.

 

Controlling Secured Parties” means, with respect to any Shared Collateral, (a) at any time when the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent is the Applicable Collateral Agent, the Credit Agreement Secured Parties and (b) at any other time, the Series of Secured Parties whose Authorized Representative is the Applicable Authorized Representative for such Shared Collateral.

 

Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016, among Holdings, the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto, Barclays, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and the other parties thereto.

 

Credit Agreement Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

 

Credit Agreement Collateral Documents” means the Security Agreement and Pledge Agreement (each, as defined in the Credit Agreement), the other Security Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and each other agreement entered into in favor of the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent for the purpose of securing any Credit Agreement Obligations.

 

Credit Agreement Obligations” means “Obligations” as defined in the Credit Agreement.

 

Credit Agreement Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Credit Agreement.

 

Credit Agreement Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement dated as of June 7, 2016 among the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent and the Grantors party thereto.

 

DIP Financing” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).

 

DIP Financing Liens” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).

 

DIP Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).

 

Exhibit H-1-4

 

 

 

Discharge” means, with respect to any Shared Collateral and any Series of Obligations, the date on which such Series of Obligations is no longer secured by such Shared Collateral. The term “Discharged” shall have a corresponding meaning.

 

Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations” means, with respect to any Shared Collateral, the Discharge of the Credit Agreement Obligations with respect to such Shared Collateral; provided that the Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred in connection with a Refinancing of such Credit Agreement Obligations with additional Obligations secured by such Shared Collateral under an Additional Document that has been designated in writing by the Administrative Agent (under the Credit Agreement so Refinanced) to the Initial Additional Collateral Agent or Additional Collateral Agent and each other Authorized Representative as the “Credit Agreement” for purposes of this Agreement.

 

Event of Default” means an “Event of Default” (or similarly defined term) as defined in any Secured Credit Document.

 

Grantors” means the Borrower, Holdings, and each of the other Guarantors (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that has granted a security interest pursuant to any Security Document to secure any Series of Obligations. The Grantors existing on the date hereof are set forth in Annex I hereto.

 

Holdings” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

 

Impairment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.03.

 

Initial Additional Authorized Representative” means, in the case of any Initial Additional Obligations or Initial Additional Secured Parties that are subject to this Agreement on the date hereof, [ ].

 

Initial Additional Collateral Agent” means the collateral agent for the Initial Additional Secured Parties, together with its successors in such capacity.

 

Initial Additional Credit Agreement Obligations” means Additional Credit Agreement Obligations existing as at the date hereof, if any.

 

Initial Additional Credit Agreement Secured Party” means the holders of any Initial Additional Credit Agreement Obligations and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto.

 

Initial Additional Obligations” shall mean the Initial Additional Credit Agreement Obligations and all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Grantor arising under any Additional Documents relating to Indebtedness Incurred by, or provided to, the Borrower and/or any other Credit Party, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Grantor of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding (or that would accrue but for the operation of applicable Bankruptcy Law), regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding, in each case, to the extent, but only to the extent permitted by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Additional Documents to be Incurred and secured by Liens on the Shared Collateral on a priority basis that is equal to the Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the Credit Agreement Obligations.

 

Exhibit H-1-5

 

 

 

Initial Additional Secured Party” means the holders of any Initial Additional Obligations and any Authorized Representative and Collateral Agent with respect thereto.

 

Initial Additional Security Documents” means any security agreement or any other document now existing or entered into after the date hereof that create Liens on any assets or properties of any Grantor to secure the Initial Additional Obligations.

 

Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means:

 

(1)            any case or other proceeding commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Grantor under any Bankruptcy Law, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Borrower or any other Grantor, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Borrower or any other Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Borrower or any other Grantor or its creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary;

 

(2)            any liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding up of or relating to the Borrower or any other Grantor, in each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or

 

(3)            any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors of the Borrower or any other Grantor are determined and any payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such claims.

 

Intervening Creditor” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a).

 

Joinder Agreement” means a joinder to this Agreement in the form of Annex II hereof required to be delivered by an Authorized Representative to each Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative pursuant to Section 5.13 hereof in order to establish an additional Series of Additional Obligations and add Additional Secured Parties (other than Initial Additional Secured Parties) hereunder.

 

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, security interest, hypothecation, assignment, 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 a straight-line or operating lease be deemed to be a Lien.

 

Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative” means, with respect to any Shared Collateral, the Authorized Representative of the Series of Additional Obligations or Initial Additional Obligations that constitutes the largest outstanding principal amount of any then outstanding Series of Obligations with respect to such Shared Collateral; provided, however, that if there are two outstanding Series of Additional Obligations or Initial Additional Obligations (as the case may be) which have an equal outstanding principal amount, the Series of Additional Obligations or Initial Additional Obligations (as the case may be) with the earlier maturity date shall be considered to have the larger outstanding principal amount for purposes of this definition.

 

New York UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

 

Exhibit H-1-6

 

 

 

Non-Controlling Authorized Representative” means, at any time with respect to any Shared Collateral, any Authorized Representative that is not the Applicable Authorized Representative at such time with respect to such Shared Collateral.

 

Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date” means, with respect to any Non-Controlling Authorized Representative, the date which is 90 days (throughout which 90 day period such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative was the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative) after the occurrence of both (A) an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Additional Document under which such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative is the Authorized Representative) and (b) each Collateral Agent’s and each other Authorized Representative’s receipt of written notice from such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative certifying that (i) such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative is the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative and that an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Additional Document under which such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative is the Authorized Representative) has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the Additional Obligations or Initial Additional Obligations of the Series with respect to which such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative is the Authorized Representative are currently due and payable in full (whether as a result of acceleration thereof or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of the applicable Additional Document; provided that the Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date shall be stayed and shall not occur and shall be deemed not to have occurred with respect to any Shared Collateral (A) at any time the Administrative Agent or the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent has commenced and is diligently pursuing any enforcement action with respect to such Shared Collateral or (B) at any time the Grantor which has granted a security interest in such Shared Collateral is then a debtor under or with respect to (or otherwise subject to) any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

 

Non-Controlling Secured Parties” means, with respect to any Shared Collateral, the Secured Parties which are not Controlling Secured Parties with respect to such Shared Collateral.

 

Obligations” means, collectively, (a) the Credit Agreement Obligations, (b) the Initial Additional Obligations, and (c) each Series of Additional Obligations.

 

Possessory Collateral” means any Shared Collateral in the possession of a Collateral Agent (or its agents or bailees), to the extent that possession thereof perfects a Lien thereon under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction. Possessory Collateral includes, without limitation, any Certificated Securities, Promissory Notes, Instruments, and Chattel Paper, in each case, delivered to or in the possession of the Collateral Agent under the terms of the Security Documents.

 

Proceeds” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a).

 

Refinance” means, in respect of any indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, increase, modify, supplement, restructure, refund, replace or repay, or to Incur other indebtedness or enter alternative financing arrangements, in exchange or replacement for such indebtedness (in whole or in part), including by adding or replacing lenders, creditors, agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, and including in each case, but not limited to, after the original instrument giving rise to such indebtedness has been terminated and including, in each case, through any credit agreement, indenture or other agreement. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” have correlative meanings.

 

Secured Credit Document” means (a) the Credit Agreement and each Credit Document (as defined in the Credit Agreement), (b) each Additional Document with respect to the Initial Additional Obligations, and (c) each Additional Document with respect to any Series of Additional Class Debt.

 

Exhibit H-1-7

 

 

 

Secured Parties” means (a) the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, (b) the Initial Additional Secured Parties with respect to the Initial Additional Obligations, and (c) the Additional Secured Parties with respect to each Series of Additional Obligations.

 

Security Documents” means, collectively, (a) the Credit Agreement Collateral Documents, (b) the Initial Additional Security Documents, and (c) the Additional Security Documents.

 

Series” means (a) with respect to the Secured Parties, each of (i) the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in their capacities as such), (ii) the Initial Additional Secured Parties (in their capacities as such), and (iii) the Additional Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof that are represented by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Additional Secured Parties) and (b) with respect to any Obligations, each of (i) the Credit Agreement Obligations, (ii) the Initial Additional Obligations, and (iii) the Additional Obligations Incurred pursuant to any Additional Document, which pursuant to any Joinder Agreement, are to be represented hereunder by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Additional Obligations).

 

Shared Collateral” means, at any time, Collateral in which the holders of two or more Series of Obligations hold a valid and perfected security interest at such time. If more than two Series of Obligations are outstanding at any time and the holders of less than all Series of Obligations hold a valid and perfected security interest in any Collateral at such time, then such Collateral shall constitute Shared Collateral for those Series of Obligations that hold a valid security interest in such Collateral at such time and shall not constitute Shared Collateral for any Series which does not have a valid and perfected security interest in such Collateral at such time.

 

SECTION 1.02 Terms Generally. The rules of construction and other interpretive provisions set forth in Sections 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 and 1.11 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Agreement, including terms defined in the preamble and recitals to this Agreement..

 

SECTION 1.03 Impairments. It is the intention of the Secured Parties of each Series that the holders of Obligations of such Series (and not the Secured Parties of any other Series) bear the risk of (a) any determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that (i) any of the Obligations of such Series are unenforceable under Applicable Law or are subordinated to any other obligations (other than another Series of Obligations), (ii) any of the Obligations of such Series do not have an enforceable security interest in any of the Collateral securing any other Series of Obligations and/or (iii) any intervening security interest exists securing any other obligations (other than another Series of Obligations) on a basis ranking prior to the security interest of such Series of Obligations but junior to the security interest of any other Series of Obligations or (b) the existence of any Collateral for any other Series of Obligations that is not Shared Collateral (any such condition referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b) with respect to any Series of Obligations, an “Impairment” of such Series); provided, that the existence of a maximum claim with respect to any real property subject to a mortgage which applies to all Obligations shall not be deemed to be an Impairment of any Series of Obligations. In the event of any Impairment with respect to any Series of Obligations, the results of such Impairment shall be borne solely by the holders of such Series of Obligations, and the rights of the holders of such Series of Obligations (including, without limitation, the right to receive distributions in respect of such Series of Obligations pursuant to Section 2.01) set forth herein shall be modified to the extent necessary so that the effects of such Impairment are borne solely by the holders of the Series of such Obligations subject to such Impairment. Additionally, in the event the Obligations of any Series are modified pursuant to Applicable Law (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code or any equivalent provision of any other Bankruptcy Law), any reference to such Obligations or the Security Documents governing such Obligations shall refer to such obligations or such documents as so modified.

 

Exhibit H-1-8

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Shared Collateral

 

SECTION 2.01 Priority of Claims.

 

(a)            Anything contained herein or in any of the Secured Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding (but subject to Section 1.03), if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and the Applicable Collateral Agent or any Secured Party is taking action to enforce rights in respect of any Shared Collateral, or any distribution is made in respect of any Shared Collateral in any Bankruptcy Case of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Grantor or any Secured Party receives any payment pursuant to any intercreditor agreement (other than this Agreement) with respect to any Shared Collateral, the proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any such Collateral by any Secured Party or received by the Applicable Collateral Agent or any Secured Party pursuant to any such intercreditor agreement with respect to such Shared Collateral and proceeds of any such distribution (subject, in the case of any such distribution, to the sentence immediately following) to which the Obligations are entitled under any intercreditor agreement (other than this Agreement) (all proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any Shared Collateral and all proceeds of any such distribution being collectively referred to as “Proceeds”), shall be applied (i) FIRST, to the payment in full in cash of all amounts owing to each Collateral Agent (in its capacity as such) pursuant to the terms of any Secured Credit Document, (ii) SECOND, subject to Section 1.03, to the payment in full in cash of the Obligations of each Series on a ratable basis, with such Proceeds to be applied to the Obligations of a given Series in accordance with the terms of the applicable Secured Credit Documents and (iii) THIRD, after payment in full in cash of all Obligations, to the Borrower and the other Grantors or their successors or assigns, as their interests may appear, or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct. If, despite the provisions of this Section 2.01(a), any Secured Party shall receive any payment or other recovery in excess of its portion of payments on account of the Obligations to which it is then entitled in accordance with this Section 2.01(a), such Secured Party shall hold such payment or recovery in trust for the benefit of all Secured Parties for distribution in accordance with this Section 2.01(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Shared Collateral for which a third party (other than a Secured Party) has a lien or security interest that is junior in priority to the security interest of any Series of Obligations but senior (as determined by appropriate legal proceedings in the case of any dispute) to the security interest of any other Series of Obligations (such third party, an “Intervening Creditor”), the value of any Shared Collateral or Proceeds which are allocated to such Intervening Creditor shall be deducted on a ratable basis solely from the Shared Collateral or Proceeds to be distributed in respect of the Series of Obligations with respect to which such Impairment exists.

 

(b)            It is acknowledged that the Obligations of any Series may, subject to the limitations set forth in the then extant Secured Credit Documents and subject to Section 2.08, be increased, extended, renewed, replaced, restated, supplemented, restructured, repaid, refunded, Refinanced or otherwise amended or modified from time to time, all without affecting the priorities set forth in Section 2.01(a) or the provisions of this Agreement defining the relative rights of the Secured Parties of any Series.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing any Series of Obligations granted on the Shared Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, or any other Applicable Law or the Secured Credit Documents or any defect or deficiencies in the Liens securing the Obligations of any Series or any other circumstance whatsoever (but, in each case, subject to Section 1.03), each Secured Party hereby agrees that the Liens securing each Series of Obligations on any Shared Collateral shall be of equal priority.

 

Exhibit H-1-9

 

 

 

SECTION 2.02 Actions with Respect to Shared Collateral; Prohibition on Contesting Liens.

 

(a)            Only the Applicable Collateral Agent shall act or refrain from acting with respect to any Shared Collateral (including with respect to any intercreditor agreement with respect to any Shared Collateral). At any time when the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent is the Applicable Collateral Agent, no Additional Secured Party shall or shall instruct any Collateral Agent to, commence any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce its security interest in or realize upon, or take any other action available to it in respect of, any Shared Collateral (including with respect to any intercreditor agreement with respect to any Shared Collateral), whether under any Additional Security Document, Applicable Law or otherwise, it being agreed that only the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent or any person authorized by it, acting in accordance with the Credit Agreement Collateral Documents, shall be entitled to take any such actions or exercise any such remedies with respect to Shared Collateral at such time.

 

(b)            With respect to any Shared Collateral at any time when the Additional Collateral Agent or the Initial Additional Collateral Agent is the Applicable Collateral Agent, (i) the Applicable Collateral Agent shall act only on the instructions of the Applicable Authorized Representative, (ii) the Applicable Collateral Agent shall not follow any instructions with respect to such Shared Collateral (including with respect to any intercreditor agreement with respect to any Shared Collateral) from any Non-Controlling Authorized Representative (or any other Secured Party other than the Applicable Authorized Representative) and (iii) no Non-Controlling Authorized Representative or other Secured Party (other than the Applicable Authorized Representative) shall or shall instruct the Applicable Collateral Agent to, commence any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce its security interest in or realize upon, or take any other action available to it in respect of, any Shared Collateral (including with respect to any intercreditor agreement with respect to any Shared Collateral), whether under any Security Document, Applicable Law or otherwise, it being agreed that only the Applicable Collateral Agent, acting on the instructions of the Applicable Authorized Representative and in accordance with the Additional Security Documents or Initial Additional Security Documents (as applicable), shall be entitled to take any such actions or exercise any such remedies with respect to Shared Collateral.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding the equal priority of the Liens securing each Series of Obligations, the Applicable Collateral Agent (in the case of the Additional Collateral Agent or the Initial Additional Collateral Agent, acting on the instructions of the Applicable Authorized Representative) may deal with the Shared Collateral as if such Applicable Collateral Agent had a senior Lien on such Collateral. No Non-Controlling Authorized Representative or Non-Controlling Secured Party will contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the Applicable Collateral Agent, the Applicable Authorized Representative or the Controlling Secured Party or any other exercise by the Applicable Collateral Agent, the Applicable Authorized Representative or the Controlling Secured Party of any rights and remedies relating to the Shared Collateral, or to cause the Applicable Collateral Agent to do so. The foregoing shall not be construed to limit the rights and priorities of any Secured Party, the Applicable Collateral Agent or any Authorized Representative with respect to any Collateral not constituting Shared Collateral.

 

(d)            Each of the Secured Parties agrees that it will not (and hereby waives any right to) question or contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the perfection, priority, validity, attachment or enforceability of a Lien held by or on behalf of any of the Secured Parties in all or any part of the Collateral, or the provisions of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any Collateral Agent or any Authorized Representative to enforce this Agreement.

 

Exhibit H-1-10

 

 

 

SECTION 2.03 No Interference; Payment Over.

 

(a)            Each Secured Party agrees that (i) it will not challenge or question in any proceeding the validity or enforceability of any Obligations of any Series or any Security Document or the validity, attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien under any Security Document or the validity or enforceability of the priorities, rights or duties established by or other provisions of this Agreement; (ii) it will not take or cause to be taken any action the purpose or intent of which is, or could be, to interfere, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, any Disposition of the Shared Collateral by the Applicable Collateral Agent, (iii) except as provided in Section 2.02, it shall have no right to (A) direct the Applicable Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to any Shared Collateral (including pursuant to any intercreditor agreement) or (B) consent to the exercise by the Applicable Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party of any right, remedy or power with respect to any Shared Collateral, (iv) it will not institute any suit, Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or any other proceeding any claim against the Applicable Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise with respect to any Shared Collateral, and none of the Applicable Collateral Agent, any Applicable Authorized Representative or any other Secured Party shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Applicable Collateral Agent, such Applicable Authorized Representative or other Secured Party with respect to any Shared Collateral in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (v) it will not seek, and hereby waives any right, to have any Shared Collateral or any part thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of such Collateral and (vi) it will not attempt, directly or indirectly, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to challenge the enforceability of any provision of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any of the Applicable Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to enforce this Agreement.

 

(b)            Each Secured Party hereby agrees that if it shall obtain possession of any Shared Collateral or shall realize any proceeds or payment in respect of any such Shared Collateral, pursuant to any Security Document or by the exercise of any rights available to it under Applicable Law or in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or through any other exercise of remedies (including pursuant to any intercreditor agreement), at any time prior to the Discharge of each of the Obligations, then it shall hold such Shared Collateral, proceeds or payment in trust for the other Secured Parties and promptly transfer such Shared Collateral, proceeds or payment, as the case may be, to the Applicable Collateral Agent, to be distributed in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01 hereof.

 

SECTION 2.04 Automatic Release of Liens.

 

(a)            If, at any time the Applicable Collateral Agent forecloses upon or otherwise exercises remedies against any Shared Collateral resulting in a sale or disposition thereof, then (whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding is pending at the time) the Liens in favor of the other Collateral Agent for the benefit of each Series of Secured Parties upon such Shared Collateral will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, such Liens of the Applicable Collateral Agent on such Shared Collateral are released and discharged; provided that any proceeds of any Shared Collateral realized therefrom shall be applied pursuant to Section 2.01.

 

Exhibit H-1-11

 

 

 

(b)            Each Collateral Agent and Authorized Representative agrees to execute and deliver (at the sole cost and expense of the Grantors) all such authorizations and other instruments as shall reasonably be requested by the Applicable Collateral Agent to evidence and confirm any release of Shared Collateral provided for in this Section 2.04.

 

SECTION 2.05 Certain Agreements with Respect to Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.

 

(a)            This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the commencement of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law by or against Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(b)            If Holdings, the Borrower and/or any other Grantor shall become subject to a case or other proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law (a “Bankruptcy Case”) and shall, as debtor(s)-in-possession, move for approval of financing (“DIP Financing”) to be provided by one or more lenders (the “DIP Lenders”) under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any equivalent provision of any other Bankruptcy Law or the use of cash collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or any equivalent provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, each Secured Party (other than any Controlling Secured Party or Authorized Representative of any Controlling Secured Party) agrees that it will raise no objection to any such financing or to the Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the same (“DIP Financing Liens”) or to any use of cash collateral that constitutes Shared Collateral, unless the Authorized Representative of any Controlling Secured Party, shall then oppose or object to such DIP Financing or such DIP Financing Liens or use of cash collateral (and (i) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens are senior to the Liens on any such Shared Collateral for the benefit of the Controlling Secured Parties, each Non-Controlling Secured Party will subordinate its Liens with respect to such Shared Collateral on the same terms as the Liens of the Controlling Secured Parties (other than any Liens of any Secured Parties constituting DIP Financing Liens) are subordinated thereto, and (ii) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens rank equal in priority with the Liens on any such Shared Collateral granted to secure the Obligations of the Controlling Secured Parties, each Non-Controlling Secured Party will confirm the priorities with respect to such Shared Collateral as set forth herein), in each case so long as (A) the Secured Parties of each Series retain the benefit of their Liens on all such Shared Collateral pledged to the DIP Lenders, including proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of such proceeding, with the same priority vis-à-vis all the other Secured Parties (other than any Liens of the Secured Parties constituting DIP Financing Liens) as existed prior to the commencement of the Bankruptcy Case, (B) the Secured Parties of each Series are granted Liens on any additional collateral pledged to any Secured Parties as adequate protection or otherwise in connection with such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, with the same priority vis-à-vis the Secured Parties (other than any Liens of the Secured Parties constituting DIP Financing Liens) as set forth in this Agreement, (C) if any amount of such DIP Financing or cash collateral is applied to repay any of the Obligations, such amount is applied pursuant to Section 2.01, and (D) if any Secured Parties are granted adequate protection, including in the form of periodic payments, in connection with such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, the proceeds of such adequate protection are applied pursuant to Section 2.01; provided that the Secured Parties of each Series shall have a right to object to the grant of a Lien to secure the DIP Financing over any Collateral subject to Liens in favor of the Secured Parties of such Series or its Authorized Representative that shall not constitute Shared Collateral; and provided, further, that the Secured Parties receiving adequate protection shall not object to any other Secured Party receiving adequate protection comparable to any adequate protection granted to such Secured Parties in connection with a DIP Financing or use of cash collateral.

 

Exhibit H-1-12

 

 

 

SECTION 2.06 Reinstatement. In the event that any of the Obligations shall be paid in full and such payment or any part thereof shall subsequently, for whatever reason (including an order or judgment for disgorgement of a preference under any Bankruptcy Law, or any similar law, or the settlement of any claim in respect thereof), be required to be returned or repaid, the terms and conditions of this Article II shall be fully applicable thereto until all such Obligations shall again have been paid in full in cash.

 

SECTION 2.07 Insurance. As between the Secured Parties, the Applicable Collateral Agent (and in the case of the Additional Collateral Agent, acting at the direction of the Applicable Authorized Representative) shall have the right to adjust or settle any insurance policy or claim covering or constituting Shared Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Shared Collateral.

 

SECTION 2.08 Refinancings. The Obligations of any Series may be Refinanced, in whole or in part, in each case, without notice to, or the consent (except to the extent a consent is otherwise required to permit the Refinancing transaction under any Secured Credit Document) of any Secured Party of any other Series, all without affecting the priorities provided for herein or the other provisions hereof; provided that the Authorized Representative of the holders of any such Refinancing indebtedness shall have executed a Joinder Agreement on behalf of the holders of such Refinancing indebtedness.

 

SECTION 2.09 Possessory Collateral Agent as Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection.

 

(a)            The Possessory Collateral shall be delivered to the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent and the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent agrees to hold any Shared Collateral constituting Possessory Collateral that is part of the Collateral in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee for the benefit of each other Secured Party and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Possessory Collateral, if any, pursuant to the applicable Security Documents, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.09; provided that at any time the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent is not the Applicable Collateral Agent, the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent shall, at the request of the Applicable Collateral Agent, promptly deliver all Possessory Collateral to the Applicable Collateral Agent together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the Applicable Collateral Agent to obtain control of such Possessory Collateral). The Borrower shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify each Collateral Agent for loss or damage suffered by such Collateral Agent as a result of such transfer except for loss or damage suffered by such Collateral Agent as a result of its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.

 

(b)            The Applicable Collateral Agent agrees to hold any Shared Collateral constituting Possessory Collateral, from time to time in its possession, as gratuitous bailee for the benefit of each other Secured Party and any assignee, solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Possessory Collateral, if any, pursuant to the applicable Security Documents, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.09.

 

(c)            The duties or responsibilities of each Collateral Agent under this Section 2.09 shall be limited solely to holding any Shared Collateral constituting Possessory Collateral as gratuitous bailee for the benefit of each other Secured Party for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by such Secured Parties therein.

 

Exhibit H-1-13

 

 

 

SECTION 2.10 Amendments to Security Documents.

 

(a)            Without the prior written consent of the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, the Additional Collateral Agent and the Initial Additional Collateral Agent agree that no Additional Security Document or Initial Additional Security Document may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or entered into to the extent such amendment, supplement or modification, or the terms of any new Additional Security Document or new Initial Additional Security Document would be prohibited by, or would require any Grantor to act or refrain from acting in a manner that would violate, any of the terms of this Agreement.

 

(b)            Without the prior written consent of the Additional Collateral Agent and the Initial Additional Collateral Agent, the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent agrees that no Credit Agreement Collateral Document may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or entered into to the extent such amendment, supplement or modification, or the terms of any new Credit Agreement Collateral Document would be prohibited by, or would require any Grantor to act or refrain from acting in a manner that would violate, any of the terms of this Agreement.

 

(c)            In making determinations required by this Section 2.10, each Collateral Agent may conclusively rely on an officer’s certificate of the Borrower.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Existence and Amounts of Liens and Obligations

 

SECTION 3.01 Determinations with Respect to Amounts of Liens and Obligations. Whenever a Collateral Agent or any Authorized Representative shall be required, in connection with the exercise of its rights or the performance of its obligations hereunder, to determine the existence or amount of any Obligations of any Series, or the Shared Collateral subject to any Lien securing the Obligations of any Series, it may request that such information be furnished to it in writing by each other Authorized Representative or Collateral Agent and shall be entitled to make such determination or not make any determination on the basis of the information so furnished; provided, however, that if an Authorized Representative or a Collateral Agent shall fail or refuse reasonably promptly to provide the requested information, the requesting Collateral Agent or Authorized Representative shall be entitled to make any such determination by such method as it may, in the exercise of its good faith judgment, determine, including by reliance upon a certificate of the Borrower. Each Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative may rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any determination made by it in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sentence (or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction) and shall have no liability to any Grantor, any Secured Party or any other person as a result of such determination.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

The Applicable Collateral Agent

 

SECTION 4.01 Authority.

 

(a)            Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, nothing herein shall be construed to impose any fiduciary or other duty on any Applicable Collateral Agent to any Non-Controlling Secured Party or give any Non-Controlling Secured Party the right to direct any Applicable Collateral Agent, except that each Applicable Collateral Agent shall be obligated to distribute proceeds of any Shared Collateral in accordance with Section 2.01 hereof.

 

Exhibit H-1-14

 

 

 

(b)            In furtherance of the foregoing, each Non-Controlling Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that the Applicable Collateral Agent shall be entitled, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of or deal with any Shared Collateral as provided herein and in the Security Documents, as applicable, for which the Applicable Collateral Agent is the collateral agent of such Shared Collateral, without regard to any rights to which the Non-Controlling Secured Parties would otherwise be entitled as a result of the Obligations held by such Non-Controlling Secured Parties. Without limiting the foregoing, each Non-Controlling Secured Party agrees that none of the Applicable Collateral Agent, the Applicable Authorized Representative or any other Secured Party shall have any duty or obligation first to marshal or realize upon any type of Shared Collateral (or any other Collateral securing any of the Obligations), or to sell, dispose of or otherwise liquidate all or any portion of such Shared Collateral (or any other Collateral securing any Obligations), in any manner that would maximize the return to the Non-Controlling Secured Parties, notwithstanding that the order and timing of any such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation may affect the amount of proceeds actually received by the Non-Controlling Secured Parties from such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation. Each of the Secured Parties waives any claim it may now or hereafter have against any Collateral Agent or the Authorized Representative of any other Series of Obligations or any other Secured Party of any other Series arising out of (i) any actions which any Collateral Agent, Authorized Representative or the Secured Parties take or omit to take (including, actions with respect to the creation, perfection or continuation of Liens on any Collateral, actions with respect to the foreclosure upon, sale, release or depreciation of, or failure to realize upon, any of the Collateral and actions with respect to the collection of any claim for all or any part of the Obligations from any account debtor, guarantor or any other party) in accordance with the Security Documents or any other agreement related thereto or to the collection of the Obligations or the valuation, use, protection or release of any security for the Obligations, (ii) any election by any Applicable Collateral Agent, any Applicable Authorized Representative or any holders of Obligations, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable Bankruptcy Law, of the application of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any equivalent provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, or (iii) subject to Section 2.05, any borrowing by, or grant of a security interest or administrative expense priority under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any equivalent provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as debtor-in-possession. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Applicable Collateral Agent shall not accept any Shared Collateral in full or partial satisfaction of any Obligations pursuant to Section 9-620 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction or similar provision of any foreign law, without the consent of each Authorized Representative representing holders of Obligations for whom such Collateral constitutes Shared Collateral.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Miscellaneous

 

SECTION 5.01 Notices. All notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:

 

(a) if to the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, to it at:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

745 7th Avenue

24th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Christine Aharonian

Tel: [____________]

 

Exhibit H-1-15

 

 

 

Electronic mail: [_______________]

 

(b) if to the Credit Agreement Administrative Agent, to it at:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

745 7th Avenue

24th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Christine Aharonian

Tel: [____________]

Electronic mail: [_______________]

 

(c) if to Holdings, the Borrower or any Grantor, to the Borrower, at its address at:

 

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC or MPH Acquisition Corp 1

c/o MultiPlan

535 East Diehl Road

Naperville, IL 60563

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Tel: [____________]

Facsimile: [___________________]

 

(d) if to the Initial Additional Collateral Agent and the Initial Additional Authorized Representative, to it at:

 

[    ]

 

(e) if to any other Authorized Representative, to it at the address set forth in the applicable Joinder Agreement.

 

Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt (if a Business Day) and on the next Business Day thereafter (in all other cases) if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by telecopy or on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 5.01 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 5.01. As agreed to in writing among each Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative from time to time, notices and other communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the e-mail address of a representative of the applicable person provided from time to time by such person.

 

SECTION 5.02 Waivers; Amendment; Joinder Agreements.

 

(a)            No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereto are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 5.02, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle such party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

 

Exhibit H-1-16

 

 

 

(b)            Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be terminated, waived, amended or modified (other than pursuant to any Joinder Agreement) except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by each Authorized Representative and each Collateral Agent (and with respect to any such termination, waiver, amendment or modification which by the terms of this Agreement requires the Borrower’s consent or which increases the obligations or reduces the rights of the Borrower or any other Grantor, with the consent of the Borrower).

 

(c)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any Secured Party, any Authorized Representative may become a party hereto by execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in accordance with Section 5.13 and upon such execution and delivery, such Authorized Representative and the Additional Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof and Additional Obligations of the Series for which such Authorized Representative is acting shall be subject to the terms hereof and the terms of the Additional Security Documents applicable thereto.

 

(d)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any other Authorized Representative or Secured Party, the Collateral Agents may effect amendments and modifications to this Agreement to the extent necessary to reflect any Incurrence of any Additional Obligations in compliance with the Credit Agreement and the other Secured Credit Documents. With respect to any Additional Class Debt that is Incurred after the Closing Date, the Borrower and each of the other Grantors agrees to take such actions (if any) as may from time to time reasonably be requested by any Authorized Representative, and enter into such technical amendments, modifications and/or supplements to this Agreement, the then existing Guarantees and Collateral Documents (or execute and deliver such additional Collateral Documents) as may from time to time be reasonably requested by such Persons, to ensure that such Additional Class Debt are secured by, and entitled to the benefits of, the relevant Collateral Documents relating to such Additional Class Debt, and each Secured Party (by its acceptance of the benefits hereof) hereby agrees to, and authorizes the applicable Authorized Representative, as the case may be, to enter into, any such technical amendments, modifications and/or supplements (and additional Collateral Documents).

 

SECTION 5.03 Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, as well as the other Secured Parties, all of whom are intended to be bound by, and to be third party beneficiaries of, this Agreement.

 

SECTION 5.04 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by any party in this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 5.05 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

SECTION 5.06 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. The parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

Exhibit H-1-17

 

 

 

SECTION 5.07 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 5.08 Submission to Jurisdiction Waivers; Consent to Service of Process. Each Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties of the Series for whom it is acting, irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

(a)           submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the Security Documents, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in the Borough of Manhattan, the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;

 

(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 such Person (or its Authorized Representative) at the address set forth in Section 5.01;

 

(d)           agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of any other party hereto (or any Secured Party) to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right of any party hereto (or any Secured Party) to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

 

(e)           waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 5.08 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

 

SECTION 5.09 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

 

SECTION 5.10 Headings. Article, Section and Annex headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

 

SECTION 5.11 Conflicts. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any of the Security Documents or any of the other Secured Credit Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall control.


Exhibit H-1-18

 

 

 

SECTION 5.12 Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. The provisions of this Agreement are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Secured Parties in relation to one another. None of the Borrower, any other Grantor or any other creditor thereof shall have any rights or obligations hereunder, except as expressly provided in this Agreement (provided that nothing in this Agreement (other than Sections 2.04, 2.05, and 2.09) is intended to or will amend, waive or otherwise modify the provisions of the Credit Agreement or any Additional Documents), and none of the Borrower or any other Grantor may rely on the terms hereof (other than Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.09 and Article V). Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of any Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms.

 

SECTION 5.13 Additional Senior Debt. To the extent, but only to the extent permitted by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Additional Documents, the Borrower may Incur additional indebtedness after the date hereof that is permitted by the Credit Agreement and the Additional Documents to be Incurred and secured by the Shared Collateral on a priority basis that is equal to the Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the Obligations (such indebtedness referred to as “Additional Class Debt”). Any such Additional Class Debt may be secured by a Lien on the Shared Collateral on a basis that is equal to the Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the Obligations, in each case under and pursuant to the Additional Documents, if and subject to the condition that the Authorized Representative of any such Additional Class Debt (each, an “Additional Class Debt Representative”), acting on behalf of the holders of such Additional Class Debt (such Authorized Representative and holders in respect of any Additional Class Debt being referred to as the “Additional Class Debt Parties”), and, to the extent not already a party hereto, the collateral agent for any such Additional Class Debt, becomes a party to this Agreement by satisfying the conditions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) of the immediately succeeding paragraph.

 

In order for an Additional Class Debt Representative and, if applicable, the collateral agent for any such Additional Class Debt, to become a party to this Agreement,

 

(i)            such Additional Class Debt Representative, each Collateral Agent, each Authorized Representative and each Grantor shall have executed and delivered an instrument substantially in the form of Annex II (with such changes as may be reasonably approved by each Collateral Agent and such Additional Class Debt Representative) pursuant to which (a) such Additional Class Debt Representative becomes an Authorized Representative hereunder, (b) if applicable, such collateral agent becomes the Additional Collateral Agent hereunder, and (c) the Additional Class Debt in respect of which such Additional Class Debt Representative is the Authorized Representative and the related Additional Class Debt Parties become subject hereto and bound hereby;

 

(ii)            the Borrower shall have (x) delivered to each Collateral Agent true and complete copies of each of the Additional Documents relating to such Additional Class Debt, certified as being true and correct by an authorized officer of the Borrower and (y) identified in a certificate of an authorized officer the obligations to be designated as Additional Obligations and the initial aggregate principal amount or face amount thereof;

 

(iii)           all filings, recordations and/or amendments or supplements to the Security Documents necessary or desirable in the reasonable judgment of such Additional Class Debt Representative to confirm and perfect the Liens securing the relevant obligations relating to such Additional Class Debt shall have been made, executed and/or delivered (or, with respect to any such filings or recordations, acceptable provisions to perform such filings or recordings have been taken in the reasonable judgment of such Additional Class Debt Representative), and all fees and taxes in connection therewith shall have been paid (or acceptable provisions to make such payments have been taken in the reasonable judgment of the Additional Class Debt Representative); and

 

Exhibit H-1-19

 

 

 

(iv)            the Additional Documents, as applicable, relating to such Additional Class Debt shall provide, in a manner reasonably satisfactory to each Collateral Agent, that each Additional Class Debt Party with respect to such Additional Class Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of this Agreement in its capacity as a holder of such Additional Class Debt.

 

SECTION 5.14 Agent Capacities. Except as expressly provided herein or in the Credit Agreement Collateral Documents, Barclays is acting in the capacity of Authorized Representative solely for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties and in its capacity as Collateral Agent solely for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, the Initial Additional Credit Agreement Secured Parties and the Additional Credit Agreement Secured Parties. Except as expressly set forth herein, none of the Administrative Agent, the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, the Initial Additional Collateral Agent or the Additional Collateral Agent shall have any duties or obligations in respect of any of the Collateral, all of such duties and obligations, if any, being subject to and governed by the applicable Secured Credit Documents.

 

SECTION 5.15 Integration. This Agreement together with the other Secured Credit Documents and the Security Documents represents the agreement of each of the Grantors and the Secured Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any Grantor, the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, or any other Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Secured Credit Documents or the Security Documents.

 

[Signature Pages Follows]

 

Exhibit H-1-20

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

  BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Collateral Agent
   
  By:  
  Name:
  Title:
     
  BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Authorized Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties
     
  By:  
  Name:
  Title:
     
     
  [   ], as Initial Additional Collateral Agent
     
  By:  
  Name:
  Title:
     
     
  [    ], as Initial Additional Authorized Representative for the Initial Additional Credit Agreement Secured Parties
     
  By:  
  Name:
  Title:

 

Exhibit H-1-21

 

 

 

 

  [MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1]
   
   
  By:    
    Name:                      
    Title:  
       
       
  [MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC]
   
   
  By:    
    Name:  
    Title:  
       
       
  [GRANTORS]
   
   
  By:    
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

Exhibit H-1-22

 

 

 

ANNEX I

 

Grantors

 

Exhibit H-1-23

 

 

 

ANNEX II

 

[FORM OF] JOINDER NO. [   ] dated as of [   ], 20[   ] to the EQUAL PRIORITY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [   ] (the “Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement”), among [MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1], a Delaware [corporation] (or any successor thereof), [MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC], a Delaware [limited liability company], the other Grantors (as defined below) from time to time party thereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC (“Barclays”), as collateral agent for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties under the Security Documents (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “Credit Agreement Collateral Agent”), BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Authorized Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, [[   ], as Additional Collateral Agent], [   ], as Initial Additional Authorized Representative, and the additional Authorized Representatives from time to time a party thereto.1

 

A.          Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement.

 

B.          As a condition to the ability of the Borrower to Incur Additional Obligations and to secure such Additional Class Debt with the liens and security interests created by the Additional Security Documents, the Additional Class Debt Representative in respect of such Additional Class Debt is required to become an Authorized Representative, and such Additional Class Debt and the Additional Class Debt Parties in respect thereof are required to become subject to and bound by, the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement. Section 5.13 of the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Additional Class Debt Representative may become an Authorized Representative, and such Additional Class Debt and such Additional Class Debt Parties may become subject to and bound by the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement upon the execution and delivery by the Authorized Representative of an instrument in the form of this Joinder and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in Section 5.13 of the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement. The undersigned Additional Class Debt Representative (the “New Representative”) are executing this Joinder Agreement in accordance with the requirements of the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents.

 

Accordingly, each Collateral Agent, each Authorized Representative and the New Representative agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.     In accordance with Section 5.13 of the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement, the New Representative by its signature below becomes an Authorized Representative under, and the related Additional Class Debt and Additional Class Debt Parties become subject to and bound by, the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement with the same force and effect as if the New Representative had originally been named therein as an Authorized Representative and the New Representative, on its behalf and on behalf of such Additional Class Debt Parties, hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as Authorized Representative and to the Additional Class Debt Parties that it represents as Additional Secured Parties. Each reference to an “Authorized Representative” in the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Representative. The Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

1          In the event of (a) a joinder by the Additional Collateral Agent or (b) the Refinancing of the Credit Agreement Obligations, revise to reflect joinder by the Additional Collateral Agent or a new Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, as applicable.

 

Exhibit H-1-24

 

 

 

SECTION 2.     The New Representative represents and warrants to each Collateral Agent, each Authorized Representative and the other Secured Parties, individually, that (i) it has full power and authority to enter into this Joinder, in its capacity as [agent] [trustee] under [describe Additional Document, (ii) this Joinder has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms and (iii) the Additional Documents relating to such Additional Class Debt provide that, upon the New Representative’s entry into this Agreement, the Additional Class Debt Parties in respect of such Additional Class Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement as Additional Secured Parties.

 

SECTION 3.     This Joinder may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Joinder shall become effective when each Collateral Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Joinder that bears the signatures of the New Representative. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Joinder by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Joinder.

 

SECTION 4.     Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 5.     THIS JOINDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 6.     In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Joinder should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

SECTION 7.     All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 5.01 of the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Representative shall be given to it at its address set forth below its signature hereto.

 

SECTION 8.     The Borrower agrees to reimburse each Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative for its reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Joinder, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of one firm of counsel.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

Exhibit H-1-25

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Representative has duly executed this Joinder to the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  [NAME OF NEW REPRESENTATIVE], as [   ] for the holders of [    ],
   
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  Address for notices:
   
  attention of:  
  Telecopy:  

 

Exhibit H-1-26

 

 

 

Acknowledged by:  
       
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,  
as the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent and Authorized Representative,  
       
       
By:                    
  Name:                         
  Title:    
       
       
[              ],  
as [the Additional Collateral Agent and] Initial Additional Authorized Representative,
       
By:      
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
[OTHER AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES]  
       
       
[MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1],  
as Holdings  
       
       
By:      
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
       
[MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC],  
as Borrower  
       
       
By:      
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
       
THE OTHER GRANTORS LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO  
       
       
By:      
  Name:  
  Title:  
       

 

Exhibit H-1-27

 

 

 

ANNEX II

Schedule I to the

Supplement to the

Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement

 

Grantors

 

Exhibit H-1

 

 

EXHIBIT H-2

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF JUNIOR PRIORITY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

 

JUNIOR PRIORITY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

 

Among

 

[MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1]

as Holdings,

 

[MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC],

as the Borrower,

 

and the other Grantors party hereto,

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

as Senior Priority Representative for the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties,

 

[___],

as Second Priority Representative for the Second Lien Secured Parties,

 

and

 

each additional Representative from time to time party hereto

 

dated as of [___]

 

Exhibit H-2-1

 

 

 

JUNIOR PRIORITY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [_____] (this “Agreement”), among [MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1], a Delaware [corporation] (or any successor thereof), [MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC], a Delaware [limited liability company], the other Grantors (as defined below) party hereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC (“Barclays”) as Representative for the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “First Lien Collateral Agent”), [___] as Representative for the Second Lien Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “Second Lien Agent”), and each additional Senior Priority Representative and Second Priority Representative that from time to time becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.09.

 

In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the First Lien Collateral Agent (for itself and on behalf of the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties), the Second Lien Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties) and each additional Senior Priority Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Additional Senior Secured Parties under the applicable Additional Senior Priority Debt Facility) and each additional Second Priority Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Additional Second Priority Secured Parties under the applicable Additional Second Priority Debt Facility) agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1

Definitions

 

SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the First Lien Credit Agreement or, if defined in the New York UCC, the meanings specified therein. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

 

Additional Second Priority Debt” means any Indebtedness that is Incurred or guaranteed by the Borrower, Holdings and/or any other Guarantor (other than Indebtedness constituting Second Lien Obligations), which Indebtedness and Guarantees are secured by Liens on the Second Priority Collateral (or a portion thereof) having, or intended to have, a priority ranking (but without regard to control of remedies, other than as provided by the terms of the applicable Second Priority Debt Documents) that is junior to the Liens Liens on the Second Priority Collateral securing the First Lien Obligations; provided, however, that (a) such Indebtedness is permitted to be Incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by each Senior Priority Debt Document and Second Priority Debt Document and (b) the Representative for the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, Section 8.09 hereof.

 

Additional Second Priority Debt Documents” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Second Priority Debt, the promissory notes, credit agreements, loan agreements, note purchase agreements, indentures or other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Indebtedness or the Liens securing such Indebtedness, including the Second Priority Collateral Documents.

 

Additional Second Priority Debt Facility” means each credit agreement, loan agreement, note purchase agreement, indenture or other governing agreement with respect to any Additional Second Priority Debt.

 

Additional Second Priority Debt Obligations” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Second Priority Debt, (a) all principal of, and premium and interest (including, without limitation, any interest which accrues after the commencement of any Bankruptcy Case or which would accrue but for the operation of Bankruptcy Laws, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) payable with respect to, such Additional Second Priority Debt, (b) all other amounts payable to the related Additional Second Priority Secured Parties under the related Additional Second Priority Debt Documents and (c) any renewals or extensions of the foregoing.

 

Exhibit H-2-2

 

 

 

Additional Second Priority Secured Parties” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Second Priority Debt, the holders of such Indebtedness or any other Additional Second Priority Debt Obligation, the Representative with respect thereto, any trustee or agent therefor under any related Additional Second Priority Debt Documents and the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by the Borrower or any Guarantor under any related Additional Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

Additional Senior Priority Debt” means any Indebtedness that is Incurred or guaranteed by the Borrower, Holdings and/or any other Guarantor (other than Indebtedness constituting First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations), which Indebtedness and Guarantees are secured by Liens on the Senior Priority Collateral (or a portion thereof) having the same priority ranking (but without regard to control of remedies) as the Liens on the Senior Priority Collateral securing the First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations; provided, however, that (a) such Indebtedness is permitted to be Incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by each Senior Priority Debt Document and Second Priority Debt Document and (b) the Representative for the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, Section 8.09 hereof.

 

Additional Senior Priority Debt Documents” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Senior Priority Debt, the promissory notes, credit agreements, loan agreements, indentures, or other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Indebtedness or the Liens securing such Indebtedness, including the Senior Priority Collateral Documents.

 

Additional Senior Priority Debt Facility” means each credit agreement, loan agreement, note purchase agreement, indenture or other governing agreement with respect to any Additional Senior Priority Debt.

 

Additional Senior Priority Debt Obligations” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Senior Priority Debt, (a) all principal of, and premium and interest (including, without limitation, any interest which accrues after the commencement of any Bankruptcy Case or which would accrue but for the operation of Bankruptcy Laws, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) payable with respect to, such Additional Senior Priority Debt, (b) all other amounts payable to the related Additional Senior Secured Parties under the related Additional Senior Priority Debt Documents and (c) any renewals or extensions of the foregoing.

 

Additional Senior Secured Parties” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Senior Priority Debt, the holders of such Indebtedness or any other Additional Senior Priority Debt Obligation, the Representative with respect thereto, any trustee or agent therefor under any related Additional Senior Priority Debt Documents and the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by the Borrower or any Guarantor under any related Additional Senior Priority Debt Documents.

 

Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

 

Bankruptcy Case” means a case under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law.

 

Exhibit H-2-3

 

 

 

Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.

 

Bankruptcy Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code and any other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

 

Barclays” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

 

Board of Directors” means, with respect to any Person, (i) in the case of any corporation, the board of directors of such Person, (ii) in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers of such Person, (iii) in the case of any partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of such Person and (iv) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.

 

Borrower” means the “Borrower” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

 

Capital Stock” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation and including membership interests and partnership interests) and, except to the extent constituting Indebtedness, any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase, acquire or exchange any of the foregoing.

 

Class Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

Class Debt Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

Class Debt Representatives” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

Closing Date” means June 7, 2016.

 

Collateral” means the Senior Priority Collateral and the Second Priority Collateral.

 

Collateral Documents” means the Senior Priority Collateral Documents and the Second Priority Collateral Documents.

 

Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Stock, by agreement or otherwise. The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Copyrights” means all United States (a) copyrights, rights in works of authorship, mask works and integrated circuit designs and other rights subject to the copyright laws of the United States, or of any other country or any group of countries, including copyrights and other rights in Software, data, databases, Internet web sites and the proprietary content thereof, (b) registrations, renewals, rights of reversion, extensions, supplemental registrations, recordings and applications for registration of any of the foregoing in the United States or any other country, including registrations, recordings, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office, and (c) rights to obtain all renewals, reversions and extensions thereof.

 

Debt Facility” means any Senior Priority Debt Facility and any Second Priority Debt Facility.

 

Exhibit H-2-4

 

 

 

Designated Second Priority Representative” means (a) the Second Lien Agent, so long as the Second Priority Debt Facility under the Second Lien Agreement is the only Second Priority Debt Facility under this Agreement and (b) at any time when clause (a) does not apply, the “Applicable Authorized Representative” (as defined in any Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement that may be in effect at such time).

 

Designated Senior Priority Representative” means (a) the First Lien Collateral Agent, so long as the Senior Priority Debt Facility under the First Lien Credit Agreement is the only Senior Priority Debt Facility under this Agreement and (b) at any time when clause (a) does not apply, the “Applicable Authorized Representative” (as defined in any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement that may be in effect at such time).

 

DIP Financing” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01.

 

Discharge” means, with respect to any Debt Facility, the date on which such Debt Facility and the Senior Priority Obligations or Second Priority Debt Obligations thereunder, as the case may be, are no longer secured by Shared Collateral pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing such Debt Facility. The term “Discharged” shall have a corresponding meaning.

 

Discharge of First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations” means, the Discharge of the First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations; provided that the Discharge of First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred in connection with a Refinancing of such First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations with an Additional Senior Priority Debt Facility secured by Shared Collateral under one or more Additional Senior Priority Debt Documents that have been designated in writing by the “Administrative Agent” (under the First Lien Credit Agreement so Refinanced) to the Designated Senior Priority Representative as the “First Lien Credit Agreement” for purposes of this Agreement.

 

Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations” means the date on which the Discharge of First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations and the Discharge of each Additional Senior Priority Debt Facility has occurred.

 

Disposition” means any conveyance, sale, lease, assignment, transfer, license or other disposition.

 

First Lien Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement and shall include any successor administrative agent and collateral agent as provided in Section 12 of the First Lien Credit Agreement.

 

First Lien Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016, among Holdings, the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto, Barclays, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other parties thereto.

 

First Lien Credit Agreement Credit Documents” means the First Lien Credit Agreement and the other “Credit Documents” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

 

First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations” means the “Obligations” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

 

First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

 

Exhibit H-2-5

 

 

 

First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means (a) an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) or (b) a customary intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Senior Priority Representative with respect to each Senior Priority Debt Facility in existence at the time such intercreditor agreement is entered into and the Borrower, and which provides that the Liens securing all Indebtedness covered thereby shall be of equal priority (but without regard to the control of remedies).

 

Grantors” means Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary that has granted a security interest pursuant to any Collateral Document to secure any Secured Obligations.

 

Guarantors” means the “Guarantors” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

 

Holdings” means “Holdings” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

 

Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means:

 

(a)          any case commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Grantor under any Bankruptcy Law, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Borrower or any other Grantor, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Borrower or any other Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Borrower or any other Grantor or its creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary;

 

(b)          any liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding up of or relating to the Borrower or any other Grantor, in each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or

 

(c)          any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors of the Borrower or any other Grantor are determined and any payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such claims.

 

Intellectual Property” means Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks.

 

Joinder Agreement” means a supplement to this Agreement in the form of Annex II or Annex III hereof required to be delivered by a Representative to the Designated Senior Priority Representative or Designated Second Priority Representative, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 8.09 hereof in order to include an additional Debt Facility hereunder and to become the Representative hereunder for the Senior Priority Secured Parties or Second Priority Secured Parties, as the case may be, under such Debt Facility.

 

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, security interest, hypothecation, assignment, 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 a straight-line or operating lease be deemed to be a Lien.

 

Major Second Priority Representative” means, with respect to any Shared Collateral, the Second Priority Representative of the series of Second Priority Debt Obligations that constitutes the largest outstanding principal amount of any then outstanding series of Second Priority Debt Obligations with respect to such Shared Collateral.

 

Exhibit H-2-6

 

 

 

New York UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

 

Officer’s Certificate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.08.

 

Patents” means all United States (a) patents, statutory invention registrations, certificates of invention, industrial designs and utility models, and all pending applications of the foregoing, (b) provisionals, reissues, reexaminations, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals or extensions thereof and (c) the inventions, discoveries and designs disclosed or claimed therein and all improvements thereto, including the right to make, use and/or sell the inventions, discoveries and designs disclosed or claimed therein.

 

Person” means any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust or other enterprise or any Governmental Authority (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof).

 

Pledged or Controlled Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.05(a).

 

Proceeds” means the proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of Shared Collateral and any payment or distribution made in respect of Shared Collateral in a Bankruptcy Case and any amounts received by any Senior Priority Representative or any Senior Priority Secured Party from a Second Priority Secured Party in respect of Shared Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Recovery” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.

 

Refinance” means, in respect of any indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, increase, modify, supplement, restructure, refund, replace or repay, or to Incur other indebtedness or enter alternative financing arrangements, in exchange or replacement for, such indebtedness (in whole or in part), including by adding or replacing lenders, creditors, agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, and including in each case, but not limited to, after the original instrument giving rise to such indebtedness has been terminated and including, in each case, through any credit agreement, loan agreement, note purchase agreement, indenture or other agreement. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” have correlative meanings.

 

Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a Rule 144A or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act of 1933, substantially identical notes (having the same guarantees) issued in a dollar for dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.

 

Representatives” means the Senior Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Representatives.

 

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor agency thereto.

 

Exhibit H-2-7

 

 

 

Second Lien Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement and shall include any successor administrative agent and collateral agent as provided in [___] of the Second Lien Agreement.

 

Second Lien Agreement” means that certain [___], dated as of [___], among [___].

 

Second Lien Agreement Credit Documents” means the Second Lien Agreement and the other “[Credit] Documents” as defined in the Second Lien Agreement.

 

Second Lien Obligations” means the “Obligations” as defined in the Second Lien Agreement.

 

Second Lien Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Second Lien Agreement.

 

Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means [(a) an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement (as defined in the Second Lien Agreement) or (b)] a customary intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Second Priority Representative with respect to each Second Priority Debt Facility in existence at the time such intercreditor agreement is entered into and the Borrower, and which provides that the Liens securing all Indebtedness covered thereby shall be of equal priority (but without regard to the control of remedies).

 

Second Priority Class Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

Second Priority Class Debt Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

Second Priority Class Debt Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

Second Priority Collateral” means any “Collateral” as defined in any Second Lien Agreement Credit Document or any other Second Priority Debt Document or any other assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted pursuant to a Second Priority Collateral Document as security for any Second Priority Debt Obligation.

 

Second Priority Collateral Documents” means the “Security Documents” as defined in the Second Lien Agreement, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (upon and after the initial execution and delivery thereof by the initial parties thereto) and each of the security agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Grantor for purposes of providing collateral security for any Second Priority Debt Obligation.

 

Second Priority Debt Documents” means (a) the Second Lien Agreement [Credit] Documents and (b) any Additional Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

Second Priority Debt Facilities” means the Second Lien Agreement and any Additional Second Priority Debt Facilities.

 

Second Priority Debt Obligations” means the Second Lien Agreement Obligations and any Additional Second Priority Debt Obligations.

 

Exhibit H-2-8

 

 

 

Second Priority Enforcement Date” means, with respect to any Second Priority Representative, the date that is 180 days (through which 180 day period such Second Priority Representative was the Major Second Priority Representative) after the occurrence of both (a) an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Second Priority Debt Document for which such Second Priority Representative has been named as Representative) and (b) the Designated Senior Priority Representative’s and each other Representative’s receipt of written notice from such Second Priority Representative that (i) such Second Priority Representative is the Major Second Priority Representative and that an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Second Priority Debt Document for which such Second Priority Representative has been named as Representative) has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the Second Priority Debt Obligations of the series with respect to which such Second Priority Representative is the Second Priority Representative are currently due and payable in full (whether as a result of acceleration thereof or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of the applicable Second Priority Debt Document; provided that the Second Priority Enforcement Date shall be stayed and shall not occur and shall be deemed not to have occurred (1) at any time the Designated Senior Priority Representative has commenced and is diligently pursuing any enforcement action with respect to any Shared Collateral or (2) at any time any Grantor which has granted a security interest in any Shared Collateral is then a debtor under or with respect to (or otherwise subject to) any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

 

Second Priority Lien” means the Liens on the Second Priority Collateral in favor of Second Priority Secured Parties under the Second Priority Collateral Documents.

 

Second Priority Representative” means (a) in the case of any Second Lien Obligations or the Second Lien Secured Parties, the Second Lien Agent and (b) in the case of any Additional Second Priority Debt Facility and the Additional Second Priority Secured Parties thereunder, the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under such Additional Second Priority Debt Facility that is named as the Representative in respect of such Additional Second Priority Debt Facility in the applicable Joinder Agreement.

 

Second Priority Secured Parties” means the Second Lien Secured Parties and any Additional Second Priority Secured Parties.

 

Secured Obligations” means the Senior Priority Obligations and the Second Priority Debt Obligations.

 

Secured Parties” means the Senior Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties.

 

Senior Lien” means the Liens on the Senior Priority Collateral in favor of the Senior Priority Secured Parties under the Senior Priority Collateral Documents.

 

Senior Priority Class Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

Senior Priority Class Debt Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

Senior Priority Class Debt Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

Senior Priority Collateral” means any “Collateral” as defined in any First Lien Credit Agreement Credit Document or any other Senior Priority Debt Document or any other assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted pursuant to a Senior Priority Collateral Document as security for any Senior Priority Obligations.

 

Exhibit H-2-9

 

 

 

Senior Priority Collateral Documents” means the “Security Documents” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (upon and after the initial execution and delivery thereof by the initial parties thereto) and each of the security agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Grantor for purposes of providing collateral security for any Senior Priority Obligation.

 

Senior Priority Debt Documents” means (a) the First Lien Credit Agreement Credit Documents and (b) any Additional Senior Priority Debt Documents.

 

Senior Priority Debt Facilities” means the First Lien Credit Agreement and any Additional Senior Priority Debt Facilities.

 

Senior Priority Obligations” means the First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations and any Additional Senior Priority Debt Obligations (provided that the Senior Priority Obligations shall exclude any such obligations the Incurrence of which was not permitted under each Second Priority Debt Document extant at the time of the Incurrence thereof).

 

Senior Priority Representative” means (a) in the case of any First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations or the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties, the First Lien Collateral Agent and (b) in the case of any Additional Senior Priority Debt Facility and the Additional Senior Secured Parties thereunder, the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under such Additional Senior Priority Debt Facility that is named as the Representative in respect of such Additional Senior Priority Debt Facility in the applicable Joinder Agreement.

 

Senior Priority Secured Parties” means the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties and any Additional Senior Secured Parties.

 

Shared Collateral” means, at any time, Collateral in which the holders of Senior Priority Obligations under at least one Senior Priority Debt Facility (or their Representatives) and the holders of Second Priority Debt Obligations under at least one Second Priority Debt Facility (or their Representatives) hold a security interest at such time (or, in the case of the Senior Priority Debt Facilities, are deemed pursuant to Article 2 to hold a security interest). If, at any time, any portion of the Senior Priority Collateral under one or more Senior Priority Debt Facilities does not constitute Second Priority Collateral under one or more Second Priority Debt Facilities, then such portion of such Senior Priority Collateral shall constitute Shared Collateral only with respect to the Second Priority Debt Facilities for which it constitutes Second Priority Collateral and shall not constitute Shared Collateral for any Second Priority Debt Facility that does not have a security interest in such Collateral at such time.

 

Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean and include (a) any corporation more than 50% of whose stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting 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 limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture or other entity in which such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50% equity interest at the time. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

Exhibit H-2-10

 

 

 

Trademarks” means all United States (a) trademarks, service marks, domain names, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, slogans, other source or business identifiers, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, whether registered or unregistered, and all registrations, recordings and applications for registration filed in connection with the foregoing, including registrations, recordings and applications for registration in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any State of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, and all common-law rights related thereto, (b) all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby and (c) all extensions or renewals thereof.

 

Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means, unless otherwise specified, the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of collateral.

 

Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, shares of such Person’s Capital Stock that is at the time generally entitled, without regard to contingencies, to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person. To the extent that a partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other agreement governing a partnership or limited liability company provides that the members of the Board of Directors of such partnership or limited liability company (or, in the case of a limited partnership whose business and affairs are managed or controlled by its general partner, the Board of Directors of the general partner of such limited partnership) is appointed or designated by one or more Persons rather than by a vote of Voting Stock, each of the Persons who are entitled to appoint or designate the members of such Board of Directors will be deemed to own a percentage of Voting Stock of such partnership or limited liability company equal to (a) the aggregate votes entitled to be cast on such Board of Directors by the members of such Board of Directors which such Person or Persons are entitled to appoint or designate divided by (b) the aggregate number of votes of all members of such Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally. The rules of construction and other interpretive terms set forth in Sections 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 and 1.11 of the First Lien Credit Agreement shall apply to this Agreement, including terms defined in the preamble and recitals to this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 2

Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Shared Collateral

 

SECTION 2.01. Subordination. Notwithstanding the date, time, manner or order of filing or recordation of any document or instrument or grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens granted to any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Secured Parties on the Shared Collateral or of any Liens granted to any Senior Priority Representative or any other Senior Priority Secured Party on the Shared Collateral (or any actual or alleged defect in any of the foregoing) and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, any Applicable Law, any Second Priority Debt Document or any Senior Priority Debt Document or any other circumstance whatsoever, each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby agrees that (a) any Lien on the Shared Collateral securing any Senior Priority Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Senior Priority Representative or any other Senior Priority Secured Party or other agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall have priority over and be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Shared Collateral securing any Second Priority Debt Obligations and (b) any Lien on the Shared Collateral securing any Second Priority Debt Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Second Priority Representative, any Second Priority Secured Parties or any other agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any Senior Priority Obligations. All Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any Senior Priority Obligations shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any Second Priority Debt Obligations for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any Senior Priority Obligations are subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the Borrower, any Grantor or any other Person or otherwise subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or lapsed.

 

Exhibit H-2-11

 

 

 

SECTION 2.02. Nature Of Senior Lender Claims. Each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, acknowledges that (a) a portion of the Senior Priority Obligations is revolving in nature and that the amount thereof that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed, (b) the terms of the Senior Priority Debt Documents and the Senior Priority Obligations may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, and the Senior Priority Obligations, or a portion thereof, may be Refinanced from time to time and (c) the aggregate amount of the Senior Priority Obligations may be increased, in each case, without notice to or consent by the Second Priority Representatives or the Second Priority Secured Parties and without affecting the provisions hereof, except as otherwise expressly set forth herein. The Lien priorities provided for in Section 2.01 shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement, supplement or other modification, or any Refinancing, of either the Senior Priority Obligations or the Second Priority Debt Obligations, or any portion thereof. As between Holdings, the Borrower and the other Grantors and the Second Priority Secured Parties, the foregoing provisions will not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of Holdings, the Borrower and the other Grantors contained in any Second Priority Debt Document with respect to the Incurrence of additional Senior Priority Obligations.

 

SECTION 2.03. Prohibition On Contesting Liens. Each of the Second Priority Representatives, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, extent, perfection, priority or enforceability of any Lien securing any Senior Priority Obligations held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any Senior Priority Representative or any of the other Senior Priority Secured Parties or other agent or trustee therefor in any Senior Priority Collateral, and each Senior Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Senior Priority Secured Party under its Senior Priority Debt Facility, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, extent, perfection, priority or enforceability of any Lien securing any Second Priority Debt Obligations held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any of any Second Priority Representative or any of the Second Priority Secured Parties in the Second Priority Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any Senior Priority Representative to enforce this Agreement (including the priority of the Liens securing the Senior Priority Obligations as provided in Section 2.01) or any of the Senior Priority Debt Documents.

 

SECTION 2.04. No New Liens. The parties hereto agree that, so long as the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has not occurred, (a) none of the Grantors shall grant any additional Liens on any asset or property of any Grantor to secure any Second Priority Debt Obligation unless it has granted, or concurrently therewith grants, a Lien on such asset or property of such Grantor to secure the Senior Priority Obligations; and (b) if any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Secured Party shall hold any Lien on any assets or property of any Grantor securing any Second Priority Debt Obligations that are not also subject to the Liens securing all Senior Priority Obligations under the Senior Priority Collateral Documents, such Second Priority Representative or Second Priority Secured Party (i) shall notify the Designated Senior Priority Representative promptly upon becoming aware thereof and, unless such Grantor shall promptly grant a similar Lien on such assets or property to each Senior Priority Representative as security for the Senior Priority Obligations, shall assign such Lien to the Designated Senior Priority Representative as security for all Senior Priority Obligations for the benefit of the Senior Priority Secured Parties (but may retain a junior Lien on such assets or property subject to the terms hereof) and (ii) until such assignment or such grant of a similar Lien to each Senior Priority Representative, shall be deemed to hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of each Senior Priority Representative and the other Senior Priority Secured Parties as security for the Senior Priority Obligations.

 

Exhibit H-2-12

 

 

 

SECTION 2.05. Perfection Of Liens. Except for the limited agreements of the Senior Priority Representatives pursuant to Section 5.05 hereof, none of the Senior Priority Representatives or the Senior Priority Secured Parties shall be responsible for perfecting and maintaining the perfection of Liens with respect to the Shared Collateral for the benefit of the Second Priority Representatives or the Second Priority Secured Parties. The provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the Senior Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties and shall not impose on the Senior Priority Representatives, the Senior Priority Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives, the Second Priority Secured Parties or any agent or trustee therefor any obligations in respect of the disposition of proceeds of any Shared Collateral which would conflict with prior perfected claims therein in favor of any other Person or any order or decree of any court or governmental authority or any applicable law.

 

SECTION 2.06. Certain Cash Collateral. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Senior Priority Debt Documents or Second Priority Debt Documents to the contrary, collateral consisting of cash and deposit account balances pledged to secure First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations consisting of reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of Credit or otherwise held by the First Lien Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 3.8 of the First Lien Credit Agreement (or any equivalent successor provision) shall be applied as specified in the First Lien Credit Agreement and will not constitute Shared Collateral.

 

Exhibit H-2-13

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3

Enforcement

 

SECTION 3.01.      Exercise Of Remedies.

 

(a)          So long as the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Grantor, (i) neither any Second Priority Representative nor any Second Priority Secured Party will (x) exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies (including setoff) with respect to any Shared Collateral in respect of any Second Priority Debt Obligations, or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure), (y) contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or other action brought with respect to the Shared Collateral or any other Senior Priority Collateral by any Senior Priority Representative or any Senior Priority Secured Party in respect of the Senior Priority Obligations, the exercise of any right by any Senior Priority Representative or any Senior Priority Secured Party (or any agent or sub-agent on their behalf) in respect of the Senior Priority Obligations under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which any Senior Priority Representative or any Senior Priority Secured Party either is a party or may have rights as a third party beneficiary, or any other exercise by any such party of any rights and remedies relating to the Shared Collateral under the Senior Priority Debt Documents or otherwise in respect of the Senior Priority Collateral or the Senior Priority Obligations, or (z) object to the forbearance by the Senior Priority Secured Parties from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Shared Collateral in respect of Senior Priority Obligations and (ii) except as otherwise provided herein, the Senior Priority Representatives and the Senior Priority Secured Parties shall have the exclusive right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including setoff and the right to credit bid their debt) and make determinations regarding the release, disposition or restrictions with respect to the Shared Collateral or any other Senior Priority Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Secured Party; provided, however, that (A) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against Holdings, the Borrower or any other Grantor, any Second Priority Representative may file a claim or statement of interest with respect to the Second Priority Debt Obligations under its Second Priority Debt Facility, (B) any Second Priority Representative may take any action (not adverse to the prior Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the Senior Priority Obligations or the rights of the Senior Priority Representatives or the Senior Priority Secured Parties to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to create, prove, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its rights in, and perfection and priority of its Lien on, the Shared Collateral, (C) any Second Priority Representative and the Second Priority Secured Parties may exercise their rights and remedies as unsecured creditors, as provided in Section 5.04, (D) any Second Priority Representative may exercise the rights and remedies provided for in Section 6.03, (E) any Second Priority Representative and the Second Priority Secured Parties may file any necessary or appropriate responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion, claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance of the claims or Liens of the Second Priority Secured Parties, including any claims secured by the Second Priority Collateral, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (F) from and after the Second Priority Enforcement Date, the Major Second Priority Representative (or such other Person, if any, as is so authorized under the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement) may exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies (including setoff) with respect to any Shared Collateral in respect of any Second Priority Debt Obligations, or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure), but only so long as (1) the Designated Senior Priority Representative has not commenced and is not diligently pursuing any enforcement action with respect to such Shared Collateral or (2) any Grantor which has granted a security interest in such Shared Collateral is not then a debtor under or with respect to (or otherwise subject to ) any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Senior Priority Collateral, the Senior Priority Representatives and the Senior Priority Secured Parties may enforce the provisions of the Senior Priority Debt Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of Shared Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured lender under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

 

(b)          So long as the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has not occurred, each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that it will not, in the context of its role as secured creditor, take or receive any Shared Collateral or any proceeds of Shared Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff) with respect to any Shared Collateral in respect of Second Priority Debt Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.01(a), the sole right of the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Secured Parties with respect to the Shared Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Shared Collateral in respect of Second Priority Debt Obligations pursuant to the Second Priority Debt Documents for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has occurred.

 

Exhibit H-2-14

 

 

 

(c)          Subject to the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.01(a), (i) each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that neither such Second Priority Representative nor any such Second Priority Secured Party will take any action that would hinder any exercise of remedies undertaken by any Senior Priority Representative or any Senior Priority Secured Party with respect to the Shared Collateral under the Senior Priority Debt Documents, including any Disposition of the Shared Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise, and (ii) each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby waives any and all rights it or any such Second Priority Secured Party may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the Senior Priority Representatives or the Senior Priority Secured Parties seek to enforce or collect the Senior Priority Obligations or the Liens granted on any of the Senior Priority Collateral, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of any Senior Priority Representative or any other Senior Priority Secured Party is adverse to the interests of the Second Priority Secured Parties.

 

(d)          Each Second Priority Representative hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any Second Priority Debt Document shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the Senior Priority Representatives or the Senior Priority Secured Parties with respect to the Senior Priority Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Senior Priority Debt Documents.

 

(e)          Subject to the proviso in Section 3.01(a), until the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations, the Designated Senior Priority Representative or any Person authorized by it shall have the exclusive right to exercise any right or remedy with respect to the Shared Collateral and shall have the exclusive right to determine and direct the time, method and place for exercising such right or remedy or conducting any proceeding with respect thereto. Following the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations, the Designated Second Priority Representative or any Person authorized by it shall have the exclusive right to exercise any right or remedy with respect to the Collateral, and the Designated Second Priority Representative or any Person Authorized by it shall have the exclusive right to direct the time, method and place of exercising or conducting any proceeding for the exercise of any right or remedy available to the Second Priority Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, or of exercising or directing the exercise of any trust or power conferred on the Second Priority Representatives, or for the taking of any other action authorized by the Second Priority Collateral Documents; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall impair the right of any Second Priority Representative or other agent or trustee acting on behalf of the Second Priority Secured Parties to take such actions with respect to the Collateral after the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations as may be otherwise required or authorized pursuant to any intercreditor agreement governing the Second Priority Secured Parties or the Second Priority Debt Obligations.

 

SECTION 3.02.      Cooperation. Subject to the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.01(a), each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that, unless and until the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has occurred, it will not commence, or join with any Person (other than the Senior Priority Secured Parties and the Senior Priority Representatives upon the request of the Designated Senior Priority Representative) in commencing, any enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure action or proceeding with respect to any Lien held by it in the Shared Collateral under any of the Second Priority Debt Documents or otherwise in respect of the Second Priority Debt Obligations.

 

Exhibit H-2-15

 

 

 

SECTION 3.03.      Actions Upon Breach. Should any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Secured Party, contrary to this Agreement, in any way take, attempt to take or threaten to take any action with respect to the Shared Collateral (including any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement) or fail to take any action required by this Agreement, any Senior Priority Representative or other Senior Priority Secured Party (in its or their own name or in the name of the Borrower or any other Grantor) or the Borrower may obtain relief against such Second Priority Representative or such Second Priority Secured Party by injunction, specific performance or other appropriate equitable relief. Each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Facility, hereby (a) agrees that the Senior Priority Secured Parties’ damages from the actions of the Second Priority Representatives or any Second Priority Secured Party may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable and waives any defense that Holdings, the Borrower, any other Grantor or the Senior Priority Secured Parties cannot demonstrate damage or be made whole by the awarding of damages and (b) irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense that might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action that may be brought by any Senior Priority Representative or any other Senior Priority Secured Party.

 

ARTICLE 4

Payments

 

SECTION 4.01.      Application Of Proceeds. So long as the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has not occurred and regardless of whether an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced, the Shared Collateral or proceeds thereof received in connection with the sale or other disposition of, or collection on, such Shared Collateral upon the exercise of remedies shall be applied by the Designated Senior Priority Representative to the Senior Priority Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant Senior Priority Debt Documents and, if applicable, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, until the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has occurred. Upon the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations, each applicable Senior Priority Representative shall deliver promptly to the Designated Second Priority Representative any Shared Collateral or proceeds thereof held by it in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, to be applied by the Designated Second Priority Representative to the Second Priority Debt Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant Second Priority Debt Documents and, if applicable, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

 

SECTION 4.02.      Payments Over. So long as the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has not occurred, any Shared Collateral or proceeds thereof received by any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Secured Party in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff) relating to the Shared Collateral shall be segregated and held in trust for the benefit of and forthwith paid over to the Designated Senior Priority Representative for the benefit of the Senior Priority Secured Parties in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Designated Senior Priority Representative is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for each of the Second Priority Representatives or any such Second Priority Secured Party. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.

 

Exhibit H-2-16

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5

Other Agreements

 

SECTION 5.01.      Releases.

 

(a)          Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that, if in connection with (i) a Disposition of any specified item of Shared Collateral (including all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Borrower) (other than in connection with the exercise of remedies with respect to the Shared Collateral which shall be governed by clause (ii)) permitted under the terms of the Second Priority Debt Documents or (ii) the exercise of any remedies with respect to the Shared Collateral by any Senior Priority Secured Parties, the Liens granted to the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Secured Parties upon such Shared Collateral (but not on the Proceeds thereof) to secure Second Priority Debt Obligations shall terminate and be released, automatically and without any further action, concurrently with the termination and release of all Liens granted upon such Shared Collateral to secure Senior Priority Obligations. Upon delivery to a Second Priority Representative of an Officer’s Certificate stating that any such termination and release of Liens securing the Senior Priority Obligations has become effective (or shall become effective concurrently with such termination and release of the Liens granted to the Second Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Representatives) and any necessary or proper instruments of termination or release prepared by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Grantor, such Second Priority Representative will promptly execute, deliver or acknowledge, at Holdings’, the Borrower’s or the other Grantor’s sole cost and expense and without any representation or warranty, such instruments to evidence such termination and release of the Liens. Nothing in this Section 5.01(a) will be deemed to affect any agreement of a Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of the Second Priority Secured Parties under its Second Priority Debt Facility, to release the Liens on the Second Priority Collateral as set forth in the relevant Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

(b)          Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Designated Senior Priority Representative and any officer or agent of the Designated Senior Priority Representative, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Second Priority Representative or such Second Priority Secured Party or in the Designated Senior Priority Representative’s own name, from time to time in the Designated Senior Priority Representative’s discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of Section 5.01(a), to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of Section 5.01(a), including any termination statements, endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release.

 

(c)          Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has occurred, each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby consents to the application, whether prior to or after an event of default under any Senior Priority Debt Document of proceeds of Shared Collateral to the repayment of Senior Priority Obligations pursuant to the Senior Priority Debt Documents; provided that nothing in this Section 5.01(c) shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the Second Priority Representatives or the Second Priority Secured Parties to receive proceeds in connection with the Second Priority Debt Obligations not otherwise in contravention of this Agreement.

 

(d)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Second Priority Collateral Document, in the event the terms of a Senior Priority Collateral Document and a Second Priority Collateral Document each require any Grantor (i) to make payment in respect of any item of Shared Collateral, (ii) to deliver or afford control over any item of Shared Collateral to, or deposit any item of Shared Collateral with, (iii) to register ownership of any item of Shared Collateral in the name of or make an assignment of ownership of any Shared Collateral or the rights thereunder to, (iv) cause any securities intermediary, commodity intermediary or other Person acting in a similar capacity to agree to comply, in respect of any item of Shared Collateral, with instructions or orders from, or to treat, in respect of any item of Shared Collateral, as the entitlement holder, (v) hold any item of Shared Collateral in trust for (to the extent such item of Shared Collateral cannot be held in trust for multiple parties under applicable law), (vi) obtain the agreement of a bailee or other third party to hold any item of Shared Collateral for the benefit of or subject to the control of or, in respect of any item of Shared Collateral, to follow the instructions of or (vii) obtain the agreement of a landlord with respect to access to leased premises where any item of Shared Collateral is located or waivers or subordination of rights with respect to any item of Shared Collateral in favor of, in any case, both the Designated Senior Priority Representative and any Second Priority Representative or Second Priority Secured Party, such Grantor may, until the applicable Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has occurred, comply with such requirement under the Second Priority Collateral Document as it relates to such Shared Collateral by taking any of the actions set forth above only with respect to, or in favor of, the Designated Senior Priority Representative.

 

Exhibit H-2-17

 

 

 

SECTION 5.02. Insurance And Condemnation Awards. Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has occurred, the Designated Senior Priority Representative and the Senior Priority Secured Parties shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject in each case to the rights of the Grantors under the Senior Priority Debt Documents, (a) to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Shared Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and (b) to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Shared Collateral. Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has occurred, and subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Senior Priority Debt Documents, all proceeds of any such policy and any such award, if in respect of the Shared Collateral, shall be paid (i) first, prior to the occurrence of the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations, to the Designated Senior Priority Representative for the benefit of Senior Priority Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the Senior Priority Debt Documents, (ii) second, after the occurrence of the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations, to the Designated Second Priority Representative for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the applicable Second Priority Debt Documents and (iii) third, if no Second Priority Debt Obligations are outstanding, to the owner of the subject property, such other Person as may be entitled thereto or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. If any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Secured Party shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award in contravention of this Agreement, it shall pay such proceeds over to the Designated Senior Priority Representative in accordance with the terms of Section 4.02.

 

SECTION 5.03.      Certain Amendments.

 

(a)          No Second Priority Collateral Document may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or entered into to the extent such amendment, supplement or modification, or the terms of any new Second Priority Collateral Document, would be prohibited by or inconsistent with any of the terms of this Agreement. The Borrower agrees to deliver to the Designated Senior Priority Representative copies of (i) any amendments, supplements or other modifications to the Second Priority Collateral Documents and (ii) any new Second Priority Collateral Documents promptly after effectiveness thereof. Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that each Second Priority Collateral Document under its Second Priority Debt Facility shall include the following language (or language to similar effect reasonably approved by the Designated Senior Priority Representative):

 

“Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the liens and security interests granted to the [Second Priority Representative] pursuant to this Agreement are expressly subject and subordinate to the liens and security interests granted in favor of the Senior Priority Secured Parties (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement referred to below), including liens and security interests granted to BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as collateral agent, pursuant to or in connection with the Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 2016 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among Holdings, the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other parties thereto, and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the [Second Priority Representative] or any other secured party hereunder is subject to the limitations and provisions of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of [___] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement”), among BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as First Lien Collateral Agent, [__], as Second Lien Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and certain of its affiliated entities party thereto. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.”

 

Exhibit H-2-18

 

 

 

(b)          In the event that each applicable Senior Priority Representative and/or the Senior Priority Secured Parties enter into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the Senior Priority Collateral Documents for the purpose of adding to or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any Senior Priority Collateral Document or changing in any manner the rights of the Senior Priority Representatives, the Senior Priority Secured Parties, Holdings, the Borrower or any other Grantor thereunder (including the release of any Liens in Senior Priority Collateral) in a manner that is applicable to all Senior Priority Debt Facilities, then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of each comparable Second Priority Collateral Document without the consent of any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Secured Party and without any action by any Second Priority Representative, Holdings, the Borrower or any other Grantor; provided, however, that (x) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall have the effect (i) of removing assets subject to the Lien of any Second Priority Collateral Document, except to the extent that a release of such Lien is provided for in Section 5.01(a), (ii) imposing duties that are materially adverse on any Second Priority Representative without its consent or (iii) altering the terms of the Second Priority Collateral Documents to permit other Liens on the Collateral not permitted under the terms of the Second Priority Debt Documents as in effect on the date hereof or Article VI hereof and (y) written notice of such amendment, waiver or consent shall have been given to each Second Priority Representative within 10 Business Days after the effectiveness of such amendment, waiver or consent.

 

(c)          The Senior Priority Debt Documents may be amended, restated, amended and restated, waived, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with their terms, and the indebtedness under the Senior Priority Debt Documents may be Refinanced, in each case, without the consent of any Second Priority Representative or Second Priority Secured Party; provided, however, that, without the consent of the Second Lien Agent, acting with the consent of the [Required Lenders] (as such term is defined in the Second Lien Agreement) and each other Second Priority Representative (acting with the consent of the requisite holders of each series of Additional Second Priority Debt), no such amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement, waiver, supplement or modification (including self-effecting or other modifications pursuant to Section 2.14 or Section 2.15 of the First Lien Credit Agreement) shall contravene any provision of this Agreement.

 

(d)          The Second Priority Debt Documents may be amended, restated, waived, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with their terms, and the indebtedness under the Second Priority Debt Documents may be Refinanced, in each case, without the consent of any Senior Priority Representative or Senior Priority Secured Party; provided, however, that, without the consent of the First Lien Collateral Agent, acting with the consent of the Required Lenders (as such term is defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) and each other Senior Priority Representative (acting with the consent of the requisite holders of each series of Additional Senior Priority Debt), no such amendment, restatement, supplement or modification (including self-effecting or other modifications pursuant to Section [___] of the Second Lien Agreement) shall contravene any provision of this Agreement.

 

Exhibit H-2-19

 

 

 

SECTION 5.04. Rights As Unsecured Creditors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Secured Parties may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors against Holdings, the Borrower and any other Grantor in accordance with the terms of the Second Priority Debt Documents and Applicable Law so long as such rights and remedies do not violate any express provision of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Secured Party of the required payments of principal, premium, interest, fees and other amounts due under the Second Priority Debt Documents so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise by a Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Secured Party of rights or remedies as a secured creditor in respect of Shared Collateral. In the event any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Secured Party becomes a judgment Lien creditor in respect of Shared Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor in respect of Second Priority Debt Obligations, such judgment Lien shall be subordinated to the Liens securing Senior Priority Obligations on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Priority Debt Obligations are so subordinated to such Liens securing Senior Priority Obligations under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall impair or otherwise adversely affect any rights or remedies the Senior Priority Representatives or the Senior Priority Secured Parties may have with respect to the Senior Priority Collateral.

 

SECTION 5.05.      Gratuitous Bailee For Perfection.

 

(a)          Each Senior Priority Representative acknowledges and agrees that if it shall at any time hold a Lien securing any Senior Priority Obligations on any Shared Collateral that can be perfected by the possession or control of such Shared Collateral or of any account in which such Shared Collateral is held, and if such Shared Collateral or any such account is in fact in the possession or under the control of such Senior Priority Representative, or of agents or bailees of such Person (such Shared Collateral being referred to herein as the “Pledged or Controlled Collateral”), or if it shall any time obtain any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral, the applicable Senior Priority Representative shall also hold such Pledged or Controlled Collateral, or take such actions with respect to such landlord waiver, bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement, as sub-agent or gratuitous bailee for the relevant Second Priority Representatives, in each case solely for the purpose of perfecting the Liens granted under the relevant Second Priority Collateral Documents and subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.05.

 

(b)          In the event that any Senior Priority Representative (or its agents or bailees) has Lien filings against Intellectual Property that are part of the Shared Collateral that are necessary for the perfection of Liens in such Shared Collateral, such Senior Priority Representative agrees to hold such Liens as sub-agent and gratuitous bailee for the relevant Second Priority Representatives and any assignee thereof, solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Liens pursuant to the relevant Second Priority Collateral Documents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.05.

 

(c)          Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, until the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has occurred, the Senior Priority Representatives and the Senior Priority Secured Parties shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged or Controlled Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Senior Priority Debt Documents as if the Liens under the Second Priority Collateral Documents did not exist. The rights of the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Secured Parties with respect to the Pledged or Controlled Collateral shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement.

 

(d)          The Senior Priority Representatives and the Senior Priority Secured Parties shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Second Priority Representatives or any Second Priority Secured Party to assure that any of the Pledged or Controlled Collateral is genuine or owned by the Grantors or to protect or preserve rights or benefits of any Person or any rights pertaining to the Shared Collateral, except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.05. The duties or responsibilities of the Senior Priority Representatives under this Section 5.05 shall be limited solely to holding or controlling the Shared Collateral and the related Liens referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 5.05 as sub-agent and gratuitous bailee for the relevant Second Priority Representative for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by such Second Priority Representative.

 

Exhibit H-2-20

 

 

 

(e)          The Senior Priority Representatives shall not have by reason of the Second Priority Collateral Documents or this Agreement, or any other document, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Secured Party, and each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby waives and releases the Senior Priority Representatives from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the Senior Priority Representatives’ roles under this Section 5.05 as sub-agents and gratuitous bailees with respect to the Shared Collateral.

 

(f)           Upon the Discharge of the Senior Priority Obligations, each applicable Senior Priority Representative shall, at the Grantors’ sole cost and expense, (i) (A) deliver to the Designated Second Priority Representative, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, all Shared Collateral, including all proceeds thereof, held or controlled by such Senior Priority Representative or any of its agents or bailees, including the transfer of possession and control, as applicable, of the Pledged or Controlled Collateral, together with any necessary endorsements and notices to depositary banks, securities intermediaries and commodities intermediaries, and assign its rights under any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral, or (B) direct and deliver such Shared Collateral as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, (ii) notify any applicable insurance carrier that it is no longer entitled to be an additional loss payee or additional insured under the insurance policies of any Grantor issued by such insurance carrier and (iii) notify any Governmental Authority involved in any condemnation or similar proceeding involving any Grantor that the Designated Second Priority Representative is entitled to approve any awards granted in such proceeding. Holdings, the Borrower and the other Grantors shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby. The Senior Priority Representatives have no obligations to follow instructions from any Second Priority Representative or any other Second Priority Secured Party in contravention of this Agreement.

 

(g)          None of the Senior Priority Representatives nor any of the other Senior Priority Secured Parties shall be required to marshal any present or future collateral security for any obligations of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary to any Senior Priority Representative or any Senior Priority Secured Party under the Senior Priority Debt Documents or any assurance of payment in respect thereof, or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of their rights in respect of such collateral security or any assurance of payment in respect thereof shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising.

 

SECTION 5.06.      When Discharge Of Senior Priority Obligations Deemed To Not Have Occurred. If, at any time after the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has occurred, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Incurs any Senior Priority Obligations (other than in respect of the payment of indemnities surviving the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations), then such Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken prior to the date of such designation as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations) and the applicable agreement governing such Senior Priority Obligations shall automatically be treated as a Senior Priority Debt Document for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Shared Collateral set forth herein and the agent, representative or trustee for the holders of such Senior Priority Obligations shall be the Senior Priority Representative for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon receipt of notice of such incurrence (including the identity of the new Senior Priority Representative), each Second Priority Representative (including the Designated Second Priority Representative) shall promptly (a) enter into such documents and agreements (at the expense of the Borrower), including amendments, supplements or modifications to this Agreement, as the Borrower or such new Senior Priority Representative shall reasonably request in writing in order to provide the new Senior Priority Representative the rights of a Senior Priority Representative contemplated hereby, (b) deliver to such Senior Priority Representative, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, all Shared Collateral, including all proceeds thereof, held or controlled by such Second Priority Representative or any of its agents or bailees, including the transfer of possession and control, as applicable, of the Pledged or Controlled Collateral, together with any necessary endorsements and notices to depositary banks, securities intermediaries and commodities intermediaries, and assign its rights under any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral, (c) notify any applicable insurance carrier that it is no longer entitled to be a loss payee or additional insured under the insurance policies of any Grantor issued by such insurance carrier and (d) notify any Governmental Authority involved in any condemnation or similar proceeding involving a Grantor that the new Senior Priority Representative is entitled to approve any awards granted in such proceeding.

 

Exhibit H-2-21

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6

Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings

 

SECTION 6.01.      Financing Issues. Until the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has occurred, if Holdings, the Borrower or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, then each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that (A) if any Senior Priority Representative or any Senior Priority Secured Party shall desire to consent (or not object) to the sale, use or lease of cash or other collateral or to consent (or not object) to Holdings’, the Borrower’s or any other Grantor’s obtaining financing under Section 363 or Section 364 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law (“DIP Financing”), it will raise no objection to and will not otherwise contest such sale, use or lease of such cash or other collateral or such DIP Financing and, except to the extent permitted by the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.01(a) and Section 6.03, will not request adequate protection or any other relief in connection therewith and, to the extent the Liens securing any Senior Priority Obligations are subordinated to or have the same priority as the Liens securing such DIP Financing, will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have subordinated) its Liens in the Shared Collateral to (x) such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the Liens securing the Second Priority Debt Obligations are so subordinated to Liens securing Senior Priority Obligations under this Agreement, (y) any adequate protection Liens provided to the Senior Priority Secured Parties and (z) “carve-out” for professional and United States Trustee fees agreed to by the Senior Priority Representatives, (B) it will raise no objection to (and will not otherwise contest) any motion for relief from the automatic stay or from any injunction against foreclosure or enforcement in respect of Senior Priority Obligations made by any Senior Priority Representative or any other Senior Priority Secured Party, (C) it will raise no objection to (and will not otherwise contest) any lawful exercise by any Senior Priority Secured Party of the right to credit bid Senior Priority Obligations at any sale in foreclosure of Senior Priority Collateral (including pursuant to Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision under any other applicable Bankruptcy Law) or to exercise any rights under Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Senior Priority Collateral, (D) it will raise no objection to (and will not otherwise contest) any other request for judicial relief made in any court by any Senior Priority Secured Party relating to the lawful enforcement of any Lien on Senior Priority Collateral and (E) it will raise no objection to (and will not otherwise contest or oppose) any Disposition (including pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code) of assets of any Grantor for which any Senior Priority Representative has consented that provides, to the extent such Disposition is to be free and clear of Liens, that the Liens securing the Senior Priority Obligations and the Second Priority Debt Obligations will attach to the Proceeds of the sale on the same basis of priority as the Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the Senior Priority Obligations rank to the Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the Second Priority Debt Obligations pursuant to this Agreement. Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that notice received three Business Days prior to the entry of an order approving such usage of cash or other collateral or approving such financing shall be adequate notice.

 

Exhibit H-2-22

 

 

 

SECTION 6.02.      Relief From The Automatic Stay. Until the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has occurred, each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that none of them shall seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or take any action in derogation thereof, in each case in respect of any Shared Collateral, without the prior written consent of the Designated Senior Priority Representative.

 

SECTION 6.03.      Adequate Protection. Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that none of them shall object, contest or support any other Person objecting to or contesting (a) any request by any Senior Priority Representative or any Senior Priority Secured Parties for adequate protection, (b) any objection by any Senior Priority Representative or any Senior Priority Secured Parties to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on any Senior Priority Representative’s or Senior Priority Secured Party’s claiming a lack of adequate protection or (c) the payment of interest, fees, expenses or other amounts of any Senior Priority Representative or any other Senior Priority Secured Party under Section 506(b) or 506(c) of Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 6.03 or in Section 6.01, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (i) if the Senior Priority Secured Parties (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection in the form of additional collateral or superpriority claims in connection with any DIP Financing or use of cash collateral under Section 363 or 364 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, then each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, may seek or request adequate protection in the form of a replacement Lien or superpriority claim on such additional collateral, which Lien or superpriority claim is subordinated to the Liens securing all Senior Priority Obligations and such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Priority Debt Obligations are so subordinated to the Liens securing Senior Priority Obligations under this Agreement and (ii) in the event any Second Priority Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of the Second Priority Secured Parties under their Second Priority Debt Facilities, seek or request adequate protection and such adequate protection is granted in the form of additional collateral, then such Second Priority Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party under their Second Priority Debt Facilities, agree that each Senior Priority Representative shall also be granted a senior Lien on such additional collateral as security for the Senior Priority Obligations and any such DIP Financing and that any Lien on such additional collateral securing the Second Priority Debt Obligations shall be subordinated to the Liens on such collateral securing the Senior Priority Obligations and any such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto) and any other Liens granted to the Senior Priority Secured Parties as adequate protection on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Priority Debt Obligations are so subordinated to such Liens securing Senior Priority Obligations under this Agreement.

 

SECTION 6.04.      Preference Issues. If any Senior Priority Secured Party is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to disgorge, turn over or otherwise pay any amount to the estate of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Grantor (or any trustee, receiver or similar Person therefor), because the payment of such amount was declared to be fraudulent or preferential in any respect or for any other reason (any such amount, a “Recovery”), whether received as Proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise, then the Senior Priority Obligations shall be reinstated to the extent of such Recovery and deemed to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the Senior Priority Secured Parties shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement until a Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations with respect to all such recovered amounts. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto. Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby agrees that none of them shall be entitled to benefit from any avoidance action affecting or otherwise relating to any distribution or allocation made in accordance with this Agreement, whether by preference or otherwise, it being understood and agreed that the benefit of such avoidance action otherwise allocable to them shall instead be allocated and turned over for application in accordance with the priorities set forth in this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the extent that Senior Priority Secured Parties are granted adequate protection in the form of payments in the amount of current post-petition fees and expenses, and/or other cash payments, then the Second Priority Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of the Second Priority Secured Parties under the Second Priority Debt Facilities, shall not be prohibited from seeking adequate protection in the form of payments in the amount of current post-petition incurred fees and expenses, and/or other cash payments (as applicable), subject to the right of the Senior Priority Secured Parties to object to the reasonableness of the amounts of fees and expenses or other cash payments so sought by the Second Priority Secured Parties.

 

Exhibit H-2-23

 

 

 

SECTION 6.05.      Separate Grants Of Security And Separate Classifications. Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, acknowledges and agrees that (a) the grants of Liens pursuant to the Senior Priority Collateral Documents and the Second Priority Collateral Documents constitute separate and distinct grants of Liens and (b) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Shared Collateral, the Second Priority Debt Obligations are fundamentally different from the Senior Priority Obligations and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that any claims of the Senior Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties in respect of the Shared Collateral constitute a single class of claims (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby acknowledges and agrees that all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of senior and junior secured claims against the Grantors in respect of the Shared Collateral (with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Shared Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Second Priority Secured Parties), the Senior Priority Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest (whether or not allowed or allowable) before any distribution is made in respect of the Second Priority Debt Obligations, with each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the Designated Senior Priority Representative amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Second Priority Secured Parties.

 

SECTION 6.06.      No Waivers Of Rights Of Senior Priority Secured Parties. Nothing contained herein shall, except as expressly provided herein, prohibit or in any way limit any Senior Priority Representative or any other Senior Priority Secured Party from objecting in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to any action taken by any Second Priority Secured Party, including the seeking by any Second Priority Secured Party of adequate protection or the asserting by any Second Priority Secured Party of any of its rights and remedies under the Second Priority Debt Documents or otherwise.

 

SECTION 6.07.      Application. This Agreement, which the parties hereto expressly acknowledge is a “subordination agreement” under Section 510(a) of Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, shall be effective before, during and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. The relative rights as to the Shared Collateral and proceeds thereof shall continue after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding on the same basis as prior to the date of the petition therefor, subject to any court order approving the financing of, or use of cash collateral by, any Grantor. All references herein to any Grantor shall include such Grantor as a debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Grantor.

 

Exhibit H-2-24

 

 

 

SECTION 6.08.      Other Matters. To the extent that any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Secured Party has or acquires rights under Section 363 or Section 364 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law with respect to any of the Shared Collateral, such Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees not to assert any such rights without the prior written consent of each Senior Priority Representative; provided that if requested by any Senior Priority Representative, such Second Priority Representative shall timely exercise such rights in the manner requested by the Senior Priority Representatives (acting unanimously), including any rights to payments in respect of such rights.

 

SECTION 6.09.      506(c) Claims. Until the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has occurred, each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that it will not assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(c) of Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law senior to or on a parity with the Liens securing the Senior Priority Obligations for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Shared Collateral.

 

SECTION 6.10.      Reorganization Securities. If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt obligations of the reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon any property of the reorganized debtor are distributed, pursuant to a plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan, on account of both the Senior Priority Obligations and the Second Priority Debt Obligations, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the Senior Priority Obligations and on account of the Second Priority Debt Obligations are secured by Liens upon the same assets or property, the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt obligations.

 

SECTION 6.11.      Post-Petition Interest.

 

(a)          None of the Second Priority Representatives or any other Second Priority Secured Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any Senior Priority Representative or any Senior Priority Secured Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings of Senior Priority Obligations consisting of claims for post-petition interest, fees, costs, expenses, and/or other charges, under Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise (for this purpose ignoring all claims and Liens held by the Second Priority Secured Parties on the Shared Collateral).

 

(b)          None of the Senior Priority Representatives or any Senior Priority Secured Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any Second Priority Representative or any other Second Priority Secured Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings of Second Priority Debt Obligations consisting of claims for post-petition interest, fees, costs, expenses, and/or other charges, under Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, to the extent of the value of the Lien of the Second Priority Representatives on behalf of the Second Priority Secured Parties on the Shared Collateral (after taking into account the Senior Priority Obligations and the Senior Priority Liens).

 

Exhibit H-2-25

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7

Reliance; Etc.

 

SECTION 7.01.      Reliance. The consent by the Senior Priority Secured Parties to the execution and delivery of the Second Priority Debt Documents to which the Senior Priority Secured Parties have consented and all loans and other extensions of credit made or deemed made on and after the date hereof by the Senior Priority Secured Parties to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to have been given and made in reliance upon this Agreement. Each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, acknowledges that it and such Second Priority Secured Parties have, independently and without reliance on any Senior Priority Representative or other Senior Priority Secured Party, and based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into the Second Priority Debt Documents to which they are party or by which they are bound, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and they will continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the Second Priority Debt Documents or this Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.02.      No Warranties Or Liability. Each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, acknowledges and agrees that neither any Senior Priority Representative nor any other Senior Priority Secured Party has made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or enforceability of any of the Senior Priority Debt Documents, the ownership of any Shared Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. The Senior Priority Secured Parties will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the Senior Priority Debt Documents in accordance with Applicable Law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, and the Senior Priority Secured Parties may manage their loans and extensions of credit without regard to any rights or interests that the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Secured Parties have in the Shared Collateral or otherwise, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Neither any Senior Priority Representative nor any other Senior Priority Secured Party shall have any duty to any Second Priority Representative or Second Priority Secured Party to act or refrain from acting in a manner that allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreement with Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including the Second Priority Debt Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof that they may have or be charged with. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Senior Priority Representatives, the Senior Priority Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Secured Parties have not otherwise made to each other, nor do they hereby make to each other, any warranties, express or implied, nor do they assume any liability to each other with respect to (a) the enforceability, validity, value or collectibility of any of the Senior Priority Obligations, the Second Priority Debt Obligations or any guarantee or security which may have been granted to any of them in connection therewith, (b) any Grantor’s title to or right to transfer any of the Shared Collateral or (c) any other matter except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.03.      Obligations Unconditional. All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the Senior Priority Representatives, the Senior Priority Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Secured Parties hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:

 

(a)          any lack of validity or enforceability of any Senior Priority Debt Document or any Second Priority Debt Document;

 

(b)          any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the Senior Priority Obligations or Second Priority Debt Obligations, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of the First Lien Credit Agreement or any other Senior Priority Debt Document or of the terms of any Second Priority Debt Document;

 

Exhibit H-2-26

 

 

 

(c)          any exchange of any security interest in any Shared Collateral or any other collateral or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the Senior Priority Obligations or Second Priority Debt Obligations or any guarantee thereof;

 

(d)          the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Grantor; or

 

(e)          any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, (i) Holdings, the Borrower or any other Grantor in respect of the Senior Priority Obligations or (ii) any Second Priority Representative or Second Priority Secured Party in respect of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 8

Miscellaneous

 

SECTION 8.01.      Conflicts. Subject to Section 8.18, in the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any Senior Priority Debt Document or any Second Priority Debt Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the relative rights and obligations of the Senior Priority Representatives and the Senior Priority Secured Parties (as amongst themselves) with respect to any Senior Priority Collateral shall be governed by the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and in the event of any conflict between the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall control.

 

SECTION 8.02.      Continuing Nature Of This Agreement; Severability. Subject to Section 6.04, this Agreement shall continue to be effective until the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations shall have occurred. This is a continuing agreement of Lien subordination, and the Senior Priority Secured Parties may continue, at any time and without notice to the Second Priority Representatives or any Second Priority Secured Party, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary constituting Senior Priority Obligations in reliance hereon. The terms of this Agreement shall survive and continue in full force and effect in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate 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. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

SECTION 8.03.      Amendments; Waivers.

 

(a)          No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereto are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle such party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

 

Exhibit H-2-27

 

 

 

(b)          This Agreement may be amended in writing signed by each Representative (in each case, acting in accordance with the documents governing the applicable Debt Facility); provided that any such amendment, supplement or waiver which by the terms of this Agreement requires the Borrower’s consent or which increases the obligations or reduces the rights of Holdings, the Borrower or any Grantor, shall require the consent of the Borrower. Any such amendment, supplement or waiver shall be in writing and shall be binding upon the Senior Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

(c)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any Secured Party, any Representative may become a party hereto by execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in accordance with Section 8.09 of this Agreement and, upon such execution and delivery, such Representative and the Secured Parties and Senior Priority Obligations or Second Priority Debt Obligations of the Debt Facility for which such Representative is acting shall be subject to the terms hereof.

 

SECTION 8.04.      Information Concerning Financial Condition Of Holdings, The Borrower And The Subsidiaries. The Senior Priority Representatives, the Senior Priority Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Secured Parties shall each be responsible for keeping themselves informed of (a) the financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and all endorsers or guarantors of the Senior Priority Obligations or the Second Priority Debt Obligations and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Senior Priority Obligations or the Second Priority Debt Obligations. The Senior Priority Representatives, the Senior Priority Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Secured Parties shall have no duty to advise any other party hereunder of information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event that any Senior Priority Representative, any Senior Priority Secured Party, any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Secured Party, in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any other party, it shall be under no obligation to (i) make, and the Senior Priority Representatives, the Senior Priority Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Secured Parties shall not make or be deemed to have made, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided, (ii) provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any subsequent occasion, (iii) undertake any investigation or (iv) disclose any information that, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain confidential.

 

SECTION 8.05.      Subrogation. Each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby waives any rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of Senior Priority Obligations has occurred.

 

SECTION 8.06.      Application Of Payments. Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments received by the Senior Priority Secured Parties may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the Senior Priority Obligations as the Senior Priority Secured Parties, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, consistent with the terms of the Senior Priority Debt Documents. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, assents to any such extension or postponement of the time of payment of the Senior Priority Obligations or any part thereof and to any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release of any security that may at any time secure any part of the Senior Priority Obligations and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or secondarily liable therefor.

 

Exhibit H-2-28

 

 

 

SECTION 8.07.      Additional Grantors. Holdings and the Borrower agree that, if any Subsidiary shall become a Grantor after the date hereof, they will promptly cause such Subsidiary to become party hereto by executing and delivering an instrument in the form of Annex I. Upon such execution and delivery, such Subsidiary will become a Grantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution and delivery of such instrument shall not require the consent of any other party hereunder, and will be acknowledged by the Designated Second Priority Representative and the Designated Senior Priority Representative. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor as a party to this Agreement.

 

SECTION 8.08.      Dealings With Grantors. Upon any application or demand by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Grantor to any Representative to take or permit any action under any of the provisions of this Agreement or under any Collateral Document (if such action is subject to the provisions hereof), Holdings, the Borrower or such other Grantor, as appropriate, shall furnish to such Representative a certificate of an Authorized Officer (an “Officer’s Certificate”) stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement or such Collateral Document, as the case may be, relating to the proposed action have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Agreement or any Collateral Document relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

 

SECTION 8.09.      Additional Debt Facilities.

 

(a)          To the extent, but only to the extent, permitted by the provisions of the Senior Priority Debt Documents and the Second Priority Debt Documents, the Borrower, Holdings or any other Grantor may Incur one or more series or classes of Additional Second Priority Debt and one or more series or classes of Additional Senior Priority Debt. Any such additional class or series of Additional Second Priority Debt (the “Second Priority Class Debt”) may be secured by a junior priority, subordinated Lien on Shared Collateral, in each case under and pursuant to the relevant Second Priority Collateral Documents for such Second Priority Class Debt, if and subject to the condition that the Representative of any such Second Priority Class Debt (each, a “Second Priority Class Debt Representative”), acting on behalf of the holders of such Second Priority Class Debt (such Representative and holders in respect of any Second Priority Class Debt being referred to as the “Second Priority Class Debt Parties”), becomes a party to this Agreement by satisfying conditions (i) through (iii), as applicable, of the immediately succeeding paragraph, and Section 8.09(b). Any such additional class or series of Senior Priority Debt Facilities (the “Senior Priority Class Debt”; and the Senior Priority Class Debt and Second Priority Class Debt, collectively, the “Class Debt”) may be secured by a senior priority Lien on Shared Collateral, in each case under and pursuant to the Senior Priority Collateral Documents, if and subject to the condition that the Representative of any such Senior Priority Class Debt (each, a “Senior Priority Class Debt Representative”; and the Senior Priority Class Debt Representatives and Second Priority Class Debt Representatives, collectively, the “Class Debt Representatives”), acting on behalf of the holders of such Senior Priority Class Debt (such Representative and holders in respect of any such Senior Priority Class Debt being referred to as the “Senior Priority Class Debt Parties; and the Senior Priority Class Debt Parties and Second Priority Class Debt Parties, collectively, theClass Debt Parties”), becomes a party to this Agreement by satisfying the conditions set forth in clauses (i) through (iii), as applicable, of the immediately succeeding paragraph, and Section 8.09(b). In order for a Class Debt Representative to become a party to this Agreement:

 

Exhibit H-2-29

 

 

 

(i)          such Class Debt Representative shall have executed and delivered to the Designated Senior Priority Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Annex II (if such Representative is a Second Priority Class Debt Representative) or Annex III (if such Representative is a Senior Priority Class Debt Representative) (with such changes as may be reasonably approved by the Designated Senior Priority Representative and such Class Debt Representative) pursuant to which it becomes a Representative hereunder, and the Class Debt in respect of which such Class Debt Representative is the Representative and the related Class Debt Parties become subject hereto and bound hereby;

 

(ii)         the Borrower shall have delivered to the Designated Senior Priority Representative an Officer’s Certificate stating that the conditions set forth in this Section 8.09 are satisfied with respect to such Class Debt and, if requested, true and complete copies of each of the Second Priority Debt Documents or Senior Priority Debt Documents, as applicable, relating to such Class Debt, certified as being true and correct by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower; and

 

(iii)        the Second Priority Debt Documents or Senior Priority Debt Documents, as applicable, relating to such Class Debt shall provide, or shall be amended on terms and conditions reasonably approved by the Designated Senior Priority Representative and such Class Debt Representative, that each Class Debt Party with respect to such Class Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of this Agreement in its capacity as a holder of such Class Debt.

 

(b)          With respect to any Class Debt that is Incurred after the Closing Date, the Borrower and each of the other Grantors agrees to take such actions (if any) as may from time to time reasonably be requested by any Senior Priority Representative, any Second Priority Representative or any Major Second Priority Representative, and enter into such technical amendments, modifications and/or supplements to this Agreement or the then existing Guarantees and Collateral Documents (or execute and deliver such additional Collateral Documents) as may from time to time be reasonably requested by such Persons, to ensure that the Class Debt is secured by, and entitled to the benefits of, the relevant Collateral Documents relating to such Class Debt, and each Secured Party (by its acceptance of the benefits hereof) hereby agrees to, and authorizes the Designated Senior Priority Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative, as the case may be, to enter into, any such technical amendments, modifications and/or supplements (and additional Collateral Documents).

 

SECTION 8.10.      Consent To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Representative, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties of the Debt Facility for which it is acting, irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

(a)          submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in the County of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York in the County of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;

 

(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 such Person (or its Representative) at the address referred to in Section 8.11;

 

Exhibit H-2-30

 

 

 

(d)          agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of any other party hereto (or any Secured Party) to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law; and

 

(e)          waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 8.10 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

 

SECTION 8.11.      Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent:

 

(i) if to Holdings, the Borrower or any Grantor, to the Borrower, at its address at:

 

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC or MPH Acquisition Corp 1

c/o MultiPlan

535 East Diehl Road

Naperville, IL 60563

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Tel: [_____]

Facsimile: [_____]

 

(ii) if to the First Lien Collateral Agent, to it at:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

745 7th Avenue

24th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Christine Aharonian

Tel: [_____ ]

Electronic mail: [_____]

 

(iii) if to the Second Lien Agent, to it at:

 

[___]

 

(iv)         if to any other Representative, to it at the address specified by it in the Joinder Agreement delivered by it pursuant to Section 8.09.

 

Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, all notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by fax or on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 8.11 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 8.11. As agreed to among Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lenders from time to time, notices and other communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the email address of a representative of the applicable Person provided from time to time by such Person.

 

SECTION 8.12.      Further Assurances. Each Senior Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Senior Priority Secured Party under the Senior Priority Debt Facility for which it is acting, and each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself, and each Second Priority Secured Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that it will take such further action and shall execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the other parties hereto may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of, and the Lien priorities contemplated by, this Agreement.

 

Exhibit H-2-31

 

 

 

SECTION 8.13.      Governing Law; Waiver Of Jury Trial.

 

(A)          THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

(B)          EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

 

SECTION 8.14.      Binding On Successors And Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Senior Priority Representatives, the Senior Priority Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives, the Second Priority Secured Parties, Holdings, the Borrower, the other Grantors party hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

 

SECTION 8.15.      Section Titles. The section titles contained in this Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 8.16.      Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, including by means of facsimile or other electronic method, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall together constitute one and the same document. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 8.17.      Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this Agreement. The First Lien Collateral Agent represents and warrants that this Agreement is binding upon the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties. The Second Lien Agent represents and warrants that this Agreement is binding upon the Second Lien Agreement Secured Parties.

 

SECTION 8.18.      No Third Party Beneficiaries; Successors And Assigns. The lien priorities set forth in this Agreement and the rights and benefits hereunder in respect of such lien priorities shall inure solely to the benefit of the Senior Priority Representatives, the Senior Priority Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Secured Parties, and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and no other Person (including the Grantors, or any trustee, receiver, debtor in possession or bankruptcy estate in a bankruptcy or like proceeding) shall have or be entitled to assert such rights.

 

SECTION 8.19.      Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

 

Exhibit H-2-32

 

 

 

SECTION 8.20.      Administrative Agent And Representative. It is understood and agreed that (a) the First Lien Collateral Agent is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement and the provisions of Section 12 of the First Lien Credit Agreement applicable to the Agents (as defined therein) thereunder shall also apply to the First Lien Collateral Agent hereunder, (b) the Second Lien Agent is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as [administrative agent and collateral agent] under the Second Lien Agreement and the provisions of Section [ ] of the Second Lien Agreement applicable to the Agents (as defined therein) thereunder shall also apply to the Second Lien Agent hereunder and (c) each other Representative party hereto is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as trustee or agent for the secured parties referenced in the applicable Additional Senior Priority Debt Document or Additional Second Priority Debt Document (as applicable) and the corresponding exculpatory and liability-limiting provisions of such agreement applicable to such Representative thereunder shall also apply to such Representative hereunder.

 

SECTION 8.21.      Relative Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (except to the extent contemplated by Sections 5.01(a), 5.01(d) or 5.03(b)), nothing in this Agreement is intended to or will (a) amend, waive or otherwise modify the provisions of the First Lien Credit Agreement, any other Senior Priority Debt Document or any Second Priority Debt Documents, or permit Holdings, the Borrower or any other Grantor to take any action, or fail to take any action, to the extent such action or failure would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, the First Lien Credit Agreement or any other Senior Priority Debt Document or any Second Priority Debt Documents, (b) change the relative priorities of the Senior Priority Obligations or the Liens granted under the Senior Priority Collateral Documents on the Shared Collateral (or any other assets) as among the Senior Priority Secured Parties, (c) otherwise change the relative rights of the Senior Priority Secured Parties in respect of the Shared Collateral as among such Senior Priority Secured Parties or (d) obligate Holdings, the Borrower or any other Grantor to take any action, or fail to take any action, that would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, the First Lien Credit Agreement or any other Senior Priority Debt Document or any Second Priority Debt Document.

 

SECTION 8.22.      Survival Of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by any party in this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

[Signatures Follow]

 

Exhibit H-2-33

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

  BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as First Lien Collateral Agent
     
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  
       
  [        ], as Second Lien Agent
   
  By:    
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

Exhibit H-2

 

 

 

  [MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1]
   
  By:    
    Name:  
    Title:  
       
  [MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC]
   
  By:    
    Name:  
    Title:  
       
  [GRANTORS]
   
  By:    
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

Exhibit H-2

 

 

 

ANNEX I

 

[FORM OF] SUPPLEMENT NO. [   ] dated as of [               ], 20[   ] to the JUNIOR PRIORITY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [               ] (the “Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement”), among [MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1], a Delaware [corporation] (or any successor thereof) (“Holdings”), [MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC], a Delaware [limited liability company] (the “Borrower”), certain subsidiaries and affiliates of the Borrower (each a “Grantor”), BARCLAYS BANK PLC or any successor thereof, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement, [     ] or any successor thereof, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent under the Second Lien Agreement, and the additional Representatives from time to time a party thereto.

 

A.            Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement.

 

B.            The Grantors have entered into the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement. Pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement, certain Additional Senior Priority Debt Documents and certain Second Priority Debt Documents, certain newly acquired or organized Subsidiaries of the Borrower are required to enter into the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.07 of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Subsidiaries may become party to the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the “New Grantor”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the First Lien Credit Agreement, the Second Priority Debt Documents and Additional Senior Priority Debt Documents.

 

Accordingly, the Designated Senior Priority Representative and the New Subsidiary Grantor agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.      In accordance with Section 8.07 of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement, the New Grantor by its signature below becomes a Grantor under the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor, and the New Grantor hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Grantor thereunder. Each reference to a “Grantor” in the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Grantor. The Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

SECTION 2.      The New Grantor represents and warrants to the Designated Senior Priority Representative and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

 

SECTION 3.      This Supplement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the Designated Senior Priority Representative shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement that bears the signature of the New Grantor. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission or other electronic method shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.

 

SECTION 4.      Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Exhibit H-2

 

 

 

SECTION 5.        THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 6.      In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

SECTION 7.      All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.11 of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Grantor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower as specified in the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement.

 

SECTION 8.      The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Designated Senior Priority Representative for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Designated Senior Priority Representative.

 

Exhibit H-2

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Grantor, and the Designated Senior Priority Representative have duly executed this Supplement to the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

        [NAME OF NEW SUBSIDIARY GRANTOR],
         
        By:  
          Name:
          Title:
Acknowledged by:
[             ], as Designated Senior Priority Representative,
 
By:        
  Name:        
  Title:        
           
[             ], as Designated Second Priority Representative,
 
By:        
  Name:            
  Title:        

 

Exhibit H-2

 

 

 

ANNEX II

 

[FORM OF] REPRESENTATIVE SUPPLEMENT NO. [ ] dated as of [ ], 20[ ] to the JUNIOR PRIORITY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [ ], 20[     ] (the “Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement”), among [MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1], a Delaware [corporation] (or any successor thereof) (“Holdings”), [MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC], a Delaware [limited liability company] (the “Borrower”), certain subsidiaries and affiliates of the Borrower (each a “Grantor”), BARCLAYS BANK PLC or any successor thereof, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement, [ ] or any successor thereof, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent under the Second Lien Agreement, and the additional Representatives from time to time a party thereto.

 

A.            Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement.

 

B.            As a condition to the ability of the Borrower, Holdings or any other Grantor to incur Second Priority Class Debt and to secure such Second Priority Class Debt with the Second Priority Lien and to have such Second Priority Class Debt guaranteed by the Grantors on a subordinated basis, in each case under and pursuant to the Second Priority Collateral Documents, the Second Priority Class Representative in respect of such Second Priority Class Debt is required to become a Representative under, and such Second Priority Class Debt and the Second Priority Class Debt Parties in respect thereof are required to become subject to and bound by, the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.09 of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Second Priority Class Debt Representative may become a Representative under, and such Second Priority Class Debt and such Second Priority Class Debt Parties may become subject to and bound by, the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement, pursuant to the execution and delivery by the Second Priority Class Debt Representative of an instrument in the form of this Representative Supplement and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in Section 8.09 of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement. The undersigned Second Priority Class Debt Representative (the “New Representative”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Senior Priority Debt Documents and the Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

Accordingly, the Designated Senior Priority Representative and the New Representative agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.      In accordance with Section 8.09 of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement, the New Representative by its signature below becomes a Representative under, and the related Second Priority Class Debt and Second Priority Class Debt Parties become subject to and bound by, the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement with the same force and effect as if the New Representative had originally been named therein as a Representative, and the New Representative, on behalf of itself and such Second Priority Class Debt Parties, hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Second Priority Representative and to the Second Priority Class Debt Parties that it represents as Second Priority Secured Parties. Each reference to a “Representative” or “Second Priority Representative” in the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Representative. The Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

SECTION 2.      The New Representative represents and warrants to the Designated Senior Priority Representative and the other Secured Parties that (i) it has full power and authority to enter into this Representative Supplement, in its capacity as [agent] [trustee], (ii) this Representative Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of such Agreement and (iii) the Second Priority Debt Documents relating to such Second Priority Class Debt provide that, upon the New Representative’s entry into this Agreement, the Second Priority Class Debt Parties in respect of such Second Priority Class Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement as Second Priority Secured Parties.

 

Exhibit H-2

 

 

 

SECTION 3.      This Representative Supplement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Representative Supplement shall become effective when the Designated Senior Priority Representative shall have received a counterpart of this Representative Supplement that bears the signature of the New Representative. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Representative Supplement by facsimile transmission or other electronic method shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Representative Supplement.

 

SECTION 4.      Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 5.      THIS REPRESENTATIVE SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 6.      In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Representative Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

SECTION 7.      All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.11 of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Representative shall be given to it at the address set forth below its signature hereto.

 

SECTION 8.      The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Designated Senior Priority Representative for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Representative Supplement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Designated Senior Priority Representative.

 

Exhibit H-2 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Representative and the Designated Senior Priority Representative have duly executed this Representative Supplement to the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  [NAME OF NEW REPRESENTATIVE], as [             ] for the holders of [             ],
   
  By:  
    Name:                    
    Title:  
       
  Address for notices:
   
  attention of:  
  Telecopy:  
  [                    ],
  as Designated Senior Priority Representative,
   
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

Exhibit H-2 

 

 

 

Acknowledged by:
 
[     ]    
     
By:      
  Name:          
  Title:  
     
[     ]    
     
By:      
  Name:  
  Title:  
     
THE GRANTORS
LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO
 
By:      
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Exhibit H-2 

 

 

 

ANNEX III

 

[FORM OF] REPRESENTATIVE SUPPLEMENT NO. [ ] dated as of [ ], 20[ ] to the JUNIOR PRIORITY INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [ ], 20[     ] (the “Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement”), among [MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1], a Delaware [corporation] (or any successor thereof) (“Holdings”), [MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC], a Delaware [limited liability company] (the “Borrower”), certain subsidiaries and affiliates of the Borrower (each a “Grantor”), BARCLAYS BANK PLC or any successor thereof, and Collateral Agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement, [     ] or any successor thereof, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent under the Second Lien Agreement, and the additional Representatives from time to time a party thereto.

 

A.            Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement.

 

B.            As a condition to the ability of the Borrower, Holdings or any other Grantor to incur Senior Priority Class Debt after the date of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement and to secure such Senior Priority Class Debt with the Senior Lien and to have such Senior Priority Class Debt guaranteed by the Grantors on a senior basis, in each case under and pursuant to the Senior Priority Collateral Documents, the Senior Priority Class Debt Representative in respect of such Senior Priority Class Debt is required to become a Representative under, and such Senior Priority Class Debt and the Senior Priority Class Debt Parties in respect thereof are required to become subject to and bound by, the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.09 of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Senior Priority Class Debt Representative may become a Representative under, and such Senior Priority Class Debt and such Senior Priority Class Debt Parties may become subject to and bound by, the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement, pursuant to the execution and delivery by the Senior Priority Class Debt Representative of an instrument in the form of this Representative Supplement and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in Section 8.09 of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement. The undersigned Senior Priority Class Debt Representative (the “New Representative”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Senior Priority Debt Documents and the Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

Accordingly, the Designated Senior Priority Representative and the New Representative agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.      In accordance with Section 8.09 of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement, the New Representative by its signature below becomes a Representative under, and the related Senior Priority Class Debt and Senior Priority Class Debt Parties become subject to and bound by, the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement with the same force and effect as if the New Representative had originally been named therein as a Representative, and the New Representative, on behalf of itself and such Senior Priority Class Debt Parties, hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Senior Priority Representative and to the Senior Priority Class Debt Parties that it represents as Senior Priority Secured Parties. Each reference to a “Representative” or “Senior Priority Representative” in the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Representative. The Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

SECTION 2.      The New Representative represents and warrants to the Designated Senior Priority Representative and the other Secured Parties that (i) it has full power and authority to enter into this Representative Supplement, in its capacity as [agent] [trustee] under [describe new facility], (ii) this Representative Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of such Agreement and (iii) the Senior Priority Debt Documents relating to such Senior Priority Class Debt provide that, upon the New Representative’s entry into this Agreement, the Senior Priority Class Debt Parties in respect of such Senior Priority Class Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement as Senior Priority Secured Parties.

  

Exhibit H-2 

 

 

 

SECTION 3.      This Representative Supplement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Representative Supplement shall become effective when the Designated Senior Priority Representative shall have received a counterpart of this Representative Supplement that bears the signature of the New Representative. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Representative Supplement by facsimile transmission or other electronic method shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Representative Supplement.

 

SECTION 4.      Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 5.      THIS REPRESENTATIVE SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 6.      In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Representative Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

SECTION 7.      All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.11 of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Representative shall be given to it at the address set forth below its signature hereto.

 

SECTION 8.      The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Designated Senior Priority Representative for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Representative Supplement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Designated Senior Priority Representative.

 

Exhibit H-2 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Representative and the Designated Senior Priority Representative have duly executed this Representative Supplement to the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  [NAME OF NEW REPRESENTATIVE], as [         ] for the holders of [          ],
   
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:                     
       
  Address for notices:
   
  attention of:
  Telecopy:  
  [         ],
  as Designated Senior Priority Representative,
   
  By:    
    Name:    
    Title:  

 

Exhibit H-2 

 

 

 

Acknowledged by:  
   
[     ]    
     
By:    
  Name:                
  Title:    
       
[     ]      
       
By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
THE GRANTORS  
LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO  
   
By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    

 

Exhibit H-2 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT I

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

 

This Assignment and Acceptance (the “Assignment and Acceptance”) is dated as of the Effective Date (as defined below) and is entered into by and between [the][each]1 Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “Assignor”) and [the][each]2 Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] “Assignee”). [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees] 3 hereunder are several and not joint.] 4 Capitalized terms used in this Assignment and Acceptance and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation, POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC (the “Administrative Agent”), as the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Syndication Agent and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CITIBANK, N.A. and UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as Documentation Agents and the other parties from time to time party thereto, receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by [the][each] Assignee.

 

The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Acceptance as if set forth herein in full.

 

For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 hereto and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignor’s][the respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of [the Assignor][the respective Assignors] under the respective facilities identified below (including without limitation any letters of credit, guarantees, and swingline loans included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of [the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender)][the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] “Assigned Interest”). Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.

 

 

1            For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignor[s], if the assignment is from a single Assignor, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is from multiple Assignors, choose the second bracketed language.

 

2            For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignee[s], if the assignment is to a single Assignee, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is to multiple Assignees, choose the second bracketed language.

 

3            Select as appropriate.

 

4            Include bracketed language if there are either multiple Assignors or multiple Assignees.

 

Exhibit I

 

 

 

1.            Assignor[s]: [NAME OF ASSIGNOR[S]]

 

2.            Assignee[s]: [NAME OF ASSIGNEE[S]]

 

[Assignee is an [Affiliate][Approved Fund] of [identify Lender]]

 

Address for Notices: [ADDRESS FOR NOTICES]

 

3.            Borrower[s]: [NAME OF BORROWER[S]]

 

4.            Assigned Interest[s]:

 

 
 
Assignor[s]5
     
 
Assignee[s]6
     
 
Credit Facility
Assigned7 
  Total
Commitment/
Loans of

all Lenders under
each Credit
Facility8
    Amount
of
Credit
Facility
Assigned
    Percentage
Assigned of
Total
Commitment/
Loans of all Lenders
under each Credit
Facility9
     
 
CUSIP
Number 
 
                                                 Initial Term Loan Commitment   $       [             ]   $ [             ]     [0.000000000 ]%      
            Revolving Credit Commitment   $ [             ]   $ [             ]     [0.000000000 ]%      
            [Incremental Term Loan Facility   $ [             ]   $ [             ]     [0.000000000 ]%]      
                                                 [Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility   $       [             ]   $ [             ]     [0.000000000 ]%]      
            [Extended Term Loan Facility   $ [             ]   $ [             ]     [0.000000000 ]%]      
            [Extended Revolving Credit Facility   $ [             ]   $ [             ]     [0.000000000 ]%]      

 

5.            [Trade Date:      , 20_ ]10

 

6.            Effective Date of Assignment (the “Effective Date”):     , 20  .11 [subject to the payment of an assignment fee in an amount of $3,500 to the Administrative Agent]12.

  

 

5            List each Assignor, as appropriate.

 

6            List each Assignee, as appropriate.

 

7            Fill in the appropriate terminology for the types of facilities under the Credit Agreement that are being assigned under this Assignment.

 

8            Amount to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date

 

9            To be set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Total Commitment/Loans of all Lenders under each Credit Facility.

 

10            To be completed if the Assignor[s] and the Assignee[s] intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date.

 

11            To be inserted by Administrative Agent and which shall be the effective date of recordation of transfer in the Register therefor.

 

12            To be deleted for assignment made by the Joint Bookrunners, the Lead Arrangers or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the primary syndication of the Initial Term Loan Facility, or any assignment by any Principal Investor to any other Principal Investor.

 

Exhibit I

 

 

 

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Acceptance are hereby agreed to:

 

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR], as Assignor  
   
By:    
  Name:                
  Title:    
       
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR], as Assignor  
   
By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE], as Assignee  
   
By:      
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE], as Assignee  
   
By:      
  Name:    
  Title:    

 

Exhibit I

 

 

 

[Consented to and]13 Accepted:  
   
[                    ],  
as Administrative Agent  
   
By:    
  Name:            
  Title:    
       
[Consented to:  
   
MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC,  
   
By:    
  Name:    
  Title:                      ] 14  

 

 

13            If required by Section 13.6(b)(i)(B) of Credit Agreement.

 

14            If required by Section 13.6(b)(i)(A) of Credit Agreement.

 

Exhibit I

 

 

 

ANNEX 1

 

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

 

1.            Representations and Warranties and Agreements.

 

1.1          Assignor[s]. [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any Lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries or (iv) the performance or observance by any of Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries of any of their respective obligations under any Credit Document.

 

1.2          Assignee[s]. [The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender thereunder, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it is not a Disqualified Lender and (vi) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Credit Agreement, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (b) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, respectively, by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto and (c) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, [the][any] Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Documents and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender, including, if it is a Non-U.S. Lender, its obligations pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Credit Agreement.

 

2.            Payments: From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the][the relevant] Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments of interest, fees or other amounts paid or payable in kind from and after the Effective Date to [the][the relevant] Assignee.

 

Exhibit I

 

 

 

3.            General Provisions.

 

3.1          In accordance with Section 13.6 of the Credit Agreement, upon execution, delivery, acceptance and recording of this Assignment and Acceptance, from and after the Effective Date, (a) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Credit Agreement with Commitments as set forth herein and (b) the Assignor shall, to the extent of the Assigned Interest assigned pursuant to this Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement (and if this Assignment and Acceptance covers all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement, the Assignor shall cease to be a party to the Credit Agreement but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 3.5, 5.4, 13.5, 13.12 and 13.15 thereof).

 

3.2          This Assignment and Acceptance shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Acceptance may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Assignment and Acceptance on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “PDF or “TIF” file)), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. This Assignment and Acceptance and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be construed in accordance with and governed by and interpreted under the law of the state of New York.

 

Exhibit I

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT J

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF AFFILIATED LENDER ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

 

This Affiliated Lender Assignment and Acceptance (the “Assignment and Acceptance”) is dated as of the Effective Date (as defined below) and is entered into by and between the Assignor (as defined below) and the Assignee (as defined below). Capitalized terms used in this Assignment and Acceptance and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation, POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC (the “Administrative Agent”), as the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Syndication Agent and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CITIBANK, N.A. and UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as Documentation Agents and the other parties from time to time party thereto, receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee.

 

The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Acceptance as if set forth herein in full.

 

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 hereto and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of the Credit Facility identified below and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

 

1.            Assignor (the “Assignor”): [NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

 

2.            Assignee (the “Assignee”): [NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

 

Exhibit J 

 

 

 

3.            Borrower: [NAME OF BORROWER]

 

4.            Assigned Interest:

 

Credit Facility   Total
Commitment/Loans
of all Lenders
under each Credit
Facility
    Amount of Credit
Facility Assigned12 
    Percentage Assigned of
Total
Commitment/Loans of
all Lenders under each
Credit Facility3
    CUSIP
Number
 
Initial Term Loan Commitment   $ [           ]    $ [           ]      [0.000000000 ]%      
[Incremental Term Loan Facility   $ [           ]    $ [           ]      [0.000000000 ]%]                 
[Extended Term Loan Facility   $ [           ]    $ [           ]      [0.000000000 ]%]      

 

4.            [Trade Date:      , 20   ]4

 

5.            Effective Date of Assignment (the “Effective Date”):    , 20   ,5 [subject to the payment of an assignment fee in an amount of $3,500 to the Administrative Agent]6.

 

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Acceptance are hereby agreed to:

 

  [NAME OF ASSIGNOR], as Assignor
   
  By:    
    Name:
    Title:  
       
  [NAME OF ASSIGNEE], as Assignee

 

 

1            Lenders shall not be permitted to assign Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Credit Loans to any Purchasing Borrower Party or any Affiliated Lender.

 

2            Amount to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date.

 

3            To be set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Total Commitment/Loans of all Lenders under each Credit Facility.

 

4            To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date.

 

5            To be inserted by Administrative Agent and which shall be the effective date of recordation of transfer in the Register therefor.

 

6            To be deleted for assignment made by Joint Bookrunners, the Lead Arrangers or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the primary syndication of the Initial Term Loan Facility.

 

Exhibit J 

 

 

 

  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

Exhibit J 

 

 

 

[Consented to and]7 Accepted:  
   
[                          ],  
as Administrative Agent  
   
By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
[Consented to:  
   
MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC  
   
By:    
  Name:    
  Title: ]8    

 

 

7            If required by Section 13.6(b)(i)(B) of Credit Agreement.

 

8            If required by Section 13.6(b)(i)(A) of Credit Agreement.

 

Exhibit J 

 

 

 

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

AFFILIATED LENDER ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

 

1.            Representations and Warranties and Agreements.

 

1.1          Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any Lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries or (iv) the performance or observance by any of Holdings, the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries of any of their respective obligations under any Credit Document.

 

1.2          Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender thereunder, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (iv) it is a [Purchasing Borrower Party][Affiliated Lender], as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement, (v) after giving pro forma effect to the purchase, assumption and assignment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 13.6(g) of the Credit Agreement, the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans of such Class outstanding held by Affiliated Lenders that are Non-Debt Fund Affiliates as of the Effective Date does not exceed 25% of all Term Loans of such Class then outstanding under the Credit Agreement, (vi) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (vii) it is not a Disqualified Lender[,][ and] (viii) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Credit Agreement, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender [and (ix) it is not using the proceeds from Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans, Swingline Loans or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (or any other revolving credit facility that is effective in reliance on Section 10.1(a) or Section 10.1(u) of the Credit Agreement) to purchase any Term Loans]9, (b) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, respectively, by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto and (c) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Documents and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender, including, if it is a Non-U.S. Lender, its obligations pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Credit Agreement.

 

 

9            To be inserted if assignment to a Purchasing Borrower Party.

 

Exhibit J 

 

 

 

2.            Payments: From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the relevant Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments of interest, fees or other amounts paid or payable in kind from and after the Effective Date to the Assignee.

 

3.            General Provisions.

 

3.1          In accordance with Section 13.6 of the Credit Agreement, upon execution, delivery, acceptance and recording of this Assignment and Acceptance, from and after the Effective Date, (a) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13.6(g)(ii) and Section 13.6(h) of the Credit Agreement), have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Credit Agreement with Commitments as set forth herein and (b) the Assignor shall, to the extent of the Assigned Interest assigned pursuant to this Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement (and if this Assignment and Acceptance covers all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement, the Assignor shall cease to be a party to the Credit Agreement but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 3.5, 5.4, 13.5, 13.12, 13.15 and 13.16 thereof).

 

3.2          This Assignment and Acceptance shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Acceptance may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Assignment and Acceptance on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “PDF or “TIF” file)), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. This Assignment and Acceptance and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be construed in accordance with and governed by and interpreted under the law of the state of New York.

 

Exhibit J 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT K

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE

 

To the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders party to the Credit Agreement referred to below:

 

I, the undersigned, the Treasurer (and having those duties typically performed by a chief financial officer) of MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1, a Delaware corporation, in that capacity only and not in my individual capacity (and without personal liability), do hereby certify as of the date hereof, and based upon facts and circumstances as they exist as of the date hereof (and disclaiming any responsibility for changes in such facts and circumstances after the date hereof), that:

 

1.            This certificate is furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.8 of the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016, among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., BARCLAYS BANK PLC as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto and the other parties thereto (the “Credit Agreement”). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this certificate shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

2.            For purposes of this certificate, the terms below shall have the following definitions:

 

(a)        “Fair Value”

 

The amount at which the assets (both tangible and intangible), in their entirety, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, within a commercially reasonable period of time, each having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts, with neither being under any compulsion to act.

 

(b)        “Present Fair Salable Value”

 

The amount that could be obtained by an independent willing seller from an independent willing buyer if the assets (both tangible and intangible) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole are sold on a going concern basis with reasonable promptness in an arm’s-length transaction under present conditions for the sale of comparable business enterprises insofar as such conditions can be reasonably evaluated.

 

(c)        “Stated Liabilities”

 

The recorded liabilities (including contingent liabilities that would be recorded in accordance with GAAP) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, as of the date hereof after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions (including the execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement, the making of the Loans and the use of proceeds of such Loans on the date hereof), determined in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.

 

(d)        “Identified Contingent Liabilities”

 

The maximum estimated amount of liabilities reasonably likely to result from pending litigation, asserted claims and assessments, guaranties, uninsured risks and other contingent liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole after giving effect to the Transactions (including the execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement, the making of the Loans and the use of proceeds of such Loans on the date hereof) (including all fees and expenses related thereto but exclusive of such contingent liabilities to the extent reflected in Stated Liabilities), as identified and explained in terms of their nature and estimated magnitude by responsible officers of the Borrower.

 

Exhibit K 

 

 

 

(e)          “Can pay their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as they mature”

 

Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole after giving effect to the Transactions (including the execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement, the making of the Loans and the use of proceeds of such loans on the date hereof) have sufficient assets and cash flow to pay their respective Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as those liabilities mature or (in the case of contingent liabilities) otherwise become payable.

 

(f)           “Do not have Unreasonably Small Capital”

 

Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole after giving effect to the Transactions (including the execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement, the making of the Loans and the use of proceeds of such Loans on the date hereof) have sufficient capital to ensure that it is a going concern.

 

3.            For purposes of this certificate, I, or officers of Borrower under my direction and supervision, have performed the following procedures as of and for the periods set forth below.

 

(a) I have reviewed the financial statements (including the pro forma financial statements) referred to in Section 6.9 of the Credit Agreement.

 

(b)            I have knowledge of and have reviewed to my satisfaction the Credit Agreement.

 

(c) As Treasurer of Borrower and having those duties typically performed by a chief financial officer, I am familiar with the financial condition of Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

 

4.            Based on and subject to the foregoing, I hereby certify on behalf of Borrower that after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions (including the execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement, the making of the Loans and the use of proceeds of such Loans on the date hereof), it is my opinion that (i) each of the Fair Value and the Present Fair Salable Value of the assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole exceed their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities; (ii) Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole do not have Unreasonably Small Capital; and (iii) Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole can pay their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as they mature.

 

[signature page follows]

 

Exhibit K 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MPH Acquisition Corp 1 has caused this certificate to be executed on its behalf by its Treasurer this 7th day of June, 2016.

 

  MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1
   
   
  By:  
    Name: David L. Redmond
    Title: Treasurer

 

Exhibit K 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT L

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF UNITED STATES TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES

 

FORM OF

TAX CERTIFICATE

 

(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

 

Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation, POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC (the “Administrative Agent”), as the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Syndication Agent and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CITIBANK, N.A. and UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as Documentation Agents and the other parties from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.4(d) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code Section 871(h)(3)(B), and (iv) it is not a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 864(d)(4) of the Code.

 

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payment.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

Exhibit L

 

 

 

 

 

  [Lender]
     
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  [Address]

 

Dated:  __________________ , 20[ ]

 

Exhibit L

 

 

 

FORM OF

TAX CERTIFICATE

(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

 

Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation, POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC (the “Administrative Agent”), as the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Syndication Agent and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CITIBANK, N.A. and UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as Documentation Agents and the other parties from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.4(d) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code Section 871(h)(3)(B), and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 864(d)(4) of the Code.

 

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable or (ii) an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payment.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

Exhibit L

 

 

 

  [Lender]
     
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  [Address]

 

Dated:  __________________ , 20[ ]

 

Exhibit L

 

 

 

FORM OF

TAX CERTIFICATE

(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

 

Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation, POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC (the “Administrative Agent”), as the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Syndication Agent and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CITIBANK, N.A. and UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as Documentation Agents and the other parties from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.4(d) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code Section 871(h)(3)(B), and (iv) it is not a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 864(d)(4) of the Code.

 

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payment.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

Exhibit L

 

 

 

  [Participant]
     
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  [Address]

 

Dated:  __________________ , 20[ ]

 

Exhibit L

 

 

 

FORM OF

TAX CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

 

Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation, POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC (the “Administrative Agent”), as the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Syndication Agent and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CITIBANK, N.A. and UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as Documentation Agents and the other parties from time to time party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.4(d) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) with respect to such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Code Section 871(h)(3)(B), and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 864(d)(4) of the Code.

 

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable or (ii) an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY accompanied by an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payment.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

Exhibit L

 

 

 

  [Participant]
     
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  [Address]

  

Dated:  __________________ , 20[ ]

 

Exhibit L

 

 

 

EXHIBIT M

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATED NOTE

 

  New York
  June 7, 2016

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of the undersigned, to the extent a borrower from time to time from any other entity listed on the signature page hereto (each, in such capacity, a “Payor”), hereby promises to pay on demand to the order of such other entity listed below that is a Credit Party (or a Person required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.10 of the Credit Agreement) (each, in such capacity, a “Payee”), in lawful money of the United States of America, or in such other currency as agreed to by such Payor and such Payee, in immediately available funds, at such location as a Payee shall from time to time designate, the unpaid principal amount of all loans and advances (including trade payables) made by such Payee to such Payor. Each Payor promises also to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of all such loans and advances in like money at said location from the date of such loans and advances until paid at such rate per annum as shall be agreed upon from time to time by such Payor and such Payee.

 

Capitalized terms used in this Intercompany Subordinated Note (this “Note”) but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation (whose rights and obligations therein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assigned to and assumed by the Surviving Company (as defined below)), POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., which on the Closing Date shall be merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1 (“MPH”), with MPH surviving such merger and with the merged company existing under the laws of the state of Delaware as the “Surviving Company”, whose rights and obligations therein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assigned to and assumed by MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders and investors from time to time parties thereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as the Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto and the other agents party thereto.

 

This Note shall be pledged by each Payee that is a Credit Party (a “Credit Party Payee”) to the Collateral Agent (or any agent or designee thereof), for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Pledge Agreement as collateral security for such Payee’s First Lien Obligations (as defined in the Pledge Agreement). Each Payee hereby acknowledges and agrees that after the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Pledge Agreement), the Collateral Agent may exercise all rights of the Credit Party Payees with respect to this Note.

 

Upon the commencement of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceeding in connection therewith, relating to any Payor owing any amounts evidenced by this Note to any Credit Party, or to any property of any such Payor, or upon the commencement of any proceeding for voluntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of any such Payor, all amounts evidenced by this Note owing by such Payor to any and all Credit Parties shall become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind.

 

Exhibit M

 

 

 

Anything in this Note to the contrary notwithstanding, the indebtedness evidenced by this Note owed by any Payor that is a Credit Party to any Payee shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, to all First Lien Obligations of such Payor until the Termination Date (as defined in the Security Agreement); the First Lien Obligations and other indebtedness and obligations in connection with any renewal, refunding, restructuring or refinancing thereof, including interest thereon accruing after the commencement of any proceedings referred to in clause (i) below, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in such proceeding, being hereinafter collectively referred to as “Senior Indebtedness”).

 

(i)            In the event of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, and any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings in connection therewith, relative to any Payor or to its property, and in the event of any proceedings for voluntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of such Payor (except as expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement), whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, then, if an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Pledge Agreement) has occurred and is continuing after prior written notice from the Collateral Agent to the Borrower, (x) the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be irrevocably paid in full in cash in respect of all amounts constituting Senior Indebtedness (other than Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or contingent indemnification obligations) before any Payee is entitled to receive (whether directly or indirectly), or make any demands for, any payment on account of this Note and (y) until the holders of Senior Indebtedness are irrevocably paid in full in cash in respect of all amounts constituting Senior Indebtedness (other than Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or contingent indemnification obligations), any payment or distribution to which such Payee would otherwise be entitled (other than debt securities of such Payor that are subordinated, to at least the same extent as this Note, to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness then outstanding (such securities being hereinafter referred to as “Restructured Debt Securities”)) shall be made to the holders of Senior Indebtedness;

 

(ii)            If any Event of Default (under and as defined in the Pledge Agreement) occurs and is continuing after prior written notice from the Collateral Agent to the Borrower, then (x) no payment or distribution of any kind or character shall be made by or on behalf of the Payor or any other Person on its behalf with respect to this Note and (y) upon the request of the Collateral Agent, no amounts evidenced by this Note owing by any Payor to any Payee that is a Credit Party shall be forgiven or otherwise reduced in any way, other than as a result of payment in full thereof made in cash;

 

(iii)            If any payment or distribution of any character, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than Restructured Debt Securities), in respect of this Note shall (despite these subordination provisions) be received by any Payee in violation of clause (i) or (ii) above before all Senior Indebtedness shall have been irrevocably paid in full in cash (other than Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or contingent indemnification obligations), such payment or distribution shall be held in trust (segregated from other property of such Payee) for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, and shall be paid over or delivered in accordance with the Credit Agreement and Pledge Agreement; and

 

Exhibit M

 

 

 

(iv)            Each Payee agrees to file all claims against each relevant Payor in any bankruptcy or other proceeding in which the filing of claims is required by law in respect of any Senior Indebtedness, and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to all of such Payee’s rights thereunder. If for any reason a Payee fails to file such claim at least ten Business Days prior to the last date on which such claim should be filed, such Payee hereby irrevocably appoints each Collateral Agent as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact and is hereby authorized to act as attorney-in-fact in such Payee’s name to file such claim or, in such Collateral Agent’s discretion, to assign such claim to and cause proof of claim to be filed in the name of the relevant Collateral Agent or its nominee. In all such cases, whether in administration, bankruptcy or otherwise, the person or persons authorized to pay such claim shall pay to the Collateral Agent the full amount payable on the claim in the proceeding, and, to the full extent necessary for that purpose, each Payee hereby assigns to the Collateral Agent all of such Payee’s rights to any payments or distributions to which such Payee otherwise would be entitled. If the amount so paid is greater than such Payee’s liability hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall pay the excess amount to the party entitled thereto. In addition, each Payee hereby irrevocably appoints each Collateral Agent as its attorney in fact to exercise all of such Payee’s voting rights in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding or any plan for the reorganization of each relevant Payor.

 

To the fullest extent permitted by law, no present or future holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be prejudiced in its right to enforce the subordination of this Note by any act or failure to act on the part of any Payor or by any act or failure to act on the part of such holder or any trustee or agent for such holder. Each Payee and each Payor hereby agree that the subordination of this Note is for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties are obligees under this Note to the same extent as if their names were written herein as such and the respective Collateral Agent may, on behalf of itself, and the Secured Parties, proceed to enforce the subordination provisions herein.

 

The indebtedness evidenced by this Note owed by any Payor that is not a Credit Party shall not be subordinated to, and shall rank pari passu in right of payment with, any other obligation of such Payor.

 

Nothing contained in the subordination provisions set forth above is intended to or will impair, as between each Payor and each Payee, the obligations of such Payor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay to such Payee the principal of and interest on this Note as and when due and payable in accordance with its terms, or is intended to or will affect the relative rights of such Payee and other creditors of such Payor other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness.

 

Each Payee is hereby authorized to record all loans and advances made by it to any Payor (all of which shall be evidenced by this Note), and all repayments or prepayments thereof, in its books and records, such books and records constituting prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information contained therein; provided that the failure of any Payee to record such information shall not affect any Payor’s obligations in respect of intercompany Indebtedness extended by such Payee to such Payor.

 

Each Payor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind in connection with this Note. All payments under this Note shall be made without offset, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.

 

It is understood that this Note shall only evidence Indebtedness.

 

This Note shall be binding upon each Payor and its successors and assigns, and the terms and provisions of this Note shall inure to the benefit of each Payee and their respective successors and assigns, including subsequent holders hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in any other Credit Document or in any other promissory note or other instrument, this Note replaces and supersedes any and all promissory notes or other instruments which create or evidence any loans or advances made on, before or after the date hereof by any Payee to any other Subsidiary.

 

From time to time after the date hereof, additional Subsidiaries of Holdings may become parties hereto (as Payor and/or Payee, as the case may be) by executing a counterpart signature page hereto, which shall automatically be incorporated into this Note (each additional Subsidiary, an “Additional Party”). Upon delivery of such counterpart signature page to the Payees, notice of which is hereby waived by the other Payors, each Additional Party shall be a Payor and/or a Payee, as the case may be, and shall be as fully a party hereto as if such Additional Party were an original signatory hereof. Each Payor expressly agrees that its obligations arising hereunder shall not be affected or diminished by the addition or release of any other Payor or Payee hereunder. This Note shall be fully effective as to any Payor or Payee that is or becomes a party hereto regardless of whether any other person becomes or fails to become or ceases to be a Payor or Payee hereunder.

 

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In the event the Collateral Agent enters into any Customary Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall be authorized (without the consent of any Lender) to enter into such amendments to this Note as may be necessary to reflect the provisions of such Customary Intercreditor Agreement.

 

THIS NOTE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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Exhibit M

 

 

 

 

  POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  MPH ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  MPH INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY 1
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

Exhibit M

 

 

 

 

  FORMOST, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  HMA ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  IHP ACQUISITION CORP.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  MARS ACQUISITION CORP.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  MEDICAL AUDIT & REVIEW SOLUTIONS, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  MULTIPLAN CORP.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

Exhibit M

 

 

 

  

  MULTIPLAN SERVICES CORPORATION
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  NCN ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  TEXAS TRUE CHOICE, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  VIANT HOLDINGS, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  VIANT PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

Exhibit M

 

 

 

  

  HEALTHNETWORK SYSTEMS LLC
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, LLC
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  ADMAR CORPORATION
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  BEECH STREET CORPORATION
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  MULTIPLAN, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT PPO INC.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

Exhibit M

 

 

 

 

  ASSOCIATES FOR HEALTH CARE, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  HEALTHEOS BY MULTIPLAN, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  VIANT, INC.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

Exhibit M

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT N

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF PERFECTION CERTIFICATE

 

Reference is made to (a) the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among Polaris Intermediate Corp. (whose rights and obligations herein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assumed by the Surviving Company (as defined below)), Polaris Merger Sub Corp., which on the Closing Date shall be merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1 (“MPH”), with MPH surviving such merger and with the merged company existing under the laws of the state of Delaware as the “Surviving Company”, whose rights and obligations herein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assumed by MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders and investors from time to time parties thereto, Barclays Bank PLC, as the Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto and the other agents party thereto; (b) the Security Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the Collateral Agent and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors of the Borrower from time to time party thereto; and (c) the Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pledge Agreement” and together with the Security Agreement, the “Collateral Documents”), by and among Holdings, the Borrower, the Collateral Agent and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party thereto.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned in the Credit Agreement or the Security Agreement, as applicable.

 

The undersigned Authorized Officer of the Borrower hereby certifies to the Collateral Agents and each other Secured Party, solely in respect of Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors party to each Collateral Document (each party a “Grantor”), as follows:

 

1.            Names.

 

(a)           The exact legal name of each Grantor, as such name appears in its respective Organizational Documents and the type of organization of each Grantor is as listed in Schedule 1(a) attached hereto. None of the Borrower or any Grantor is currently using a trade or assumed name by which such Borrower or Grantor is known or transacting any business, other than as identified herein.

 

(b)           Set forth in Schedule 1(b) attached hereto is each other legal name each Grantor has had or used on any filings with the Internal Revenue Service at any time within the past five years, together with the date of the relevant change.

 

(c)           Except as set forth in Schedule 1(c) attached hereto, no Grantor has become the successor by merger, consolidation, or acquisition to any other business or organization in the preceding five years, in each case to the extent such merger, consolidation or acquisition exceeded $50,000,000. If any such merger, consolidation, or acquisition or any other change in the form, nature or jurisdiction of organization has occurred, include in Schedule 1(c) the information required by Sections 1(a) and 2(b) of this certificate as to each acquiree or constituent party to a merger or consolidation, as applicable.

 

 

Exhibit N

 

 

 

 

(d)           Set forth in Schedule 1(d) attached hereto is the Organizational Identification Number, if any, issued by the jurisdiction of organization of each Grantor that is a registered organization.

 

(e)           Set forth in Schedule 1(e) attached hereto is the Federal Taxpayer Identification Number of each Grantor.

 

2.            Current Locations.

 

(a)           The chief executive office of each Grantor is located at the address set forth opposite its name in Schedule 2(a) attached hereto. None of the Borrower or any Grantor has changed its chief executive office within the past five (5) years.

 

(b)           The jurisdiction of organization of each Grantor that is a registered organization is set forth opposite its name in Schedule 2(b) attached hereto.

 

3.            Unusual Transactions. All Accounts have been originated by the Grantors and all assets with a value in excess of $50,000,000 have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from a person in the business of selling goods of that kind, except to the extent listed on Schedule 3 hereto.

 

4.            File Search Reports. File search reports have been obtained from (i) the Uniform Commercial Code filing office of the jurisdiction of organization of each Grantor and each entity merged into such Grantor as described on Schedule 1(c) hereto and (ii) each local jurisdiction listed in Section 2(a) hereof with respect to judgment liens and tax liens, and such search reports reflect no liens against any of the Collateral other than those permitted under each Credit Agreement or which shall be terminated on the Closing Date as set forth in Section 7 hereof.

 

5.            UCC Filings; PPSA/RPMRR Filings. Financing statements (duly authorized by each Grantor constituting the debtor therein) in substantially the form of Schedule 5 hereto have been prepared by counsel to the Collateral Agent in the appropriate form for filing in the proper Uniform Commercial Code filing office in the jurisdiction in which each Grantor is organized, in each case as set forth with respect to such Grantor in Section 2(b) hereof.

 

6.            Schedule of Filings. Attached hereto as Schedule 6 is a schedule setting forth, with respect to the filings described in Section 5 above, the filing office in which such filing is to be made.

 

7.            Termination Statements. Attached hereto as Schedule 7(a) are the duly authorized termination statements in the appropriate form for filing in each applicable jurisdiction identified in Schedule 7(b) hereto with respect to each Lien described therein.

 

8.            Stock Ownership and Other Equity Interests. Attached hereto as Schedule 8 is a true and correct list (after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring) of all the issued and outstanding Capital Stock owned by each Grantor that is required to be pledged under the Pledge Agreement and the record and beneficial owners of such Capital Stock, and the percentage ownership of each other equity investment held by each Grantor that represents more than 50% of the equity of the entity in which such investment was made.

 

9.            Debt Instruments. Except with respect to intercompany indebtedness owed by Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, attached hereto as Schedule 9 is a true and correct list of all promissory notes, instruments, tangible chattel paper, electronic chattel paper and other evidence of indebtedness (other than checks to be deposited in the ordinary course of business) in a principal amount in excess of $10,000,000 (individually) held by each Grantor that are required to be pledged under any Collateral Document. All intercompany indebtedness owed by Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary as of the Closing Date is evidenced by the Intercompany Note.

 

 

Exhibit N

 

 

 

 

10.           Advances. Attached hereto as Schedule 10 is a true and correct list of all advances in respect of Indebtedness made by any Grantor to Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries in excess of $10,000,000 in aggregate principal amount (other than those identified on Schedule 9), which advances will be on and after the date hereof evidenced by the Intercompany Note pledged to the Collateral Agent under the Security Agreement.

 

11.           Intellectual Property.

 

(a)            Attached hereto as Schedule 11(A) in proper form for filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, is a true and correct list of all of each Grantor’s United States (i) federal issued Patents and pending Patent applications, (ii) Trademark registrations and pending Trademark applications and (iii) Copyright registrations (collectively, the “Registered Intellectual Property”), in each case owned in whole or in part by a Grantor as of the date hereof, indicating for each such item, as applicable, the title, application and/or registration number, and the identity of the current applicant or registered owner.

 

(b)            Attached hereto as Schedule 11(B) is a true and correct list of all of each Grantor’s IP Agreements which accounted for aggregate revenue to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of more than $10,000,000 during the Borrower’s most recent fiscal year (other than non-exclusive license agreements or licenses of commercially available off-the-shelf software) in which a Grantor is, as of the date hereof, the exclusive licensee of any United States Patent, Patent Application, Trademark registration, Trademark application, or Copyright registration (collectively, the “Exclusive IP Agreements”), indicating for each such Exclusive IP Agreement the parties and date, as well as the registration number, date of registration and identity of the registered owner of the Patent, Trademark or Copyright registration licensed thereunder.

 

12.           Commercial Tort Claims.

 

Attached hereto as Schedule 12 is a true and correct list of all Commercial Tort Claims in excess of $10,000,000 held by each Grantor, including a brief description thereof.

 

13.           Real Property.

 

Attached hereto as Schedule 13 is a list of all (i) real property owned by each Grantor located in the United States as of the Closing Date and (ii) other information relating thereto required by such Schedule.

 

14.           Letter-of-Credit Rights.

 

Attached hereto as Schedule 14 is a list of all Letters of Credit (other than supporting obligations with respect to any of the Collateral) with a face value in excess of $10,000,000 issued in favor of the Borrower or any Grantor, as a beneficiary thereunder.

 

 

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Exhibit N

 

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this certificate as of the date first above written.

 

  POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP.  
       
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    

 

 

Exhibit N

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1(a)*

 

Legal Name of Each Grantor and Type of Organization

 

Grantor Type of Organization
Polaris Intermediate Corp. Corporation
Polaris Merger Sub Corp. Corporation
MPH Acquisition Corp 1 Corporation
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC Limited liability company
MPH Acquisition Corporation Corporation
MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1 Corporation
ForMost, Inc. Corporation
HMA Acquisition Corporation Corporation
IHP Acquisition Corp. Corporation
MARS Acquisition Corp. Corporation
Medical Audit & Review Solutions, Inc. Corporation
MultiPlan Corp. Corporation
MultiPlan Services Corporation Corporation
NCN Acquisition Corporation Corporation
Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. Corporation
Texas True Choice, Inc. Corporation
Viant, Inc. Corporation
Viant Holdings, Inc. Corporation
Viant Payment Systems, Inc. Corporation
HealthNetwork Systems LLC Limited liability company
National Care Network, LLC Limited liability company
Admar Corporation Corporation
Beech Street Corporation Corporation
MultiPlan, Inc. Corporation
Statewide Independent PPO Inc. Corporation
Associates for Health Care, Inc. Corporation
HealthEOS by MultiPlan, Inc. Corporation

 

 

*            Unless otherwise noted and except with respect to information of Polaris Intermediate Corp. and Polaris Merger Sub Corp., all schedules are prepared after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring.

 

 

Exhibit N

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1(b)

 

Other Legal Names

 

Grantor Other Legal Names
Medical Audit & Review Solutions, Inc. Medical Audit & Review Solutions, LLC (June 13, 2012, filed a Certificate of Conversion in State of Delaware)

 

 

Exhibit N

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1(c)

 

Changes in Identity or Corporate Structure

 

Date Change
03/31/2014 Agreement and Plan of Merger between MPH Intermediate Acquisition Corp. a Delaware corporation, MPH Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
   
  MPH Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, merged with and into MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, with MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC surviving the merger. MPH Merger Sub LLC did not use any other legal names within the past five years.
6/07/2016 Agreement and Plan of Merger between Polaris Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation, Polaris Merger Sub Corp, a Delaware corporation, MPH Acquisition Corp 1, a Delaware corporation and MPH Topco L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
   
  Polaris Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1, a Delaware corporation, with MPH Acquisition Corp 1 surviving the merger.
   
  Polaris Merger Sub Corp. did not use any other legal names within the past five years.
6/07/2016 Internal restructuring, between MPH Intermediate Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, MPH Acquisition Corp 2, a Delaware corporation, MPH Acquisition Corp 1, a Delaware corporation and MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
   
  MPH Intermediate Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 2, a Delaware corporation, with MPH Acquisition Corp 2 surviving the merger. MPH Acquisition Corp 2 merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1, with MPH Acquisition Corp 1 surviving the merger.
   
  MPH Intermediate Acquisition Corp. did not use any other legal names within the past five years.
   
  MPH Acquisition Corp 2 did not use any other legal names within the past five years.

 

 

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Schedule 1(d)

 

Organizational Identification Number

 

Grantor Organizational Identification Number
MPH Acquisition Corp 1 5513936
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC 4856679
MPH Acquisition Corporation 4841014
MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1 4853822
ForMost, Inc. 2699657
HMA Acquisition Corporation 4974430
IHP Acquisition Corp. 5028275
MARS Acquisition Corp. 5556973
Medical Audit & Review Solutions, Inc. 5042371
MultiPlan Corp. 2613745
MultiPlan Services Corporation 2983961
NCN Acquisition Corporation 4974426
Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. 2282789
Texas True Choice, Inc. 5180780
Viant, Inc. E0477002005-4
Viant Holdings, Inc. 4337428
Viant Payment Systems, Inc. 2654346
HealthNetwork Systems LLC 3024976
National Care Network, LLC 5180771
Admar Corporation C0690465
Beech Street Corporation C1154608
MultiPlan, Inc. 619415
Statewide Independent PPO Inc. 2030269
Associates for Health Care, Inc. 1A13731
HealthEOS by MultiPlan, Inc. W031107

  

 

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Schedule 1(e)

 

Federal Taxpayer Identification Number

 

Grantor Federal Taxpayer Identification Number
MPH Acquisition Corp 1 47-1000578
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC 27-3193148
MPH Acquisition Corporation 27-3099314
MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1 27-4986377
ForMost, Inc. 22-3485503
HMA Acquisition Corporation 36-4696631
IHP Acquisition Corp. 45-3132729
MARS Acquisition Corp. 47-1185904
Medical Audit & Review Solutions, Inc. 45-3468485
MultiPlan Corp. 51-0374698
MultiPlan Services Corporation 06-1533300
NCN Acquisition Corporation 35-2408508
Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. 04-3138814
Texas True Choice, Inc. 75-2678138
Viant, Inc. 20-3196172
Viant Holdings, Inc. 20-8876513
Viant Payment Systems, Inc. 36-3715258
HealthNetwork Systems LLC 36-4285919
National Care Network, LLC 26-3542849
Admar Corporation 95-2858446
Beech Street Corporation 95-3778850
MultiPlan, Inc. 13-3068979
Statewide Independent PPO Inc. 16-1503595
Associates for Health Care, Inc. 36-3267380
HealthEOS by MultiPlan, Inc. 39-1634080

 

 

Exhibit N

 

 

 

 

Schedule 2(a)

 

Chief Executive Office

 

Grantor Mailing Address County State Country
MPH Acquisition Corp 1 115 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor New York NY USA
  New York, NY 10003      
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC 115 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor New York NY USA
  New York, NY 10003      
MPH Acquisition Corporation 115 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor New York NY USA
  New York, NY 10003      
MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1 115 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor New York NY USA
  New York, NY 10003      
ForMost, Inc. 2273 Research Boulevard Montgomery MD USA
  Rockville, MD 20850      
HMA Acquisition Corporation 115 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor New York NY USA
  New York, NY 10003      
IHP Acquisition Corp. 115 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor New York NY USA
  New York, NY 10003      
MARS Acquisition Corp. 535 E. Diehl Road Du Page IL USA
  Naperville, IL 60563      
Medical Audit & Review Solutions, Inc. 18 Campus Blvd., Suite 200 Delaware PA USA
  Newtown Square, PA 19073      
MultiPlan Corp. 2273 Research Boulevard Montgomery MD USA
  Rockville, MD 20850      
MultiPlan Services Corporation 115 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor New York NY USA
  New York, NY 10003      
NCN Acquisition Corporation 115 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor New York NY USA
  New York, NY 10003      
Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. 16 Crosby Drive Middlesex MA USA
  Bedford, MA 01739      
Texas True Choice, Inc. The North Tower Dallas TX USA
  222 West Las Colinas Blvd., Suite 1500
  Irving, TX 75039      
Viant, Inc. 535 E. Diehl Road Du Page IL USA
  Naperville, IL 60563      
Viant Holdings, Inc. 535 E. Diehl Road Du Page IL USA
  Naperville, IL 60563      
Viant Payment Systems, Inc. 535 E. Diehl Road Du Page IL USA
  Naperville, IL 60563      

 

 

Exhibit N

 

 

 

  

HealthNetwork Systems LLC 535 E. Diehl Road Du Page IL USA
  Naperville, IL 60563      
National Care Network, LLC The North Tower Dallas TX USA
  222 West Las Colinas Blvd., Suite 1500
  Irving, TX 75039      
Admar Corporation 2273 Research Boulevard Montgomery MD USA
  Rockville, MD 20850      
Beech Street Corporation 25550 Commercentre Drive Orange CA USA
  Lake Forest, CA 92630      
MultiPlan, Inc. 115 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor New York NY USA
  New York, NY 10003      
Statewide Independent PPO Inc. 16 Crosby Drive Middlesex MA USA
  Bedford, MA 01739      
Associates for Health Care, Inc. 2273 Research Boulevard Montgomery MD USA
  Rockville, MD 20850      
HealthEOS by MultiPlan, Inc. 301 N Broadway, Ste. 301 Brown WI USA
  De Pere, WI 54115      

 

 

Exhibit N

 

 

 

 

Schedule 2(b)

 

Jurisdiction of Organization

 

Grantor Jurisdiction of Organization
Polaris Intermediate Corp. Delaware
Polaris Merger Sub Corp. Delaware
MPH Acquisition Corp 1 Delaware
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC Delaware
MPH Acquisition Corporation Delaware
MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1 Delaware
ForMost, Inc. Delaware
HMA Acquisition Corporation Delaware
IHP Acquisition Corp. Delaware
MARS Acquisition Corp. Delaware
Medical Audit & Review Solutions, Inc. Delaware
MultiPlan Corp. Delaware
MultiPlan Services Corporation Delaware
NCN Acquisition Corporation Delaware
Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. Delaware
Texas True Choice, Inc. Delaware
Viant, Inc. Nevada
Viant Holdings, Inc. Delaware
Viant Payment Systems, Inc. Delaware
HealthNetwork Systems LLC Delaware
National Care Network, LLC Delaware
Admar Corporation California
Beech Street Corporation California
MultiPlan, Inc. New York
Statewide Independent PPO Inc. New York
Associates for Health Care, Inc. Wisconsin
HealthEOS by MultiPlan, Inc. Wisconsin

 

 

Exhibit N

 

 

 

 

Schedule 3

 

Transactions Other Than in the Ordinary Course of Business

 

1. Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 31, 2014, between MPH Intermediate Acquisition Corp. a Delaware corporation, MPH Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. MPH Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, merged with and into MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, with MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC surviving the merger.

 

2. Agreement and Plan of Merger between Polaris Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation, Polaris Merger Sub Corp, a Delaware corporation, MPH Acquisition Corp 1, a Delaware corporation and MPH Topco L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. Polaris Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1, a Delaware corporation, with MPH Acquisition Corp 1 surviving the merger.

 

3. MPH Intermediate Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 2, a Delaware corporation, with MPH Acquisition Corp 2 surviving the merger. MPH Acquisition Corp 2 merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1, with MPH Acquisition Corp 1 surviving the merger.

 

 

Exhibit N

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule 5

 

Financing Statements

 

[Attached]

 

Exhibit N

 

 

Schedule 6

 

Uniform Commercial Code Filings

 

Debtor Filing Jurisdiction
Polaris Intermediate Corp.35 Delaware
Polaris Merger Sub Corp. Delaware
MPH Acquisition Corp 1 Delaware
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC Delaware
MPH Acquisition Corporation Delaware
MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1 Delaware
ForMost, Inc. Delaware
HMA Acquisition Corporation Delaware
IHP Acquisition Corp. Delaware
MARS Acquisition Corp. Delaware
Medical Audit & Review Solutions, Inc. Delaware
MultiPlan Corp. Delaware
MultiPlan Services Corporation Delaware
NCN Acquisition Corporation Delaware
Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. Delaware
Texas True Choice, Inc. Delaware
Viant, Inc. Nevada
Viant Holdings, Inc. Delaware
Viant Payment Systems, Inc. Delaware
HealthNetwork Systems LLC Delaware
National Care Network, LLC Delaware
Admar Corporation California
Beech Street Corporation California
MultiPlan, Inc. New York
Statewide Independent PPO Inc. New York
Associates for Health Care, Inc. Wisconsin
HealthEOS by MultiPlan, Inc. Wisconsin

 

 

35 UCC-1 financing statement against Polaris Intermediate Corp. to be terminated upon consummation of the Internal Restructuring.

 

Exhibit N

 

 

Schedule 7(a)

 

Termination Statements

 

[Attached]

 

Exhibit N

 

 

Schedule 7(b)

 

Uniform Commercial Code Terminations

 
Type of Filing Entity Jurisdictions
Individual UCC-3 MPH Acquisition Corp 1 Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1 Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 MPH Merger Sub LLC Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 MPH Merger Sub Corporation Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 MPH Intermediate Acquisition Corp. Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 MPH Acquisition Corporation Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 MultiPlan, Inc. New York
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 MultiPlan Services Corporation Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 HealthEOS by MultiPlan, Inc. Wisconsin
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 MultiPlan Corp. Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 Associates for Health Care, Inc. Wisconsin
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 ForMost, Inc. Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 Admar Corporation California
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 Statewide Independent PPO Inc. New York
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 Viant Holdings, Inc. Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 Viant Payment Systems, Inc. Delaware
Financing Statement    

 

Exhibit N

 

 

Individual UCC-3 Beech Street Corporation California
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 Texas True Choice, Inc. Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 HealthNetwork Systems LLC Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 IHP Acquisition Corp. Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 HMA Acquisition Corporation Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 NCN Acquisition Corporation Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 National Care Network, LLC Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 MARS Acquisition Corp. Delaware
Financing Statement    
Individual UCC-3 Medical Audit & Review Solutions, Inc. Delaware
Financing Statement    

 

Exhibit N

 

 

Schedule 8

 

Stock Ownership and Other Equity Interests

 

            Certificate   Number of
        Nos. of   Shares/Units
Pledgor/     Class of   Issued   Issued &
Record & Beneficial       Issued   Shares   Percentage of
Owner   Issuing Entity   Stock/Units   /Units   Class
MPH Acquisition Corp 1   MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC   LLC Interests   Uncertificated   100%
             
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC   MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1   Series A   Uncertificated   500
    common stock     (100%)
               
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC   MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1   Series B   Uncertificated   500
    common Stock     (100%)
MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1   MPH Acquisition Corporation   Series A   Uncertificated   500
    common stock     (100%)
MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1   MPH Acquisition Corporation   Series B   Uncertificated   500
    common stock     (100%)
MPH Acquisition Corporation   MultiPlan, Inc.   Common stock   11   1,000
            (100%)
MultiPlan, Inc.   MultiPlan Corp.   Common stock   6   1,000
              (100%)
MultiPlan, Inc.   HealthEOS by MultiPlan, Inc.   Common stock   4   250
            (100%)
MultiPlan, Inc.   MultiPlan Services Corporation   Common stock   7   100
            (100%)
MultiPlan, Inc.   Viant Holdings, Inc.   Common stock   CS-3   1,000
              (100%)
MultiPlan, Inc.   Private Healthcare Systems, Inc.   Common stock   C-1   1,000
            (100%)
MultiPlan, Inc.   HMA Acquisition Corporation   Common stock   1   1,000
            (100%)
MultiPlan, Inc.   NCN Acquisition Corporation   Common stock   1   1,000
            (100%)

 

Exhibit N

 

 

            Certificate   Number of
            Nos. of   Shares/Units
Pledgor/       Class of   Issued   Issued &
Record & Beneficial       Issued   Shares   Percentage of
Owner   Issuing Entity   Stock/Units   /Units   Class
MultiPlan, Inc.   IHP Acquisition Corp.   Common stock   1   1,000
              (100%)
MultiPlan, Inc.   MARS Acquisition Corporation   Common stock   001   1,000
            (100%)
MultiPlan Corp.   Associates for Health Care, Inc.   Common stock   8   2,000
              (100%)
MultiPlan Corp.   ForMost, Inc.   Common stock   11   11,111
              (100%)
MultiPlan Corp.   ProAmerica Managed Care, Inc.   Common stock   5   5,000
            (100%)
MultiPlan Corp.   Admar Corporation   Common stock   2   1,000
              (100%)
MultiPlan Corp.   Florida Health, L.C.   LLC Interests   1B 1%
Private Healthcare Systems, Inc.   American Lifecare, Inc.   Common stock   6   3,000,000
              (100%)
Private Healthcare Systems, Inc.   American Lifecare Holdings, Inc.   Common stock   2   100
              (100%)
Private Healthcare Systems, Inc.   Statewide Independent PPO Inc.   Common stock   4   1
          (100%)
Viant Holdings, Inc.   Viant, Inc.   Common stock   002   1,000
              (100%)
Viant Holdings, Inc.   Viant Management Services, Inc.   Common stock   008   1,000
              (100%)
Viant, Inc.   Beech Street Corporation   Common stock   003   1,000
              (100%)
Viant, Inc.   Texas True Choice, Inc.   Common stock   001   1,000
              (100%)
Viant, Inc.   Viant Payment Systems, Inc.   Common stock   005   1,000
              (100%)
Viant Payment Systems, Inc.   HealthNetwork Systems LLC   LLC Interests   Uncertificated   100%
                 
HMA Acquisition Corporation   Savant Management Concepts, Inc.   Common stock   2   1,000
(100%)
HMA Acquisition Corporation   i/mx Technologies, Inc.   Common stock   2   1,000
              (100%)

 

Exhibit N

 

 

            Certificate   Number of
            Nos. of   Shares/Units
Pledgor/       Class of   Issued   Issued &
Record & Beneficial       Issued   Shares   Percentage of
Owner   Issuing Entity   Stock/Units   /Units   Class
HMA Acquisition Corporation   HMA, Inc.   Common stock   25   15,798
            (100%)
NCN Acquisition Corporation   National Care Network, LLC   LLC Interests   Uncertificated   100%
IHP Acquisition Corp.   Integrated Health Plan, Inc.   Class A   2   100
        common stock     (100%)
               
MARS Acquisition Corporation   Medical Audit & Review Solutions, Inc.   Common stock   2   100
(100%)

 

Exhibit N

 

 

Schedule 9

 

Debt Instruments

 

NONE

 

Exhibit N

 

  

Schedule 10

 

Advances

 

NONE

 

Exhibit N

 

 

Schedule 11(A)

 

Registered Intellectual Property

 

A. COPYRIGHTS AND COPYRIGHT APPLICATIONS

 

Copyright (Work)   Reg. No.   Owner
NATIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM:
CREDENTIALING 2000
 
 
TXu000743063
 
 
 
BEECH STREET CORPORATION
NATIONAL CARE NETWORK DATA iSIGHT WEBSITE
 
 
 
TX0006855873
 
 
 
NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, L.P.
MYMETRIX.COM   TXu000945385   VIANT, INC.

 

B. PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS

 

        Application/Registration    
Title   Country   Number   Current Owner of Record
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING CLAIM REIMBURSEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS   US   8103522 B1   NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, LLC

 

C. TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS AND TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS

 

Mark   Jurisdiction  

Serial/Registration
Number

  Current Owner of Record
BEECH STREET   US   3071061   VIANT HOLDINGS, INC.
           
BEECH STREET   US   3071065   VIANT HOLDINGS, INC.
             
CAREAWAY USA   US   1944456   MULTIPLAN, INC.
             

 

Exhibit N

 

 

 

Mark   Jurisdiction   Serial/Registration
Number
  Current Owner of Record
CONSUMER SCOPE   US   3766362   NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, LLC
             
DATA ISIGHT (Text & Design)   US   4665680   NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, LLC
         
           
DATA ISIGHT (Text)   US   4665679   NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, LLC
             
ENTERPRICE   US   3310907   MULTIPLAN, INC.
             
HEALTHEOS   US   2993586   HEALTHEOS BY MULTIPLAN, INC.
             
HEALTHEOS   US   4894721   HEALTHEOS BY MULTIPLAN, INC.
             
I and Design   US   3359415   MULTIPLAN, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MEDCENTS   US   86/655129   MULTIPLAN, INC.
             
MULTIPLAN   US   1839584   MULTIPLAN, INC.
             
MULTIPLAN NETWORK   US   3456460   MULTIPLAN, INC.
             
NCN & DESIGN   US   3310937   NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, LLC
         

 

Exhibit N

 

 

 

Mark   Jurisdiction   Serial/Registration
Number
  Current Owner of Record
NCN   US   3310938   NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, LLC
             
PHCS   US   1477965   PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC.
             
PHCS SAVILITY   US   3736126   MULTIPLAN, INC.
             
VALUEPOINT   US   3369309   MULTIPLAN, INC.
             
VALUEPOINT BY MULTIPLAN   US   3384174   MULTIPLAN, INC.
           
VIANT   US   3477608   VIANT HOLDINGS, INC.
             
TRUECHOICE USA   US   3024096   TEXAS TRUE CHOICE, INC.
             

 

Exhibit N

 

 

 

Schedule 11(B)

 

Exclusive IP Agreements

 

NONE

 

Exhibit N

 

 

 

Schedule 12

 

Commercial Tort Claims

 

NONE

 

 

Exhibit N

 

 

 

Schedule 13

 

Real Property

 

NONE

 

 

Exhibit N

 

 

 

Schedule 14

 

Letter-of-Credit Rights

 

NONE

 

 

Exhibit N

 

 

 

EXHIBIT O

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF PREPAYMENT

 

[Date]

 

Barclays Bank PLC

700 Prides Crossing

Newark, DE 19713

Attention: Jason Jones

Tel: [________]

Electronic mail: [__________]

[__________]

 

Re:           MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC – Credit Agreement

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This Notice of Prepayment is delivered to you pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation, POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC (the “Administrative Agent”), as the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Syndication Agent and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CITIBANK, N.A. and UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as Documentation Agents and the other parties from time to time party thereto.

 

The undersigned Borrower hereby notifies the Administrative Agent that such Borrower shall prepay [Term Loans] [Revolving Credit Loans] [Extended Revolving Credit Loans] [Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans] [Swing Line Loans], on         , 20    , in aggregate principal amount[s] of [$[          ] of [Term Loans] [Revolving Credit Loans] [Extended Revolving Credit Loans] [Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans] [Swing Line Loans] outstanding as ABR Loans] [$[               ] of [Term Loans] [Revolving Credit Loans] [Extended Revolving Credit Loans] [Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans] [Swing Line Loans] outstanding as Eurodollar Loans].

 

[Signature page follows]

 

Exhibit O

 

 

 

The undersigned Borrower has caused this Notice of Prepayment to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officers this day of            , 20   .

 

    MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC
       
    By:                                              
    Name:  
    Title  

 

Exhibit O

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.9

 

Execution Version

 

INCREMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 1

 

INCREMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 1, dated as of June 12, 2017 (this “Incremental Agreement”), in respect of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as in effect prior to giving effect to this Incremental Agreement, the “Credit Agreement”), among Polaris Intermediate Corp. (whose rights and obligations therein as initial Holdings, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, were assumed by the Surviving Company (as defined below)), Polaris Merger Sub Corp. (which on the Closing Date was merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1, with MPH Acquisition Corp 1 surviving such merger and with such merged company existing under the laws of the state of Delaware as the “Surviving Company”, whose rights and obligations therein as the initial Borrower, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, were assumed by MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto, Barclays Bank PLC, as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender, the other agents party thereto and the other parties from time to time party thereto.

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower desires, pursuant to the proviso to Section 2.14(b) of the Credit Agreement, to obtain Incremental Term Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the proceeds of which shall be used to prepay in full all of the Term Loans (the “Existing Term Loans”) outstanding under the Credit Agreement as of the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date (as defined below) (the “Refinancing”) and to pay other related amounts in connection with the Refinancing;

 

WHEREAS, (i) the New Term Lenders (as defined below) have agreed to provide such Incremental Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to $3,165,000,000 minus the aggregate Rollover Amount (as defined below) (such Incremental Term Loans, together with any term loans deemed made as set forth in clause (ii) below, the “Tranche B Term Loans”) and (ii) each Rollover Lender (as defined below) will have all of its outstanding Existing Term Loans (or such lesser amount as may be notified to such Lender by the Administrative Agent prior to the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date) converted into a like principal amount of Tranche B Term Loans effective as of the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, in each case in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Credit Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, Barclays Bank PLC and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC have agreed to act in the roles and pursuant to the titles set forth in the Engagement Letter (as defined below) in respect of such Incremental Term Loans (acting in their capacity in such roles and titles, the “Arrangers”); and

 

WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 2.14(e) (and, as applicable, Section 13.1) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower, Holdings, the Administrative Agent and the Tranche B Term Lenders have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement in connection with, and to facilitate the incurrence of, such Incremental Term Loans and Tranche B Term Loans;

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Defined Terms; References. (a) Unless otherwise specifically defined herein, each term used herein which is defined in the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below) has the meaning assigned to such term in the Amended Credit Agreement. The rules of construction and other interpretive provisions specified in Sections 1.2, 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7 of the Amended Credit Agreement shall apply to this Incremental Agreement, including terms defined in the preamble and recitals hereto.

 

(b)            As used in this Incremental Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

 

Amended Credit Agreement” shall mean the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Incremental Agreement.

 

Existing Term Lender” shall mean a Lender with an Existing Term Loan on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, immediately prior to giving effect to this Incremental Agreement.

 

Existing Term Loan Prepayment Amount” shall mean, for each Existing Term Lender, the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Existing Term Loans owing to such Existing Term Lender on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date plus (ii) all accrued and unpaid interest on such Existing Term Lender’s Existing Term Loans as of the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date plus (iii) any other amounts owing to such Existing Term Lender under the Credit Documents as of the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, including any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Credit Agreement.

 

First Incremental Agreement Effective Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 9 hereof.

 

New Term Lender” shall mean Barclays Bank PLC, in such capacity.

 

Tranche B Term Lenders” shall mean the New Term Lender and each Rollover Lender identified on the signature pages hereto.

 

Section 2. First Incremental Agreement Effective Date Transactions.

 

(a)            With effect from and including the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, each Tranche B Term Lender shall become party to the Amended Credit Agreement as a “Lender” and an “Initial Term Loan Lender”, shall have an Incremental Term Loan Commitment (i) in the case of the New Term Lender, in an aggregate principal amount equal to $3,165,000,000 minus the aggregate Rollover Amount and (ii) in the case of each other Tranche B Term Lender, in the amount equal to such Lender’s Rollover Amount (each such Incremental Term Loan Commitment, a “Tranche B Term Loan Commitment”), and shall have all of the rights and obligations of a “Lender” and an “Initial Term Loan Lender” under the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

 

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(b)          On the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, each Existing Term Lender shall cease to be a Lender party to the Credit Agreement (and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be a party to the Amended Credit Agreement (except to the extent that it shall subsequently become party thereto (i) pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance entered into with any Lender in accordance with the terms of the Amended Credit Agreement, (ii) with respect to any Rollover Lender, pursuant to a “cashless roll” in accordance with this Incremental Agreement or (iii) through other means under the terms and provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement)), and all accrued and unpaid fees and other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement for the account of each Existing Term Lender shall be due and payable on such date; provided that the provisions of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 5.4 and 13.5 of the Credit Agreement shall continue to inure to the benefit of each Existing Term Lender after the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date.

 

(c)          Each Tranche B Term Loan made on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date shall have an initial Interest Period ending on June 30, 2017. The Tranche B Term Lenders hereby consent to such Interest Period.

 

(d)          On the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date:

 

(i)           Each Tranche B Term Lender, severally and not jointly, shall make (or in the case of any Rollover Lender, be deemed to make) an Incremental Term Loan to the Borrower in accordance with this Section 2(c) and Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement by delivering (or in the case of any Rollover Lender, being deemed to deliver) to the Administrative Agent immediately available funds in an amount equal to its Tranche B Term Loan Commitment;

 

(ii)          the Borrower shall prepay in full the Existing Term Loans by:

 

(A)            delivering to the Administrative Agent funds in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (1) the aggregate of the Existing Term Loan Prepayment Amounts for all of the Existing Term Lenders (except to the extent otherwise agreed by any Existing Term Lender) over (2) the sum of the New Lender Net Funding Amount (as defined below) plus (without duplication of any New Lender Net Funding Amounts) the Rollover Amount (such excess, the “Borrower’s Payment”); and

 

(B)            directing the Administrative Agent to apply the funds made available to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2(c)(i) hereof, net of fees and expenses as agreed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (the “New Lender Net Funding Amount”), along with the Borrower’s Payment, if any, and the Rollover Amount, to prepay in full the Existing Term Loans; and

 

(iii)         the Administrative Agent shall apply the New Lender Net Funding Amount and the Borrower’s Payment to pay to each Existing Term Lender an amount equal to such Existing Term Lender’s Existing Term Loan Prepayment Amount (except as otherwise agreed by such Existing Term Lender).

 

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Section 2A. Cashless Roll. Any Existing Term Lender may elect for a “cashless roll” of 100% (or such lesser amount as may be notified to such Existing Term Lender by the Administrative Agent prior to the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date) of its Existing Term Loans into Tranche B Term Loans in the same principal amount by indicating such election for a cashless settlement option on its signature page hereto and executing this Incremental Agreement as a Rollover Lender and Tranche B Term Lender (such electing Existing Term Lenders, the “Rollover Lenders”). It is understood and agreed that (a) simultaneously with the deemed making of Tranche B Term Loans by each Rollover Lender and the payment to such Rollover Lender of all accrued and unpaid fees and other amounts in respect of the Existing Term Loan in respect of such Rollover Amount, such elected amount (or such lesser amount as may be notified to such Rollover Lender by the Administrative Agent prior to the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date) of the Existing Term Loans held by such Rollover Lender (the “Rollover Amount”) shall be deemed to be extinguished, repaid and no longer outstanding and such Rollover Lender shall thereafter hold a Tranche B Term Loan in an aggregate principal amount equal to such Rollover Lender’s Rollover Amount, (b) no Rollover Lender shall receive any prepayment being made to other Existing Term Lenders holding Existing Term Loans from the proceeds of the Tranche B Term Loans to the extent of such Rollover Lender’s Rollover Amount and (c) any Existing Term Loan held by a Rollover Lender that is not so allocated to such Rollover Lender as a Rollover Amount shall be repaid in full on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date together with all accrued and unpaid amounts owing to such Existing Term Lender in respect of such amount.

 

Section 3. Amendment; Borrowings on First Incremental Agreement Effective Date. (a) Each of the parties hereto agrees that, effective on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, the Credit Agreement shall be amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Amendment”).

 

(b)            With effect from the effectiveness of this Incremental Agreement, each Tranche B Term Loan made on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date in accordance with Section 2(c) hereof shall constitute, for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement, a Term Loan made pursuant to the Amended Credit Agreement and this Incremental Agreement; provided that pursuant to the Amendment, each such Tranche B Term Loan shall constitute an “Initial Term Loan” for all purposes of the Amended Credit Agreement, and all provisions of the Amended Credit Agreement applicable to Initial Term Loans shall be applicable to such Tranche B Term Loans.

 

(c)            The Tranche B Term Loan Commitments provided for hereunder shall terminate on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date immediately upon the borrowing of the Tranche B Term Loans pursuant to Section 2(c).

 

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Section 4. Effect of Amendment; Reaffirmation; Etc. (a) Except as expressly set forth herein or in the Amended Credit Agreement, this Incremental Agreement shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agents under the Credit Agreement or under any other Credit Document and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Credit Agreement or of any other Credit Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Without limiting the foregoing, (i) each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that (A) each Credit Document to which it is a party is hereby confirmed and ratified and shall remain in full force and effect according to its respective terms (in the case of the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby) and (B) the Security Documents do, and all of the Collateral does, and in each case shall continue to, secure the payment of all First Lien Obligations (or equivalent terms in the Security Agreement) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Tranche B Term Loans made on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date) on the terms and conditions set forth in the Security Documents, and hereby confirms and, to the extent necessary, ratifies the security interests granted by it pursuant to the Security Documents to which it is a party and (ii) each Guarantor hereby confirms and ratifies its continuing unconditional obligations as Guarantor under the Guarantee with respect to all of the First Lien Obligations (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Tranche B Term Loans made on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date).

 

(b)         This Incremental Agreement constitutes an “Incremental Agreement” and “Credit Document” (each as defined in the Credit Agreement).

 

Section 5. Representations of Credit Parties. Each of the Credit Parties hereby represents and warrants that, on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Incremental Agreement, including the borrowing of Tranche B Term Loans provided for herein and the use of proceeds thereof:

 

(a)         all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date (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 and except where such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality, a Material Adverse Effect, or similar language, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects);

 

(b)         no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

 

(c)         the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis are Solvent.

 

Section 6. Governing Law. THIS INCREMENTAL AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Section 7. Miscellaneous. Sections 13.13 and 13.15 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and apply mutatis mutandis.

 

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Section 8. Counterparts. This Incremental Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Incremental Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “pdf” or “tif”)), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

 

Section 9. Effectiveness. This Incremental Agreement, and the obligation of each Tranche B Term Lender to make the Incremental Term Loan to be made by it pursuant to Section 2(c)(i) of this Incremental Agreement, shall become effective on the date (the “First Incremental Agreement Effective Date”) when each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

 

(a)         the Administrative Agent shall have received from each Credit Party, the Administrative Agent and each Tranche B Term Lender either (i) a counterpart of the Incremental Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Incremental Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Incremental Agreement;

 

(b)         the Borrower shall have paid all fees required to be paid to each Arranger in connection with this Agreement as separately agreed;

 

(c)         the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall have received payment for all reasonable and documented costs and expenses required to be paid or reimbursed under Section 13.5 of the Credit Agreement or that certain Engagement Letter, dated as of May 30, 2017 (the “Engagement Letter”) among the Borrower, Holdings and the Arrangers for which invoices have been presented a reasonable period of time prior to the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date;

 

(d)         to the extent required pursuant to this Incremental Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower the Borrower’s Payment;

 

(e)         the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 of this Incremental Agreement shall be true and correct; and

 

(f)          the Administrative Agent shall have received:

 

(i)          a certificate of each Credit Party, dated the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, substantially consistent with the certificates delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.5 of the Credit Agreement or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

 

(ii)         a certificate of good standing (to the extent such concept exists) from the applicable secretary of state of the state of organization of each Credit Party;

 

(iii)        a written Notice of Borrowing in respect of the Tranche B Term Loans; and

 

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(iv)          a written notice of prepayment in respect of the Initial Term Loans; and

 

(v)           a legal opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel to Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 10. No Novation. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the obligations outstanding under the Credit Agreement or instruments securing the same, which shall remain in full force and effect, except to any extent modified hereby or by instruments executed concurrently herewith and except to the extent repaid as provided herein. Nothing implied in this Incremental Agreement or in any other document contemplated hereby shall discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Security Document or any other security therefor or otherwise be construed as a release or other discharge of any of the Credit Parties under any Credit Document from any of its obligations and liabilities as a borrower, guarantor or pledgor under any of the Credit Documents, except, in each case, to any extent modified hereby and except to the extent repaid as provided herein.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Incremental Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

  MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1,
  as Holdings

 

  By: /s/ David L Redmond
    Name: David L Redmond
    Title: Treasurer & Secretary

 

  MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC,
  as Borrower

 

  By: /s/ David L Redmond
    Name: David L Redmond
    Title: Treasurer & Secretary

           

[Signature Page to Incremental Agreement]

 

 

 

  MEDICAL AUDIT & REVIEW SOLUTIONS, INC.

 

  By: /s/ David L Redmond
    Name: David L Redmond
    Title: Treasurer & Secretary

 

 

MULTIPLAN HOLDING CORPORATION 

  MPH INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY 1

 

  By: /s/ David L Redmond
    Name: David L Redmond
    Title: Treasurer & Secretsary

 

  FORMOST, INC.
  HMA ACQUISITION CORPORATION
  IHP ACQUISITION CORP.
  MARS ACQUISITION CORP.
  MULTIPLAN CORP.
  MULTIPLAN SERVICES CORPORATION
  NCN ACQUISITION CORPORATION
  PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC.
  TEXAS TRUE CHOICE, INC.
  VIANT, INC.
  VIANT HOLDINGS, INC.
  VIANT PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
  HEALTHNETWORK SYSTEMS LLC
  NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, LLC
  ADMAR CORPORATION
  BEECH STREET CORPORATION
  MULTIPLAN, INC.
  STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT PPO INC.
  ASSOCIATES FOR HEALTH CARE, INC.
  HEALTHEOS BY MULTIPLAN, INC.

 

  By: /s/ David L Redmond
    Name: David L Redmond
    Title: Executive Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Incremental Agreement]

 

 

 

  BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
  as Administrative Agent and New Term Lender

 

  By: /s/ Ronnie Glenn
    Name: Ronnie Glenn
    Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Incremental Agreement]

 

 

 

[Signature pages on file with the Company and Administrative Agent]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

[Amendments to Credit Agreement attached]

 

 

 

 

EXECUTION VERSIONExecution Version 

 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of June 7, 2016 

as amended by Incremental Agreement No. 1, dated as of June 12, 2017 

among

 

POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., as initial Holdings and, after giving effect to the 

Internal Restructuring, MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1

as Holdings,

 

POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., as the initial Borrower, which on the Closing Date shall be merged with and into MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1 (with MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1 as the surviving entity of such merger) and, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, MPH 

ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC

as the Borrower,

 

The Co-Obligors 

from Time to Time Parties Hereto,

 

The Several Lenders 

from Time to Time Parties Hereto,

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC

as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer,

 

GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC

as Syndication Agent

 

and

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., 

CITIBANK, N.A., and 

UBS SECURITIES LLC 

as Documentation Agents

 

 

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC

GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, 

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., 

and 

UBS SECURITIES LLC 

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners 

 

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents
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SECTION 1.   DEFINITIONS 2
     
1.1 Defined Terms 2
     
1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions 7475
     
1.3 Accounting Terms 7476
     
1.4 Rounding 7576
     
1.5 References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. 7576
     
1.6 Times of Day 7576
     
1.7 Timing of Payment or Performance 7576
     
1.8 Currency Equivalents Generally 7576
     
1.9 Classification of Loans and Borrowings 7677
     
1.10 [Reserved] 7677
     
1.11 Limited Condition Acquisitions 7677
     
1.12 Pro Forma and Other Calculations 7778
     
SECTION 2.   AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT FACILITIES 7980
     
2.1 Loans 7980
     
2.2 Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings 8182
     
2.3 Notice of Borrowing 8182
     
2.4 Disbursement of Funds 8283
     
2.5 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt 8384
     
2.6 Conversions and Continuations 8486
     
2.7 Pro Rata Borrowings 8586
     
2.8 Interest 8587
     
2.9 Interest Periods 8687
     
2.10 Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc. 8688
     
2.11 Compensation 8890
     
2.12 Change of Lending Office 8890

 

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2.13 Notice of Certain Costs 8890
     
2.14 Incremental Facilities 8990
     
2.15 Extensions of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments 9294
     
2.16 Defaulting Lenders 9698
     
2.17 Term Loan Exchange Notes 98100
     
SECTION 3.   LETTERS OF CREDIT 99101
     
3.1 Issuance of Letters of Credit 99101
     
3.2 Letter of Credit Requests 100102
     
3.3 Letter of Credit Participations 102104
     
3.4 Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings 103105
     
3.5 Increased Costs 104106
     
3.6 New or Successor Letter of Credit Issuer 104107
     
3.7 Role of Letter of Credit Issuer 105108
     
3.8 Cash Collateral 106108
     
3.9 [Reserved] 107109
     
3.10 Conflict with Issuer Documents 107109
     
3.11 Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries 107109
     
3.12 Other 107109
     
3.13 Applicability of ISP and UCP 108110
     
SECTION 4.   FEES; COMMITMENT REDUCTIONS AND TERMINATIONS 108110
     
4.1 Fees 108110
     
4.2 Voluntary Reduction of Commitments 109111
     
4.3 Mandatory Termination of Commitments 110112
     
SECTION 5.   PAYMENTS 110113
     
5.1 Voluntary Prepayments 110113
     
5.2 Mandatory Prepayments 111114
     
5.3 Method and Place of Payment 116118

 

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5.4 Net Payments 116119
     
5.5 Computations of Interest and Fees 119121
     
5.6 Limit on Rate of Interest 119121
     
SECTION 6.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO INITIAL CREDIT EVENT 120122
     
6.1 Credit Documents 120122
     
6.2 Collateral 120122
     
6.3 Legal Opinions 121123
     
6.4 Structure and Terms of the Transaction; No Material Adverse Effect 121124
     
6.5 Closing Certificates 121124
     
6.6 Corporate Proceedings 122124
     
6.7 Corporate Documents 122124
     
6.8 Solvency Certificate 122124
     
6.9 Financial Statements 122124
     
6.10 PATRIOT ACT 122124
     
6.11 Fees and Expenses 122124
     
6.12 Specified Representations 122125
     
SECTION 7.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO ALL CREDIT EVENTS 122125
     
7.1 No Default; Representations and Warranties 122125
     
7.2 Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request 123125
     
SECTION 8.   REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS 123126
     
8.1 Corporate Status 123126
     
8.2 Corporate Power and Authority; Enforceability 123126
     
8.3 No Violation 123126
     
8.4 Litigation 124126
     
8.5 Margin Regulations 124126
     
8.6 Governmental Approvals 124126
     
8.7 Investment Company Act 124127
     
8.8 True and Complete Disclosure 124127

 

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8.9 Financial Statements 124119
     
8.10 Tax Returns and Payments, Etc. 125121
   
8.11 Compliance with ERISA 125121
     
8.12 Subsidiaries 126122
     
8.13 Intellectual Property 126122
     
8.14 Environmental Laws 126122
     
8.15 Properties, Assets and Rights 127123
     
8.16 Solvency 127124
     
8.17 Material Adverse Change 127124
     
8.18 Use of Proceeds 127124
     
8.19 FCPA 127124
     
8.20 Sanctioned Persons 127124
     
8.21 PATRIOT ACT 128124
     
8.22 Labor Matters 128124
     
8.23 Subordination of Junior Financing 128124
     
8.24 No Default 128125
     
SECTION 9.   AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 128125
     
9.1 Information Covenants 128125
     
9.2 Books, Records and Inspections 131125
     
9.3 Maintenance of Insurance 131126
     
9.4 Payment of Taxes 132126
     
9.5 Consolidated Corporate Franchises 132126
     
9.6 Compliance with Statutes 132126
     
9.7 ERISA 132126
     
9.8 Good Repair 133126
     
9.9 End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters 133126
     
9.10 Additional Guarantors, Grantors and Co-Obligors 133127
     
9.11 Pledges of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness 133127

 

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9.12 Use of Proceeds 134137
     
9.13 Changes in Business 134137
     
9.14 Further Assurances 134137
     
9.15 Designation of Subsidiaries 136139
     
9.16 Maintenance of Ratings 136139
     
9.17 Post-Closing Obligations 136139
     
SECTION 10.   NEGATIVE COVENANTS 136139
     
10.1 Limitation on Indebtedness 136139
     
10.2 Limitation on Liens 144148
     
10.3 Limitation on Fundamental Changes 149152
     
10.4 Limitation on Sale of Assets 151154
     
10.5 Limitation on Investments 154157
     
10.6 Limitation on Restricted Payments 159162
     
10.7 Limitations on Debt Payments and Amendments 163167
     
10.8 Negative Pledge Clauses 164168
     
10.9 Passive Holding Company; Etc. 167170
     
10.10 Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio 168172
     
10.11 Transactions with Affiliates 168172
     
SECTION 11.   EVENTS OF DEFAULT 171175
     
11.1 Payments 171175
     
11.2 Representations, Etc. 171175
     
11.3 Covenants 171175
     
11.4 Default Under Other Agreements 172175
     
11.5 Bankruptcy, Etc. 172176
     
11.6 ERISA 172176
     
11.7 Guarantee 173176
     
11.8 Security Document 173176
     
11.9 Judgments 173177

 

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11.10 Change of Control 173 177
     
11.11 Borrower’s Right to Cure 173 177
     
SECTION 12.   THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT 174 178
     
12.1 Appointment 174 178
     
12.2 Limited Duties 175 179
     
12.3 Binding Effect 175 179
     
12.4 Delegation of Duties 175 179
     
12.5 Exculpatory Provisions 176 179
     
12.6 Reliance by Administrative Agent 176 180
     
12.7 Notice of Default 176 180
     
12.8 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders 177 180
     
12.9 Indemnification 177 181
     
12.10 Agent in Its Individual Capacity 177 181
     
12.11 Successor Agent 177 181
     
12.12 Withholding Tax 178 182
     
12.13 Duties as Collateral Agent and as Paying Agent 179 183
     
12.14 Authorization to Release Liens and Guarantees 179 183
     
12.15 Intercreditor Agreements 179 183
     
12.16 Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements 180 183
     
12.17 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim 180 184
     
SECTION 13.   MISCELLANEOUS 181 185
     
13.1 Amendments and Waivers 181 185
     
13.2 Notices; Electronic Communications 183 187
     
13.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies 186 190
     
13.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties 186 190
     
13.5 Payment of Expenses; Indemnification 186 191
     
13.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments; Etc. 188 192
     
13.7 Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances 195 199

 

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13.8 Adjustments; Set-off       196 200
     
13.9 Counterparts 197 201
     
13.10 Severability 197 201
     
13.11 Integration 197 201
     
13.12 GOVERNING LAW 197 202
     
13.13 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers 197 202
     
13.14 Acknowledgments 198 202
     
13.15 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL 198 202
     
13.16 Confidentiality 198 203
     
13.17 Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations; Subordination of Liens 199 203
     
13.18 USA PATRIOT ACT 200 205
     
13.19 Legend 200 205
     
13.20 Payments Set Aside 201 205
     
13.21 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions 201 205
     
13.22 Co-Obligor Obligations 201 205

 

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SCHEDULES
 
Schedule 1.1(a) Commitments of Lenders
Schedule 1.1(b) Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 1.1(c) Mortgaged Property
Schedule 8.4 Litigation
Schedule 8.12 Subsidiaries
Schedule 8.15 Owned Real Property
Schedule 9.17 Post-Closing Obligations
Schedule 10.1 Indebtedness
Schedule 10.2 Liens
Schedule 10.4 Dispositions
Schedule 10.5 Investments
Schedule 10.8 Negative Pledge Clauses
Schedule 10.11 Transactions with Affiliates
Schedule 13.2 Addresses for Notices
 
EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit A Form of Guarantee
Exhibit B Form of Security Agreement
Exhibit C Form of Pledge Agreement
Exhibit D Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit E Form of Borrower/Co-Obligor Joinder Agreement
Exhibit F Form of Closing Certificate
Exhibit G-1 Form of Promissory Note (Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans)
Exhibit G-2 Form of Promissory Note (Initial Term Loans)
Exhibit H-1 Form of Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit H-2 Form of Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit I Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit J Form of Affiliated Lender Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit K Form of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit L Form of United States Tax Compliance Certificate
Exhibit M Form of Intercompany Subordinated Note
Exhibit N Form of Perfection Certificate
Exhibit O Form of Notice of Voluntary Prepayment

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of June 7, 2016, among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Polaris Intermediate”), whose rights and obligations herein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assumed by the Surviving Company (as defined below), POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), which on the Closing Date shall be merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1, a Delaware corporation (the “Target”) (with the Target surviving such merger and with such merged company existing under the laws of the state of Delaware as the “Surviving Company”), whose rights and obligations herein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assumed by MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MPH LLC”), the Co-Obligors from time to time party hereto, the Lenders from time to time party hereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Syndication Agent, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CITIBANK, N.A. and UBS SECURITIES LLC, as Documentation Agents.

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, capitalized terms used and not defined in the preamble and these recitals shall have the respective meanings set forth for such terms in Section 1.1 hereof;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (a) Merger Sub will merge with and into the Target (such merger, the “Merger”), with the Target being the surviving entity of the Merger and the Surviving Company and (b) except with respect to certain equityholders of the Seller, including management of the Seller and/or the Target and its subsidiaries, who agreed to roll over their Capital Stock of the Target and its Affiliates or the cash proceeds they received from the Transactions into Capital Stock in the Surviving Company or a Parent Entity of the Surviving Company (in such capacity, the “Rollover Investors”), the Seller will receive cash in exchange for its Capital Stock in the Target (collectively, the “Merger Consideration”);

 

WHEREAS, (a) the Investors (including the Rollover Investors and certain members of management of the Seller and/or the Target and its Subsidiaries) will, directly or indirectly, make cash equity contributions to Polaris Parent, the net proceeds of which will be further contributed by Polaris Parent, directly or indirectly, as cash common equity to Merger Sub; provided that any such equity contribution to Merger Sub in a form other than common equity shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Lead Arrangers (the foregoing, collectively, the “Equity Contribution”), in an aggregate amount equal to, when combined with the Fair Market Value of any Capital Stock of any of the Rollover Investors rolled over or invested in connection with the Transactions, at least 30.0% of the sum of (1) the aggregate gross proceeds of the Initial Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans borrowed on the Closing Date plus the aggregate gross proceeds of Senior Unsecured Notes issued on or prior to the Closing Date, excluding the aggregate gross proceeds of (A) any Initial Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans borrowed to fund certain closing payments, OID and/or upfront fees required to be funded and (B) any Revolving Credit Loans borrowed to fund any working capital needs and (2) the equity capitalization of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, after giving effect to all of the Transactions;

 

WHEREAS, (i) immediately following the Merger, MPH Intermediate Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Existing Holdings”), will merge with and into MPH Acquisition Corp. 2 (“MPH2”), with MPH2 being the surviving entity of such merger (the “MPH2 Merger”), (ii) immediately following the MPH2 Merger, MPH2 will merge with and into the Surviving Company, with the Surviving Company being the surviving entity of such merger (such merger described in this clause (ii), together with the MPH2 Merger, the “Secondary Mergers”) and (iii) immediately after giving effect to the Secondary Mergers, (A) the Surviving Company shall assign to MPH LLC, and MPH LLC shall assume, pursuant to the Assumption Agreement all obligations of the Surviving Company as “Borrower” under the Credit Documents and as “Issuer” of the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents and (B) Polaris Intermediate shall assign to the Surviving Company, and the Surviving Company shall assume, pursuant to the Assumption Agreement, all obligations of Polaris Intermediate as “Holdings” in respect of the Credit Documents (the transactions described in this clause (iii), the “Assumption” and, together with the transactions described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (ii), collectively, the “Internal Restructuring”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, the Borrower has requested that, immediately upon the satisfaction in full of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 6 below, the Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuers extend credit to the Borrower in the form of (i) $3,470,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Initial Term Loans to be borrowed on the Closing Date (the “InitialClosing Date Term Loan Facility”) and (ii) a revolving credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 of Revolving Credit Commitments (the “Revolving Credit Facility”);

 

 

 

WHEREAS, it is intended that the Borrower will issue Senior Unsecured Notes under the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture in sales pursuant to Rule 144A and/or Regulation S of the Securities Act, generating aggregate gross proceeds of up to $1,100,000,000.

 

WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans and the Initial Revolving Borrowing Amount (to the extent permitted in accordance with the definition of the term “Permitted Initial Revolving Credit Borrowing Purposes”), together with (a) a portion of the Target’s and its Subsidiaries’ cash on hand, (b) the proceeds from the issuance of the Senior Unsecured Notes and (c) the proceeds of the Equity Contribution, will be used to pay the Merger Consideration, the Existing Debt Refinancing and the Transaction Expenses;

 

WHEREAS, the Lenders have indicated their willingness to extend such credit and the Letter of Credit Issuers have indicated their willingness to issue Letters of Credit, in each case on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing and as an inducement for the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to extend the credit contemplated hereunder, the Borrower has agreed to secure all of its Obligations by granting to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority lien (such priority subject to Liens permitted hereunder) on substantially all of its assets (except as otherwise set forth in the Credit Documents), including a pledge of all of the Capital Stock of each of its Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Capital Stock); and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing and as an inducement for the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to extend the credit contemplated hereunder, each Guarantor has agreed to guarantee all of its Obligations and to secure its guarantees by granting to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority lien (such priority subject to Liens permitted hereunder) on substantially all of its assets (except as otherwise set forth in the Credit Documents), including a pledge of all of the Capital Stock of each of their respective Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Capital Stock).

 

AGREEMENT:

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.          Definitions.

 

1.1            Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.1 unless the context otherwise requires:

 

ABR” shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect for such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%, (c) the Eurodollar Rate for a one month Interest Period determined on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00% and (d) (i) solely with regard to the Initial Term Loans, 2.00% and (ii) with regard to the Revolving Credit Loans, 0.00%. If the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination should be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms of the definition thereof, the ABR shall be determined without regard to clause (b) of the preceding sentence until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurodollar Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurodollar Rate, as the case may be.

 

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ABR Loan” shall mean each Loan bearing interest at the rate provided in Section 2.8(a) and, in any event, shall include all Swingline Loans.

 

Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment” shall mean a binding commitment of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary entered into at any time prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period to reinvest the proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event.

 

Accounting Change” shall mean any change in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC.

 

Acquired EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA” were references to such Pro Forma Entity and its subsidiaries that will become Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Pro Forma Entity in accordance with GAAP.

 

Acquired Entity or Business” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”

 

“acquired Person” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1(k)(i)(E).

 

Additional Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(d).

 

Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, contribution or otherwise, of (a) at least a majority of the assets or property and/or liabilities (or any other substantial part for which financial statements or other financial information is available), or a business line, product line, unit or division of, any other Person, (b) Capital Stock of any other Person such that such other Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and (c) additional Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary not then held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Acquisition Consideration” shall mean, in connection with any Acquisition, the aggregate amount (as valued at the Fair Market Value of such Acquisition at the time such Acquisition is made) of, without duplication: (a) the purchase consideration paid or payable for such Acquisition, whether payable at or prior to the consummation of such Acquisition or deferred for payment at any future time, whether or not any such future payment is subject to the occurrence of any contingency, and including any and all payments representing the purchase price and any assumptions of Indebtedness and/or Guarantee Obligations, “earn-outs” and other agreements to make any payment the amount of which is, or the terms of payment of which are, in any respect subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of any Person or business and (b) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness Incurred in connection with such Acquisition; provided in each case, that any such future payment that is subject to a contingency shall be considered Acquisition Consideration only to the extent of the reserve, if any, required under GAAP (as determined at the time of the consummation of such Acquisition) to be established in respect thereof by Holdings, the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

 

Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility” shall mean each Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments made pursuant to Section 2.14(a).

 

Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Lender” shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment.

 

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Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans” shall mean any loan made to the Borrower under a Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

Adjusted Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment for such Class less the aggregate Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders in such Class.

 

Adjusted Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment for such Class less the aggregate Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders in such Class.

 

Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, at any time, the Total Revolving Credit Commitment less the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders.

 

Administrative Agent” shall mean Barclays Bank PLC or any successor to Barclays Bank PLC appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.11, together with its Affiliates that are appointed as sub-agents in accordance with Section 12.4, in each case, as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

 

Administrative Agent’s Office” shall mean the office and, as appropriate, the account of the Administrative Agent set forth on Schedule 13.2 or such other office or account as the Administrative Agent may hereafter designate in writing as such to the other parties hereto.

 

Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. The term “Control” shall mean 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 ownership of Voting Stock, by agreement or otherwise. The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Affiliated Lender” shall mean a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate or a Debt Fund Affiliate.

 

Affiliated Lender Assignment and Acceptance” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(g)(i)(C).

 

Agents” shall mean each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

 

Agreement” shall mean this Credit Agreement.

 

AHYDO Catch-Up Payment” shall mean any payment with respect to any obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including subordinated debt obligations and obligations in respect of the Senior Unsecured Notes, in each case to avoid the application of Section 163(e)(5) of the Code thereto.

 

Applicable Laws” shall mean, as to any Person, any international, foreign, provincial, territorial, federal, state, municipal, and local law (including common law and Environmental Laws), statute, regulation, by-law, ordinance, treaty, rule, order, code, regulation, decree, guideline, judgment, consent decree, writ, injunction, settlement agreement, governmental requirement and administrative or judicial precedents enacted, promulgated or imposed or entered into or agreed by any Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding on such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject.

 

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Applicable Margin” shall mean:

 

(a)        with respect to any Initial Term Loan, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1(d):

 

Pricing Level Consolidated First Lien
Debt to Consolidated
EBITDA Ratio
Applicable Margin for
Initial Term Loans that
are Eurodollar Loans
Applicable Margin for
Initial Term Loans that
are ABR Loans
1 Greater than 4.503.75:1.00 4.003.00% 3.002.00%
2 Less than or equal to
4.503.75
:1.00
3.752.75% 2.751.75%

 

(b)        with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1(d):

 

Pricing Level Consolidated First Lien
Debt to Consolidated
EBITDA Ratio
Applicable Margin for
Revolving Credit Loans
that are Eurodollar
Loans
Applicable Margin for
Revolving Credit
Loans that are ABR Loans
and Swingline Loans
1 Greater than 4.50:1.00 4.00% 3.00%
2 Less than or equal to
4.50:1.00 but greater than
4.00:1.00
3.75% 2.75%
3 Less than or equal to
4.00:1.00
3.50% 2.50%

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition, (x) during the period from the Closing Date until the Initial Financial Statement Delivery Date, the Applicable Margin for Initial Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans shall be determined by reference to the applicable “Pricing Level 1” set forth in the tables above and (y) during the period from the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date until the date on which Section 9.1 Financials are delivered to the Administrative Agent under Section 9.1(b) for the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending June 30, 2017, the Applicable Margin for the Initial Term Loans shall be determined by reference to “Pricing Level 1” set forth in the applicable table above. Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin for Initial Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans resulting from a change in the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date Section 9.1 Financials are delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Sections 9.1(a) and 9.1(b); provided that, at the option of the Required Lenders, the highest pricing level (as set forth in the tables above) shall apply as of the fifth Business Day after the date on which Section 9.1 Financials were required to have been delivered but have not been delivered pursuant to Section 9.1 and shall continue to so apply to and including the date on which such Section 9.1 Financials are so delivered (and thereafter the pricing level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply).

 

In the event that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower determine that any Section 9.1 Financials previously delivered were incorrect or inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than the Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, then (a) the Borrower shall as soon as practicable deliver to the Administrative Agent the correct Section 9.1 Financials for such Applicable Period, (b) the Applicable Margin shall be determined as if the pricing level for such higher Applicable Margin were applicable for such Applicable Period, and (c) the Borrower shall within 10 Business Days of demand thereof by the Administrative Agent pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest owing as a result of such increased Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to Section 2.8(c) and Section 11.

 

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Applicable Period” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Applicable Margin”.

 

Approved Foreign Bank” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Cash Equivalents”.

 

Approved Fund” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b).

 

Asset Sale Prepayment Event” shall mean any Disposition (or series of related Dispositions) of any business unit, asset or property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including any Disposition of any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Borrower owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary); provided that the term “Asset Sale Prepayment Event” shall include only Dispositions (or a series of related Dispositions) made pursuant to clauses (c), (d)(ii), (g), (j), (q), (r) and (t) of Section 10.4.

 

Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 13.6) substantially in the form of Exhibit I or such other form as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

Assumption” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Assumption Agreement” shall mean the Assumption Agreement between the Surviving Company and MPH LLC, with respect to the rights and obligations as “Borrower” under the Credit Documents and “Issuer” under the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents, and between Polaris Intermediate and the Surviving Company, with respect to the rights and obligations as “Holdings” under the Credit Documents, in each case reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

Authorized Officer” shall mean the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Treasurer, any Vice President, the Assistant Treasurer, with respect to certain limited liability companies or partnerships that do not have officers, any manager, managing member, managing director or general partner thereof, any other senior officer of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party designated as such in writing to the Administrative Agent by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party, as applicable, and, with respect to any document (other than the solvency certificate) delivered on the Closing Date or any Incremental Facility Closing Date, the Secretary or the Assistant Secretary of any Credit Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by an Authorized Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, partnership and/or other action on the part of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party and such Authorized Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Person.

 

Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(e).

 

Available Amount” shall mean, at any time (the “Available Amount Reference Time”), subject to the last sentence of this definition, an amount equal at such time to (a) the sum of, without duplication:

 

(i)            [reserved];

 

(ii)           the amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) equal to 50.0% of the Cumulative Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(iii)          to the extent not already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, the aggregate amount of all Returns (to the extent made in cash or Cash Equivalents) received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Investment to the extent such Investment was made by using the  Available Amount during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time (other than the portion of any such dividends and other distributions that is used by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay taxes related to such amounts);

 

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(iv)        to the extent not already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, the aggregate amount of all repayments made in cash or Cash Equivalents of principal received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Investment to the extent such Investment was made by using the Available Amount during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time in respect of loans made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and that constituted Investments;

 

(v)         to the extent not already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income or applied to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) or to prepay, repurchase, redeem, defease, acquire, or make any other similar payment on any secured Permitted Additional Debt or on any secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, the aggregate amount of all Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Disposition of its ownership interest in any Investment to any Person other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and to the extent such Investment was made by using the Available Amount during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time; and

 

(vi)        the amount of any Investment of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 9.15 or that has been merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 10.3 or the amount of assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary Disposed of to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case following the Closing Date and at or prior to the Available Amount Reference Time, in each case, such amount not to exceed the lesser of (x) the Fair Market Value of the Investments of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary immediately prior to giving pro forma effect to such re-designation or merger, amalgamation or consolidation or Disposal of assets and (y) the amount originally invested from the Available Amount by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (provided that, in the case of original investments made in cash, the Fair Market Value shall be such cash value);

 

minus (b) the sum of, without duplication and without taking into account the proposed portion of the amount calculated above to be used at the applicable Available Amount Reference Time:

 

(i)          the aggregate amount of any Permitted Investments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 10.5 after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Amount Reference Time;

 

(ii)         the aggregate amount of any Restricted Payments made by the Borrower using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 10.6(f) after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Amount Reference Time; and

 

(iii)        the aggregate amount expended on prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, defeasements, acquisitions and other similar payments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 10.7(a) after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Amount Reference Time.

 

Available Amount Reference Time” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Available Amount.”

 

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Available Equity Amount” shall mean, at any time (the “Available Equity Amount Reference Time”), subject to the last sentence of this definition, an amount equal at such time to (a) the sum of, without duplication:

 

(i) the aggregate amount of cash and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property, in each case, contributed to the capital of the Borrower or the proceeds received by the Borrower from the issuance of any Capital Stock (or Incurrences of Indebtedness that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Capital Stock), in each case during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time, but excluding:

 

(A)            all proceeds from the issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock;

 

(B)            any Excluded Contribution; and

 

(C)            any Cure Amount;

 

(ii) the aggregate amount of all Returns (to the extent made in cash or Cash Equivalents) received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary on Investments made using the Available Equity Amount during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time;

 

(iii) the Fair Market Value or, if the Fair Market Value of such Term Loans cannot be ascertained, the Fair Market Value shall be the purchase price of such Term Loans (which shall not in any event be calculated in excess of par) of Term Loans contributed directly or indirectly by an Investor or a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate to the Borrower during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time;

 

(iv) the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 15% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to any such Available Equity Amount Reference Time (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

(v) to the extent not already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, the aggregate amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) of any Retained Refused Proceeds retained by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time; and

 

(vi) to the extent not already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, the aggregate amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) of any Retained Asset Sale Proceeds retained by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time;

 

minus (b) the sum, without duplication, and, without taking into account the proposed portion of the Available Equity Amount calculated above to be used at the applicable Available Equity Amount Reference Time, of:

 

(i) the aggregate amount of any Permitted Investments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary using the Available Equity Amount pursuant to Section 10.5 after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Equity Amount Reference Time;

 

(ii) the aggregate amount of any Restricted Payments made by the Borrower using the Available Equity Amount pursuant to Section 10.6(f) after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Equity Amount Reference Time; and

 

(iii) the aggregate amount of prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances, acquisitions and other similar payments, made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary using the Available Equity Amount pursuant to Section 10.7(a) after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Equity Amount Reference Time.

 

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Available Equity Amount Reference Time” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Available Equity Amount.”

 

Available Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment over (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans then outstanding and (ii) the aggregate Letter of Credit Obligations at such time.

 

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 provisions of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 USC §§ 101 et seq., as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

 

Basel III” shall mean, collectively, those certain agreements on capital requirements, leverage ratios and liquidity standards contained in “Basel III: A Global Regulatory Framework for More Resilient Banks and Banking Systems,” “Basel III: International Framework for Liquidity Risk Measurement, Standards and Monitoring,” and “Guidance for National Authorities Operating the Countercyclical Capital Buffer,” each as published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010 (as revised from time to time), and as implemented by a Lender’s primary U.S. federal banking regulatory authority or primary non-U.S. financial regulatory authority, as applicable.

 

Beneficial Owner” shall mean, in the case of a Lender (including the Swingline Lender and each Letter of Credit Issuer), the beneficial owner of any amounts payable under any Credit Document for U.S. federal withholding tax purposes.

 

Benefited Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.8(a).

 

Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

 

Board of Directors” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) in the case of any corporation, the board of directors of such Person, (ii) in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers of such Person, (iii) in the case of any partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of such Person and (iv) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.

 

Borrower” shall mean, (i) initially Merger Sub, (ii) after giving effect to the Merger, the Surviving Company, and (iii) after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, MPH LLC, and shall include any Successor Borrower, to the extent applicable.

 

Borrower Materials” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.2.

 

Borrowing” shall mean and include (a) the Incurrence of Swingline Loans from the Swingline Lender on a given date (or swingline loans under any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments from any swingline lender thereunder on a given date), (b) the Incurrence of one Class and Type of Initial Term Loan on the Closing Date or the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, as applicable (or resulting from conversions on a given date after the Closing Date or the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, as applicable) having, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the same Interest Period (provided that ABR Loans Incurred pursuant to Section 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans), (c) the Incurrence of one Class and Type of Incremental Term Loan on an Incremental Facility Closing Date (or resulting from conversions on a given date after the applicable Incremental Facility Closing Date) having, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the same Interest Period (provided that ABR Loans Incurred pursuant to Section 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans), (d) the Incurrence of one Class and Type of Revolving Credit 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 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans), (e) the Incurrence of one Class and Type of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit 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 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans) and (f) the Incurrence of one Type of Extended Revolving Credit Loan of a specified Class 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 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans).

 

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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) if the applicable Business Day relates to any Eurodollar Loans, any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. Dollars are carried on in the London interbank eurodollar market.

 

Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of, without duplication, (a) all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as additions during such period to property, plant or equipment reflected in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) all Capitalized Software Expenditures and Capitalized Research and Development Costs during such period and (c) all fixed asset additions financed through Financing Lease Obligations Incurred by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and recorded on the balance sheet in accordance with GAAP during such period; provided that the term “Capital Expenditures” shall not include:

 

(i)          expenditures made in connection with the replacement, substitution, restoration or repair of assets to the extent financed from insurance proceeds or compensation awards paid on account of a Recovery Event (except to the extent that such proceeds otherwise increase Consolidated Net Income for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow for such period),

 

(ii)         the purchase price of equipment that is purchased simultaneously with the trade-in of existing equipment to the extent that the gross amount of such purchase price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time,

 

(iii)        the purchase of property, plant or equipment to the extent financed with the proceeds of Dispositions outside the ordinary course of business (except to the extent that such proceeds otherwise increase Consolidated Net Income for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow for such period),

 

(iv)        expenditures that constitute any part of Consolidated Lease Expense,

 

(v)         expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and that actually are paid for, or reimbursed, by a Person other than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and for which neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such Person or any other Person (whether before, during or after such period, it being understood, however, that only the amount of expenditures actually provided or incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in such period and not the amount required to be provided or incurred in any future period shall constitute “Capital Expenditures” in the applicable period),

 

(vi)        the book value of any asset owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary prior to or during such period to the extent that such book value is included as a capital expenditure during such period as a result of such Person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without a corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such period; provided that (x) any expenditure necessary in order to permit such asset to be reused shall be included as a Capital Expenditure during the period in which such expenditure actually is made and (y) such book value shall have been included in Capital Expenditures when such asset was originally acquired,

 

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(vii)     any expenditures made as payments of the consideration for an Acquisition (or other similar Investment) and expenditures made in connection with the Transactions and any amounts recorded pursuant to purchase accounting required under GAAP pertaining to Acquisitions (or other similar Investments) or the Transactions,

 

(viii)    any capitalized interest expense and internal costs reflected as additions to property, plant or equipment in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or capitalized as Capitalized Software Expenditures and Capitalized Research and Development Costs for such period, or

 

(ix)       any non-cash compensation or other non-cash costs reflected as additions to property, plant and equipment, Capitalized Software Expenditures and Capitalized Research and Development Costs in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Capital Stock” shall mean any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation and including membership interests and partnership interests) and, except to the extent constituting Indebtedness, any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase, acquire or exchange any of the foregoing.

 

Capitalized Research and Development Costs” shall mean, for any period, all research and development costs that are, or are required to be, in accordance with GAAP, reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Capitalized Software Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Cash Collateral” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.8(c).

 

Cash Collateralize” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.8(c).

 

Cash Equivalents” shall mean:

 

(a)        Dollars;

 

(b)        Canadian dollars, euro, pounds sterling or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU;

 

(c)        other currencies held by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

 

(d)        securities issued or unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in each case having maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof;

 

(e)        securities issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or any public instrumentality thereof or any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state or commonwealth or territory or any public instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having an Investment Grade Rating;

 

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(f)         commercial paper or variable or fixed rate notes issued by or guaranteed by any Lender or any bank holding company owning any Lender;

 

(g)        commercial paper or variable or fixed rate notes maturing no more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having an Investment Grade Rating;

 

(h)        time deposits with, or domestic and eurocurrency certificates of deposit, demand deposits or bankers’ acceptances maturing no more than two years after the date of acquisition thereof and overnight bank deposits, in each case, issued by, any Lender or any other bank having combined capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 (or the Dollar equivalent as of the date of determination);

 

(i)         repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the type described in clauses (d), (e) and (h) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (h) above or securities dealers of recognized national standing;

 

(j)         marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);

 

(k)        readily marketable direct obligations issued by any non-U.S. government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, in each case having an Investment Grade Rating with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

(l)         Investments with average maturities of no more than 24 months from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);

 

(m)       with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary: (i) obligations of the national government of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business; provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of acquisition thereof, (ii) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business; provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and who otherwise meets the qualifications specified in clause (f) above (any such bank being an “Approved Foreign Bank”), and in each case with maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition and (iii) the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank;

 

(n)        Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A-2” or higher from Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P or Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

(o)        in the case of investments by any Foreign Subsidiary or investments made in a country outside the United States of America, Cash Equivalents shall also include (i) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (a) through (n) above of foreign obligors, which investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings, described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign Rating Agencies and (ii) other short term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments described in clauses (a) through (n) of this paragraph; and

 

(p)        investment funds investing 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (o) above.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency or securities listed in clauses (a) through (d) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

 

Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any agreement entered into from time to time by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with cash management services for collections, other Cash Management Services or for operating, payroll and trust accounts of such Person, including automatic clearing house services, controlled disbursement services, electronic funds transfer services, information reporting services, lockbox services, stop payment services and wire transfer services.

 

Cash Management Bank” shall mean any Person that is a Lender, Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner, Agent or any Affiliate of a Lender, Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner or Agent at the time it provides any Cash Management Services or any Person that shall have become a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent at any time after it has provided any Cash Management Services.

 

Cash Management Obligations” shall mean obligations owed by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Cash Management Bank in connection with, or in respect of, any Cash Management Services.

 

Cash Management Services” shall mean (a) commercial credit cards, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, (b) treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items and interstate depository network services) and (c) any other demand deposit or operating account relationships or other cash management services, including under any Cash Management Agreements.

 

CFC” shall mean a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

 

Change in Law” shall mean the occurrence, after the Closing Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration or interpretation thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) Basel III and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

Change of Control” shall mean and be deemed to have occurred if:

 

(a)           (i) at any time prior to a Qualifying IPO, (x) the Permitted Holders shall at any time cease, directly or indirectly, to have the power to vote or direct the voting of at least 35% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) or (y) the acquisition by (A) any Persons (other than any one or more Permitted Holders) or (B) Persons (other than any one or more Permitted Holders) that are together a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act (or any successor provision), but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person or “group” or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or Disposing of Capital Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision)) of a percentage of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) that is greater than the percentage of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, beneficially owned by the Permitted Holders and/or (ii) at any time on and after a Qualifying IPO, the acquisition by (A) any Person (other than any one or more Permitted Holders) or (B) Persons (other than any one or more Permitted Holders) that are together a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act (or any successor provision), but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person or “group” or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or Disposing of Capital Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision)) of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) having more than the greater of (A) 35% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) and (B) the percentage of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially in the aggregate by the Permitted Holders, unless in the case of either clause (i) or (ii) above, the Permitted Holders have, at such time, the right or the ability by voting power, contract, proxy or otherwise to elect, appoint, nominate or designate at least a majority of the aggregate votes on the Board of Directors of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings); and/or

 

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(b)         at any time prior to a Qualifying IPO of the Borrower (or, for the avoidance of doubt, a Successor Borrower), the failure of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings), directly or indirectly through wholly owned subsidiaries, to own beneficially and of record, all of the Capital Stock of the Borrower; and/or

 

(c)         a “change of control” or any comparable term under, and as defined in the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture (or any documentation governing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any Refinancing thereof) or the documentation governing any other First Lien Obligations (other than any Cash Management Agreement or Hedging Agreement).

 

Notwithstanding the preceding or any provision of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act (or any successor provision), (i) a Person or group shall not be deemed to beneficially own securities subject to an equity or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement, (ii) if any group includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any Permitted Holders that are part of such group shall not be treated as being beneficially owned by any other member of such group for purposes of determining whether a Change of Control has occurred and (iii) a Person or group will not be deemed to beneficially own the Voting Stock of another Person as a result of its ownership of Voting Stock or other securities of such other Person’s Parent Entity (or related contractual rights) unless it owns 50.0% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such Parent Entity. For purposes of this definition and any related definition to the extent used for purposes of this definition, at any time when 50.0% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) is directly or indirectly owned by a Parent Entity, all references to Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) shall be deemed to refer to its ultimate Parent Entity (but excluding any Investor) that directly or indirectly owns such Voting Stock.

 

Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Credit Loans, Initial Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans (of a Class), Extended Term Loans (of the same Extension Series), Extended Revolving Credit Loans (of the same Extension Series and any related swingline loans thereunder), Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (of the same Class and any related swingline loans thereunder) or Swingline Loans, and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Credit Commitment, an Initial Term Loan Commitment, an Incremental Term Loan Commitment (of the same Class), an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment (of the same Extension Series and any related swingline commitment thereunder), an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment (of the same Class and any related swingline commitment thereunder) or a Swingline Commitment, and when used in reference to any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment of such Class.

 

Claims” shall have meaning provided in the definition of Environmental Claims.

 

Closing Date” shall mean the date of the initial Credit Event under this Agreement, which date is June 7, 2016.

 

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Closing Date Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and, to the extent in excess of $2,500,000, described on Schedule 10.1.

 

“Closing Date Term Loan Facility” shall have the meaning provided for such term in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Co-Obligor” shall mean each Subsidiary Guarantor on the Closing Date and each Subsidiary Guarantor that becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.10.

 

Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. Section references to the Code are to the Code, as in effect on the Closing Date, and any subsequent provisions of the Code, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

 

Collateral” shall have the meaning provided for such term or a similar term in each of the Security Documents; provided that, with respect to any Mortgages, “Collateral” shall mean “Mortgaged Property” as defined therein.

 

Collateral Agent” shall mean Barclays Bank PLC or any successor thereto appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.11, together with any of its Affiliates, that is appointed as a sub-agent in accordance with Section 12.4, as the collateral agent for the Secured Parties.

 

Commitment” shall mean, (a) with respect to each Lender (to the extent applicable), such Lender’s Initial Term Loan Commitment, Incremental Term Loan Commitment, Revolving Credit Commitment, Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment or any combination thereof (as the context requires) and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, or swingline lender under any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, its Swingline Commitment or swingline commitment, as applicable.

 

Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(a).

 

Commitment Fee Rate” shall mean a rate equal to the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1(d):

 

Pricing Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated Commitment
Level EBITDA Ratio Fee Rate
1 Greater than 4.50:1.00 0.50%
2 Less than or equal to 4.50:1.00 but greater than 4.00:1.00 0.375%
3 Less than or equal to 4.00:1.00 0.25%

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition, during the period from the Closing Date until the Initial Financial Statement Delivery Date, the Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined by “Pricing Level 1” set forth in the table above. Any increase or decrease in the Commitment Fee Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date Section 9.1 Financials are delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Sections 9.1(a) and 9.1(b); provided that, at the option of the Required Lenders, the highest pricing level (as set forth in the table above) shall apply as of the fifth Business Day after the date on which Section 9.1 Financials were required to have been delivered but have not been delivered pursuant to Section 9.1 and shall continue to so apply to and including the date on which such Section 9.1 Financials are so delivered (and thereafter the pricing level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply).

 

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In the event that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower determine that any Section 9.1 Financials previously delivered were incorrect or inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Commitment Fee Rate for any Applicable Period than the Commitment Fee Rate applied for such Applicable Period, then (a) the Borrower shall as soon as practicable deliver to the Administrative Agent the correct Section 9.1 Financials for such Applicable Period, (b) the Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined as if the pricing level for such higher Commitment Fee Rate were applicable for such Applicable Period, and (c) the Borrower shall within 10 Business Days of demand thereof by the Administrative Agent pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest owing as a result of such increased Commitment Fee Rate for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to Section 2.8(c) and Section 11.

 

Commitment Letter” shall mean the Amended and Restated Credit Facilities Commitment Letter, dated as of May 13, 2016, among Barclays Bank PLC, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, Bank of America, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., UBS AG, Stamford Branch, UBS Securities LLC, Broad Street Loan Partners 2013 Onshore, L.P., Broad Street Loan Partners 2013, L.P., Broad Street Loan Partners 2013 Europe, L.P., Broad Street Senior Credit Partners, L.P., Broad Street Senior Credit Partners Offshore, L.P., Broad Street Credit Investments LLC, Broad Street London Partners #1, L.P., Broad Street London Partners #2, L.P., Streamview Investment Pte Ltd and Polaris Parent.

 

Commodity Exchange Act” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

Communications” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.2.

 

Confidential Information” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.16.

 

Confidential Information Memorandum” shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum of the Borrower dated May 2016, delivered to the prospective lenders in connection with this Agreement.

 

Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, Capital Expenditures, including Capitalized Software Expenditures, intangible assets established through recapitalization or purchase accounting, and the accretion or amortization of OID resulting from the Incurrence of Indebtedness at less than par, of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis and as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus:

 

(a)           without duplication and to the extent already deducted or, in the case of clauses (vi) and (viii) below, to the extent not included (and not added back or excluded) in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period:

 

(i)           provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, federal, foreign, state, local, franchise, unitary, property, excise, value added and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period (including taxes in respect of repatriated funds and any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations),

 

(ii)          Consolidated Interest Expense and, to the extent not reflected in such Consolidated Interest Expense, bank and letter of credit fees, debt rating monitoring fees and net losses on Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, together with items excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” pursuant to clauses (A) through (N) thereof,

 

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(iii)          Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense,

 

(iv)          the amount of any restructuring charge, accrual or reserve or non-recurring (on a per-transaction basis) integration costs and related costs and charges, including proposed or actual hiring and on-boarding of any senior level executives and any one-time (on a per-transaction basis) costs or charges incurred in connection with Acquisitions and other Investments, and costs, charges and expenses, including put arrangements and headcount reductions or other similar actions including severance charges in respect of employee termination or relocation costs, excess pension charges, severance and lease termination expenses related to the closure, discontinuance and/or consolidation of locations and/or facilities,

 

(v)           any other non-cash charges, including (A) all non-cash compensation expenses and costs, (B) the non-cash impact of recapitalization or purchase accounting, (C) the non-cash impact of accounting changes or restatements, (D) any non-cash portion of Consolidated Lease Expense and (E) other non-cash charges; provided that, to the extent that any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA in such future period to such extent; and provided, further, that amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period shall be excluded),

 

(vi)          the aggregate amount of Consolidated Net Income for such period attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, excluding cash distributions in respect thereof to the extent already included in Consolidated Net Income,

 

(vii)         the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees, termination payments, indemnities and related expenses paid or accrued in such period to (or on behalf of) the Investors (including amortization thereof) to the extent otherwise permitted under Section 10.11 or to (or on behalf of) Affiliates of the Seller and/or the Target on or prior to the Closing Date (and following the Closing Date, with respect to indemnification or other amounts owed in respect of arrangements in effect prior to the Closing Date),

 

(viii)         (A) pro forma adjustments, including pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and other synergies related to the Transactions projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions that have been taken, actions with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or actions that are expected to be taken (including any savings expected to result from the elimination of Public Company Costs) (in each case, in the good faith determination of the Borrower), in any such case within twelve fiscal quarters after the Closing Date (or, to the extent identified to the Lead Arrangers, undertaken or implemented prior to the Closing Date) and, without duplication and (B) pro forma adjustments, including pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions, and other synergies related to mergers, business combinations, Acquisitions, Dispositions and other similar transactions, or related to restructuring initiatives, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions that have been taken, actions with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or actions that are expected to be taken (in each case, in the good faith determination of the Borrower), in any such case, within eight fiscal quarters after the date of consummation of such merger, business combination, Acquisition, Disposition or other similar transaction or the initiation of such restructuring initiative, cost savings initiative or other initiative; provided, that, for the purpose of this clause (viii), (I) any such adjustments shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA for each Test Period until fully realized and shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though such adjustments had been realized on the first day of the relevant Test Period and shall be calculated net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions, (II) any such adjustments shall be reasonably identifiable and (III) no such adjustments shall be added pursuant to this clause (viii) to the extent duplicative of any items related to adjustments included in the definition of Consolidated Net Income, clause (iv) above or pursuant to the effects of Section 1.12 (it being understood that for purposes of the foregoing and Section 1.12 “run rate” shall mean the full recurring benefit that is associated with any such action),

 

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(ix)         Receivables Fees and the amount of loss on sale of receivables and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Receivables Facility,

 

(x)          to the extent funded with cash contributed to the capital of the Borrower or the Net Cash Proceeds of an issuance of Capital Stock of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) solely to the extent that such Net Cash Proceeds are excluded from the calculation of the Available Equity Amount, (A) any deductions, charges, costs or expenses (including compensation charges and expenses) incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or share option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, pension plan, any severance agreement or any equity subscription or shareholder agreement or any distributor equity plan or agreement or in connection with grants of stock appreciation or similar rights or other rights to directors, officers, managers and/or employees of any Parent Entity, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) any charges, costs, expenses accruals or reserves in connection with the rollover or acceleration of Capital Stock held by directors, officers, managers and/or employees of any Parent Entity, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,

 

(xi)         [reserved],

 

(xii)        cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not otherwise included in Consolidated EBITDA in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such receipts were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (b) below for any previous period and not added back,

 

(xiii)       any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification No. 715, any non-cash deemed finance charges in respect of any pension liabilities, the curtailment or modification of pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including settlement of pension liabilities), and any other items of a similar nature,

 

(xiv)       in respect of any Hedging Obligations that are terminated (or early extinguished) prior to the stated settlement date, any loss (or gain as applicable) reflected in Consolidated Net Income in or following the quarter in which such termination or early extinguishment occurs,

 

(xv)        all adjustments, other than normalized adjustments, of the type that are described on page 31 of the Public Lenders Presentation dated May 16, 2016, to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such period,

 

(xvi)       costs, expenses, charges, accruals, reserves (including restructuring costs related to acquisitions prior to, on or after the Closing Date) or expenses attributable to the undertaking and/or the implementation of cost savings initiatives, operating expense reductions and other restructuring and integration and transition costs, costs associated with inventory category and distribution optimization programs, pre-opening, opening and other business optimization expenses (including software development costs), future lease commitments, consolidation, discontinuance and closing costs and expenses for locations and/or facilities, signing, retention and completion bonuses, costs related to entry and expansion into new markets (including consulting fees) and to modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, system design, establishment and implementation costs and project start-up costs,

 

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(xvii)       adjustments consistent with Regulation S-X of the Securities Act,

 

(xviii)      changes in earn-out obligations incurred in connection with any Acquisition or other Investment permitted under this Agreement and paid during the applicable period and any similar acquisitions completed prior to the Closing Date, and

 

(xix)        costs related to the implementation of operational and reporting systems and technology initiatives,

 

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(b)           without duplication and to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, any non-cash gains, but excluding any non-cash gains that represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash items that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period, in each case, as determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP; provided that,

 

(I)            there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise Disposed of during such period (but not including the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired) (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired, including pursuant to the Transactions or pursuant to a transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date, and not subsequently so Disposed of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”), and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Restricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the Acquired EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) determined on a historical pro forma basis; and

 

(II)           there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset sold, transferred or otherwise Disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent not subsequently reacquired, reclassified or continued, in each case, during such period (each such Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary), property, business or asset so sold, transferred or otherwise Disposed of, closed or classified, a “Sold Entity or Business”), and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer, disposition, closure, classification or conversion) determined on a historical pro forma basis.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein and subject to adjustment as provided in clauses (I) and (II) of the immediately preceding proviso with respect to acquisitions and Dispositions occurring prior to, on and following the Closing Date and other adjustments contemplated by Section 1.12, clause (a)(viii) above, Consolidated EBITDA shall be deemed to be $141,900,000, $161,000,000, $178,000,000 and $172,300,000, respectively, for the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2015, September 30, 2015, December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2016.

 

Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent Test Period ended on or prior to such date of determination to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period; provided that, for purposes of calculating the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio for any period ending prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be an amount equal to actual Consolidated Interest Expense from the Closing Date through the date of determination multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is 365 and the denominator of which is the number of days from the Closing Date through the date of determination.

 

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Consolidated First Lien Debt” shall mean, without duplication, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Consolidated Total Debt (determined without regard to clause (b) of the definition thereof) outstanding under this Agreement as of such date (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions, any Acquisition or other Investment) and all other Consolidated Total Debt (determined without regard to clause (b) of the definition thereof) secured by Liens on the Collateral that do not rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are or should be listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date (but, for the avoidance of doubt, including as “unrestricted cash” any and all amounts held by, or for the benefit of, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of repurchasing, redeeming, defeasing or otherwise acquiring or making any other similar payment on the Existing Notes or the Senior Unsecured Notes). It is understood that to the extent the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs any Indebtedness and receives the proceeds of such Indebtedness, for purposes of determining any Incurrence test under this Agreement and whether the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with any such test, the proceeds of such Incurrence shall not be considered cash or Cash Equivalents for purposes of any “netting” pursuant to clause (b) of this definition.

 

Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:

 

(a)           the consolidated cash interest expense of such Person for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person, (including (i) all commissions, discounts and other cash fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, (ii) the cash interest component of Financing Lease Obligations, and (iii) net cash payments, if any, made (less net cash payments, if any, received), pursuant to obligations under Hedging Agreements for Indebtedness), but in any event excluding, for the avoidance of doubt,

 

(A)      accretion or amortization of original issue discount resulting from the Incurrence of Indebtedness at less than par;

 

(B)       amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses;

 

(C)       any accretion or accrual of, or accrued interest on discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness during such period and any prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or similar premium, penalty or inducement or other loss in connection with the early Refinancing or modification of Indebtedness paid or payable during such period;

 

(D)       any interest in respect of items excluded from Indebtedness in the proviso to the definition thereof;

 

(E)        penalties or interest relating to taxes and any other amount of non-cash interest resulting from the effects of the acquisition method of accounting or pushdown accounting;

 

(F)        non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under Hedging Agreements or other derivative instruments pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification No. 815 (Derivatives and Hedging);

 

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(G)       any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of Hedging Agreements for interest rates and any payments with respect to make-whole premiums or other breakage costs in respect of any Indebtedness;

 

(H)       all additional interest or liquidated damages then owing pursuant to any registration rights agreement and any comparable “additional interest” or liquidated damages with respect to other securities designed to compensate the holders thereof for a failure to publicly register such securities;

 

(I)         any expense resulting from the discounting of any Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or purchase accounting;

 

(J)         any expensing of bridge, arrangement, structuring, commitment or other financing fees or closing payments (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Commitment Fees);

 

(K)        any lease, rental or other expense in connection with Non-Financing Lease Obligations,

 

(L)         Receivables Fees, commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Receivables Facility,

 

(M)       any capitalized interest, whether paid in cash or otherwise; and

 

(N)        any other non-cash interest expense, including capitalized interest, whether paid or accrued;

 

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(b)           cash interest income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.

 

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Financing Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Financing Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Lease Expense” shall mean, for any period, all rental expenses of any Person during such period in respect of Non-Financing Lease Obligations for real or personal property (including in connection with Sale Leasebacks), but excluding real estate taxes, insurance costs and common area maintenance charges and net of sublease income; provided that Consolidated Lease Expense shall not include (a) obligations under vehicle leases entered into in the ordinary course of business, (b) all such rental expenses associated with assets acquired pursuant to the Transactions and pursuant to an Acquisition (or other Investment) to the extent that such rental expenses relate to Non-Financing Lease Obligations (i) in effect at the time of (and immediately prior to) such acquisition and (ii) related to periods prior to such acquisition, (c) Financing Lease Obligations, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and (d) the effects from applying purchase accounting.

 

Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income attributable to such Person for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, without duplication, and on an after-tax basis to the extent appropriate,

 

(a)           any extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains, losses or expenses, costs associated with preparations for, and implementation of, compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other Public Company Costs, earn-out payments or other consideration paid or payable in connection with an Acquisition to the extent recorded as cash compensation expense, severance costs, relocation costs, integration costs, pre-opening, opening, consolidation, discontinuation and closing costs and expenses for locations and/or facilities, signing, retention and completion bonuses, transition costs, restructuring costs and litigation settlements, fines, judgments, orders or losses and related costs and expenses shall be excluded,

 

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(b)         the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period,

 

(c)         any net gains or losses realized on (i) Disposed of, discontinued or abandoned operations (which shall not, unless the Borrower otherwise elects, include assets then held for sale), or (ii) the sale or other Disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person, shall be excluded,

 

(d)         any net gains or losses realized attributable to asset Dispositions, other than those in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Borrower, and Dispositions of books of business, client lists or related goodwill in connection with the departure of related employees or producers, shall be excluded,

 

(e)         the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents (or, if not paid in cash or Cash Equivalents, but later converted into cash or Cash Equivalents, upon such conversion) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,

 

(f)          solely for the purpose of determining the amount available under clause (ii) of the definition of “Available Amount,” the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Credit Party) shall be excluded to the extent the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, is otherwise restricted by the operation of the terms of its charter, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its equityholders, (other than: (i) restrictions that have been waived or otherwise released, (ii) restrictions pursuant to this Agreement or the Senior Unsecured Notes and (iii) restrictions arising pursuant to an agreement or instrument if the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Secured Parties than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Credit Documents (as determined by the Borrower in good faith)); provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents (or, if not paid in cash or Cash Equivalents, but later converted into cash or Cash Equivalents, upon such conversion) to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein,

 

(g)         any income (loss) (less all fees and expenses or charges related thereto) from the purchase, acquisition, early extinguishment, conversion or cancellation of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid) shall be excluded,

 

(h)         any impairment charge, asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to intangible assets (including goodwill), long-lived assets, Investments in debt and equity securities, the amortization of intangibles, and the effects of adjustments to accruals and reserves during a prior period relating to any change in the methodology of calculating reserves for returns, rebates, warranties, inventories and other chargebacks (including government program rebates), shall be excluded,

 

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(i)          any (i) non-cash compensation expense as a result of grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, profits interests, stock options, restricted stock or other rights or equity incentive programs and any non-cash charges associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock or options with respect thereto by, or to, officers, directors, employees or consultants of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle, (ii) income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts and (iii) any expense in respect of payments made to option holders or holders of profits interests or restricted stock or restricted stock units of the Borrower or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to equityholders of the Borrower or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders or holders of profits interests or restricted stock or restricted stock units as though they were equityholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution (to the extent such distribution to equityholders is excluded from Consolidated Net Income), shall be excluded,

 

(j)          any fees and expenses (including any commissions or discounts) incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any Acquisition, Investment, asset Disposition, Change of Control, Incurrence, Refinancing, prepayment, redemption, repurchase, acquisition, defeasance, extinguishment, retirement or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Capital Stock, or amendment, supplement or other modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken, but not completed and/or not successful) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded,

 

(k)         accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted as a result of the Transactions or any Acquisition or other Investment in accordance with GAAP or changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period, whether effected through a cumulative effect adjustment, restatement or a retroactive application in accordance with GAAP, shall be excluded,

 

(l)          the effects from applying purchase accounting, including applying recapitalization or purchase accounting to inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill and other intangible assets, in-process research and development, post-employment benefits, leases, deferred revenue and debt-like items required or permitted by GAAP (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries), as a result of the Transactions or any other consummated Acquisition, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, shall be excluded,

 

(m)        any foreign exchange gains or losses (whether or not realized) resulting from the impact of foreign currency changes on the valuation of assets and liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower shall be excluded,

 

(n)         any non-cash interest expense and non-cash interest income, in each case to the extent there is no associated cash disbursement or receipt, as the case may be, before the Latest Maturity Date, shall be excluded,

 

(o)         the amount of any cash tax benefits related to the tax amortization of intangible assets in such period shall be included,

 

(p)         Transaction Expenses (including any charges associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock by management of the Seller and/or the Target or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent Entities in connection with the Transactions) shall be excluded,

 

(q)         income or expense related to changes in the fair value of contingent liabilities recorded in connection with the Transactions or any Acquisition or other Investment shall be excluded,

 

(r)          proceeds received from business interruption insurance (to the extent not reflected as revenue or income in Net Income and to the extent that the related loss was deducted in the determination of Net Income), shall be included,

 

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(s)         charges, losses, lost profits, expenses or write-offs to the extent indemnified, reimbursed or insured by a third party, including expenses covered by indemnification or reimbursement provisions in connection with the Transactions, an Acquisition or any other Investment, in each case, to the extent that indemnification, reimbursement or insurance coverage has not been denied, the Borrower in good faith believes that such amounts are recoverable from such indemnitors, reimbursers or insurers, and so long as such amounts are actually paid or reimbursed to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash or Cash Equivalents within one year after the related amount is first added to Consolidated Net Income pursuant to this clause (s) (and if not so reimbursed within one year, such amount shall be deducted from Consolidated Net Income during the next measurement period), shall be excluded; provided that such amounts shall only be included in Consolidated Net Income under clause (ii) of the definition of “Available Amount” after such amounts are actually reimbursed in cash,

 

(t)          any non-cash expenses, accruals, reserves or income related to adjustments to historical tax exposures shall be excluded; provided that, if any such non-cash items represent an accrual or reserve for cash payments in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated Net Income in such future period, but only to the extent of such non-cash expense, accrual or reserve excluded pursuant to this clause (t), shall be excluded,

 

(u)         any non-cash gain or loss attributable to the mark-to-market movement in the valuation of Hedging Obligations (to the extent the cash impact resulting from such gain or loss has not been realized) or other derivative instruments pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification No. 815-Derivatives and Hedging, shall be excluded,

 

(v)         any gain or loss relating to Hedging Obligations associated with transactions realized in the current period that has been reflected in Net Income in prior periods and excluded from, or included in, as applicable, Consolidated Net Income pursuant to the preceding clause (u) shall be included, and

 

(w)        any expense to the extent a corresponding amount is received in cash by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries from a Person other than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries, provided such payment has not been included in determining Consolidated Net Income (it being understood that if the amounts received in cash under any such agreement in any period exceed the amount of expense in respect of such period, such excess amounts received may be carried forward and applied against expense in future periods).

 

Consolidated Secured Debt” shall mean, without duplication, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Consolidated Total Debt (determined without regard to clause (b) of the definition thereof) outstanding under this Agreement as of such date (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting in connection with any Acquisition or other Investment) and all other Consolidated Total Debt (determined without regard to clause (b) of the definition thereof) secured by Liens on any assets or property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are or should be listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date (but, for the avoidance of doubt, including as “unrestricted cash” any and all amounts held by, or for the benefit of, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of repurchasing, redeeming, defeasing or otherwise acquiring or making any other similar payment on the Existing Notes or the Senior Unsecured Notes). It is understood that to the extent the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs any Indebtedness and receives the proceeds of such Indebtedness, for purposes of determining any Incurrence test under this Agreement and whether the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with any such test, the proceeds of such Incurrence shall not be considered cash or Cash Equivalents for purposes of any “netting” pursuant to clause (b) of this definition.

 

Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Secured Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.

 

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Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the total amount of all assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP as of such date.

 

Consolidated Total Debt” shall mean, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with any Acquisition or Investments), consisting of indebtedness for borrowed money, Unpaid Drawings, Financing Lease Obligations and third-party debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date (but, for the avoidance of doubt, including as “unrestricted cash” any and all amounts held by, or for the benefit of, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of repurchasing, redeeming, defeasing or otherwise acquiring or making any other similar payment on the Existing Notes or the Senior Unsecured Notes). It is understood that to the extent the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs any Indebtedness and receives the proceeds of such Indebtedness, for purposes of determining any Incurrence test under this Agreement and whether the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with any such test, the proceeds of such Incurrence shall not be considered cash or Cash Equivalents for purposes of any “netting” pursuant to clause (b) of this definition.

 

Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.

 

Consolidated Working Capital” shall mean, at any date, the excess of (a) the sum of all amounts (excluding all 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 the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date less (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 the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, including (for purposes of both clauses (a) and (b)) current and long-term deferred revenue but excluding (for purposes of both clauses (a) and (b) above, as applicable), without duplication, (i) the current portion of any Funded Debt, (ii) all Indebtedness (including Letter of Credit Obligations) under the Revolving Credit Facility, any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility, any Extended Revolving Credit Facility or any other revolving credit facility that is effective in reliance on Section 10.1(u), to the extent otherwise included therein, (iii) the current portion of interest, (iv) the current portion of current and deferred income taxes, (v) non-cash compensation costs and expenses, (vi) any other liabilities that are not Indebtedness and will not be settled in cash or Cash Equivalents during the next succeeding twelve month period after such date, (vii) the effects from applying recapitalization or purchase accounting, (viii) any earn out obligations until 30 days after such obligation becomes contractually due and payable and any earn-out obligation that becomes contractually due and payable to the extent (A) such Person is indemnified for the payment thereof by a solvent Person reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or (B) amounts to be applied to the payment thereof are in escrow through customary arrangements and (ix) any asset or liability in respect of net obligations of such Person in respect of Swap Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided that Consolidated Working Capital shall be calculated without giving effect to (x) the depreciation of the Dollar relative to other foreign currencies or (y) changes to Consolidated Working Capital resulting from non-cash charges and credits to consolidated current assets and consolidated current liabilities (including, without limitation, derivatives and deferred income tax).

 

Contract Consideration” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Excess Cash Flow.”

 

Contractual Obligation” shall mean, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound other than the Obligations.

 

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Controlled Investment Affiliate” shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person, other than any Investor, which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person and is organized by such Person (or any Person controlling such Person) primarily for making direct or indirect equity or debt investments in the Borrower and/or other Persons.

 

Converted Restricted Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”

 

Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”

 

Corrective Extension Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(e).

 

Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean (a) Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt, (b) Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt or (c) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt; provided that, in each case, such Indebtedness is Incurred to Refinance, in whole or in part, existing Term Loans or existing Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Revolving Credit Commitments), any then-existing Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments), any then-existing Extended Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Extended Revolving Credit Commitments), or any Loans under any then-existing Incremental Facility (or, if applicable, unused Commitments thereunder), or any then-existing Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (“Refinanced Debt”); provided, further, that (i) except for any of the following that are only applicable to periods after the Latest Maturity Date, the covenants, events of default and guarantees of such Indebtedness (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, fees, funding discounts, original issue discounts, maturity and prepayment or redemption premiums and terms) (when taken as a whole) are determined by the Borrower to be either (A) consistent with market terms and conditions and conditions at the time of Incurrence or effectiveness (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) or (B) not materially more restrictive on the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those applicable to the Refinanced Debt, when taken as a whole (provided that if the documentation governing such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness contains a Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant, the Administrative Agent shall be given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement shall be amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility (provided, however, that if (x) both the Refinanced Debt and the related Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that includes a Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant consists of a revolving credit facility (whether or not the documentation therefor includes any other facilities) and (y) the applicable Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant is a “springing” financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of such revolving credit facility or a covenant only applicable to, or for the benefit of, a revolving credit facility, the Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant shall only be required to be included in this Agreement for the benefit of each revolving credit facility hereunder (and not for the benefit of any term loan facility hereunder) and such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed “more restrictive” solely as a result of such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant benefiting only such revolving credit facilities; provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (ii) any such Indebtedness in the form of bonds, notes or debentures or which Refinances, in whole or in part, existing Term Loans, shall have a maturity that is no earlier than the maturity of the Refinanced Debt and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Refinanced Debt; provided that the foregoing requirements of this clause (ii) shall not apply to the extent such Indebtedness constitutes a customary bridge facility, so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which any such customary bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (ii) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges, (iii) any such Indebtedness which Refinances any existing Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Revolving Credit Commitments), any then-existing Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments) or any then-existing Extended Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) shall have a maturity that is no earlier than the maturity of such Refinanced Debt and shall not require any mandatory commitment reductions prior to the maturity of such Refinanced Debt; provided that the foregoing requirements of this clause (iii) shall not apply to the extent such Indebtedness constitutes a customary bridge facility, so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which any such customary bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (iii) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges, (iv) except to the extent otherwise permitted under this Agreement (subject to a dollar for dollar usage of any other basket set forth in Section 10.1, if applicable), such Indebtedness shall not have a greater principal amount (or shall not have a greater accreted value, if applicable) than the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Refinanced Debt plus accrued interest, fees and premiums (including tender premiums) (if any) thereon, defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and fees and expenses (including OID, closing payments, upfront fees or similar fees) associated with the Refinancing plus an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized and letters of credit undrawn, (v) such Refinanced Debt shall be repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased, acquired or satisfied and discharged on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and all accrued interest, fees and premiums (including tender premiums) (if any) in connection therewith shall be paid substantially concurrently with the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred or made effective, (vi) except to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, the aggregate unused revolving commitments under such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall not exceed the unused Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, being replaced plus undrawn letters of credit, (vii) in the case of any such Indebtedness in the form of bonds, notes or debentures or which Refinances, in whole or in part, existing Term Loans, the terms thereof shall not require any mandatory repayment, redemption, repurchase, acquisition or defeasance (other than (x) in the case of bonds, notes or debentures, customary change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event offers, AHYDO Catch-Up Payments and customary acceleration any time after an event of default and (y) in the case of any term loans, mandatory prepayments that are on terms (when taken as a whole) not materially more favorable to the lenders or holders providing such Indebtedness than those applicable to the Refinanced Debt (when taken as a whole) prior to the maturity date of the Refinanced Debt, (viii) any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness may not be guaranteed by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower that do not guarantee the Obligations and (ix) any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness may not be secured by any assets that do not secure the Obligations.

 

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Credit Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Guarantee, the Fee Letter, each Letter of Credit, any promissory notes issued by the Borrower hereunder, any Incremental Agreement, any Extension Agreement, the Assumption Agreement and any Customary Intercreditor Agreement entered into after the Closing Date to which the Collateral Agent and/or the Administrative Agent is a party.

 

Credit Event” shall mean and include the making (but not the conversion or continuation) of a Loan and the issuance, increase in the amount, or extension of a Letter of Credit.

 

Credit Facility” shall mean any of the Initial Term Loan Facility, any Incremental Term Loan Facility, the Revolving Credit Facility, any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility, any Extended Term Loan Facility or any Extended Revolving Credit Facility, as applicable.

 

Credit Party” shall mean, collectively and/or, as applicable, individually, Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Cumulative Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, as at any date of determination, Consolidated Net Income for the period (taken as one accounting period) commencing on April 1, 2016 and ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which Section 9.1 Financials have been delivered.

 

Cure Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(a).

 

Cure Deadline” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(a).

 

Cure Right” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(a).

 

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Customary Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean (a) to the extent executed in connection with the Incurrence of secured Indebtedness Incurred by a Credit Party, the Liens on the Collateral securing which are intended to rank equal in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies), at the option of the Borrower and the Collateral Agent acting together in good faith, either (i) any intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) a customary intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, which agreement shall provide that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Indebtedness shall rank equal in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies) and (b) to the extent executed in connection with the Incurrence of secured Indebtedness Incurred by a Credit Party, the Liens on the Collateral securing which are intended to rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations, at the option of the Borrower and the Collateral Agent acting together in good faith, either (i) an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) a customary intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, which agreement shall provide that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Indebtedness shall rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations.

 

Debt Fund Affiliate” shall mean any Affiliate of the Borrower (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) that is primarily engaged in, or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in, making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit or securities in the ordinary course and that exercises investment discretion independent from the private equity business of each respective Investor; provided that, to the extent it is an Affiliate of the Borrower, any Person managed or directed by GIC Asset Management Pte Ltd, including, without limitation, Gamstar Pte Ltd shall constitute a Debt Fund Affiliate.

 

Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event” shall mean any Incurrence by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness, but excluding any Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred under Section 10.1 (other than Incremental Term Loans Incurred in reliance on clause (i)(x) of the proviso to Section 2.14(b), Permitted Additional Debt Incurred in reliance on Section 10.1(u)(i)(x) and, to the extent relating to Term Loans, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness).

 

Debtor Relief Laws” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code and any other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

 

Default” shall mean any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

Defaulting Lender” shall mean any Lender whose acts or failure to act, whether directly or indirectly, cause it to meet any part of the definition of “Lender Default.”

 

Designated Non-Cash Consideration” shall mean the Fair Market Value of consideration that is not deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents and that is received by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a Disposition pursuant to Section 10.4(c) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent, setting forth the basis of such valuation (less the amount of the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent Disposition, redemption or repurchase of, or collection or payment on, such Designated Non-Cash Consideration).

 

Designated Preferred Stock” shall mean Preferred Stock of the Borrower or any Parent Entity (in each case other than Disqualified Capital Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock by the Borrower on the issuance date thereof.

 

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Disposed EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA” (and in the component financial definitions used therein) were references to such Sold Entity or Business and its Subsidiaries or to such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business.

 

Disposition” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.4. The terms “Disposal”, “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings.

 

Disposition Percentage” shall mean, with respect to any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event required to be applied pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i), the applicable percentage of Net Cash Proceeds required to be offered on any date of determination to prepay Term Loans.

 

Disqualified Capital Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person 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 putable or 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, other than solely as a result of a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations under any Secured Hedging Agreement, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or contingent indemnification obligations and other contingent obligations not then due and payable), (b) is redeemable or exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations under any Secured Hedging Agreement, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or contingent indemnification obligations and other contingent obligations not then due and payable), in whole or in part, or (c) provides for the scheduled payment of dividends in cash, 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 any plan for the benefit of officers, directors, employees or consultants of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof), the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such officers, directors, employees or consultants, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof), the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such officer’s, director’s, employee’s or consultant’s termination, death or disability.

 

Disqualified Lenders” shall mean (a) such Persons that have been specified in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers on or prior to May 5, 2016 as being “Disqualified Lenders,” (b) those Persons who are competitors of the Target and its Subsidiaries that are separately identified in writing by the Borrower from time to time to the Administrative Agent and (c) in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), any of their Affiliates (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any bona fide debt investment funds that are Affiliates of the Persons referenced in clause (b) above) that are either (i) identified in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower from time to time or (ii) readily identifiable on the basis of such Affiliate’s name as an Affiliate of such entity; provided that any Person that is a Lender and subsequently becomes a Disqualified Lender (but was not a Disqualified Lender on the Closing Date or at the time it became a Lender) shall not retroactively be deemed to be a Disqualified Lender hereunder.

 

Distressed Person” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of “Lender-Related Distress Event.”

 

Documentation Agents” shall mean Bank of America, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and UBS Securities LLC each in its capacity as documentation agent under this Agreement.

 

Dollars,” “U.S. Dollars” and “$” shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

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Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the Applicable Laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia.

 

Drawing” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(b).

 

EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any Person established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country that 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.

 

Effective Yield” shall mean, as to any Indebtedness, the effective yield paid by the Borrower on such Indebtedness as determined by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in a manner consistent with generally accepted financial practices, taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, any interest rate “floors” (the effect of which floors shall be determined in a manner set forth in the proviso below and assuming that, if interest on such Indebtedness is calculated on the basis of a floating rate, that the “LIBOR” component of such formula is included in the calculation of Effective Yield) or similar devices and all fees, including upfront or similar fees or OID (amortized over the shorter of (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness and (y) the four years following the date of Incurrence thereof, and, if applicable, assuming any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments were fully drawn) payable generally by the Borrower to Lenders or other institutions providing such Indebtedness, but excluding any arrangement fees, structuring fees, closing payments or other similar fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with the relevant Lenders and, if applicable, ticking fees accruing prior to the funding of such Indebtedness and customary consent fees for an amendment paid generally to consenting Lenders; provided that, with respect to any Indebtedness that includes a “floor”, (a) to the extent that the Reference Rate on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is less than such floor, the amount of such difference shall be deemed added to the interest rate margin for such Indebtedness for the purpose of calculating the Effective Yield and (b) to the extent that the Reference Rate on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is greater than such floor, then the floor shall be disregarded in calculating the Effective Yield.

 

Eligible Assignee” shall mean (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person (subject, in each case, to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 13.6(b)), other than, in each case, (i) a natural person, (ii) a Defaulting Lender or (iii) a Disqualified Lender.

 

Employee Investors” shall mean the current, former or future officers, directors, managers and employees (and Controlled Investment Affiliates and Immediate Family Members of the foregoing) of Holdings, the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity who are or who become direct or indirect investors in Holdings, any Parent Entity, any Equityholding Vehicle, or in the Borrower, including any such officers, directors, managers or employees owning through an Equityholding Vehicle.

 

EMU” shall mean the economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.

 

Environment” shall mean ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, land surface, sediments, and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.

 

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Environmental Claims” shall mean any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, orders, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations (other than internal reports prepared by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (a) in the ordinary course of such Person’s business or (b) as required in connection with a financing transaction or an acquisition or disposition of real estate) or proceedings relating in any way to any Environmental Law or any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law (hereinafter, “Claims”), including (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from the Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to health, safety or the Environment.

 

Environmental Law” shall mean any applicable federal, state, provincial, territorial, foreign, municipal or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, permit, binding agreement issued, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Authority or rule of common law 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, consent decree or judgment, in each case relating to pollution or the protection of the Environment including, those relating to generation, use, handling, storage, treatment, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials or, to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials, human health or safety.

 

Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 among (x) the Collateral Agent and (y) one or more representatives of the holders of one or more classes of Permitted Additional Debt and/or Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt, with any immaterial changes and material changes thereto in light of the prevailing market conditions, which material changes shall be posted to the Lenders not less than five Business Days before execution thereof and, if the Required Lenders shall not have objected to such changes within five Business Days after posting, then the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have agreed that the Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s entry into such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) is reasonable and to have consented to such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) and to the Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s execution thereof.

 

Equity Contribution” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Equityholding Vehicle” shall mean any Parent Entity and any equityholder thereof through which current, former or future officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants of Holdings or the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries or Parent Entity hold Capital Stock of such Parent Entity.

 

ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA, as in effect on the Closing Date, 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 Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof is treated as a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) of the Code.

 

Escrowed Proceeds” shall mean the proceeds from the offering of any debt securities or other Indebtedness paid into an escrow account with an independent escrow agent on the date of the applicable offering or incurrence pursuant to escrow arrangements that permit the release of amounts on deposit in such escrow account upon satisfaction of certain conditions or the occurrence of certain events. The term “Escrowed Proceeds” shall include any interest earned on the amounts held in escrow.

 

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 Borrowing” shall mean each Borrowing of a Eurodollar Loan.

 

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Eurodollar Loan” shall mean any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate.

 

Eurodollar Rate” shall mean, (a) with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to greater of (i) (A) with regard to Initial Term Loans only, 1.00% and (B) with regard to Revolving Credit Loans, 0.00% and (ii) the product of (A) the LIBOR in effect for such Interest Period and (B) Statutory Reserves

 

Where,

 

LIBOR” shall mean, (i) the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate which appears on the page of the Reuters Screen which displays the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (such page currently being the LIBOR01 page) for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time), two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, or (ii) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays LIBOR for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that if LIBOR is quoted under either of the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), but there is no such quotation for the Interest Period elected, LIBOR shall be equal to the Interpolated Rate; and

 

Statutory Reserves” shall mean 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 (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board and any other banking authority, domestic or foreign, to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including any branch, Affiliate, or other fronting office making or holding a Loan) is subject for Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board). Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board) 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. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

 

and (b) with respect to any ABR Loan, an interest rate per annum equal to the LIBOR in effect for an Interest Period of one month

 

Where,

 

LIBOR” shall mean (i) the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate which appears on the page of the Reuters Screen which displays the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (such page currently being the LIBOR01 page) for deposits in Dollars with a one-month term, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time), on the day of determination of such rate, or (ii) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays LIBOR for deposits in Dollars with a one-month term, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on the date of determination of such rate; provided that if LIBOR is quoted under either of the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), but there is no such quotation for a one-month Interest Period, LIBOR shall be equal to the Interpolated Rate

 

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Event of Default” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.

 

Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of

 

(a)            the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(i)          Consolidated Net Income for such period;

 

(ii)         an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (provided that, in each case, if any non-cash charge represents an accrual or reserve for cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Excess Cash Flow in such future period);

 

(iii)        decreases in Consolidated Working Capital, decreases in long-term accounts receivable in each case as of the end of such period from the Consolidated Working Capital and long-term accounts receivable as of the beginning of such period (except, in the case of each of the foregoing, any such increases or decreases that are as a result of the reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa) (other than any such decreases or increases, as applicable, arising from Acquisitions or Dispositions outside the ordinary course of assets, business units or property by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting);

 

(iv)        an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on the Disposition of assets, business units or property by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;

 

(v)         cash payments received in respect of Hedging Agreements during such period to the extent not included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income; and

 

(vi)        income tax expense to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (net of any adjustments pursuant to clause (o) of Consolidated Net Income for cash tax benefits related to the tax amortization of intangible assets in such period);

 

minus

 

(b)            the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(i)          an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (but excluding any non-cash credit to the extent representing the reversal of an accrual or reserve described in clause (a)(ii) above) and cash charges included in clauses (a) through (w) of the definition of the term “Consolidated Net Income”;

 

(ii)         without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of Intellectual Property made in cash or accrued during such period, except to the extent that such Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of Intellectual Property were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

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(iii)        the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including (A) the principal component of payments in respect of Financing Lease Obligations, (B) all scheduled principal repayments of the Term Loans, Permitted Additional Debt and Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, in each case to the extent such payments are permitted hereunder and actually made and (C) the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans actually made pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) and any mandatory redemption, repurchase, prepayment, defeasance, acquisition or similar payment of the Senior Unsecured Notes (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof), the Permitted Additional Debt or Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in each such case from the proceeds of any Disposition and that resulted in an increase to Consolidated Net Income (and have not otherwise been excluded under clause (c) of the definition thereof) and not in excess of the amount of such increase but excluding (1) all other prepayments, repurchases, defeasances, acquisitions, redemptions and/or similar payments of Term Loans and (2) all prepayments of revolving credit loans and swingline loans permitted hereunder made during such period (other than in respect of any revolving credit facility (other than in respect of (x) the Revolving Credit Facility, any Extended Revolving Credit Facility or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility and (y) other revolving loans that are effective in reliance on Section 10.1(a) or Section 10.1(u)) to the extent there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder)), except to the extent financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(iv)        an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on the Disposition of property by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than the Disposition of property in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;

 

(v)         increases in Consolidated Working Capital and increases in long-term accounts receivable in each case as of the end of such period from the Consolidated Working Capital and long-term accounts receivable as of the beginning of such period (except, in the case of each of the foregoing, any such increases or decreases that are as a result of the reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa) (other than any such increases or decreases, as applicable, arising from Acquisitions or Dispositions outside the ordinary course by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period or the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting);

 

(vi)        cash payments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness, except to the extent that such payments were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(vii)       without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Investments made in cash (other than Investments made pursuant to Sections 10.5(b), (f), (g), (h), (i), (n) and (s)) during such period, except to the extent that such Investments were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(viii)      without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xii) below, the amount of Restricted Payments (other than Restricted Investments) paid in cash during such period, except to the extent that such Restricted Payments were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

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(ix)         the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period, except to the extent that such expenditures were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(x)          the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are required to be made in connection with any prepayment, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or repurchase of Indebtedness, except to the extent that such payments were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(xi)         without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in other periods, (A) the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such period and (B) any planned cash expenditures by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (the “Planned Expenditures”) in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), relating to Acquisitions (or other Investments), Capital Expenditures (including Capitalized Software Expenditures) or acquisitions of Intellectual Property to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period (except to the extent financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business); provided that, to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash actually utilized to finance such Acquisitions (or other Investments), Capital Expenditures (including Capitalized Software Expenditures) or acquisitions of Intellectual Property during such following period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration and Planned Expenditures, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters;

 

(xii)        without duplication of any amounts deducted pursuant to clause (viii) above, the aggregate amount of all payments paid in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in connection with, or necessary to consummate, the Transactions;

 

(xiii)       income taxes, including penalties and interest, paid in cash in such period; and

 

(xiv)       cash expenditures made in respect of Hedging Agreements during such period to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income.

 

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Exchange Rate” shall mean on any day with respect to any currency (other than Dollars), the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into any other currency (including Dollars), as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day on the Bloomberg page or screen for such currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Bloomberg page or screen, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, or, in the absence of such agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about 11:00 a.m., local time, on such date for the purchase of the relevant currency for delivery two Business Days later.

 

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Excluded Capital Stock” shall mean:

 

(a)          any Capital Stock with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower and the Collateral Agent as agreed in writing, the cost or other consequences (including any material adverse tax consequences) of pledging such Capital Stock shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom,

 

(b)          solely in the case of any pledge of Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO to secure the Obligations, any Capital Stock that is Voting Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO in excess of 65% of the outstanding Capital Stock that is Voting Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO,

 

(c)          any Capital Stock to the extent, and for so long as, the pledge thereof would be prohibited by any Applicable Law (including any legally effective requirement to obtain the consent of any Governmental Authority to such pledge unless such consent has been obtained),

 

(d)          any “margin stock” (as defined in Regulation U),

 

(e)          the Capital Stock of any Person, other than any Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary to the extent, and for so long as, the pledge of such Capital Stock would be prohibited by the terms of any Contractual Obligation, Organizational Document, joint venture agreement or shareholders’ agreement applicable to such Person or legally effective Contractual Obligations or create an enforceable right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower),

 

(f)           the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary or any Subsidiary of a FSHCO,

 

(g)          the Capital Stock of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, and

 

(h)          any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such Capital Stock would result in material adverse tax consequences to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Collateral Agent.

 

Excluded Contribution” shall mean the Net Cash Proceeds, the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or the Qualified Proceeds, in each case received by the Borrower from capital contributions to the common Capital Stock of the Borrower or sales or issuances of common Capital Stock of the Borrower permitted hereunder, in each case, after the Closing Date (other than any amount to the extent used in the Cure Amount) and designated by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent as an Excluded Contribution within 10 Business Days of the date such capital contributions are made or the date the applicable Capital Stock is issued or sold.

 

Excluded Property” shall have the meaning provided in the Security Agreement.

 

Excluded Subsidiary” shall mean:

 

(a)          any Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary on any date such Subsidiary would otherwise be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of Section 9.10 (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-wholly owned Subsidiary),

 

(b)          any Subsidiary that is prohibited by (x) Applicable Law or (y) Contractual Obligation from guaranteeing the Obligations (and for so long as such restrictions or any replacement or renewal thereof is in effect); provided that in the case of clause (y), such Contractual Obligation existed on the Closing Date or, with respect to any Subsidiary acquired by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date (and so long as such Contractual Obligation was not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition), on the date such Subsidiary is so acquired,

 

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(c)          any Domestic Subsidiary that is (i) a FSHCO or (ii) a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC,

 

(d)          any Immaterial Subsidiary (provided that the Borrower shall not be permitted to exclude Immaterial Subsidiaries from guaranteeing the Obligations to the extent that (i) the aggregate amount of gross revenue for all Immaterial Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) excluded by this clause (d) exceeds 10% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not otherwise Excluded Subsidiaries by virtue of any of the other clauses of this definition, except for this clause (d), for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of determination or (ii) the aggregate amount of total assets for all Immaterial Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) excluded by this clause (d) exceeds 10% of the aggregate amount of Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not otherwise Excluded Subsidiaries by virtue of any other clauses of this definition, except for this clause (d), as at the end of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of determination),

 

(e)          any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower and the Collateral Agent), the cost or other consequences (including any material adverse tax consequences) of providing a guarantee shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom,

 

(f)           each Foreign Subsidiary and each Unrestricted Subsidiary,

 

(g)          each other Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to an Acquisition or other Investment and financed with secured Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(j) and the Liens securing which are permitted by Section 10.2(f) (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not Incurred in contemplation of such Acquisition or other Investment), and each Restricted Subsidiary acquired in such Acquisition or other Investment that guarantees such Indebtedness, in each case to the extent that, and for so long as, the documentation relating to such Indebtedness to which such Restricted Subsidiary is a party prohibits such Subsidiary from guaranteeing the Obligations,

 

(h)          any Subsidiary to the extent that the guarantee of the Obligations would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, and confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower and the Collateral Agent,

 

(i)           any Subsidiary that would require any consent, approval, license or authorization from any Governmental Authority to provide a guarantee unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received, or is received after commercially reasonable efforts by such Subsidiary to obtain the same, which efforts may be requested by the Administrative Agent,

 

(j)           any Subsidiary that does not have the legal capacity to provide a guarantee of the Obligations (provided that the lack of such legal capacity does not arise from any action or omission of the Borrower or any other Credit Party), and

 

(k)          any Special Purpose Subsidiary.

 

Excluded Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, (a) any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee pursuant to the Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal or unlawful under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation, or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) (i) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure to constitute an “eligible contract participant,” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder (determined after giving pro forma effect to any applicable keep well, support, or other agreement for the benefit of such Guarantor and any and all applicable guarantees of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Credit Parties), at the time the guarantee of (or grant of such security interest by, as applicable) such Guarantor becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or (ii) in the case of a Swap Obligation that is subject to a clearing requirement pursuant to section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act, because such Guarantor is a “financial entity,” as defined in section 2(h)(7)(C) of the Commodity Exchange Act, at the time the guarantee of (or grant of such security interest by, as applicable) such Guarantor becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or (b) any other Swap Obligation designated as an “Excluded Swap Obligation” of such Guarantor as specified in any agreement between the relevant Credit Parties and Hedge Bank applicable to such Swap Obligations. If a Swap Obligation arises under a Master Agreement governing more than one Swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to the Swap for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes excluded in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.

 

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Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(a).

 

Existing Class” shall mean Existing Term Loan Classes and each Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

Existing Credit Agreement” shall mean that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2014 (as amended supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Closing Date), by and among MPH LLC, as borrower, Existing Holdings, as holdings, the lenders referred to therein, Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent and as collateral agent, and the other parties thereto.

 

Existing Debt Refinancing” shall mean (a) the repayment in full of all principal, accrued and unpaid interest, fees, premium, if any, and other amounts outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, other than (i) contingent obligations not then due and payable and that by their terms survive the termination of the Existing Credit Agreements and (ii) the Existing Letters of Credit, the termination of all commitments to extend credit thereunder and the termination and/or release of any security interests and guarantees in connection therewith and (b) either the (i) redemption of the Existing Notes no later than 30 days after the Closing Date (with an irrevocable notice of redemption delivered (and deposit of cash in amount sufficient to redeem the Existing Notes in full being made on the Closing Date), (ii) irrevocable satisfaction and discharge of the Existing Notes in accordance with the terms of the Existing Indenture or (iii) tender offer and consent solicitation with respect to the Existing Notes the initial settlement of which shall close on the Closing Date and which, as a result of such tender offer and consent solicitation and/or any satisfaction and discharge in accordance with the terms of the Existing Indenture, the conflicts in the Existing Indenture are eliminated (and if any stub Existing Notes remain outstanding after such tender offer and consent solicitation, the redemption or satisfaction and discharge of such Existing Notes by MPH LLC in the manner described in either clause (a) or (b) above (with an irrevocable notice of redemption being delivered on the Closing Date).

 

Existing Holdings” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Existing Indenture” shall mean that certain Indenture, dated as of March 31, 2014 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Closing Date), among MPH LLC, the guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.

 

Existing Letters of Credit” shall mean all the letters of credit listed on Schedule 1.1(b).

 

Existing Notes” shall mean MPH LLC’s 6.625% Senior Notes due 2022 issued under the Existing Indenture.

 

Existing Revolving Credit Class” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Existing Revolving Credit Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Existing Revolving Credit Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Existing Term Loan Class” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(i).

 

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Expected Cure Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(b).

 

Extended Loans/Commitments” shall mean Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

Extended Repayment Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).

 

Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Extended Revolving Credit Facility” shall mean each Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments established pursuant to Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Extended Revolving Credit Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Extended Term Loan Facility” shall mean each Class of Extended Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.15.

 

Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).

 

Extended Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(i).

 

Extending Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).

 

Extension Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(c).

 

Extension Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(d).

 

Extension Election” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).

 

Extension Request” shall mean Term Loan Extension Requests and Revolving Credit Extension Requests.

 

Extension Series” shall mean all Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (as applicable) that are established pursuant to the same Extension Agreement (or any subsequent Extension Agreement to the extent such Extension Agreement expressly provides that the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, provided for therein are intended to be a part of any previously established Extension Series) and that provide for the same interest margins, extension fees, if any, and amortization schedule.

 

Fair Market Value” shall mean with respect to any asset or group of assets on any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such asset at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arm’s length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time having regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset, as reasonably determined by the Borrower.

 

FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Closing Date (and any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code (or any law implementing such an intergovernmental agreement).

 

FCPA” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.19(a).

 

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Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it; provided that, if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

 

Fee Letter” shall mean the Amended and Restated Fee and Closing Payment Letter, dated as of May 13, 2016, among Barclays Bank PLC, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, Bank of America, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., UBS AG, Stamford Branch, UBS Securities LLC, Broad Street Loan Partners 2013 Onshore, L.P., Broad Street Loan Partners 2013, L.P., Broad Street Loan Partners 2013 Europe, L.P., Broad Street Senior Credit Partners, L.P., Broad Street Senior Credit Partners Offshore, L.P., Broad Street Credit Investments LLC, Broad Street London Partners #1, L.P., Broad Street London Partners #2, L.P., Streamview Investment Pte Ltd and Polaris Parent.

 

Fees” shall mean all amounts payable pursuant to or referred in Section 4.1.

 

Financial Performance Covenant” shall mean the covenant of the Borrower set forth in Section 10.10.

 

Financial Performance Covenant Event of Default” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.3.

 

Financing Lease Obligation” shall mean, as applied to any Person, an obligation that is required to be accounted for as a financing or capital lease (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not a straight-line or operating lease) on both the balance sheet and income statement for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. At the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a financing or capital lease would be the amount required to be reflected as a liability on such balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP.

 

“First Incremental Agreement” shall mean that certain Incremental Agreement No. 1, dated as of June 12, 2017 among the Borrower, Holdings, the other Guarantors, the Tranche B Term Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.

 

“First Incremental Agreement Effective Date” shall have the meaning provided in the First Incremental Agreement.

 

First Lien Obligations” shall mean the Obligations, any Permitted Additional Debt Obligations (other than any Permitted Additional Debt Obligations that are unsecured or are secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies)) and any Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt, collectively.

 

Flood Hazard Property” shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.14(c)(i).

 

Flood Insurance Laws” shall mean, collectively, (a) National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (b) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (c) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.

 

Foreign Plan” shall mean any pension plan maintained or contributed to by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to its respective employees employed outside the United States.

 

Foreign Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

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Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

Fronting Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(b).

 

FSHCO” shall mean any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary that has no material assets other than Capital Stock (including any debt instrument treated as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or Indebtedness of one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.

 

Funded Debt” shall mean all indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.

 

GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time, subject to Section 1.3(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time after adoption of IFRS by the Borrower for its financial statements and reports for all financial reporting purposes, the Borrower may elect to apply IFRS for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, in lieu of United States GAAP, and, upon any such election, references herein or in any other Loan Document to GAAP shall be construed to mean IFRS as in effect from time to time; provided that (a) any such election once made shall be irrevocable (and shall only be made once), (b) all financial statements and reports required to be provided after such election pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared on the basis of IFRS and (c) from and after such election, all ratios, computations and other determinations (i) based on GAAP contained in this Agreement shall be computed in conformity with IFRS and (ii) in this Agreement that require the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Borrower’s election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, further, that in the event of any such election by the Borrower, any financial ratio calculations or thresholds (including the Financial Maintenance Covenant) in this Agreement may be recalibrated to reflect the election to implement IFRS so long as (1) such recalibration is limited to changes in the calculation of such thresholds or covenant levels due to the effect of differences between GAAP and IFRS, (2) the recalibrated ratios and calculations shall be mutually agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, unless the Required Lenders have given notice of their objection to such recalibration within five Business Days of receiving notice thereof, and (3) any such recalibration shall be done in a manner such that after giving effect to such recalibration, the recalibrated thresholds and covenant levels shall be consistent with the intention of the respective thresholds and covenant levels calculated under GAAP prior to such election. The Borrower shall give notice of any election to the Administrative Agent with 10 Business Days of such election. For the avoidance of doubt, solely making an election (without any other action) referred to in this definition will not be treated as an incurrence of Indebtedness.

 

Governmental Authority” shall mean the government of the United States, any foreign country or any multinational authority, or any state, province, territory, municipality or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity, body or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including the PBGC and other quasi-governmental entities established to perform such functions.

 

Guarantee” shall mean the Guarantee, dated as of the Closing Date, made by each Guarantor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

 

Guarantee Obligations” shall mean, as to any Person, any 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, however, that the term “Guarantee Obligations” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than 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.

 

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Guarantors” shall mean (a) Holdings, (b) each Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that is Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary that is not party to the Guarantee on the Closing Date) on the Closing Date, (c) the Borrower (other than with respect to its own Obligations) and (d) each Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes a party to the Guarantee after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.10.

 

Hazardous Materials” shall mean (a) any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, transformers or other equipment that contains dielectric fluid containing regulated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, asbestos-containing materials, mold and radon gas; (b) any chemicals, materials or substances defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous waste,” “waste,” “hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous waste,” “restricted hazardous waste,” “subject waste,” “toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants,” “contaminants,” or “pollutants,” or words of similar import, under any Applicable Law pertaining to pollution or the protection of the Environment; and (c) any other chemical, material or substance, which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Applicable Law pertaining to pollution or the protection of the Environment.

 

Hedge Bank” shall mean any Person that is a counterparty to a Hedging Agreement with a Credit Party or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in its capacity as such, and that either (i) is a Lender, an Agent, a Lead Arranger, a Joint Bookrunner or an Affiliate of a Lender, an Agent, a Lead Arranger or a Joint Bookrunner at the time it enters into such Hedging Agreement or (ii) becomes a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent after it has entered into such Hedging Agreement; provided that no such Person (except an Agent) shall be considered a Hedge Bank until such time as it shall have delivered written notice to the Collateral Agent that such a transaction has been entered into and that such Person constitutes a Hedge Bank entitled to the benefits of the Security Documents. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a Person may deliver one notice confirming that it constitutes a “Hedge Bank” with respect to all Hedging Agreements entered into pursuant to a specified Master Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Agent shall constitute a Hedge Bank to the extent it has entered into a Hedging Agreement.

 

Hedging Agreement” shall mean (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

 

Hedging Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under Hedging Agreements.

 

Historical Financial Statements” shall mean (a) audited consolidated balance sheets of MPH LLC (or the predecessor thereto) and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of, and related audited consolidated statements of income and cash flows of MPH LLC (or the predecessor thereto) and its consolidated subsidiaries for, the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2015 and (b) an unaudited consolidated condensed balance sheet of MPH LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of, and related unaudited consolidated condensed statements of income and cash flows of MPH LLC and its subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2016.

 

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Holdings” shall mean (i) initially, Polaris Intermediate, and after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, the Surviving Company or (ii) at the election of the Borrower, any other Person or Persons (the “New Holdings”) that is a Subsidiary of (or are Subsidiaries of) Holdings or of any Parent Entity of Holdings (or the previous New Holdings, as the case may be) but not the Borrower (the “Previous Holdings”); provided that (a) such New Holdings directly owns 100% of the Capital Stock of the Borrower, (b) the New Holdings shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Previous Holdings under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (c) the New Holdings shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer stating that such substitution and any supplements to the Credit Documents preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents, (d) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent shall be delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to the effect that, without limitation, such substitution does not breach or result in a default under this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (e) all Capital Stock of the Borrower and substantially all of the other assets of the Previous Holdings are contributed or otherwise transferred to such New Holdings and pledged to secure the Obligations and (f) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such substitution and such substitution does not result in any Event of Default or material tax liability; provided, further, that if each of the foregoing is satisfied, the Previous Holdings shall be automatically released from all its obligations under the Credit Documents and any reference to “Holdings” in the Credit Documents shall be meant to refer to the “New Holdings.”

 

Immaterial Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (a) whose total assets (when combined with the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries, after eliminating intercompany obligations) at the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such determination date were an amount equal to or less than 5% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date and (b) whose gross revenues (when combined with the revenues of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries, after eliminating intercompany obligations) for such Test Period were an amount equal to or less than 5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Immediate Family Members” shall mean with respect to any individual, such individual’s estate, heirs, legatees, distributees, child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law (including adoptive relationships), any person sharing an individual’s household (other than an unrelated tenant or employee) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.

 

Incremental Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(e).

 

Incremental Base Amount” shall mean, as of any date of determination, (a) (x) the greater of $325,000,000 and (y) 50.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date (provided that in no event shall such amount derived under this clause (y) exceed $655,000,000) plus (b) the aggregate principal amount of (i) Term Loans voluntarily prepaid prior to such date pursuant to Section 5.1, and (ii) all permanent reductions of Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 4.2 effected prior to such date (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any such commitment reductions required by the proviso to Section 2.14(b) or in connection with the Incurrence of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance any Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments), in each case, except to the extent financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such Indebtedness Incurred under a revolving credit facility, Incurred as Permitted Additional Debt or otherwise Incurred under Section 2.14), or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business.

 

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Incremental Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

 

Incremental Facilities” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

 

Incremental Facility Closing Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(e).

 

Incremental Limit” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).

 

Incremental Ratio Debt Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b) and Section 10.1(u).

 

Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

 

Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(f)(ii).

 

Incremental Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the Commitment of any Lender to make Incremental Term Loans of a particular Class pursuant to Section 2.14(a).

 

Incremental Term Loan Facility” shall mean each Class of Incremental Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.14.

 

Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean, with respect to any Class of Incremental Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.14, the final maturity date thereof.

 

Incremental Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

 

Incur” shall mean create, issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness; provided, however, that any Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary. The term “Incurrence” when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning. Solely for purposes of determining compliance with Section 10.1:

 

(a)          amortization of debt discount or the accretion of principal with respect to a non-interest bearing or other discount security;

 

(b)          the payment of regularly scheduled interest in the form of additional Indebtedness of the same instrument or the payment of regularly scheduled dividends on Capital Stock in the form of additional Capital Stock of the same class and with the same terms; and

 

(c)          the obligation to pay a premium in respect of Indebtedness arising in connection with the issuance of a notice of prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or similar payment or making of a mandatory offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire, or similarly pay such Indebtedness;

 

will not be deemed to be the Incurrence of Indebtedness.

 

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:

 

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(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 pro forma effect to any prior drawings or reductions which have been reimbursed) of 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)          net Hedging Obligations of such Person;

 

(d)          all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i) current trade or other ordinary course payables or liabilities or accrued expenses (but not any refinancings, extensions, renewals, or replacements thereof) Incurred in the ordinary course of business and maturing within 365 days after the Incurrence thereof except if such trade or other ordinary course payables or liabilities or accrued expenses bear interest, (ii) any earn-out or similar obligation, unless such obligation has not been paid within 30 days after becoming due and payable and becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and (iii) obligations resulting from take-or-pay contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business);

 

(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 Financing Lease Obligations;

 

(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 warrants or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (iii) amounts owed to dissenting equityholders in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto (including any accrued interest), with respect to the Transactions, (iv) liabilities associated with customer prepayments and deposits and other accrued obligations (including transfer pricing), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business, (v) Non-Financing Lease Obligations or other obligations under or in respect of straight-line leases, operating leases or Sale Leasebacks (except resulting in Financing Lease Obligations), (vi) customary obligations under employment agreements and deferred compensation arrangements, (vii) contingent post-closing purchase price adjustments, non-compete or consulting obligations or earn-outs to which the seller in an Acquisition or Investment may become entitled and (viii) Indebtedness of any Parent Entity appearing on the balance sheet of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary solely by reason of “pushdown” accounting under GAAP.

 

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall (A) 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 Debt of such Person and (B) in the case of Holdings, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries, exclude all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any net Hedging Obligations on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) above shall, unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person, be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the Fair Market Value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.

 

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Indemnified Parties” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a)(iii).

 

Independent Financial Advisor” shall mean an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

 

Initial Financial Statement Delivery Date” shall mean the date on which Section 9.1 Financials are delivered to the Administrative Agent under Section 9.1 for the first full fiscal quarterly or annual period of the Borrower completed after the Closing Date.

 

Initial Revolving Borrowing Amount” shall mean one or more Borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans on the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed the aggregate amounts specified or referred to in the definition of the term “Permitted Initial Revolving Credit Borrowing Purposes”; provided that, without limitation, Letters of Credit may be issued on the Closing Date to, among other things, backstop or replace letters of credit outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date under the Existing Credit Facility.

 

Initial Term Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(a)mean (a) prior to the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, the loans made on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and (b) from and after the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, the Incremental Term Loans made on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date pursuant to the First Incremental Agreement.

 

Initial Term Loan Commitment” shall mean (a) in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the Closing Date, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a) as such Lender’s “Initial Term Loan Commitment” and, (b) in the case of each Tranche B Term Lender, the amount of such Lender’s Incremental Term Loan Commitment under the First Incremental Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount allocated to each Rollover Lender (as defined in the First Incremental Agreement)) and (c) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the Closing Date, the or the First Amendment Effective Date, as applicable, the amount specified as such Lender’s “Initial Term Loan Commitment” in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment, in each case as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The aggregate amount of the Initial Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date iswas $3,470,000,000 and the aggregate amount of the Initial Term Loan Commitments as of the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date is $3,165,000,000.

 

Initial Term Loan Facility” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this mean (a) prior to the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, the Closing Date Term Loan Facility and (b) from and after the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, the facility under which the Tranche B Term Loans are made available on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date pursuant to the First Incremental Agreement.

 

Initial Term Loan Lender” shall mean a Lender with an Initial Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Initial Term Loan.

 

Initial Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date, or if such anniversary of the Closing Date is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such anniversary.

 

Initial Term Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(b).

 

Initial Term Loan Repayment Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(b).

 

Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning provided for such term in the Security Agreement.

 

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Intercompany Note” shall mean the Intercompany Subordinated Note, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit M hereto, executed by Holdings, the Borrower and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower party thereto.

 

Interest Period” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the interest period applicable thereto, as determined pursuant to Section 2.9.

 

Internal Restructuring” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Interpolated Rate” shall mean, in relation to LIBOR, the rate which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:

 

(a)            the applicable LIBOR for the longest period (for which LIBOR is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; and

 

(b)            the applicable LIBOR for the shortest period (for which LIBOR is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Loan,

 

each as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period of that Loan.

 

Investment” shall mean, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Capital Stock or Indebtedness or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee Obligation with respect to any obligation of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other Indebtedness or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or Joint Venture interest in such other Person, excluding, in the case of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. The amount, as of any date of determination, of (i) any Investment in the form of a loan or an advance shall be the principal amount thereof outstanding on such date, minus any payments in cash or Cash Equivalents actually received by such investor representing interest in respect of such Investment, but without any adjustment for write-downs or write-offs (including as a result of forgiveness of any portion thereof) with respect to such loan or advance after the date thereof, (ii) any Investment in the form of a guarantee shall be equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof, as determined in good faith by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, (iii) any Investment in the form of a transfer of Capital Stock or other non-cash property or services by the investor to the investee, including any such transfer in the form of a capital contribution, shall be the Fair Market Value of such Capital Stock or other property or services as of the time of the transfer, minus any payments actually received by such investor representing a Return in respect of such Investment, but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment, and (iv) any Investment (other than any Investment referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above) by the specified Person in the form of a purchase or other acquisition for value of any Capital Stock, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of any other Person shall be the original cost of such Investment, except that the amount of any Investment in the form of an Acquisition shall be the Acquisition Consideration, minus (i) the amount of any portion of such Investment that has been repaid to the investor as a Return in respect of such Investment (without duplication of amounts increasing the Available Amount or the Available Equity Amount), but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment. For purposes of Section 10.5, if an Investment involves the acquisition of more than one Person, the amount of such Investment shall be allocated among the acquired Persons in accordance with GAAP; provided that pending the final determination of the amounts to be so allocated in accordance with GAAP, such allocation shall be as reasonably determined by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary issues, sells or otherwise Disposes of any Capital Stock of a Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary such that, after giving effect thereto, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, any Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person remaining after giving effect thereto shall not be deemed to be a new Investment at such time.

 

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Investment Grade Rating” shall mean a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

 

Investment Grade Securities” shall mean, (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents), (b) securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (c) investments in any fund that invests at least a 95% of its assets in investments of the type described in clauses (a) and (b) above, which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution and (d) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high-quality investments.

 

Investors” shall mean, collectively, Hellman & Friedman LLC, GIC Special Investments Pte. Ltd., Leonard Green & Partners, LP, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc., Partners Group (USA) Inc. and Cohen Private Ventures, LLC (and each of their respective successors) and each of their respective Affiliates and any funds, partnerships or other co-investment vehicles managed, advised or controlled by the foregoing or their respective Affiliates, but not including, however, any portfolio companies of any of the foregoing.

 

ISP” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

 

Issuer Documents” shall mean with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Request, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by a Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower (or any Restricted Subsidiary) or in favor of the Letter of Credit Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.

 

Joinder Agreement” shall mean a joinder agreement to this Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E or such other form as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which a Person shall become Co-Obligor under this Agreement

 

Joint Bookrunners” shall mean Barclays Bank PLC, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and UBS Securities LLC each in its capacity as joint bookrunner.

 

Joint Venture” shall mean a joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form.

 

Junior Debt” shall mean any Subordinated Indebtedness of any Credit Party.

 

Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2, among (x) the Collateral Agent and (y) one or more representatives of the holders of Permitted Additional Debt and/or Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt, with any immaterial changes and material changes thereto in light of the prevailing market conditions, which material changes shall be posted to the Lenders not less than five Business Days before execution thereof and, if the Required Lenders shall not have objected to such changes within five Business Days after posting, then the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have agreed that the Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s entry into such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) is reasonable and to have consented to such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) and to the Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s execution thereof.

 

Latest Maturity Date” shall mean, with respect to the Incurrence of any Indebtedness or the issuance of any Capital Stock, the latest Maturity Date applicable to any Credit Facility that is outstanding hereunder as determined on the date such Indebtedness is Incurred or such Capital Stock is issued.

 

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LCA Election” shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.11.

 

LCA Test Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.11.

 

Lead Arrangers” shall mean Barclays Bank PLC, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (or any other registered broker-dealer wholly-owned by Bank of America Corporation to which all or substantially all of Bank of America Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ investment banking, commercial lending services or related businesses may be transferred following the date of this Agreement), Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and UBS Securities LLC, each in its capacity as lead arranger.

 

Lender” shall mean (a) the Persons listed on Schedule 1.1(a), (b) any other Person that shall become a party hereto as a “lender” pursuant to Section 13.6 and (c) each Person that becomes a party hereto as a “lender” pursuant to the terms of Section 2.14 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Tranche B Term Lenders under the First Incremental Agreement), in each case other than a Person who ceases to hold any outstanding Loans, Letter of Credit Exposure, Swingline Exposure or any Commitment.

 

Lender Default” shall mean (a) the refusal (in writing) or failure of any Revolving Credit Lender (which term, for purposes of this definition, shall also include any Lender under an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility) to make available its portion of any Incurrence of Revolving Credit Loans or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans, which refusal or failure is not cured within one Business Day after the date of such refusal or failure, (b) the failure of any Revolving Credit Lender to pay over to the Administrative Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer, any Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due, (c) the notification by a Revolving Credit Lender to the Borrower, the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations under this Agreement, (d) the failure by a Revolving Credit Lender to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its obligations under this Agreement (e) the admission of a Distressed Person in writing that it is insolvent or such Distressed Person becomes subject to a Lender-Related Distress Event or (f) any Lender has become the subject of a Bail-In Action.

 

Lender-Related Distress Event” shall mean, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender (which term, for purposes of this definition, shall also include any Lender under an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility), that such Revolving Credit Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Revolving Credit Lender (each, a “Distressed Person”), as the case may be, is or becomes subject to a voluntary or involuntary case with respect to such Distressed Person under any debt relief law, or a custodian, conservator, receiver or similar official is appointed for such Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed Person’s assets, or such Distressed Person or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Distressed Person is subject to a forced liquidation or winding up, or such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any governmental authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person or its assets to be, insolvent or bankrupt or no longer viable, or if any governmental authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person has taken control of such Distressed Person or has taken steps to do so; provided that a Lender-Related Distress Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interests in any Revolving Credit Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Revolving Credit Lender by a governmental authority or an instrumentality thereof; provided, further, that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such person 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 person (or such governmental authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contract or agreements made by such person or its parent entity.

 

Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.1(a).

 

Letter of Credit Borrowing” shall mean an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit that has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing.

 

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Letter of Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, at any time, the sum of (a) the amount of any Unpaid Drawings in respect of which such Lender has made (or is required to have made) Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 3.4 at such time and (b) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Letter of Credit Obligations at such time (excluding the portion thereof consisting of Unpaid Drawings in respect of which the Lenders have made (or are required to have made) Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 3.4).

 

Letter of Credit Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(c).

 

Letter of Credit Issuer” shall mean (a) Barclays Bank PLC and (b) any one or more Persons who shall become a Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.6. Any Letter of Credit Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Letter of Credit Issuer, and in each such case the term “Letter of Credit Issuer” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate. In the event that there is more than one Letter of Credit Issuer at any time, references herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit or to all Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context requires.

 

Letter of Credit Maturity Date” shall mean the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

 

Letter of Credit Obligations” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unpaid Drawings, including all Letter of Credit Borrowings. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms, but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

 

Letter of Credit Participant” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).

 

Letter of Credit Participation” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).

 

Letter of Credit Request” shall mean an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by a Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

Letter of Credit Sub-Commitment” shall mean $25,000,000, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 4.2(b).

 

Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, security interest, hypothecation, assignment, 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 a Non-Financing Lease Obligation be deemed to be a Lien.

 

Limited Condition Acquisition” shall mean any Acquisition by the Borrower and/or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted by this Agreement whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.

 

Loan” shall mean any Revolving Credit Loan, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loan, Extended Revolving Credit Loan, Swingline Loan (including any swingline loan pursuant to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments) or Term Loan made by any Lender hereunder.

 

Losses” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a)(iii).

 

Mandatory Borrowing” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(d)(ii).

 

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Market Capitalization” shall mean an amount equal to (a) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common Capital Stock of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity on the date of the declaration of a Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 10.6(z) multiplied by (b) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such common Capital Stock on the principal securities exchange on which such common Capital Stock are traded for the 30 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of declaration of such Restricted Payment.

 

Master Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Hedging Agreement.”

 

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean, except as provided in Section 6.12, a circumstance or condition that would materially and adversely affect (a) the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Credit Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their payment obligations under the Credit Documents or (c) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Documents.

 

Material Real Property” shall mean any parcel or parcels of Real Property owned in fee by any Credit Party, now or hereafter, having a Fair Market Value (on a per property basis) of at least $10,000,000. For the purpose of determining the relevant value under this Agreement with respect to the preceding clause, such value shall be determined as of (x) the Closing Date for Real Property now owned, (y) the date of acquisition for Real Property acquired after the Closing Date or (z) the date on which the entity owning such Real Property becomes a Credit Party after the Closing Date, in each case as determined in good faith by the Borrower.

 

Maturity Date” shall mean, as to the applicable Loan or Commitment, the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, any Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, any maturity date related to any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or any maturity date related to any Class of Extended Term Loans or any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable.

 

Maximum Tender Condition” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(d).

 

Merger Agreement” shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 5, 2016, by and among Polaris Parent, Merger Sub, the Target and the Seller.

 

Merger Consideration” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Merger” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Merger Sub” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

MFN Exceptions” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).

 

MFN Protection” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).

 

Minimum Borrowing Amount” shall mean (a) with respect to a Borrowing of Term Loans, $5,000,000 (or such lesser amount as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent or as may be required in order to accommodate Borrowings described under Section 2.14(b)) and (b) with respect to a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, $1,000,000 and (c) with respect to a Borrowing of Swingline Loans, $100,000.

 

Minimum Tender Condition” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(d).

 

Minority Investment” shall mean any Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owns Capital Stock.

 

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 the owner of a Mortgaged Property in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties creating a Lien on such Mortgaged Property, substantially in such form as may be reasonably agreed between the Borrower and the Collateral Agent.

 

Mortgaged Property” shall mean (a) the Real Property identified on Schedule 1.1(c) and (b) all Real Property owned in fee with respect to which a Mortgage is required to be granted pursuant to Section 9.14(b).

 

MPH LLC” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

MPH2” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

MPH2 Merger” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which Holdings, the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate contributes, has an obligation to contribute or had an obligation to contribute over the five preceding calendar years.

 

Necessary Cure Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(b).

 

Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean, with respect to any Prepayment Event, Incurrence of Indebtedness, any issuance of Capital Stock or any capital contribution or any Disposition of any Investment (including any Designated Non-Cash Consideration), (a) the gross cash proceeds (including payments from time to time in respect of installment or earn-out obligations, if applicable, but only as and when received and, with respect to any Recovery Event, any insurance proceeds, eminent domain awards or condemnation awards in respect of such Recovery Event) received by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Prepayment Event, issuance of Capital Stock, receipt of a capital contribution or Disposition of any Investment, less (b) the sum of:

 

(i)            in the case of any Prepayment Event or such Disposition, the amount, if any, of all taxes paid or estimated to be payable by any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Prepayment Event or such Disposition (including withholding taxes imposed on the repatriation of any such Net Cash Proceeds),

 

(ii)           in the case of any Prepayment Event or such Disposition, the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities (other than any amounts deducted pursuant to clause (i) above) (x) associated with the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event or such Disposition and (y) retained by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, including any pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such Prepayment Event or such Disposition occurring on the date of such reduction,

 

(iii)          in the case of any Prepayment Event or such Disposition, the amount of any principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest or other amounts on any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event or such Disposition to the extent that the instrument creating or evidencing such Indebtedness requires that such Indebtedness be repaid upon consummation of such Prepayment Event or such Disposition and such Indebtedness is actually so repaid (other than Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Documents or otherwise subject to a Customary Intercreditor Agreement and any costs associated with the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations in connection with such transaction),

 

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(iv)        in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, the amount of any proceeds of such Asset Sale Prepayment Event that the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary has reinvested (or intends to reinvest), or has entered into an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment to reinvest, within the Reinvestment Period, in the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (subject to Section 9.13); provided that:

 

(A)         the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall comply with Sections 9.10, 9.11 and 9.14(b) with respect to such reinvestment if applicable;

 

(B)          any portion of such proceeds that has not been so reinvested or made subject to an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment within the Reinvestment Period shall (x) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event occurring on the later of (1) the last day of the Reinvestment Period and (2) 180 days after the date that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall have entered into an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment and (y) be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) or to the prepayment, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or redemption of any secured Permitted Additional Debt or secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in any such case to the extent permitted under Section 5.2(a)(i); and

 

(C)          any proceeds subject to an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment that is (I) later canceled or terminated for any reason before such proceeds are applied in accordance therewith or (II) not consummated (i.e., the reinvestment contemplated by such Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment is not made) shall be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) or to the prepayment, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or redemption of any secured Permitted Additional Debt or secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in any such case to the extent permitted under Section 5.2(a)(i), unless the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary enters into another Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment with respect to such proceeds prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period,

 

(v)           in the case of any Recovery Prepayment Event, the amount of any proceeds of such Recovery Prepayment Event (x) that the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary has reinvested (or intends to reinvest), or has entered into an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment to reinvest, within the Reinvestment Period, in the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (subject to Section 9.13), including for the repair, restoration or replacement of the asset or assets subject to such Recovery Prepayment Event, or (y) for which the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary has provided a Restoration Certification prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period; provided that:

 

(A)         the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall comply with Sections 9.10, 9.11 and 9.14(b) with respect to such reinvestment if applicable;

 

(B)          any portion of such proceeds that has not been so reinvested or made subject to an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or Restoration Certification within the Reinvestment Period shall (x) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of a Recovery Prepayment Event occurring on the later of (1) the last day of the Reinvestment Period and (2) 180 days after the date that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall have entered into an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or shall have provided a Restoration Certification and (y) be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) or to the prepayment, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or redemption of any secured Permitted Additional Debt or secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in any such case to the extent permitted under Section 5.2(a)(i); and

 

(C)            any proceeds subject to an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or a Restoration Certification that is (I) later canceled or terminated for any reason before such proceeds are applied in accordance therewith or (II) not consummated (i.e., the reinvestment, repair, restoration or replacement contemplated by such Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or Restoration Certification, as the case may be, is not made) shall be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) or to the prepayment, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or redemption of any secured Permitted Additional Debt or secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in each case to the extent permitted under Section 5.2(a)(i), unless the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary enters into another Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or provides another Restoration Certification with respect to such proceeds prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period,

 

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(vi)         in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event by any non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the net cash proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (vi)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof,

 

(vii)        in the case of any Prepayment Event, Incurrence of Indebtedness, Disposition, issuance of Capital Stock or receipt of a capital contribution, the reasonable and customary fees, commissions, expenses (including attorney’s fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums and search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes and other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees or commissions), issuance costs, discounts and other costs and expenses (and, in the case of the Incurrence of any Indebtedness the proceeds of which are required to be used to prepay any Class of Loans and/or reduce any Class of Commitments under this Agreement, accrued interest and premium, if any, on such Loans and any other amounts (other than principal) required to be paid in respect of such Loans and/or Commitments in connection with any such prepayment and/or reduction), and payments made in order to obtain a necessary consent required by Applicable Law, in each case only to the extent not already deducted in arriving at the amount referred to in clause (a) above, and

 

(viii)       in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Disposition, any amounts funded into escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any such Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Disposition to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Disposition until such amounts are released to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) attributable to such Person, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of dividends on preferred Capital Stock (other than dividends on Disqualified Capital Stock).

 

New Holdings” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Holdings”.

 

Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.7(b).

 

Non-Credit Party” shall mean any Person that is not a Credit Party.

 

Non-Credit Party Asset Sale” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(h).

 

Non-Credit Party Recovery Event” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(h).

 

Non-Debt Fund Affiliate” shall mean any Affiliate of the Borrower (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) that is not a Debt Fund Affiliate.

 

Non-Defaulting Lender” shall mean and include each Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.

 

Non-Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(a).

 

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Non-Extension Notice Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(e).

 

Non-Financing Lease Obligations” shall mean a lease obligation that is not required to be accounted for as a financing or capital lease on both the balance sheet and the income statement for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. For avoidance of doubt, a straight-line or operating lease shall be considered a Non-Financing Lease Obligation.

 

Non-U.S. Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(d).

 

Note” shall mean a Term Note or a Revolving Credit Note, in each case of the Borrower payable to any Lender or its registered assigns, evidencing the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Loans made by such Lender.

 

Notice of Borrowing” shall mean a request of the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.3 and substantially in the form of Exhibit D or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

 

Notice of Conversion or Continuation” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.6(a).

 

Obligations” shall mean the collective reference to:

 

(a)         the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest at the applicable rate provided in this Agreement (including interest accruing during the pendency of any proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Laws (or that would accrue but for the operation of applicable Debtor Relief Laws), regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the Borrower under this Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon (including interest accruing during the pendency of any proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Laws (or that would accrue but for the operation of applicable Debtor Relief Laws), regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and obligations to provide Cash Collateral, and (iii) 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 applicable proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower or any other Credit Party to any of the Secured Parties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents,

 

(b)         the due and punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Borrower under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents,

 

(c)         the due and punctual payment and performance of all the covenants, agreements, obligations, and liabilities of each other Credit Party under or pursuant to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents,

 

(d)         the due and punctual payment and performance of all Cash Management Obligations under each Secured Cash Management Agreement of a Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof, and

 

(e)         the due and punctual payment and performance of all Hedging Obligations under each Secured Hedging Agreement of a Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof (other than with respect to any such Credit Party’s Hedging Obligations that constitute Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Credit Party).

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) unless otherwise agreed to by the Borrower, the obligations of a Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof under any Secured Cash Management Agreement and Secured Hedging Agreement shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents and only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed, (ii) any release of Collateral or Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall not require the consent of the holders of the Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or the consent of the holders of the Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements and (iii) Obligations shall in no event include any Excluded Swap Obligations.

 

OFAC” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.19(a).

 

OID” shall mean original issue discount.

 

Organizational 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 Taxes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(b).

 

Overnight Rate” shall mean, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (b) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

 

Parent Entity” shall mean any Person that is a direct or indirect parent company (which may be organized as, among other things, a partnership) of Holdings and/or the Borrower, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, any Person that is formed to effect a public offering of common Capital Stock that directly or indirectly owns a majority of the Voting Stock of Holdings will be deemed a Parent Entity of Holdings.

 

Participant” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(d)(i).

 

Participant Register” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(d)(ii).

 

PATRIOT ACT” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.21.

 

PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Section 4002 of ERISA, or any successor thereto.

 

Pension Plan” shall mean any “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by Holdings, the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate or, solely with respect to representations and covenants that relate to liability under Section 4069 of ERISA, that was so maintained and in respect of which the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate would have liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.

 

Perfection Certificate” shall mean a certificate in the form of Exhibit N or any other form approved by the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion.

 

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Permitted Acquisition” shall mean any Acquisition by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, so long as (a) such Acquisition and all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in all material respects in accordance with all Applicable Laws, (b) if such Acquisition involves the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person that upon such Acquisition would become a Subsidiary, such Acquisition shall result in the issuer of such Capital Stock becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and, to the extent required by Section 9.10, a Guarantor, (c) to the extent required by Sections 9.10, 9.11 and/or 9.14(b), such Acquisition shall result in the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, being granted a security interest in any Capital Stock or any assets so acquired, (d) subject to Section 1.11, both immediately prior to and after giving pro forma effect to such Acquisition, no Event of Default under either Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing and (e) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such Acquisition, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with Section 9.13.

 

Permitted Additional Debt” shall mean (a) secured or unsecured bonds, notes or debentures (which bonds, notes or debentures, if secured, may be secured by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking equal to the priority of the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) or by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations) or (b) secured or unsecured loans (or commitments to provide loans or other extensions of credit) (which loans or commitments, if secured, may be secured by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking equal to the priority of the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) or by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations), in each case Incurred by or provided to the Borrower or another Guarantor; provided that (a) the terms of such Indebtedness or commitments do not provide for maturity or any scheduled amortization or mandatory repayment, mandatory redemption, mandatory commitment reduction, mandatory offer to purchase or sinking fund obligation prior to the Latest Maturity Date, other than, subject (except, in the case of any such Indebtedness or commitments that constitute, or are intended to constitute, other First Lien Obligations) to the prior repayment or prepayment of, or the prior offer to repay or prepay (and to the extent such offer is accepted, the prior repayment or prepayment of) the Obligations hereunder (other than Hedging Obligations under any Secured Hedging Agreement, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or contingent indemnification obligations and other contingent obligations not then due and payable), customary prepayments, commitment reductions, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances, acquisitions or satisfactions and discharges, or offers to prepay, reduce, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or satisfy and discharge upon, a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event, or on account of the accumulation of excess cash flow (in the case of loans or commitments), AHYDO Catch-Up Payments and customary acceleration rights upon an event of default; provided that the foregoing requirements of this clause (a) shall not apply to the extent such Indebtedness or commitments constitute a customary bridge facility, so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which any such customary bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (a) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges, (b) except for any of the following that are applicable only to periods following the Latest Maturity Date, the covenants, events of default, Subsidiary guarantees and other terms for such Indebtedness or commitments (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest rate margins, rate floors, fees, maturity, funding discounts, original issue discounts and redemption or prepayment terms and premiums), when taken as a whole, are determined by the Borrower to either (A) be consistent with market terms and conditions and conditions at the time of Incurrence or effectiveness or (B) not be materially more restrictive on the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries than the terms of this Agreement, when taken as a whole (provided that, if the documentation governing such Indebtedness or commitments contains any Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant, the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement shall have been amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility (provided, however, that, if (x) the documentation governing the Permitted Additional Debt that includes a Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant consists of a revolving credit facility (whether or not the documentation therefor includes any other facilities) and (y) such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant is a “springing” financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of such revolving credit facility or a covenant only applicable to, or for the benefit of, a revolving credit facility, then this Agreement shall be amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant only for the benefit of each revolving credit facility hereunder (and not for the benefit of any term loan facility hereunder) and such Indebtedness or commitments shall not be deemed “more restrictive” solely as a result of such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant benefiting only such revolving credit facilities); provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness or the providing of such commitments, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or commitments or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (c) if such Indebtedness is senior subordinated or subordinated Indebtedness, the terms of such Indebtedness provide for customary “high yield” subordination of such Indebtedness to the Obligations, (d) any Permitted Additional Debt may not be guaranteed by any subsidiaries of the Borrower that do not guarantee the Obligations, (e) any secured Permitted Additional Debt Incurred may not be secured by any assets that do not secure the Obligations and shall be subject to an applicable Customary Intercreditor Agreement and (f) any Permitted Additional Debt in the form of loans secured by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking equal to the priority of the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) shall be subject to the MFN Protection set forth in Section 2.14(c) (but subject to the MFN Exceptions to such MFN Protection) as if such Permitted Additional Debt were an Incremental Term Loan.

 

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Permitted Additional Debt Documents” shall mean any document or instrument (including any guarantee, security or collateral agreement or mortgage and which may include any or all of the Credit Documents) issued or executed and delivered with respect to any Permitted Additional Debt by any Credit Party.

 

Permitted Additional Debt Obligations” shall mean, if any secured Permitted Additional Debt has been Incurred by or provided to a Credit Party and is outstanding, the collective reference to (a) the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest at the applicable rate provided in the applicable Permitted Additional Debt Documents (including interest accruing during the pendency of any proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Laws (or would accrue but for the operation of applicable Debtor Relief Laws), regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on any such Permitted Additional Debt, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition 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 proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Laws, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower or any other Credit Party to any of the Permitted Additional Debt Secured Parties under the applicable Permitted Additional Debt Documents and (b) the due and punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Borrower or any Credit Party under or pursuant to applicable Permitted Additional Debt Documents.

 

Permitted Additional Debt Secured Parties” shall mean the holders from time to time of the secured Permitted Additional Debt Obligations (and any representative on their behalf).

 

Permitted Debt Exchange” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).

 

Permitted Debt Exchange Offer” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).

 

Permitted Encumbrances” shall mean:

 

(a)           Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or claims that are not yet overdue by more than sixty days or more, or if more than sixty days overdue either (i) that are being diligently contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction or (ii) with respect to which the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(b)           Liens in respect of property or assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries imposed by Applicable Law, such as landlord’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, construction contractors’ and mechanics’ Liens, supplier of materials, architects’ and other similar Liens, in each case so long as such Liens arise in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than sixty days or, if more than sixty days overdue either (i) no action has been taken to enforce such Lien, (ii) such amount is being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction or (iii) with respect to which the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(c)          Liens arising from judgments, awards, attachments or decrees for the payment of money in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 11.9;

 

(d)          Liens incurred or pledges or deposits (i) made in connection with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, employers’ health tax and other types of social security or similar legislation, (ii) securing insurance premiums, other liabilities (including in respect of reimbursement and indemnified obligations) to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements (including in respect of deductibles, co-payment, co-insurance, self-insurance retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereof), (iii) securing the performance of tenders, public or statutory obligations, surety, stay, indemnity, warranty release, customs and appeal bonds, bids, licenses, leases (other than Financing Lease Obligations), contracts (including government contracts and trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness)), performance, performance and completion, completion and return-of-money bonds or guarantees, government contracts, financial assurances and completion obligations and other similar obligations, (iv) securing contested taxes or import duties or the payment of rent, (v) securing letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar items issued or posted to support the payment of or for the benefit of items in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(e)          ground leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses in respect of Real Property on which locations and/or facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries are located;

 

(f)           (i) easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, rights-of-way, licenses, special assessments, survey exceptions, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), minor title defects, servitudes, drains, sewers, exceptions or irregularities in title, encroachments, protrusions and other similar charges, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or encumbrances or restrictions on the use of Real Property, which in each case do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and that were not incurred in connection with and do not secure any Indebtedness, and (ii) to the extent reasonably agreed by the Collateral Agent, any exception on the title policies issued in connection with any Mortgaged Property;

 

(g)          any (i) Lien or interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor or secured by a lessor’s, sublessor’s, licensor’s or sublicensor’s interest under any lease, sublease, license or sublicense permitted by this Agreement (other than in respect of a Financing Lease Obligation), (ii) landlord Liens permitted by the terms of any lease, (iii) restriction or encumbrance that the interest or title of any such lessor, sublessor, licensor or a sublicensor may be subject (including ground lease) or (iv) subordination of the interest of the lessee, sublessee, licensee or sublicensee under such lease or license to any restriction or encumbrance referred to in the preceding clause (iii);

 

(h)          Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of Applicable Law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods or to secure the performance of leases of Real Property;

 

(i)           Liens on goods or inventory or proceeds thereof the purchase, shipment or storage price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance issued or created for the account of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance to the extent permitted under Section 10.1;

 

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(j)             licenses, sublicenses and cross-licenses of Intellectual Property granted in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(k)            Liens arising from precautionary UCC (or equivalent statute) financing statement, other applicable personal property or movable property security registry financing statements or similar filings made in respect of Non-Financing Lease Obligations, consignment arrangements or bailee arrangements entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(l)             any zoning, building or similar law or right reserved to, or vested in, any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any Real Property or any structure thereon that does not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(m)            (i) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses (including of Intellectual Property) granted to others in the ordinary course of business that do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) the rights reserved or vested in any Person (including any Governmental Authority) by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

 

(n)            Liens given to a public utility or any municipality or Governmental Authority when required by such utility or other authority in connection with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(o)           servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements, subdivision agreements and other agreements with Governmental Authorities pertaining to the use or development of any of the Real Property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including, without limitation, any obligations to deliver letters of credit and other security as required so long as the same do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(p)           undetermined or inchoate Liens, rights of distress and charges incidental to current operations that have not at such time been filed or exercised, or which relate to obligations not due or payable or if due, the validity of such Liens are being contested in good faith by appropriate actions diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

 

(q)           reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions expressed in any original grant from any Governmental Authority or other grant of real or immovable property or interests therein;

 

(r)            Liens consisting of royalties payable with respect to any asset, right or property of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries;

 

(s)           statutory Liens incurred or pledges or deposits made in favor of a Governmental Authority to secure the performance of obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under Environmental Laws to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, in each case incurred or made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(t)            all rights of expropriation, access or use or other similar right conferred by or reserved by any federal, state or municipal Governmental Authority;

 

(u)            the right reserved to, or vested in, any Governmental Authority by any statutory provision or by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or other payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

 

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(v)            Liens arising from Cash Equivalents described in clause (i) of the definition of the term “Cash Equivalents”; and

 

(w)           with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, other Liens and privileges arising mandatorily by any Applicable Law.

 

Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt” shall mean any secured Indebtedness Incurred by the Borrower and/or the Guarantors in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes, bonds or debentures; provided that (a) such Indebtedness is secured by Liens on all or a portion of the Collateral on an equal priority basis with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies) and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (b) such Indebtedness satisfies the applicable requirements set forth in the provisos to the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”, (c) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors and (d) the holders of such Indebtedness (or their representative) and Collateral Agent shall become parties to a Customary Intercreditor Agreement providing that the Liens on the Collateral securing such obligations shall rank equal in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies).

 

Permitted Holder Group” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Permitted Holders”.

 

Permitted Holders” shall mean each of (a) the Investors, (b) the Employee Investors and (c) other than for purposes of determining the “Permitted Holders” for purposes of clause (a)(i) of the definition of “Change of Control”, any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act (or any successor provision)) the members of which include any of the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (a) or (b) above (a “Permitted Holder Group”); provided that, in the case of any Permitted Holder Group, no Person or other group (other than the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (a) or (b) above) own, directly or indirectly, Capital Stock having more than 50.0% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) or any Parent Entity held by such Permitted Holder Group.

 

Permitted Initial Revolving Credit Borrowing Purposes” shall mean one or more Borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans equal to the sum of (a) an amount sufficient to fund certain closing payments, OID or upfront fees required to be funded plus (b) an amount sufficient to fund any ordinary course working capital requirements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date plus (c) an amount sufficient to cash collateralize letters of credit outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date under the Existing Credit Facility plus (d) an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 to pay the Merger Consideration, the Existing Debt Refinancing and/or the Transaction Expenses.

 

Permitted Investment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5.

 

Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt” shall mean secured Indebtedness Incurred by the Borrower and/or any Guarantor in the form of one or more series of junior lien secured notes, bonds or debentures or junior lien secured loans; provided that (a) such Indebtedness is secured by Liens on all or a portion of the Collateral on a junior priority basis to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and any other First Lien Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (b) such Indebtedness satisfies the applicable requirements set forth in the provisos in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” (provided that such Indebtedness may be secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and any other First Lien Obligations, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”), (c) the holders of such Indebtedness (or their representative) and the Collateral Agent shall become parties to a Customary Intercreditor Agreement providing that the Liens on the Collateral securing such obligations shall rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations, and (d) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors.

 

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Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean, with respect to any Indebtedness (the “Refinanced Indebtedness”), any Indebtedness Incurred in exchange for or as a replacement of (including by entering into alternative financing arrangements in respect of such exchange or replacement (in whole or in part), by adding or replacing lenders, creditors, agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, or, after the original instrument giving rise to such Indebtedness has been terminated, by entering into any credit agreement, loan agreement, note purchase agreement, indenture or other agreement), or the net proceeds of which are to be used for the purpose of modifying, extending, refinancing, renewing, replacing, redeeming, repurchasing, defeasing, acquiring, amending, supplementing, restructuring, repaying, prepaying, retiring, extinguishing or refunding (collectively to “Refinance” or a “Refinancing” or “Refinanced”), such Refinanced Indebtedness (or previous refinancing thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided that (A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of any such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Refinanced Indebtedness outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of such Refinancing except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest, dividends and premium (including tender premiums), if any, thereon plus defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and other amounts paid and fees and expenses (including OID, closing payments, upfront fees and similar fees) incurred in connection with such Refinancing plus an amount equal to any existing commitment unutilized and letters of credit undrawn thereunder, (B) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1(a), 10.1(b), 10.1(h) or 10.1(u), the direct and contingent obligors with respect to such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not changed (except that any Credit Party may be added as an additional direct or contingent obligor in respect of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness), (C) other than with respect to a Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 10.1(f) or Section 10.1(g), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Refinanced Indebtedness; provided that the foregoing requirements of this clause (C) shall not apply to the extent such Indebtedness constitutes a customary bridge facility, so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which any such customary bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (C) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges, and (D) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1(a), 10.1(b) 10.1(h) or 10.1(u), except for any of the following that are only applicable to periods after the Latest Maturity Date, the terms and conditions contained in the documentation governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, taken as a whole, are determined by the Borrower to either (A) be consistent with market terms and conditions and conditions at the time of incurrence, issuance or effectiveness or (B) not be materially more restrictive on the obligor or obligors of such Indebtedness than the terms and conditions contained in the documentation governing such Refinanced Indebtedness being Refinanced (including, if applicable, as to collateral priority and subordination, but excluding as to interest rates (including through fixed exchange rates), interest rate margins, rate floors, fees, maturity, funding discounts, original issue discount and redemption or prepayment terms and premiums) (provided that, if the documentation governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness contains a Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant, the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement shall be amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility (provided, however, that if (x) the documentation governing the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness that includes a Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant consists of a revolving credit facility (whether or not the documentation therefor includes any other facilities) and (y) such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant is a “springing” financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of such revolving credit facility or a covenant only applicable to, or for the benefit of, a revolving credit facility, the Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant shall only be included in this Agreement for the benefit of each revolving credit facility hereunder (and not for the benefit of any term loan facility hereunder) and such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed “more restrictive” solely as a result of such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant benefiting only such revolving credit facilities)); provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement in clause (D) shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees).

 

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Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt” shall mean unsecured Indebtedness Incurred by the Borrower and/or the Guarantors in the form of one or more series of senior, senior subordinated or subordinated unsecured notes, bonds, debentures or loans; provided that (a) such Indebtedness satisfies the applicable requirements set forth in the provisos in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” and (b) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors.

 

Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, Joint Venture, firm, corporation, unlimited liability company, limited liability company, association, trust or other enterprise or any Governmental Authority.

 

Planned Expenditures” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Excess Cash Flow.”

 

Platform” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.2.

 

Pledge Agreement” shall mean the Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Holdings, the Borrower, the Domestic Subsidiary pledgors party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

 

Polaris Intermediate” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Polaris Parent” shall mean Polaris Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation.

 

Preferred Stock” shall mean any Capital Stock with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

 

Prepayment Event” shall mean any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Recovery Prepayment Event or Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event.

 

Present Fair Saleable Value” shall mean the amount that could be obtained by an independent willing seller from an independent willing buyer if the assets (both tangible and intangible) of the applicable Person and its subsidiaries taken as a whole are sold on a going-concern basis with reasonable promptness in an arm’s-length transaction under present conditions for the sale of comparable business enterprises insofar as such conditions can be reasonably evaluated.

 

Previous Holdings” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Holdings.”

 

Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant” shall mean, at any time (x) any financial maintenance covenant that is not included in this Agreement at such time and (y) any financial maintenance covenant in any other Indebtedness that is included in this Agreement at such time but with covenant levels that are more restrictive on the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than the covenant levels included in this Agreement at such time.

 

Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent).

 

Principal Investor” shall mean any investment entity and/or other affiliate of Goldman, Sachs & Co. or any fund, investor, entity or account that is managed, sponsored or advised by Goldman, Sachs & Co. or its affiliates, in each case, which is not a Disqualified Lender or a natural person.

 

Proceeding” shall have the meaning provided in Section Error! Reference source not found..13.5(a).

 

Pro Forma Balance Sheet” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.9(b).

 

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Pro Forma Entity” shall mean any Acquired Entity or Business, any Sold Entity or Business, any Converted Restricted Subsidiary or any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Pro Forma Financial Statements” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.9(b).

 

Public Company” shall mean Person with a class or series of Voting Stock that is traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ.

 

Public Company Costs” shall mean costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, in each case as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity or debt securities, directors’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance, listing fees and all executive, legal and professional fees related to the foregoing.

 

Public Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.2.

 

Purchasing Borrower Party” shall mean Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes a Transferee pursuant to Section 13.6(g).

 

Qualified Capital Stock” shall mean any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

Qualified Proceeds” shall mean assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business; provided that the Fair Market Value of any such assets or Capital Stock shall be determined by the Borrower in good faith.

 

Qualifying IPO” shall mean the issuance by Holdings (or any Parent Entity of Holdings) or the Borrower of its common Capital Stock in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act (whether alone or in connection with a secondary public offering).

 

Qualified Receivables Facility” shall mean any Receivables Facility of a Receivables Subsidiary that meets the following conditions: (a) the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such Receivables Facility (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; (b) all sales of accounts receivables and related assets by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Receivables Subsidiary or any other Person are made at fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower); (c) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be on market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings; and (d) the obligations under such Receivables Facility are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary).

 

Rating Agency” shall mean Moody’s and S&P or if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Initial Term Loans and/or the Borrower and/or any other Person, instrument or security publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Borrower which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.

 

Real Property” shall mean, collectively, all right, title and interest in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned or leased by any person, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, all general intangibles and contract rights and other property and rights incidental to the ownership thereof.

 

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Receivables Facility” shall mean any of one or more receivables financing facilities as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded from time to time, the obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries sells its accounts receivable to either (a) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) a Restricted Subsidiary or Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds such purchase by selling its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or by borrowing from such a Person or from another Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds itself by borrowing from such a Person, in each case, that constitutes a Qualified Receivables Facility.

 

Receivables Fees” shall mean distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any accounts receivable or participation interest therein issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility.

 

Receivables Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of, and that solely engages only in, one or more Receivables Facilities and other activities reasonably related thereto.

 

Recovery Event” shall mean (a) any damage to, destruction of, or other casualty or loss involving, any property or asset or (b) any seizure, condemnation, confiscation or taking under the power of eminent domain of, or any requisition of title or use of or relating to, or any similar event in respect of, any property or asset, in each case, of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Recovery Prepayment Event” shall mean the receipt of cash proceeds with respect to any settlement or payment in connection with any Recovery Event in respect of any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the term “Recovery Prepayment Event” shall not include any Asset Sale Prepayment Event.

 

Redemption Notice” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.7(a).

 

Reference Rate” shall mean an interest rate per annum equal to the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day by reference to ICE Benchmark Administration Limited’s “LIBOR” rate (or by reference to the rates provided by any Person that take over the administration of such rate if ICE Benchmark Administration Limited is no longer making a “LIBOR” rate available) for deposits in Dollars (as set forth on the Bloomberg screen displaying such “LIBOR” rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Bloomberg page or screen, on any successor or substitute page or screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time, in each case as selected by the Administrative Agent)) for a period equal to three-months.

 

Refinance,” “Refinancing” and “Refinanced” shall have the meanings provided in the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”.

 

Refinanced Debt” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.

 

Refinanced Indebtedness” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”.

 

Refunding Capital Stock” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.6(a). “Register” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(v).

 

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 margin requirements.

 

Regulation T” shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.

 

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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.

 

Reinvestment Period” shall mean, with respect to any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event, the day which is eighteen months after the receipt of cash proceeds by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from such Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event.

 

Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, controlling Persons and other representatives and successors of such Person or such Person’s Affiliates.

 

Release” shall mean any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the Environment or within, from or into any building, structure, facility or fixture.

 

Repayment Amount” shall mean any Initial Term Loan Repayment Amount, an Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount with respect to any Extension Series and the amount of any installment of Incremental Term Loans scheduled to be repaid on any date.

 

Reportable Event” shall mean an event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30 day notice period referred to in Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived, with respect to a Pension Plan (other than a Pension Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) and (o) of Section 414 of the Code).

 

Repricing Transaction” shall mean (a) the Incurrence by the Borrower of any term loans (including, without limitation, any new or additional term loans under this Agreement, whether Incurred directly or by way of the conversion of Initial Term Loans into a new Class of replacement term loans under this Agreement) that is broadly marketed or syndicated to banks, financial institutions and/or other institutional lenders or investors in financings similar to the Initial Term Loan Facility provided for in this Agreement (i) having an Effective Yield for the respective Type of such Indebtedness that is less than the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans of the respective equivalent Type, but excluding Indebtedness Incurred in connection with a Qualifying IPO, Change of Control (or transaction that if consummated would constitute a Change of Control) or Transformative Acquisition and (ii) the proceeds of which are used to prepay (or, in the case of a conversion, deemed to prepay or replace), in whole or in part, outstanding principal of Initial Term Loans or (b) any effective reduction in the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans (e.g., by way of amendment, waiver or otherwise), except for a reduction in connection with a Qualifying IPO, Change of Control (or transaction that if consummated would constitute a Change of Control) or Transformative Acquisition and, in the case of any transaction under either clause (a) or clause (b) above, the primary purpose of which is to lower the Effective Yield on the Initial Term Loans. Any determination by the Administrative Agent with respect to whether a Repricing Transaction shall have occurred shall be conclusive and binding on all Lenders holding the Initial Term Loans.

 

Required Lenders” shall mean, at any date and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13.6(h), Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding greater than 50.0% of the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans in the aggregate at such date, (b)(i) the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date and the Adjusted Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of all Classes at such date or (ii) if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment (or any Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of any Class) has been terminated or, for the purposes of acceleration pursuant to Section 11, the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure (excluding the Revolving Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date and/or the outstanding principal amount of the Extended Revolving Credit Loans and letter of credit exposure under such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (excluding any such Extended Revolving Credit Loans and letter of credit exposure of Defaulting Lenders) at such date and (c)(i) the Adjusted Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment of each Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments at such date or (ii) if the Adjusted Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment of any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments has been terminated or for purposes of acceleration pursuant to Section 11, the outstanding principal amount of the Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans of such Class and the related revolving credit exposure (excluding the revolving credit exposure of Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date.

 

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Required Reimbursement Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(a).

 

Required Revolving Credit Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding greater than 50.0% of the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated at such time, a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Exposure (excluding the Revolving Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) at such time).

 

Restoration Certification” shall mean, with respect to any Recovery Prepayment Event, a certification made by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, to the Administrative Agent prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period certifying (a) that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary intends to use the proceeds received in connection with such Recovery Prepayment Event to repair, restore or replace the property or assets in respect of which such Recovery Prepayment Event occurred, or otherwise invest in assets useful to the business, (b) the approximate costs of completion of such repair, restoration or replacement and (c) that such repair, restoration, reinvestment, or replacement will be completed within the later of (x) eighteen months after the date on which cash proceeds with respect to such Recovery Prepayment Event were received and (y) 180 days after delivery of such Restoration Certification.

 

Restricted Investments” shall mean any Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

 

Restricted Payments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.6.

 

Restricted Payment Amount” shall mean, at any time, the greater of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) 30.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date, minus the sum of (a) the amount utilized by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments in reliance on Section 10.6(f)(iv) and (b) the amount utilized by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to prepay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise defease or make similar payments in respect of Junior Debt prior to its stated maturity made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in reliance Section 10.7(a)(iii)(D).

 

Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all references herein to a “Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

Retained Asset Sale Proceeds” shall mean that portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Payment Event not required to be offered to prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) due to the Disposition Percentage being less than 100%.

 

Retained Refused Proceeds” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(c)(ii).

 

Return” shall mean, with respect to any Investment, any dividend, distribution, interest, fee, premium, return of capital, repayment of principal, income, profit (from a Disposition or otherwise) and any other amount received or realized in respect thereof.

 

Revolving Credit Borrowing” shall mean a borrowing consisting of Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and Class and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders under such Class pursuant to Section 2.1(b).

 

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Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, (a) with respect to each Lender that is a Lender on the Closing Date, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a) as such Lender’s “Revolving Credit Commitment,” (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the Closing Date, the amount specified as such Lender’s “Revolving Credit Commitment” in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and (c) in the case of any Lender that increases its Revolving Credit Commitment or becomes an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, in each case pursuant to Section 2.14, the amount specified in the applicable Incremental Agreement, in each case as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to terms hereof. The aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Closing Date is $100,000,000.

 

Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage” shall mean, at any time, for each Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment by (b) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders; provided that, at any time when the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall have been terminated, each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage shall be its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage as in effect immediately prior to such termination.

 

Revolving Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender then outstanding, (b) such Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure at such time and (c) such Lender’s Swingline Exposure at such time.

 

Revolving Credit Extension Request” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Revolving Credit Facility” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Revolving Credit Lender” shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment at such time.

 

Revolving Credit Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(b)(i).

 

Revolving Credit Maturity Date” shall mean the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, or, if such anniversary is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such anniversary.

 

Revolving Credit Note” shall mean a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Revolving Credit Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Revolving Credit Lender resulting from the Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender.

 

Revolving Credit Termination Date” shall mean the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have terminated, no Revolving Credit Loans shall be outstanding and the Letter of Credit Obligations shall have been reduced to zero or Cash Collateralized.

 

Rollover Investors” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.

 

Sale Leaseback” shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (a) sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of any property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and (b) as part of such transaction, thereafter rents or leases such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold, transferred or Disposed of.

 

Sanctions” shall mean any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, or Her Majesty’s Treasury.

 

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SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

 

Secondary Mergers” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Section 9.1 Financials” shall mean the financial statements delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or 9.1(b) together with the accompanying officer’s certificate delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(d).

 

Secured Cash Management Agreement” shall mean, at the Borrower’s written election to the Administrative Agent, any agreement relating to Cash Management Services that is entered into by and between Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and a Cash Management Bank.

 

Secured Hedging Agreement” shall mean, at the Borrower’s written election to the Administrative Agent, any Hedging Agreement that is entered into by and between Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Borrower may deliver one notice designating all Hedging Agreements entered into pursuant to a specified Master Agreement as “Specified Hedging Agreements”.

 

Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Lenders, (b) the Letter of Credit Issuers, (c) the Swingline Lender, (d) the Administrative Agent, (e) the Collateral Agent, (f) each Hedge Bank, (g) each Cash Management Bank, (h) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Credit Party under the Credit Documents and (i) any successors, endorsees, transferees and assigns of each of the foregoing.

 

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Securitization Repurchase Obligation” shall mean any obligation of a seller (or any guaranty of such obligation) of assets subject to a Receivables Facility in a Qualified Receivables Facility to repurchase such assets arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including, without limitation, as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, offset or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.

 

Security Agreement” shall mean the Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Holdings, the Borrower, the Domestic Subsidiary grantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

 

Security Documents” shall mean, collectively the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Mortgages, if any, and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.2, 9.10, 9.11 or 9.14 and any Customary Intercreditor Agreement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 10.2 or pursuant to any of the Security Documents.

 

Senior Unsecured Notes” shall mean those 7.125% senior unsecured notes due 2024 issued by the Borrower under the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture in an initial aggregate principal amount of $1,100,000,000.

 

Senior Unsecured Notes Documents” shall mean the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture and the other documents referred to therein (including the related guarantee, the notes and notes purchase agreement).

 

Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture” shall mean the indenture for the Senior Unsecured Notes, dated as of June 7, 2016, between the Borrower and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.

 

Similar Business” shall mean any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto.

 

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Software” shall have the meaning provided in the Security Agreement.

 

Sold Entity or Business” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”

 

Solvent” shall mean, at the time of determination:

 

(a)            each of the Fair Value and the Present Fair Saleable Value of the assets of a Person and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole exceed their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities; and

 

(b)            such Person and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole do not have Unreasonably Small Capital; and

 

(c)            such Person and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole can pay their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as they mature.

 

Defined terms used in the foregoing definition shall have the meanings set forth in the Solvency Certificate delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.8.

 

Special Purpose Subsidiary” shall mean any (a) not-for-profit Subsidiary, (b) captive insurance company or (c) Receivables Subsidiary and any other Subsidiary formed for a specific bona fide purpose not including substantive business operations and that does not own any material assets, in each case, that has been designated as a “Special Purpose Subsidiary” by the Borrower.

 

Specified Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(a)(i).

 

Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean any Existing Revolving Credit Commitments belonging to a Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class.

 

Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Specified Merger Agreement Representations” shall mean the representations and warranties made by, or with respect to, the Target and its subsidiaries in the Merger Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that Polaris Parent (or its affiliates) has the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its (or their) obligations under the Merger Agreement or to decline to consummate the Merger (in accordance with the terms thereof) as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement.

 

Specified Representations” shall mean the representations and warranties of the Borrower and the Guarantors set forth in Sections 8.1 (with respect to the organizational existence only of Holdings and the Borrower), the first two sentences of Section 8.2, Section 8.3(c) (with respect to the Incurrence of the Loans on the Closing Date only, the provision of the Guarantees by the Credit Parties on the Closing Date and the granting of the Liens on the Collateral by the Credit Parties on the Closing Date), Section 8.5, Section 8.7, Section 8.16, Section 8.19 (with respect to the use of the proceeds of the Loans on the Closing Date), Section 8.20(b) (with respect to the use of the proceeds of the Loans on the Closing Date), Section 8.21 and Section 3.3 of the Security Agreement (limited to the Security Documents required to be delivered on the Closing Date and the other requirements set forth in Section 6).

 

Specified Restructuring” shall mean any restructuring initiative, cost saving initiative or other similar strategic initiative of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date described in reasonable detail in a certificate of an Authorized Officer delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent.

 

Specified Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Closing Date.

 

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Specified Transaction” shall mean, with respect to any period, any Investment (including Acquisitions), sale, transfer or other Disposition of assets or property, Incurrence, Refinancing, prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition similar payment, extinguishment, retirement or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation, Incremental Term Loan, provision of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases, provision of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, creation of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or other event that by the terms of the Credit Documents requires pro forma compliance” with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a pro forma basis.

 

Sponsor” shall mean, collectively Hellman & Friedman LLC and/or its Affiliates and any funds, partnerships or other co-investment vehicles managed, advised or controlled by the foregoing or their respective Affiliates, but excluding any operating portfolio companies of Hellman & Friedman LLC or any such Affiliate.

 

SPV” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c).

 

Standard Securitization Undertakings” shall mean representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower which the Borrower has determined in good faith to be customary in a Receivables Facility, including, without limitation, those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, it being understood that any Securitization Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.

 

Stated Amount” of any Letter of Credit shall mean, unless otherwise specified herein, the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving pro forma effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

 

Statutory Reserves” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Eurodollar Rate.”

 

Subordinated Indebtedness” shall mean any Indebtedness for borrowed money (and any Guarantee Obligations in respect thereof) that is subordinated expressly by its terms in right of payment to the Obligations.

 

Subordinated Indebtedness Documentation” shall mean any document or instrument issued or executed with respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness.

 

Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean and include (a) any corporation more than 50.0% of whose stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting 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 limited liability company, partnership, association, Joint Venture or other entity in which such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50.0% equity interest at the time. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

Subsidiary Guarantor” shall mean each Guarantor that is a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

Successor Borrower” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.3(a).

 

Successor Holdings” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.9(b).

 

Surviving Company” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Swap” shall mean any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

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Swap Obligation” shall mean any obligation to pay or perform under any Swap.

 

Swap Termination Value” shall mean, in respect of any one or more Hedging Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedging Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Hedging Agreements 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 Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedging Agreements (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

 

Swingline Commitment” shall mean $25,000,000.

 

Swingline Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, at any time, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Swingline Loans outstanding at such time.

 

Swingline Lender” shall mean Barclays Bank PLC in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder, or such other financial institution that, after the Closing Date, shall agree to act in the capacity of lender of Swingline Loans hereunder. In the event that there is more than one Swingline Lender at any time, references herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Swingline Lender shall be deemed to refer to the Swingline Lender in respect of the applicable Swingline Loan or to all Swingline Lenders, as the context requires.

 

Swingline Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(d)(i).

 

Swingline Maturity Date” shall mean, with respect to any Swingline Loan, the date that is three Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

 

Syndication Agent” shall mean Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, in its capacity as syndication agent under this Agreement.

 

Target” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Taxes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(a).

 

Term Loan” shall mean an Initial Term Loan, an Incremental Term Loan or any Extended Term Loan, as applicable.

 

Term Loan Exchange Notes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).

 

Term Loan Exchange Effective Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).

 

Term Loan Extension Request” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(i).

 

Term Loan Facility” shall mean any of the Initial Term Loan Facility, any Incremental Term Loan Facility and any Extended Term Loan Facility.

 

Term Note” shall mean a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Initial Term Loan Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-2 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Initial Term Loan Lender resulting from the Initial Term Loans made by such Initial Term Loan Lender.

 

Test Period” shall mean, for any determination under this Agreement, the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on or prior to such date of determination (taken as one accounting period) in respect of which Section 9.1 Financials shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent for each fiscal quarter or fiscal year in such period; provided that, prior to the first date that Section 9.1 Financials shall have been delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b), the Test Period in effect shall be the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended March 31, 2016. A Test Period may be designated by reference to the last day thereof (i.e. the March 31, 2016 Test Period refers to the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended March 31, 2016), and a Test Period shall be deemed to end on the last day thereof.

 

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Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean the sum of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Lenders providing any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

Total Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment, the Total Incremental Term Loan Commitment, the Total Revolving Credit Commitment, the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment and the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of each Extension Series.

 

Total Credit Exposure” shall mean, at any date, the sum, without duplication, of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall have terminated on such date, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Revolving Credit Lenders at such date), the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment shall have been terminated on such date, the aggregate exposure of all Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Lenders at such date), the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of each Extension Series at such date (or if the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of any Extension Series shall have been terminated on such date, the aggregate exposures of all lenders under such series at such date) and the outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans at such date.

 

Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean the sum of all Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of all Lenders under each Extension Series.

 

Total Incremental Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments of any Class of Incremental Term Loans of all the Lenders providing such Class of Incremental Term Loans.

 

Total Initial Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Initial Term Loan Commitments of all the Lenders.

 

Total Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, on any date, the sum of the Revolving Credit Commitments on such date of all the Revolving Credit Lenders.

 

“Tranche B Term Lender” shall have the meaning provided for such term in the First Incremental Agreement.

 

“Tranche B Term Loan” shall have the meaning provided for such term in the First Incremental Agreement.

 

Transaction Expenses” shall mean any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Investors, Polaris Parent, Merger Sub, Holdings, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates in connection with the Transactions, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

Transactions” shall mean, collectively, (a) the formation of Merger Sub and any Parent Entity of Merger Sub for purposes of consummating the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (b) the entry into the Merger Agreement, the Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter and any other Contractual Obligations in connection therewith, (c) the Equity Contribution, including the rollover consummated by the Rollover Investors, (d) the Merger and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the payment of the Merger Consideration and the payment of certain Transaction Expenses, (e) the Existing Debt Refinancing, (f) the Internal Restructuring, (g) the entering into of the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents and the issuance of the Senior Unsecured Notes in sales pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act, (h) the entering into of the Agreement, the other Credit Documents, and funding of the Loans on the Closing Date and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and (i) the payment of the Transaction Expenses.

 

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Transferee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(f).

 

Transformative Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is either (a) not permitted by the terms of this Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition or (b) if permitted by the terms of this Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition, would not provide the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility under this Agreement for the continuation and/or expansion of their combined operations following such consummation, as determined by the Borrower acting in good faith.

 

Treasury Capital Stock” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.6(a).

 

Type” shall mean as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.

 

UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time (except as otherwise specified) in any applicable state or jurisdiction.

 

UCP” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

 

Unfunded Current Liability” of any Pension Plan shall mean the amount, if any, by which the present value of the accrued benefits under the Pension Plan exceeds the Fair Market Value of the assets allocable thereto as of the close of its most recent plan year, determined in both cases using the applicable assumptions promulgated under Section 430 of the Code.

 

United States Tax Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(d).

 

Unpaid Drawing” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(a).

 

Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean (a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is formed or acquired after the Closing Date and is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.15 subsequent to the Closing Date, (b) any existing Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.15 subsequent to the Closing Date and (c) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Voting Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, shares of such Person’s Capital Stock that is at the time generally entitled, without regard to contingencies, to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person. To the extent that a partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other agreement governing a partnership or limited liability company provides that the members of the Board of Directors of such partnership or limited liability company (or, in the case of a limited partnership whose business and affairs are managed or controlled by its general partner, the Board of Directors of the general partner of such limited partnership) is appointed or designated by one or more Persons rather than by a vote of Voting Stock, each of the Persons who are entitled to appoint or designate the members of such Board of Directors will be deemed to own a percentage of Voting Stock of such partnership or limited liability company equal to (a) the aggregate votes entitled to be cast on such Board of Directors by the members of such Board of Directors which such Person or Persons are entitled to appoint or designate divided by (b) the aggregate number of votes of all members of such Board of Directors.

 

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” shall mean, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

 

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Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of a Person, all of the outstanding Capital Stock of which (other than (x) any director’s qualifying shares and (y) shares issued to other Persons to the extent required by Applicable Law) are owned by such Person and/or by one or more wholly-owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

Withdrawal Liability” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.

 

Withholding Agent” shall mean any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any U.S. federal withholding tax, any other withholding agent, if applicable.

 

Write-Down and Conversion Power” 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.

 

1.2           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)           The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.

 

(d)           Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which such reference appears.

 

(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.

 

(h)           Any reference to any Person shall be constructed to include such Person’s successors or assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all of the functions thereof.

 

(i)            Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.

 

(j)            The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning as the word “shall.”

 

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(k)           The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

 

1.3           Accounting Terms.

 

(a)           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; provided, however, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any Accounting Change occurring after the Closing Date 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 Accounting Change, then such provision shall be interpreted as if such Accounting Change had not occurred until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

 

(b)           Where reference is made to “the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis” or similar language, such consolidation shall not include any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification No. 825—Financial Instruments, or any successor thereto (including pursuant to the Accounting Standards Codification), to value any Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value” as defined therein.

 

(d)           For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any classification under GAAP of any Person or business in respect of which a definitive agreement for the Disposition thereof has been entered into as discontinued operations, the Net Income of such Person or business shall not be excluded from the calculation of Net Income until such Disposition shall have been consummated.

 

1.4           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).

 

1.5           References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organizational Documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents) and other Contractual Obligations 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 this Agreement; and (b) references to any Applicable Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Applicable Law.

 

1.6           Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable, for times of the day in New York City, New York).

 

1.7           Timing of Payment or Performance. Except as otherwise provided herein, 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 Section 2.5 or Section 2.9) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.

 

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1.8           Currency Equivalents Generally.

 

(a)           For purposes of any determination under Section 9, Section 10 (other than Section 10.10) or Section 11 or any determination under any other provision of this Agreement requiring the use of a current exchange rate, all amounts Incurred or proposed to be Incurred in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the Exchange Rate then in effect on the date of such determination; provided, however, that (x) for purposes of determining compliance with Section 10 with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness, Investment, Disposition, Restricted Payment or payment under Section 10.7 in a currency other than Dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is Incurred or Disposition, Restricted Payment or payment under Section 10.7 is made, (y) for purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness, if such Indebtedness is Incurred to Refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such Refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency Exchange Rate in effect on the date of such Refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of the Indebtedness that is Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted amount) of such Indebtedness being Refinanced, except by an amount equal to the accrued interest, dividends and premium (including tender premiums), if any, thereon plus defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and other amounts paid and fees and expenses (including OID, closing payments, upfront fees and similar fees) incurred in connection with such Refinancing plus an amount equal to any existing commitment unutilized and letters of credit undrawn thereunder and (z) for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.8 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be Incurred or Disposition, Restricted Payment or payment under Section 10.7 may be made at any time under such Sections. For purposes of Section 10.10, amounts in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the applicable exchange rates used in preparing the most recently delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b).

 

(b)           Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify with the Borrower’s consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) to appropriately reflect a change in currency of any country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to such change in currency.

 

1.9           Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Credit Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Credit Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Credit Borrowing”).

 

1.10         [Reserved]

 

1.11         Limited Condition Acquisitions.

 

(a)           In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, for purposes of determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement that requires that no Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default, as applicable, has occurred, is continuing or would result from any such action, as applicable, such condition shall, at the option of the Borrower, be deemed satisfied, so long as no Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default, as applicable, exists on the date on which the definitive acquisition agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has exercised its option under the first sentence of this clause (a), and any Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default occurs following the date on which the definitive acquisition agreements for the applicable Limited Condition Acquisition were entered into and prior to or on the date of the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default shall be deemed to not have occurred or be continuing for purposes of determining whether any action being taken in connection with such Limited Condition Acquisition is permitted hereunder.

 

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(b)           In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, for purposes of:

 

(i)            determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires the calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio or the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio; or

 

(ii)           testing baskets set forth in this Agreement (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA);

 

in each case, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Acquisition, an “LCA Election”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be the date on which the definitive acquisition agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into (the “LCA Test Date”), and if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any Incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the applicable LCA Test Date, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCA Test Date in compliance with such ratio or basket, such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made an LCA Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCA Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Acquisition, on or prior to the date of consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. If the Borrower has made an LCA Election for any Limited Condition Acquisition, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or test with respect to the Incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, or the making of distributions or Restricted Payments, Investments, payments pursuant to Section 10.7, Dispositions, mergers, Dispositions of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary on or following the relevant LCA Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated or the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Acquisition is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such ratio or test shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited Condition Acquisition and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated.

 

1.12         Pro Forma and Other Calculations.

 

(a)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, financial ratios and tests (including measurements of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA), including the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio, Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be calculated in the manner prescribed by this Section 1.12; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clauses (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this Section 1.12, when calculating the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for purposes of (i) the definition of “Applicable Margin,” and (ii) Section 5.2(a)(i) and Section 5.2(a)(ii), the events described in this Section 1.12 that occurred subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period shall not be given pro forma effect; provided, however, that for purposes of any determination under the proviso to Section 5.2(a)(ii), Consolidated First Lien Debt shall be determined after giving pro forma effect to any voluntary prepayments of Term Loans made pursuant to Section 5.1 after the end of the Borrower’s most recently ended full fiscal year and prior to the date of the applicable payment to be made pursuant to such Section 5.2(a)(ii) assuming such prepayments had been made on the last day of such fiscal year. In addition, whenever a financial ratio or test is to be calculated on a pro forma basis or requires pro forma compliance, the reference to “Test Period” for purposes of calculating such financial ratio or test shall be deemed to be a reference to, and shall be based on, the most recently ended Test Period for which Section 9.1 Financials have been delivered.

 

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(b)           For purposes of calculating any financial ratio or test (including Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA), Specified Transactions (with any Incurrence or Refinancing of any Indebtedness in connection therewith to be subject to clause (d) of this Section 1.12) that have been made (i) during the applicable Test Period or (ii) subsequent to such Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio is made shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Specified Transactions (and any increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA and the component financial definitions used therein attributable to any Specified Transaction) had occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period (or, in the case of Consolidated Total Assets or “unrestricted” cash and Cash Equivalents, on the last day of the applicable Test Period). If, since the beginning of any applicable Test Period, any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such Test Period shall have made any Specified Transaction that would have required adjustment pursuant to this Section 1.12, then such financial ratio or test (including Consolidated Total Assets and Consolidated EBITDA) shall be calculated to give pro forma effect thereto in accordance with this Section 1.12.

 

(c)           Whenever pro forma effect or a determination of pro forma compliance is to be given to a Specified Transaction or a Specified Restructuring, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and may include, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and cost synergies and other synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from or relating to any Specified Transaction (including the Transactions) or Specified Restructuring that is being given pro forma effect or for which a determination of pro forma compliance is being made that have been realized or are expected to be realized and for which the actions necessary to realize such cost savings, operating expense reductions, cost synergies or other synergies have been taken, have been committed to be taken, with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or which are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, cost synergies and other synergies had been realized on the first day of such period and as if such cost savings, operating expense reductions, cost synergies and other synergies were realized during the entirety of such period and “run rate” means the full recurring benefit for a period that is associated with any action taken, any action committed to be taken, any action with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or any action that is expected to be taken (including any savings expected to result from the elimination of Public Company Costs) net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions, and any such adjustments shall be included in the initial pro forma calculations of such financial ratios or tests and during any subsequent Test Period in which the effects thereof are expected to be realized) relating to such Specified Transaction or Specified Transaction, and any such adjustments included in the initial pro forma calculations shall continue to apply to subsequent calculations of such financial ratios or tests, including during any subsequent test periods in which the effects thereof are expected to be realizable; provided that (A) such amounts are reasonably identifiable in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, (B) such actions are taken, such actions are committed to be taken, substantial steps with respect to such action have been taken or such actions are expected to be taken no later than eight fiscal quarters after the date of consummation of such Specified Transaction or the date of initiation of such Specified Restructuring (or, with respect to the Transactions, twelve fiscal quarters) and (C) no amounts shall be added to the extent duplicative of any amounts that are otherwise added back in computing Consolidated EBITDA (or any other components thereof), whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, with respect to such period.

 

(d)           In the event that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs (including by assumption or guarantee) or Refinances (including by redemption, repurchase, repayment, retirement or extinguishment) any Indebtedness, in each case included in the calculations of any financial ratio or test, (i) during the applicable Test Period or (ii) subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio is made, then such financial ratio or test shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence or Refinancing of Indebtedness (including pro forma effect to the application of the net proceeds therefrom), in each case to the extent required, as if the same had occurred on the last day of the applicable Test Period (except in the case of the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio (or similar ratio), in which case such Incurrence or Refinancing of Indebtedness will be given effect, as if the same had occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period); provided that, with respect to any Incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by the provisions of this Agreement in reliance on the pro forma calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio and/or the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as applicable, shall not give pro forma effect to any Indebtedness being Incurred (or expected to be Incurred) substantially simultaneously or contemporaneously with the Incurrence of any such Indebtedness in reliance on any “basket” set forth in this Agreement (including the Incremental Base Amount, any “baskets” measured as a percentage of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA) including any Credit Event under the Revolving Credit Facility or, except to the extent expressly required to be calculated otherwise in Section 2.14 or Section 10.1(u), any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility.

 

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(e)            Whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a pro forma event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio is made had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any interest Hedging Agreements applicable to such Indebtedness). To the extent interest expense generated by Hedging Obligations that have been terminated is included in Consolidated Interest Expense prior to the date of the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio is being made, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be adjusted to exclude such expense. Interest on a Financing Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Financing Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be determined to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Borrower or applicable Restricted Subsidiary may designate. For purposes of making the computations referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period or, if lower, the maximum commitments under such revolving credit facility as of the date of the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio is being made, except as set forth in Section 1.12(d).

 

(f)            Any such pro forma calculation may include, without limitation, (1) all adjustments of the type described in clause (a)(viii) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such Test Period, and (2) adjustments calculated in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

 

SECTION 2.           Amount and Terms of Credit Facilities.

 

2.1            Loans.

 

(a)            Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Lender having an Initial Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make (or in the case of any Rollover Lender (as defined in the First Incremental Agreement) on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, be deemed to make) a loan or loans (each, an “Initial Term Loan”) to the Borrower, which Initial Term Loans (i) shall not exceed, for any such Lender, the Initial Term Loan Commitment of such Lender, (ii) shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment, (iii) shall be made (x) in the case of Initial Term Loans made in respect of Initial Term Loan Commitments described in clause (a) of the definition of Initial Term Loan Commitments, on the Closing Date, and (y) in the case of Initial Term Loans made in respect of Initial Term Loan Commitments described in clause (b) of the definition of Initial Term Loan Commitments, on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, (iv) shall be denominated in Dollars, (ivv) may, at the option of the Borrower, be Incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans; provided that all such Initial Term Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise provided herein, consist entirely of Initial Term Loans of the same Type and (vvi) may be repaid or prepaid in accordance with the provisions hereof, but once repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. On the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, all outstanding Initial Term Loans shall be repaid in full.

 

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(b)            (i) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make a loan or loans (each, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) to the Borrower in U.S. Dollars, which Revolving Credit Loans (A) shall not exceed, for any such Lender, the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender, (B) shall not, after giving pro forma effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result in such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure at such time exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time, (C) shall not, after giving pro forma effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, at any time result in the aggregate amount of all Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect, (D) shall be made at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made on the Closing Date shall not exceed the Initial Revolving Borrowing Amount), (E) may at the option of the Borrower be Incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans; provided that all Revolving Credit Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and (F) may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

(ii)            On the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans shall be repaid in full and the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate.

 

(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 (which obligation of the Lender shall not require it to take, or refrain from taking, actions that it determines would result in increased costs for which it will not be compensated hereunder or that it determines would be otherwise disadvantageous to it and in the event of such request for costs for which compensation is provided under this Agreement, the provisions of Section 2.10 shall apply).

 

(d)            (i) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Swingline Lender in its individual capacity agrees, at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the Swingline Maturity Date, to make a loan or loans (each, a “Swingline Loan”) to the Borrower in U.S. Dollars, which Swingline Loans (A) shall be ABR Loans, (B) shall have the benefit of the provisions of Section 2.1(d)(ii), (C) shall not exceed at any time outstanding the Swingline Commitment, (D) shall not, after giving pro forma effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result at any time in the aggregate amount of all Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect, (E) may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof and (F) shall mature no later than the date ten Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made. On the Swingline Maturity Date, all outstanding Swingline Loans shall be repaid in full. The Swingline Lender shall not make any Swingline Loan after receiving a written notice from either the Borrower or the Administrative Agent stating that a Default or an Event of Default exists and is continuing until such time as the Swingline Lender shall have received written notice (x) of rescission of all such notices from the party or parties originally delivering such notice, (y) of the waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 or (z) from the Administrative Agent that such Default or Event of Default is no longer continuing.

 

(ii)            On any Business Day, the Swingline Lender may, in its sole discretion, give notice to the Revolving Credit Lenders, with a copy to the Borrower, that all then-outstanding Swingline Loans shall be funded with a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, in which case Revolving Credit Loans constituting ABR Loans (each such Borrowing, a “Mandatory Borrowing”) shall be made on the same Business Day by all Revolving Credit Lenders pro rata based on each such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage, and the proceeds thereof shall be applied directly to the Swingline Lender to repay the Swingline Lender for such outstanding Swingline Loans. Each Revolving Credit Lender hereby irrevocably agrees to make such Revolving Credit Loans upon same Business Days’ notice pursuant to each Mandatory Borrowing in the amount and in the manner specified in the preceding sentence and on the date specified to it in writing by the Swingline Lender notwithstanding (i) that the amount of the Mandatory Borrowing may not comply with the minimum amount for each Borrowing specified in Section 2.2, (ii) whether any conditions specified in Section 7 are then satisfied, (iii) whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (iv) the date of such Mandatory Borrowing or (v) any reduction in the Total Revolving Credit Commitment after any such Swingline Loans were made. In the event that, in the sole judgment of the Swingline Lender, any Mandatory Borrowing cannot for any reason be made on the date otherwise required above (including as a result of the commencement of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law in respect of the Borrower), each Revolving Credit Lender hereby agrees that it shall forthwith purchase from the Swingline Lender (without recourse or warranty) such participation of the outstanding Swingline Loans as shall be necessary to cause each such Lender to share in such Swingline Loans ratably based upon their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages; provided that all principal and interest payable on such Swingline Loans shall be for the account of the Swingline Lender until the date the respective participation is purchased and, to the extent attributable to the purchased participation, shall be payable to the Lender purchasing the same from and after such date of purchase.

 

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(iii)            The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, designate as additional Swingline Lenders one or more applicable Revolving Credit Lenders that agree to serve in such capacity as provided below. The acceptance by a Revolving Credit Lender of an appointment as a Swingline Lender hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such designated Swingline Lender, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such Revolving Credit Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement and (ii) references herein to the term “Swingline Lender” shall be deemed to include such Revolving Credit Lender in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.

 

(iv)           The Borrower may terminate the appointment of any Swingline Lender as a “Swingline Lender” hereunder by providing a written notice thereof to such Swingline Lender, with a copy to the Administrative Agent. Any such termination shall become effective upon the earlier of (i) the Swingline Lender’s acknowledging receipt of such notice and (ii) the fifth Business Day following the date of the delivery thereof; provided that no such termination shall become effective until and unless the Swingline Exposure of such Swingline Lender shall have been reduced to zero. Notwithstanding the effectiveness of any such termination, the terminated Swingline Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made by it prior to such termination, but shall not make any additional Swingline Loans.

 

2.2            Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings. The aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be in a multiple of $500,000, and Swingline Loans shall be in a multiple of $100,000, and, in each case, shall not be less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount with respect for such Type of Loans (except that that Mandatory Borrowings shall be made in the amounts required by Section 2.1(d) and Revolving Credit Loans to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to any Unpaid Drawing shall be made in the amounts required by Section 3.3 or Section 3.4, as applicable). More than one Borrowing may be Incurred on any date; provided that at no time shall there be outstanding more than twelve (12) Eurodollar Borrowings under this Agreement (which number of Eurodollar Borrowings may be increased or adjusted by agreement between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in connection with any Incremental Facility or Extended Loans/Commitments). For purposes of the foregoing, Borrowings having different Interest Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same date, shall be considered separate Borrowings.

 

2.3            Notice of Borrowing.

 

(a)            The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office (i) prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days’ prior written notice of the Borrowing of Initial Term Loans or any Borrowing of Incremental Term Loans (unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Incremental Agreement), as the case may be, if all or any of such Term Loans are to be initially Eurodollar Loans and (ii) written notice prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of the Borrowing of Initial Term Loans or any Borrowing of Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, if all or any of such Term Loans are to be ABR Loans; provided that any notice of a Borrowing to be made on the Closing Date or any Incremental Facility Closing Date (whether Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans) may be given not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) one Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing, which notice may be subject to the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement. Such notice (together with each notice of a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 2.3(b) and each notice of a Borrowing of Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.3(c), a “Notice of Borrowing”) shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit D and shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, to be made, (ii) the date of the Borrowing (which shall be, (x) in the case of the Initial Term Loans made in respect of Initial Term Loan Commitments described in clause (a) of the definition of Initial Term Loan Commitments, the Closing Date, and, (y) in the case of theInitial Term Loans made in respect of Initial Term Loan Commitments described in clause (b) of the definition of Initial Term Loan Commitments, the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, and, (z) in the case of Incremental Term Loans, the applicable Incremental Facility Closing Date in respect of such Class) and (iii) whether the Initial Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, shall consist of ABR Loans and/or Eurodollar Loans and, if the Initial Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, are to include Eurodollar Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto; provided that the Notice of Borrowing for a Borrowing of Term Loans shall be revocable so long as the Borrower agrees to comply with the applicable provisions of Section 2.11 upon any such revocation. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Lender written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each proposed Borrowing of Initial Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, of such Lender’s proportionate share thereof and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.

 

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(b)            Whenever the Borrower desires to Incur Revolving Credit Loans hereunder (other than Mandatory Borrowing or borrowings to repay Unpaid Drawings under Letters of Credit), it shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office, (i) prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days’ prior written notice of each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans that are to be initially Eurodollar Loans and (ii) prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of such Borrowing prior written notice of each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans that are to be ABR Loans; provided that any Notice of Borrowing to be made on the Closing Date or on any Incremental Facility Closing Date (whether Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans) may be given not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) one Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing, which notice may be subject to the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement. Each such Notice of Borrowing, except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 2.10, shall be irrevocable and shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans to be made pursuant to such Borrowing, (ii) the date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and (iii) whether the respective Borrowing shall consist of ABR Loans and/or Eurodollar Loans, and, if 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 Revolving Credit Loans, of such Lender’s proportionate share thereof and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.

 

(c)            Whenever the Borrower desires to Incur Swingline Loans hereunder, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice of each Borrowing of Swingline Loans prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) or such later time as agreed by the Swingline Lender on the date of such Borrowing. Each such notice shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Swingline Loans to be made pursuant to such Borrowing and (ii) the date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day). The Administrative Agent shall promptly give the Swingline Lender written notice of each proposed Borrowing of Swingline Loans and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.

 

(d)            Mandatory Borrowings shall be made upon the notice specified in Section 2.1(d)(ii) with the Borrower irrevocably agreeing, by its Incurrence of any Swingline Loan, to the making of Mandatory Borrowings as set forth in such Section.

 

(e)            Borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans to reimburse Unpaid Drawings under Letters of Credit shall be made upon the terms set forth in Section 3.3 or Section 3.4(a).

 

(f)             If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Notice of Borrowing, then the applicable Loans shall be made as Eurodollar Loans with an Interest Period of one (1) month. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans, in any such Notice of Borrowing, but fails to specify an Interest Period (or fails to give a timely notice requesting a continuation of Eurodollar Loans), it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month.

 

2.4            Disbursement of Funds.

 

(a)            No later than the later of 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date specified in each Notice of Borrowing (including Mandatory Borrowings and Borrowings to reimburse Unpaid Drawings under Letters of Credit) and one hour after written notice of such Borrowing is delivered by the Administrative Agent to such Lender, each Lender will make available its pro rata portion, if any, of each Borrowing requested to be made on such date in the manner provided below; provided that, on the Closing Date (or, with respect to any Incremental Facilities, on the relevant Incremental Facilities Closing Date), such funds may be made available at such earlier time as may be agreed among the relevant Lenders, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent for the purpose of consummating the Transactions; provided, further, that all Swingline Loans shall be made available to the Borrower in the full amount thereof by the Swingline Lender no later than one hour after written notice of such Borrowing is delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Swingline Lender.

 

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(b)            (i) Each Lender shall make available all amounts it is to fund to the Borrower under any Borrowing for its applicable Commitments in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office and the Administrative Agent will (except in the case of Mandatory Borrowings and Borrowings to repay Unpaid Drawings under Letters of Credit) make available to the Borrower by depositing to an 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 such 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 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 immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent in Dollars. 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 Effective Rate, or (ii) if paid by the Borrower, the then-applicable rate of interest, calculated in accordance with Section 2.8, for the respective Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

 

(ii)            The Swingline Lender shall make available all amounts it is to fund to the Borrower under any Borrowing of Swingline Loans in immediately available funds to the Borrower (as specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing), by depositing to an account designated by the Borrower to the Swingline Lender in writing or otherwise in such Notice of Borrowing, the aggregate of the amount so made available.

 

(c)            Nothing in this Section 2.4, including any payment by the Borrower, 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).

 

2.5            Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.

 

(a)            The Borrower agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the applicable Lenders, (i) on the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, all then outstanding Initial Term Loans, (ii) on the relevant Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date for any Class of Incremental Term Loans, any then outstanding Incremental Term Loans of such Class, (iii) on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the then outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, (iv) on the relevant maturity date for any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, all then outstanding Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans of such Class, (v) on the relevant maturity date for any Class of Extended Term Loans, all then outstanding Extended Term Loans of such Class, (vi) on the relevant maturity date for any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, all then outstanding Extended Revolving Credit Loans of such Class and (vii) on the Swingline Maturity Date, the then outstanding Swingline Loans.

 

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(b)            The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, in Dollars, for the ratable benefit of the Initial Term Loan Lenders, on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, beginning Septemberon June 30, 20162017 (each, an “Initial Term Loan Repayment Date”), a principal amount of the Initial Term Loans equal to (i) the product of (x) the aggregate principal amount of Initial Term Loans outstanding immediately after the Borrowing of InitialTranche B Term Loans on the ClosingFirst Incremental Agreement Effective Date multiplied by (y) 0.25% (with respect to each Initial Term Loan Repayment Date prior to the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, as such product may be reduced by, and after giving pro forma effect to, any voluntary and mandatory prepayments made in accordance with Section 5 or as contemplated by Section 2.15) or (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Initial Term Loans then outstanding (with respect to the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date) (each amount, an “Initial Term Loan Repayment Amount”). (provided that it being understood and agreed that after giving pro forma effect to the voluntary prepayments made by the Borrower in accordance with Section 5 prior to the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, no amounts are payable under this Section 2.5(b) until the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date).

 

(c)            In the event any Incremental Term Loans are made, such Incremental Term Loans shall mature and be repaid in amounts and on dates as agreed between the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of such Incremental Term Loans in the applicable Incremental Agreement, subject to the requirements set forth in Section 2.14. In the event that any Extended Term Loans are established, such Extended Term Loans shall, subject to the requirements of Section 2.15, mature and be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts (each such amount, an “Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount”) and on the dates (each an “Extended Repayment Date”) set forth in the applicable Extension Agreement. In the event any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments are established, such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall, subject to the requirements of Section 2.15, be terminated (and all Extended Revolving Credit Loans of the same Extension Series repaid) on dates set forth in the applicable Extension Agreement.

 

(d)            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.

 

(e)            The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Borrower, shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 13.6(b)(v), and a subaccount for each Lender, in which Register and subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, whether such Loan is an Initial Term Loan, an Incremental Term Loan (and the relevant Class thereof), a Revolving Credit Loan, an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loan (and the relevant Class thereof), an Extended Term Loan (and the relevant Class thereof), an Extended Revolving Credit Loan (and the relevant Class thereof), or a Swingline Loan, as applicable, the Type of each Loan made and the Interest Period, if any, 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 or the Swingline Lender hereunder, (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof and (iv) any cancellation or retirement of Loans contemplated by Section 13.6(i).

 

(f)            The entries made in the Register and accounts and subaccounts maintained pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 2.5 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 and, in the case of the Register, shall be conclusive absent manifest error; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the 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 in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(g)            For the avoidance of doubt, all Loans shall be repaid, whether pursuant to this Section 2.5 or otherwise, in Dollars.

 

(h)            For the avoidance of doubt, the Tranche B Term Loans made on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date (x) shall constitute the Initial Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement, (y) shall mature and shall become due and payable on the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date and (z) shall be repaid in quarterly installments in accordance with Section 2.5(b).

 

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2.6            Conversions and Continuations.

 

(a)            The Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day, subject to Section 2.11, to convert all or a portion equal to at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount of the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Loans of one Type into a Borrowing or Borrowings of another Type and except as otherwise provided herein the Borrower shall have the option on the last day of an Interest Period 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 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 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 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 2.6 shall be limited in number as provided in Section 2.2. Each such conversion or continuation shall be effected by the Borrower giving the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least (i) three Business Days’, in the case of a continuation of, or conversion to, Eurodollar Loans or (ii) the same Business Day in the case of a conversion into ABR Loans), prior written notice (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, the requested date of the conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), the principal amount of Loans to be converted or continued, as the case may be, and if such Loans are to be converted into or continued as Eurodollar Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. If the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made or continued as the same Type of Loan, which if a Eurodollar Loan, shall have a one-month Interest Period. Any such automatic continuation shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Loans. If the Borrower requests a conversion to, or continuation of, Eurodollar Loans in any such Notice of Conversion or Continuation, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month’s duration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Swingline Loan may not be converted to a Eurodollar Loan. The Administrative Agent shall give each applicable 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 and the Administrative Agent has, or the Required Lenders have, determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, Eurodollar Loans shall be automatically converted on the last day of the current Interest Period into ABR Loans.

 

2.7            Pro Rata Borrowings. Each Borrowing of Initial Term Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Initial Term Loan Commitments. Each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Revolving Credit Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages with respect to the applicable Class. Each Borrowing of Incremental Term Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Lenders of the relevant Class thereof pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Incremental Term Loan Commitments for the applicable Class. Each Borrowing of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Lenders of the relevant Class thereof pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments for the applicable Class. Each Borrowing of Extended Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Lenders of the relevant Class thereof pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Extended Revolving Credit Commitments for the applicable Class. It is understood that (a) no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligation to make Loans hereunder and that each Lender, severally and not jointly, 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, and (b) other than as expressly provided herein with respect to a Defaulting Lender, failure by a Lender to perform any of its obligations under any of the Credit Documents shall not release any Person from performance of its obligations under any Credit Document.

 

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2.8            Interest.

 

(a)            The unpaid principal amount of each ABR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time 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 maturity thereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise) 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 in effect from time to time.

 

(c)            If at any time after the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 11.1, all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or any interest payable thereon or any fees or other amounts due hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Law) at a rate per annum that is (i) in the case of overdue principal, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto plus 2.00% or (ii) in the case of overdue interest, fees or other amounts due hereunder, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the rate described in Section 2.8(a) plus 2.00% from and including the date of such non-payment to but excluding the date on which such amount is paid in full. All such interest shall be payable on demand.

 

(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 in Dollars and, except as otherwise provided below, shall be payable (i) in respect of each ABR Loan, quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, (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 in the case of prepayments of any ABR Revolving Credit Loans that are not made in connection with the termination or permanent reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments), on any prepayment date (on the amount prepaid), at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) and, after such maturity, on demand; provided that a Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall bear interest for one day.

 

(e)            All computations of interest hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 5.5.

 

(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)            Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever any payment hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of payment of interest or commitment or letter of credit fee or commission, as the case may be.

 

2.9            Interest Periods. At the time the Borrower gives a Notice of Borrowing or 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) on or prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the expiration of an Interest Period applicable to a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans, the Borrower shall have the right to elect, by giving the Administrative Agent written notice, the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, which Interest Period shall be the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the last Business Day) in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter (or, if agreed to by all relevant Lenders participating in the relevant Credit Facility, twelve months thereafter or a period shorter than one month).

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above:

 

(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 next preceding Interest Period expires;

 

(b)            if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;

 

(c)            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;

 

(d)            in the case of Eurodollar Loans, interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period; and

 

(e)            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.

 

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, 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 (x) deposits in the principal amounts of the Loans comprising any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans are not generally available in the relevant market or (y) by reason of any changes arising on or after the Closing Date affecting the London interbank eurocurrency 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

 

(ii)            that, due to a Change in Law, which shall (A) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement taken into account in determining the Statutory Reserves); (B) subject any Lender to any tax (other than (1) taxes indemnifiable under Section 5.4, (2) taxes described in clause (A), (B) or (C) of Section 5.4(a) or (3) taxes described in Section 5.4(f)) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credits, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or (C) impose on any Lender or the London interbank eurocurrency market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender, which results in the cost to such Lender of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or participating in Letters of Credit (in each case hereunder) increasing by an amount which such Lender reasonably deems material or the amounts received or receivable by such Lender hereunder with respect to the foregoing shall be reduced; or

 

(iii)            at any time after the Closing Date, 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 Closing Date that materially and adversely affects the London interbank eurocurrency market;

 

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then, and in any such event, such Lender (or the Administrative Agent, in the case of clause (i) above) shall within a reasonable time thereafter give written notice 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 (x) 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, (y) in the case of clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender, promptly (but no later than ten Business 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 (z) 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 Applicable Law.

 

(b)            At any time that any Eurodollar Loan is affected by the circumstances described in Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii), the Borrower may (and in the case of a Eurodollar Loan affected pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(iii) shall) either (x) if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then being made pursuant to a Borrowing, cancel said Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent written notice thereof on the same date that the Borrower was notified by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii) or (y) if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to convert each such Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan, if applicable; 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).

 

(c)            If, any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s or their respective parent’s capital or assets as a consequence of such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s commitments or obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or their respective parent could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s or their respective parent’s policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time, promptly (but no later than ten Business Days) after written demand by such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or their respective parent for such reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that a Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any such Applicable Law as in effect on the Closing Date except as a result of a Change in Law. Each Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, upon determining in good faith that any additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this Section 2.10(c), will give prompt written notice thereof to the Borrower (on its own behalf) which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis of the calculation of such additional amounts, although the failure to give any such notice shall not, subject to Section 2.13, release or diminish any of the Borrower’s obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.10(c) upon receipt of such notice.

 

(d)            This Section 2.10 shall not operate to provide payments that are duplicative of those required under Section 5.4.

 

(e)            The agreements in this Section 2.10 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

(f)             Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer shall be entitled to seek compensation under this Section 2.10 based on the occurrence of a Change in Law arising solely from (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or any requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or (y) Basel III or any requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, unless such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer is generally seeking compensation from other borrowers in the U.S. leveraged loan market with respect to its similarly affected commitments, loans and/or participations under agreements with such borrowers having provisions similar to this Section 2.10.

 

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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 2.5, 2.6, 2.10, 5.1, 5.2 or 13.7, as a result of acceleration of the maturity of the Loans pursuant to Section 11 or for any other reason, (b) any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans is not made as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Borrowing or failure to satisfy the conditions of Section 6 and Section 7, (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 5.1 or 5.2, 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 and, absent clearly demonstrable error, the amount requested shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender within ten Business Days of such request 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 borrow, 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. The agreements in this Section 2.11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

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(c), 3.5 or 5.4 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 right of any Lender provided in Section 2.10, 3.5 or 5.4.

 

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, 3.5 or 5.4 is given by any Lender more than 180 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, 3.5 or 5.4, as the case may be, for any such amounts incurred or accruing prior to the giving of such notice to the Borrower; provided that, if the circumstance giving rise to such claim is retroactive, then such 180 day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

 

2.14            Incremental Facilities.

 

(a)              The Borrower may at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent request (i) one or more additional Classes of term loans or additional term loans of the same Class of any existing Class of term loans (the “Incremental Term Loans”), (ii) one or more increases in the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class (each such increase, an “Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase”) or (iii) one or more additional Classes of revolving credit commitments (the “Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments,” and, together with the Incremental Term Loans and the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases, the “Incremental Facilities” and the commitments in respect thereof are referred to as the “Incremental Commitments”); provided that, subject to Section 1.11, at the time that any such Incremental Term Loan, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment is made or effected (and after giving pro forma effect thereto), except as set forth in the proviso to clause (b) below, no Event of Default (or, in the case of the Incurrence or provision of any Incremental Facility in connection with an Acquisition, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5) shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

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(b)              Each tranche of Incremental Term Loans, each tranche of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and each Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $5,000,000 (it being understood that such amount may be less than $5,000,000 if such amount represents all remaining availability under the limit set forth below) (and in minimum increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof), and, subject to the proviso at the end of this Section 2.14(b), the aggregate amount of (x) the Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and the Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (after giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof) Incurred pursuant to this Section 2.14(b), plus (y) the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Additional Debt Incurred under Section 10.1(u)(ii)(A) shall not exceed, as of the date of Incurrence of such Indebtedness or commitments, the sum of (A) the Incremental Base Amount plus (B) an aggregate amount of Indebtedness, such that, subject to Section 1.11, after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence (and after giving pro forma effect to any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith and assuming that all Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and/or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments then outstanding and Incurred under this clause (B) were fully drawn), the Borrower would be in compliance with a Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the Incurrence of any such Incremental Facility, calculated on a pro forma basis, as if such Incurrence (and transactions) had occurred on the first day of such Test Period, that is no greater than 5.00:1.00 (this clause (B), the “Incremental Ratio Debt Amount” and, together with the Incremental Base Amount, the “Incremental Limit”); provided that (i) Incremental Term Loans may be Incurred without regard to the Incremental Limit, without regard to whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, without regard to the minimums set forth in the first part of this 2.14(b), to the extent that the Net Cash Proceeds from such Incremental Term Loans on the date of Incurrence of such Incremental Term Loans (or substantially concurrently therewith) are used to either (x) prepay Term Loans and related amounts in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.2(a)(i) or (y) permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.2(e)(ii) (and any such Incremental Term Loans shall be deemed to have been Incurred pursuant to this proviso), and (ii) Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments may be provided without regard to the Incremental Limit, without regard to whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent that the existing Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or other Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments shall be permanently reduced in accordance with Section 5.2(e)(ii) by an amount equal to the aggregate amount of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments so provided (and any such Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed to have been Incurred pursuant to this proviso).

 

(c)              (i) The Incremental Term Loans (A) shall rank equal in right of payment and security with the Initial Term Loans, shall be secured only by all or a portion of the Collateral securing the Obligations and shall only be guaranteed by the Credit Parties, (B) shall not mature earlier than the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, (C) shall not have a shorter Weighted Average Life to Maturity than the remaining Initial Term Loans, (D) shall have a maturity date (subject to clause (B)), an amortization schedule (subject to clause (C)), and interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, AHYDO Catch-Up Payments, funding discounts, original issue discounts and prepayment terms and premiums for the Incremental Term Loans as determined by the Borrower and the lenders of the Incremental Term Loans; provided that, in the event that the Effective Yield for any Incremental Term Loans (other than Incremental Term Loans (w) Incurred pursuant to clause (B) of Section 2.14(b), (x) established pursuant to the proviso of Section 2.14(b), (y) having a final maturity date that is more than two years after the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date or (z) Incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition (clauses (w), (x), (y) and (z), collectively, the “MFN Exceptions”)), is greater than the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans by more than 0.50%, then the Applicable Margins for the Initial Term Loans shall be increased to the extent necessary so that the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans are equal to the Effective Yield for the Incremental Term Loans minus 0.50% (this proviso, the “MFN Protection”); provided, further, that, with respect to any Incremental Term Loans that do not bear interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, for purposes of calculating the applicable increase (if any) in the Applicable Margins for the Initial Term Loans in the immediately preceding proviso, the Applicable Margin for such Incremental Term Loans shall be deemed to be the interest rate (calculated after giving pro forma effect to any increases required pursuant to the immediately succeeding proviso) of such Incremental Term Loans less the then applicable Reference Rate; and (E) may otherwise have terms and conditions different from those of the Initial Term Loans; provided that (x) except with respect to matters contemplated by clauses (B), (C) and (D) above, any differences shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (except for covenants and other provisions applicable only to the periods after the Latest Maturity Date) and (y) the documentation governing any Incremental Term Loans may include any Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant so long as the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement is amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility.

 

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(ii)              The Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall be treated the same as the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments being increased (including with respect to maturity date thereof) and shall be considered to be part of the Class of Revolving Credit Facility being increased (it being understood that, if required to consummate an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, the interest rate margins, rate floors and undrawn commitment fees on the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments being increased may be increased and additional upfront or similar fees may be payable to the lenders participating in the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase (without any requirement to pay such fees to any existing Revolving Credit Lenders)).

 

(iii)             The Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (A) shall rank equal in right of payment and security with the Revolving Credit Loans, shall be secured only by all or a portion of the Collateral securing the Obligations and shall only be guaranteed by the Credit Parties, (B) shall not mature earlier than the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and shall require no scheduled amortization or mandatory commitment reduction prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (C) shall have interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, undrawn commitment fees, funding discounts, AHYDO Catch-Up Payments, original issue discounts, maturity, prepayment terms and premiums and commitment reduction and termination terms as determined by the Borrower and the lenders of such commitments; provided that, in the event that the Effective Yield for any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (other than Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans under Loans under any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (w) incurred pursuant to Section 2.14(b)(B), (x) established pursuant to the proviso of Section 2.14(b), (y) having a final maturity date that is more than two years after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or (z) Incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition), is greater than the Effective Yield for the Revolving Credit Loans by more than 0.50%, then the Applicable Margins for the Revolving Credit Loans shall be increased to the extent necessary so that the Effective Yield for the Revolving Credit Loans are equal to the Effective Yield for the Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans minus 0.50%; (D) shall contain borrowing, repayment and termination of Commitment procedures as determined by the Borrower and the lenders of such commitments, (E) may include provisions relating swingline loans and/or letters of credit, as applicable, issued thereunder, which issuances shall be on terms substantially similar (except for the overall size of such subfacilities, the fees payable in connection therewith and the identity of the swingline lender and letter of credit issuer, as applicable, which shall be determined by the Borrower, the lenders of such commitments and the applicable letter of credit issuers and swingline lenders and borrowing, repayment and termination of commitment procedures with respect thereto, in each case which shall be specified in the applicable Incremental Agreement) to the terms relating to the Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit with respect to the applicable Class of Revolving Credit Commitments or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (F) may otherwise have terms and conditions different from those of the Revolving Credit Facility; provided that (x) except with respect to matters contemplated by clauses (B), (C), (D) and (E) above, any differences shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (except for covenants and other provisions applicable only to the periods after the Latest Maturity Date) and (y) the documentation governing any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments may include any Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant so long as the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement is amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility (provided, further, however, that, if the applicable Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant is a “springing” financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of such revolving credit facility or covenant only applicable to, or for the benefit of, a revolving credit facility, the Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant shall be automatically included in this Agreement only for the benefit of each revolving credit facility hereunder (and not for the benefit of any term loan facility hereunder)).

 

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(d)              Each notice from the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be given in writing and shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments. Incremental Term Loans may be made, and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments may be provided, subject to the prior written consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), by any existing Lender (it being understood that no existing Lender with an Initial Term Loan Commitment will have an obligation to make a portion of any Incremental Term Loan, no existing Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment will have any obligation to provide a portion of any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and no existing Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment will have an obligation to provide a portion of any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment) or by any other bank, financial institution, other institutional lender or other investor (any such other bank, financial institution or other investor being called an “Additional Lender”); provided that the Administrative Agent shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Lender’s or Additional Lender’s making such Incremental Term Loans or providing such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or such Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments if such consent would be required under Section 13.6(b) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments, as applicable, to such Lender or Additional Lender; providedfurther, that, solely with respect to any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, the Swingline Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Lender’s or Additional Lender’s providing such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments if such consent would be required under Section 13.6(b) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments, as applicable, to such Lender or Additional Lender.

 

(e)              Commitments in respect of Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments shall become Commitments (or in the case of an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase to be provided by an existing Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment, an increase in such Lender’s applicable Revolving Credit Commitment) under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Agreement”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Credit Documents, executed by Holdings, the Borrower, each Lender agreeing to provide such Commitment, if any, each Additional Lender, if any, and the Administrative Agent. The Incremental Agreement may, subject to Section 2.14(c), without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as may be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section (including (i) in connection with an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, to reallocate Revolving Credit Exposure on a pro rata basis among the relevant Revolving Credit Lenders, (ii) to increase the Effective Yield of the applicable Class of Term Loans to the extent necessary in order to ensure that any applicable Class of Incremental Term Loans are “fungible” with such existing Class of Term Loans and/or (iii) to add or extend “soft call” or add or extend any other “call protection”, in either case for the benefit of any existing Class of Term Loans. The effectiveness of any Incremental Agreement (an “Incremental Facility Closing Date”) and the occurrence of any Credit Event pursuant to such Incremental Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction of such conditions as the parties thereto shall agree. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments for any purpose not prohibited by this Agreement; providedhowever, that the proceeds of any Incremental Term Loans Incurred, and any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments provided, in either case as described in the proviso to Section 2.14(b), shall be used in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

(f)               (i) No Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments unless it so agrees and the Borrower shall not be obligated to offer any existing Lender the opportunity to provide any Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

(ii)              Upon each increase in the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class pursuant to this Section, each Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Lender providing a portion of the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase (each, an “Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender”) in respect of such increase, and each such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans such that, after giving pro forma effect to each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding (A) participations hereunder in Letters of Credit and (B) participations hereunder in Swingline Loans held by each Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class (including each such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender) will equal the percentage of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class of all Lenders represented by such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class. If, on the date of such increase, there are any Revolving Credit Loans of such Class outstanding, such Revolving Credit Loans shall on or prior to the effectiveness of such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase be prepaid from the proceeds of additional Revolving Credit Loans made hereunder (reflecting such increase in Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class), which prepayment shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the Revolving Credit Loans of such Class being prepaid and any costs incurred by any Lender in accordance with Section 2.11. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.

 

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(g)              This Section 2.14 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.7 or 13.1 to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, any provisions of this Section 2.14 may be amended with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided no such amendment shall require any Lender to provide any Incremental Commitment without such Lender’s consent

 

2.15            Extensions of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

(a)              (i) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of each Term Loan of any Class (an “Existing Term Loan Class”) be converted or exchanged to extend the scheduled final maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Term Loans (any such Term Loans which have been so extended, “Extended Term Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.15. Prior to entering into any Extension Agreement with respect to any Extended Term Loans, the Borrower shall provide written notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Existing Term Loan Class, with such request offered equally to all such Lenders of such Existing Term Loan Class) (a “Term Loan Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans to be established, which terms shall be similar to the Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class from which they are to be extended except that (w) the scheduled final maturity date shall be extended and all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of all or a portion of any principal amount of such Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than the scheduled amortization of principal of the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class (with any such delay resulting in a corresponding adjustment to the scheduled amortization payments reflected in Section 2.5 or in the Extension Agreement or the Incremental Agreement, as the case may be, with respect to the Existing Term Loan Class of Term Loans from which such Extended Term Loans were extended, in each case as more particularly set forth in Section 2.15(c) below), (x)(A) the interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, funding discounts, AHYDO Catch-Up Payments, original issue discounts and prepayment terms and premiums with respect to the Extended Term Loans may be different than those for the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class and/or (B) additional fees and/or premiums may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans in addition to any of the items contemplated by the preceding clause (A), in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Agreement, (y) subject to the provisions set forth in Sections 5.1 and 5.2, the Extended Term Loans may have optional prepayment terms (including call protection and prepayment terms and premiums) and mandatory prepayment terms as may be agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders thereof and (z) the Extension Agreement may provide for other covenants and terms that apply to any period after the Latest Maturity Date. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Term Loans of any Existing Term Loan Class converted into Extended Term Loans pursuant to any Term Loan Extension Request. Any Extended Term Loans of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of Term Loans from the Existing Term Loan Class of Term Loans from which they were extended.

 

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(ii)              The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class, the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class and/or any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (and, in each case, including any previously extended Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments), existing at the time of such request (each, an “Existing Revolving Credit Commitment” and any related revolving credit loans under any such facility, “Existing Revolving Credit Loans”; each Existing Revolving Credit Commitment and related Existing Revolving Credit Loans together being referred to as an “Existing Revolving Credit Class”) be converted or exchanged to extend the termination date thereof and the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of Existing Revolving Credit Loans related to such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (any such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments which have been so extended, “Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” and any related revolving credit loans, “Extended Revolving Credit Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.15. Prior to entering into any Extension Agreement with respect to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, with such request offered equally to all Lenders of such Class) (a “Revolving Credit Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to be established thereunder, which terms shall be similar to those applicable to the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments from which they are to be extended (the “Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class”) except that (w) all or any of the final maturity dates of such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be delayed to later dates than the final maturity dates of the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class, (x)(A) the interest rates, interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, funding discounts, AHYDO Catch-Up Payments, original issue discounts and prepayment terms and premiums with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be different than those for the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class and/or (B) additional fees and/or premiums may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in addition to or in lieu of any of the items contemplated by the preceding clause (A) and (y)(1) the undrawn revolving credit commitment fee rate with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be different than those for the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class and (2) the Extension Agreement may provide for other covenants and terms that apply to any period after the Latest Maturity Date; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.15, Section 5.2(e) or otherwise, (I) the borrowing and repayment (other than in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments) of the Extended Revolving Credit Loans under any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with any borrowings and repayments of the Existing Revolving Credit Loans of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class (the mechanics for which may be implemented through the applicable Extension Agreement and may include technical changes related to the borrowing and repayment procedures of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class), (II) assignments and participations of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed by the assignment and participation provisions set forth in Section 13.6 and (III) subject to the applicable limitations set forth in Section 4.2 and Section 5.2(e)(ii), permanent repayments of Extended Revolving Credit Loans (and corresponding permanent reduction in the related Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) shall be permitted as may be agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders thereof. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Revolving Credit Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments of any Existing Revolving Credit Class converted or exchanged into Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to any Extension Request. Any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of revolving credit commitments from Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class and from any other Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (together with any other Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so established on such date).

 

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(b)              The Borrower shall provide the applicable Extension Request to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may determine in its reasonable discretion) prior to the date on which Lenders under the Existing Class are requested to respond, and shall agree to such procedures, if any, as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Administrative Agent, in each case acting reasonably, to accomplish the purpose of this Section 2.15. The Borrower may, at its election, specify as a condition to consummating any Extension Agreement that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Extension Request in the Borrower’s sole discretion and as may be waived by the Borrower) of Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments (as applicable) of any or all applicable Classes be tendered. Any Lender (an “Extending Lender”) wishing to have all or a portion of its Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (or any earlier Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) of an Existing Class subject to such Extension Request converted or exchanged into Extended Loans/Commitments shall notify the Administrative Agent (an “Extension Election”) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of its Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (and/or any earlier Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) which it has elected to convert or exchange into Extended Loans/Commitments (subject to any minimum denomination requirements imposed by the Administrative Agent). In the event that the aggregate amount of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (and any earlier extended Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of Extended Loans/Commitments requested pursuant to the Extension Request, Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or earlier extended Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, subject to Extension Elections shall be converted to or exchanged to Extended Loans/Commitments on a pro rata basis (subject to such rounding requirements as may be established by the Administrative Agent) based on the amount of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and earlier extended Extended Revolving Credit Commitments included in each such Extension Election or as may be otherwise agreed to in the applicable Extension Agreement. Notwithstanding the conversion of any Existing Revolving Credit Commitment into an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, unless expressly agreed by the holders of each affected Existing Revolving Credit Commitment of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class, such Extended Revolving Credit Commitment shall not be treated more favorably than all Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class for purposes of the obligations of a Revolving Credit Lender in respect of Swingline Loans under Section 2.1(d) and Letters of Credit under Section 3, except that the applicable Extension Amendment may provide that the Swingline Maturity Date and/or the last day for issuing Letters of Credit may be extended and the related obligations to make Swingline Loans and issue Letters of Credit may be continued (pursuant to mechanics to be specified in the applicable Extension Amendment) so long as the Swingline Lender and/or each Letter of Credit Issuer have consented to such extensions (it being understood that no consent of any other Lender shall be required in connection with any such extension).

 

(c)              Extended Loans/Commitments shall be established pursuant to an amendment (an “Extension Agreement”) to this Agreement (which, except to the extent expressly contemplated by the penultimate sentence of this Section 2.15(c) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 13.1, shall not require the consent of any Lender other than the Extending Lenders with respect to the Extended Loans/Commitments established thereby) executed by the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Extending Lenders. In addition to any terms and changes required or permitted by Section 2.15(c), each Extension Agreement in respect of Extended Term Loans shall amend the scheduled amortization payments pursuant to Section 2.5 or the applicable Incremental Agreement or Extension Agreement with respect to the Existing Class of Term Loans from which the Extended Term Loans were exchanged to reduce each scheduled Repayment Amount for the Existing Class in the same proportion as the amount of Term Loans of the Existing Class is to be reduced pursuant to such Extension Agreement (it being understood that the amount of any Repayment Amount payable with respect to any individual Term Loan of such Existing Class that is not an Extended Term Loan shall not be reduced as a result thereof). In connection with any Extension Agreement, the Borrower shall deliver an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Extending Lenders (i) as to the enforceability of such Extension Agreement, this Agreement as amended thereby, and such of the other Credit Documents (if any) as may be amended thereby (in the case of such other Credit Documents as contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence) and covering customary matters and (ii) to the effect that such Extension Agreement, including the Extended Loans/Commitments provided for therein, does not breach or result in a default under the provisions of Section 13.1 of this Agreement.

 

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(d)             Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (A) on any date on which any Existing Term Loan Class or Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments is converted or exchanged to extend the related scheduled maturity date(s) in accordance with paragraph (a) above (an “Extension Date”), (I) in the case of the existing Term Loans of each Extending Lender, the aggregate principal amount of such existing Term Loans shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Term Loans so converted or exchanged by such Lender on such date, and the Extended Term Loans shall be established as a separate Class of Term Loans (together with any other Extended Term Loans so established on such date), and (II) in the case of the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of each Extending Lender under any Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class, the aggregate principal amount of such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so converted or exchanged by such Lender on such date (or by any greater amount as may be agreed by the Borrower and such Lender), and such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be established as a separate Class of revolving credit commitments from the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class and from any other Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (together with any other Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so established on such date) and (B) if, on any Extension Date, any Existing Revolving Credit Loans of any Extending Lender are outstanding under the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class, such Existing Revolving Credit Loans (and any related participations) shall be deemed to be converted or exchanged to Extended Revolving Credit Loans (and related participations) of the applicable Class in the same proportion as such Extending Lender’s Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class.

 

(e)              In the event that the Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion that the allocation of Extended Term Loans of a given Extension Series or the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of a given Extension Series, in each case to a given Lender was incorrectly determined as a result of manifest administrative error in the receipt and processing of an Extension Election timely submitted by such Lender in accordance with the procedures set forth in the applicable Extension Agreement, then the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such affected Lender may (and hereby are authorized to), in their sole discretion and without the consent of any other Lender, enter into an amendment to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents (each, a “Corrective Extension Agreement”) within 15 days following the effective date of such Extension Agreement, as the case may be, which Corrective Extension Agreement shall (i) provide for the conversion or exchange and extension of Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Class or Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (and related Revolving Credit Exposure), as the case may be, in such amount as is required to cause such Lender to hold Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (and related revolving credit exposure) of the applicable Extension Series into which such other Term Loans or commitments were initially converted or exchanged, as the case may be, in the amount such Lender would have held had such administrative error not occurred and had such Lender received the minimum allocation of the applicable Loans or Commitments to which it was entitled under the terms of such Extension Agreement, in the absence of such error, (ii) be subject to the satisfaction of such conditions as the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such Lender may agree (including conditions of the type required to be satisfied for the effectiveness of an Extension Agreement described in Section 2.15(c)), and (iii) effect such other amendments of the type (with appropriate reference and nomenclature changes) described in the penultimate sentence of Section 2.15(c).

 

(f)               No conversion or exchange of Loans or Commitments pursuant to any Extension Agreement in accordance with this Section 2.15 shall constitute a voluntary or mandatory payment or prepayment for purposes of this Agreement.

 

(g)              This Section 2.15 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.4 or Section 13.1 to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, any of the provisions of this Section 2.15 may be amended with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such amendment shall require any Lender to provide any Extended Loans/Commitments without such Lender’s consent.

 

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2.16            Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

 

(a)            fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 4.1(a);

 

(b)            the Commitment of and the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether all Lenders or the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to Section 13.1); provided that (i) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender which affects such Defaulting Lender differently than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (ii) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender;

 

(c)            if any Swingline Exposure or Letter of Credit Exposure exists at the time a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then (i) all or any part of such Letter of Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender and such Swingline Exposure of such Defaulting Lender will, subject to the limitation in the proviso below, automatically be reallocated (effective on the day such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender) among the Non-Defaulting Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage; provided that (A) each Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure may not in any event exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Non-Defaulting Lender as in effect at the time of such reallocation and (B) subject to Section 13.21, neither such reallocation nor any payment by a Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant thereto will constitute a waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender or cause such Defaulting Lender to be a Non-Defaulting Lender, (ii) to the extent that all or any portion (the “unreallocated portion”) of the Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure and Swingline Exposure cannot, or can only partially, be so reallocated to Non-Defaulting Lenders, whether by reason of the first proviso in Section 2.16(c)(i) above or otherwise, the Borrower shall within two Business Days following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Swingline Exposure (after giving pro forma effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) and (y) second, Cash Collateralize such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure (after giving pro forma effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above), in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.8 for so long as such Letter of Credit Exposure is outstanding, (iii) if the Borrower Cash Collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure pursuant to the requirements of this Section 2.16(c), the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 4.1(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure is Cash Collateralized, (iv) if the Letter of Credit Exposure of the Non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to the requirements of this Section 2.16(c), then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 4.1(c) shall be adjusted in accordance with such Non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to the Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 4.1(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure during the period that such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure is reallocated, or (v) if any Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure is neither Cash Collateralized nor reallocated pursuant to the requirements of this Section 2.16(c), then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Letter of Credit Issuer or any Lender hereunder, all fees payable under Section 4.1(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure shall be payable to the Letter of Credit Issuer until such Letter of Credit Exposure is Cash Collateralized and/or reallocated;

 

(d)            (i) the Letter of Credit Issuer will not be required to issue any new Letter of Credit or amend any outstanding Letter of Credit to increase the face amount thereof, alter the drawing terms thereunder or extend the expiry date thereof, unless the Letter of Credit Issuer is reasonably satisfied that any exposure that would result from the exposure to such Defaulting Lender is eliminated or fully covered by the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Lenders or by Cash Collateralization or a combination thereof in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.16(c) above or otherwise in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer; and

 

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(ii)     the Swingline Lender will be not required to fund any Swingline Loans unless the Swingline Lender is reasonably satisfied that any exposure that would result from the exposure to such Defaulting Lender is eliminated or fully covered by the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Lenders or a combination thereof in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.16(c) above.

 

(e)             If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and each applicable Letter of Credit Issuer agree in writing in their discretion that a Lender that is 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, such Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans of the other Revolving Credit Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause such outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Revolving Credit Lenders (including such Lender) in accordance with their applicable percentages, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender and will be a Non-Defaulting Lender and any applicable Cash Collateral shall be promptly returned to the Borrower and any Letter of Credit Exposure and Swingline Exposure of such Lender reallocated pursuant to the requirements of Section 2.16(c) shall be reallocated back to such Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; provided that, except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Non-Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender; and

 

(f)             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 11 or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 13.8), 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, in the case of a Revolving Credit Lender, to the payment on a prorata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender hereunder; third, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or 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; fourth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released prorata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize, in accordance with Section 3.8, the Letter of Credit Issuer’s potential future fronting exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement; fifth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, such Letter of Credit Issuer or such Swingline Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; sixth, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any Secured Hedging Agreement with such Defaulting Lender as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Defaulting Lender) prior to such date of payment; seventh, so long as no Default or 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 eighth, 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 or a payment of any Unpaid Drawings, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the relevant Loans of, and Unpaid Drawings owed to, the relevant non-Defaulting Lenders on a prorata basis prior to being applied in the manner set forth in this Section 2.16(f). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 3.8 shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

 

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2.17          Term Loan Exchange Notes.

 

(a)            The Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to offer (each a “Permitted Debt Exchange Offer”) to issue to Lenders holding Term Loans under this Agreement first priority senior secured notes and/or junior lien secured notes and/or unsecured notes (the “Term Loan Exchange Notes”) in exchange for the Term Loans (each such exchange, a “Permitted Debt Exchange”); provided that such Term Loan Exchange Notes may not be in an aggregate principal amount greater than the Term Loans being exchanged plus unpaid accrued interest, fees and premiums (including tender premiums) (if any) thereon, defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and fees, commissions and expenses (including OID, closing payments, upfront fees or similar fees) in connection with the issuance of the Term Loan Exchange Notes. Each such notice shall specify the date (each, a “Term Loan Exchange Effective Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that the Term Loan Exchange Notes shall be issued, which shall be a date not less than fifteen days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (w) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Term Loan Exchange Notes shall not be shorter than the then remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans being exchanged (it being understood that acceleration or mandatory repayment, prepayment, redemption or repurchase of such Term Loan Exchange Notes upon the occurrence of an event of default, a change in control, an event of loss or an asset disposition shall not be deemed to constitute a change in the stated final maturity thereof); (x) if secured, such Term Loan Exchange Notes shall rank equal to or junior in right of payment and of security with the Loans and Commitments being exchanged hereunder; (y) all other terms and conditions (other than interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest rate margins, rate floors, fees, maturity, funding discounts, original issue discounts and redemption or prepayment terms and premiums) applicable to such Term Loan Exchange Notes shall reflect market terms and conditions at the time of incurrence or issuance (as determined in good faith by the Borrower); provided that the Term Loan Exchange Notes may have the benefit of any Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant if the Administrative Agent has been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement shall have been amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant; and (z) the obligations in respect of the Term Loan Exchange Notes (A) shall not be secured by Liens on any asset of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than assets constituting Collateral, (B) if such Term Loan Exchange Notes are secured, all security therefor shall be granted pursuant to documentation that is not more restrictive than the Security Documents in any material respect taken as a whole (as determined by the Borrower) and the representative for such Additional Term Notes shall enter into a Customary Intercreditor Agreement (it being understood that junior Liens are not required to be equal to other junior Liens, and that Indebtedness secured by junior Liens may be secured by Liens that are equal to, or junior in priority to, other Liens that are junior to the Liens securing the Obligations), or (C) shall not be incurred or Guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiary unless such Restricted Subsidiary is a Credit Party which shall have previously or substantially concurrently Guaranteed or borrowed such Term Loans being exchanged.

 

(b)            The Borrower shall offer to issue Term Loan Exchange Notes in exchange for the Class of Term Loans to all Lenders holding such Class of Term Loans (other than any Lender that, if requested by the Borrower, is unable to certify that it is (i) a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act), (ii) an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act) or (iii) not a “U.S. person” (as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act) on a pro rata basis, and such Lenders may choose to accept or decline to receive such Term Loan Exchange Notes in their sole discretion. Any such Term Loans exchanged for Term Loan Exchange Notes shall be automatically and immediately, without further action by any Person, cancelled on the Term Loan Exchange Effective Date for all purposes of this Agreement (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, any applicable exchanging Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, or such other form as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in respect thereof pursuant to which the respective Lender assigns its interest in the Term Loans being exchanged pursuant to the Permitted Debt Exchange to the Borrower for immediate cancellation), and accrued and unpaid interest on such Term Loans shall be paid to the exchanging Lenders on the Term Loan Exchange Effective Date, or, if agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date with respect to such Term Loans (with such interest accruing until the date of consummation of such Permitted Debt Exchange).

 

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(c)            If the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) of a given Class tendered by Lenders in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer (with no Lender being permitted to tender a principal amount of Term Loans which exceeds the principal amount thereof of the applicable Class actually held by it) shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of such Class offered to be exchanged by the Borrower pursuant to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer, then the Borrower shall exchange Term Loans under the relevant Class tendered by such Lenders ratably up to such maximum based on the respective principal amounts so tendered, or, if such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall have been made with respect to multiple Classes without specifying a maximum aggregate principal amount offered to be exchanged for each Class, and the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) of all Classes tendered by Lenders in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer (with no Lender being permitted to tender a principal amount of Term Loans which exceeds the principal amount thereof actually held by it) shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of all relevant Classes offered to be exchanged by the Borrower pursuant to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer, then the Borrower shall exchange Term Loans across all Classes subject to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer tendered by such Lenders ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts so tendered.

 

(d)            With respect to all Permitted Debt Exchanges effected by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.17, unless waived by the Borrower, such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall be made for not less than $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Term Loans; provided that subject to the foregoing the Borrower may at its election specify (A) as a condition (a “Minimum Tender Condition”) to consummating any such Permitted Debt Exchange that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer in the Borrower’s discretion) of Term Loans of any or all applicable Classes be tendered and/or (B) as a condition (a “Maximum Tender Condition”) to consummating any such Permitted Debt Exchange that no more than a maximum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer in the Borrower’s discretion) of Term Loans of any or all applicable Classes will be accepted for exchange. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby acknowledge and agree that this Section 2.17 shall supersede any provisions of Section 2.5, Section V and Section 13.1 to the contrary, waive the requirements of any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that may otherwise prohibit the incurrence of any Indebtedness expressly provided for by this Section 2.17 and hereby agree not to assert any Default or Event of Default in connection with the implementation of any such Permitted Debt Exchange or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.17.

 

(e)            In connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice thereof, and the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, acting reasonably, shall mutually agree to such procedures as may be necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.17; provided that the terms of any Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall provide that the date by which the relevant Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such Permitted Debt Exchange shall be not less than five Business Days following the date on which the Permitted Debt Exchange Offer is made. The Borrower shall provide the final results of such Permitted Debt Exchange to the Administrative Agent no later than one Business Day prior to the proposed date of effectiveness for such Permitted Debt Exchange and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such results.

 

(f)            The Borrower shall be responsible for compliance with, and hereby agrees to comply with, all applicable securities and other laws in connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, it being understood and agreed that (x) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender assumes any responsibility in connection with the Borrower’s compliance with such laws in connection with any Permitted Debt Exchange and (y) each Lender shall be solely responsible for its compliance with any applicable “insider trading” laws and regulations to which such Lender may be subject under the Exchange Act.

 

SECTION 3.           Letters of Credit.

 

3.1            Issuance of Letters of Credit.

 

(a)            Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the date that is 15 days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the Letter of Credit Issuer agrees to issue (or cause its Affiliates or other financial institution with which the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have entered into an agreement regarding the issuance of letters of credit hereunder, to issue on its behalf), upon the request of and for the account of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, letters of credit (each, a “Letter of Credit”) in such form as may be approved by the Letter of Credit Issuer in its reasonable discretion; provided that the Borrower shall be a co-applicant, and be jointly and severally liable, with respect to each Letter of Credit issued for the account of a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

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(b)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which, when added to the Letter of Credit Obligations at such time, would exceed the Letter of Credit Sub-Commitment then in effect, (ii) no Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which, when added to the Letter of Credit Obligations and the Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans outstanding at such time, would exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect, (iii) no Letter of Credit shall be required to be issued by a Letter of Credit Issuer the Stated Amount of which, when added to such Letter of Credit Issuer’s Revolving Credit Exposure (whether held directly or through its Affiliates), would exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Letter of Credit Issuer (or its Affiliates), (iv) each Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date occurring no later than the earlier of (x) one year after the date of issuance thereof, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer or as provided under Section 3.2(e), and (y) the Letter of Credit Maturity Date, (v) each Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars, (vi) no Letter of Credit shall be issued if it would be illegal under any Applicable Law for the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit to have a Letter of Credit issued in its favor, (vii) no Letter of Credit shall be issued after the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer has received a written notice from the Borrower or the Administrative Agent stating that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing until such time as the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a written notice of (x) rescission of such notice from the party or parties originally delivering such notice or (y) the waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 or that such Default or Event of Default is no longer continuing and (viii) Barclays Bank PLC shall not be required to issue commercial or trade letters of credit.

 

(c)            In connection with the establishment of any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and subject to the availability of unused Commitments with respect to such newly established Class and the satisfaction of the Conditions set forth in Section 7, the Borrower may, with the written consent of the Letter of Credit Issuer, designate any outstanding Letter of Credit to be a Letter of Credit issued pursuant to such Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable. Upon such designation such Letter of Credit shall no longer be deemed to be issued and outstanding under such prior Class and shall instead be deemed to be issued and outstanding under such newly established Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable.

 

(d)            On the Closing Date, without further action by any party hereto (including the delivery of a Letter of Credit Request or any consent of, or confirmation by or to, the Administrative Agent), subject to the terms of this Section 3, (i) each Existing Letter of Credit set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) hereto issued by a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder shall become a Letter of Credit outstanding under this Agreement, shall be deemed to be a Letter of Credit issued under this Agreement and shall be subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including Section 4.1) as if each such Letter of Credit was issued by the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) each Letter of Credit Issuer that has issued an Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed to have granted each Letter of Credit Participant in respect thereof and each Letter of Credit Participant in respect thereof shall be deemed to have acquired from such Letter of Credit Issuer, on the terms and conditions of Section 3.3 hereof, for such Letter of Credit Participant’s own account and risk, an undivided participation interest in such Letter of Credit Issuer’s obligations and rights under each such Existing Letter of Credit equal to such Letter of Credit Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage, as applicable, of (A) the outstanding amount available to be drawn under such Existing Letter of Credit and (B) the aggregate amount of any outstanding reimbursement obligations in respect thereof.

 

3.2            Letter of Credit Requests.

 

(a)            Whenever the Borrower (or the Borrower on behalf of any Restricted Subsidiary) desires that a Letter of Credit be issued (or amended, renewed or extended), it shall give the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer a Letter of Credit Request by no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) (i) at least three (or such lesser number as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer) Business Days prior to the proposed date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension for any Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor (provided that such Subsidiary Guarantor shall have also signed the applicable Letter of Credit Request), (ii) at least five (or such lesser number as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer) Business Days prior to the proposed date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension for any Letter of Credit for the account of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party and (iii) at least ten (or such lesser number as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer) Business Days prior to the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension for any Letter of Credit for the account of any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary. Each Letter of Credit Request shall be executed by the Borrower and sent by facsimile, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by the Letter of Credit Issuer, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to the Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

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(b)            In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the Stated Amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof (which shall be not later than the earlier of (x) one year after the date of issuance thereof, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer or as provided under Section 3.2(e), and (y) the Letter of Credit Maturity Date); (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder and (G) such other matters as the Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify: (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require.

 

(c)            Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Request, the Letter of Credit Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent in writing that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Request from the Borrower and, if not, the Letter of Credit Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the Letter of Credit Issuer has received written notice from the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Borrower or any other Credit Party at least two Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Section 7 shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

(d)            The making of each Letter of Credit Request shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the Letter of Credit may be issued in accordance with, and will not violate the requirements of, Section 3.1(b).

 

(e)            If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Request, the Letter of Credit Issuer may agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the Letter of Credit Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the Letter of Credit Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Letter of Credit Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Maturity Date; provided, however, that the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the Letter of Credit Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 3.1(b) or otherwise), or (B) it has received written notice on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 7 are not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the Letter of Credit Issuer not to permit such extension.

  

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(f)            Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment, renewal or extension to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the Letter of Credit Issuer will notify the Administrative Agent of such delivery, amendment, renewal or extension and will also deliver to the Borrower a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment, renewal or extension. On the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall provide the Administrative Agent a list of all Letters of Credit issued by it that are outstanding at such time.

 

3.3            Letter of Credit Participations.

 

(a)            Immediately upon the issuance by the Letter of Credit Issuer of any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each other Revolving Credit Lender (each such Revolving Credit Lender, in its capacity under this Section 3.3(a), a “Letter of Credit Participant”), and each such Letter of Credit Participant shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased and received from the Letter of Credit Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation (each, a “Letter of Credit Participation”), to the extent of such Letter of Credit Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage, in such Letter of Credit, each substitute letter of credit, each drawing made thereunder and the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement with respect thereto, and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto (although Letter of Credit Fees will be paid directly to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Letter of Credit Participants as provided in Section 4.1(c) and the Letter of Credit Participants shall have no right to receive any portion of any fees paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of each Letter of Credit issued hereunder).

 

(b)            In determining whether to pay under any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have no obligation relative to the Letter of Credit Participants other than to confirm to the Administrative Agent that any documents required to be delivered under such Letter of Credit have been delivered and that they appear to comply on their face with the requirements of such Letter of Credit. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Letter of Credit Issuer under or in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by it, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall not create for the Letter of Credit Issuer any resulting liability.

 

(c)            Whenever the Administrative Agent receives a payment in respect of an unpaid reimbursement obligation for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each Letter of Credit Participant that has paid its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such reimbursement obligation, in Dollars and in immediately available funds, an amount equal to such Letter of Credit Participant’s share (based upon the proportionate aggregate amount originally funded or deposited by such Letter of Credit Participant to the aggregate amount funded or deposited by all Letter of Credit Participants) of the principal amount of such reimbursement obligation and interest thereon accruing after the purchase of the respective Letter of Credit Participations; provided that the amount paid to any Letter of Credit Participant shall not exceed the amount funded or deposited by such Letter of Credit Participant.

 

(d)            The obligations of the Letter of Credit Participants to purchase Letter of Credit Participations from the Letter of Credit Issuer and make payments to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit shall be irrevocable and not subject to counterclaim, set-off or other defense or any other qualification or exception whatsoever and shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances, including under any of the following circumstances:

 

(i)            any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents;

 

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(ii)            the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Letter of Credit, any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or transferee may be acting), the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Lender or other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated hereby or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying transaction between the Borrower and the beneficiary named in any such Letter of Credit);

 

(iii)          any draft, certificate or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;

 

(iv)          the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance of any of the terms of any of the Credit Documents;

 

(v)           the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default; or

 

(vi)          any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the

 

(vi)          foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Credit Party or Restricted Subsidiary.

 

3.4            Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings.

 

(a)            The Borrower hereby agrees to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer in Dollars with respect to any drawing under any Letter of Credit, by making payment, whether with its own funds, with the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans or any other source, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer in immediately available funds, for any payment or disbursement made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit issued by it (with respect to each such amount so paid under a Letter of Credit until reimbursed, a “Unpaid Drawing” (i) within one Business Day of the date of such payment or disbursement, if the Letter of Credit Issuer provides notice to the Borrower of such payment or disbursement prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such next succeeding Business Day after the date of such payment or disbursement or (ii) if such notice is received after such time, on the next Business Day following the date of receipt of such notice (such required date for reimbursement under clause (i) or (ii), as applicable (the “Required Reimbursement Date”), with interest on the amount so paid or disbursed by such Letter of Credit Issuer, from and including the date of such payment or disbursement to but excluding the Required Reimbursement Date, at the per annum rate for each day equal to the rate described in Section 2.8(a); provided that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, with respect to any Letter of Credit, (i) unless the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Required Reimbursement Date that the Borrower intends to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for the amount of such drawing with funds other than the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have given a Notice of Borrowing requesting that the Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments make Revolving Credit Loans (which shall be ABR Loans) on the Required Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing, and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Letter of Credit Participant of such drawing and the amount of its Revolving Credit Loan to be made in respect thereof, and each Letter of Credit Participant shall be irrevocably obligated to make a Revolving Credit Loan to the Borrower in the manner deemed to have been requested in the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the applicable Unpaid Drawing by 12:00 noon (New York City time) on such Required Reimbursement Date by making the amount of such Revolving Credit Loan available to the Administrative Agent. Such Revolving Credit Loans made in respect of such Unpaid Drawing on such Required Reimbursement Date shall be made without regard to the Minimum Borrowing Amount and without regard to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 7. The Administrative Agent shall use the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans solely for the purpose of reimbursing the Letter of Credit Issuer for the related Unpaid Drawing. If and to the extent such Letter of Credit Participant shall not have so made its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such payment available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, or that in the sole judgment of the Letter of Credit Issuer, such Revolving Credit Loan cannot for any reason be made on the date otherwise required above (including as a result of the commencement of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law in respect of the Borrower), each Letter of Credit Participant hereby agrees that its participation in such Unpaid Drawing shall remain outstanding in lieu of funding its portion of such Revolving Credit Loan and such Letter of Credit Participant agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, forthwith on demand, such amount, together with interest thereon for each day from such date until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate from time to time then in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with the foregoing. The failure of any Letter of Credit Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under any Letter of Credit shall not relieve any other Letter of Credit Participant of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under such Letter of Credit on the date required, as specified above, but no Letter of Credit Participant shall be responsible for the failure of any other Letter of Credit Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent such other Letter of Credit Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any such payment.

  

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(b)            The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 3.4 to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Unpaid Drawings (including, in each case, interest thereon) shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower or any other Person may have or have had against the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including in its capacity as a Letter of Credit Participant), including any defense based upon the failure of any drawing under a Letter of Credit (each, a “Drawing”) to conform to the terms of such Letter of Credit or any non-application or misapplication by the beneficiary of the proceeds of such Drawing; provided that the Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for any wrongful payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under the Letter of Credit issued by it as a result of acts or omissions constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Letter of Credit Issuer as determined in the final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

3.5            Increased Costs. If a Change in Law shall either (a) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against letters of credit issued by the Letter of Credit Issuer, or any Letter of Credit Participant’s Letter of Credit Participation therein or (b) impose on the Letter of Credit Issuer or any Letter of Credit Participant any other conditions affecting its obligations under this Agreement in respect of Letters of Credit or Letter of Credit Participations therein or any Letter of Credit or such Letter of Credit Participant’s Letter of Credit Participation therein, and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant of issuing, maintaining or participating in any Letter of Credit, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant hereunder (other than any such increase or reduction attributable to (i) taxes indemnifiable under Section 5.4, (ii) taxes described in clause (A), (B) or (C) of Section 5.4(a) or (iii) taxes described in Section 5.4(f)) in respect of Letters of Credit or Letter of Credit Participations therein, then, promptly after receipt of written demand to the Borrower by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which notice shall be sent by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant for such increased cost or reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that the Letter of Credit Issuer or a Letter of Credit Participant shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Person’s compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any such Applicable Law that would have existed in the event that a Change in Law had not occurred. A certificate submitted to the Borrower by the Letter of Credit Issuer or a Letter of Credit Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which certificate shall be sent by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant to the Administrative Agent), setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the determination of such additional amount or amounts necessary to compensate the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant as aforesaid shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower absent clearly demonstrable error. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer shall be entitled to seek compensation under this Section 3.5 based on the occurrence of a Change in Law arising solely from (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or any requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or (y) Basel III or any requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, unless such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer is generally seeking compensation from other borrowers in the U.S. leveraged loan market with respect to its similarly affected commitments, loans and/or participations under agreements with such borrowers having provisions similar to this Section 3.5.

  

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3.6            New or Successor Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

(a)            Any Letter of Credit Issuer may resign as a Letter of Credit Issuer upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders and the Borrower. Subject to the terms of the following sentence, the Borrower may replace the Letter of Credit Issuer for any reason upon written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower may add Letter of Credit Issuers at any time upon notice to the Administrative Agent and with the agreement of such new Letter of Credit Issuer. If the Letter of Credit Issuer shall resign or be replaced, or if the Borrower shall decide to add a new Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement, then the Borrower may appoint a successor issuer of Letters of Credit or a new Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor issuer shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the replaced or resigning Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or such new issuer of Letters of Credit shall be granted the rights, powers and duties of a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, and the term “Letter of Credit Issuer” shall mean such successor or such new issuer of Letters of Credit effective upon such appointment. At the time such resignation or replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay to the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer all accrued and unpaid fees pursuant to Sections 4.1(b) and 4.1(d). The acceptance of any appointment as a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, whether as a successor issuer or new issuer of Letters of Credit in accordance with this Agreement, shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such new or successor issuer of Letters of Credit, in a form satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, such new or successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall become a “Letter of Credit Issuer” hereunder. After the resignation or replacement of a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of a Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation or replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit or amend or renew existing Letters of Credit. In connection with any resignation or replacement pursuant to this clause (a) (but, in case of any such resignation, only to the extent that a successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall have been appointed), either (i) the Borrower, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall arrange to have any outstanding Letters of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer replaced with Letters of Credit issued by the successor issuer of Letters of Credit or (ii) the Borrower shall cause the successor issuer of Letters of Credit, if such successor issuer is reasonably satisfactory to the replaced or resigning Letter of Credit Issuer, to issue “back-stop” Letters of Credit naming the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer as beneficiary for each outstanding Letter of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer, which new Letters of Credit shall have a face amount equal to the Letters of Credit being back-stopped, and the sole requirement for drawing on such new Letters of Credit shall be a drawing on the corresponding back-stopped Letters of Credit. After any resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer’s resignation or replacement as Letter of Credit Issuer, the provisions of this Agreement relating to a Letter of Credit Issuer shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it (A) while it was a Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement or (B) at any time with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

(b)            To the extent that there are, at the time of any resignation or replacement as set forth in clause (a) above, any outstanding Letters of Credit, nothing herein shall be deemed to impact or impair any rights and obligations of any of the parties hereto with respect to such outstanding Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, any obligations related to the payment of fees or the reimbursement or funding of amounts drawn), except that the Borrower, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall have the obligations regarding outstanding Letters of Credit described in clause (a) above.

  

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3.7            Role of Letter of Credit Issuer. Each Revolving Credit Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Related Party of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates or any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Required Lenders or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable, (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Related Party of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates or any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in Section 3.3(d); provided that anything in such Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against the Letter of Credit Issuer, and the Letter of Credit Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower caused by the Letter of Credit Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence, as determined in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, or the Letter of Credit Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable order). In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Letter of Credit Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.

 

3.8            Cash Collateral.

 

(a)            If, as of the Letter of Credit Maturity Date, there are any Letter of Credit Obligations, the Borrower shall promptly (and in any event not later than the following Business Day) Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Obligations that for any reason remain outstanding. Section 2.16 and Section 5.2 set forth certain additional circumstances under which Cash Collateral may be, or is required to be, delivered hereunder.

 

(b)            If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders may require that the Letter of Credit Obligations be Cash Collateralized; provided that, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default referred to in Section 11.5, the Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize the Letters of Credit then outstanding and no notice or request by or consent from the Required Lenders shall be required.

 

(c)            For purposes of this Agreement, “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Letter of Credit Issuer collateral for the Letter of Credit Obligations cash or deposit account balances (“Cash Collateral”) in an amount equal to 102% of the amount of the Letter of Credit Obligations required to be Cash Collateralized pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Revolving Credit Lenders). Derivatives of such terms have corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Letter of Credit Participants, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Letter of Credit Participants, other than any Liens permitted under Section 10.2, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the amount required to be delivered as described above, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Collateral Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, interest bearing deposit accounts with the Collateral Agent.

  

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(d)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under this Agreement in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific Letter of Credit Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein, any interest accrued on such obligation and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.

 

(e)          Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce or secure any obligations herein shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable obligation giving rise thereto or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however that (x) any such release shall be without prejudice to, and any disbursement or other transfer of Cash Collateral shall be and remain subject to, any other Lien conferred under the Credit Documents and the other applicable provisions of the Credit Documents, and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the Letter of Credit Issuer may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support anticipated obligations.

 

3.9          [Reserved]

 

3.10        Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

 

3.11        Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Restricted Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

3.12        Other.

 

(a)          The Letter of Credit Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

 

(i)            any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Letter of Credit Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any requirement of law applicable to the Letter of Credit Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Letter of Credit Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the Letter of Credit Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Letter of Credit Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the Letter of Credit Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the Letter of Credit Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

 

(ii)            the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the Letter of Credit Issuer;

 

(iii)           except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial Stated Amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $10,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;

 

(iv)          such Letter of Credit is denominated in a currency other than Dollars; or

 

(v)           such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the Stated Amount after any drawing thereunder.

 

(b)         The Letter of Credit Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the Letter of Credit Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.

  

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(c)            The Letter of Credit Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Section 12 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Section 12 included the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

3.13            Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the UCP shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible to the Borrower for, and the Letter of Credit Issuer’s rights and remedies against the Borrower shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of the Letter of Credit Issuer required or permitted under any Applicable Law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Applicable Law or any order of a jurisdiction where the Letter of Credit Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.

 

SECTION 4.      Fees; Commitment Reductions and Terminations.

 

4.1            Fees.

 

(a)            The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender (in each case prorata according to the respective Revolving Credit Commitments of all such Revolving Credit Lenders) a commitment fee (the “Commitment Fee”) in Dollars that shall accrue daily from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Credit Termination Date. Each such Commitment Fee shall be payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December (for the three-month period (or portion thereof) ended on such day for which no payment has been received) and (y) on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (for the period ended on such date for which no payment has been received pursuant to clause (x) above), and shall be computed for each day during such period at a rate per annum equal to the Commitment Fee Rate in effect on such day to be calculated based on the actual amount of the Available Revolving Credit Commitment (in each case, assuming for this purpose that there is no reference to Swingline Loans in clause (b)(i) of the definition of Available Revolving Credit Commitment) in effect on such day.

 

(b)            Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Letter of Credit Issuer for its own account a fronting fee (the “Fronting Fee”) with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such Letter of Credit Issuer on the Borrower’s behalf, computed at the rate for each day for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to but excluding the termination or expiration date of such Letter of Credit equal to 0.125% per annum (or such other percentage per annum as may be agreed between the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower), times the actual daily Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit. The Fronting Fee shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

 

(c)            The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender, prorata according to the Letter of Credit Exposure of such Lender, a fee in Dollars in respect of each Letter of Credit (the “Letter of Credit Fee”), for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to but excluding the termination or expiration date of such Letter of Credit, computed at the per annum rate for each day equal to (x) the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans then in effect for Revolving Credit Loans times (y) the actual daily Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit. Each Letter of Credit Fee shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date. If there is any change in the Applicable Margin during any quarter, the daily maximum amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Margin separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Margin was in effect.

 

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(d)            The Borrower agrees to pay directly to each Letter of Credit Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the Letter of Credit Issuer relating to Letters of Credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable within 10 Business Days after demand and are nonrefundable.

 

(e)            The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the administrative agency fees in the amounts and on the dates as set forth in the Fee Letter.

 

(f)            The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Initial Term Loan Lender on the Closing Date, an upfront fee equal to 0.50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term Loans made on the Closing Date, which may be reflected as original issue discount. All such fees payable under this Section 4.1(f) shall be payable in full on the Closing Date.

 

4.2            Voluntary Reduction of Commitments.

 

(a)            Upon the prior written notice to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office (in which case the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each of the Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, without premium or penalty, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the Commitments of any Class, as determined by the Borrower, in whole or in part; provided that (a) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m., at least two Business Days prior to the proposed date of termination or reduction, (b) any such termination or reduction shall apply proportionately and permanently to reduce the Commitments of each of the Lenders within such Class, except that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) the Borrower may allocate any termination or reduction of Commitments among Classes of Commitments at its direction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, to the Commitments with respect to any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments without any termination or reduction of the Commitments with respect to any Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the same Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class) and (2) in connection with the establishment on any date of any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.15, the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of any one or more Lenders providing any such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on such date shall be reduced in an amount equal to the amount of Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments so extended on such date (or, if agreed by the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, by any greater amount so long as (a) a proportionate reduction of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments has been offered to each Lender to whom the applicable Revolving Credit Extension Request has been made (which may be conditioned upon such Lender becoming an Extending Lender), and (b) the Borrower prepays the Existing Revolving Credit Loans of such Class owed to such Lenders providing such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to the extent necessary to ensure that, after giving pro forma effect to such repayment or reduction, the Existing Revolving Credit Loans of such Class are held by the Lenders of such Class on a prorata basis in accordance with their Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class after giving pro forma effect to such reduction) (provided that (x) after giving pro forma effect to any such reduction and to the repayment of any Loans made on such date, the aggregate amount of the revolving credit exposure of any such Lender does not exceed the Existing Revolving Credit Commitment thereof (such revolving credit exposure and Revolving Credit Commitment being determined in each case, for the avoidance of doubt, exclusive of such Lender’s Extended Revolving Credit Commitment and any exposure in respect thereof) and (y) for the avoidance of doubt, any such repayment of Loans contemplated by the preceding clause shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 5.3(a) with respect to the ratable allocation of payments hereunder, with such allocation being determined after giving pro forma effect to any conversion or exchange pursuant to Section 2.15 of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and Existing Revolving Credit Loans into Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Loans respectively, and prior to any reduction being made to the Commitment of any other Lender), (c) any partial reduction pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be in an aggregate amount of at least $1,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (d) after giving pro forma effect to such termination or reduction and to any prepayments of Loans or cancellation or Cash Collateralization of Letters of Credit made on the date thereof in accordance with this Agreement, the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ revolving credit exposures for such Class shall not exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment for such Class, (e) after giving pro forma effect to such termination or reduction and to any prepayments of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans of any Class or cancellation or cash collateralization of letters of credit made on the date thereof in accordance with this Agreement, the aggregate amount of such Lenders’ revolving credit exposures for such Class shall not exceed the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment for such Class and the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ revolving credit exposure for all Classes shall not exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment for all Classes, and (f) if, after giving pro forma effect to any reduction hereunder, the Letter of Credit Commitment or the Swingline Commitment exceeds the sum of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment (if any), such Commitment shall be 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(b)            Upon at least one Business Day’s prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the Letter of Credit Sub-Commitment, in whole or in part; provided that, after giving pro forma effect to such termination or reduction, the Letter of Credit Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sub-Commitment.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 4.2(a), the Borrower may terminate the unused amount of the Commitment of a Defaulting Lender upon not less than two (2) Business Days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly notify the Lenders thereof), and in such event the provisions of Section 2.16(f) will apply to all amounts thereafter paid by the Borrower for the account of such Defaulting Lender under this Agreement (whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnity or other amounts); provided that such termination will not be deemed to be a waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer, any Swingline Lender or any Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender.

 

4.3            Mandatory Termination of Commitments.

 

(a)            The Total Initial Term Loan CommitmentCommitments described in clause (a) of the definition thereof shall terminate upon the occurrence of the Closing Date and the Initial Term Loan Commitments described in clause (b) of the definition thereof shall terminate upon the occurrence of the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date.

 

(b)            The Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall terminate at 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

 

(c)            The Swingline Commitments shall terminate at 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Swingline Maturity Date.

 

(d)            The Incremental Term Loan Commitment for any Class shall, unless otherwise provided in the documentation governing such Incremental Term Loan Commitment, terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Incremental Facility Closing Date for such Class.

 

(e)            The Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment for any Class shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the maturity date for such Class specified in the documentation governing such Class.

 

(f)            The Extended Loan/Commitment for any Extension Series shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the maturity date for such Class specified in the Extension Agreement.

 

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SECTION 5.      Payments.

 

5.1            Voluntary Prepayments.

 

(a)            The Borrower shall have the right to prepay Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans, without, except as set forth in Section 5.1(b), premium or penalty, in whole or in part from time to time on the following terms and conditions: (1) the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office written notice of its intent to make such prepayment, the amount of such prepayment and in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made, which notice shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit O and be given by the Borrower no later than (x) 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of such prepayment (in the case of ABR Loans) (y) 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of such prepayment (in the case of Swingline Loans) or (z) 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) three Business Days prior to (in the case of Eurodollar Loans), and, in each case, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each of the relevant Lenders or the relevant Swingline Lender, as the case may be, (2) each partial prepayment of any Borrowing of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be in a multiple of $500,000 and in an aggregate principal amount of at least $1,000,000 and each partial prepayment of Swingline Loans shall be in a multiple of $100,000 and in an aggregate principal amount of at least $100,000; provided that no partial prepayment of Eurodollar Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing shall reduce the outstanding Eurodollar Loans made pursuant to such Borrowing to an amount less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount for Eurodollar Loans and (3) any prepayment of Eurodollar Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto shall be subject to compliance by the Borrower with the applicable provisions of Section 2.11. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Class(es) and Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid. Each prepayment in respect of any Class of Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be applied to reduce the Repayment Amounts in such order as the Borrower may determine and may be applied to any Class of Term Loans as directed by the Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower may (i) prepay Term Loans of an Existing Term Loan Class pursuant to this Section 5.1 without any requirement to prepay Extended Term Loans that were converted or exchanged from such Existing Term Loan Class and (ii) prepay Extended Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 without any requirement to prepay Term Loans of an Existing Term Loan Class that were converted or exchanged for such Extended Term Loans. In the event that the Borrower does not specify the order in which to apply prepayments to reduce Repayment Amounts or as between Classes of Term Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected that such proceeds be applied to reduce the Repayment Amounts in direct order of maturity and/or a prorata basis among Term Loan Classes. All prepayments under this Section 5.1 shall also be subject to the provisions of Sections 5.2(d) and 5.2(e). At the Borrower’s election in connection with any prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.1, such prepayment shall not be applied to any Loan of a Defaulting Lender.

 

(b)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, at the time of the effectiveness of any Repricing Transaction (including any Incurrence of Incremental Term Loans pursuant to the proviso of Section 2.14(b) in respect of Initial Term Loans) that is consummated prior to the twelve-monthsix-month anniversary of the ClosingFirst Incremental Agreement Effective Date, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each Lender with outstanding Initial Term Loans, a fee in an amount equal to 1.0% of (x) in the case of a Repricing Transaction of the type described in clause (a) of the definition thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all Initial Term Loans prepaid (or converted or exchanged) in connection with such Repricing Transaction and (y) in the case of a Repricing Transaction described in clause (b) of the definition thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all Initial Term Loans outstanding on such date that are subject to an effective pricing reduction pursuant to such Repricing Transaction. Such fees shall be due and payable upon the date of the effectiveness of such Repricing Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, on and after the date that is twelvesix months following the Closingthe First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, no fee shall be payable pursuant to this Section 5.1(b).

 

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5.2            Mandatory Prepayments.

 

(a)            Term Loan Prepayments.

 

(i)            On each occasion that a Prepayment Event occurs, the Borrower shall, within five Business Day after the receipt of Net Cash Proceeds from a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event and within thirty days after the receipt of Net Cash Proceeds in connection with the occurrence of any other Prepayment Event, offer to prepay (or, in the case of a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event arising from (A) the Incurrence of Incremental Term Loans in reliance on clause (x) of the proviso to Section 2.14(b), (B) the Incurrence of Permitted Additional Debt in reliance on clause (x) of Section 10.1(u)(i) or (C) to the extent relating to Term Loans, the Incurrence of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (any of the foregoing, a “Specified Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event”), prepay), in accordance with Sections 5.2(c) and 5.2(d) below, without premium or penalty, a principal amount of Term Loans in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such Prepayment Event; provided that, in the case of Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or a Recovery Prepayment Event, the Borrower may use cash in an amount not to exceed the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds to prepay, redeem, defease, acquire, repurchase or make a similar payment to any Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt or any Permitted Additional Debt secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks equal in priority to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies), in each case the documentation with respect to which requires the issuer or borrower under such Indebtedness to prepay or make an offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or satisfy and discharge such Indebtedness with the proceeds of such Prepayment Event, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (1) the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds multiplied by (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of the Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt and Permitted Additional Debt secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks equal in priority to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) and with respect to which such a requirement to prepay or make an offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or satisfy and discharge exists and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt and Permitted Additional Debt and the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans; provided that in the case of Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or a Recovery Prepayment Event, (A) the percentage in this Section 5.2(a)(i) shall be reduced to 50.0% if the Borrower’s Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date the Net Cash Proceeds are required to be offered, is less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 but greater than 4.00 to 1.00 and (B) no payment of any Term Loans shall be required under this Section 5.2(a)(i) if the Borrower’s Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date the Net Cash Proceeds are required to be offered, is less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00.

 

(ii)            Not later than the date that is ten Business Days following the date Section 9.1 Financials are required to be delivered under Section 9.1(a) (commencing with the Section 9.1 Financials to be delivered with respect to the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017), the Borrower shall offer to prepay, in accordance with Sections 5.2(c) and 5.2(d) below, without premium or penalty, an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans equal to (x) 50.0% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year minus (y) at the Borrower’s option, the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1, the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans and other revolving loans that are effective in reliance on Section 10.1(a) or Section 10.1(u) voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1 to the extent accompanied by a permanent reduction of such Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or other revolving commitments, as applicable, in an equal amount pursuant to Section 4.2 (or equivalent provision governing such revolving credit facility) and the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid by any Purchasing Borrower Party (other than Holdings) to effect any assignment to it of Term Loans pursuant to Section 13.6(g), but only to the extent that such Term Loans (x) have been acquired pursuant to an offer made to all Lenders within any Class of Term Loans on a prorata basis (in which case, the applicable reduction to the required Excess Cash Flow payment shall be for the amounts owing to such Class only) and (y) have been cancelled, but excluding the aggregate principal amount of any such voluntary prepayments and any such assignments made with the proceeds of Incurrences of long-term Indebtedness or issuances of Capital Stock), in each case during such fiscal year or after year-end and prior to the time such prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.2(a)(ii) is due; provided that, in the case that Excess Cash Flow is required to be offered to prepay any Term Loans, the Borrower may use cash in an amount not to exceed the amount of such Excess Cash Flow required to be offered to prepay the Term Loans to prepay, redeem, defease, acquire, repurchase or make a similar payment to any Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt or any Permitted Additional Debt secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks equal in priority to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies), in each case the documentation with respect to which requires the issuer or borrower under such Indebtedness to prepay or make an offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or satisfy and discharge such Indebtedness with a percentage of Excess Cash Flow, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (1) the amount of such Excess Cash Flow required to be offered to prepay the Term Loans multiplied by (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of the Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt and Permitted Additional Debt secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks equal in priority to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) and with respect to which such a requirement to prepay or make an offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or satisfy and discharge exists and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt and Permitted Additional Debt and the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans; provided that (A) the percentage in this Section 5.2(a)(ii) shall be reduced to 25% if the Borrower’s Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for the fiscal year ended prior to such prepayment date is less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 but greater than 4.00 to 1.00 and (B) no payment of any Term Loans shall be required under this Section 5.2(a)(ii) if the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for the fiscal year ended prior to such prepayment date is less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00. Any prepayment amounts credited pursuant to subclause (y) above against such amount in subclause (x) above shall be without duplication of any such credit in any prior or subsequent fiscal year.

 

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(b)            Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans. If, on any date, the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures in respect of any Class of Revolving Credit Loans for any reason exceeds 100% of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class then in effect, the Borrower shall forthwith repay on such date the principal amount of Swingline Loans of such Class, and after all such Swingline Loans have been paid in full, the Revolving Credit Loans of such Class in an amount equal to such excess. If, after giving pro forma effect to the prepayment of all outstanding Swingline Loans and Revolving Credit Loans of such Class, the Revolving Credit Exposures of such Class exceeds the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class then in effect, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the Letters of Credit outstanding in relation to such Class to the extent of such excess.

 

(c)            Application to Repayment Amounts.

 

(i)            Subject to clause (ii) of this Section 5.2(c), the first proviso to Section 5.2(a)(i) and the first proviso to Section 5.2(a)(ii), (A) each prepayment of Term Loans required by Sections 5.2(a)(i) and (ii) (other than in connection with a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event) shall be allocated to the Classes of Term Loans outstanding, prorata, based upon the applicable remaining Repayment Amounts due in respect of each such Class of Term Loans (excluding any Class of Term Loans that has agreed to receive a less than prorata share of any such mandatory prepayment and taking into account any reduction in the amount of any required Excess Cash Flow payment to any Class of Term Loans that have been the subject of a Section 13.6(g) transaction that was offered to all Lenders within such Class), shall be applied pro rata to Lenders within each Class, based upon the outstanding principal amounts owing to each such Lender under each such Class of Term Loans and shall be applied to reduce such scheduled Repayment Amounts within each such Class in accordance with Section 5.2(d)(ii) and (B) each prepayment of Term Loans required by Section 5.2(a)(i) in connection with a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event shall be allocated to any Class of Term Loans outstanding as directed by the Borrower (subject to the requirement that the proceeds of any Specified Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event shall in all cases be applied to prepay or repay the applicable Refinanced Indebtedness), shall be applied pro rata to Lenders within each such Class, based upon the outstanding principal amounts owing to each such Lender under each such Class of Term Loans and shall be applied to reduce such scheduled Repayment Amounts within each such Class in accordance with Section 5.2(d)(ii); provided that, with respect to the allocation of such prepayments under clause (A) above only, between an Existing Term Loan Class and Extended Term Loans of the same Extension Series, the Borrower may allocate such prepayments as the Borrower may specify, subject to the limitation that the Borrower shall not allocate to Extended Term Loans of any Extension Series any such mandatory prepayment under such clause (A) unless such prepayment is accompanied by at least a pro rata prepayment, based upon the applicable remaining Repayment Amounts due in respect thereof, of the Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class, if any, from which such Extended Term Loans were converted or exchanged (or such Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class have otherwise been repaid in full).

 

(ii)            With respect to each such prepayment required by Section 5.2(a)(i) and Section 5.2(a)(ii) (other than any Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event), (A) the Borrower will, not later than the date specified in Section 5.2(a) for offering to make such prepayment, give the Administrative Agent, written notice requesting that the Administrative Agent provide notice of such prepayment to each Lender and the Administrative Agent will promptly provide such notice to each Lender, (B) other than if such prepayment arises due to a Specified Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, each Lender of Term Loans will have the right to refuse any such prepayment by giving written notice of such refusal to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower within three Business Days after such Lender’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent of such prepayment, and to the extent any such prepayment is so refused, such amounts may be retained by the Borrower (the “Retained Refused Proceeds”) and (C) the Borrower will make all such prepayments not so refused upon the tenth Business Day after the Lender received first notice of repayment from the Administrative Agent.

 

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(d)            Application to Term Loans.

 

(i)            With respect to each prepayment of Term Loans elected by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.1 or pursuant to a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, such prepayments shall be applied to reduce Repayment Amounts in such order as the Borrower may specify (or, if not specified, in direct order of maturity) and 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 a manner that minimizes the amount of payments required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11.

 

(ii)            With respect to each prepayment of Term Loans by the Borrower required pursuant to Section 5.2(a); other than in respect of a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, such prepayments shall be applied to reduce Repayment Amounts in direct order of maturity and on a prorata basis to the then outstanding Term Loans (other than any Class of Term Loans that has agreed to receive a less than prorata share of any such mandatory prepayment) being prepaid irrespective of whether such outstanding Term Loans are ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans; provided that, if no Lender exercises the right to waive a given mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(c)(ii), then, with respect to such mandatory prepayment, the amount of such mandatory prepayment shall be applied first to Term Loans that are ABR Loans to the full extent thereof before application to Term Loans that are Eurodollar Loans in a manner that minimizes the amount of any payments required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11.

 

(e)            Application to Revolving Credit Loans; Mandatory Commitment Reduction.

 

(i)            With respect to each prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans elected by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.1 or required by Section 5.2(b), the Borrower may designate (i) the Class and Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which such Loans were made and (ii) the Class of Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans to be prepaid; provided that (x) Eurodollar Loans may be designated for prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.2 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; (y) each prepayment of any Loans made pursuant to a Borrowing shall be applied prorata among such Loans of such Class (except that any prepayment made in connection with a reduction of the Commitments of such Class pursuant to Section 4.2 shall be applied pro rata based on the amount of the reduction in the Commitments of such Class of each applicable Lender); and (z) notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding clause (y), at the option of the Borrower, no prepayment made pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 5.2(b) of Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans of any Class shall be applied to the Loans of any Defaulting Lender. 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 a manner that minimizes the amount of any payments required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11.

 

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(ii)            With respect to each mandatory reduction and termination of Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (and any previously extended Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) required by either clause (i) or (ii) of the proviso to Section 2.14(b), by Section 10.1(u)(i) or in connection with the Incurrence of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance any Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower may designate (A) the Classes of Commitments to be reduced and terminated and (B) the corresponding Classes of Loans to be prepaid; provided that (x) any such reduction and termination shall apply proportionately and permanently to reduce the Commitments of each of the Lenders within any such Class and (y) after giving pro forma effect to such termination or reduction and to any prepayments of Loans or cancellation or cash collateralization of letters of credit made on the date of each such reduction and termination in accordance with this Agreement, the aggregate amount of such Lenders’ credit exposures shall not exceed the remaining Commitments of such Lenders’ in respect of the Class reduced and terminated. In connection with any such termination or reduction, to the extent necessary, the participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans may be required to be reallocated and related loans outstanding prepaid and then reborrowed, in each case in the manner contemplated by Section 2.14(f)(ii) (as modified to account for a termination or reduction, as opposed to an increase, of such Commitment).

 

(f)            Eurodollar Interest Periods. In lieu of making any payment pursuant to this Section 5.2 in respect of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period thereof, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower at its option may deposit with the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the amount of the Eurodollar Loan to be prepaid and such Eurodollar Loan shall be repaid on the last day of the Interest Period therefor in the required amount. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent in a corporate time deposit account established on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, earning interest at the then-customary rate for accounts of such type. Such deposit shall constitute cash collateral for the Obligations; provided that the Borrower may at any time direct that such deposit be applied to make the applicable payment required pursuant to this Section 5.2.

 

(g)            Minimum Amount.

 

(i)             No prepayment shall be required pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) (except to the extent such prepayment arises due to a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event) unless and until the amount at any time of Net Cash Proceeds from Prepayment Events required to be offered at or prior to such time pursuant to such Section and not yet offered at or prior to such time to prepay Term Loans pursuant to such Section exceeds (i) $20,000,000 for any single Prepayment Event or series of related Prepayment Events and (ii) $40,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Prepayment Events in any fiscal year, at which time the amount in excess of $20,000,000 or $40,000,000, as the case may be, will be offered to be prepaid as provided in Section 5.2(a)(i), with the date of receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds being deemed for such purpose to be the date such thresholds set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (g) are met.

 

(ii)            No prepayment shall be required pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(ii) unless and until the amount of Excess Cash Flow required to be offered to prepay Term Loans for a fiscal year pursuant to such Section exceeds $10,000,000, at which time the amount in excess of $10,000,000, will be offered to be prepaid as provided in Section 5.2(a)(ii).

 

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(h)            Non-Credit Party Asset Sales. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 5.2(h), (i) to the extent that any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any asset sale by a Non-Credit Party giving rise to an Asset Sale Prepayment Event (a “Non-Credit Party Asset Sale”), the Net Cash Proceeds of any Recovery Event from a Non-Credit Party (a “Non-Credit Party Recovery Event”) or Excess Cash Flow, are prohibited, delayed or restricted by applicable local law, rule or regulation from being repatriated to the United States or from being distributed to a Credit Party, the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 5.2(h) but may be retained by the applicable Non-Credit Party so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law, rule or regulation will not permit repatriation to the United States or distribution to a Credit Party (the Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Non-Credit Party to promptly take all commercially reasonable actions required by the applicable local law, rule or regulation to permit such repatriation or distribution), and once such repatriation or distribution of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law, rule or regulation, such repatriation or distribution will be immediately effected and such repatriated or distributed Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly (and in any event not later than two Business Days after such repatriation or distribution) applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the repayment of the Term Loans (and, if applicable, such other Indebtedness as is contemplated by this Section 5.2(h)) pursuant to this Section 5.2(h) and (ii) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Non-Credit Party Asset Sale, any Non-Credit Party Recovery Event or Excess Cash Flow would have a material adverse tax cost consequence with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow (but only for so long as such material adverse tax cost consequence exists), the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Non-Credit Party; provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), on or before the date on which any Net Cash Proceeds from any Non-Credit Party Asset Sale or Non-Credit Party Recovery Event so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to Section 5.2(a) (or, in the case of Excess Cash Flow, a date on or before the date that is six months after the date such Excess Cash Flow would have been so required to be applied to prepayments pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(ii) unless previously repatriated in which case such repatriated Excess Cash Flow shall have been promptly applied to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a)), (x) the Borrower applies an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Borrower rather than such Non-Credit Party, less the amount of additional taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Non-Credit Party) or (y) such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow are applied to the repayment of Indebtedness of a Non-Credit Party.

 

5.3            Method and Place of Payment.

 

(a)            All payments under this Agreement shall be made by the Borrower, without set-off, counterclaim or deduction of any kind. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, all payments by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be made in Dollars to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the applicable Lenders entitled thereto, the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender (except to the extent payments are to be made directly to such Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender), as the case may be, not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date when due and shall be made in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office it being understood that written or facsimile notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to make a payment from the funds in the Borrower’s account at the Administrative Agent’s Office shall constitute the making of such payment to the extent of such funds held in such account. 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 City time) on such day and, if not, on the next Business Day in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion) like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or Fees ratably to the Lenders entitled thereto or to the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, as applicable.

 

(b)            For purposes of computing interest or fees, any payments under this Agreement that are made later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion (and the Administrative Agent may extend such deadline in its discretion whether or not such payments are in process). Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, 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 be payable during such extension at the applicable rate in effect immediately prior to such extension.

 

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5.4            Net Payments.

 

(a)            Except as required by law, 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 income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority (including any interest, additions to tax and penalties) (collectively, “Taxes”) excluding in the case of each Lender and each Agent and except as otherwise provided in Section 5.4(f), (A) net income Taxes and franchise Taxes (imposed in lieu of net income Taxes) imposed on such Agent or such Lender as a result of (i) such Agent or such Lender having been organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax or (ii) a present or former connection between such Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising from such Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, or engaged in any other transactions pursuant to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document), (B) any branch profits Taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar Tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (A) and (C) any U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed pursuant to FATCA (collectively, “Excluded Taxes”). If any such non-Excluded Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party under Credit Documents (“Non-Excluded Taxes”) are required to be withheld by a Withholding Agent from any amounts payable under this Agreement or any other Credit Document, the applicable Credit Party 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 those applicable to any amounts payable under this Section 5.4) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in such Credit Document. Whenever any withholding Taxes are payable by any Credit Party in respect of amounts payable under any Credit Document, promptly thereafter, the applicable Credit Party shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of such Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt, if available (or other evidence acceptable to such Lender, acting reasonably) received by the applicable Credit Party showing payment thereof. The agreements in this Section 5.4 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

(b)            In addition, each Credit Party shall pay any present or future stamp, documentary, filing, mortgage, recording, property or similar intangible taxes, charges or levies that arise from any payment made by such Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Documents or from the execution, delivery or registration or recordation of, performance under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, except any taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between an assignee and the jurisdiction imposing such tax (other than a connection arising solely from an assignee having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any transaction pursuant to, or enforced this Agreement) with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment requested by a Credit Party pursuant to Section 2.12) (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).

 

(c)            (i) Subject to Section 5.4(f), the Credit Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Lender and each Agent for and hold them harmless against the full amount of Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes, and for the full amount of Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes payable, imposed or asserted (whether or not correctly or legally asserted) by any jurisdiction on any additional amounts or indemnities payable under this Section 5.4, imposed on or paid by such Lender or such Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (including penalties, additions to tax, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto; provided that if any claim pursuant to this Section 5.4(e)(i) is made later than 180 days after the date on which the relevant Lender or Agent had actual knowledge of the relevant Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes, then the Credit Parties shall not be required to indemnify the applicable Lender or Agent for any penalties which accrue in respect of such Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes after the 180th day. This indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the date such Lender or such Agent (as the case may be) makes written demand therefor.

 

(ii)            Each Lender shall, and does hereby, severally indemnify, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, (x) the Administrative Agent against any Non-Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Credit Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Non-Excluded Taxes and without limiting the obligation of Credit Parties to do so), (y) the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties, as applicable, against any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 13.6(d)(ii) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties, as applicable, against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or the Credit Parties in connection with any Credit Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Credit Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii).

 

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(d)            Each Lender shall, at such times as are reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, provide the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with any documentation prescribed by any Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (A) as will permit such payments to be made without, or at a reduced rate of, withholding or (B) as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Each such Lender shall, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders such documentation obsolete, expired or inaccurate in any material respect, deliver promptly to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent updated or other appropriate documentation (including any new documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to do so. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 5.4(d)(i), 5.4(e) and 5.4(g) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender. Without limiting the foregoing to the extent permitted by law, each Lender that is not a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “Non-U.S. Lender”) shall:

 

(i)            deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) two originals of either (w) 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 or W-8BEN-E (together with a certificate representing that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(A) 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) substantially in the form of Exhibit L (a “United States Tax Compliance Certificate”)), (x) United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or Form W-8ECI, (y) to the extent a Non-U.S. Lender is not the Beneficial Owner (for example, where the Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership or a participating Lender), United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor forms) of the Non-U.S. Lender, accompanied by a Form W-8ECI, W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, United States Tax Compliance Certificate, Form W-9, Form W-8IMY or any other required information from each Beneficial Owner, as applicable (provided that, if one or more Beneficial Owners are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, the United States Tax Compliance Certificate may be provided by such Non-U.S. Lender on behalf of such Beneficial Owner), or (z) two properly completed and duly signed original copies of any other form prescribed by applicable U.S. federal income Tax laws (including the United States Treasury Regulations) as a basis for claiming a complete exemption from, or a reduction in, U.S. federal withholding Tax on any payments to such Lender under the Credit Documents, 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; and

 

(ii)            deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two further originals of any such form or certification (or any applicable successor form) on or before the date that any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate and promptly after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by it to the Borrower;

 

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. Each Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered form or certification to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent.

 

(e)            If a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement or any other Credit Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Withholding Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent as may be necessary for the Withholding Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 5.4(e), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

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(f)            No Credit Party shall be required to indemnify any Lender or Agent pursuant to Section 5.4(c), or to pay any additional amounts to any Lender or Agent pursuant to Section 5.4(a) in respect of (i) U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under any law in effect on the date such Lender acquired its interest in the applicable Loan, Commitment or Letter of Credit or changed its lending office; provided, however, that this Section 5.4(f) shall not apply to the extent that (x) the indemnity payments or additional amounts any Lender would be entitled to receive (without regard to this clause (i)) do not exceed the indemnity payment or additional amounts that the person making the assignment or change in lending office would have been entitled to receive immediately prior to such assignment or change in lending office, or (y) such assignment had been requested by a Credit Party or (ii) Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 5.4(d), 5.4(e) or 5.4(g).

 

(g)            Each Lender that is organized in the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia shall (A) on or prior to the date such Lender becomes a Lender hereunder, (B) on or prior to the date on which any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, (C) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certification previously delivered by it pursuant to this Section 5.4(g) and (D) from time to time if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a participant, the relevant Lender), provide the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or, in the case of a participant, the relevant Lender) with two duly completed and signed originals of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (certifying that such Lender is entitled to an exemption from U.S. backup withholding tax) or any successor form.

 

(h)            If any Lender or the Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of a Non-Excluded Tax or Other Taxes for which a payment has been made by a Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement, which refund in the good-faith judgment of such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, is attributable to such payment made by such Credit Party, then such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall reimburse the Credit Party for such amount (together with any interest received thereon) as such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, reasonably determines to be the proportion of the refund as will leave it, after such reimbursement, in no better or worse position than it would have been in if the payment had not been required; provided that the Credit Party, upon the request of such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Credit Party (with interest and penalties) in the event such Lender or the Administrative Agent is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Neither any Lender nor the Administrative Agent shall be obliged to disclose any information regarding its tax affairs or computations to any Credit Party in connection with this paragraph (h) or any other provision of this Section 5.4; provided, further, that nothing in this Section 5.4 shall obligate any Lender (or Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to apply for any refund.

 

(i)            For purpose of this Section 5.4, the term “Lender” shall include any Swingline Lender and any Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

5.5            Computations of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest and of fees shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days and, in the case of ABR Loans, 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, in each case for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last) occurring in the period for which such interest and fees are payable.

 

5.6            Limit on Rate of Interest.

 

(a)            No Payment Shall Exceed Lawful Rate. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be obliged to pay any interest or other amounts under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document in excess of the amount or rate permitted under or consistent with any Applicable Law.

 

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(b)            Payment at Highest Lawful Rate. If the Borrower is not obliged to make a payment which it would otherwise be required to make, as a result of Section 5.6(a), the Borrower shall make such payment to the maximum extent permitted by or consistent with Applicable Law.

 

(c)            Adjustment if Any Payment Exceeds Lawful Rate. If any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents would obligate the Borrower to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to any Lender in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by any Applicable Law, or would result in receipt by an Agent or Lender of interest at a rate prohibited by any Applicable Law, then notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by Applicable Law (in the case of the Borrower), such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, as follows:

 

(i)            firstly, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid by the Borrower to the affected Lender under Section 2.8; and

 

(ii)           thereafter, by reducing any fees, commissions, premiums and other amounts required to be paid by the Borrower to the affected Lender.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, and after giving pro forma effect to all adjustments contemplated thereby, if any Lender shall have received from the Borrower an amount in excess of the maximum permitted by any Applicable Law, then the Borrower shall be entitled, by notice in writing to the Administrative Agent, to obtain reimbursement from such Lender in an amount equal to such excess, and pending such reimbursement, such amount shall be deemed to be an amount payable by such Lender to the Borrower.

 

SECTION 6.        Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Event. The occurrence of the initial Credit Event is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

 

6.1            Credit Documents. The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by an Authorized Officer of the signing Credit Party:

 

(a)            this Agreement, executed and delivered by (i) an Authorized Officer of each of Holdings, the Borrower and each Person that is a Co-Obligor on the Closing Date, (ii) each Agent, (iii) each Lender, (iv) the Swingline Lender and (v) each Letter of Credit Issuer;

 

(b)            the Guarantee, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of each Person that is a Guarantor as of the Closing Date;

 

(c)            the Security Agreement, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and each other grantor party thereto as of the Closing Date;

 

(d)            the Pledge Agreement, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and each other pledgor party thereto; and

 

(e)            such certificates of good standing (to the extent such concept exists) from the applicable secretary of state or other relevant Governmental Authority of the jurisdiction of organization of each Credit Party.

 

6.2            Collateral.

 

(a)            All Capital Stock of the Borrower and all Capital Stock of each wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower directly owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case as of the Closing Date, shall have been pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement (except that such Credit Parties shall not be required to pledge any Excluded Capital Stock) and the Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates, if any, (except as permitted by Section 9.17) representing such securities pledged under the Pledge Agreement, accompanied by instruments of transfer and undated stock powers endorsed in blank.

 

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(b)            (i) Except with respect to intercompany Indebtedness, all evidences of Indebtedness for borrowed money in a principal amount in excess of $10,000,000 (individually) that is owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be evidenced by a promissory note and shall have been pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and the Collateral Agent shall have received all such promissory notes, together with undated instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank.

 

(ii)            All Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary on the Closing Date that is owing to any Credit Party shall be evidenced by the Intercompany Note, which shall be executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary on the Closing Date and shall have been pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and the Collateral Agent shall have received such Intercompany Note, together with undated instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; provided, however, that, if the Intercompany Note cannot be delivered to the Collateral Agent on or prior to the Closing Date notwithstanding the Borrower’s use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so, delivery thereof shall not be a condition to closing, and in such case the Borrower agrees to deliver same to the Collateral Agent not later than 90 days following the Closing Date (or such later date as the Collateral Agent shall agree in its discretion).

 

(c)            All documents and instruments, including UCC or other applicable personal property security financing statements and Intellectual Property Security Agreements (as defined in the Security Agreement), required by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents on the Collateral owned by the Borrower and the Guarantors and perfect such Liens in the United States to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent in appropriate form for filing, registration or recording under the UCC and with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable.

 

(d)            The Collateral Agent shall have received a completed Perfection Certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated thereby.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, to the extent any security interest in any Collateral is not or cannot be provided and/or perfected on the Closing Date (other than the pledge and perfection of the security interests (i) in the certificated Capital Stock, if any, of the Borrower and any wholly owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary (to the extent required by Section 6.2(a)) and (ii) in other assets pursuant to which a security interest may be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the UCC) after the Borrower’s use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so or without undue burden or expense, then the provision and/or perfection of a security interest in such Collateral shall not constitute a condition to the initial Credit Event to occur on the Closing Date and the Borrower agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered such documents and instruments, and take or cause to be taken such other actions as may be required to provide and/or perfect such security interests, with respect to any certificated Capital Stock of the Target or any wholly owned material U.S. restricted subsidiary of the Target not delivered on the Closing Date, on or prior to the date that is 5 Business Days after the Closing date, and with respect to any other such Collateral, on or prior to the date that is 90 days after the Closing Date or, in each case, such longer period of time as may be mutually agreed by the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, each acting reasonably.

 

6.3            Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the executed legal opinions of (i) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel to Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) Davis & Kuelthau, s.c., Wisconsin counsel to Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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6.4            Structure and Terms of the Transaction; No Material Adverse Effect.

 

(a)            The Merger shall have been consummated, or shall be consummated substantially simultaneously with, the initial Credit Event hereunder to occur on the Closing Date, in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, after giving effect to any modifications, amendments, supplements, consents, waivers or requests, other than those modifications, amendments, supplements, consents, waivers or requests (including the effects of any such requests) by Polaris Parent (and/or its affiliates) that are materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders or the Joint Bookrunners, unless consented to in writing by the Joint Bookrunners (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

(b)            The Equity Contribution shall have been made, or shall be made substantially simultaneously with, the initial Credit Event hereunder to occur on the Closing Date, in at least the amount set forth in the third recital to this Agreement.

 

(c)            The Existing Debt Refinancing shall have been consummated, or shall be consummated substantially simultaneously with, the initial Credit Event hereunder to occur on the Closing Date.

 

(d)            Since the date of the Merger Agreement, no Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement) shall have occurred.

 

6.5            Closing Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of each Person that is a Credit Party as of the Closing Date, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit F, with appropriate insertions, executed by two Authorized Officers (only one of which may be the Secretary or Assistant Secretary) of such Credit Party, and attaching the documents referred to in Sections 6.6 and 6.7.

 

6.6            Corporate Proceedings. The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of the resolutions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the Board of Directors or other governing body, as applicable, of each Person that is a Credit Party as of the Closing Date (or a duly authorized committee thereof) authorizing (a) the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents (and any agreements relating thereto) to which it is a party and (b) in the case of the Borrower, the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder.

 

6.7            Corporate Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received true and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of each Person that is a Credit Party as of the Closing Date.

 

6.8            Solvency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the chief financial officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit K.

 

6.9            Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent and the Joint Bookrunners shall have received the Historical Financial Statements and the Pro Forma Financial Statements.

 

6.10            PATRIOT ACT. The Administrative Agent and the Joint Bookrunners shall have received, at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation and other information about the Borrower and the Guarantors that shall have been reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Joint Bookrunners in writing at least 10 Business Days prior to the Closing Date and that the Administrative Agent and the Joint Bookrunners reasonably determine is required by United States regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the PATRIOT ACT.

 

6.11            Fees and Expenses. All fees required to be paid on the Closing Date pursuant to the Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be paid on the Closing Date pursuant to the Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter, with respect to expenses to the extent invoiced at least three business days prior to the Closing Date, shall, upon the initial borrowings under the Credit Facilities, have been, or will be substantially simultaneously, paid.

 

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6.12            Specified Representations. The Specified Representations and the Specified Merger Agreement Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date (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, with respect to the Specified Representations made on the Closing Date, to the extent that such representations are qualified by “Material Adverse Effect”, the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” applicable to such qualifications shall be the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” set forth in the Merger Agreement and not the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” set forth in this Agreement.

 

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.3, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 6, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

 

SECTION 7.      Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events.

 

7.1            No Default; Representations and Warranties. The agreement of each Lender to make any Loan requested to be made by it on any date (excluding Mandatory Borrowings and Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(ii) or pursuant to Section 3.4(a) which shall each be made without regard to the satisfaction of the condition set forth in this Section 7 and excluding borrowings made pursuant to Section 2.14, Section 2.15 and/or Section 2.17, which may be subject to different conditions precedent and representations, but only if so agreed by the Borrower and the applicable Lenders) and the obligation of the Letter of Credit Issuer to issue, amend, extend or renew Letters of Credit on any date is subject to the satisfaction of the condition precedent that at the time of each such Credit Event and also after giving effect thereto (a) except in the case of the initial Credit Event to occur on the Closing Date, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of and after giving effect to such Credit Event and (b) except in the case of the initial Credit Event to occur on the Closing Date, all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such Credit Event (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, and except where such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects). The acceptance of the benefits of each such Credit Event shall constitute a representation and warranty by each Credit Party to each of the Lenders that the conditions contained in this Section 7.1 have been met as of such date.

 

7.2            Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request.

 

(a)            Prior to the making of each Term Loan, each Revolving Credit Loan (other than any Revolving Credit Loan made pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(ii) or pursuant to Section 3.4(a)), each Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loan and each Extended Revolving Credit Loan and each Swingline Loan, the Administrative Agent shall have received a written Notice of Borrowing meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.

 

(b)            Prior to the issuance of each Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a Letter of Credit Request meeting the requirements of Section 3.2(a).

 

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SECTION 8.      Representations, Warranties and Agreements. In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement, make the Loans and issue, renew, amend, extend or participate in Letters of Credit as provided for herein, each of Holdings (solely with respect to the representations and warranties applicable to it) and the Borrower makes the following representations and warranties to, and agreements with, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer, all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of the Loans and the issuance, renewal, amendment or extension of the Letters of Credit:

 

8.1            Corporate Status. Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary (a) is a duly organized and validly existing corporation or other entity and, to the extent such concept is applicable in the corresponding jurisdiction, is 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 is required to be so qualified, except, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.2            Corporate Power and Authority; Enforceability. 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 each Credit Document to which it is a party and each such Credit Document constitutes 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, 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). Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries (a) is in compliance with all Applicable Laws and (b) has all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to operate its business as currently conducted except, in each case to the extent that failure to be in compliance therewith or to have all such licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.3            No Violation. 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 hereof and thereof will not (a) contravene any material applicable provision of any material Applicable Law of any Governmental Authority, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or give rise to any right to accelerate or to require the prepayment, repurchase or redemption of any obligation 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 of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents) pursuant to, the terms of any indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage or deed of trust or any other Contractual Obligation to which Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which they or any of their property or assets is bound, except, in the case of either of clause (a) or (b), to the extent that any such conflict, breach, contravention, default, creation or imposition would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (c) violate any provision of the Organizational Documents of Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

8.4            Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 8.4, there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings (including Environmental Claims) pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened, in either case with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that (a) involve any of the Credit Documents or (b) would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.5            Margin Regulations. Neither the making of any Loan hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate the provisions of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board.

 

8.6            Governmental Approvals. No order, consent, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, any Governmental Authority is required to authorize or is required in connection with (a) the execution, delivery and performance of any Credit Document or (b) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any Credit Document, except, in the case of either clause (a) or (b), (i) such orders, consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations, validations, filings, recordings, registrations or exemptions as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings and recordings in respect of Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents and (iii) such orders, consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations, validations, filings, recordings, registrations or exemptions to the extent that failure to so receive would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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8.7            Investment Company Act. None of the Credit Parties is an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

8.8            True and Complete Disclosure.

 

(a)            None of the written factual information or written factual data (taken as a whole) heretofore or contemporaneously furnished by Holdings, the Borrower, any of its respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective authorized representatives in writing to any Agent or any Lender on or before the Closing Date (including all such information contained in the Confidential Information Memorandum (and all information incorporated by reference therein) and in the Credit Documents) for purposes of, or in connection with, this Agreement or any transaction contemplated herein contained any untrue statement of material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make such information and data (taken as a whole) not materially misleading at such time (after giving effect to all supplements so furnished from time to time) in light of the circumstances under which such information or data was furnished; it being understood and agreed that for purposes of this Section 8.8(a), such factual information and data shall not include projections (including financial estimates, forecasts and other forward-looking information), pro forma financial information or information of a general economic or industry specific nature.

 

(b)            The projections contained in the information and data referred to in Section 8.8(a) were prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by Holdings and the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made; it being recognized by the Agents and the Lenders that such projections are as to future events and are not to be viewed as facts, the projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, that no assurance can be given that any particular projections will be realized and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material.

 

8.9            Financial Statements.

 

(a)            The Historical Financial Statements present fairly in all material respects the financial position and results of operations of the Target (or the predecessor thereto) and its consolidated Subsidiaries at the respective dates of such information and for the respective periods covered thereby and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, except to the extent provided in the notes thereto, and subject, in the case of the unaudited financial information, to changes resulting from audit, normal year-end audit adjustments and to the absence of footnotes and the inclusion of any explanatory note.

 

(b)            The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the MPH LLC and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2016 (including any notes thereto) (the “Pro Forma Balance Sheet”) and the unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of income of MPH LLC and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the 12-month period ending on March 31, 2016 (together with the Pro Forma Balance Sheet, the “Pro Forma Financial Statements”), copies of which have heretofore been furnished to the Administrative Agent, has been prepared giving pro forma effect (as if such events had occurred on such date or the beginning of such period, as the case may be) to the consummation of all of the Transactions. The Pro Forma Financial Statements have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent, and, subject to the qualifications and limitations contained in the notes attached thereto, present fairly in all material respects on a proforma basis, the estimated financial position of MPH LLC and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at March 31, 2016 and their estimated results of operations for the periods covered thereby, assuming that the events specified in the preceding sentence had actually occurred at such date or at the beginning of the periods covered thereby.

 

Each Lender and each Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may be required to restate the Historical Financial Statements as the result of the implementation of changes in GAAP or the interpretation thereof, and that such restatements will not result in a Default under the Credit Documents under Section 11.2 (including any effect on any conditions required to be satisfied on the Closing Date) to the extent that the restatements do not reveal any material omission, misstatement or other material inaccuracy in the reported information from actual results for any relevant prior period.

 

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8.10            Tax Returns and Payments, Etc. (a) Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries have filed all U.S. federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns, domestic and foreign, required to be filed by them and have 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 for which adequate reserves have been established on the applicable financial statements in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction and (b) each of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries have paid, or have provided adequate reserves (in the good-faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction for the payment of, all material U.S. federal, state, and foreign income taxes applicable for all prior fiscal years and for the current fiscal year to the Closing Date, except in the case of either of clauses (a) or (b), to the extent that the failure to be in compliance therewith would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.11            Compliance with ERISA. Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) each Pension Plan is in compliance with ERISA, the Code and any Applicable Law; (b) no Reportable Event has occurred (or is reasonably likely to occur); (c) no Multiemployer Plan is “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA (or is reasonably likely to be insolvent), and no written notice of any such insolvency has been given to any of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate; (d) none of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has failed to make a required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan, whether or not waived (or is reasonably likely to fail to make such required contribution); (e) no Pension Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at-risk” status within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA and no Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, in “endangered or critical status” within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (f) none of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred (or is reasonably likely to incur) any liability to or on account of a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, as applicable, 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 Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (g) no proceedings by the PBGC have been instituted (or are reasonably likely to be instituted) to terminate or to reorganize any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, and no written notice of any such proceedings has been given to any of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate; (h) the conditions for imposition of a Lien that could be imposed under the Code or ERISA on the assets of any of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to a Pension Plan do not exist (or are not reasonably likely to exist) nor has the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate been notified in writing that such a lien will be imposed on the assets of any of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate on account of any Pension Plan; and (i) each Foreign Plan is in compliance with Applicable Laws (including funding requirements under such Applicable Laws), and no proceedings have been instituted to terminate any Foreign Plan which would reasonably be expected to give rise to liability for the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary. No Pension Plan has an Unfunded Current Liability that would, individually or when taken together with any other liabilities incurred or reasonably likely to be incurred by the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate as referenced in this Section 8.11, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. With respect to Multiemployer Plans, the representations and warranties in this Section 8.11, other than any made with respect to (i) liability under Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA, (ii) any contribution required to be made, or (iii) liability for termination of any such Multiemployer Plan under ERISA, are made to the best knowledge of the Borrower.

 

8.12            Subsidiaries. On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, Holdings does not have any Subsidiaries other than the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 8.12. Schedule 8.12 sets forth, as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, the name and the jurisdiction of organization of each Subsidiary and, as to each Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by any Credit Party and the designation of such Subsidiary as a Guarantor, a Restricted Subsidiary, an Unrestricted Subsidiary, a Specified Subsidiary or an Immaterial Subsidiary. The Borrower does not own or hold, directly or indirectly, any Capital Stock of any Person other than such Subsidiaries and Investments permitted by Section 10.5.

 

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8.13            Intellectual Property. Each of the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries owns, has good and marketable title to, or has a valid license or otherwise has the right to use, all Intellectual Property, that is necessary for, or otherwise used or held for use in, the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens permitted by Section 10.2), except where the failure to own, or have any such title, license or rights would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) to the Borrower’s knowledge, the operation of the businesses conducted by each of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and the Intellectual Property now employed by any of the Credit Parties does not infringe upon, misappropriate, or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property rights owned by any other Person, and (ii) no material written claim has been received by the Borrower, or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, and no litigation regarding the foregoing is pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened in writing, in either case against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

8.14            Environmental Laws.

 

(a)              Except as would not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance with all Environmental Laws (including having obtained and complied with all permits required under Environmental Laws for their current operations); (ii) to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, there are no facts, circumstances or conditions arising out of or relating to the operations of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any currently or formerly owned, operated or leased Real Property that would reasonably be expected to result in Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries incurring liability under any Environmental Law; (iii) none of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has become subject to any pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened Environmental Claim or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, any other liability under any Environmental Law.

 

(b)              None of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has treated, stored, transported or Released Hazardous Materials at or from any currently or formerly owned, operated or leased Real Property in a manner that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.15            Properties, Assets and Rights.

 

(a)              As of the Closing Date and as of the date of each Credit Event thereafter, the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to, valid leasehold interest in, or easements, licenses or other limited property interests in, all properties (other than Intellectual Property) that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, except where the failure to have such good title or interest in such property would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of such properties and assets is subject to any Lien, except for Liens permitted under Section 10.2.

 

(b)             Set forth on Schedule 8.15 hereto is a complete and accurate list of all Real Property owned in fee by the Credit Parties on the Closing Date, showing as of the Closing Date the street address, county or other relevant jurisdiction, state and record owner thereof.

 

(c)              All permits required to have been issued or appropriate to enable all Real Property of the Credit Parties to be lawfully occupied and used for all of the purposes for which they are currently occupied and used have been lawfully issued and are in full force and effect, other than those permits the failure of which to be issued or to so enable lawful occupation and use would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.16            Solvency. On the Closing Date after giving pro forma effect to the Transactions, the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis are Solvent.

 

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8.17        Material Adverse Change. Since the Closing Date, there have been no events or developments that have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.18        Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of (a) the Initial Term Loans (other than the Tranche B Term Loans made on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date pursuant to the First Incremental Agreement) and the Initial Revolving Borrowing Amount shall be used on (i) the Closing Date, together with the proceeds from the issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes, cash on hand at the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the proceeds from the Equity Contribution to pay the Merger Consideration, the Existing Debt Refinancing and/or the Transaction Expenses and (ii) to the extent any proceeds remain after the application described in clause (i), will be used on and after the Closing Date for other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) Revolving Credit Loans available under any Revolving Credit Facility, together with the proceeds of the Swingline Loans and the Letters of Credit, will be used for working capital requirements and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the financing of acquisitions, other Investments and Restricted Payments and other distributions on account of the Capital Stock of the Borrower (or any Parent Entity thereof), in each case permitted hereunder, and any other use not prohibited hereby. The proceeds of the Tranche B Term Loans made on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date pursuant to the First Incremental Agreement shall be used on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, (a) to prepay in full all Initial Term Loans outstanding hereunder as of the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date (immediately prior to giving effect to the First Incremental Agreement), all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all other Obligations in respect thereof and (b) to pay the fees, expenses and other amounts incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by the First Incremental Agreement.

 

8.19        FCPA.

 

(a)          The Borrower and each other Credit Party and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), except to the extent that the failure to be in compliance would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)          None of the Borrower or any other Credit Party will use the proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Person for the purposes of any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the FCPA.

 

8.20        Sanctioned Persons.

 

(a)          None of the Borrower, any other Credit Party or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries is currently the target of any U.S. sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) of the U.S. Treasury Department or the U.S. Department of State.

 

(b)          None of the Borrower or any other Credit Party will use the proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Person for use in any manner that will result in a violation by any Lender of any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State.

 

8.21        PATRIOT ACT. Except to the extent as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any other Credit Party is in violation of any Applicable Laws relating to money laundering, including the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “PATRIOT ACT”).

 

8.22        Labor Matters. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes against any of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing and (b) none of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries have been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other Applicable Laws dealing with wage and hour matters.

 

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8.23        Subordination of Junior Financing. The Obligations are “Designated Senior Debt” (if applicable), “Senior Debt”, “Senior Indebtedness”, “Guarantor Senior Debt” or “Senior Secured Financing” (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in, any indenture or document governing any Junior Debt.

 

8.24        No Default. As of the date of any Credit Event after the Closing Date, no Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

SECTION 9.      Affirmative Covenants. The Borrower (and, in the case of Section 9.14, Holdings) hereby covenants and agrees that, on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Total Commitment and all Letters of Credit have terminated (unless such Letters of Credit have been Cash Collateralized on the terms and conditions set forth in Section 3.8) and the Loans and Unpaid Drawings, together with interest, fees and all other Obligations Incurred hereunder (other than Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements and contingent indemnification obligations and other contingent obligations not then due and payable), are paid in full:

 

9.1          Information Covenants. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender:

 

(a)          Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event on or before the date that is 90 days after the end of each fiscal year (or, in the case of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, the date that is 120 days after the end of such fiscal year), the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries and, if different, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statement of income and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the preceding fiscal year (or, in lieu of such audited financial statements of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, a detailed reconciliation, reflecting such financial information for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, on the other hand), all in reasonable detail and prepared in all material respects in accordance with GAAP (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements) and, except with respect to such reconciliation, reported on by independent registered public accountants of recognized national standing with an unmodified report by such independent registered public accountants without an emphasis of matter paragraph related to going concern as defined by Statement on Accounting Standards AU-C Section 570 “The Auditor’s Consideration of an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” (or any similar statement under any amended or successor rule as may be adopted by the Auditing Standards Board from time to time) (other than solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, an upcoming maturity date of any Indebtedness under the Credit Documents, including pursuant to Sections 2.14 and 2.15, Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(k), Section 10.1(s) and Section 10.1(u), the Senior Unsecured Notes, any Term Loan Exchange Notes, and/or any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, Permitted Additional Debt or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) any such Indebtedness), and, for the avoidance of doubt, without modification as to the scope of audit, together in any event with a certificate of such accounting firm stating that in the course of its regular audit of the business of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, which audit was conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, such accounting firm has obtained no knowledge of any Event of Default relating to the Financial Performance Covenant that has occurred and is continuing or, if in the opinion of such accounting firm such an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in this Section 9.1(a) may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries by furnishing (A) the applicable financial statements of Holdings (or any Parent Entity of Holdings) or (B) the Borrower’s or Holdings’ (or any Parent Entity thereof), as applicable, Form 10-K filed with the SEC or (C) following an election by the Borrower pursuant to the definition of “GAAP”, the applicable financial statements shall be determined in accordance with IFRS; provided that, with respect to each of clauses (A) and (B), (i) to the extent such information relates to Holdings (or such Parent Entity), such information is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to Holdings (or such Parent Entity), on the one hand, and the information relating to the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand and (ii) to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under the first sentence of this Section 9.1(a), such materials shall be reported on by an independent registered public accounting firm of recognized national standing, with an unmodified report by such independent registered public accountants without an emphasis of matter paragraph related to going concern as defined by Statement on Accounting Standards AU-C Section 570 “The Auditor’s Consideration of an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” (or any similar statement under any amended or successor rule as may be adopted by the Auditing Standards Board from time to time) (other than solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, an upcoming maturity date of any Indebtedness under the Credit Documents, including pursuant to Sections 2.14 and 2.15, Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(k), Section 10.1(s) and Section 10.1(u), the Senior Unsecured Notes, any Term Loan Exchange Notes and/or any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, Permitted Additional Debt or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) any such Indebtedness) (it being understood that there shall be no obligation to audit any such consolidating information), and, for the avoidance of doubt, without modification as to the scope of audit.

 

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(b)          Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event on or before the date that is 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly accounting periods in each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, in the case of each of the quarters ending June 30, 2016, September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2017, the date that is 60 days after the end of such quarter), the consolidated, condensed balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries and, if different, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case as at the end of such quarterly period and the related consolidated, condensed statement of income for such quarterly accounting period and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and the related consolidated, condensed statement of cash flows for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and setting forth comparative consolidated, condensed figures for the related periods in the prior fiscal year or, in the case of such consolidated, condensed balance sheet, for the last day of the prior fiscal year (or in lieu of such financial statements of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, a detailed reconciliation, reflecting such financial information for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on the other hand), all in reasonable detail and all of which shall be certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, members’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries (and, if applicable, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) in all material respects accordance with GAAP (except as disclosed in such financing statements), subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end audit adjustments and to the absence of footnotes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in this Section 9.1(b) may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries by furnishing (A) the applicable financial statements of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof) or (B) the Borrower’s or Holdings’ (or any Parent Entity thereof), as applicable, Form 10-Q filed with the SEC or (C) following an election by the Borrower pursuant to the definition of “GAAP”, the applicable financial statements shall be determined in accordance with IFRS; provided that, with respect to each of clauses (A) and (B), to the extent such information relates to Holdings (or any such Parent Entity), such information is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to Holdings (or such Parent Entity), on the one hand, and the information relating to the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand.

 

(c)          Budget. No later than five Business Days following the delivery by the Borrower of the financial statements required under Section 9.1(a), beginning at the time of the delivery of the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, a detailed quarterly budget of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in reasonable detail for the current fiscal year as customarily prepared by management of the Borrower for its internal use (but including, in any event, only a projected consolidated, condensed statement of income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the current fiscal year and not a projected consolidated balance sheet or statement of projected cash flow) and setting forth the principal assumptions upon which such budget is based (provided that no such budgets shall be required to be delivered for the fiscal year which began January 1, 2016). It is understood and agreed that any financial or business projections furnished by any Credit Party (i)(A) are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, which may be beyond the control of the Credit Parties, (B) no assurance is given by the Credit Parties that the results or forecast in any such projections will be realized and (C) the actual results may differ from the forecast results set forth in such projections and such differences may be material and (ii) are not a guarantee of performance.

 

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(d)          Officer’s Certificates. No later than five Business Days following the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Sections 9.1(a) and 9.1(b), a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the effect that no Default or Event of Default exists or, if any Default or Event of Default does exist, specifying the nature and extent thereof, which certificate shall set forth (i) during any fiscal quarter during which the Financial Performance Covenant is applicable, the calculations required to establish whether the Borrower was in compliance with the provisions of the Financial Performance Covenant as at the end of such fiscal year or period, as the case may be, beginning with the fiscal period ending December 31, 2016, if required, (ii) a specification of any change in the identity of the Guarantors, the Restricted Subsidiaries, the Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the Specified Subsidiaries, the Immaterial Subsidiaries and the Foreign Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year or period, as the case may be, from the Guarantors, Restricted Subsidiaries, the Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the Specified Subsidiaries, the Immaterial Subsidiaries and the Foreign Subsidiaries, respectively, provided to the Lenders on the Closing Date or the most recent fiscal year or period, as the case may be, and (iii) the then applicable Applicable Margins and Commitment Fee Rate. At the time of the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Section 9.1(a) beginning with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, the Available Amount and the Available Equity Amount as at the end of the fiscal year to which such financial statements relate.

 

(e)          Notice of Certain Events. Promptly after an Authorized Officer of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, notice of the occurrence of (i) 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 Holdings or the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto, and (ii) any litigation or governmental proceeding pending against Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(f)          Other Information. (i) Promptly upon filing thereof, (x) copies of any annual, quarterly and other regular, material periodic and special reports (including on Form 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K) and registration statements which Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary files with the SEC or any analogous Governmental Authority in any relevant jurisdiction (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it becomes effective, is delivered to the Administrative Agent for further delivery to the Lenders), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statements on Form S-8 and other than any filing filed confidentiality with the SEC or any analogous Governmental Authority in any relevant jurisdiction) and (y) copies of all financial statements, proxy statements and material reports that Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall send to the holders of any publicly issued debt of Holdings, the Borrower and/or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in their capacity as such holders (in each case to the extent not theretofore delivered to the Administrative Agent for further delivery to the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement) and (ii) with reasonable promptness, but subject to the limitations set forth in the last sentence of Section 9.2 and Section 13.16, 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.

 

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 9.1(a), 9.1(b) and 9.1(f)(i) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 13.2 or (ii) on which such documents are transmitted by electronic mail to the Administrative Agent; provided that: (A) upon written request by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent and (B) the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies of the certificates required by Section 9.1(d) to the Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents.

 

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9.2          Books, Records and Inspections. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted 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 Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders to visit and inspect any of its properties (to the extent it is within such Person’s control to permit such inspection), to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the reasonable expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower (and subject, in the case of any such meetings or advice from such independent accountants, to such accountants’ customary policies and procedures); provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise rights of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders under this Section 9.2, and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than once during any calendar year absent the existence of an Event of Default at the Borrower’s expense; and provided, further, that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice. The Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrower’s independent public accountants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.1 or this Section 9.2, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to any Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by Applicable Law or any binding agreement or (iii) that is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product.

 

9.3          Maintenance of Insurance.

 

(a)          The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, at all times maintain in full force and effect, with insurance companies that the Borrower believes (in the good-faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) are financially sound and responsible at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance in at least such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance which the Borrower believes (in the good-faith judgment of management of the Borrower) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business) 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 by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; 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. The Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall be the additional insured on any such liability insurance and the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall be the additional loss payee or additional mortgagee under any such casualty or property insurance, except in each case as the Collateral Agent and the Borrower may otherwise agree.

 

(b)          If any buildings or improvements comprising of any Mortgaged Property are at any time located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a special flood hazard area with respect to which flood insurance has been made available under the Flood Insurance Laws, then the Borrower shall, or shall cause the applicable Credit Parties to, solely to the extent required by Applicable Law, (i) maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer (determined at the time such insurance is obtained or renewed), flood insurance in an amount and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Flood Insurance Laws and (ii) deliver to the Collateral Agent evidence of such compliance in form reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent.

 

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9.4          Payment of Taxes. The Borrower will pay and discharge, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which such payments become overdue, and all lawful material claims in respect of taxes imposed, assessed or levied that, if unpaid, would reasonably be expected to become a material Lien upon any properties of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that none of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim that is being diligently contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves (in the good-faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction.

 

9.5          Consolidated Corporate Franchises. The Borrower will do, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, corporate rights, privileges and authority, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate any transaction permitted under Section 10.3, 10.4 or 10.5.

 

9.6          Compliance with Statutes. The Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to (a) comply with all Applicable Laws, rules, regulations and orders applicable to it or its property, including, without limitation, (i) the FCPA, (ii) applicable Sanctions and (iii) the PATRIOT ACT, and (b) maintain in effect all governmental approvals or authorizations required to conduct its business, except in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

9.7          ERISA. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know of the occurrence of any of the following events that, individually or in the aggregate (including in the aggregate such events previously disclosed or exempt from disclosure hereunder, to the extent the liability therefor remains outstanding), would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer or any other senior officer of the Borrower setting forth details as to such occurrence and the action, if any, that the Borrower, such Restricted 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 the Borrower, such Restricted Subsidiary, such ERISA Affiliate, the PBGC, or a Multiemployer Plan administrator (provided that if such notice is given by the Multiemployer Plan administrator, it is given to any of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliates thereof): (a) that a Reportable Event has occurred; (b) that there has been a failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA or an application is to be made to the Secretary of the Treasury for a waiver or modification of the minimum funding standard (including any required installment payments) or an extension of any amortization period under Section 412 of the Code with respect to a Pension Plan; (c) that a Pension Plan having an Unfunded Current Liability has been or is to be terminated under Title IV of ERISA (including the giving of written notice thereof); (d) that a Pension Plan has an Unfunded Current Liability that has or will result in a Lien under ERISA or the Code on the assets of any of Holdings, the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate; (e) that proceedings will be or have been instituted by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan having an Unfunded Current Liability (including the giving of written notice thereof); (f) that a proceeding has been instituted against the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary thereof or an ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 515 of ERISA to collect a delinquent contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (g) that the PBGC has notified the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate of its intention to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan; (h) that the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate has failed to make any required contribution or payment to a Multiemployer Plan; (i) that a determination has been made that any Pension Plan is in “at-risk” status within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA or any Multiemployer Plan is in “endangered or critical status” within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (j) that the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred (or has been notified in writing by a Multiemployer Plan administrator that it will incur) any liability (including any contingent or secondary liability) to or on account of a Pension Plan or Multiemployer 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; (k) that a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA; (l) that the termination of any Foreign Plan has occurred that gives rise to liability for Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; or (m) that any non-compliance with any funding requirements under Applicable Law for any Foreign Plan has occurred. Such certificate and notice shall be provided as soon as reasonably practicable after the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know of the occurrence of any such event.

 

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9.8          Good Repair. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, ensure that its properties and equipment used or useful in its business in whomsoever’s possession they may be to the extent that it is within the control of such party to cause same, are kept in good repair, working order and condition, normal wear and tear excepted, and that from time to time there are made in such properties and equipment all needful and proper repairs, renewals, replacements, extensions, additions, betterments and improvements thereto, to the extent and in the manner customary for companies in the industry in which the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries conduct business and consistent with third party leases, except in each case to the extent the failure to do so would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

9.9          End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters. The Borrower will, for financial reporting purposes, cause (a) each of its, and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries’, fiscal years to end on December 31 of each year and (b) each of its, and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries’, fiscal quarters to end on dates consistent with such fiscal year-end and the Borrower’s past practice; provided, however, that the Borrower may, upon written notice to, and consent by, the Administrative Agent, change the financial reporting convention specified above to any other financial reporting convention reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in which case the Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary in order to reflect such change in financial reporting.

 

9.10        Additional Guarantors, Grantors and Co-Obligors. Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Guarantee, the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement or any other Security Document, as applicable, the Borrower will cause (i) any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Closing Date (including pursuant to an Acquisition) and (ii) any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary, to promptly execute (A) a supplement to each of the Guarantee, the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement substantially in the form of Annex B, Exhibit 1 or Annex A, as applicable, to the respective agreement in order to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee, a grantor under the Security Agreement and a pledgor under the Pledge Agreement, (B) a counterpart signature page to the Intercompany Note, (C) a Joinder Agreement to this Agreement and (D) a joinder agreement or such comparable documentation to each other applicable Security Document, substantially in the form annexed thereto, and to take all actions required thereunder to perfect the Liens created thereunder.

 

9.11        Pledges of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness.

 

(a)          Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents, as applicable, the Borrower will pledge, and, if applicable, will cause each other Subsidiary Guarantor (or a Person required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.10) to pledge, to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (i) all the Capital Stock (other than any Excluded Capital Stock) of each Subsidiary owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor (or Person required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.10), in each case, formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Closing Date, pursuant to a supplement to the Pledge Agreement substantially in the form of Annex A thereto and (ii) except with respect to intercompany Indebtedness, all evidences of Indebtedness for borrowed money in a principal amount in excess of $10,000,000 (individually) that are owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor (or Person required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.10) (which shall be evidenced by a promissory note), in each case pursuant to a supplement to the Pledge Agreement substantially in the form of Annex A thereto.

 

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(b)          The Borrower agrees that all Indebtedness of the Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is owing to any Credit Party (or a Person required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.10) shall be evidenced by the Intercompany Note, which promissory note shall be required to be pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Pledge Agreement.

 

9.12        Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Initial Term Loans (other than the Tranche B Term Loans made on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date pursuant to the First Incremental Agreement) and the Initial Revolving Borrowing Amount shall be used (a) on the Closing Date, together with the proceeds from the issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes, cash on hand at the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the proceeds from the Equity Contribution to pay the Merger Consideration, the Existing Debt Refinancing and/or the Transaction Expenses and (b) to the extent any proceeds remain after the application described in clause (a), on and after the Closing Date for other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. The proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans available under any Revolving Credit Facility, together with the proceeds of the Swingline Loans and the Letters of Credit, will be used for working capital requirements and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the financing of acquisitions, other Investments and Restricted Payments and other distributions on account of the Capital Stock of the Borrower (or any Parent Entity thereof), in each case permitted hereunder, and any other use not prohibited hereby. The proceeds of the Tranche B Term Loans made on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date pursuant to the First Incremental Agreement shall be used on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, (a) to prepay in full all Initial Term Loans outstanding hereunder as of the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date (immediately prior to giving effect to the First Incremental Agreement), all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all other Obligations in respect thereof and (b) to pay the fees, expenses and other amounts incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by the First Incremental Agreement. The proceeds of any Incremental Term Loan Facility, the proceeds of any Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and the proceeds of any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, may be used for working capital requirements and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries including the financing of acquisitions, other Investments and Restricted Payments and other distributions on account of the Capital Stock of the Borrower (or any Parent Entity thereof), in each case permitted hereunder, and any other use not prohibited hereby.

 

9.13        Changes in Business. The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not fundamentally and substantively alter the character of their business, taken as a whole, from the business conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on the Closing Date and other similar, incidental, ancillary, supportive, complementary, synergetic or related businesses or reasonable extensions thereof (and non-core incidental businesses acquired in connection with any Acquisition or Investment or other immaterial businesses).

 

9.14        Further Assurances.

 

(a)          Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement and the Security Documents, Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each other Subsidiary Guarantor 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 and other similar documents), that may be required under any Applicable Law, or that the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders 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 Documents, all at the expense of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

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(b)          Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents and in Sections 9.10 and 9.11, (i) if any Material Real Property is acquired by any Credit Party after the Closing Date or, (ii) if any Credit Party that becomes a Credit Party after the Closing Date owns any Material Real Property, the Borrower will notify the Collateral Agent (who shall thereafter notify the Lenders) thereof and will, within 90 days after the acquisition of such Material Real Property or within 90 days of the date on which the applicable Credit Party became a Credit Party, as applicable, (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion), cause such Material Real Property to be subjected to a Mortgage (provided, however, that, in the event any Material Real Property subject to a Mortgage under this Section is located in a jurisdiction that imposes mortgage recording taxes or any similar fees or charges, such Mortgage shall only secure an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of such Material Real Property) and will take, and cause the Subsidiary Guarantors to take, such other actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant and perfect a Lien on such Material Real Property consistent with the applicable requirements of the Security Documents, including actions described in Section 9.14(a) and Section 9.14(c), all at the expense of the Credit Parties.

 

(c)          Any Mortgage delivered to the Collateral Agent in accordance with Sections 9.14(b) shall be accompanied by:

 

(i)           a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property (together with a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the Borrower) and with respect to each Mortgaged Property that is: (x) in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as being located in a special flood hazard area, and (y) contains “improved real estate” or a “mobile home” (as defined by the Flood Insurance Laws) within such special flood hazard area (a “Flood Hazard Property”) the Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent (i) Borrower’s written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification from the Collateral Agent as to the fact that such asset is a Flood Hazard Property and as to whether the community in which such Mortgaged Property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program and (ii) evidence of flood insurance in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent;

 

(ii)          a policy or policies of title insurance or a marked unconditional commitment or binder thereof issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring title to such Mortgaged Property is vested in such Credit Party for an amount not to exceed the Fair Market Value (determined at the time described in Section 9.14(b) above) and together with such endorsements as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and which are available at commercially reasonable rates in the jurisdiction where the applicable Mortgaged Property is located;

 

(iii)         unless the Collateral Agent shall have otherwise agreed, but only to the extent already prepared and otherwise available, either (A) a survey of the applicable Mortgaged Property for which all necessary fees (where applicable) have been paid (1) prepared by a surveyor reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, (2) dated or re-certificated not earlier than three months prior to the date of such delivery or such other date as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, (3) for Mortgaged Property situated in the United States, certified to the Collateral Agent and the title insurance company issuing the title insurance policy for such Mortgaged Property pursuant to clause (ii), which certification shall be reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and (4) for Mortgaged Property situated in the United States, complying with current “Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys,” jointly established and adopted by American Land Title Association, the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping and the National Society of Professional Surveyors (except for such deviations as are acceptable to the Collateral Agent) or (B) coverage under the title insurance policy or policies referred to in clause (ii) above that does not contain a general exception for survey matters and which contains survey-related endorsements reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent; and

 

(iv)         opinions of counsel to the Credit Party mortgagor with respect to the enforceability, due authorization, execution and delivery of the applicable Mortgages and any related fixture filings in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

 

(d)          Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Collateral Agent and the Borrower reasonably determine in writing that the time or cost of creating or perfecting any Lien on any property (including the time and cost required to obtain the flood insurance required under Section 9.14(c)(i)) is excessive in relation to the benefits afforded to the Lenders thereby, then such property may be excluded from the Collateral for all purposes of the Credit Documents.

 

(e)          Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Credit Parties shall not be required to take any actions outside the United States, to (i) create any security interest in assets titled or located outside the United States, or (ii) perfect or make enforceable any security interests in any Collateral.

 

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9.15        Designation of Subsidiaries. The Board of Directors of the Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that immediately before and after such designation, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Borrower’s Investment therein. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the Incurrence at the time of designation of any Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time. Upon any such designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary (but without duplication of any amount reducing such Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of “Investment” or the definition of “Available Amount”), the Borrower and/or the applicable Restricted Subsidiaries shall receive a credit against the applicable clause in Section 10.5 or Section 10.6 that was utilized for the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary for all Returns in respect of such Investment.

 

9.16        Maintenance of Ratings. The Borrower will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the public credit rating for the Initial Term Loan Facility issued by S&P and the public credit rating for the Initial Term Loan Facility issued by Moody’s, and the Borrower’s public corporate credit rating issued by S&P and public corporate credit rating issued by Moody’s to each be maintained (but not to obtain or maintain a specific rating).

 

9.17        Post-Closing Obligations. To the extent not executed and delivered on the Closing Date, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, execute and deliver the documents and complete the tasks set forth on Schedule 9.17, in each case within the time limits specified on such schedule (or such later time as the Administrative Agent shall agree in its reasonable discretion).

 

SECTION 10.      Negative Covenants. The Borrower (and, with respect to Section 10.9, Holdings) hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Total Commitment and all Letters of Credit have terminated (unless such Letters of Credit have been Cash Collateralized on terms and conditions set forth in Section 3.8) and the Loans and Unpaid Drawings, together with interest, fees and all other payment Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or contingent indemnification or other contingent obligations not then due and payable), are paid in full:

 

10.1        Limitation on Indebtedness. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur, contingently or otherwise, with respect to any Indebtedness, except:

 

(a)          (i) Indebtedness arising under the Credit Documents, including pursuant to Sections 2.14 and 2.15, and (ii) any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness;

 

(b)          Indebtedness arising under the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents (including any guarantees in respect thereof) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to clause (ii) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding), except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, $1,100,000,000 and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness; provided that, notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, no Person other than a Credit Party shall at any time be an obligor in respect of any such Indebtedness;

 

(c)          (i) Indebtedness constituting reimbursement obligations in respect of any bankers’ acceptance, bank guarantees, letters of credit, warehouse receipt or similar facilities entered into in the ordinary course of business (including in respect of workers compensation claims, or consistent with past practice, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance) and (ii) Indebtedness supported by Letters of Credit or other letters of credit under similar facilities in an amount not to exceed the Stated Amount of such Letters of Credit or stated amount of such other letters of credit under such similar facilities;

 

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(d)          Except as otherwise limited by clauses (a), (b), (h) and (u), Guarantee Obligations Incurred by (i) any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary that is permitted to be Incurred under this Agreement and (ii) the Borrower in respect of Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is permitted to be Incurred under this Agreement; provided that, if the applicable Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations, any such Guarantee Obligations shall be subordinated to the Obligations;

 

(e)          Guarantee Obligations Incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice in respect of obligations to suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors, licensees, sublicensees or distribution partners;

 

(f)           (i) Indebtedness (including Financing Lease Obligations and other Indebtedness arising under mortgage financings and purchase money Indebtedness (including any industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond or similar financings)) the proceeds of which are used to finance the acquisition, development, construction, repair, restoration, replacement, maintenance, upgrade, expansion or improvement of fixed or capital assets or otherwise Incurred in respect of Capital Expenditures; provided that (A) such Indebtedness is Incurred concurrently with or within 270 days after the completion of the applicable acquisition, development, construction, repair, restoration, replacement, maintenance, upgrade, expansion or improvement or the making of the applicable Capital Expenditure and (B) such Indebtedness is not Incurred to acquire Capital Stock of any Person; provided, further, that, at the time of Incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness then outstanding pursuant to clause (i) (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to clause (ii) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) shall not, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, exceed an amount equal to (I) the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of the date such Indebtedness is Incurred based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date) minus (II) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(g) and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness;

 

(g)          (i) Indebtedness constituting Financing Lease Obligations, other than Financing Lease Obligations in effect on the Closing Date (and set forth on Schedule 10.1) or Financing Lease Obligations entered into pursuant to Section 10.1(f); provided that, at the time of Incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness then outstanding pursuant to clause (i) (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to clause (ii) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) shall not, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, exceed an amount equal to (I) the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of the date such Indebtedness is Incurred based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date) minus (II) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(f); and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness.

 

(h)          Closing Date Indebtedness and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness;

 

(i)           Indebtedness in respect of Hedging Agreements Incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and, in each case, at the time entered into, not for speculative purposes;

 

(j)           (i) Indebtedness of a Person or Indebtedness attaching to assets of a Person that, in either case, becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is a Restricted Subsidiary that survives a merger, consolidation or amalgamation with such Person or any of its Subsidiaries) or Indebtedness attaching to assets that are acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case after the Closing Date as the result of an Acquisition or Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that

 

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(A)         subject to Section 1.11, before and after giving pro forma effect thereto, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 has occurred and is continuing;

 

(B)          as of the date that any such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is a Restricted Subsidiary that survives a merger, consolidation or amalgamation with such a Person or any of its Subsidiaries) or the date that any such assets are acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding pursuant to this Section 10.1(j) does not exceed, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, the sum of (I) when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of (1) Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding under, Section 10.1(k)(i)(B)(I) and Section 10.1(s)(i) and (2) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 10.1(j) to Refinance Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding in reliance on, this clause (I), the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date plus (II) subject to Section 1.11, an aggregate amount such that, after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of any such Indebtedness, to such Acquisition, Investment, any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis with a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Incurrence, as if such Incurrence, Acquisition, Investment, Specified Transaction and Specified Restructuring had occurred on the first day of such Test Period of not greater than 6.85:1.00;

 

(C)          such Indebtedness existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time such assets were acquired and, in each case, was not created in anticipation thereof;

 

(D)          such Indebtedness is not guaranteed in any respect by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any such Person that so becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is the survivor of a merger with such Person or any of its Subsidiaries) except to the extent permitted under Section 10.5 or Section 10.6; and

 

(E)          (x) the Capital Stock of such Person is pledged to the Collateral Agent to the extent required under Section 9.11 and (y) such Person executes a supplement to each of the Guarantee, the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement (or alternative guarantee and security arrangements in relation to the Obligations) and a counterpart signature page to the Intercompany Notes, in each case to the extent required under Section 9.10, 9.11 or 9.14(b), as applicable; provided that the requirements of this clause (E) shall not apply to any Indebtedness of the type that could have been Incurred under Section 10.1(f) or Section 10.1(g);

 

(ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness;

 

(k)          (1) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurred to finance an Acquisition; provided that,

 

(A)         subject to Section 1.11, before and after giving pro forma effect thereto, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 has occurred and is continuing;

 

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(B)          as of the date of such Incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding pursuant to this Section 10.1(k), does not exceed, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, the sum of (I) when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of (1) Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding under, Section 10.1(j)(i)(B)(I) and Section 10.1(s)(i) and (2) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 10.1(k) to Refinance Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding in reliance on, this clause (I), the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date plus (II) subject to Section 1.11, an aggregate amount such that, after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of any such Indebtedness, to such Acquisition, Investment, any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis with a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Incurrence, as if such Incurrence, Acquisition, Investment, Specified Transaction and Specified Restructuring had occurred on the first day of such Test Period of not greater than 6.85:1.00;

 

(C)          the terms of such Indebtedness do not provide for any scheduled repayment (including at maturity), mandatory repayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition, similar payment or sinking fund obligation prior to the Latest Maturity Date, other than customary prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances or similar payments of, or offers to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or similarly pay upon, a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event or on account of the accumulation of excess cash flow and customary acceleration rights upon an event of default;

 

(D)          if such Indebtedness is Incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Indebtedness shall not be guaranteed in any respect by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor except to the extent permitted under Section 10.5;

 

(E)          (x) the Capital Stock of any Person acquired in such Acquisitions or Investments permitted under Section 10.5 (the “acquired Person”) is pledged to the Collateral Agent to the extent required under Section 9.11 and (y) such acquired Person executes a supplement to each of the Guarantee, the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement and a counterpart signature page to the Intercompany Note (or alternative guarantee and security arrangements in relation to the Obligations), in each case, to the extent required under Section 9.10, 9.11 or 9.14(b), as applicable;

 

(F)          the terms of such Indebtedness shall be consistent with the requirements set forth in clause (b) and, if applicable, clause (f) of the definition of “Permitted Additional Debt”; provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees); and

 

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(G)          at the time any such Indebtedness is Incurred and after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith and the use of the proceeds thereof,, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness Incurred by Non- Credit Parties pursuant to, and then outstanding under, this Section 10.1(k), when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of (1) all other Indebtedness Incurred by Non-Credit Parties and then outstanding pursuant to Section 10.1(s) and (2) all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred by Non-Credit Parties and then outstanding pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 10.1(k), shall not exceed, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of the date such Indebtedness is Incurred based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date);

 

(ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness;

 

(l)           (i) unsecured Indebtedness in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; provided that such obligations are Incurred in connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money and (ii) unsecured Indebtedness in respect of intercompany obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of accounts payable Incurred in connection with goods sold or services rendered in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money;

 

(m)         Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn-outs, deferred purchase price, payment obligations in respect of any non-compete, consulting or similar arrangement, contingent earnout obligations or similar obligations (including earn-outs), in each case entered into in connection with the Transactions, Acquisitions, other Investments and the Disposition of any business, assets or Capital Stock permitted hereunder, other than Guarantee Obligations Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Capital Stock for the purpose of financing such acquisition, but including in connection with Guarantee Obligations, letters of credit, surety bonds on performance bonds securing the performance of the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to such agreements;

 

(n)          Indebtedness in respect of contracts (including trade contracts and government contracts), statutory obligations, performance bonds, bid bonds, custom bonds, stay and appeal bonds, surety bonds, indemnity bonds, judgment bonds, performance and completion and return of money bonds and guarantees, financial assurances, bankers’ acceptance facilities and similar obligations or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case not in connection with the borrowing of money, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations;

 

(o)          Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take or pay obligations contained in supply agreements, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and not in connection with the borrowing of money;

 

(p)          (i) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to officers, directors, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle), the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle), the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries under deferred compensation arrangements to their officers, directors, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors or other similar arrangements Incurred by such Persons in connection with the Transactions, Acquisitions or any other Investment expressly permitted under Section 10.5 or Section 10.6;

 

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(q)          unsecured Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to future, current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors, employees and independent contractors (or their respective Immediate Family Members) of Holdings, the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle, in each case, to finance the retirement, acquisition, repurchase or redemption of Capital Stock of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle to the extent such Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle uses the proceeds to finance the purchase or redemption (directly or indirectly) of its Capital Stock) or the Capital Stock of the Borrower, in each case to the extent permitted by Section 10.6; provided that, any such Indebtedness shall reduce availability under Section 10.6 to the extent of any amounts incurred from time to time under this Section 10.1(q), whether or not outstanding, except in respect of amounts forgiven or cancelled without payment being made;

 

(r)           Cash Management Obligations, Cash Management Services and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, automatic clearing house arrangements, employees’ credit or purchase cards, overdraft protections and similar arrangements and otherwise in connection with deposit accounts and repurchase agreements permitted under Section 10.5;

 

(s)          additional senior, senior subordinated or subordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof, in an aggregate principal amount, determined as of the date of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness and giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof, not to exceed, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, the sum of (i) when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of (1) Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding under, Section 10.1(j)(i)(B)(I) and Section 10.1(k)(i)(B)(I) and (2) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (s) to Refinance Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding in reliance on, this clause (i), the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date plus (ii) an amount such that, after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of any such Indebtedness and any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith, the Borrower and Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis with either (x) a Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Incurrence, as if such Incurrence, acquisition, Specified Transaction and Specified Restructuring occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of not less than 2.00:1.00 or (y) a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio of less than or equal to 6.85:1.00, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Incurrence, as if such Incurrence, acquisition, Specified Transaction and Specified Restructuring occurred on the first day of such Test Period; provided, that, at the time any such Indebtedness is Incurred and after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness Incurred and then outstanding under this Section 10.1(s) by Non-Credit Parties, when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of (1) all other Indebtedness Incurred by Non-Credit Parties and then outstanding pursuant to Section 10.1(k) and (2) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding under, this clause (s) to Refinance Indebtedness of Non-Credit Parties, shall not exceed, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of the date such Indebtedness is Incurred based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date); provided, further, that the terms of such Indebtedness shall be consistent with the requirements of clause (a), clause (b) and, if applicable, clause (f) of the proviso of the definition of “Permitted Additional Debt”; provided, further, that the Net Cash Proceeds from the Incurrence of any Indebtedness under this Section 10.1(s) shall not be permitted to be used by the Borrower of any Restricted Subsidiary to consummate any Acquisition;

 

(t)           (i) Indebtedness Incurred in connection with any Sale Leaseback and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness;

 

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(u)          Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Additional Debt, the Net Cash Proceeds from which or, in the case of commitments, the new commitments of which, are required to be applied to (x) prepay the Term Loans and related amounts in the manner set forth in Section 5.2(a)(i) or (y) permanently reduce Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments in the manner set forth in Section 5.2(e)(ii) (and any such Permitted Additional Debt shall be deemed to have been Incurred pursuant to this clause (i)), (ii) other Permitted Additional Debt; provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), at the time of Incurrence or provision thereof and after giving pro forma effect thereto and such other transactions being consummated in connection therewith and the use of the proceeds thereof, assuming that all commitments, if any, thereunder were fully drawn, the aggregate principal amount of (X) all such Indebtedness Incurred or provided under this Section 10.1(u)(ii) plus (Y) any Incremental Term Loans (other than those Incremental Term Loans Incurred under the proviso to Section 2.14(b)), any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (other than those Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments Incurred or provided under the proviso to Section 2.14(b)) that, in each case, have been Incurred or provided pursuant to Section 2.14(b)(A), shall not exceed the sum of (A) the Incremental Base Amount plus (B) an aggregate amount of Indebtedness, such that, after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence (and after giving pro forma effect to any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith and assuming that all Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments then outstanding and Incurred under Section 2.14(b)(B) were fully drawn), the Borrower would be in compliance with a Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the Incurrence of any such Permitted Additional Debt, calculated on a pro forma basis, as if such Incurrence (and any related transaction) had occurred on the first day of such Test Period, that is no greater than 5.00:1.00 (the “Incremental Ratio Debt Amount”) (with all such Indebtedness Incurred in reliance on the Incremental Ratio Debt Amount to be considered Consolidated First Lien Debt for purposes of such calculation and any subsequent calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for purposes of Section 2.14 or this Section 10.(u)); provided, further, that, in each case of this clause (ii), subject to Section 1.11, no Event of Default (or, in the case of the Incurrence or provision of Permitted Additional Debt in connection with an Acquisition, no Event of Default under either Section 11.1 or 11.5) shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the Incurrence or provision of any such Indebtedness or after giving pro forma effect thereto and (iii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; provided that, without limitation of the requirements set forth in the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be of the type described in clause (a) or clause (b) of the definition of “Permitted Additional Debt”;

 

(v)          Indebtedness of Non-Credit Parties; provided that, at the time of the Incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence and other transactions and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding in reliance on this Section 10.1(v) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $125,000,000 and (y) 20.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of the date such Indebtedness is Incurred based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date);

 

(w)         unsecured Indebtedness in the amount of any Excluded Contribution to the extent not counted for purposes of the Available Equity Amount or Cure Amount; provided that, the maturity date of such Indebtedness is not earlier than the Latest Maturity Date;

 

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(x)           Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that, at the time of the Incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence and other transactions and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding under this Section 10.1(x) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $230,000,000 and (y) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of the date such Indebtedness is Incurred based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date);

 

(y)          (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owing by a Credit Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be evidenced by the Intercompany Note and (ii) Indebtedness in respect of shares of Disqualified Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer (other than the incurrence of a lien permitted by Section 10.2) of any such shares of Disqualified Capital Stock (except to the Borrower or another of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any pledge of such Capital Stock constituting a lien permitted by Section 10.2 (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of Disqualified Capital Stock (to the extent such Disqualified Capital Stock is then outstanding) not permitted by this clause;

 

(z)           Indebtedness in respect of commercial letters of credit obtained in the ordinary course of business;

 

(aa)        Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;

 

(bb)        customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers for goods or services purchased in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(cc)        Indebtedness Incurred in connection with bankers’ acceptances, discounted bills of exchange or the discounting or factoring of receivables for credit management purposes, in each case Incurred or undertaken in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice on arm’s length commercial terms on a recourse basis;

 

(dd)        Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or Joint Venture in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(ee)        Indebtedness arising solely as a result of the existence of any Lien (other than for Liens securing debt for borrowed money) permitted under Section 10.2;

 

(ff)          Indebtedness of any Receivables Subsidiary arising under a Receivables Facility;

 

(gg)        Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are promptly deposited with the trustee under the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture to satisfy and discharge the Senior Unsecured Notes in accordance with the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture, to the extent constituting a Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

 

(hh)        [reserved];

 

(ii)          Indebtedness to the seller of any business or assets permitted to be acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under this Agreement; provided that, at the time of the Incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence and other transactions and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding in reliance on this Section 10.1(ii) shall not exceed the greater of (a) $30,000,000 and (b) 4.5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

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(jj)          obligations in respect of Disqualified Capital Stock; provided that, at the time of the Incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence and other transactions and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding under this clause (jj) shall not exceed the greater of (a) $30,000,000 and (b) 4.5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

(kk)        unfunded pension fund and other employee benefit plan obligations and liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business to the extent they do not result in an Event of Default under Section 11.6;

 

(ll)          Indebtedness in respect of (i) any Term Loan Exchange Notes and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness;

 

(mm)      endorsement of instruments or other payment items for deposit in the ordinary course of business;

 

(nn)        performance Guarantees of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries primarily guaranteeing performance of contractual obligations of the Borrower or Restricted Subsidiaries to a third party and not primarily for the purpose of guaranteeing payment of Indebtedness;

 

(oo)        obligations in respect of letters of support, guarantees or similar obligations issued, made or incurred for the benefit of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent required by law or in connection with any statutory filing or the delivery of audit opinions performed in jurisdictions other than within the United States; and

 

(pp)        all customary premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition and capitalized interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in each of the clauses of this Section 10.1.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.1, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in clauses (a) through (pp) above, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof and including as between the Incremental Base Amount and the Incremental Ratio Debt Amount) in a manner that complies with this Section 10.1 and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the above clauses; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Documents and any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness will be deemed to have been Incurred in reliance only on the exception set forth in Section 10.1(a) (but without limiting the right of the Borrower to classify and reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, Indebtedness incurred under Section 2.14 or Section 10.1(u) as between the Incremental Base Amount and the Incremental Ratio Debt Amount). The accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 10.1.

 

At the time of Incurrence, the Borrower will be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in the paragraphs above. It is understood and agreed that any Indebtedness in the form of loans secured by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking equal to the priority of the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) shall be subject to the MFN Protection set forth in Section 2.14(c) (but subject to the MFN Exceptions to such MFN Protection) as if such Indebtedness were an Incremental Term Loan.

 

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10.2          Limitation on Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted 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 the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

 

(a)          Liens created pursuant to (i) the Credit Documents to secure the Obligations (including Liens permitted pursuant to Section 3.8) or permitted in respect of any Mortgaged Property by the terms of the applicable Mortgage, (ii) the Permitted Additional Debt Documents securing Permitted Additional Debt Obligations permitted to be Incurred under Section 10.1(u) (provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets that are not Collateral) and (iii) the documentation governing any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets that are not Collateral); provided that, (A) in the case of Liens described in subclause (ii) or (iii) above securing Permitted Additional Debt Obligations or Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that constitute, or are intended to constitute, First Lien Obligations, the applicable Permitted Additional Debt Secured Parties or parties to such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall have entered into with the Collateral Agent a Customary Intercreditor Agreement which agreement shall provide that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Permitted Additional Debt Obligations or Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall have the same priority ranking as the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) and (B) in the case of Liens described in subclause (ii) or (iii) above securing Permitted Additional Debt Obligations or Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that do not constitute, or are not intended to constitute, First Lien Obligations, the applicable Permitted Additional Debt Secured Parties or parties to such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall have entered into a Customary Intercreditor Agreement with the Collateral Agent which agreement shall provide that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Permitted Additional Debt Obligations or Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, as applicable, shall rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and any other First Lien Obligations. Without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to negotiate, execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Customary Intercreditor Agreement or any amendment (or amendment and restatement) to the Security Documents or a Customary Intercreditor Agreement to the extent necessary to effect the provisions contemplated by this Section 10.2(a);

 

(b)          Permitted Encumbrances;

 

(c)          Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 10.1(f) or Section 10.1(g) (including the interests of vendors and lessors under conditional sale and title retention agreements); provided that (i) such Liens attach concurrently with or within 270 days after the acquisition, lease, repair, replacement, restoration, construction, expansion or improvement (as applicable) of the property subject to such Liens or the making of the applicable Capital Expenditures, (ii) other than the property financed by such Indebtedness, such Liens do not at any time encumber any property, except for replacements thereof and accessions and additions to such property and ancillary rights thereto and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits, related contract rights and payment intangibles and other assets related thereto and (iii) with respect to Financing Lease Obligations, such Liens do not at any time extend to, or cover any assets (except for accessions and additions to such assets, replacements and products thereof and customary security deposits, related contract rights and payment intangibles), other than the assets subject to such Financing Lease Obligations and ancillary rights thereto; provided that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender;

 

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(d)          Liens on property and assets existing on the Closing Date or pursuant to agreements in existence on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 10.2 or, to the extent not listed in such Schedule, such property or assets have a Fair Market Value that does not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate; provided that (i) such Lien does not extend to any other property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than (A) after acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien or financed by Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1 and (B) the proceeds and products thereof and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations that such Liens secured on the Closing Date and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1;

 

(e)          the modification, Refinancing, replacement, extension or renewal (or successive modifications, Refinancings, replacements, extensions or renewals) of any Lien permitted by clauses (c), (d), (f), (p), (t), (u) and (bb) of this Section 10.2 upon or in the same assets theretofore subject to such Lien other than (i) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, (ii) in the case of Liens permitted by clauses (f), (t), (u) or (bb), after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1, the terms of which Indebtedness require or include a pledge of after-acquired property (it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition) and (iii) the proceeds and products thereof;

 

(f)           Liens existing on the assets, or shares of Capital Stock, of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (including by designation as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 9.15), or existing on assets acquired, pursuant to an Acquisition or other Investment permitted under Section 10.5 or Section 10.6 to the extent the Liens on such assets secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1(j); provided that such Liens attach at all times only to the same assets that such Liens attached to (other than (i) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, (ii) after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1(j), the terms of which Indebtedness require or include a pledge of after-acquired property (it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition) and (iii) the proceeds and products thereof), and secure only, the same Indebtedness or obligations (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1) that such Liens secured, immediately prior to such Acquisition or other Investment, as applicable;

 

(g)          Liens arising out of any license, sublicense or cross-license of Intellectual Property permitted under Section 10.4;

 

(h)          Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(i)           Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right to set off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

 

(j)           Liens (i) on advances of cash or Cash Equivalents in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 10.5 or Section 10.6 to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment (or to secure letters of credit, bank guarantee or similar instruments posted or issued in respect thereof), and (ii) consisting of an agreement to sell, transfer, lease or otherwise Dispose of any property in a transaction permitted under Section 10.4, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or sale, Disposition, transfer or lease, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;

 

(k)          (i) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of property and bailee arrangements entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business permitted by this Agreement and (ii) Lien arising by operation of Applicable Law under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar provision under any other Applicable Law) in favor of a seller or buyer of goods;

 

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(l)            Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 10.5; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;

 

(m)          Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (A) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the Incurrence of Indebtedness, (B) relating to pooled deposit, automatic clearing house or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (C) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice; provided that, Liens permitted pursuant to this clause (m) may be first priority Liens and not subject to any Lien or security interest securing the Obligations;

 

(n)           Liens (i) solely on any earnest money deposits of cash or Cash Equivalents made by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder or to secure any letter of credit, bank guarantee or similar instrument issued or posted in respect thereof and (ii) consisting of an agreement to Dispose of any property in a transaction permitted under Section 10.4;

 

(o)           Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;

 

(p)           Liens on property subject to Sale Leasebacks and customary security deposits, related contract rights and payment intangibles related thereto;

 

(q)           the prior rights of consignees and their lenders under consignment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(r)            agreements to subordinate any interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any accounts receivable or other proceeds arising from inventory consigned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(s)            (i) Liens on Capital Stock in Joint Ventures securing obligations of such Joint Ventures and (ii) to the extent constituting Liens, transfer restrictions, purchase options, rights of first refusal, tag or drag, put or call or similar rights of minority holders or Joint Ventures partners, in each case under partnership, limited liability coverage, Joint Venture or similar Organizational Documents;

 

(t)            Liens with respect to property or assets of any Non-Credit Party securing Indebtedness of a Non-Credit Party permitted under Section 10.1(v);

 

(u)           Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section 10.2; provided that, at the time of the incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of proceeds thereof, the aggregate amount of Indebtedness and other obligations then outstanding and secured thereby (when aggregated with the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by Liens Incurred in reliance on, and then outstanding under, Section 10.2(e) above in respect of a Refinancing of Indebtedness previously secured under this Section 10.2(u)) does not exceed, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, the greater of (x) $225,000,000 and (y) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date such Lien is created, incurred, assumed or suffered to exist (measured as such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date; provided that, if such Liens are on Collateral, then the Borrower may elect to have the holders of the Indebtedness or other obligations secured thereby (or a representative or trustee on their behalf) enter into a Customary Intercreditor Agreement providing that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Indebtedness or other obligations shall rank junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations. Without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to negotiate, execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Customary Intercreditor Agreement or any amendment (or amendment and restatement) to the Security Documents or a Customary Intercreditor Agreement to the extent necessary to effect the provisions contemplated by this Section 10.2(u);

 

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(v)            Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business and, at the time of incurrence thereof, not for speculative purposes;

 

(w)           Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents used to defease or to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided such defeasance or satisfaction or discharge is permitted under this Agreement;

 

(x)            Liens securing obligations (other than obligations representing Indebtedness for borrowed money) under operating, reciprocal easement or similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(y)            Liens securing commercial letters of credit permitted pursuant to Section 10.1(z);

 

(z)            Liens on Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(aa)          Liens securing Hedging Agreements submitted for clearing in accordance with Applicable Law;

 

(bb)         Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1(k), (s) or (x); provided that, subject to Section 1.11, after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of any such Liens and the Incurrence of such Indebtedness and to any Acquisition, Investment, Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith, the Borrower and Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis with a Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio of less than or equal to 5.00:1.00, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Incurrence, as if such Incurrence, Acquisition, Investment, and any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Test Period; provided, further, that, if such Liens are on Collateral, then the Borrower may elect to have the holders of the Indebtedness or other obligations secured thereby (or a representative or trustee on their behalf) enter into a Customary Intercreditor Agreement providing that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Indebtedness or other obligations shall rank junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations. Without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to negotiate, execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Customary Intercreditor Agreement or any amendment (or amendment and restatement) to the Security Documents or a Customary Intercreditor Agreement to the extent necessary to effect the provisions contemplated by this Section 10.2(bb);

 

(cc)          with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, Liens arising mandatorily by legal requirements (and not as a result of under-capitalization of such Foreign Subsidiary);

 

(dd)         Liens on Escrowed Proceeds for the benefit of the related holders of debt securities or other Indebtedness (or the underwriters or arrangers thereof) or on cash set aside at the time of the Incurrence of any Indebtedness or government securities purchased with such cash, in either case to the extent such cash or government securities prefund the payment of interest on such Indebtedness and are held in an escrow account or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose;

 

(ee)          Liens on vehicles or equipment of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business;

 

(ff)           Liens on accounts receivable and related assets, incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility;

 

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(gg)         Liens securing obligations in respect of any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds or in respect of any credit card or similar services incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(hh)         Liens representing (i) any interest or title of a licensor, lessor or sublicensor or sublessor under any lease or license permitted by this Agreement, (ii) any Lien or restriction that the interest or title of such lessor, licensor, sublessor or sublicensor may be subject to, or (iii) the interest of a licensee, lessee, sublicensee or sublessee arising by virtue of being granted a license or lease permitted by this Agreement;

 

(ii)            Liens granted pursuant to a security agreement between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and a licensee of Intellectual Property to secure the damages, if any, of such licensee resulting from the rejection of the license of such licensee in a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(jj)            utility and similar deposits in the ordinary course of business;

 

(kk)          Liens securing any Hedging Obligations under any Hedging Agreement so long as the Fair Market Value of the Collateral securing such Hedging Obligations does not exceed $75,000,000 at any time;

 

(ll)            Liens arising in connection with rights of dissenting equityholders pursuant to Applicable Law in respect of the Transactions; and

 

(mm)        Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.2, (A) Lien need not be incurred solely by reference to one category of Liens permitted by this Section 10.2 but are permitted to be incurred in part under any combination thereof and of any other available exemption, (B) in the event that Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of Liens permitted by this Section 10.2, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify such Lien (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this definition and (C) in the event that a portion of Indebtedness or other obligations secured by a Lien could be classified as secured in part pursuant to Section 10.2(bb) above (giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of such portion of such Indebtedness or other obligations), the Borrower, in its sole discretion, may classify such portion of such Indebtedness (and any obligations in respect thereof) as having been secured pursuant to Section 10.2(bb) above and thereafter the remainder of the Indebtedness or other obligations as having been secured pursuant to one or more of the other clauses of this Section 10.2.

 

10.3            Limitation on Fundamental Changes. Except as expressly permitted by Section 10.4, 10.5 or 10.6, the Borrower will not and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its business units, assets or other properties, except that:

 

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(a)            any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person (other than Holdings) may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower or the Borrower may Dispose of all or substantially all of its business units, assets and other properties; provided that (i) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person or, in the case of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation where the Borrower is not the continuing or surviving Person, the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation (if other than the Borrower) or in connection with a Disposition of all or substantially all of the Borrower’s assets, the transferee of such assets or properties, shall, in each case, be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (the Borrower or such Person, as the case may be, being herein referred to as the “Successor Borrower”), (ii) the Successor Borrower (if other than the Borrower) shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (iii) if such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition involves the Borrower and a Person that, prior to the consummation of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, or Disposition, is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (A) subject to Section 1.11, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing on the date of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition or would result from the consummation of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition, (B) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition or unless the Successor Borrower is the Borrower, shall have confirmed by a supplement to the Guarantee and by a supplement to this Agreement that its Guarantee and Co-Obligor obligations shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (C) each Subsidiary grantor and each Subsidiary pledgor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition or unless the Successor Borrower is the Borrower, shall have by a supplement to the Credit Documents confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (D) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition or unless the Successor Borrower is the Borrower, shall have by an amendment to or restatement of the Mortgage confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (E) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate stating that such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition and any supplements to the Credit Documents preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection of the Liens on the Collateral under the Security Documents, (F) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall be required to deliver to the Administrative Agent an opinion of counsel to the effect that such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition does not breach or result in a default under this Agreement or any other Credit Document and (G) such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition shall comply with all the conditions set forth in the definition of the term “Permitted Acquisition” or is otherwise permitted under Section 10.5 or Section 10.6; provided, further, that, if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower (if other than the Borrower) will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement (provided, further, that, in the event of a Disposition of all or substantially all of the Borrower’s assets or property to a Successor Borrower (which is not the Borrower) as set forth above and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 13.6(a), if the original Borrower retains any assets or property other than immaterial assets or property after such Disposition, such original Borrower shall remain obligated as a co-Borrower along with the Successor Borrower hereunder);

 

(b)            any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person (other than Holdings) may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into any one or more Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its business units, assets and other properties; provided that, (i) in the case of any merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition involving one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, (A) a Restricted Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person or the transferee of such assets or (B) the Borrower shall take all steps necessary to cause the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or the transferee of such assets and properties (if other than a Restricted Subsidiary) to become a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) in the case of any merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition involving one or more Subsidiary Guarantors, if the surviving Person formed by or surviving such merger, amalgamation or consolidation or the transferee of such assets and properties is a Credit Party, then any Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor assumed by such surviving Person or the transferee of such assets and properties shall be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness upon completion of such transaction and such transaction shall be permitted only if such Incurrence is permitted under Section 10.1 of this Agreement (without giving effect to Section 10.1(k)) and (iii) if such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition involves a Restricted Subsidiary and a Person that, prior to the consummation of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition, is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, (A) subject to Section 1.11, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing on the date of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition or would result from the consummation of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition, (B) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer stating that such merger, amalgamation,consolidation or Disposition and such supplements to any Credit Document preserve the enforceability of the Guarantees and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents and (C) such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition shall comply with all the conditions set forth in the definition of the term “Permitted Acquisition” or is otherwise permitted under Section 10.4, Section 10.5 or Section 10.6;

 

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(c)            any Restricted Subsidiary may (i) merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any other Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) Dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower;

 

(d)            the Transactions (including the Merger and the Internal Restructuring) may be consummated; provided that, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC expressly assumes all of the obligations of MPH Acquisition Corp 1 (as Successor Borrower after the Merger and Internal Restructuring);

 

(e)            any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve or change its legal form if (x) the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution or change of legal form is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and (y) any assets or business not otherwise Disposed of or transferred in accordance with Section 10.4, Section 10.5 or Section 10.6, or, in the case of any such business, discontinued, shall be transferred to, or otherwise owned or conducted by, the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary after giving effect to such liquidation or dissolution or change of legal form; and

 

(f)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation, amalgamation or Disposition, the purpose of which is to (i) effect a Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 10.4 (other than 10.4(h)), (ii) reorganize or reincorporate any such Person in the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof or (iii) convert into a Person organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person or another jurisdiction of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof; provided that, with respect to any of the actions described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above, the Borrower or applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall have complied with Section 4.2 of the Security Agreement.

 

10.4            Limitation on Sale of Assets. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, (i) convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer, license or otherwise dispose of any of its property, business or assets (including receivables and including pursuant to a Sale Leaseback), whether now owned or hereafter acquired (each, a “Disposition”) (other than any such Disposition resulting from a Recovery Event), or (ii) sell to any Person (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) any shares owned by it of any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries’ Capital Stock, except that:

 

(a)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, lease, assign, transfer, license, abandon, allow the expiration or lapse of, or otherwise Dispose of, the following: (i) obsolete, worn-out, damaged, uneconomic, no longer commercially desirable, used or surplus assets, rights and properties and other assets, rights and properties that are held for sale or no longer used, useful or necessary for the operation of the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ business, (ii) inventory, equipment, service agreements, product sales, securities and goods held for sale or other immaterial assets in the ordinary course of business, (iii) cash, Cash Equivalents and Investment Grade Securities in the ordinary course of business, (iv) books of business, client lists or related goodwill in connection with the departure of related employees or producers in the ordinary course of business and (v) any such other assets or Capital Stock to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of such assets sold in any single transaction or series of related transactions does not exceed the greater of (x) $30,000,000 and (y) 4.5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date such assets are Disposed (measured as of the date such assets are Disposed) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

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(b)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may (i) enter into non-exclusive licenses, sublicenses or cross-licenses of Intellectual Property including in connection with a research and development agreement in which the other party receives a license to Intellectual Property that results from such agreement, (ii) exclusively license, sublicense or cross-license Intellectual Property if done in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (iii) assign, lease, sublease, license or sublicense any real or personal property or terminate or allow to lapse any such assignment, lease, sublease, license or sublicense, other than any Intellectual Property, in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(c)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, transfer or otherwise Dispose of other assets for Fair Market Value; provided that (i) with respect to any Disposition pursuant to this Section 10.4(c) for a purchase price in excess of the greater of (x) $35,000,000 and (y) 5.2% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date such assets are Disposed (measured as of the date such assets are Disposed) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall receive not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that, for purposes of determining what constitutes cash under this clause (i), (A) any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto or if accrued or incurred subsequent to the date of such balance sheets, such liabilities would have been shown on the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto as if such accrual or incurrence had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the payment in cash of the Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition and for which the Borrower and all of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing shall be deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents, (B) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition shall be deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents and (C) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of the applicable Disposition having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (C) that is outstanding at the time such Designated Non-Cash Consideration is received, not in excess of the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date such assets are Disposed (measured as of the date such assets are Disposed) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, shall be deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents, (ii) any non-cash proceeds received in the form of Indebtedness or Capital Stock are pledged to the Collateral Agent to the extent required under Section 9.11, and (iii) to the extent applicable, the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are promptly offered to prepay the Term Loans to the extent required by Section 5.2(a)(i);

 

(d)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may (i) Dispose of, discount, forgive or write off accounts receivable, notes receivable or other current assets in the ordinary course of business or convert accounts receivable to notes receivable or make other Dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the compromise or collection thereof and (ii) sell or transfer accounts receivable so long as the Net Cash Proceeds of any sale or transfer pursuant to this clause (ii) are offered to prepay the Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i);

 

(e)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may Dispose of properties, rights or assets (including the Disposition or issuance of Capital Stock) to the Borrower or to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, if the transferor of such property, right or asset is the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor and the transferee thereof is a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, then the Indebtedness of such transferor assumed by such transferee shall be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness upon completion of such transaction and such transaction shall be permitted only if such Incurrence is permitted under Section 10.1 (without giving effect to Section 10.1(j));

 

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(f)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may Dispose of property (including like-kind exchanges) to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;

 

(g)           the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, transfer and otherwise Dispose of Investments in Joint Ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the Joint Venture parties set forth in Joint Venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

 

(h)           the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may effect any transaction permitted by Section 10.3, 10.5 or 10.6 and may create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens permitted by Section 10.2;

 

(i)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiary may transfer property subject to Recovery Events, including foreclosures, condemnation, expropriation, forced disposition, eminent domain or any similar action with respect to assets;

 

(j)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions listed on Schedule 10.4 and Dispositions of (i) non-core or obsolete assets acquired in connection with Acquisitions or other Investments that are not used or useful in, or are surplus to, the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) other assets acquired in connection with Acquisitions or other Investments permitted under this Agreement for Fair Market Value; provided that any such Dispositions referred to in this clause (ii) shall be made or contractually committed to be made within 365 days of the date such assets were acquired by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(k)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may unwind or terminate any Hedging Agreement or Cash Management Agreement and allow for the expiration of any options agreement with respect to any Real Property or personal property;

 

(l)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions of residential Real Property and related assets in connection with relocation activities for officers, managers, consultants, directors, employees or independent contractors (or their Immediate Family Members) of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle), the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(m)          the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may issue directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals, in each case as required by Applicable Laws;

 

(n)           the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into any netting arrangement of accounts receivable between or among the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or among Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower made in the ordinary course of business;

 

(o)           the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may allow the lapse of, abandon, cancel or cease to maintain or cease to enforce Intellectual Property rights that are no longer (i) used, useful or necessary for, (ii) economically practicable or commercially reasonable to maintain or (iii) in the best interest of or material for the operation of the Borrower’s and the Restricted Subsidiaries’ businesses (including by allowing any registrations or any applications for registration thereof to lapse), in each case in the ordinary course of business or in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower;

 

(p)           the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may surrender, terminate or waive any contract rights or surrender, waive, settle, modify, compromise or release any contract rights, litigation claims or any other claims of any kind (including in tort) in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(q)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions or issuances of the Capital Stock in, Indebtedness of, or other securities issued by, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(r)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may effect a Sale Leaseback (i) with respect to property that is acquired after the Closing Date so long as such Sale Leaseback is consummated within 270 days of the acquisition of such property or (ii) if at the time the lease in connection therewith is entered into, and after giving effect to the entering into of such lease, such lease is otherwise permitted under this Agreement;

 

(s)            the Borrower may issue Qualified Capital Stock and, to the extent permitted by Section 10.1, Disqualified Capital Stock;

 

(t)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions (including those of the type otherwise described herein) after the Closing Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $30,000,000 and (y) 4.5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior the date such assets are Disposed (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

(u)            to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code or any comparable or successor provision, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;

 

(v)            sales or transfers of accounts receivable, or participations therein and related assets, in connection with any Receivables Facility;

 

(w)            sales or dispositions of Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary in order to qualify members of the governing body of such Subsidiary if required by Applicable Law;

 

(x)            samples, including time-limited evaluation software, provided to customers or prospective customers;

 

(y)            de minimis amounts of equipment provided to employees;

 

(z)            the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may (i) terminate or otherwise collapse its cost sharing agreements with the Borrower or any Subsidiary and settle any crossing payments in connection therewith, (ii) convert any intercompany Indebtedness to Capital Stock, (iii) transfer any intercompany Indebtedness to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (subject to applicable subordination terms if Indebtedness of a Credit Party is transferred to a non-Credit Party), (iv) settle, discount, write off, forgive or cancel any intercompany Indebtedness or other obligation owing by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (v) settle, discount, write off, forgive or cancel any Indebtedness owing by any present or former consultants, directors, officers or employees of any Parent Entity, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their successors or assigns or (vi) surrender or waive contractual rights and settle or waive contractual or litigation claims; and

 

(aa)      the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions of any asset between or among the Borrower and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a substantially concurrent interim Disposition in connection with a Disposition otherwise permitted pursuant to clauses (a) through (z) above.

 

10.5            Limitation on Investments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any Investment, except (each of the following exceptions, the “Permitted Investments”):

 

(a)            extensions of trade credit, asset purchases (including purchases of inventory, Intellectual Property, supplies, material or equipment or other similar assets), the lease or sublease of any asset and the licensing or sublicensing or contribution of Intellectual Property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(b)            Investments in assets constituting, or at the time of making such Investments were, cash or Cash Equivalents;

 

(c)            loans and advances to officers, managers, directors, employees, consultants and independent contractors of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof), the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) to finance the purchase of Capital Stock of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle); provided that the amount of such loans and advances used to acquire such Capital Stock shall be contributed to the Borrower in cash as common equity, (ii) for reasonable and customary business related travel expenses, entertainment expenses, moving expenses and similar expenses or payroll expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, and (iii) for additional purposes not contemplated by subclause (i) or (ii) above; provided that, after giving pro forma effect to the making of any such loan or advance, the aggregate principal amount of all loans and advances outstanding under this Section 10.5(c)(iii) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $20,000,000 and (y) 3.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date such Investment is made (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

(d)            Investments (i) existing or contemplated on the Closing Date or (ii) made pursuant to binding agreements in effect on the Closing Date to the extent listed on Schedule 10.5 and (iii) in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), any modification, replacement, renewal, extension or reinvestment thereof, so long as the aggregate amount of all Investments pursuant to this Section 10.5(d) is not increased at any time above the amount of such Investments or binding agreements existing or contemplated on the Closing Date, except pursuant to the terms of such Investment or binding agreements existing or contemplated as of the Closing Date (including as a result of the accrual or accretion of original issue discount or the issuance of payment-in-kind obligations) or as otherwise permitted by this Section 10.5 or Section 10.6;

 

(e)            Investments in Hedging Agreements permitted by Section 10.1(i) and Cash Management Agreements permitted by Section 10.1;

 

(f)            Investments received (i) in connection with, or as a result of, any bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of suppliers, trade creditors or customers or in settlement or compromise of delinquent obligations and disputes with, or judgments against, or other disputes with, customers, trade creditors or suppliers, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon bankruptcy or insolvency of any customer, trade creditor or supplier, (ii) in satisfaction of judgments against other Persons, (iii) as a result of the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment or (iv) as a result of the settlement, compromise or resolution of litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Person who are not Affiliates;

 

(g)            Investments to the extent that the payment for such Investments is made solely with the Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) or the Borrower;

 

(h)            Investments constituting non-cash proceeds of sales, transfers and other Dispositions of assets to the extent permitted by Sections 10.3 and 10.4;

 

(i)            (i) Investments by or among the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary (including guarantees of obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary and any prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances, acquisitions and other similar payments of any Indebtedness of any such Person not prohibited by Section 10.7) and (ii) Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture as valued at the Fair Market Value of such Investment at the time each such Investment is made; provided that the aggregate amount of such Investment (as so valued) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) 30.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date such Investment is made (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

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(j)            Investments consisting of advances, loans, rebates and extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable, notes receivable security deposits and prepayments (including prepayments of expenses) arising and trade credit granted in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other deposits, prepayments and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(k)            the Borrower may make a loan to Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) that could otherwise be made as a Restricted Payment (other than a Restricted Investment) to Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) under Section 10.6, so long as the amount of such loan is deducted from the amount available to be made as a Restricted Payment under the applicable clause of Section 10.6;

 

(l)            Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of UCC Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and UCC Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers;

 

(m)           advances of payroll payments to employees, consultants or independent contractors or other advances of salaries or compensation to officers, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(n)            Guarantees by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of leases or subleases (other than Financing Lease Obligations), Contractual Obligations or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(o)            Investments made to acquire, purchase, repurchase, redeem, acquire or retire Capital Stock of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) or the Borrower owned by any employee stock ownership plan or key employee stock ownership plan of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) or the Borrower;

 

(p)            Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions;

 

(q)            any additional Investments (including Investments in Minority Investments, Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Investments in Joint Ventures or similar entities that do not constitute Restricted Subsidiaries), as valued at the Fair Market Value of such Investment at the time each such Investment is made; provided that the aggregate amount of such Investment (as so valued) shall not cause the aggregate amount of all such Investments made pursuant to this Section 10.5(q) measured at the time such Investment is made, to exceed, after giving pro forma effect to such Investment, the sum of (i) the greater of (x) $250,000,000 and (y) 40.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior the date such Investment is made (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date, (ii) the Available Equity Amount at such time and (iii) the Available Amount at such time; provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this Section 10.5(q) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 10.5(i)(i) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this Section 10.5(q) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

(r)            Investments arising as a result of Sale Leasebacks;

 

(s)            Investments held by any Person acquired by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date or of any Person merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Borrower or merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 10.3 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation;

 

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(t)            Investments consisting of Indebtedness, fundamental changes, Dispositions, Restricted Payments (other than Restricted Investments) and debt payments permitted under Sections 10.1, 10.3 (but only any lettered paragraphs thereof), 10.4 (other than 10.4(e) or 10.4(i) (as such Section 10.4(i) relates to Section 10.5)), 10.6 (other than 10.6(c)(i)) and 10.7;

 

(u)           the forgiveness, capitalization or conversion to Qualified Capital Stock of any Indebtedness owed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and permitted by Section 10.1;

 

(v)           Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower may be established or created if the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiary comply with the requirements of Sections 9.10, 9.11 and 9.14, if applicable; provided that, in each case, to the extent such new Restricted Subsidiary is created solely for the purpose of consummating a transaction pursuant to an acquisition permitted by this Section 10.5, and such new Restricted Subsidiary at no time holds any assets or liabilities other than any merger consideration contributed to it contemporaneously with the closing of such transactions, such new Restricted Subsidiary shall not be required to take the actions set forth in Sections 9.10, 9.11 and 9.14 until the respective acquisition is consummated (at which time the surviving entity of the respective transaction shall be required to so comply in accordance with the provisions thereof);

 

(w)           Investments consisting of earnest money deposits required in connection with purchase agreements or other Acquisitions;

 

(x)            Investments consisting of loans and advances to Holdings (or any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle) and its Subsidiaries in connection with the reimbursement of expenses incurred on behalf of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

(y)           Investment Grade Securities maturing no more than 24 months from the date of acquisition;

 

(z)            contributions in connection with compensation arrangements to a “rabbi” trust for the benefit of employees, directors, partners, members, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers or other grantor trust subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(aa)          non-cash or non-Cash Equivalent Investments in connection with tax planning and reorganization activities; provided that, after giving pro forma effect to any such activities, the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations would not be materially impaired;

 

(bb)         loans and advances to customers in the ordinary course of business in respect of the confidential payment of insurance premiums;

 

(cc)          any Investment made in connection with the Transactions, including the Merger, the Internal Restructuring and any transactions in connection with the Existing Debt Refinancing;

 

(dd)         Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of assets or services in the ordinary course of business;

 

(ee)          Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit and customary trade arrangements with customers, vendors, suppliers, licensors, sublicensors, licensees and sublicensees;

 

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(ff)           Capital Expenditures permitted or not restricted under this Agreement;

 

(gg)         deposits in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of Non-Financing Lease Obligations or utility contracts, or in connection with obligations in respect of tenders, statutory obligations, surety, stay and appeal bonds, bids, licenses, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds, completion guarantees and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money) incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(hh)         Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with (i) obtaining, maintaining or renewing client and customer contracts and (ii) loans or advances made to, and guarantees with respect to obligations of, independent operators, distributors, suppliers, licensors, sublicensors, licensees and sublicensees.

 

(ii)            additional Investments so long as, subject to Section 1.11, (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (y) after giving pro forma effect to such Investment, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of the making of such Investment, as if such Investment and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of no greater than 5.25:1.00;

 

(jj)            Investments in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this Section 10.5(kk) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $225,000,000 and 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Investment (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date; provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this Section 10.5(jj) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, after such date, such investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 10.5(i) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this Section 10.5(jj) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(kk)          to the extent not required to be applied to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i), Investments made in accordance with clause (v) of the definition of “Net Cash Proceeds” with the proceeds received in connection with a Recovery Prepayment Event;

 

(ll)            Investments resulting from pledges and deposits permitted by Sections 10.2(a)(i), 10.2(b) (with respect to clause (d) of the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances”) and 10.1(n);

 

(mm)        any Investment in any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(nn)         Investments in deposit accounts and securities accounts in the ordinary course of business;

 

(oo)         Investments solely to the extent such Investments reflect an increase in the value of Investments otherwise permitted under this Section 10.5;

 

(pp)         the acquisition of additional Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries from minority equityholders (it being understood that to the extent that any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party is acquiring Capital Stock from minority equityholders, then this clause (pp) shall not in and of itself create, or increase the capacity under, any basket for Investments by Credit Parties in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party);

 

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(qq)         Investments in Capital Stock in any Subsidiary resulting from any sale, transfer or other Disposition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary permitted by Section 10.4, including as a result of any contribution from any Parent Entity or distribution to any Subsidiary of such Capital Stock;

 

(rr)           Term Loans repurchased by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to and subject to immediate cancellation in accordance with this Agreement;

 

(ss)          Guarantee obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of letters of support, guarantees or similar obligations issued, made or incurred for the benefit of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent required by law or in connection with any statutory filing or the delivery of audit opinions performed in jurisdictions other than within the United States;

 

(tt)           Investments in any Receivables Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the Borrower are necessary or advisable to effect any Receivables Facility or any repurchase obligation in connection therewith; and

 

(uu)         Acquisitions by the Borrower of obligations of one or more directors, officers, employees, member or management or consultants of Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with such Person’s acquisition of Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle, so long as no cash is actually advanced by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to such Person in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations.

 

10.6         Limitation on Restricted Payments. The Borrower will not pay any dividends (other than dividends payable solely in the Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower) or return any capital to its equity holders or make any other distribution, payment or delivery of property or cash to its equity holders as such, or redeem, retire, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, for consideration, any shares of any class of its Capital Stock or the Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle now or hereafter outstanding (or any options or warrants or stock appreciation or similar rights issued with respect to any of its Capital Stock), or set aside any funds for any of the foregoing purposes (but excluding, in each case, the payment of compensation in the ordinary course of business to equity holders of any such Capital Stock who are employees of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary), or permit the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration (other than in connection with an Investment permitted by Section 10.5) any shares of any class of the Capital Stock of any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle or the Capital Stock of the Borrower, now or hereafter outstanding (or any options or warrants or stock appreciation or similar rights issued with respect to any of the Capital Stock of any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle or the Capital Stock of the Borrower) or make any Restricted Investment (all of the foregoing, “Restricted Payments”); provided that:

 

(a)            (i) the Borrower may (or may pay Restricted Payments to permit any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle to) redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire in whole or in part any Capital Stock (“Treasury Capital Stock”) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle, in exchange for another class of Capital Stock or rights to acquire its Capital Stock or with proceeds from equity contributions or sales or issuances (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of new shares of such Capital Stock to the extent contributed to the Borrower (in each case other than Disqualified Capital Stock, “Refunding Capital Stock”) substantially concurrently with such contribution or sale or issuance; provided that any terms and provisions material to the interests of the Lenders, when taken as a whole, contained in such Refunding Capital Stock are at least as advantageous to the Lenders as those contained in the Capital Stock redeemed thereby and (ii) the Borrower, and any Restricted Subsidiary may pay Restricted Payments payable solely in the Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock not otherwise permitted by Section 10.1) of such Person;

 

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(b)           So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may redeem, acquire, retire or repurchase (and the Borrower may declare and pay Restricted Payments to any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle, the proceeds of which are used to so redeem, acquire, retire or repurchase) shares of its Capital Stock (or any options or warrants or equity appreciation or similar rights issued with respect to any of such Capital Stock) (or to allow any of the Borrower’s Parent Entities or any Equityholding Vehicle to so redeem, retire, acquire or repurchase their Capital Stock (or any options or warrants or equity appreciation or similar rights issued with respect to any of its Capital Stock)) held by future, current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors, employees and independent contractors (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower, upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of any such Person or otherwise in accordance with any equity option or equity appreciation or similar rights plan, any management, director and/or employee equity ownership or incentive plan, equity subscription plan or subscription agreement, employment termination agreement or any other employment agreements or equity holders’ agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any principal or interest payable on any Indebtedness Incurred by the Borrower or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle in connection with any such redemption, acquisition, retirement or repurchase); provided that, except with respect to non-discretionary repurchases, acquisitions, retirements or redemptions pursuant to the terms of any equity option or equity appreciation rights plan, any management, director and/or employee equity ownership or incentive plan, equity subscription plan or subscription agreement, employment termination agreement or any other employment agreement or equity holders’ agreement, the aggregate amount of all cash paid in respect of all such shares of Capital Stock (or any options or warrants or stock appreciation or similar rights issued with respect to any of such Capital Stock) so redeemed, acquired, retired or repurchased, does not exceed the sum of (i) $50,000,000 in any calendar year (which shall increase to $100,000,000 in any calendar year following the consummation of a Qualifying IPO); notwithstanding the foregoing, 100% of the unused amount of payments in respect of this Section 10.6(b)(i) (before giving pro forma effect to any carry forward) up to a maximum of $100,000,000, may be carried forward to succeeding calendar years and utilized to make payments pursuant to this Section 10.6(b) plus (ii) all proceeds obtained by any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle (and contributed to the Borrower) or the Borrower after the Closing Date from the sale of such Capital Stock to other future, current or former officers, managers, consultants, employees, directors and independent contractors (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) in connection with any plan or agreement referred to above in this clause (b) plus (iii) all Net Cash Proceeds obtained from any key-man life insurance policies received by the Borrower (or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle to the extent contributed to the Borrower) after the Closing Date less (iv) the amount of any previous Restricted Payments made pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 10.6(b); and provided, further, that, the cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any future, current or former employees, officers, managers, directors, consultants or independent contractors (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a redemption, acquisition, retirement or repurchase of its Capital Stock will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Agreement;

 

(c)            (i) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments (other than Restricted Investments), the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may make Investments permitted by Section 10.5 and (ii) each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower and to Restricted Subsidiaries (and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, to the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary and to each other owner of Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests);

 

(d)           to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into and consummate transactions expressly permitted by any provision of Section 10.3 and 10.4 (other than 10.4(h)), and the Borrower may pay Restricted Payments to any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle as and when necessary to enable such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle to effect the transactions permitted by such section;

 

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(e)            the Borrower may redeem, acquire, retire or repurchase Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle of the Borrower or the Borrower, as applicable, upon exercise of stock options or warrants to the extent such Capital Stock represents all or a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants, and the Borrower may pay Restricted Payments to a Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle thereof as and when necessary to enable such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle to effect such repurchases;

 

(f)            in addition to the foregoing Restricted Payments (i) the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments, so long as (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (y) after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment, the Borrower would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of payment of such Restricted Payment, as if such Restricted Payment and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of no greater than 5.25:1.00, (ii) the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed an amount equal to the Available Amount at the time such Restricted Payment is paid, so long as, (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (y) after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment, the Borrower would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with a Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of payment of such Restricted Payment, as if such Restricted Payment and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of no less than 2.00:1.00, (iii) the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed an amount equal to the Available Equity Amount at the time such Restricted Payment is paid and (iv) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the portion, if any, of the Restricted Payment Amount, on the relevant date of determination, that the Borrower elects to apply pursuant to this clause (iv);

 

(g)           the Borrower may make and pay Restricted Payments:

 

(i)             the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity of the Borrower to pay) any tax liability in respect of income attributable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, but not in excess of the tax liability that the Borrower would incur if it filed tax returns as the parent of a consolidated, combined, unitary or aggregate group for itself and its Subsidiaries (and net of any payment already made and to be made by the Borrower to a taxing authority to satisfy such tax liability); provided that a Restricted Payment attributable to any taxes attributable to an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be permitted only to the extent such Unrestricted Subsidiary distributed cash to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(ii)            the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle to pay) its operating expenses incurred in the ordinary course (including related to maintenance of organizational existence), general administrative costs and other overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting, professional and similar fees and expenses provided by third parties, including the Borrower’s proportionate share of such amount relating to such Parent Entity being a Public Company), plus any indemnification claims made by employees, managers, consultants, independent contractors, directors or officers of any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle;

 

(iii)           the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle to pay) franchise, excise and similar taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses, in each case, required to maintain its (or any of its Parent Entities’ or Equityholding Vehicles’) corporate or other legal existence;

 

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(iv)          the proceeds of which shall be used to make Investments contemplated by Section 10.5(c);

 

(v)           the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle to pay) fees and expenses (other than to Affiliates of the Borrower) related to any successful or unsuccessful equity issuance or offering or Incurrence of Indebtedness, Refinancing, Disposition or acquisition or Investment transaction permitted by this Agreement;

 

(vi)          to the extent not constituting a Restricted Investment, the proceeds of which shall be used to finance Investments that would otherwise be permitted to be made pursuant to Section 10.5 or as a Restricted Investment pursuant to Section 10.6 if made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment, (ii) such Parent Entity shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (A) all property acquired (whether assets or Capital Stock) to be contributed to the capital of the Borrower or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Person formed or acquired with or into the Borrower or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent not prohibited by Section 10.3) in order to consummate such Investment and (iii) such Parent Entity and its Affiliates (other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) receives no consideration or other payment in connection with such transaction except to the extent the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary could have otherwise given such consideration or made such payment in compliance with this Agreement; and

 

(vii)         the proceeds of which shall be used to pay customary salary, bonus, severance and other benefits payable to directors, officers, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors of any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries including the Borrower’s proportionate share of such amount relating to such Parent Entity being a Public Company;

 

(h)           the Borrower may (or may make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle to) (i) pay cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any Restricted Payment (including in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock), share split, reverse share split or combination thereof or any Acquisition or other Investment and (ii) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;

 

(i)             the Borrower may pay (or may make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle to pay) Restricted Payments in an amount equal to withholding or similar taxes payable or expected to be payable by any future, current or former employee, director, manager, consultant or independent contractor (or any of their respective Immediate Family Members) of any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with the exercise or vesting of Capital Stock or other equity awards or any repurchases, redemptions, acquisitions, retirements or withholdings of Capital Stock in connection with any exercise of Capital Stock or other equity options or warrants or the vesting of Capital Stock or other equity awards if such Capital Stock represent all or a portion of the exercise price of, or withholding obligation with respect to, such options or, warrants or other Capital Stock or equity awards;

 

(j)             the Borrower may make payments (or make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle to make such payments) described in Sections 10.11(c), (e), (h), (i), (j), (l) and (v) (subject to the conditions set out therein);

 

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(k)            the Borrower may make Restricted Payments and distributions within sixty (60) days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration of such payment, such payment would have complied with the other provisions of this Section 10.6;

 

(l)             [reserved];

 

(m)           the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may pay and make any Restricted Payment in connection with (i) the Transactions or Restricted Payments necessary to consummate the Transactions, including (A) in respect of any payments required to be made after the Closing Date in connection with, or necessary to consummate, the Transactions, (B) the payment of the Transaction Expenses related thereto or used to fund amounts owed to Affiliates (including those made to any Parent Entity of the Borrower or Equityholding Vehicle to permit payment by such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle), (C) in respect of working capital adjustments or purchase price adjustments or to satisfy indemnity and other similar obligations, in each case as set forth in the Merger Agreement, (D) to holders of restricted stock, restricted stock units or similar equity awards and (E) to dissenting equityholders in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto (including any accrued interest) in connection with the Transactions, (ii) working capital adjustments or purchase price adjustments in connection with any Acquisition or other Investment and (iii) the satisfaction of indemnity and other similar obligations in connection with any Acquisition or other Investment;

 

(n)           the Borrower may make payments made to optionholders or holders of profits interests of the Borrower or any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of the Borrower or any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle (to the extent such distribution is otherwise permitted hereunder), which payments are being made to compensate such optionholders or holders of profits interests as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution (it being understood that no such payment may be made to an optionholder or holder of profits interests pursuant to this clause to the extent such payment would not have been permitted to be made to such optionholder or holder of profits interests if it were a shareholder pursuant to any other paragraph of this Section 10.6, and any payment hereunder shall reduce payments available under such other paragraph);

 

(o)           the Borrower may pay Restricted Payments to pay for the redemption, acquisition, retirement or repurchase, in each case for nominal value, of Capital Stock of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) or the Borrower from a former investor of a business acquired in an Acquisition or other Investment or a current or former employee, officer, director, manager or consultant of a business acquired in an Acquisition or other Investment (or their Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members), which Capital Stock was issued as part of an earn-out or similar arrangement in the acquisition of such business, and which redemption, acquisition, retirement or repurchase relates the failure of such earn-out to fully vest;

 

(p)           the Borrower may make distributions, by Restricted Payment or otherwise, or other transfer or Disposition of shares of Capital Stock of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries the primary assets of which are Cash Equivalents); and

 

(q)           the Borrower may make payments or distributions to satisfy dissenters’ rights pursuant to or in connection with an Acquisition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or transfer of assets that complies with Section 10.3;

 

(r)            [reserved];

 

(s)            the Borrower may make Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount that does not exceed the aggregate amount of Excluded Contributions received since the Closing Date (not otherwise building Available Equity Amount or constituting a Cure Amount or used to incur Indebtedness);

 

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(t)            the Borrower may make distributions or payments of Receivables Fees and purchases of Receivables in connection with any Receivables Facility or any repurchase obligation in connection therewith;

 

(u)           the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to any Parent Entity of the cash or Cash Equivalents that were deposited on or prior to the Closing Date with the trustee for the Existing Notes, to the extent in excess of the amount that was needed to fund the redemption and discharge of such notes in full;

 

(v)           the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments in connection with the acquisition of additional Capital Stock in any Restricted Subsidiary from minority equityholders; and

 

(w)           so long as no Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, after a Qualifying IPO, the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle so that such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle can make Restricted Payments to its equity holders in an aggregate amount not exceeding 5% of the Market Capitalization.

 

The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the assets or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10.6 shall not restrict the making of any AHYDO Catch-Up Payment with respect to, and required by the terms of, any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Agreement. Indebtedness Incurred under Section 10.1(q) shall reduce availability under this Section 10.6 in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount incurred from time to time under Section 10.1(q), whether or not outstanding, except in respect of amounts forgiven or cancelled without payment being made.

 

10.7         Limitations on Debt Payments and Amendments.

 

(a)            The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, prepay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise defease or make similar payments in respect of any Junior Debt prior to its stated maturity (it being understood that payments of regularly scheduled interest, fees, expenses, indemnification obligations and, so long as no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 is continuing or would result therefrom, AHYDO Catch-Up Payments shall be permitted); provided, however, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may prepay, repurchase, redeem, defease, acquire or otherwise make payments on any such Indebtedness (i) with the proceeds of any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness, (ii) by converting or exchanging any such Indebtedness to Capital Stock of Holdings or any of its Parent Entities and (iii) (A) so long as (x) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (y) after giving pro forma effect to such prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or other payment, the Borrower would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of any such payment, as if such prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or other payment and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of no greater than 5.25:1.00 after giving pro forma effect thereto, (B) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount at the time of such prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or other payment, so long as (x) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (y) after giving pro forma effect to such prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or other payment, the Borrower would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with a Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or other payment, as if such prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or other payment and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of no less than 2.00:1.00, (C) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Equity Amount at the time of such prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or other payment, (D) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the portion, if any, of the Restricted Payment Amount, on the relevant date of determination that the Borrower elects to apply pursuant to this clause (D), (E) any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Junior Debt Incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(j) (other than Indebtedness Incurred (I) to provide all or any portion of the funds utilized to consummate the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or (II) otherwise in connection with or contemplation of such acquisition), so long as such purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or similar payment is made or deposited with a trustee or other similar representative of the holders of such Junior Debt contemporaneously with, or substantially simultaneously with, the closing of the Acquisition under which such Junior Debt is Incurred and (F) the payment, redemption, repurchase, retirement, termination or cancellation of Indebtedness within 60 days of the date of the Redemption Notice if, at the date of any payment, redemption, repurchase, retirement, termination or cancellation notice in respect thereof (the “Redemption Notice”), such payment, redemption, repurchase, retirement termination or cancellation would have complied with another provision of this Section 10.7(a); provided that such payment, redemption, repurchase, retirement termination or cancellation shall reduce capacity under such other provision.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 10.7 shall prohibit (i) the repayment, prepayment, repurchase, redemption or other payment of intercompany subordinated Indebtedness owed among the Borrower and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries, in either case unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Borrower has received a notice from the Collateral Agent instructing it not to make or permit the Borrower and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries to make any such repayment or prepayment or (ii) substantially concurrent transfers of credit positions in connection with intercompany debt restructurings so long as such Indebtedness is permitted by Section 10.1 after giving pro forma effect to such transfer.

 

(b)           The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, waive, amend or modify any term or condition in any Subordinated Indebtedness Documentation (or, in each case, any documentation governing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) to the extent that any such waiver, amendment or modification, taken as a whole, would be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

 

10.8         Negative Pledge Clauses. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into or permit to exist any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement, any other Credit Document, any Permitted Additional Debt Documents related to any secured Permitted Additional Debt, any document governing any secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents, any document governing any Term Loan Exchange Notes and any documentation governing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance any such Indebtedness) that limits the ability of the Borrower or any Guarantor to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person for the benefit of the Secured Parties with respect to the Obligations or under the Credit Documents; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to Contractual Obligations that in any material respect:

 

(i)             (x) exist on the Closing Date and (to the extent not otherwise permitted by this Section 10.8) are listed on Schedule 10.8 hereto and (y) to the extent Contractual Obligations permitted by clause (x) are set forth in an agreement evidencing Indebtedness or other obligations, are set forth in any agreement evidencing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness or obligation so long as such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not materially expand the scope of such Contractual Obligation (as determined in good faith by the Borrower),

 

(ii)            are binding on a Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary first becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as such Contractual Obligations were not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower,

 

(iii)           represent Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Credit Party to the extent such Indebtedness is permitted by Section 10.1,

 

(iv)           arise pursuant to agreements entered into with respect to any sale, transfer, lease, license or other Disposition permitted by Section 10.4, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale, transfer, lease, license, or other Disposition of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary, and applicable solely to assets under such sale, transfer, lease or other Disposition,

 

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(v)           are customary provisions in Joint Venture agreements, partnership agreements, limited liability company organizational governance document, and other similar agreements applicable to partnerships, limited liability companies, Joint Ventures and similar Persons permitted by Section 10.5 or Section 10.6 and applicable solely to such Persons or the transfer of ownership therein,

 

(vi)          are negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1, but solely to the extent any negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness,

 

(vii)         are customary restrictions on leases, subleases, service agreements, product sales, licenses and sublicenses (including with respect to Intellectual Property) or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby so long as such restrictions relate to the assets subject thereto,

 

(viii)        comprise restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 10.1 to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the specific property or assets securing such Indebtedness,

 

(ix)           are customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment or transfers of any lease governing a leasehold interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary,

 

(x)            are customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement (or the assets subject thereto) entered into in the ordinary course of business,

 

(xi)           are restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed (including by customers) under agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business,

 

(xii)          are imposed by Applicable Law,

 

(xiii)         are customary net worth provisions contained in real property leases entered into by Subsidiaries of the Borrower, so long as the Borrower has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions could not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligation;

 

(xiv)         comprise restrictions imposed by any agreement governing Indebtedness entered into after the Closing Date and permitted under Section 10.1 that are, taken as a whole, in the good-faith judgment of the Borrower, no more restrictive with respect to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary than customary market terms for Indebtedness of such type (and, in any event, are no more restrictive than the restrictions contained in this Agreement), so long as the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such restrictions will not materially impair its obligation or ability to make any payments required hereunder,

 

(xv)          arise in connection with purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business or Financing Lease Obligations;

 

(xvi)         arise in connection with any agreement or other instrument of a Person or relating to Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person, which Person is acquired by or merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any other transaction is entered into with any such Acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in existence at the time of such Acquisition or at the time it merges, consolidates or amalgamates with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person (but, in any such case, not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person so acquired and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person so acquired and its Subsidiaries or the property or assets so acquired or redesignated;

 

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(xvii)        are restrictions or conditions contained in any trading, netting, operating, construction, service, supply, purchase, sale or other agreement to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided that such agreement prohibits the encumbrance of solely the property or assets of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary that are the subject to such agreement, the payment rights arising thereunder or the proceeds thereof and does not extend to any other asset or property of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or the assets or property of another Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(xviii)       are provisions restricting the granting of a security interest in Intellectual Property contained in licenses or sublicenses by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of such Intellectual Property, which licenses and sublicenses were entered into in the ordinary course of business (in which case such restriction shall relate only to such Intellectual Property);

 

(xix)         arise in connection with cash or other deposits imposed by agreement permitted under Section 10.2, Section 10.5 or Section 10.6 entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(xx)          restrictions with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary that was previously an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to or by reason of an agreement that such Restricted Subsidiary is a party to or entered into before the date on which such Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such agreement was not entered into in anticipation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and any such or restriction does not extend to any assets or property of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary other than the assets and property of such Subsidiary;

 

(xxi)         restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility that, in the good faith determination of the Borrower, are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility; and

 

(xxii)        are any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (i) through (xxi) of this Section 10.8; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good-faith judgment of the Borrower, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

 

10.9       Passive Holding Company; Etc.

 

(a)          Holdings will not conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or operations other than (i) the ownership and/or acquisition of the Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Borrower, (ii) the maintenance of its legal existence, including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance, (iii) to the extent applicable, participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as a member of the consolidated group of Holdings and the Borrower, (iv) the performance of its obligations under and in connection with the Credit Documents and any documents relating to other Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1, (v) any public offering of its common Capital Stock or any other issuance or registration of its Capital Stock for sale or resale not prohibited by Section 10, including the costs, fees and expenses related thereto, (vi) any transaction that Holdings is permitted to enter into or consummate under this Section 10 and any transaction between Holdings and the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under this Section 10, including (a) making any dividend or distribution or other transaction similar to a Restricted Payment (other than a Restricted Investment) not prohibited by Section 10.6 (or the making of a loan to its Parent Entities or any Equityholding Vehicle in lieu of any such permitted Restricted Payment (other than a Restricted Investment) or distribution or other transaction similar to a Restricted Payment (other than a Restricted Investment)) or holding any cash received in connection with Restricted Payments (other than a Restricted Investment) made by the Borrower in accordance with Section 10.6 pending application thereof by Holdings in the manner contemplated by Section 10.6 (including the redemption in whole or in part of any of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) in exchange for another class of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) or rights to acquire its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new shares of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock)), (b) making any Investment to the extent (1) payment therefor is made solely with the Capital Stock of Holdings (other than Disqualified Capital Stock), the proceeds of Restricted Payments (other than a Restricted Investment) received from the Borrower and/or proceeds of the issuance of, or contribution in respect of the, Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of Holdings and (2) any property (including Capital Stock) acquired in connection therewith is contributed to the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor (or, if otherwise permitted by Section 10.5 or Section 10.6, a Restricted Subsidiary) or the Person formed or acquired in connection therewith is merged with the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and (c) the (w) provision of guarantees in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors, licensees, sublicensees or distribution partners; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that such guarantees shall not be in respect of debt for borrowed money, (x) Incurrence of Indebtedness of Holdings contemplated by Sections 10.1(p) and 10.1(q), (y) Incurrence of guarantees and the performance of its other obligations in respect of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Sections 10.1(a), 10.1(b), 10.1(k) and 10.1(s) and Permitted Additional Debt Incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(u) and (z) granting of Liens to the extent the Indebtedness contemplated by subclause (y) is permitted to be secured under Sections 10.2(a), 10.2(u) and 10.2(bb), (vii) incurring fees, costs and expenses relating to overhead and general operating including professional fees for legal, tax and accounting issues and paying taxes, (viii) providing indemnification to officers and directors and as otherwise permitted in Section 10, (ix) activities related to the consummation of the Transactions, including the execution and delivery of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the Internal Restructuring, (x) organizational activities incidental to Acquisitions or other Investments consummated by the Borrower, including the formation of acquisition vehicle entities and intercompany loans and/or investments incidental to such Acquisitions or other Investments in each case consummated substantially contemporaneously with the consummation of the applicable Acquisitions or other Investments; provided that in no event shall any such activities include the incurrence of a Lien on any of the assets of Holdings, (xi) the making of any loan to any officers or directors contemplated by Section 10.5 or Section 10.6, the making of any Investment in the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or, to the extent otherwise allowed under Section 10.5 or Section 10.6, a Restricted Subsidiary and (xii) activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in clauses (i) to (xi) of this Section 10.9.

 

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(b)          Except in connection with the Transactions, Holdings will not consummate any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets and other properties, except that Holdings may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any other Person (other than the Borrower) or, in connection with a Qualifying IPO, liquidate into the issuing entity, or otherwise Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets and property; provided that (i) Holdings shall be the continuing or surviving Person or, in the case of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation where Holdings is not the continuing or surviving Person or where Holdings has been liquidated, or in connection with a Disposition of all or substantially all of its assets, the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation or the Person into which Holdings has been liquidated or to which Holdings has transferred such assets shall, in each case, be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (Holdings or such Person, as the case may be, being herein referred to as the “Successor Holdings”), (ii) the Successor Holdings (if other than Holdings) shall expressly assume all the obligations of Holdings under this Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (iii) each Subsidiary Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or Disposition or unless the Successor Holdings is Holdings, shall have by a supplement to the Guarantee confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to the Successor Holdings’ obligations under this Agreement, (iv) each Subsidiary grantor and each Subsidiary pledgor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or Disposition or unless the Successor Holdings is Holdings, shall have by a supplement to the applicable Credit Documents confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Holdings’ obligations under this Agreement, (v) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or Disposition or unless the Successor Holdings is Holdings, shall have by an amendment to or restatement of the applicable Mortgage confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Holdings’ obligations under this Agreement, (vi) Holdings shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate stating that such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or Disposition and any supplements to the Credit Documents preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection of the Liens on the Collateral under the Security Documents, (vii) the Successor Holdings shall, immediately following such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or Disposition, directly or indirectly, own all Subsidiaries owned by Holdings immediately prior to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or Disposition and (viii) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel shall be required to be provided to the effect that such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation, or Disposition does not breach or result in a default under this Agreement or any other Credit Document; provided, further, that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Holdings (if other than Holdings) will succeed to, and be substituted for, Holdings under this Agreement.

 

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10.10     Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio. Solely with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility and subject to the following proviso, beginning with the Test Period ending December 31, 2016, the Borrower will not permit the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as of the last day of any Test Period to be greater than 7.60:1.00; provided,  however, that the Borrower shall be required to be in compliance with this Section 10.10 with respect to any Test Period only if the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans plus (B) the aggregate Letter of Credit Obligations (other than (i) those Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to the Stated Amount thereof and (ii) without duplication of amounts described in clause (i) above, Letter of Credit Obligations, the aggregate Stated Amount of which do not exceed the greater of (x) $10,000,000 and (y) the Stated Amount of Existing Letters of Credit outstanding on the Closing Date), in each case outstanding on the last day of such Test Period, exceeds 30.0% of the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment in effect on such date.

 

10.11     Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Borrower involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of the greater of (x) $20,000,000 and (y) 3.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date such transaction occurs (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date except:

 

(a)            such transactions that are made on terms, when taken as a whole, not materially less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate;

 

(b)            if such transaction is among Holdings, the Borrower and one or more Subsidiary Guarantors or any Restricted Subsidiary or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction;

 

(c)            the payment of Transaction Expenses, including the payment of all fees, expenses, bonuses and awards, and the consummation of the Transactions;

 

(d)            the issuance of Capital Stock of any Parent Entity, any Equityholding Vehicle or the Borrower to the management of such Parent Entity, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to arrangements described in clause (m) below;

 

(e)            the payment of indemnities and other similar amounts and reasonable expenses incurred by the Investors and their respective Affiliates in connection with the management or monitoring of, or the provision of other services rendered to, any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(f)            equity issuances, repurchases, retirements, redemptions or other acquisitions or retirements of Capital Stock by any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle or the Borrower permitted under Section 10.6 and any actions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit the same;

 

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(g)            loans, guarantees and other transactions by any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent permitted under Section 10;

 

(h)            the entry into, performance under, and making of any payments in respect of any employment, compensation and severance arrangements and health, disability and similar insurance or benefit plans or supplemental executive retirement benefit plans or arrangements between any Parent Entity of the Borrower, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors (including management and/or employee benefit plans or agreements, stock/equity/option plans, management equity plans, subscription agreements or similar agreements pertaining to the repurchase of Capital Stock pursuant to put/call rights or similar rights with current or former employees, officers, managers, directors, consultants or independent contractors (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) and stock option or incentive plans and other compensation arrangements) in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise approved by the Board of Directors of any Parent Entity of the Borrower or the Borrower;

 

(i)             the payment of customary fees, compensation and reasonable out-of-pocket costs to, and benefits, indemnities and reimbursements and employment and severance arrangements provided on behalf of, or for the benefit of, future, current or former, directors, managers, consultants, officers, employees and independent contractors (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(j)             transactions pursuant to permitted agreements in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 10.11 or any amendment thereto to the extent such an amendment is not adverse, taken as a whole, to the interests of the Lenders in any material respect as compared to the applicable agreement in effect on the Closing Date (in the good-faith judgment of the Borrower);

 

(k)            Restricted Payments permitted under Section 10.6, and Investments permitted under Section 10.5;

 

(l)             payments (including reimbursement of out-of-pocket fees and expenses) by the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiaries to the Investors and any of their respective Affiliates made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions or Dispositions, whether or not consummated), which payments are approved by the majority of the members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of any Parent Entity of the Borrower, Holdings or the Borrower in good faith;

 

(m)           any issuance or transfer of Capital Stock, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities, Capital Stock or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, equity options and equity ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors of any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle or the Borrower, as the case may be and the granting and performing of customary registration rights;

 

(n)            the issuance and sale of any Qualified Capital Stock and any purchase by any Parent Entity of the Borrower of the Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower; provided that, to the extent required by Section 9.11, any Capital Stock of the Borrower so purchased shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Pledge Agreement;

 

(o)            transactions with wholly owned Subsidiaries for the purchase or sale of goods, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business in a manner consistent with prudent business practice followed by companies in the industry of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

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(p)            transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, Joint Venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(q)            any contribution by any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle to the capital of the Borrower;

 

(r)             transactions with Joint Ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment and services entered into in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with prudent business practice followed by companies in the industry of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

(s)            any transaction between or among Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Affiliate of Holdings, the Borrower or a Joint Venture or similar Person that would constitute an Affiliate transaction solely because Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary owns Capital Stock in or otherwise controls such Affiliate, Joint Venture or similar Person;

 

(t)             Affiliate repurchases of the Loans or Commitments to the extent permitted under this Agreement and the holding of such Loans or Commitments and the payments and other transactions contemplated under this Agreement in respect thereof;

 

(u)            customary transactions effected as part of any Receivables Facility that are otherwise permitted under this Agreement;

 

(v)            the entering into, and payments by, any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to tax sharing agreements among any such Parent Entity, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on customary terms; provided that payments by Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries under any such tax sharing agreements shall not exceed the excess (if any) of the amount they would pay on a standalone basis over the amount they actually pay to Governmental Authorities;

 

(w)           transactions in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (a) of this Section 10.11;

 

(x)            payments, loans, advances or guarantees (or cancellation of loans, advances or guarantees) to future, current or former employees, directors or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle and employment agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements with any such employees, directors or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) which, in each case, are approved by the Borrower in good faith;

 

(y)            (i) Investments by any of the Permitted Holders in securities of any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (and payment of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Permitted Holders in connection therewith) so long as the Investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (ii) payments to Permitted Holders in respect of securities or loans of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries contemplated in the foregoing subclause (i) or that were acquired from Persons other than any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, in accordance with the terms of such securities or loans;

 

(z)            pledges of Capital Stock of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

 

(aa)          the existence and performance of agreements and transactions with any Unrestricted Subsidiary that were entered into prior to the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent that the transaction was permitted at the time that it was entered into with such Restricted Subsidiary (and not entered into in contemplation of such designation) and transactions entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate prior to the redesignation of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary (and not entered into in contemplation of such designation); and

 

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(bb)          the existence of, and performance under, customary obligations under the terms of any equityholders agreement, principal investors agreement (including any registration rights or purchase agreement related thereto) to which any Parent Entity, Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party as of the Closing Date (as such agreement may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time) and any similar agreements relating to the Capital Stock of any of the foregoing which the relevant parties may enter into after the Closing Date (except to the extent the performance of such obligations is otherwise prohibited under the terms of this Agreement).

 

SECTION 11.         Events of Default. Upon the occurrence of any of the following specified events (each an “Event of Default”):

 

11.1        Payments. The Borrower shall (a) default in the payment when due of any principal of the Loans or (b) default, and such default shall continue for five or more Business Days, in the payment when due of any interest on the Loans or any fees or of any other amounts owing hereunder or under any other Credit Document (other than any amount referred to in clauses 11.1(a)); or

 

11.2        Representations, Etc. Any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party herein or in any other Credit Document or any certificate, statement, report or other document delivered or required to be delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to be untrue in any material respect on the date as of which made or deemed made; or

 

11.3        Covenants. Any Credit Party shall (a) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 9.1(e)(i), Section 9.5 (with respect to the existence of the Borrower only) or Section 10; provided that with respect to Section 10.10, (i) an Event of Default (a “Financial Performance Covenant Event of Default”) shall not occur until the expiration of the 10th Business Day subsequent to the date the certificate calculating compliance with Section 10.10 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d) (without giving pro forma effect to any grace period for such delivery) with respect to such fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as applicable, and (ii) any default under Section 10.10 shall not constitute an Event of Default with respect to any Loans or Commitments hereunder, other than the Revolving Credit Loans and the Revolving Credit Commitments, until the date on which the Revolving Credit Loans (if any) have been accelerated, and the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, in each case, by the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, or (b) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement (other than those referred to in Section 11.1, Section 11.2 and clause (a) of this Section 11.3) contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of at least 30 days after receipt of written notice by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or

 

11.4        Default Under Other Agreements. (a) The Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall (i) fail to make any required payment with respect to any Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness described in Section 11.1) in excess of $100,000,000, beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created or (ii) fail to observe or perform any agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist (other than, (i) with respect to Indebtedness consisting of any Hedging Agreements, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Hedging Agreements and (ii) secured Indebtedness that becomes due solely as a result of the sale, transfer or other Disposition (including as a result of Recovery Event) of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness), the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, any such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; provided that such failure remains unremedied or has not been waived (including in the form of an amendment) by the holders of such Indebtedness or (b) without limiting the provisions of clause (a) above, any such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid prior to the stated maturity thereof other than by (x) a regularly scheduled required prepayment or (y) as a mandatory prepayment or redemption; provided that this clause (b) shall not apply to (A) Indebtedness outstanding under any Hedging Agreements that becomes due pursuant to a termination event or equivalent event under the terms of such Hedging Agreements, (B) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a Disposition or a Recovery Event with respect to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness or (C) Indebtedness that is convertible into Capital Stock and converts to Capital Stock in accordance with its terms; or

 

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11.5        Bankruptcy, Etc. Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case, proceeding or action concerning itself under the Bankruptcy Code; or an involuntary case, proceeding or action is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary under the Bankruptcy Code and the petition is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement of the case, proceeding or action; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary commences any other proceeding or action under any other Debtor Relief Law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary; or a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code), receiver, receiver manager, trustee or similar person is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or substantially all of the property of Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary; or there is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary under any other Debtor Relief Law any such proceeding or action that remains undismissed for a period of 60 days; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding or action is entered; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary suffers any appointment of any custodian, receiver, receiver manager, trustee or the like for it or any substantial part of its property to continue undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

 

11.6        ERISA. (a) With respect to any Pension Plan, the failure by Holdings, the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate to satisfy the minimum funding standard required for any plan year or part thereof, whether or not waived, under Section 412 of the Code; with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the failure to make any required contribution or payment; a determination that any Pension Plan is in “at-risk” status within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA or any Multiemployer Plan is in “endangered or critical status” within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; any Pension Plan is or shall have been terminated or is the subject of termination proceedings by the PBGC under Title IV of ERISA (including the giving of written notice thereof); a determination that a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA; with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, notification by the administrator of such Multiemployer Plan that the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or will be assessed Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan; the PBGC provides written notice of its intent to terminate any Pension Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan in a manner that results in a liability under Title IV of ERISA to the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate; an event shall have occurred or a condition shall exist entitling the PBGC to provide written notice of its intent to terminate any Pension Plan; the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or is reasonably likely to incur a liability to or on account of a Pension Plan under Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064 or 4069 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the Code (including the receipt by Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate of written notice thereof); any termination of a Foreign Plan has occurred that gives rise to liability for Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; or any non-compliance with the funding requirements under Applicable Law for any Foreign Plan has occurred; (b) there could result from any event or events set forth in clause (a) of this Section 11.6 the imposition of a Lien, the granting of a security interest, or a liability, or the reasonable likelihood of incurring a Lien, security interest or liability; and (c) such Lien, security interest or liability will or would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

11.7        Guarantee. The Guarantee or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect or any Guarantor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any Guarantor’s obligations under the Guarantee; or

 

11.8        Security Document. Any Security Document or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof or as a result of acts or omissions of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender), or any grantor, pledgor or mortgagor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any grantor’s, pledgor’s or mortgagor’s obligations under such Security Document; or

 

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11.9        Judgments. One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $100,000,000 for all such judgments and decrees for Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent not paid or fully covered by insurance provided by a carrier not disputing coverage) and any such judgments or decrees shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or

 

11.10      Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur;

 

then, and in any such event, and at any time thereafter, if any Event of Default shall then be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, upon the written request of the Required Lenders, by written notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii) require that the Letter of Credit Obligations be Cash Collateralized as provided in Section 3.8(b) and (iii) declare the principal of and any accrued interest and fees in respect of all Loans and all Obligations owing hereunder and thereunder to be, whereupon the same shall become, forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower without prejudice to the rights of any Agent or any Lender to enforce its claims against the Borrower, except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement (provided that, if an Event of Default specified in Section 11.5 with respect to the Borrower shall occur, no written notice by the Administrative Agent shall be required and the Commitments shall automatically terminate and all amounts in respect of all Loans and all Obligations shall be automatically become forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, during any period during which solely a Financial Performance Covenant Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent may with the consent of, and shall at the request of, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders take any of the foregoing actions described in the immediately preceding paragraph solely as they relate to the Revolving Credit Lenders (versus the Lenders), the Revolving Credit Commitments (versus the Commitments), the Revolving Credit Loans and the Swingline Loans (versus the Loans), and the Letters of Credit.

 

11.11      Borrower’s Right to Cure.

 

(a)          Financial Performance Covenant. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11, in the event that the Borrower reasonably expects to fail (or has failed) to comply with the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of any Test Period, at any time during the last fiscal quarter of such Test Period through and until the expiration of the 10th Business Day subsequent to the date the financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or Section 9.1(b) with respect to such fiscal quarter (the “Cure Deadline”), the Borrower (or any Parent Entity thereof) shall have the right to issue Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to (or, in the case of any Parent Entity of Holdings, receive equity interests in Holdings for its cash contributions to) the Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Borrower (collectively, the “Cure Right”), and upon the receipt by the Borrower of the net proceeds of such issuance or contribution (the “Cure Amount”) pursuant to the exercise by the Borrower of such Cure Right; provided such Cure Amount is received by the Borrower on or before the applicable Cure Deadline, compliance with the Financial Performance Covenant for such Test Period shall be recalculated giving pro forma effect to the following pro forma adjustments:

 

(i)            Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased with respect to such applicable fiscal quarter with respect to which such Cure Amount is received by the Borrower and any Test Period that includes such fiscal quarter, solely for the purpose of determining whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as a result of a violation of the Financial Performance Covenant and, subject to clause (c) below, not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount and any prepayment of Indebtedness with the Cure Amount shall be disregarded for purposes of measuring the Financial Performance Covenant for such Test Period;

 

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(ii)            if, after giving pro forma effect to such increase in Consolidated EBITDA, the Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant, the Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of the Financial Performance Covenant that had occurred shall be deemed cured for purposes of this Agreement; and

 

(iii)           Consolidated First Lien Debt in the Test Period for which the Cure Amount is deemed applied shall be decreased solely to the extent proceeds of the Cure Amount are applied to prepay any Indebtedness (provided that any such Indebtedness so prepaid shall be a permanent repayment of such Indebtedness and termination of commitments thereunder) included in the calculation of Consolidated First Lien Debt;

 

provided that the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent in writing of the exercise of such Cure Right within five Business Days of the receipt of the Cure Amounts.

 

(b)          Limitation on Exercise of Cure Right. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) in each four fiscal-quarter period there shall be no more than two fiscal quarters with respect to which the Cure Right is exercised, (ii) there shall be no more than five exercises of Cure Right in the aggregate, (iii) the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required for purposes of complying with the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of such fiscal quarter (such amount, the “Necessary Cure Amount”); provided that, if the Cure Right is exercised prior to the date financial statements are required to be delivered for such fiscal quarter then the Cure Amount shall be equal to the amount reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith that is required for purposes of complying with the Financial Performance Covenant for such fiscal quarter (such amount, the “Expected Cure Amount”), (iv) subject to clause (c) below, all Cure Amounts shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the Applicable Margin, any baskets, with respect to the covenants contained in the Credit Documents or the usage of the Available Amount or the Available Equity Amount and (v) no borrowing shall be made under the Revolving Credit Facility following a breach of the Financial Maintenance Covenant until the Cure Amount has actually been received by the Borrower.

 

(c)          Expected Cure Amount. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent that the Expected Cure Amount is (i) greater than the Necessary Cure Amount, then such difference may be used for the purposes of determining any baskets (other than any previously contributed Cure Amounts), with respect to the covenants contained in the Credit Documents, the Available Amount or the Available Equity Amount and (ii) less than the Necessary Cure Amount, then not later than the applicable Cure Deadline, the Borrower must receive the cash proceeds of the Cure Amount or a cash capital contribution to Holdings, which cash proceeds received by Borrower shall be equal to the shortfall between such Expected Cure Amount and such Necessary Cure Amount.

 

SECTION 12.         The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

 

12.1        Appointment.

 

(a)          Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Barclays Bank PLC (together with any successor Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 12.11) as Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. 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, 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.

 

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(b)          Each Lender hereby appoints Barclays Bank PLC (together with any successor Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 12.11) as the Collateral Agent hereunder and authorizes the Collateral Agent to (i) take such action on its behalf and to exercise all rights, powers and remedies and perform the duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent under such Credit Documents and (ii) exercise such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. For purposes of the exculpatory, liability-limiting and other similar provisions of this Section 12, references to the “Administrative Agent” shall be deemed to include the Collateral Agent in its capacity as such. Each Lender hereby appoints the Collateral Agent to enter into, and sign for and on behalf of the Lenders as Secured Parties, the Security Documents for the benefit of the Lenders and the Secured Parties.

 

(c)           Each Lead Arranger and each Joint Bookrunner, in its capacity as such, shall not have any obligations, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement but shall be entitled to all benefits of this Section 12. The Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agents, each in its respective capacity as such, shall not have any obligations, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement but shall be entitled to all benefits of this Section 12.

 

12.2        Limited Duties. Under the Credit Documents, the Administrative Agent (i) is acting solely on behalf of the Lenders (except to the limited extent provided in Section 2.5(e)), with duties that are entirely administrative in nature, notwithstanding the use of the defined term “Administrative Agent,” the terms “agent,” “administrative agent” and “collateral agent” and similar terms in any Credit Document to refer to the Administrative Agent, which terms are used for title purposes only, (ii) is not assuming any obligation under any Credit Document other than as expressly set forth therein or any role as agent, fiduciary or trustee of or for any Lender or any other Secured Party and (iii) shall have no implied functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or other liabilities under any Credit Document, and each Lender hereby waives and agrees not to assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on the roles, duties and legal relationships expressly disclaimed in clauses (i) through (iii) above.

 

12.3        Binding Effect. Each Lender 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) or the Required Revolving Credit 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) or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders and (iii) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders 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.

 

12.4        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, or through their respective Related Parties, and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The exculpatory provisions of this Section 12 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

 

12.5        Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall (a) be 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, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any action taken by it in good faith in connection with the entry into, or any amendment of, or any action taken in connection with, any Customary Intercreditor Agreement contemplated by the terms hereof (except for its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction), (b) be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any recitals, statements, representations or warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document or in any certificate, report, statement, agreement 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, (ii) the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (iii) the creation, perfection priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Credit Documents, (iv) any failure of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Credit Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder or the occurrence of any Default or (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, (c) be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (d) have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Credit Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Credit Documents), provided that 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 Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law and (e) except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. 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 the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility or liability for monitoring or enforcing the list of Disqualified Lenders or for any assignment to a Disqualified Lender.

 

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12.6         Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex, electronic mail message or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender specified in the Register with respect to any amount owing hereunder 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 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, 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.

 

12.7         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 unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a written notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders and the Collateral Agent. 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; 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 it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders (except to the extent that this Agreement requires that such action be taken only with the approval of the Required Lenders or each of the Lenders, as applicable).

 

12.8         Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Credit Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties, 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 Borrower, any Guarantor and any other Credit Party and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties, 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 Borrower, any Guarantor and any other Credit Party. 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 with any credit or other information concerning the business, assets, operations, properties, financial condition, prospects or creditworthiness of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other 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.

 

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12.9         Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent required to be reimbursed by the Borrower and not so reimbursed by the Borrower, and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought (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 their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect 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 (including at any time following 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 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 resulting from the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. The agreements in this Section 12.9 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

12.10       Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each of Barclays Bank PLC and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower, any Guarantor and any other Credit Party as though Barclays Bank PLC was not the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it, Barclays Bank PLC 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” and “Lenders” shall include Barclays Bank PLC in its individual capacity.

 

12.11       Successor Agent. The Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent may resign as the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender, the other Agents and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent becomes a Defaulting Lender, then such Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may be removed as the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, at the reasonable request of the Borrower and the Required Lenders. If the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent shall resign or be removed as the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, then (a) the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor for the Lenders within 30 days, or (b) in the case of a resignation, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, selected from among the Lenders. In either case, the successor shall be approved by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld and shall not be required if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing), whereupon such successor shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent,” and/or “Collateral Agent,” as applicable, shall mean such successor effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent shall be terminated without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any Lenders or other holders of the Loans. If no successor has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent by the date which is 30 days following the retiring Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, as the case may be, (x) the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor as provided for above and (y) the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective at such time as a successor Collateral Agent shall have been appointed, and such successor Collateral Agent shall have accepted such appointment, in accordance with the terms of this Section 12.11 and upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to the Mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Required Lenders may reasonably request, in order to continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Security Documents. After any retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s and/or the Collateral Agent’s resignation or removal as the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 12 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

 

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Any resignation or replacement by Barclays Bank PLC as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation or replacement as Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender. If Barclays Bank PLC resigns or is replaced as Letter of Credit Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation or replacement as Letter of Credit Issuer and all Letter of Credit Obligations with respect thereto, including the right to require the Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans or fund risk participations in Unpaid Drawings pursuant to Sections 3.3 and 3.4. At the time such resignation or replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay to Barclays Bank PLC all accrued and unpaid fees pursuant to Sections 4.1(b) and 4.1(d). After such resignation or replacement, Barclays Bank PLC shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit or amend or renew existing Letters of Credit or issue additional Swingline Loans. If Barclays Bank PLC resigns as Swingline Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swingline Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swingline Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(ii). Upon the appointment by the Borrower of a successor Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender hereunder (which successor shall in all cases be a Lender other than a Defaulting Lender), (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender, as applicable, (b) the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Credit Documents, and (c) the successor Letter of Credit Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Barclays Bank PLC to effectively assume the obligations of Barclays Bank PLC with respect to such Letters of Credit.

 

12.12       Withholding Tax. To the extent the Administrative Agent reasonably believes that it is required by any Applicable Law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding tax. Without limiting or expanding the obligations of the Credit Parties under Section 5.4, if the United States Internal Revenue Service or any authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender (because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or for any other reason), such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as tax or otherwise, including penalties and interest, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses, allocated staff costs and any out-of-pocket expenses. The agreements in this Section 12.12 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to set off any amounts owing to it under Section 12.12 against any amounts otherwise payable to the applicable Lender.

 

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12.13       Duties as Collateral Agent and as Paying Agent. Without limiting the generality of Section 12.1 above, the Collateral Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority (to the exclusion of the Lenders each Hedge Bank and each Cash Management Bank), and is hereby authorized, to (i) act as the disbursing and collecting agent for the Secured Parties with respect to all payments and collections arising in connection with the Credit Documents (including in any proceeding described in Section 11.5 or any other proceeds under any other Debtor Relief Laws, and each Person making any payment in connection with any Credit Document to any Secured Party is hereby authorized to make such payment to the Collateral Agent, (ii) file and prove claims and file other documents necessary or desirable to allow the claims of the Secured Parties with respect to any Obligation in any proceeding described in Section 11.5 or any other proceeds under any other Debtor Relief Laws (but not to vote, consent or otherwise act on behalf of such Secured Party), (iii) act as collateral agent for each Secured Party for purposes of the perfection of all Liens created by such agreements and all other purposes stated therein, (iv) manage, supervise and otherwise deal with the Collateral, (v) take such other action as is necessary or desirable to maintain the perfection and priority of the Liens created or purported to be created by the Credit Documents, (vi) except as may be otherwise specified in any Credit Document, exercise all remedies given to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, whether under the Credit Documents, applicable requirements of law or otherwise, (vii) negotiate the form of any Mortgage and (viii) execute any amendment, consent or waiver under the Security Documents on behalf of the Secured Parties, to the extent consented to in accordance with Section 13.1 and the terms thereof; provided, however, that the Collateral Agent hereby appoints, authorizes and directs each Lender to act as collateral sub-agent for the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties for purposes of the perfection of all Liens with respect to the Collateral, including any deposit account maintained by a Credit Party with, and cash and Cash Equivalents held by such Secured Party and may further authorize and direct the Secured Parties to take further actions as collateral sub-agents for purposes of enforcing such Liens or otherwise to transfer the Collateral subject thereto to the Collateral Agent, and each Secured Party hereby agrees to take such further actions to the extent, and only to the extent, so authorized and directed.

 

12.14       Authorization to Release Liens and Guarantees. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are hereby irrevocably authorized by each of the Lenders to effect any release or subordination of Liens or the Guarantees contemplated by Section 13.17 without further action or consent by the Lenders.

 

12.15       Intercreditor Agreements. The Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to enter into any Customary Intercreditor Agreement to the extent contemplated by the terms hereof, and the parties hereto acknowledge that such Customary Intercreditor Agreement is binding upon them. Each Lender (a) hereby agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the Customary Intercreditor Agreement and (b) hereby authorizes and instructs the Collateral Agent to enter into the Customary Intercreditor Agreement and to subject the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations to the provisions thereof. In addition, each Lender hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to enter into (i) any amendments to any Customary Intercreditor Agreement, and (ii) any other intercreditor arrangements, in the case of clauses (i), and (ii) to the extent required to give effect to the establishment of intercreditor rights and privileges as contemplated and required by Section 10.2 of this Agreement.

 

Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that any of the Agents (or one or more of their respective Affiliates) may (but are not obligated to) act as the “Representative” or like term for the holders of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness under the security agreements with respect thereto and/or under a Customary Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender waives any conflict of interest, now contemplated or arising hereafter, in connection therewith and agrees not to assert against any Agent or any of its affiliates any claims, causes of action, damages or liabilities of whatever kind or nature relating thereto.

 

12.16       Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein or in any Guarantee or any Security Document, no Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank that obtains the benefits of any Guarantee or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any Guarantee or any Security Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Credit Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Credit Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 12 to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedging Agreements unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be.

 

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12.17      Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

(a)         to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, Letter of Credit Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Sections 4.1 and 13.5) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b)         to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuer, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents and their respective agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 4.1 and 13.5.

 

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer in any such proceeding.

 

The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations (including accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, or any similar laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Credit Party is subject, (b) at any other sale or foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any Applicable Law. In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid on a ratable basis (with Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that would vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) in the asset or assets so purchased (or in the Capital Stock or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are used to consummate such purchase). In connection with any such bid (i) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles to make a bid, (ii) to adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles (provided that any actions by the Administrative Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or Capital Stock thereof shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by the vote of the Required Lenders, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving pro forma effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 13.1 of this Agreement, (iii) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to assign the relevant Obligations to any such acquisition vehicle pro rata by the Lenders, as a result of which each of the Lenders shall be deemed to have received a pro rata portion of any Capital Stock and/or debt instruments issued by such an acquisition vehicle on account of the assignment of the Obligations to be credit bid, all without the need for any Secured Party or acquisition vehicle to take any further action, and (iv) to the extent that Obligations that are assigned to an acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of another bid being higher or better, because the amount of Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of debt credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Lenders pro rata and the Capital Stock and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of the Obligations that had been assigned to the acquisition vehicle shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any acquisition vehicle to take any further action.

 

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SECTION 13.      Miscellaneous.

 

13.1       Amendments and Waivers. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, neither this Agreement nor any other Credit Document (other than the Fee Letter), nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13.1. The Required Lenders may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent shall, 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, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral 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, however, that no such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification shall directly:

 

(i)          without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby:

 

(A)           reduce or forgive the principal of any Loan (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 6 and 7 or waiver or amendment of any Default, Event of Default or mandatory prepayment shall not constitute a reduction or forgiveness of principal);

 

(B)           extend the date of any scheduled amortization payment (including any scheduled Initial Term Loan Repayment Date or any date scheduled for the repayment of any installment of Incremental Term Loans) or the final scheduled maturity date of any Loan (other than as a result of waiving the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 6 and 7 or other than as a result of a waiver or amendment of any Default, Event of Default or mandatory prepayment (which shall not constitute an extension, forgiveness or postponement of any maturity date)); provided that the foregoing shall not apply to extensions effected in accordance with Section 2.15;

 

(C)           reduce the amount of any fee payable hereunder or reduce the stated interest rate applicable to the Loans (it being understood that any change (x) to the definition of “Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” or (y) in the component definitions thereof shall not constitute a reduction in the rate); provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the “default rate,” (ii) to amend Section 2.8(c) or (iii) to waive any requirement of Section 2.14(b);

 

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(D)           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 and other than as a result of a waiver or amendment of any Default, Event of Default or mandatory prepayment (which shall not constitute an extension, forgiveness or postponement of any date for payment of principal, interest or fees));

 

(E)           extend the final expiration date of any Lender’s Commitment (provided that any Lender, upon the request of the Borrower, may extend the final expiration date of its Commitments without the consent of any other Lender, including the Required Lenders); provided that the foregoing shall not apply to extensions effected in accordance with Section 2.15;

 

(F)           extend the final expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the date specified in Section 3.1(b);

 

(G)           increase the aggregate amount of any Commitment of any Lender (other than (i) with respect to any Incremental Facility to which such Lender has agreed, (ii) as a result of waiving the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 6 and 7 or (iii) as a result of a waiver or amendment of any Default or Event of Default (which shall not constitute an extension or increase of any commitment));

 

(H)          decrease or forgive any Repayment Amount; or

 

(I)            amend Section 5.4 of the Security Agreement or Section 12(b) of the Pledge Agreement;

 

provided that any amendment, modification or waiver contemplated in clause (i) above shall only require the consent of the Lenders expressly set forth therein and not the Required Lenders or any other majority or required percentage of Lenders of any Class of Loans or Commitments.

 

(ii)          reduce the percentages specified in the definition of the term “Required Revolving Credit Lenders” without the written consent of all Revolving Credit Lenders, or

 

(iii)        amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 13.1 or reduce the percentages specified in the definition of the term “Required Lenders” or consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party (except as permitted pursuant to Section 10.3), in each case without the written consent of each Lender, or

 

(iv)        amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 12 without the written consent of then-current Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, or

 

(v)         amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.16 (to the extent applicable to it) or Section 3 without the written consent of the Letter of Credit Issuer, or

 

(vi)        amend, modify or waive any provisions hereof relating to Swingline Loans without the written consent of the Swingline Lender, or

 

(vii)       subject to any applicable Customary Intercreditor Agreement, release all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantors under the Guarantee (except as expressly permitted by the Guarantee), or release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Security Documents (except as expressly permitted by the Security Documents), in each case without the prior written consent of each Lender.

 

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providedfurther, that (A) any waiver, amendment or modification of this Agreement that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of a particular Class (but not the Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of any other Class) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrower, and the requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto under this Section if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time and (B) any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency (including, without limitation, amendments, supplements or waivers to any of the Security Documents, guarantees, intercreditor agreements or related documents executed by any Credit Party or any other Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement if such amendment, supplement or waiver is delivered in order to cause such Security Documents, guarantees, intercreditor agreements or related documents to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents), so long as, in each case, the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment; provided that the consent of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as the case may be, shall not be required to make any such changes necessary to be made in connection with (w) any borrowing of Incremental Term Loans to effect the provisions of Section 2.14, (x) the provision of any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase or any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, (y) in connection with an amendment that addresses solely a re-pricing transaction in which any Class of Term Loans is refinanced with a replacement Class of term loans bearing (or is modified in such a manner such that the resulting term loans bear) a lower Effective Yield for which only the consent of the Lenders holding Term Loans subject to such permitted repricing transaction that will continue as a Lender in respect of the repriced tranche of Term Loans or modified Term Loans or (z) changes otherwise to effect the provisions of Section 2.14, 2.15, 2.17 or 10.2(a) and (C) Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may, without the input or consent of the other Lenders, (i) negotiate the form of any Mortgage as may be necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Collateral Agent and (ii) effect changes to this Agreement that are necessary and appropriate to provide for the mechanics contemplated by the offering process set forth in Section 13.6(g)(i)(B) herein.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall be required to (and only the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall have the ability to) waive, amend, supplement or modify the covenant set forth in Section 10.10 (including any defined terms as they relate thereto).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may, without the consent of any Lender, enter into any amendment to the Security Documents or a Customary Intercreditor Agreement contemplated by Section 10.2(a) or 10.2(u).

 

To the extent notice has been provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the definition of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, Permitted Additional Debt or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness or pursuant to Sections 2.14(c), 10.1(k)(i)(F) or 10.1(s) with respect to the inclusion of any Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant, this Agreement shall be automatically and without further action on the part of any Person hereunder and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 13.1 deemed modified to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant on the date of the Incurrence of the applicable Indebtedness to the extent required by the terms of such definition or section.

 

13.2         Notices; Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by fax, as follows:

 

(a)          if to the Borrower, Holdings or any other Credit Party, to it at:

 

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC or MPH Acquisition Corp 1

c/o MultiPlan

535 East Diehl Road

Naperville, IL 60563

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Tel: [              ]

Facsimile: [              ]

 

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(b)          if to the Administrative Agent, to it at:

 

For purposes of Borrowing, Continuation/Conversion and Prepayment notices:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

700 Prides Crossing

Newark, DE 19713

Attention: Jason Jones

Tel: [              ]

Electronic mail: [              ]

 

For any other purpose:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

745 7th Avenue

24th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Christine Aharonian

Tel: [              ]

Electronic mail: [              ]

 

(c)          if to the Collateral Agent, to it at:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

745 7th Avenue

24th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Christine Aharonian

Tel: [              ]

Electronic mail: [              ]

 

(d)          if to Barclays Bank PLC, as Letter of Credit Issuer, to it at:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

745 7th Avenue

24th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: LC Department

Electronic mail: [              ]

 

(e)          if to Barclays Bank PLC, as Swingline Lender, to it at:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

700 Prides Crossing

Newark, DE 19713

Attention: Jason Jones

Tel: [              ]

Electronic mail: [              ]

 

(f)           if to a Lender or other Letter of Credit Issuer, to it at its address (or fax number) set forth on Schedule 13.2 or in the Assignment and Acceptance, Incremental Agreement or documents relating to any Refinancing pursuant to which such Lender shall have become a party hereto.

 

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All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by fax or on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 13.2 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 13.2. As agreed to among Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the applicable Lenders from time to time, notices and other communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the email address of a representative of the applicable Person provided from time to time by such Person.

 

The Borrower hereby agrees, unless directed otherwise by the Administrative Agent or unless the electronic mail address referred to below has not been provided by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, that it will, or will cause its Subsidiaries to, provide to the Administrative Agent all information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Documents or to the Lenders under Section 9, including all notices, requests, financial statements, financial and other reports, certificates and other information materials, but excluding any such communication that (i) is or relates to a Notice of Borrowing or a notice pursuant to Section 2.6, (ii) relates to the payment of any principal or other amount due under this Agreement prior to the scheduled date therefor, (iii) provides notice of any Default or Event of Default under this Agreement or any other Credit Document or (iv) is required to be delivered to satisfy any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement and/or any Borrowing or other extension of credit hereunder (all such non-excluded communications being referred to herein collectively as “Communications”), by transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium that is properly identified in a format reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent to an electronic mail address as directed by the Administrative Agent. In addition, the Borrower agrees, and agrees to cause its Subsidiaries, to continue to provide the Communications to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, as the case may be, in the manner specified in the Credit Documents but only to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent.

 

The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, the “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on Intralinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof) or the Borrower or any of their respective securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). The Borrower hereby agrees that (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Agents and the Lenders to treat the Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof) or the Borrower or any of their respective securities for purposes of United States federal securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 13.16); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated as “Public Investor”; and (z) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not marked as “Public Investor.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following Borrower Materials shall be deemed to be marked “PUBLIC” unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent promptly that any such document contains material non-public information: (1) the Credit Documents, (2) notification of changes in the terms of the Credit Facilities and (3) all information delivered pursuant to Section 9.01(a) and (b).

 

Each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and Applicable Law, including United States federal securities laws, to make reference to Communications that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof) or the Borrower or any of their respective securities for purposes of United States federal securities laws.

 

THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” NEITHER THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT NOR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM AND EACH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS IS MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY CREDIT PARTY, ANY LENDER, ANY OTHER AGENT OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER OR NOT BASED ON STRICT LIABILITY AND INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY CREDIT PARTY’S OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR NOTICES THROUGH THE PLATFORM, ANY OTHER ELECTRONIC PLATFORM OR ELECTRONIC MESSAGING SERVICE, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE LIABILITY OF ANY SUCH PERSON IS FOUND IN A FINAL DECISION BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO HAVE RESULTED FROM SUCH PERSON’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE, BAD FAITH OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.

 

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The Administrative Agent agrees that the receipt of the Communications by the Administrative Agent at its e-mail address set forth above shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to the Administrative Agent for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees that receipt of notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that the Communications have been posted to the Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (including by electronic communication) from time to time of such Lender’s e-mail address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and that the foregoing notice may be sent to such e-mail address. Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Credit Document in any other manner specified in such Credit Document.

 

The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower 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.

 

The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Acceptances, amendments or other modifications, Notices of Borrowing, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any Applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

13.3          No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral 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.

 

13.4          Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Credit Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans hereunder.

 

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13.5          Payment of Expenses; Indemnification.

 

(a)            The Borrower agrees (i) to pay or reimburse each of the Agents, the Lead Arrangers and the Joint Bookrunners for all their reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses (without duplication) associated with the syndication of the Initial Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility and incurred in connection with the development, preparation, execution and delivery of, and any amendment, supplement, modification to, waiver and/or enforcement of 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 fees, disbursements and other charges of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and, to the extent necessary, a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate local jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) or otherwise retained with the Borrower’s consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and (ii) to pay or reimburse each of the Agents for all their reasonable and documented or invoiced 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 fees, disbursements and other charges of one firm or counsel to the Agents, and, to the extent necessary, a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate local jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) or otherwise retained with the Borrower’s consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and (iii) to pay, indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, each Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender, each Lead Arranger and each Joint Bookrunner and their respective Related Parties (without duplication) (the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or penalties (collectively, “Losses”) of any kind or nature whatsoever and the reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket expenses, joint or several, to which any such Indemnified Party may become subject, in each case to the extent of any such Losses and related expenses, to the extent arising out of, resulting from, or in connection with any action, claim, litigation, investigation or other proceeding (including any inquiry or investigation of the foregoing) (any of the foregoing, a “Proceeding”) (regardless of whether such Indemnified Party is a party thereto or whether or not such Proceeding was brought by the Borrower, its equity holders, affiliates or creditors or any other third person) and, subject to Section 13.5(e), to reimburse each such Indemnified Party promptly for any reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with investigating, responding to or defending any of the foregoing (which in the case of legal fees shall be limited to the reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket fees, expenses, disbursements and other charges of a single firm of counsel for all Indemnified Parties, taken as a whole and, to the extent necessary, a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate local jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnified Party affected by such conflict notifies the Borrower of any existence of such conflict and in connection with the investigating, responding to or defending any of the foregoing has retained its own counsel, of one other firm of counsel for such affected Indemnified Party)), relating to the Transactions or the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents or the use of the proceeds of the Loans or Letters of Credit (all the foregoing in this clause (iii), collectively, the “indemnified liabilities”); provided that this clause (iii) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses or damages arising from any non-Tax claim; and provided, further, that the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnified Party with respect to indemnified liabilities to the extent arising from (a) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party or any of its Related Parties as determined in a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, (b) a material breach of the obligations of such Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates under the terms of this Agreement or any other Credit Document by such Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates as determined in a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, (c) in addition to clause (b) above, in the case of any Proceeding initiated by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary against the relevant Indemnified Party, a breach of the obligations of such Indemnified Party or its Related Parties under the terms of this Agreement or any other Credit Document as determined in a final and non-appealable decision by a court of competent jurisdiction, or (d) any Proceeding brought by any Indemnified Party against any other Indemnified Party that does not involve an act or omission by Holdings, the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that each of the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender, the Lead Arrangers and the Joint Bookrunners, in each case to the extent fulfilling their respective roles in their capacities as such, shall remain indemnified in respect of such a Proceeding, to the extent that none of the exceptions set forth in clause (a), (b) or (c) of the immediately preceding proviso applies to such Person at such time. All amounts payable under this Section 13.5(a) shall be paid within 30 days after receipt by the Borrower of an invoice relating thereto setting forth such expense in reasonable detail. The agreements in this Section 13.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

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(b)            No Credit Party nor any Indemnified Party shall have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages (including any loss of profits, business or anticipated savings) in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date); provided that the foregoing shall not limit the Borrower’s indemnification and reimbursement obligations to the Indemnified Parties pursuant to Section 13.5(a)(iii), to the extent that such special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages are included in any claim by a third party unaffiliated with any of the Indemnified Parties with respect to which the applicable Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification under Section 13.5(a)(iii). No Indemnified Party 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, except to the extent that such damages have resulted from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of any Indemnified Party or any of its Related Parties as determined by a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

(c)            No Credit Party shall be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected without written consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), but if settled with the Borrower’s written consent or if there is a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction for the plaintiff in any such Proceeding, each Credit Party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party from and against any and all Losses and reasonable and documented or invoiced legal or other out-of-pocket expenses by reason of such settlement or judgment in accordance with and to the extent provided in the other provisions of this Section 13.5. If any Person has reimbursed any Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses in accordance with such request and there is a final and non-appealable determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Indemnified Party was not entitled to indemnification or contribution rights with respect to such payment pursuant to this Section 13.5, then the Indemnified Party shall promptly refund such amount.

 

(d)            No Credit Party shall without the prior written consent of any Indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, it being understood that the withholding of consent due to non-satisfaction of any of the conditions described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this sentence shall be deemed reasonable), effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Proceeding in respect of which indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party from all liability or claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding and (ii) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability, wrongdoing or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party.

 

(e)            In case any proceeding is instituted involving any Indemnified Party for which indemnification is to be sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, then such Indemnified Party will promptly notify the Borrower of the commencement of any proceeding; provided, however, that the failure to do so will not relieve the Borrower from any liability that it may have to such Indemnified Party hereunder, except to the extent that the Borrower is materially prejudiced by such failure. Notwithstanding the above, following such notification, the Borrower may elect in writing to assume the defense of such proceeding, and, upon such election, the Borrower will not be liable for any legal costs subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party (other than reasonable costs of investigation and providing evidence) in connection therewith, unless (i) the Borrower has failed to provide counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in a timely manner, (ii) counsel provided by the Borrower reasonably determines its representation of such Indemnified Party would present it with a conflict of interest or (iii) the Indemnified Party reasonably determines that there are actual conflicts of interest between the Borrower and the Indemnified Party, including situations in which there may be legal defenses available to the Indemnified Party which are different from or in addition to those available to the Borrower.

 

13.6          Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments; Etc.

 

(a)            The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Letter of Credit Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) except as set forth in Section 10.3, the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. 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 (including any Affiliate of the Letter of Credit Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in Section 13.6(d)) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnified Parties) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

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(b)            (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph 13.6(b)(ii), any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:

 

(A)            the Borrower; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (x) for an assignment of any Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund (unless increased costs would result therefrom) or from a Principal Investor to any other Principal Investor or (y) if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or an Event of Default with respect to the Borrower under Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing; provided, further, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment of a Term Loan unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten Business Days after having received written notice thereof; provided, further, that it shall be understood that, without limitation, the Borrower shall have the right to withhold its consent to any assignment if, in order for such assignment to comply with Applicable Law, the Borrower would be required to obtain the consent of, or make any filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority, and

 

(B)            (i) in the case of Term Loans or Commitments in respect of Term Loans, the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or to any Purchasing Borrower Party or any Affiliated Lender, or from a Principal Investor to any other Principal Investor and (ii) in the case of Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary set forth herein, any assignment of any Loans to a Purchasing Borrower Party or any Affiliated Lender shall also be subject to the requirements of Section 13.6(g).

 

(ii)            Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

 

(A)            except in the case of (i) an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or (ii) an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments or Loans of the applicable Class, 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, in the case of Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans, $5,000,000 (or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof), or, in the case of Initial Term Loan Commitments, Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Term Loans, $1,000,000 (or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof), unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents; provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 with respect to the Borrower has occurred and is continuing; provided, further, that contemporaneous assignments to a single assignee made by Affiliated Lenders or related Approved Funds or by a single assignor to related Approved Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of meeting the minimum assignment amount requirements stated above;

 

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(B)            subject to the terms of Section 13.7(c), the parties to each assignment shall (x) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent or (y) if previously agreed with the Administrative Agent, manually execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, in each case, together with a processing fee of $3,500 (it being understood that such recordation fee shall not apply to any assignment by any of the Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners or any of their respective Affiliates hereunder in connection with the primary syndication of the Initial Term Loan Facility, or any assignment by any Principal Investor to any other Principal Investor); provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive or reduce such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment, including assignments effected pursuant to the provisions of Section 13.7; and

 

(C)            the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent any tax form required by Section 5.4 and an administrative questionnaire in a form approved by the Administrative Agent in which the assignee 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 the assignee’s compliance procedures and Applicable Laws, including Federal and state securities laws.

 

(D)            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 with respect to the Loan or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (D) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate tranches of Loans (if any) on a non-pro rata basis.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary set forth herein (i) any assignment of any Loans or Commitments to a Purchasing Borrower Party or an Affiliated Lender shall also be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 13.6(g) and (ii) no natural person may be an Eligible Assignee with respect to any Loans or Commitments.

 

For the purpose of this Section 13.6(b), the term “Approved Fund” has the following meaning:

 

Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is primarily engaged or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit or securities in the ordinary course of business 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.

 

(iii)            Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to Section 13.6(b)(vi), 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 and subject to the requirements of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 5.4 and 13.5); 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 other party hereto against such Defaulting Lender arising from such 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 13.6 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 13.6(d).

 

(iv)            By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender thereunder and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (A) such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim and that its Initial Term Loan Commitment, Incremental Term Loan Commitment, Revolving Credit Commitment and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment, and the outstanding balances of its Loans, in each case without giving pro forma effect to assignments thereof which have not become effective, are as set forth in such Assignment and Acceptance, (B) except as set forth in (A) above, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement, or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto, or the financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the performance or observance by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any of its obligations under this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (C) such assignee represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (D) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 8.9 or delivered pursuant to Section 9.1 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (E) such assignee will independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (F) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, respectively, by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (G) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

 

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(v)            The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office 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 (and interest thereon) and any payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit 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 Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer 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. The Register, as in effect at the close of business on the preceding Business Day, shall be available for inspection by (x) the Borrower, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Collateral Agent and (y) any Lender (solely with respect to its own outstanding Loans and Commitments), at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

(vi)           Upon its receipt of and, if required, consent to, a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed administrative questionnaire and any tax form required by Section 5.4 (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder) and any written consent to such assignment required by Section 13.6(b)(i), the Administrative Agent shall promptly 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.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, any Lender may assign to one or more wholly owned special purpose funding vehicles (each, an “SPV”) all or any portion of its funded Loans (without the corresponding Commitment), without the consent of any Person or the payment of a fee, by execution of a written assignment agreement in a form agreed to by such assigning Lender and such SPV, and may grant any such SPV the option, in such SPV’s sole discretion, to provide the Borrower all or any part of any Loans that such assigning Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement. Such SPVs shall have all the rights which a Lender making or holding such Loans would have under this Agreement, but no obligations. Any such assigning Lender shall remain liable for all its original obligations under this Agreement, including its Commitment (although the unused portion thereof shall be reduced by the principal amount of any Loans held by an SPV). Notwithstanding such assignment, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may deliver notices to such assigning Lender (as agent for the SPV) and not separately to the SPV unless the Administrative Agent and the Borrower are requested in writing by the SPV to deliver such notices separately to it. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) neither the grant to the SPV nor the exercise by any SPV of such option will increase the costs or expenses or otherwise change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, except, in the case of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4, where (A) the increase or change results from a change in any Applicable Law after the SPV becomes an SPV and the assigning Lender notifies the Borrower in writing of such increase or change no later than ninety (90) days after such change in Applicable Law becomes effective or (B) the grant was made with the Borrower’s prior written consent, (ii) the assigning Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Credit Document and the receipt of any notices provided by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (as agent for the SPV) remain the Lender of record hereunder and (iii) no SPV shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the assigning Lender). The Borrower shall, at the request of any such assigning Lender, execute and deliver to such Person as such assigning Lender may designate, a Note, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 or G-2, in the amount of such assigning Lender’s original Note to evidence the Loans of such assigning Lender and related SPV.

 

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(d)            (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities, other than to any Disqualified Lender (to the extent that the list of Disqualified Lenders has been made available to the Lenders), Holdings, the Borrower or any of its 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, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer 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 the first proviso to Section 13.1 that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (d)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits (and subject to the requirements) of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 5.4 and 13.5 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 13.6(b). To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 13.8(b) as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 13.8(a) as though it were a Lender.

 

(ii)            A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless (A) the entitlement to a greater payment resulted from a change in any Applicable Law after the Participant became a Participant and the participating Lender notifies the Borrower in writing of such entitlement to a greater payment no later than ninety (90) days after such change in Applicable Law becomes effective or (B) the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. Each Lender having sold a participation in any of its Obligations, acting as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower solely for this purpose, shall establish and maintain at its address a record of ownership, in which such Lender shall register by book entry (A) the name and address of each such Participant (and each change thereto, whether by assignment or otherwise) and (B) the rights, interest or obligation of each such Participant in any Obligation, in any Commitment and in any right to receive any interest or principal payment hereunder (such register, a “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of its Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Obligation or Commitment) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Obligation or Commitment 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 the parties shall treat the Person listed in the Participant Register as the Participant for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.

 

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(e)            Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or any other central bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. In order to facilitate such pledge or assignment, the Borrower hereby agrees that, upon request of any Lender at any time and from time to time after the Borrower has made its initial borrowing hereunder, the Borrower shall provide to such Lender, at the Borrower’s own expense, a Note evidencing the Loans owing to such Lender.

 

(f)            Subject to Section 13.16, the Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant, secured creditor of such Lender or assignee (each, a “Transferee”) and any prospective Transferee any and all financial information in such Lender’s possession concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement or which has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates in connection with such Lender’s credit evaluation of the Borrower and its Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement.

 

(g)            (i) Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender may assign all or a portion of its Term Loans to any Purchasing Borrower Party or any Affiliated Lender in accordance with Section 13.6(b) (which assignment, if to a Purchasing Borrower Party, will not, except for purposes of making the calculations set forth in Section 5.2(a)(ii), constitute a prepayment of Loans for any purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents); provided that:

 

(A)            with respect to any assignment to a Purchasing Borrower Party, no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing or would result therefrom;

 

(B)            with respect to any such assignment to a Purchasing Borrower Party, either (x) such Purchasing Borrower Party shall offer to all Lenders within any Class of Term Loans (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, to every Class) to buy the Term Loans within such Class on a pro rata basis based on the then outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans of such Class, pursuant to procedures to be reasonably agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower or (y) such assignment shall be effected pursuant to an open market purchase;

 

(C)            the assigning Lender and Purchasing Borrower Party or Non-Debt Fund Affiliate purchasing such Lender’s Term Loans, as applicable, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an assignment agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J or such other form as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (an “Affiliated Lender Assignment and Acceptance”) in lieu of an Assignment and Acceptance;

 

(D)            for the avoidance of doubt, Lenders shall not be permitted to assign Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Credit Loans to any Purchasing Borrower Party or any Affiliated Lender;

 

(E)            any Term Loans assigned to any Purchasing Borrower Party shall be automatically and permanently cancelled upon the effectiveness of such assignment and will thereafter no longer be outstanding for any purpose hereunder;

 

(F)            no Purchasing Borrower Party may use the proceeds from Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Swingline Loans or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (or any other revolving credit facility that is effective in reliance on Section 10.1(a) or Section 10.1(u)) to purchase any Term Loans;

 

(G)            no Term Loan may be assigned to a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate pursuant to this Section 13.6(g) if, after giving pro forma effect to such assignment, Non-Debt Fund Affiliates in the aggregate would own in excess of 25% of the Term Loans of any Class then outstanding (determined as of the time of such purchase); and

 

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(H)            any purchases or assignments of Loans by a Purchasing Borrower Party or a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate made through “dutch auctions” shall (i) be conducted pursuant to procedures to be established by the applicable “auction agent” that are consistent with this Section 13.6(g)(i) and are otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and (ii) require that such Person clearly identify itself as a Purchasing Borrower Party or an Affiliated Lender, as the case may be, in any assignment and acceptance agreement executed in connection with such purchases or assignments.

 

(ii)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Non-Debt Fund Affiliate shall have any right to (A) attend (including by telephone) any meeting or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Credit Parties are not invited, (B) receive any information or material prepared by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and/or one or more Lenders, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to any Credit Party or its representatives (and in any case, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this Agreement) or (C) make or bring (or participate in, other than as a passive participant in or recipient of its pro rata benefits of) any claim, in its capacity as a Lender, against the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent with respect to any duties or obligations or alleged duties or obligations of such Agent under the Credit Documents or to challenge such Agent’s attorney-client privilege.

 

(iii)            By its acquisition of Term Loans, a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that if a case under the Bankruptcy Code is commenced against any Credit Party, such Credit Party shall seek (and each Non-Debt Fund Affiliate shall consent) to provide that the vote of any Non-Debt Fund Affiliate (in its capacity as a Lender) with respect to any plan of reorganization or liquidation of such Credit Party shall not be counted except that such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate’s vote (in its capacity as a Lender) may be counted to the extent any such plan of reorganization or liquidation proposes to treat the Obligations held by such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate in a manner that is less favorable to such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate than the proposed treatment of similar Obligations held by Lenders that are not Affiliates of the Borrower; each Non-Debt Fund Affiliate hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent (such appointment being coupled with an interest) as such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate and in the name of such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate (solely in respect of Loans and participations therein and not in respect of any other claim or status such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate may otherwise have) from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this clause (iii);

 

(iv)            Any Lender may assign all or a portion of the Term Loans of any Class (but not any Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) held by it to a Debt Fund Affiliate in accordance with Section 13.6(b).

 

(h)            Notwithstanding anything in Section 13.1 or the definition of “Required Lenders” to the contrary, for purposes of determining whether the Required Lenders or any other requisite Class vote required by this Agreement have (i) consented (or not consented) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Credit Document or any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, (ii) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Credit Document, or (iii) directed or required the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Credit Document, (A) all Term Loans held by any Non-Debt Fund Affiliate shall be deemed to be not outstanding for all purposes of calculating whether the Required Lenders (or requisite vote of any Class of Lenders) have taken any actions and (B) the aggregate amount of Term Loans held by Debt Fund Affiliates will be excluded to the extent in excess of 49.9% of the amount required to constitute “Required Lenders” (any such excess amount shall be deemed to be not outstanding on a pro rata basis among all Debt Fund Affiliates).

 

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(i)           Upon any contribution of Term Loans to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and upon any purchase of Term Loans by a Purchasing Borrower Party, (A) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of such Term Loans shall automatically be cancelled and retired or extinguished by the Borrower on the date of such contribution or purchase (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, with respect to a contribution of Term Loans, any applicable contributing Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, or such other form as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in respect thereof pursuant to which the respective Lender assigns its interest in such Loans to the Borrower for immediate cancellation) and (B) the Administrative Agent shall record such cancellation or retirement or extinguishment in the Register.

 

(j)           The Administrative Agent shall not (a) be required to serve as the auction agent for, or have any other obligations to participate in (other than mechanical administrative duties), or facilitate any, “dutch auction” unless it is reasonably satisfied with the terms and restrictions of such auction or (b) have any obligation to participate in, arrange, sell or otherwise facilitate, and will have no liability in connection with, any open market purchases by any Purchasing Borrower Party.

 

(k)           Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein:

 

(i)            The Surviving Company and the Co-Obligors shall have no rights or obligations hereunder until the consummation of the Merger, and any representations and warranties of the Surviving Company and the Co-Obligors hereunder shall not become effective until such time. Upon consummation of the Merger, the signature pages to this Agreement submitted on behalf of the Co-Obligors shall be deemed released, the Surviving Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of Merger Sub under this Agreement, the Surviving Company and the Co-Obligors shall succeed to, or become subject to, all the rights and obligations under the other Credit Documents to which they are a party and all representations and warranties of the Surviving Company and the Co-Obligors hereunder shall become effective as of the time of consummation of the Merger, without any further action by any Person;

 

(ii)            The Surviving Company shall have no rights or obligations hereunder as Holdings until the consummation of the Internal Restructuring, and any representations and warranties of the Surviving Company in its capacity as Holdings under the Credit Documents shall not become effective until such time. Upon consummation of the Internal Restructuring, the Surviving Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of Polaris Intermediate as Holdings under this Agreement, and the Surviving Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of Polaris Intermediate under the other Credit Documents to which Holdings is a party, and all representations and warranties of the Surviving Company in its capacity as Holdings hereunder shall become effective as of the time of consummation of the Internal Restructuring, without any further action by any Person; and

 

(iii)            MPH LLC shall have no rights or obligations hereunder in any capacity until the consummation of the Internal Restructuring. Upon consummation of the Internal Restructuring, MPH LLC shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of the Surviving Company as Borrower under this Agreement, and MPH LLC shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of the Surviving Company as Borrower under the other Credit Documents to which the Borrower is a party, and all representations and warranties of MPH LLC in its capacity as Borrower hereunder shall become effective as of the time of consummation of the Internal Restructuring, without any further action by any Person.

 

13.7         Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances.

 

(a)           The Borrower, at its sole expense, shall be permitted to replace any Lender (or any Participant) that (i) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4, (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 or (iii) becomes a Defaulting Lender, with a replacement bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor that is an Eligible Assignee; provided that (A) such replacement does not conflict with any Applicable Law, (B) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (C) the Borrower shall repay (or such replacement bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor shall purchase, at par) all Loans and pay all other amounts (other than any disputed amounts) owing to such replaced Lender hereunder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4, as the case may be) and under the other Credit Documents prior to the date of replacement of such Lender, (D) such replacement bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor (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 13.6 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 or that the replaced Lender shall have against the Borrower and the other parties for indemnity, contribution, payment of disputed and other unpaid amounts and otherwise.

 

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(b)            If any Lender (such Lender a “Non-Consenting Lender”) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, modification, supplement, waiver, discharge or termination, which pursuant to the terms of Section 13.1 requires the consent of all of the Lenders affected or each Lender and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, then, provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, 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 Eligible Assignees reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided that (i) all Obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full (including any applicable premium under Section 5.1(b)) to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment, (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 and other accrued and unpaid amounts thereon, (iii) the replacement Lender shall consent to the proposed amendment, modification, supplement, waiver, discharge or termination, (iv) all Lenders required to have consented to such proposed amendment, modification, supplement, waiver, discharge or termination (other than Non-Consenting Lenders which are simultaneously replaced) shall have consented thereto, and (v) the assignment of such Non-Consenting Lenders Loans to one or more Eligible Assignees does not otherwise conflict with Applicable Law. In connection with any such assignment, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 13.6(a).

 

(c)            Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each party hereto agrees that any assignment pursuant to the terms of this Section 13.7 may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and that the Lender making such assignment need not be a party thereto.

 

13.8          Adjustments; Set-off.

 

(a)            Except as otherwise set forth herein, if any Lender (a “Benefited Lender”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of the Loans of any Class and/or the participations in letter of credit obligations or swingline loans held by it, 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 11.5, 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 of such Class or participations in letter of credit obligations or swingline loans, as applicable, such Benefited Lender shall (i) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (ii) purchase for cash at face value from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lender’s Loans of such Class or participations in letter of credit obligations or swingline loans, as applicable, 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 in accordance with the aggregate principal of their respective Loans of the applicable Class or participations in letter of credit obligations or swingline loans, as applicable; provided that, (A) 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 (B) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans, Commitments or participations in a Letter of Credit Obligations or Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant or (z) any disproportionate payment obtained by a Lender of any Class as a result of the extension by Lenders of the maturity date or expiration date of some but not all Loans or Commitments of that Class or any increase in the Applicable Margin (or other pricing term, including any fee, discount or premium) in respect of Loans or Commitments of Lenders that have consented to any such extension to the extent such transaction is permitted hereunder. 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 set-off 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.

 

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(b)            After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by Applicable Law, each Lender, the Swingline Lender and each Letter of Credit Issuer shall have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to setoff 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; provided that, in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of set-off, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16 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, the Swingline Lender, each Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of set-off. Each Lender, the Swingline Lender and each Letter of Credit Issuer agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Person; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 13.8(b) to the contrary, no Lender, no Swingline Lender and no Letter Credit Issuer will exercise, or attempt to exercise, any right of set off, banker’s lien or the like against any deposit account or property of the Borrower or any other credit party held or maintained by such Lender, Swingline Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, as applicable, in each case to the extent the deposits or other proceeds of such exercise, or attempt to exercise, any right of set off, banker’s lien or the like are, or are intended to be or are otherwise are held out to be applied to the Obligations hereunder or otherwise secured by the Collateral, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.

 

13.9          Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “pdf” or “tif”)), 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 Holdings, the Borrower and each Agent.

 

13.10        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.

 

13.11        Integration. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or any Lender relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.

 

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13.12         GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

13.13        Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

(a)            submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in the County of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;

 

(b)            consents that any such action or proceeding shall 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 in Section 13.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

 

(d)            agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

 

(e)            waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 13.13 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

 

13.14        Acknowledgments. Each of Holdings and the Borrower 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)            none of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lead Arranger, any Joint Bookrunner or any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to Holdings or the Borrower arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, and the relationship between the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders, on one hand, and Holdings or the Borrower 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 Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders.

 

13.15        WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. HOLDINGS, THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE COLLATERAL AGENT, EACH LETTER OF CREDIT ISSUER, THE SWINGLINE LENDER 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.

 

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13.16        Confidentiality. Each Agent, each Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender and each Lender shall hold all non-public information furnished by or on behalf of Holdings and the Borrower and their Subsidiaries in connection with such Lender’s evaluation of whether to become a Lender hereunder or obtained by such Lender, such Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement (“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 and in any event may make disclosure (a) as required or requested by any Governmental Authority or representative thereof or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority or representative thereof) or pursuant to legal process or otherwise as required by Applicable Law based on the reasonable advice of counsel, (b) to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder; provided that, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), the relevant Person is advised of and agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 13.16 or other provisions at least as restrictive as this Section 13.16, (c) to such Lender’s or such Agent’s or the Letter of Credit Issuer’s trustees, attorneys, professional advisors or independent auditors or Related Parties, in each case who need to know such information in connection with the administration of the Credit Documents and are informed of the confidential nature of such information or are subject to customary confidentiality obligations of professional practice or who agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this paragraph (or language substantially similar to this paragraph) (and to the extent a person’s compliance is within the control of an Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer or Lender, such Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer or Lender will be responsible for such compliance), (d) with the written consent of the Borrower, (e) to the extent such Confidential Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 13.16, (ii) becomes available to any Agent, any Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source that is not subject to these confidentiality provisions or (iii) to the extent such information is independently developed by such Agent, Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer, or Affiliate without the use of confidential information in breach of this Section 13.16, (f) to rating agencies that are involved in the administration or monitoring of the Principal Investors’ investment in the Initial Term Loan Facility on a need-to-know basis and who are informed of the confidential nature of such information and are or have been advised of their obligation to keep such information confidential (and to the extent such person’s compliance is within the control of a Principal Investor, such Principal Investor will be responsible for such compliance) (provided that the only information that may be provided under this clause (f) is information that the Administrative Agent has posted on the Platform) or (g) for purposes of establishing a “due diligence” defense; provided that unless specifically prohibited by Applicable Law or court order, each Lender, each Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall notify the Borrower of any request by any Governmental Authority or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with an audit or examination of the financial condition of such Lender, such Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer by, or questions or requests for information or documents from, such Governmental Authority) for disclosure of any such non-public information prior to disclosure of such information; and provided, further, that, in no event shall any Lender, any Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer be obligated or required to return any materials furnished by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower. Each Lender, each Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer agrees that it will not provide to prospective Transferees, pledgees referred to in Section 13.16 or to prospective direct or indirect contractual counterparties under Hedging Agreements to be entered into in connection with Loans made hereunder any of the Confidential Information unless such Person is advised of and agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 13.16. The confidentiality provisions contained herein shall not prohibit disclosures to any trustee, administrator, collateral manager, servicer, backup servicer, lender, rating agency or secured party of any SPV in connection with the evaluation, administration, servicing of, or the reporting on, the assets or securitization activities of such SPV; provided that any such Person is advised of and agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 13.16.

 

13.17        Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations; Subordination of Liens.

 

(a)            The Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent by the Credit Parties on any Collateral shall be automatically released (i) in full, as set forth in clause (b) below, (ii) upon the sale, transfer or other Disposition (including any disposition by means of a distribution or Restricted Payment) of such Collateral (including as part of or in connection with any other sale, transfer or other Disposition permitted hereunder) to any Person other than another Credit Party, to the extent such sale, transfer or other Disposition is made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Credit Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iii) to the extent such Collateral is comprised of property leased to a Credit Party by a Person that is not a Credit Party, upon termination or expiration of such lease, (iv) if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other percentage of the Lenders whose consent may be required in accordance with Section 13.1), (v) to the extent the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee (in accordance with the second and third succeeding sentences and Section 25 of the Guarantee), (vi) as required by the Collateral Agent to effect any sale, transfer or other disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and (vii) to the extent such Collateral otherwise becomes Excluded Capital Stock or Excluded Property (other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition thereof). Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those being released) upon (or Obligations (other than those being released) of the Credit Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Credit Parties, including the proceeds of any disposition, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral except to the extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents. Additionally, the Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Guarantors shall be released from the Guarantee upon consummation of any transaction permitted hereunder resulting in such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Restricted Subsidiary, or otherwise becoming an Excluded Subsidiary (including in connection with any designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary), or, in the case of a Previous Holdings, in accordance with the conditions set forth in the definition of Holdings. Polaris Intermediate shall be released from its Guarantee and all of its property released as Collateral automatically upon the effectiveness of the Internal Restructuring. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to execute and deliver any instruments, documents, and agreements necessary or desirable to evidence and confirm the release of any Guarantor or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender. Any representation, warranty or covenant contained in any Credit Document relating to any such Collateral or Guarantor shall no longer be deemed to be repeated.

 

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(b)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or any other Credit Document, when all Obligations (other than (i) Hedging Obligations in respect of any Secured Hedging Agreements, (ii) Cash Management Obligations in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreements and (iii) any contingent obligations or contingent indemnification obligations not then due and payable) have been paid in full, all Commitments have terminated or expired and no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding that is not Cash Collateralized or back-stopped on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer, upon request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Secured Party) take such actions as shall be required to release its security interest in all Collateral, and to release all obligations under any Credit Document, whether or not on the date of such release there may be any (i) Hedging Obligations in respect of any Secured Hedging Agreements, (ii) Cash Management Obligations in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreements and (iii) any contingent obligations or contingent indemnification obligations not then due and payable. Any such release of Obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such Obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Credit Document, upon reasonable request of the Borrower in connection with any Liens permitted by the Credit Documents, the Collateral Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Secured Party) take such actions as shall be required to subordinate the Lien on any Collateral to any Lien permitted under Sections 10.2(c), (e) (solely as it relates to clauses (c) and (f) of Section 10.2), (f), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (q), (r), (s), (v), (w), (x), (y), (aa), (ff) and clauses (d), (e), (f), (g), (i) and (n) of the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances.” In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Credit Document, upon reasonable request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Secured Party) enter into subordination or intercreditor agreements with respect to Indebtedness to the extent the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent is otherwise contemplated herein as a party to such subordination or intercreditor agreements, in each case to the extent consistent with the provisions of Section 12.15.

 

(d)            Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in the Credit Documents to the contrary, at the direction of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, in exercising remedies, take any and all necessary and appropriate action to effectuate a credit bid of all Loans (or any lesser amount thereof) for the Credit Parties’ assets in a bankruptcy, foreclosure or other similar proceeding, forbear from exercising remedies upon an Event of Default, or in a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, enter into a settlement agreement on behalf of all Lenders.

 

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13.18        USA PATRIOT ACT. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower and each Credit Party that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT ACT, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and each Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower and Credit Parties in accordance with the PATRIOT ACT.

 

13.19        Legend. THE TERM LOANS WILL BE ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF OID, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY OF THESE TERM LOANS MAY BE OBTAINED BY WRITING TO THE BORROWER AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SECTION 13.2.

 

13.20        Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of Holdings or the Borrower is made to any Agent or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by any Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect.

 

13.21        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.

 

13.22        Co-Obligor Obligations.

 

(a)            Joint and Several Liability. In consideration of the establishment of any Commitments and the making of the Loans and issuance of the Letters of Credit under this Agreement, and of the benefits to the Borrower and the Co-Obligors that are anticipated to result therefrom, the Borrower and the Co-Obligors agree that, notwithstanding any other provision contained herein or in any other Credit Document, the Borrower and each of the Co-Obligors shall be fully liable for all of the Obligations, both severally and jointly, regardless of whether the Borrower actually receives the proceeds of the Loans or the benefit of any other extensions of credit hereunder. Accordingly, the Borrower and each of the Co-Obligors irrevocably agrees with each Lender and the Administrative Agent and their respective successors and assigns that they will make prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by optional prepayment or otherwise) of the Obligations, strictly in accordance with the terms thereof. The Borrower and each of the Co-Obligors hereby further agrees that if any Credit Party shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by optional prepayment or otherwise) any of the Obligations, then they will promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.

 

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(b)            Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the Borrower and each of the Co-Obligors under paragraph (a) above are absolute and unconditional irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the obligations of any other Credit Party under this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 13.22 that the joint and several obligations of the Borrower and the Co-Obligors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not affect the joint and several liability of the Borrower or the Co-Obligors hereunder:

 

(i)             at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Borrower or the Co-Obligors, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;

 

(ii)            any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be done or omitted; or

 

(iii)           the maturity of any of the Obligations shall be accelerated or delayed, or any of the Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Obligations or any security therefor shall be released or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with.

 

(c)            Certain Waivers. The Borrower and each of the Co-Obligors hereby expressly waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against either it or the Borrower under this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or against any other person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Obligations.

 

(d)            Reinstatement. The obligations of the Borrower and the Co-Obligors under this Section shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower or the Co-Obligors in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise.

 

(e)            Remedies. The Borrower and each of the Co-Obligors agrees that, as among them, in their capacity as co-obligors with joint and several liability, and the Lenders, the obligations of any of them under this Agreement may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 11 hereof (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in said Section 11) for purposes of paragraph (a) above notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against any of them and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by any of them) shall forthwith become due and payable by the others, in their capacities as obligor or co-obligor, as applicable, for purposes of such paragraph (a).

 

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(f)             Continuing Obligation. Each of the agreements of the Borrower and the Co-Obligors in this Section is a continuing agreement and undertaking, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising.

 

(g)            Notices, Elections, Approvals, etc. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or other Credit Documents, each of the Co-Obligors hereby agrees that any and all notices, elections, requests, decisions, approval rights and similar discretionary activities under the Credit Documents may be taken by the Borrower on behalf of itself and/or the Co-Obligors.

 

(h)            Standstill. Upon payment by the Borrower or any Co-Obligor of any sums as provided under paragraph (a) above (or under any other provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document), all rights, if any, of the Borrower or the Co-Obligors against the other or any other Credit Party arising as a result thereof by way of subrogation or otherwise shall in all respects be irrevocably waived prior to the payment in full in cash of all of the Obligations.

 

[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.

 

  POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP.
   
By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  
     
  POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP.
 
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]

 

 

  BARCLAYS BANK PLC
     
  as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer and Lender
     
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  
       
       
  [LENDERS]
   
   
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.10

 

Execution Version

 

AMENDMENT AGREEMENT NO. 2

 

AMENDMENT AGREEMENT NO. 2, dated as of July 2, 2020 (this “Amendment Agreement”), in respect of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016 (as in effect prior to giving effect to this Amendment Agreement, the “Credit Agreement”), among Polaris Intermediate Corp. (whose rights and obligations therein as initial Holdings, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, were assumed by the Surviving Company (as defined below)), Polaris Merger Sub Corp. (which on the Closing Date was merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1, with MPH Acquisition Corp 1 surviving such merger and with such merged company existing under the laws of the state of Delaware as the “Surviving Company”, whose rights and obligations therein as the initial Borrower, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, were assumed by MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, the Co-Obligors from time to time party thereto, Barclays Bank PLC, as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender, the other agents party thereto and the other parties from time to time party thereto.

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that each Revolving Credit Lender extend the termination of its existing Revolving Credit Commitments; and

 

WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower, Holdings, the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Credit Lenders have agreed to amend the Revolving Credit Maturity Date;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Amendment to the Credit Agreement. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 7 below, from and after the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (as defined below), the Credit Agreement shall be amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Amendment”).

 

Section 2. Effect of Amendment; Reaffirmation; Etc. (a) Except as expressly set forth herein or in the Amended Credit Agreement, this Amendment Agreement shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agents under the Credit Agreement or under any other Credit Document and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Credit Agreement or of any other Credit Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Without limiting the foregoing, (i) each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that (A) each Credit Document to which it is a party is hereby confirmed and ratified and shall remain in full force and effect according to its respective terms (in the case of the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby) and (B) the Security Documents do, and all of the Collateral does, and in each case shall continue to, secure the payment of all First Lien Obligations (or equivalent terms in the Security Agreement) on the terms and conditions set forth in the Security Documents, and hereby confirms and, to the extent necessary, ratifies the security interests granted by it pursuant to the Security Documents to which it is a party and (ii) each Guarantor hereby confirms and ratifies its continuing unconditional obligations as Guarantor under the Guarantee with respect to all of the First Lien Obligations.

 

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(b)            This Amendment Agreement constitutes a “Credit Document” (as defined in the Credit Agreement).

 

Section 3. Representations of Credit Parties. Each of the Credit Parties hereby represents and warrants that, on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Amendment Agreement:

 

(a)            all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date (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 and except where such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality, a Material Adverse Effect, or similar language, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects);

 

(b)            no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

 

(c)            the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis are Solvent.

 

Section 4. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

Section 5. Miscellaneous. Sections 13.13 and 13.15 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and apply mutatis mutandis.

 

Section 6. Counterparts. This Amendment Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Amendment Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “pdf” or “tif”)), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

 

Section 7. Effectiveness. This Amendment Agreement shall become effective on the date (the “Amendment No. 2 Effective Date”) when each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

 

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(a)          the Administrative Agent shall have received from each Credit Party, the Administrative Agent and each Revolving Credit Lender either (i) a counterpart of the Amendment Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Amendment Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Amendment Agreement;

 

(b)          the Administrative Agent shall have received payment for all reasonable and documented costs and expenses required to be paid or reimbursed under Section 13.5 of the Credit Agreement (including the reasonable and documented legal fees and expenses of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent) for which invoices have been presented a reasonable period of time prior to the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date;

 

(c)          the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 of this Amendment Agreement shall be true and correct;

 

(d)          the Administrative Agent shall have received:

 

(i)            a certificate of each Credit Party, dated the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, substantially consistent with the certificates delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.5 of the Credit Agreement or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

 

(ii)           a certificate of good standing (to the extent such concept exists) from the applicable secretary of state of the state of organization of each Credit Party; and

 

(iii)          a legal opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel to Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and

 

(e)           the Borrower shall have paid an upfront fee to each Revolving Credit Lender in an amount equal to 0.125% of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment on the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, which upfront fee shall be fully earned and payable on, and subject to the occurrence of, the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date, and shall not be refundable for any reason.

 

Section 8. No Novation. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the obligations outstanding under the Credit Agreement or instruments securing the same, which shall remain in full force and effect, except to any extent modified hereby or by instruments executed concurrently herewith and except to the extent repaid as provided herein. Nothing implied in this Amendment Agreement or in any other document contemplated hereby shall discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Security Document or any other security therefor or otherwise be construed as a release or other discharge of any of the Credit Parties under any Credit Document from any of its obligations and liabilities as a borrower, guarantor or pledgor under any of the Credit Documents, except, in each case, to any extent modified hereby and except to the extent repaid as provided herein.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

  MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1,
  as Holdings
   
  By: /s/ David L. Redmond
  Name: David L. Redmond
  Title: Treasurer and Secretary
   
  MPH ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC,
  as Borrower
   
  By: /s/ David L. Redmond
  Name: David L. Redmond
  Title: Treasurer and Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Amendment Agreement]

 

 

 

  MULTIPLAN HOLDING CORPORATION
  MPH INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY 1
  NATIONAL CARE NETWORK, LLC

 

  By: /s/ David L. Redmond
  Name: David L. Redmond
  Title: Treasurer and Secretary

 

  FORMOST, INC.
  HMA ACQUISITION CORPORATION
  IHP ACQUISITION CORP.
  MARS ACQUISITION CORP.
  MEDICAL AUDIT & REVIEW SOLUTIONS, INC.
  MULTIPLAN CORP.
  MULTIPLAN SERVICES CORPORATION
  NCN ACQUISITION CORPORATION
  PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC.
  TEXAS TRUE CHOICE, INC.
  VIANT, INC.
  VIANT HOLDINGS, INC.
  VIANT PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
  HEALTHNETWORK SYSTEMS LLC
  ADMAR CORPORATION
  BEECH STREET CORPORATION
  MULTIPLAN, INC.
  STATEWIDE INDEPENDENT PPO INC.
  ASSOCIATES FOR HEALTH CARE, INC.
  HEALTHEOS BY MULTIPLAN, INC.

 

  By: /s/ David L. Redmond
  Name: David L. Redmond
  Title: Executive Vice President,
            Chief Financial Officer,
            Treasurer and Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Amendment Agreement]

 

 

 

  BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
  as Administrative Agent and a Revolving Credit
  Lender

 

  By: /s/ Evan Moriarty
  Name: Evan Moriarty
  Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Amendment Agreement]

 

 

 

  GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS
  LLC, as a Revolving Credit Lender

 

  By: /s/ Annie Carr
  Name: Annie Carr
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Amendment Agreement]

 

 

 

  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
  as a Revolving Credit Lender

 

  /s/ Dave Strickert
  Name: Dave Strickert
  Title: Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Amendment Agreement]

 

 

 

  CITIBANK, N.A.,
  as a Revolving Credit Lender

 

  By: /s/ Alvaro De Velasco
  Name: Alvaro De Velasco
  Title: Vice-President

 

[Signature Page to Amendment Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH,
   
  as a Revolving Credit Lender

 

  By: /s/ Darlene Arias
    Name: Darlene Arias
    Title: Director
       
  By: /s/ Anthony Joseph
    Name: Anthony Joseph
    Title: Associate Director

  

[Signature Page to Amendment Agreement]

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

[Amendments to Credit Agreement attached]

 

 

 

Execution Version

 

 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of June 7, 2016

as amended by Incremental Agreement No. 1, dated as of June 12, 2017

as amended by Amendment Agreement No. 2, dated as of July 2, 2020

 

among

 

POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., as initial Holdings and, after giving effect to the

Internal Restructuring, MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1,

as Holdings,

 

POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., as the initial Borrower, which on the Closing Date shall be

merged with and into MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1 (with MPH ACQUISITION CORP 1 as

the surviving entity of such merger) and, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, MPH

ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC,

as the Borrower,

 

The Co-Obligors

from Time to Time Parties Hereto,

 

The Several Lenders

from Time to Time Parties Hereto,

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer,

 

GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC,

as Syndication Agent

 

and

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

CITIBANK, N.A., and

UBS SECURITIES LLC

as Documentation Agents

 

 

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC,

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,

and

UBS SECURITIES LLC

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS 2
   
1.1 Defined Terms 2
     
1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions 7475
     
1.3 Accounting Terms 76
     
1.4 Rounding 77
     
1.5 References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. 77
     
1.6 Times of Day 77
     
1.7 Timing of Payment or Performance 77
     
1.8 Currency Equivalents Generally 77
     
1.9 Classification of Loans and Borrowings 78
     
1.10 [Reserved] 78
     
1.11 Limited Condition Acquisitions 78
     
1.12 Pro Forma and Other Calculations 79
     
SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT FACILITIES 81
   
2.1 Loans 81
     
2.2 Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings 8182
     
2.3 Notice of Borrowing 83
     
2.4 Disbursement of Funds 84
     
2.5 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt 85
     
2.6 Conversions and Continuations 86
     
2.7 Pro Rata Borrowings 8587
     
2.8 Interest 87
     
2.9 Interest Periods 88
     
2.10 Increased Costs, Illegality, Etc 88
     
2.11 Compensation 90

 

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2.12 Change of Lending Office 90
     
2.13 Notice of Certain Costs 91
     
2.14 Incremental Facilities 8991
     
2.15 Extensions of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments 94
     
2.16 Defaulting Lenders 9698
     
2.17 Term Loan Exchange Notes 100
     
SECTION 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT 100102
   
3.1 Issuance of Letters of Credit 100102
     
3.2 Letter of Credit Requests 101103
     
3.3 Letter of Credit Participations 104
     
3.4 Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings 105
     
3.5 Increased Costs 106
     
3.6 New or Successor Letter of Credit Issuer 105107
     
3.7 Role of Letter of Credit Issuer 108
     
3.8 Cash Collateral 108
     
3.9 [Reserved] 109
     
3.10 Conflict with Issuer Documents 109
     
3.11 Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries 109
     
3.12 Other 109
     
3.13 Applicability of ISP and UCP 108110
     
SECTION 4. FEES; COMMITMENT REDUCTIONS AND TERMINATIONS 110
   
4.1 Fees 110
     
4.2 Voluntary Reduction of Commitments 111
     
4.3 Mandatory Termination of Commitments 112
     
SECTION 5. PAYMENTS 112
   
5.1 Voluntary Prepayments 112

 

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5.2 Mandatory Prepayments 113
     
5.3 Method and Place of Payment 118
     
5.4 Net Payments 118
     
5.5 Computations of Interest and Fees 121
     
5.6 Limit on Rate of Interest. 121
     
SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO INITIAL CREDIT EVENT 122
   
6.1 Credit Documents 122
     
6.2 Collateral 122
     
6.3 Legal Opinions 123
     
6.4 Structure and Terms of the Transaction; No Material Adverse Effect 123
     
6.5 Closing Certificates 124
     
6.6 Corporate Proceedings 124
     
6.7 Corporate Documents 124
     
6.8 Solvency Certificate 124
     
6.9 Financial Statements 124
     
6.10 PATRIOT ACT 124
     
6.11 Fees and Expenses 124
     
6.12 Specified Representations 124
     
SECTION 7. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO ALL CREDIT EVENTS 125
   
7.1 No Default; Representations and Warranties 125
     
7.2 Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request 125
     
SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS 125
   
8.1 Corporate Status 125
     
8.2 Corporate Power and Authority; Enforceability 125
     
8.3 No Violation 126
     
8.4 Litigation 126
     
8.5 Margin Regulations 126

 

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8.6 Governmental Approvals 126
     
8.7 Investment Company Act 126
     
8.8 True and Complete Disclosure 126
     
8.9 Financial Statements 127
     
8.10 Tax Returns and Payments, Etc. 127
     
8.11 Compliance with ERISA 128
     
8.12 Subsidiaries 128
     
8.13 Intellectual Property 128
     
8.14 Environmental Laws 128
     
8.15 Properties, Assets and Rights 129
     
8.16 Solvency 129
     
8.17 Material Adverse Change 129
     
8.18 Use of Proceeds 129
     
8.19 FCPA 130
     
8.20 Sanctioned Persons 130
     
8.21 PATRIOT ACT 130
     
8.22 Labor Matters 130
     
8.23 Subordination of Junior Financing 130
     
8.24 No Default 130
     
SECTION 9. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 130
   
9.1 Information Covenants 131
     
9.2 Books, Records and Inspections 133
     
9.3 Maintenance of Insurance. 134
     
9.4 Payment of Taxes 134
     
9.5 Consolidated Corporate Franchises 134
     
9.6 Compliance with Statutes 134
     
9.7 ERISA 135

 

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9.8 Good Repair 135
     
9.9 End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters 135
     
9.10 Additional Guarantors, Grantors and Co-Obligors 136
     
9.11 Pledges of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness 136
     
9.12 Use of Proceeds 136
     
9.13 Changes in Business 137
     
9.14 Further Assurances 137
     
9.15 Designation of Subsidiaries 138
     
9.16 Maintenance of Ratings 138
     
9.17 Post-Closing Obligations 138
     
SECTION 10. NEGATIVE COVENANTS 139
   
10.1 Limitation on Indebtedness 139
     
10.2 Limitation on Liens 147
     
10.3 Limitation on Fundamental Changes 152
     
10.4 Limitation on Sale of Assets 154
     
10.5 Limitation on Investments 157
     
10.6 Limitation on Restricted Payments 161
     
10.7 Limitations on Debt Payments and Amendments 167
     
10.8 Negative Pledge Clauses 167
     
10.9 Passive Holding Company; Etc. 170
     
10.10 Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio 171
     
10.11 Transactions with Affiliates 171
     
SECTION 11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT 174
   
11.1 Payments 174
     
11.2 Representations, Etc. 174
     
11.3 Covenants 174
     
11.4 Default Under Other Agreements 175

 

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11.5 Bankruptcy, Etc. 175
     
11.6 ERISA 175
     
11.7 Guarantee 176
     
11.8 Security Document 176
     
11.9 Judgments 176
     
11.10 Change of Control 176
     
11.11 Borrower’s Right to Cure 176
     
SECTION 12. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT. 178
   
12.1 Appointment. 178
     
12.2 Limited Duties 178
     
12.3 Binding Effect 178
     
12.4 Delegation of Duties 178
     
12.5 Exculpatory Provisions 179
     
12.6 Reliance by Administrative Agent 179
     
12.7 Notice of Default 179
     
12.8 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders 180
     
12.9 Indemnification 180
     
12.10 Agent in Its Individual Capacity 180
     
12.11 Successor Agent 181
     
12.12 Withholding Tax 182
     
12.13 Duties as Collateral Agent and as Paying Agent 182
     
12.14 Authorization to Release Liens and Guarantees 182
     
12.15 Intercreditor Agreements 182
     
12.16 Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements 183
     
12.17 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim 183
     
SECTION 13. MISCELLANEOUS. 184
   
13.1 Amendments and Waivers 184

 

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13.2 Notices; Electronic Communications 186
     
13.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies 189
     
13.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties 189
     
13.5 Payment of Expenses; Indemnification. 190
     
13.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments; Etc. 192
     
13.7 Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances 198
     
13.8 Adjustments; Set-off 199
     
13.9 Counterparts 200
     
13.10 Severability 200
     
13.11 Integration 200
     
13.12 GOVERNING LAW 200
     
13.13 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers 200
     
13.14 Acknowledgments 201
     
13.15 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL 201
     
13.16 Confidentiality 202
     
13.17 Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations; Subordination of Liens 202
     
13.18 USA PATRIOT ACT 203
     
13.19 Legend 204
     
13.20 Payments Set Aside 204
     
13.21 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions 204
     
13.22 Co-Obligor Obligations. 204

 

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SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 1.1(a) Commitments of Lenders
Schedule 1.1(b) Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 1.1(c) Mortgaged Property
Schedule 8.4 Litigation
Schedule 8.12 Subsidiaries
Schedule 8.15 Owned Real Property
Schedule 9.17 Post-Closing Obligations
Schedule 10.1 Indebtedness
Schedule 10.2 Liens
Schedule 10.4 Dispositions
Schedule 10.5 Investments
Schedule 10.8 Negative Pledge Clauses
Schedule 10.11 Transactions with Affiliates
Schedule 13.2 Addresses for Notices

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A Form of Guarantee
Exhibit B Form of Security Agreement
Exhibit C Form of Pledge Agreement
Exhibit D Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit E Form of Borrower/Co-Obligor Joinder Agreement
Exhibit F Form of Closing Certificate
Exhibit G-1 Form of Promissory Note (Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans)
Exhibit G-2 Form of Promissory Note (Initial Term Loans)
Exhibit H-1 Form of Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit H-2 Form of Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit I Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit J Form of Affiliated Lender Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit K Form of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit L Form of United States Tax Compliance Certificate
Exhibit M Form of Intercompany Subordinated Note
Exhibit N Form of Perfection Certificate
Exhibit O Form of Notice of Voluntary Prepayment

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of June 7, 2016, among POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Polaris Intermediate”), whose rights and obligations herein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assumed by the Surviving Company (as defined below), POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), which on the Closing Date shall be merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp 1, a Delaware corporation (the “Target”) (with the Target surviving such merger and with such merged company existing under the laws of the state of Delaware as the “Surviving Company”), whose rights and obligations herein, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, will be assumed by MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MPH LLC”), the Co-Obligors from time to time party hereto, the Lenders from time to time party hereto, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC, as Syndication Agent, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CITIBANK, N.A. and UBS SECURITIES LLC, as Documentation Agents.

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, capitalized terms used and not defined in the preamble and these recitals shall have the respective meanings set forth for such terms in Section 1.1 hereof;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (a) Merger Sub will merge with and into the Target (such merger, the “Merger”), with the Target being the surviving entity of the Merger and the Surviving Company and (b) except with respect to certain equityholders of the Seller, including management of the Seller and/or the Target and its subsidiaries, who agreed to roll over their Capital Stock of the Target and its Affiliates or the cash proceeds they received from the Transactions into Capital Stock in the Surviving Company or a Parent Entity of the Surviving Company (in such capacity, the “Rollover Investors”), the Seller will receive cash in exchange for its Capital Stock in the Target (collectively, the “Merger Consideration”);

 

WHEREAS, (a) the Investors (including the Rollover Investors and certain members of management of the Seller and/or the Target and its Subsidiaries) will, directly or indirectly, make cash equity contributions to Polaris Parent, the net proceeds of which will be further contributed by Polaris Parent, directly or indirectly, as cash common equity to Merger Sub; provided that any such equity contribution to Merger Sub in a form other than common equity shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Lead Arrangers (the foregoing, collectively, the “Equity Contribution”), in an aggregate amount equal to, when combined with the Fair Market Value of any Capital Stock of any of the Rollover Investors rolled over or invested in connection with the Transactions, at least 30.0% of the sum of (1) the aggregate gross proceeds of the Initial Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans borrowed on the Closing Date plus the aggregate gross proceeds of Senior Unsecured Notes issued on or prior to the Closing Date, excluding the aggregate gross proceeds of (A) any Initial Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans borrowed to fund certain closing payments, OID and/or upfront fees required to be funded and (B) any Revolving Credit Loans borrowed to fund any working capital needs and (2) the equity capitalization of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, after giving effect to all of the Transactions;

 

WHEREAS, (i) immediately following the Merger, MPH Intermediate Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Existing Holdings”), will merge with and into MPH Acquisition Corp. 2 (“MPH2”), with MPH2 being the surviving entity of such merger (the “MPH2 Merger”), (ii) immediately following the MPH2 Merger, MPH2 will merge with and into the Surviving Company, with the Surviving Company being the surviving entity of such merger (such merger described in this clause (ii), together with the MPH2 Merger, the “Secondary Mergers”) and (iii) immediately after giving effect to the Secondary Mergers, (A) the Surviving Company shall assign to MPH LLC, and MPH LLC shall assume, pursuant to the Assumption Agreement all obligations of the Surviving Company as “Borrower” under the Credit Documents and as “Issuer” of the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents and (B) Polaris Intermediate shall assign to the Surviving Company, and the Surviving Company shall assume, pursuant to the Assumption Agreement, all obligations of Polaris Intermediate as “Holdings” in respect of the Credit Documents (the transactions described in this clause (iii), the “Assumption” and, together with the transactions described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (ii), collectively, the “Internal Restructuring”);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, the Borrower has requested that, immediately upon the satisfaction in full of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 6 below, the Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuers extend credit to the Borrower in the form of (i) $3,470,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Initial Term Loans to be borrowed on the Closing Date (the “Closing Date Term Loan Facility”) and (ii) a revolving credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 of Revolving Credit Commitments (the “Revolving Credit Facility”);

 

 

 

WHEREAS, it is intended that the Borrower will issue Senior Unsecured Notes under the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture in sales pursuant to Rule 144A and/or Regulation S of the Securities Act, generating aggregate gross proceeds of up to $1,100,000,000.

 

WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Initial Term Loans and the Initial Revolving Borrowing Amount (to the extent permitted in accordance with the definition of the term “Permitted Initial Revolving Credit Borrowing Purposes”), together with (a) a portion of the Target’s and its Subsidiaries’ cash on hand, (b) the proceeds from the issuance of the Senior Unsecured Notes and (c) the proceeds of the Equity Contribution, will be used to pay the Merger Consideration, the Existing Debt Refinancing and the Transaction Expenses;

 

WHEREAS, the Lenders have indicated their willingness to extend such credit and the Letter of Credit Issuers have indicated their willingness to issue Letters of Credit, in each case on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing and as an inducement for the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to extend the credit contemplated hereunder, the Borrower has agreed to secure all of its Obligations by granting to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority lien (such priority subject to Liens permitted hereunder) on substantially all of its assets (except as otherwise set forth in the Credit Documents), including a pledge of all of the Capital Stock of each of its Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Capital Stock); and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing and as an inducement for the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to extend the credit contemplated hereunder, each Guarantor has agreed to guarantee all of its Obligations and to secure its guarantees by granting to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority lien (such priority subject to Liens permitted hereunder) on substantially all of its assets (except as otherwise set forth in the Credit Documents), including a pledge of all of the Capital Stock of each of their respective Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Capital Stock).

 

AGREEMENT:

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.            Definitions.

 

1.1         Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.1 unless the context otherwise requires:

 

ABR” shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect for such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%, (c) the Eurodollar Rate for a one month Interest Period determined on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00% and (d) (i) solely with regard to the Initial Term Loans, 2.00% and (ii) with regard to the Revolving Credit Loans, 0.00%. If the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination should be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms of the definition thereof, the ABR shall be determined without regard to clause (b) of the preceding sentence until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurodollar Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurodollar Rate, as the case may be.

 

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ABR Loan” shall mean each Loan bearing interest at the rate provided in Section 2.8(a) and, in any event, shall include all Swingline Loans.

 

Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment” shall mean a binding commitment of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary entered into at any time prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period to reinvest the proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event.

 

Accounting Change” shall mean any change in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC.

 

Acquired EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA” were references to such Pro Forma Entity and its subsidiaries that will become Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Pro Forma Entity in accordance with GAAP.

 

Acquired Entity or Business” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”

 

acquired Person” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1(k)(i)(E).

 

Additional Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(d).

 

Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, contribution or otherwise, of (a) at least a majority of the assets or property and/or liabilities (or any other substantial part for which financial statements or other financial information is available), or a business line, product line, unit or division of, any other Person, (b) Capital Stock of any other Person such that such other Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and (c) additional Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary not then held by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Acquisition Consideration” shall mean, in connection with any Acquisition, the aggregate amount (as valued at the Fair Market Value of such Acquisition at the time such Acquisition is made) of, without duplication: (a) the purchase consideration paid or payable for such Acquisition, whether payable at or prior to the consummation of such Acquisition or deferred for payment at any future time, whether or not any such future payment is subject to the occurrence of any contingency, and including any and all payments representing the purchase price and any assumptions of Indebtedness and/or Guarantee Obligations, “earn-outs” and other agreements to make any payment the amount of which is, or the terms of payment of which are, in any respect subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of any Person or business and (b) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness Incurred in connection with such Acquisition; provided in each case, that any such future payment that is subject to a contingency shall be considered Acquisition Consideration only to the extent of the reserve, if any, required under GAAP (as determined at the time of the consummation of such Acquisition) to be established in respect thereof by Holdings, the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

 

Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility” shall mean each Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments made pursuant to Section 2.14(a).

 

Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Lender” shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment.

 

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Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans” shall mean any loan made to the Borrower under a Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

Adjusted Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment for such Class less the aggregate Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders in such Class.

 

Adjusted Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment for such Class less the aggregate Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders in such Class.

 

Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, at any time, the Total Revolving Credit Commitment less the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders.

 

Administrative Agent” shall mean Barclays Bank PLC or any successor to Barclays Bank PLC appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.11, together with its Affiliates that are appointed as sub-agents in accordance with Section 12.4, in each case, as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

 

Administrative Agent’s Office” shall mean the office and, as appropriate, the account of the Administrative Agent set forth on Schedule 13.2 or such other office or account as the Administrative Agent may hereafter designate in writing as such to the other parties hereto.

 

Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. The term “Control” shall mean 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 ownership of Voting Stock, by agreement or otherwise. The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Affiliated Lender” shall mean a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate or a Debt Fund Affiliate.

 

Affiliated Lender Assignment and Acceptance” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(g)(i)(C).

 

Agents” shall mean each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

 

Agreement” shall mean this Credit Agreement.

 

AHYDO Catch-Up Payment” shall mean any payment with respect to any obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including subordinated debt obligations and obligations in respect of the Senior Unsecured Notes, in each case to avoid the application of Section 163(e)(5) of the Code thereto.

 

“Amendment Agreement No. 2” shall mean the Amendment Agreement No. 2, dated as of July 2, 2020, among the Borrower, Holdings, the other Guarantors, the Revolving Credit Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.

 

Applicable Laws” shall mean, as to any Person, any international, foreign, provincial, territorial, federal, state, municipal, and local law (including common law and Environmental Laws), statute, regulation, by-law, ordinance, treaty, rule, order, code, regulation, decree, guideline, judgment, consent decree, writ, injunction, settlement agreement, governmental requirement and administrative or judicial precedents enacted, promulgated or imposed or entered into or agreed by any Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding on such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject.

 

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Applicable Margin” shall mean:

 

(a)         with respect to any Initial Term Loan, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1(d):

 

  Consolidated First Lien Applicable Margin for Applicable Margin for
  Debt to Consolidated Initial Term Loans that Initial Term Loans that
Pricing Level EBITDA Ratio are Eurodollar Loans are ABR Loans
1 Greater than 3.75:1.00 3.00% 2.00%
2 Less than or equal to 3.75:1.00 2.75% 1.75%

 

(b)         with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1(d):

 

Pricing Level

Consolidated First Lien
Debt to Consolidated
EBITDA Ratio

Applicable Margin for
Revolving Credit Loans
that are Eurodollar
Loans

Applicable Margin for
Revolving Credit
Loans that are ABR Loans
and Swingline Loans

1 Greater than 4.50:1.00 4.00% 3.00%
2 Less than or equal to
4.50:1.00 but greater than
4.00:1.00
3.75% 2.75%
3 Less than or equal to 4.00:1.00 3.50% 2.50%

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition, (x) during the period from the Closing Date until the Initial Financial Statement Delivery Date, the Applicable Margin for Initial Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans shall be determined by reference to the applicable “Pricing Level 1” set forth in the tables above and (y) during the period from the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date until the date on which Section 9.1 Financials are delivered to the Administrative Agent under Section 9.1(b) for the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending June 30, 2017, the Applicable Margin for the Initial Term Loans shall be determined by reference to “Pricing Level 1” set forth in the applicable table above. Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin for Initial Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans resulting from a change in the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date Section 9.1 Financials are delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Sections 9.1(a) and 9.1(b); provided that, at the option of the Required Lenders, the highest pricing level (as set forth in the tables above) shall apply as of the fifth Business Day after the date on which Section 9.1 Financials were required to have been delivered but have not been delivered pursuant to Section 9.1 and shall continue to so apply to and including the date on which such Section 9.1 Financials are so delivered (and thereafter the pricing level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply).

 

In the event that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower determine that any Section 9.1 Financials previously delivered were incorrect or inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than the Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, then (a) the Borrower shall as soon as practicable deliver to the Administrative Agent the correct Section 9.1 Financials for such Applicable Period, (b) the Applicable Margin shall be determined as if the pricing level for such higher Applicable Margin were applicable for such Applicable Period, and (c) the Borrower shall within 10 Business Days of demand thereof by the Administrative Agent pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest owing as a result of such increased Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to Section 2.8(c) and Section 11.

 

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Applicable Period” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Applicable Margin”.

 

Approved Foreign Bank” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Cash Equivalents”.

 

Approved Fund” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b).

 

Asset Sale Prepayment Event” shall mean any Disposition (or series of related Dispositions) of any business unit, asset or property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including any Disposition of any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Borrower owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary); provided that the term “Asset Sale Prepayment Event” shall include only Dispositions (or a series of related Dispositions) made pursuant to clauses (c), (d)(ii), (g), (j), (q), (r) and (t) of Section 10.4.

 

Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 13.6) substantially in the form of Exhibit I or such other form as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

Assumption” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Assumption Agreement” shall mean the Assumption Agreement between the Surviving Company and MPH LLC, with respect to the rights and obligations as “Borrower” under the Credit Documents and “Issuer” under the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents, and between Polaris Intermediate and the Surviving Company, with respect to the rights and obligations as “Holdings” under the Credit Documents, in each case reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

Authorized Officer” shall mean the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Treasurer, any Vice President, the Assistant Treasurer, with respect to certain limited liability companies or partnerships that do not have officers, any manager, managing member, managing director or general partner thereof, any other senior officer of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party designated as such in writing to the Administrative Agent by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party, as applicable, and, with respect to any document (other than the solvency certificate) delivered on the Closing Date or any Incremental Facility Closing Date, the Secretary or the Assistant Secretary of any Credit Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by an Authorized Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, partnership and/or other action on the part of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party and such Authorized Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Person.

 

Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(e).

 

Available Amount” shall mean, at any time (the “Available Amount Reference Time”), subject to the last sentence of this definition, an amount equal at such time to (a) the sum of, without duplication:

 

(i)              [reserved];

 

(ii)             the amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) equal to 50.0% of the Cumulative Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(iii)            to the extent not already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, the aggregate amount of all Returns (to the extent made in cash or Cash Equivalents) received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Investment to the extent such Investment was made by using the Available Amount during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time (other than the portion of any such dividends and other distributions that is used by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay taxes related to such amounts);

 

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(iv)            to the extent not already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, the aggregate amount of all repayments made in cash or Cash Equivalents of principal received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Investment to the extent such Investment was made by using the Available Amount during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time in respect of loans made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and that constituted Investments;

 

(v)            to the extent not already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income or applied to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) or to prepay, repurchase, redeem, defease, acquire, or make any other similar payment on any secured Permitted Additional Debt or on any secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, the aggregate amount of all Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Disposition of its ownership interest in any Investment to any Person other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and to the extent such Investment was made by using the Available Amount during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time; and

 

(vi)            the amount of any Investment of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 9.15 or that has been merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 10.3 or the amount of assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary Disposed of to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case following the Closing Date and at or prior to the Available Amount Reference Time, in each case, such amount not to exceed the lesser of (x) the Fair Market Value of the Investments of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary immediately prior to giving pro forma effect to such re-designation or merger, amalgamation or consolidation or Disposal of assets and (y) the amount originally invested from the Available Amount by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (provided that, in the case of original investments made in cash, the Fair Market Value shall be such cash value);

 

minus (b) the sum of, without duplication and without taking into account the proposed portion of the amount calculated above to be used at the applicable Available Amount Reference Time:

 

(i)              the aggregate amount of any Permitted Investments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 10.5 after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Amount Reference Time;

 

(ii)             the aggregate amount of any Restricted Payments made by the Borrower using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 10.6(f) after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Amount Reference Time; and

 

(iii)            the aggregate amount expended on prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, defeasements, acquisitions and other similar payments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 10.7(a) after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Amount Reference Time.

 

Available Amount Reference Time” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Available Amount.”

 

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Available Equity Amount” shall mean, at any time (the “Available Equity Amount Reference Time”), subject to the last sentence of this definition, an amount equal at such time to (a) the sum of, without duplication:

 

(i)              the aggregate amount of cash and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property, in each case, contributed to the capital of the Borrower or the proceeds received by the Borrower from the issuance of any Capital Stock (or Incurrences of Indebtedness that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Capital Stock), in each case during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time, but excluding:

 

(A) all proceeds from the issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock;

 

(B) any Excluded Contribution; and

 

(C) any Cure Amount;

 

(ii)             the aggregate amount of all Returns (to the extent made in cash or Cash Equivalents) received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary on Investments made using the Available Equity Amount during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time;

 

(iii)            the Fair Market Value or, if the Fair Market Value of such Term Loans cannot be ascertained, the Fair Market Value shall be the purchase price of such Term Loans (which shall not in any event be calculated in excess of par) of Term Loans contributed directly or indirectly by an Investor or a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate to the Borrower during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time;

 

(iv)            the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 15% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to any such Available Equity Amount Reference Time (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

(v)             to the extent not already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, the aggregate amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) of any Retained Refused Proceeds retained by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time; and

 

(vi)            to the extent not already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, the aggregate amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) of any Retained Asset Sale Proceeds retained by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the period after the Closing Date through and including the Available Equity Amount Reference Time;

 

minus (b) the sum, without duplication, and, without taking into account the proposed portion of the Available Equity Amount calculated above to be used at the applicable Available Equity Amount Reference Time, of:

 

(i)              the aggregate amount of any Permitted Investments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary using the Available Equity Amount pursuant to Section 10.5 after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Equity Amount Reference Time;

 

(ii)             the aggregate amount of any Restricted Payments made by the Borrower using the Available Equity Amount pursuant to Section 10.6(f) after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Equity Amount Reference Time; and

 

(iii)            the aggregate amount of prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances, acquisitions and other similar payments, made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary using the Available Equity Amount pursuant to Section 10.7(a) after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Equity Amount Reference Time.

 

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Available Equity Amount Reference Time” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Available Equity Amount.”

 

Available Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment over (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans then outstanding and (ii) the aggregate Letter of Credit Obligations at such time.

 

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 provisions of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 USC §§ 101 et seq., as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

 

Basel III” shall mean, collectively, those certain agreements on capital requirements, leverage ratios and liquidity standards contained in “Basel III: A Global Regulatory Framework for More Resilient Banks and Banking Systems,” “Basel III: International Framework for Liquidity Risk Measurement, Standards and Monitoring,” and “Guidance for National Authorities Operating the Countercyclical Capital Buffer,” each as published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010 (as revised from time to time), and as implemented by a Lender’s primary U.S. federal banking regulatory authority or primary non-U.S. financial regulatory authority, as applicable.

 

Beneficial Owner” shall mean, in the case of a Lender (including the Swingline Lender and each Letter of Credit Issuer), the beneficial owner of any amounts payable under any Credit Document for U.S. federal withholding tax purposes.

 

Benefited Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.8(a).

 

Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

 

Board of Directors” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) in the case of any corporation, the board of directors of such Person, (ii) in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers of such Person, (iii) in the case of any partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of such Person and (ivin any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.

 

Borrower” shall mean, (i) initially Merger Sub, (ii) after giving effect to the Merger, the Surviving Company, and (iii) after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, MPH LLC, and shall include any Successor Borrower, to the extent applicable.

 

Borrower Materials” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.2.

 

Borrowing” shall mean and include (a) the Incurrence of Swingline Loans from the Swingline Lender on a given date (or swingline loans under any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments from any swingline lender thereunder on a given date), (b) the Incurrence of one Class and Type of Initial Term Loan on the Closing Date or the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, as applicable (or resulting from conversions on a given date after the Closing Date or the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, as applicable) having, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the same Interest Period (provided that ABR Loans Incurred pursuant to Section 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans), (c) the Incurrence of one Class and Type of Incremental Term Loan on an Incremental Facility Closing Date (or resulting from conversions on a given date after the applicable Incremental Facility Closing Date) having, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the same Interest Period (provided that ABR Loans Incurred pursuant to Section 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans), (d) the Incurrence of one Class and Type of Revolving Credit 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 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans), (e) the Incurrence of one Class and Type of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit 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 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans) and (f) the Incurrence of one Type of Extended Revolving Credit Loan of a specified Class 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 2.10(b) shall be considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans).

 

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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) if the applicable Business Day relates to any Eurodollar Loans, any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. Dollars are carried on in the London interbank eurodollar market.

 

Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of, without duplication, (a) all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as additions during such period to property, plant or equipment reflected in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) all Capitalized Software Expenditures and Capitalized Research and Development Costs during such period and (c) all fixed asset additions financed through Financing Lease Obligations Incurred by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and recorded on the balance sheet in accordance with GAAP during such period; provided that the term “Capital Expenditures” shall not include:

 

(i)           expenditures made in connection with the replacement, substitution, restoration or repair of assets to the extent financed from insurance proceeds or compensation awards paid on account of a Recovery Event (except to the extent that such proceeds otherwise increase Consolidated Net Income for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow for such period),

 

(ii)          the purchase price of equipment that is purchased simultaneously with the trade-in of existing equipment to the extent that the gross amount of such purchase price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time,

 

(iii)         the purchase of property, plant or equipment to the extent financed with the proceeds of Dispositions outside the ordinary course of business (except to the extent that such proceeds otherwise increase Consolidated Net Income for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow for such period),

 

(iv)         expenditures that constitute any part of Consolidated Lease Expense,

 

(v)          expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and that actually are paid for, or reimbursed, by a Person other than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and for which neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such Person or any other Person (whether before, during or after such period, it being understood, however, that only the amount of expenditures actually provided or incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in such period and not the amount required to be provided or incurred in any future period shall constitute “Capital Expenditures” in the applicable period),

 

(vi)         the book value of any asset owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary prior to or during such period to the extent that such book value is included as a capital expenditure during such period as a result of such Person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without a corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such period; provided that (x) any expenditure necessary in order to permit such asset to be reused shall be included as a Capital Expenditure during the period in which such expenditure actually is made and (y) such book value shall have been included in Capital Expenditures when such asset was originally acquired,

 

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(vii)        any expenditures made as payments of the consideration for an Acquisition (or other similar Investment) and expenditures made in connection with the Transactions and any amounts recorded pursuant to purchase accounting required under GAAP pertaining to Acquisitions (or other similar Investments) or the Transactions,

 

(viii)       any capitalized interest expense and internal costs reflected as additions to property, plant or equipment in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or capitalized as Capitalized Software Expenditures and Capitalized Research and Development Costs for such period, or

 

(ix)          any non-cash compensation or other non-cash costs reflected as additions to property, plant and equipment, Capitalized Software Expenditures and Capitalized Research and Development Costs in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Capital Stock” shall mean any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation and including membership interests and partnership interests) and, except to the extent constituting Indebtedness, any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase, acquire or exchange any of the foregoing.

 

Capitalized Research and Development Costs” shall mean, for any period, all research and development costs that are, or are required to be, in accordance with GAAP, reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Capitalized Software Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Cash Collateral” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.8(c).

 

Cash Collateralize” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.8(c).

 

Cash Equivalents” shall mean:

 

(a)          Dollars;

 

(b)          Canadian dollars, euro, pounds sterling or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU;

 

(c)          other currencies held by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

 

(d)          securities issued or unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in each case having maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof;

 

(e)          securities issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or any public instrumentality thereof or any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state or commonwealth or territory or any public instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having an Investment Grade Rating;

 

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(f)           commercial paper or variable or fixed rate notes issued by or guaranteed by any Lender or any bank holding company owning any Lender;

 

(g)          commercial paper or variable or fixed rate notes maturing no more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having an Investment Grade Rating;

 

(h)          time deposits with, or domestic and eurocurrency certificates of deposit, demand deposits or bankers’ acceptances maturing no more than two years after the date of acquisition thereof and overnight bank deposits, in each case, issued by, any Lender or any other bank having combined capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 (or the Dollar equivalent as of the date of determination);

 

(i)           repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the type described in clauses (d), (e) and (h) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (h) above or securities dealers of recognized national standing;

 

(j)           marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);

 

(k)          readily marketable direct obligations issued by any non-U.S. government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, in each case having an Investment Grade Rating with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

(l)           Investments with average maturities of no more than 24 months from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency);

 

(m)         with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary: (i) obligations of the national government of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business; provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of acquisition thereof, (ii) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under the laws of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business; provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and who otherwise meets the qualifications specified in clause (f) above (any such bank being an “Approved Foreign Bank”), and in each case with maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition and (iii) the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank;

 

(n)          Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A-2” or higher from Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P or Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

(o)          in the case of investments by any Foreign Subsidiary or investments made in a country outside the United States of America, Cash Equivalents shall also include (i) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (a) through (n) above of foreign obligors, which investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings, described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign Rating Agencies and (ii) other short term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments described in clauses (a) through (n) of this paragraph; and

 

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(p)          investment funds investing 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (o) above.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above; provided that such amounts are converted into any currency or securities listed in clauses (a) through (d) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

 

Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any agreement entered into from time to time by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with cash management services for collections, other Cash Management Services or for operating, payroll and trust accounts of such Person, including automatic clearing house services, controlled disbursement services, electronic funds transfer services, information reporting services, lockbox services, stop payment services and wire transfer services.

 

Cash Management Bank” shall mean any Person that is a Lender, Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner, Agent or any Affiliate of a Lender, Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner or Agent at the time it provides any Cash Management Services or any Person that shall have become a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent at any time after it has provided any Cash Management Services.

 

Cash Management Obligations” shall mean obligations owed by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Cash Management Bank in connection with, or in respect of, any Cash Management Services.

 

Cash Management Services” shall mean (a) commercial credit cards, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, (b) treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items and interstate depository network services) and (c) any other demand deposit or operating account relationships or other cash management services, including under any Cash Management Agreements.

 

CFC” shall mean a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

 

Change in Law” shall mean the occurrence, after the Closing Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration or interpretation thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) Basel III and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

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Change of Control” shall mean and be deemed to have occurred if:

 

(a)          (i) at any time prior to a Qualifying IPO, (x) the Permitted Holders shall at any time cease, directly or indirectly, to have the power to vote or direct the voting of at least 35% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) or (y) the acquisition by (A) any Persons (other than any one or more Permitted Holders) or (B) Persons (other than any one or more Permitted Holders) that are together a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act (or any successor provision), but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person or “group” or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or Disposing of Capital Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision)) of a percentage of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) that is greater than the percentage of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, beneficially owned by the Permitted Holders and/or (ii) at any time on and after a Qualifying IPO, the acquisition by (A) any Person (other than any one or more Permitted Holders) or (B) Persons (other than any one or more Permitted Holders) that are together a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act (or any successor provision), but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person or “group” or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or Disposing of Capital Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision)) of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) having more than the greater of (A) 35% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) and (B) the percentage of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially in the aggregate by the Permitted Holders, unless in the case of either clause (i) or (ii) above, the Permitted Holders have, at such time, the right or the ability by voting power, contract, proxy or otherwise to elect, appoint, nominate or designate at least a majority of the aggregate votes on the Board of Directors of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings); and/or

 

(b)          at any time prior to a Qualifying IPO of the Borrower (or, for the avoidance of doubt, a Successor Borrower), the failure of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings), directly or indirectly through wholly owned subsidiaries, to own beneficially and of record, all of the Capital Stock of the Borrower; and/or

 

(c)          a “change of control” or any comparable term under, and as defined in the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture (or any documentation governing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any Refinancing thereof) or the documentation governing any other First Lien Obligations (other than any Cash Management Agreement or Hedging Agreement).

 

Notwithstanding the preceding or any provision of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act (or any successor provision), (i) a Person or group shall not be deemed to beneficially own securities subject to an equity or asset purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement (or voting or option or similar agreement related thereto) until the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement, (ii) if any group includes one or more Permitted Holders, the issued and outstanding Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any Permitted Holders that are part of such group shall not be treated as being beneficially owned by any other member of such group for purposes of determining whether a Change of Control has occurred and (iii) a Person or group will not be deemed to beneficially own the Voting Stock of another Person as a result of its ownership of Voting Stock or other securities of such other Person’s Parent Entity (or related contractual rights) unless it owns 50.0% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such Parent Entity. For purposes of this definition and any related definition to the extent used for purposes of this definition, at any time when 50.0% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) is directly or indirectly owned by a Parent Entity, all references to Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) shall be deemed to refer to its ultimate Parent Entity (but excluding any Investor) that directly or indirectly owns such Voting Stock.

 

Class”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Credit Loans, Initial Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans (of a Class), Extended Term Loans (of the same Extension Series), Extended Revolving Credit Loans (of the same Extension Series and any related swingline loans thereunder), Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (of the same Class and any related swingline loans thereunder) or Swingline Loans, and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Credit Commitment, an Initial Term Loan Commitment, an Incremental Term Loan Commitment (of the same Class), an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment (of the same Extension Series and any related swingline commitment thereunder), an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment (of the same Class and any related swingline commitment thereunder) or a Swingline Commitment, and when used in reference to any Lender, refers to whether such Lender has a Loan or Commitment of such Class.

 

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Claims” shall have meaning provided in the definition of Environmental Claims.

 

Closing Date” shall mean the date of the initial Credit Event under this Agreement, which date is June 7, 2016.

 

Closing Date Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and, to the extent in excess of $2,500,000, described on Schedule 10.1.

 

Closing Date Term Loan Facility” shall have the meaning provided for such term in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Co-Obligor” shall mean each Subsidiary Guarantor on the Closing Date and each Subsidiary Guarantor that becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.10.

 

Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. Section references to the Code are to the Code, as in effect on the Closing Date, and any subsequent provisions of the Code, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

 

Collateral” shall have the meaning provided for such term or a similar term in each of the Security Documents; provided that, with respect to any Mortgages, “Collateral” shall mean “Mortgaged Property” as defined therein.

 

Collateral Agent” shall mean Barclays Bank PLC or any successor thereto appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.11, together with any of its Affiliates, that is appointed as a sub-agent in accordance with Section 12.4, as the collateral agent for the Secured Parties.

 

Commitment” shall mean, (a) with respect to each Lender (to the extent applicable), such Lender’s Initial Term Loan Commitment, Incremental Term Loan Commitment, Revolving Credit Commitment, Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment or any combination thereof (as the context requires) and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, or swingline lender under any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, its Swingline Commitment or swingline commitment, as applicable.

 

Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(a).

 

Commitment Fee Rate” shall mean a rate equal to the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as set forth in the most recent certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.1(d):

 

Pricing
Level
Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated
EBITDA Ratio
Commitment Fee
Rate
1 Greater than 4.50:1.00 0.50%
2 Less than or equal to 4.50:1.00 but greater than
4.00:1.00
0.375%
3 Less than or equal to 4.00:1.00 0.25%

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition, during the period from the Closing Date until the Initial Financial Statement Delivery Date, the Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined by “Pricing Level 1” set forth in the table above. Any increase or decrease in the Commitment Fee Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date Section 9.1 Financials are delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Sections 9.1(a) and 9.1(b); provided that, at the option of the Required Lenders, the highest pricing level (as set forth in the table above) shall apply as of the fifth Business Day after the date on which Section 9.1 Financials were required to have been delivered but have not been delivered pursuant to Section 9.1 and shall continue to so apply to and including the date on which such Section 9.1 Financials are so delivered (and thereafter the pricing level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply).

 

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In the event that the Administrative Agent and the Borrower determine that any Section 9.1 Financials previously delivered were incorrect or inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Commitment Fee Rate for any Applicable Period than the Commitment Fee Rate applied for such Applicable Period, then (a) the Borrower shall as soon as practicable deliver to the Administrative Agent the correct Section 9.1 Financials for such Applicable Period, (b) the Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined as if the pricing level for such higher Commitment Fee Rate were applicable for such Applicable Period, and (c) the Borrower shall within 10 Business Days of demand thereof by the Administrative Agent pay to the Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest owing as a result of such increased Commitment Fee Rate for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and Lenders with respect to Section 2.8(c) and Section 11.

 

Commitment Letter” shall mean the Amended and Restated Credit Facilities Commitment Letter, dated as of May 13, 2016, among Barclays Bank PLC, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, Bank of America, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., UBS AG, Stamford Branch, UBS Securities LLC, Broad Street Loan Partners 2013 Onshore, L.P., Broad Street Loan Partners 2013, L.P., Broad Street Loan Partners 2013 Europe, L.P., Broad Street Senior Credit Partners, L.P., Broad Street Senior Credit Partners Offshore, L.P., Broad Street Credit Investments LLC, Broad Street London Partners #1, L.P., Broad Street London Partners #2, L.P., Streamview Investment Pte Ltd and Polaris Parent.

 

Commodity Exchange Act” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

Communications” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.2.

 

Confidential Information” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.16.

 

Confidential Information Memorandum” shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum of the Borrower dated May 2016, delivered to the prospective lenders in connection with this Agreement.

 

Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, Capital Expenditures, including Capitalized Software Expenditures, intangible assets established through recapitalization or purchase accounting, and the accretion or amortization of OID resulting from the Incurrence of Indebtedness at less than par, of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis and as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus:

 

(a)          without duplication and to the extent already deducted or, in the case of clauses (vi) and (viii) below, to the extent not included (and not added back or excluded) in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period:

 

(i)            provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, federal, foreign, state, local, franchise, unitary, property, excise, value added and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period (including taxes in respect of repatriated funds and any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations),

 

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(ii)           Consolidated Interest Expense and, to the extent not reflected in such Consolidated Interest Expense, bank and letter of credit fees, debt rating monitoring fees and net losses on Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, together with items excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” pursuant to clauses (A) through (N) thereof,

 

(iii)          Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense,

 

(iv)          the amount of any restructuring charge, accrual or reserve or non-recurring (on a per-transaction basis) integration costs and related costs and charges, including proposed or actual hiring and on-boarding of any senior level executives and any one-time (on a per-transaction basis) costs or charges incurred in connection with Acquisitions and other Investments, and costs, charges and expenses, including put arrangements and headcount reductions or other similar actions including severance charges in respect of employee termination or relocation costs, excess pension charges, severance and lease termination expenses related to the closure, discontinuance and/or consolidation of locations and/or facilities,

 

(v)           any other non-cash charges, including (A) all non-cash compensation expenses and costs, (B) the non-cash impact of recapitalization or purchase accounting, (C) the non-cash impact of accounting changes or restatements, (D) any non-cash portion of Consolidated Lease Expense and (E) other non-cash charges; provided that, to the extent that any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA in such future period to such extent; and provided, further, that amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period shall be excluded),

 

(vi)          the aggregate amount of Consolidated Net Income for such period attributable to non-controlling interests of third parties in any non Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, excluding cash distributions in respect thereof to the extent already included in Consolidated Net Income,

 

(vii)         the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees, termination payments, indemnities and related expenses paid or accrued in such period to (or on behalf of) the Investors (including amortization thereof) to the extent otherwise permitted under Section 10.11 or to (or on behalf of) Affiliates of the Seller and/or the Target on or prior to the Closing Date (and following the Closing Date, with respect to indemnification or other amounts owed in respect of arrangements in effect prior to the Closing Date),

 

(viii)        (A) pro forma adjustments, including pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and other synergies related to the Transactions projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions that have been taken, actions with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or actions that are expected to be taken (including any savings expected to result from the elimination of Public Company Costs) (in each case, in the good faith determination of the Borrower), in any such case within twelve fiscal quarters after the Closing Date (or, to the extent identified to the Lead Arrangers, undertaken or implemented prior to the Closing Date) and, without duplication and (B) pro forma adjustments, including pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions, and other synergies related to mergers, business combinations, Acquisitions, Dispositions and other similar transactions, or related to restructuring initiatives, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions that have been taken, actions with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or actions that are expected to be taken (in each case, in the good faith determination of the Borrower), in any such case, within eight fiscal quarters after the date of consummation of such merger, business combination, Acquisition, Disposition or other similar transaction or the initiation of such restructuring initiative, cost savings initiative or other initiative; provided, that, for the purpose of this clause (viii), (I) any such adjustments shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA for each Test Period until fully realized and shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though such adjustments had been realized on the first day of the relevant Test Period and shall be calculated net of the amount of actual benefits realized from such actions, (II) any such adjustments shall be reasonably identifiable and (III) no such adjustments shall be added pursuant to this clause (viii) to the extent duplicative of any items related to adjustments included in the definition of Consolidated Net Income, clause (ivabove or pursuant to the effects of Section 1.12 (it being understood that for purposes of the foregoing and Section 1.12 “run rate” shall mean the full recurring benefit that is associated with any such action),

 

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(ix)           Receivables Fees and the amount of loss on sale of receivables and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Receivables Facility,

 

(x)            to the extent funded with cash contributed to the capital of the Borrower or the Net Cash Proceeds of an issuance of Capital Stock of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) solely to the extent that such Net Cash Proceeds are excluded from the calculation of the Available Equity Amount, (A) any deductions, charges, costs or expenses (including compensation charges and expenses) incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or share option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, pension plan, any severance agreement or any equity subscription or shareholder agreement or any distributor equity plan or agreement or in connection with grants of stock appreciation or similar rights or other rights to directors, officers, managers and/or employees of any Parent Entity, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) any charges, costs, expenses accruals or reserves in connection with the rollover or acceleration of Capital Stock held by directors, officers, managers and/or employees of any Parent Entity, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,

 

(xi)           [reserved],

 

(xii)          cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not otherwise included in Consolidated EBITDA in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such receipts were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (b) below for any previous period and not added back,

 

(xiii)         any net pension or other post-employment benefit costs representing amortization of unrecognized prior service costs, actuarial losses, including amortization of such amounts arising in prior periods, amortization of the unrecognized net obligation (and loss or cost) existing at the date of initial application of Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification No. 715, any non-cash deemed finance charges in respect of any pension liabilities, the curtailment or modification of pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including settlement of pension liabilities), and any other items of a similar nature,

 

(xiv)         in respect of any Hedging Obligations that are terminated (or early extinguished) prior to the stated settlement date, any loss (or gain as applicable) reflected in Consolidated Net Income in or following the quarter in which such termination or early extinguishment occurs,

 

(xv)          all adjustments, other than normalized adjustments, of the type that are described on page 31 of the Public Lenders Presentation dated May 16, 2016, to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such period,

 

(xvi)         costs, expenses, charges, accruals, reserves (including restructuring costs related to acquisitions prior to, on or after the Closing Date) or expenses attributable to the undertaking and/or the implementation of cost savings initiatives, operating expense reductions and other restructuring and integration and transition costs, costs associated with inventory category and distribution optimization programs, pre-opening, opening and other business optimization expenses (including software development costs), future lease commitments, consolidation, discontinuance and closing costs and expenses for locations and/or facilities, signing, retention and completion bonuses, costs related to entry and expansion into new markets (including consulting fees) and to modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, system design, establishment and implementation costs and project start-up costs,

 

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(xvii)        adjustments consistent with Regulation S-X of the Securities Act,

 

(xviii)       changes in earn-out obligations incurred in connection with any Acquisition or other Investment permitted under this Agreement and paid during the applicable period and any similar acquisitions completed prior to the Closing Date, and

 

(xix)         costs related to the implementation of operational and reporting systems and technology initiatives, 

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(b)          without duplication and to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, any non-cash gains, but excluding any non-cash gains that represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash items that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period,

 

in each case, as determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP; provided that,

 

(I)           there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise Disposed of during such period (but not including the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired) (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired, including pursuant to the Transactions or pursuant to a transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date, and not subsequently so Disposed of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”), and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Restricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the Acquired EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) determined on a historical pro forma basis; and

 

(II)          there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset sold, transferred or otherwise Disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent not subsequently reacquired, reclassified or continued, in each case, during such period (each such Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary), property, business or asset so sold, transferred or otherwise Disposed of, closed or classified, a “Sold Entity or Business”), and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a “Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary”), in each case based on the Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer, disposition, closure, classification or conversion) determined on a historical pro forma basis.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein and subject to adjustment as provided in clauses (I) and (II) of the immediately preceding proviso with respect to acquisitions and Dispositions occurring prior to, on and following the Closing Date and other adjustments contemplated by Section 1.12, clause (a)(viii) above, Consolidated EBITDA shall be deemed to be $141,900,000, $161,000,000, $178,000,000 and $172,300,000, respectively, for the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2015, September 30, 2015, December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2016.

 

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Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent Test Period ended on or prior to such date of determination to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period; provided that, for purposes of calculating the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio for any period ending prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be an amount equal to actual Consolidated Interest Expense from the Closing Date through the date of determination multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is 365 and the denominator of which is the number of days from the Closing Date through the date of determination.

 

Consolidated First Lien Debt” shall mean, without duplication, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Consolidated Total Debt (determined without regard to clause (b) of the definition thereof) outstanding under this Agreement as of such date (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions, any Acquisition or other Investment) and all other Consolidated Total Debt (determined without regard to clause (b) of the definition thereof) secured by Liens on the Collateral that do not rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are or should be listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date (but, for the avoidance of doubt, including as “unrestricted cash” any and all amounts held by, or for the benefit of, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of repurchasing, redeeming, defeasing or otherwise acquiring or making any other similar payment on the Existing Notes or the Senior Unsecured Notes). It is understood that to the extent the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs any Indebtedness and receives the proceeds of such Indebtedness, for purposes of determining any Incurrence test under this Agreement and whether the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with any such test, the proceeds of such Incurrence shall not be considered cash or Cash Equivalents for purposes of any “netting” pursuant to clause (b) of this definition.

 

Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:

 

(a)            the consolidated cash interest expense of such Person for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person, (including (i) all commissions, discounts and other cash fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, (ii) the cash interest component of Financing Lease Obligations, and (iii) net cash payments, if any, made (less net cash payments, if any, received), pursuant to obligations under Hedging Agreements for Indebtedness), but in any event excluding, for the avoidance of doubt,

 

(A)            accretion or amortization of original issue discount resulting from the Incurrence of Indebtedness at less than par;

 

(B)            amortization of deferred financing costs, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses;

 

(C)            any accretion or accrual of, or accrued interest on discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness during such period and any prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or similar premium, penalty or inducement or other loss in connection with the early Refinancing or modification of Indebtedness paid or payable during such period;

 

(D)            any interest in respect of items excluded from Indebtedness in the proviso to the definition thereof;

 

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(E)             penalties or interest relating to taxes and any other amount of non-cash interest resulting from the effects of the acquisition method of accounting or pushdown accounting;

 

(F)             non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under Hedging Agreements or other derivative instruments pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification No. 815 (Derivatives and Hedging);

 

(G)            any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of Hedging Agreements for interest rates and any payments with respect to make-whole premiums or other breakage costs in respect of any Indebtedness;

 

(H)            all additional interest or liquidated damages then owing pursuant to any registration rights agreement and any comparable “additional interest” or liquidated damages with respect to other securities designed to compensate the holders thereof for a failure to publicly register such securities;

 

(I)              any expense resulting from the discounting of any Indebtedness in connection with the application of recapitalization accounting or purchase accounting;

 

(J)              any expensing of bridge, arrangement, structuring, commitment or other financing fees or closing payments (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Commitment Fees);

 

(K)            any lease, rental or other expense in connection with Non-Financing Lease Obligations,

 

(L)             Receivables Fees, commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Receivables Facility,

 

(M)           any capitalized interest, whether paid in cash or otherwise; and

 

(N)            any other non-cash interest expense, including capitalized interest, whether paid or accrued;

 

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(b)            cash interest income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.

 

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Financing Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Financing Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Lease Expense” shall mean, for any period, all rental expenses of any Person during such period in respect of Non-Financing Lease Obligations for real or personal property (including in connection with Sale Leasebacks), but excluding real estate taxes, insurance costs and common area maintenance charges and net of sublease income; provided that Consolidated Lease Expense shall not include (a) obligations under vehicle leases entered into in the ordinary course of business, (b) all such rental expenses associated with assets acquired pursuant to the Transactions and pursuant to an Acquisition (or other Investment) to the extent that such rental expenses relate to Non-Financing Lease Obligations (i) in effect at the time of (and immediately prior to) such acquisition and (ii) related to periods prior to such acquisition, (c) Financing Lease Obligations, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and (d) the effects from applying purchase accounting.

 

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Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income attributable to such Person for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, without duplication, and on an after-tax basis to the extent appropriate,

 

(a)            any extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains, losses or expenses, costs associated with preparations for, and implementation of, compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other Public Company Costs, earn-out payments or other consideration paid or payable in connection with an Acquisition to the extent recorded as cash compensation expense, severance costs, relocation costs, integration costs, pre-opening, opening, consolidation, discontinuation and closing costs and expenses for locations and/or facilities, signing, retention and completion bonuses, transition costs, restructuring costs and litigation settlements, fines, judgments, orders or losses and related costs and expenses shall be excluded,

 

(b)            the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period,

 

(c)            any net gains or losses realized on (i) Disposed of, discontinued or abandoned operations (which shall not, unless the Borrower otherwise elects, include assets then held for sale), or (ii) the sale or other Disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person, shall be excluded,

 

(d)            any net gains or losses realized attributable to asset Dispositions, other than those in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Borrower, and Dispositions of books of business, client lists or related goodwill in connection with the departure of related employees or producers, shall be excluded,

 

(e)            the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents (or, if not paid in cash or Cash Equivalents, but later converted into cash or Cash Equivalents, upon such conversion) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,

 

(f)             solely for the purpose of determining the amount available under clause (ii) of the definition of “Available Amount,” the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Credit Party) shall be excluded to the extent the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, is otherwise restricted by the operation of the terms of its charter, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its equityholders, (other than: (i) restrictions that have been waived or otherwise released, (ii) restrictions pursuant to this Agreement or the Senior Unsecured Notes and (iii) restrictions arising pursuant to an agreement or instrument if the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or instrument taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Secured Parties than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Credit Documents (as determined by the Borrower in good faith)); provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents (or, if not paid in cash or Cash Equivalents, but later converted into cash or Cash Equivalents, upon such conversion) to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein,

 

(g)            any income (loss) (less all fees and expenses or charges related thereto) from the purchase, acquisition, early extinguishment, conversion or cancellation of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments (including deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid) shall be excluded,

 

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(h)            any impairment charge, asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to intangible assets (including goodwill), long-lived assets, Investments in debt and equity securities, the amortization of intangibles, and the effects of adjustments to accruals and reserves during a prior period relating to any change in the methodology of calculating reserves for returns, rebates, warranties, inventories and other chargebacks (including government program rebates), shall be excluded,

 

(i)             any (i) non-cash compensation expense as a result of grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, profits interests, stock options, restricted stock or other rights or equity incentive programs and any non-cash charges associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock or options with respect thereto by, or to, officers, directors, employees or consultants of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle, (ii) income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts and (iii) any expense in respect of payments made to option holders or holders of profits interests or restricted stock or restricted stock units of the Borrower or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to equityholders of the Borrower or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle, which payments are being made to compensate such option holders or holders of profits interests or restricted stock or restricted stock units as though they were equityholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution (to the extent such distribution to equityholders is excluded from Consolidated Net Income), shall be excluded,

 

(j)             any fees and expenses (including any commissions or discounts) incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any Acquisition, Investment, asset Disposition, Change of Control, Incurrence, Refinancing, prepayment, redemption, repurchase, acquisition, defeasance, extinguishment, retirement or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Capital Stock, or amendment, supplement or other modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken, but not completed and/or not successful) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded,

 

(k)            accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted as a result of the Transactions or any Acquisition or other Investment in accordance with GAAP or changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period, whether effected through a cumulative effect adjustment, restatement or a retroactive application in accordance with GAAP, shall be excluded,

 

(l)             the effects from applying purchase accounting, including applying recapitalization or purchase accounting to inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill and other intangible assets, in-process research and development, post-employment benefits, leases, deferred revenue and debt-like items required or permitted by GAAP (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries), as a result of the Transactions or any other consummated Acquisition, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, shall be excluded,

 

(m)            any foreign exchange gains or losses (whether or not realized) resulting from the impact of foreign currency changes on the valuation of assets and liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower shall be excluded,

 

(n)            any non-cash interest expense and non-cash interest income, in each case to the extent there is no associated cash disbursement or receipt, as the case may be, before the Latest Maturity Date, shall be excluded,

 

(o)            the amount of any cash tax benefits related to the tax amortization of intangible assets in such period shall be included,

 

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(p)            Transaction Expenses (including any charges associated with the rollover, acceleration or payout of Capital Stock by management of the Seller and/or the Target or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent Entities in connection with the Transactions) shall be excluded,

 

(q)            income or expense related to changes in the fair value of contingent liabilities recorded in connection with the Transactions or any Acquisition or other Investment shall be excluded,

 

(r)             proceeds received from business interruption insurance (to the extent not reflected as revenue or income in Net Income and to the extent that the related loss was deducted in the determination of Net Income), shall be included,

 

(s)            charges, losses, lost profits, expenses or write-offs to the extent indemnified, reimbursed or insured by a third party, including expenses covered by indemnification or reimbursement provisions in connection with the Transactions, an Acquisition or any other Investment, in each case, to the extent that indemnification, reimbursement or insurance coverage has not been denied, the Borrower in good faith believes that such amounts are recoverable from such indemnitors, reimbursers or insurers, and so long as such amounts are actually paid or reimbursed to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash or Cash Equivalents within one year after the related amount is first added to Consolidated Net Income pursuant to this clause (s) (and if not so reimbursed within one year, such amount shall be deducted from Consolidated Net Income during the next measurement period), shall be excluded; provided that such amounts shall only be included in Consolidated Net Income under clause (ii) of the definition of “Available Amount” after such amounts are actually reimbursed in cash,

 

(t)             any non-cash expenses, accruals, reserves or income related to adjustments to historical tax exposures shall be excluded; provided that, if any such non-cash items represent an accrual or reserve for cash payments in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated Net Income in such future period, but only to the extent of such non-cash expense, accrual or reserve excluded pursuant to this clause (t), shall be excluded,

 

(u)            any non-cash gain or loss attributable to the mark-to-market movement in the valuation of Hedging Obligations (to the extent the cash impact resulting from such gain or loss has not been realized) or other derivative instruments pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification No. 815-Derivatives and Hedging, shall be excluded,

 

(v)            any gain or loss relating to Hedging Obligations associated with transactions realized in the current period that has been reflected in Net Income in prior periods and excluded from, or included in, as applicable, Consolidated Net Income pursuant to the preceding clause (u) shall be included, and

 

(w)            any expense to the extent a corresponding amount is received in cash by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries from a Person other than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries, provided such payment has not been included in determining Consolidated Net Income (it being understood that if the amounts received in cash under any such agreement in any period exceed the amount of expense in respect of such period, such excess amounts received may be carried forward and applied against expense in future periods).

 

Consolidated Secured Debt” shall mean, without duplication, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Consolidated Total Debt (determined without regard to clause (b) of the definition thereof) outstanding under this Agreement as of such date (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting in connection with any Acquisition or other Investment) and all other Consolidated Total Debt (determined without regard to clause (b) of the definition thereof) secured by Liens on any assets or property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are or should be listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date (but, for the avoidance of doubt, including as “unrestricted cash” any and all amounts held by, or for the benefit of, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of repurchasing, redeeming, defeasing or otherwise acquiring or making any other similar payment on the Existing Notes or the Senior Unsecured Notes). It is understood that to the extent the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs any Indebtedness and receives the proceeds of such Indebtedness, for purposes of determining any Incurrence test under this Agreement and whether the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with any such test, the proceeds of such Incurrence shall not be considered cash or Cash Equivalents for purposes of any “netting” pursuant to clause (b) of this definition.

 

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Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Secured Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.

 

Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the total amount of all assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP as of such date.

 

Consolidated Total Debt” shall mean, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with any Acquisition or Investments), consisting of indebtedness for borrowed money, Unpaid Drawings, Financing Lease Obligations and third-party debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents which are listed as “restricted” on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date (but, for the avoidance of doubt, including as “unrestricted cash” any and all amounts held by, or for the benefit of, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of repurchasing, redeeming, defeasing or otherwise acquiring or making any other similar payment on the Existing Notes or the Senior Unsecured Notes). It is understood that to the extent the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs any Indebtedness and receives the proceeds of such Indebtedness, for purposes of determining any Incurrence test under this Agreement and whether the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with any such test, the proceeds of such Incurrence shall not be considered cash or Cash Equivalents for purposes of any “netting” pursuant to clause (b) of this definition.

 

Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.

 

Consolidated Working Capital” shall mean, at any date, the excess of (a) the sum of all amounts (excluding all 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 the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date less (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 the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, including (for purposes of both clauses (a) and (b)) current and long-term deferred revenue but excluding (for purposes of both clauses (a) and (b) above, as applicable), without duplication, (i) the current portion of any Funded Debt, (ii) all Indebtedness (including Letter of Credit Obligations) under the Revolving Credit Facility, any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility, any Extended Revolving Credit Facility or any other revolving credit facility that is effective in reliance on Section 10.1(u), to the extent otherwise included therein, (iii) the current portion of interest, (ivthe current portion of current and deferred income taxes, (v) non-cash compensation costs and expenses, (vi) any other liabilities that are not Indebtedness and will not be settled in cash or Cash Equivalents during the next succeeding twelve month period after such date, (vii) the effects from applying recapitalization or purchase accounting, (viii) any earn out obligations until 30 days after such obligation becomes contractually due and payable and any earn-out obligation that becomes contractually due and payable to the extent (A) such Person is indemnified for the payment thereof by a solvent Person reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or (B) amounts to be applied to the payment thereof are in escrow through customary arrangements and (ixany asset or liability in respect of net obligations of such Person in respect of Swap Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided that Consolidated Working Capital shall be calculated without giving effect to (x) the depreciation of the Dollar relative to other foreign currencies or (y) changes to Consolidated Working Capital resulting from non-cash charges and credits to consolidated current assets and consolidated current liabilities (including, without limitation, derivatives and deferred income tax).

 

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Contract Consideration” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Excess Cash Flow.”

 

Contractual Obligation” shall mean, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound other than the Obligations.

 

Controlled Investment Affiliate” shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person, other than any Investor, which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person and is organized by such Person (or any Person controlling such Person) primarily for making direct or indirect equity or debt investments in the Borrower and/or other Persons.

 

Converted Restricted Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”

 

Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”

 

Corrective Extension Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(e).

 

Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean (a) Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt, (b) Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt or (c) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt; provided that, in each case, such Indebtedness is Incurred to Refinance, in whole or in part, existing Term Loans or existing Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Revolving Credit Commitments), any then-existing Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments), any then-existing Extended Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Extended Revolving Credit Commitments), or any Loans under any then-existing Incremental Facility (or, if applicable, unused Commitments thereunder), or any then-existing Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (“Refinanced Debt”); provided, further, that (i) except for any of the following that are only applicable to periods after the Latest Maturity Date, the covenants, events of default and guarantees of such Indebtedness (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, fees, funding discounts, original issue discounts, maturity and prepayment or redemption premiums and terms) (when taken as a whole) are determined by the Borrower to be either (A) consistent with market terms and conditions and conditions at the time of Incurrence or effectiveness (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) or (B) not materially more restrictive on the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those applicable to the Refinanced Debt, when taken as a whole (provided that if the documentation governing such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness contains a Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant, the Administrative Agent shall be given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement shall be amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility (provided, however, that if (x) both the Refinanced Debt and the related Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that includes a Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant consists of a revolving credit facility (whether or not the documentation therefor includes any other facilities) and (y) the applicable Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant is a “springing” financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of such revolving credit facility or a covenant only applicable to, or for the benefit of, a revolving credit facility, the Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant shall only be required to be included in this Agreement for the benefit of each revolving credit facility hereunder (and not for the benefit of any term loan facility hereunder) and such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed “more restrictive” solely as a result of such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant benefiting only such revolving credit facilities; provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (ii) any such Indebtedness in the form of bonds, notes or debentures or which Refinances, in whole or in part, existing Term Loans, shall have a maturity that is no earlier than the maturity of the Refinanced Debt and a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Refinanced Debt; provided that the foregoing requirements of this clause (ii) shall not apply to the extent such Indebtedness constitutes a customary bridge facility, so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which any such customary bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (ii) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges, (iii) any such Indebtedness which Refinances any existing Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Revolving Credit Commitments), any then-existing Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments) or any then-existing Extended Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) shall have a maturity that is no earlier than the maturity of such Refinanced Debt and shall not require any mandatory commitment reductions prior to the maturity of such Refinanced Debt; provided that the foregoing requirements of this clause (iii) shall not apply to the extent such Indebtedness constitutes a customary bridge facility, so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which any such customary bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (iii) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges, (ivexcept to the extent otherwise permitted under this Agreement (subject to a dollar for dollar usage of any other basket set forth in Section 10.1, if applicable), such Indebtedness shall not have a greater principal amount (or shall not have a greater accreted value, if applicable) than the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Refinanced Debt plus accrued interest, fees and premiums (including tender premiums) (if any) thereon, defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and fees and expenses (including OID, closing payments, upfront fees or similar fees) associated with the Refinancing plus an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized and letters of credit undrawn, (v) such Refinanced Debt shall be repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased, acquired or satisfied and discharged on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and all accrued interest, fees and premiums (including tender premiums) (if any) in connection therewith shall be paid substantially concurrently with the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred or made effective, (vi) except to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, the aggregate unused revolving commitments under such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall not exceed the unused Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, being replaced plus undrawn letters of credit, (vii) in the case of any such Indebtedness in the form of bonds, notes or debentures or which Refinances, in whole or in part, existing Term Loans, the terms thereof shall not require any mandatory repayment, redemption, repurchase, acquisition or defeasance (other than (x) in the case of bonds, notes or debentures, customary change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event offers, AHYDO Catch-Up Payments and customary acceleration any time after an event of default and (y) in the case of any term loans, mandatory prepayments that are on terms (when taken as a whole) not materially more favorable to the lenders or holders providing such Indebtedness than those applicable to the Refinanced Debt (when taken as a whole) prior to the maturity date of the Refinanced Debt, (viii) any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness may not be guaranteed by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower that do not guarantee the Obligations and (ixany Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness may not be secured by any assets that do not secure the Obligations.

 

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Credit Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Guarantee, the Fee Letter, each Letter of Credit, any promissory notes issued by the Borrower hereunder, any Incremental Agreement, any Extension Agreement, the Assumption Agreement and any Customary Intercreditor Agreement entered into after the Closing Date to which the Collateral Agent and/or the Administrative Agent is a party.

 

Credit Event” shall mean and include the making (but not the conversion or continuation) of a Loan and the issuance, increase in the amount, or extension of a Letter of Credit.

 

Credit Facility” shall mean any of the Initial Term Loan Facility, any Incremental Term Loan Facility, the Revolving Credit Facility, any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility, any Extended Term Loan Facility or any Extended Revolving Credit Facility, as applicable.

 

Credit Party” shall mean, collectively and/or, as applicable, individually, Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Cumulative Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, as at any date of determination, Consolidated Net Income for the period (taken as one accounting period) commencing on April 1, 2016 and ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which Section 9.1 Financials have been delivered.

 

Cure Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(a).

 

Cure Deadline” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(a).

 

Cure Right” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(a).

 

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Customary Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean (a) to the extent executed in connection with the Incurrence of secured Indebtedness Incurred by a Credit Party, the Liens on the Collateral securing which are intended to rank equal in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies), at the option of the Borrower and the Collateral Agent acting together in good faith, either (i) any intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) a customary intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, which agreement shall provide that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Indebtedness shall rank equal in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies) and (b) to the extent executed in connection with the Incurrence of secured Indebtedness Incurred by a Credit Party, the Liens on the Collateral securing which are intended to rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations, at the option of the Borrower and the Collateral Agent acting together in good faith, either (i) an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) a customary intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, which agreement shall provide that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Indebtedness shall rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations.

 

Debt Fund Affiliate” shall mean any Affiliate of the Borrower (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) that is primarily engaged in, or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in, making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit or securities in the ordinary course and that exercises investment discretion independent from the private equity business of each respective Investor; provided that, to the extent it is an Affiliate of the Borrower, any Person managed or directed by GIC Asset Management Pte Ltd, including, without limitation, Gamstar Pte Ltd shall constitute a Debt Fund Affiliate.

 

Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event” shall mean any Incurrence by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness, but excluding any Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred under Section 10.1 (other than Incremental Term Loans Incurred in reliance on clause (i)(x) of the proviso to Section 2.14(b), Permitted Additional Debt Incurred in reliance on Section 10.1(u)(i)(x) and, to the extent relating to Term Loans, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness).

 

Debtor Relief Laws” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code and any other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

 

Default” shall mean any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

Defaulting Lender” shall mean any Lender whose acts or failure to act, whether directly or indirectly, cause it to meet any part of the definition of “Lender Default.”

 

Designated Non-Cash Consideration” shall mean the Fair Market Value of consideration that is not deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents and that is received by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a Disposition pursuant to Section 10.4(c) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent, setting forth the basis of such valuation (less the amount of the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent Disposition, redemption or repurchase of, or collection or payment on, such Designated Non-Cash Consideration).

 

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Designated Preferred Stock” shall mean Preferred Stock of the Borrower or any Parent Entity (in each case other than Disqualified Capital Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock by the Borrower on the issuance date thereof.

 

Disposed EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA” (and in the component financial definitions used therein) were references to such Sold Entity or Business and its Subsidiaries or to such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business.

 

Disposition” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.4. The terms “Disposal”, “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings.

 

Disposition Percentage” shall mean, with respect to any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event required to be applied pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i), the applicable percentage of Net Cash Proceeds required to be offered on any date of determination to prepay Term Loans.

 

Disqualified Capital Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person 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 putable or 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, other than solely as a result of a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations under any Secured Hedging Agreement, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or contingent indemnification obligations and other contingent obligations not then due and payable), (b) is redeemable or exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock), other than as a result of a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations under any Secured Hedging Agreement, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or contingent indemnification obligations and other contingent obligations not then due and payable), in whole or in part, or (c) provides for the scheduled payment of dividends in cash, 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 any plan for the benefit of officers, directors, employees or consultants of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof), the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such officers, directors, employees or consultants, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof), the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such officer’s, director’s, employee’s or consultant’s termination, death or disability.

 

Disqualified Lenders” shall mean (a) such Persons that have been specified in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers on or prior to May 5, 2016 as being “Disqualified Lenders,” (b) those Persons who are competitors of the Target and its Subsidiaries that are separately identified in writing by the Borrower from time to time to the Administrative Agent and (c) in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), any of their Affiliates (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any bona fide debt investment funds that are Affiliates of the Persons referenced in clause (b) above) that are either (i) identified in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower from time to time or (ii) readily identifiable on the basis of such Affiliate’s name as an Affiliate of such entity; provided that any Person that is a Lender and subsequently becomes a Disqualified Lender (but was not a Disqualified Lender on the Closing Date or at the time it became a Lender) shall not retroactively be deemed to be a Disqualified Lender hereunder.

 

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Distressed Person” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of “Lender-Related Distress Event.”

 

Documentation Agents” shall mean Bank of America, N.A., Citibank, N.A. and UBS Securities LLC each in its capacity as documentation agent under this Agreement.

 

Dollars,” “U.S. Dollars” and “$” shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the Applicable Laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia.

 

Drawing” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(b).

 

EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any Person established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country that 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.

 

Effective Yield” shall mean, as to any Indebtedness, the effective yield paid by the Borrower on such Indebtedness as determined by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in a manner consistent with generally accepted financial practices, taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, any interest rate “floors” (the effect of which floors shall be determined in a manner set forth in the proviso below and assuming that, if interest on such Indebtedness is calculated on the basis of a floating rate, that the “LIBOR” component of such formula is included in the calculation of Effective Yield) or similar devices and all fees, including upfront or similar fees or OID (amortized over the shorter of (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness and (y) the four years following the date of Incurrence thereof, and, if applicable, assuming any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments were fully drawn) payable generally by the Borrower to Lenders or other institutions providing such Indebtedness, but excluding any arrangement fees, structuring fees, closing payments or other similar fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with the relevant Lenders and, if applicable, ticking fees accruing prior to the funding of such Indebtedness and customary consent fees for an amendment paid generally to consenting Lenders; provided that, with respect to any Indebtedness that includes a “floor”, (a) to the extent that the Reference Rate on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is less than such floor, the amount of such difference shall be deemed added to the interest rate margin for such Indebtedness for the purpose of calculating the Effective Yield and (b) to the extent that the Reference Rate on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is greater than such floor, then the floor shall be disregarded in calculating the Effective Yield.

 

Eligible Assignee” shall mean (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an Approved Fund and (d) any other Person (subject, in each case, to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 13.6(b)), other than, in each case, (i) a natural person, (ii) a Defaulting Lender or (iii) a Disqualified Lender.

 

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Employee Investors” shall mean the current, former or future officers, directors, managers and employees (and Controlled Investment Affiliates and Immediate Family Members of the foregoing) of Holdings, the Borrower, the Restricted Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity who are or who become direct or indirect investors in Holdings, any Parent Entity, any Equityholding Vehicle, or in the Borrower, including any such officers, directors, managers or employees owning through an Equityholding Vehicle.

 

EMU” shall mean the economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.

 

Environment” shall mean ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, land surface, sediments, and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.

 

Environmental Claims” shall mean any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, orders, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations (other than internal reports prepared by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (a) in the ordinary course of such Person’s business or (b) as required in connection with a financing transaction or an acquisition or disposition of real estate) or proceedings relating in any way to any Environmental Law or any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law (hereinafter, “Claims”), including (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from the Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to health, safety or the Environment.

 

Environmental Law” shall mean any applicable federal, state, provincial, territorial, foreign, municipal or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, permit, binding agreement issued, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Authority or rule of common law 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, consent decree or judgment, in each case relating to pollution or the protection of the Environment including, those relating to generation, use, handling, storage, treatment, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials or, to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials, human health or safety.

 

Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1 among (x) the Collateral Agent and (y) one or more representatives of the holders of one or more classes of Permitted Additional Debt and/or Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt, with any immaterial changes and material changes thereto in light of the prevailing market conditions, which material changes shall be posted to the Lenders not less than five Business Days before execution thereof and, if the Required Lenders shall not have objected to such changes within five Business Days after posting, then the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have agreed that the Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s entry into such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) is reasonable and to have consented to such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) and to the Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s execution thereof.

 

Equity Contribution” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Equityholding Vehicle” shall mean any Parent Entity and any equityholder thereof through which current, former or future officers, directors, employees, managers or consultants of Holdings or the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries or Parent Entity hold Capital Stock of such Parent Entity.

 

ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA, as in effect on the Closing Date, 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 Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof is treated as a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) and (o) of the Code.

 

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Escrowed Proceeds” shall mean the proceeds from the offering of any debt securities or other Indebtedness paid into an escrow account with an independent escrow agent on the date of the applicable offering or incurrence pursuant to escrow arrangements that permit the release of amounts on deposit in such escrow account upon satisfaction of certain conditions or the occurrence of certain events. The term “Escrowed Proceeds” shall include any interest earned on the amounts held in escrow.

 

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 Borrowing” shall mean each Borrowing of a Eurodollar Loan.

 

“Eurodollar Loan” shall mean any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate.

 

Eurodollar Rate” shall mean, (a) with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to greater of (i) (A) with regard to Initial Term Loans only, 1.00% and (B) with regard to Revolving Credit Loans, 0.00% and (ii) the product of (A) the LIBOR in effect for such Interest Period and (B) Statutory Reserves

 

Where,

 

LIBOR” shall mean, (i) the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate which appears on the page of the Reuters Screen which displays the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (such page currently being the LIBOR01 page) for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time), two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, or (ii) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays LIBOR for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that if LIBOR is quoted under either of the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), but there is no such quotation for the Interest Period elected, LIBOR shall be equal to the Interpolated Rate; and

 

Statutory Reserves” shall mean 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 (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board and any other banking authority, domestic or foreign, to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including any branch, Affiliate, or other fronting office making or holding a Loan) is subject for Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board). Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board) 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. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

 

and (b) with respect to any ABR Loan, an interest rate per annum equal to the LIBOR in effect for an Interest Period of one month

 

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Where,

 

LIBOR” shall mean (i) the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate which appears on the page of the Reuters Screen which displays the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (such page currently being the LIBOR01 page) for deposits in Dollars with a one-month term, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time), on the day of determination of such rate, or (ii) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays LIBOR for deposits in Dollars with a one-month term, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on the date of determination of such rate; provided that if LIBOR is quoted under either of the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), but there is no such quotation for a one-month Interest Period, LIBOR shall be equal to the Interpolated Rate

 

Event of Default” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.

 

Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of

 

(a)            the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(i)            Consolidated Net Income for such period;

 

(ii)            an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (provided that, in each case, if any non-cash charge represents an accrual or reserve for cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Excess Cash Flow in such future period);

 

(iii)            decreases in Consolidated Working Capital, decreases in long-term accounts receivable in each case as of the end of such period from the Consolidated Working Capital and long-term accounts receivable as of the beginning of such period (except, in the case of each of the foregoing, any such increases or decreases that are as a result of the reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa) (other than any such decreases or increases, as applicable, arising from Acquisitions or Dispositions outside the ordinary course of assets, business units or property by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting);

 

(iv)            an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on the Disposition of assets, business units or property by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;

 

(v)            cash payments received in respect of Hedging Agreements during such period to the extent not included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income; and

 

(vi)            income tax expense to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (net of any adjustments pursuant to clause (o) of Consolidated Net Income for cash tax benefits related to the tax amortization of intangible assets in such period);

 

minus

 

(b)            the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(i)            an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (but excluding any non-cash credit to the extent representing the reversal of an accrual or reserve described in clause (a)(ii) above) and cash charges included in clauses (a) through (w) of the definition of the term “Consolidated Net Income”;

 

(ii)            without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of Intellectual Property made in cash or accrued during such period, except to the extent that such Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of Intellectual Property were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

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(iii)            the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including (A) the principal component of payments in respect of Financing Lease Obligations, (B) all scheduled principal repayments of the Term Loans, Permitted Additional Debt and Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, in each case to the extent such payments are permitted hereunder and actually made and (C) the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans actually made pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) and any mandatory redemption, repurchase, prepayment, defeasance, acquisition or similar payment of the Senior Unsecured Notes (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof), the Permitted Additional Debt or Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in each such case from the proceeds of any Disposition and that resulted in an increase to Consolidated Net Income (and have not otherwise been excluded under clause (c) of the definition thereof) and not in excess of the amount of such increase but excluding (1) all other prepayments, repurchases, defeasances, acquisitions, redemptions and/or similar payments of Term Loans and (2) all prepayments of revolving credit loans and swingline loans permitted hereunder made during such period (other than in respect of any revolving credit facility (other than in respect of (x) the Revolving Credit Facility, any Extended Revolving Credit Facility or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility and (y) other revolving loans that are effective in reliance on Section 10.1(a) or Section 10.1(u)) to the extent there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder)), except to the extent financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(iv)            an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on the Disposition of property by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than the Disposition of property in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;

 

(v)            increases in Consolidated Working Capital and increases in long-term accounts receivable in each case as of the end of such period from the Consolidated Working Capital and long-term accounts receivable as of the beginning of such period (except, in the case of each of the foregoing, any such increases or decreases that are as a result of the reclassification of items from short-term to long-term or vice versa) (other than any such increases or decreases, as applicable, arising from Acquisitions or Dispositions outside the ordinary course by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period or the application of recapitalization or purchase accounting);

 

(vi)            cash payments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness, except to the extent that such payments were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(vii)            without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Investments made in cash (other than Investments made pursuant to Sections 10.5(b), (f), (g), (h), (i), (n) and (s)) during such period, except to the extent that such Investments were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

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(viii)            without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xii) below, the amount of Restricted Payments (other than Restricted Investments) paid in cash during such period, except to the extent that such Restricted Payments were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(ix)            the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period, except to the extent that such expenditures were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(x)            the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are required to be made in connection with any prepayment, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or repurchase of Indebtedness, except to the extent that such payments were financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business;

 

(xi)            without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in other periods, (A) the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such period and (B) any planned cash expenditures by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (the “Planned Expenditures”) in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), relating to Acquisitions (or other Investments), Capital Expenditures (including Capitalized Software Expenditures) or acquisitions of Intellectual Property to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period (except to the extent financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness by, or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business); provided that, to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash actually utilized to finance such Acquisitions (or other Investments), Capital Expenditures (including Capitalized Software Expenditures) or acquisitions of Intellectual Property during such following period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration and Planned Expenditures, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters;

 

(xii)            without duplication of any amounts deducted pursuant to clause (viii) above, the aggregate amount of all payments paid in cash by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in connection with, or necessary to consummate, the Transactions;

 

(xiii)            income taxes, including penalties and interest, paid in cash in such period; and

 

(xiv)            cash expenditures made in respect of Hedging Agreements during such period to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income.

 

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Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Exchange Rate” shall mean on any day with respect to any currency (other than Dollars), the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into any other currency (including Dollars), as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day on the Bloomberg page or screen for such currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Bloomberg page or screen, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, or, in the absence of such agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about 11:00 a.m., local time, on such date for the purchase of the relevant currency for delivery two Business Days later.

 

Excluded Capital Stock” shall mean:

 

(a)            any Capital Stock with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower and the Collateral Agent as agreed in writing, the cost or other consequences (including any material adverse tax consequences) of pledging such Capital Stock shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom,

 

(b)            solely in the case of any pledge of Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO to secure the Obligations, any Capital Stock that is Voting Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO in excess of 65% of the outstanding Capital Stock that is Voting Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO,

 

(c)            any Capital Stock to the extent, and for so long as, the pledge thereof would be prohibited by any Applicable Law (including any legally effective requirement to obtain the consent of any Governmental Authority to such pledge unless such consent has been obtained),

 

(d)            any “margin stock” (as defined in Regulation U),

 

(e)            the Capital Stock of any Person, other than any Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary to the extent, and for so long as, the pledge of such Capital Stock would be prohibited by the terms of any Contractual Obligation, Organizational Document, joint venture agreement or shareholders’ agreement applicable to such Person or legally effective Contractual Obligations or create an enforceable right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower),

 

(f)            the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary or any Subsidiary of a FSHCO,

 

(g)            the Capital Stock of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, and

 

(h)            any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such Capital Stock would result in material adverse tax consequences to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Collateral Agent.

 

Excluded Contribution” shall mean the Net Cash Proceeds, the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or the Qualified Proceeds, in each case received by the Borrower from capital contributions to the common Capital Stock of the Borrower or sales or issuances of common Capital Stock of the Borrower permitted hereunder, in each case, after the Closing Date (other than any amount to the extent used in the Cure Amount) and designated by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent as an Excluded Contribution within 10 Business Days of the date such capital contributions are made or the date the applicable Capital Stock is issued or sold.

 

Excluded Property” shall have the meaning provided in the Security Agreement.

 

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Excluded Subsidiary” shall mean:

 

(a)            any Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary on any date such Subsidiary would otherwise be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of Section 9.10 (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-wholly owned Subsidiary),

 

(b)            any Subsidiary that is prohibited by (x) Applicable Law or (y) Contractual Obligation from guaranteeing the Obligations (and for so long as such restrictions or any replacement or renewal thereof is in effect); provided that in the case of clause (y), such Contractual Obligation existed on the Closing Date or, with respect to any Subsidiary acquired by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date (and so long as such Contractual Obligation was not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition), on the date such Subsidiary is so acquired,

 

(c)            any Domestic Subsidiary that is (i) a FSHCO or (ii) a direct or indirect Subsidiary of a CFC,

 

(d)            any Immaterial Subsidiary (provided that the Borrower shall not be permitted to exclude Immaterial Subsidiaries from guaranteeing the Obligations to the extent that (i) the aggregate amount of gross revenue for all Immaterial Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) excluded by this clause (d) exceeds 10% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not otherwise Excluded Subsidiaries by virtue of any of the other clauses of this definition, except for this clause (d), for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of determination or (ii) the aggregate amount of total assets for all Immaterial Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) excluded by this clause (d) exceeds 10% of the aggregate amount of Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are not otherwise Excluded Subsidiaries by virtue of any other clauses of this definition, except for this clause (d), as at the end of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of determination),

 

(e)            any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower and the Collateral Agent), the cost or other consequences (including any material adverse tax consequences) of providing a guarantee shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom,

 

(f)            each Foreign Subsidiary and each Unrestricted Subsidiary,

 

(g)            each other Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to an Acquisition or other Investment and financed with secured Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(j) and the Liens securing which are permitted by Section 10.2(f) (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not Incurred in contemplation of such Acquisition or other Investment), and each Restricted Subsidiary acquired in such Acquisition or other Investment that guarantees such Indebtedness, in each case to the extent that, and for so long as, the documentation relating to such Indebtedness to which such Restricted Subsidiary is a party prohibits such Subsidiary from guaranteeing the Obligations,

 

(h)            any Subsidiary to the extent that the guarantee of the Obligations would result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, and confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower and the Collateral Agent,

 

(i)            any Subsidiary that would require any consent, approval, license or authorization from any Governmental Authority to provide a guarantee unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received, or is received after commercially reasonable efforts by such Subsidiary to obtain the same, which efforts may be requested by the Administrative Agent,

 

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(j)            any Subsidiary that does not have the legal capacity to provide a guarantee of the Obligations (provided that the lack of such legal capacity does not arise from any action or omission of the Borrower or any other Credit Party), and

 

(k)            any Special Purpose Subsidiary.

 

Excluded Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, (a) any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee pursuant to the Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal or unlawful under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation, or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) (i) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure to constitute an “eligible contract participant,” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder (determined after giving pro forma effect to any applicable keep well, support, or other agreement for the benefit of such Guarantor and any and all applicable guarantees of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Credit Parties), at the time the guarantee of (or grant of such security interest by, as applicable) such Guarantor becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or (ii) in the case of a Swap Obligation that is subject to a clearing requirement pursuant to section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act, because such Guarantor is a “financial entity,” as defined in section 2(h)(7)(C) of the Commodity Exchange Act, at the time the guarantee of (or grant of such security interest by, as applicable) such Guarantor becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or (b) any other Swap Obligation designated as an “Excluded Swap Obligation” of such Guarantor as specified in any agreement between the relevant Credit Parties and Hedge Bank applicable to such Swap Obligations. If a Swap Obligation arises under a Master Agreement governing more than one Swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to the Swap for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes excluded in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.

 

Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(a).

 

Existing Class” shall mean Existing Term Loan Classes and each Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

Existing Credit Agreement” shall mean that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2014 (as amended supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Closing Date), by and among MPH LLC, as borrower, Existing Holdings, as holdings, the lenders referred to therein, Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent and as collateral agent, and the other parties thereto.

 

Existing Debt Refinancing” shall mean (a) the repayment in full of all principal, accrued and unpaid interest, fees, premium, if any, and other amounts outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, other than (i) contingent obligations not then due and payable and that by their terms survive the termination of the Existing Credit Agreements and (ii) the Existing Letters of Credit, the termination of all commitments to extend credit thereunder and the termination and/or release of any security interests and guarantees in connection therewith and (b) either the (i) redemption of the Existing Notes no later than 30 days after the Closing Date (with an irrevocable notice of redemption delivered (and deposit of cash in amount sufficient to redeem the Existing Notes in full being made on the Closing Date), (ii) irrevocable satisfaction and discharge of the Existing Notes in accordance with the terms of the Existing Indenture or (iii) tender offer and consent solicitation with respect to the Existing Notes the initial settlement of which shall close on the Closing Date and which, as a result of such tender offer and consent solicitation and/or any satisfaction and discharge in accordance with the terms of the Existing Indenture, the conflicts in the Existing Indenture are eliminated (and if any stub Existing Notes remain outstanding after such tender offer and consent solicitation, the redemption or satisfaction and discharge of such Existing Notes by MPH LLC in the manner described in either clause (a) or (b) above (with an irrevocable notice of redemption being delivered on the Closing Date).

 

Existing Holdings” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

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Existing Indenture” shall mean that certain Indenture, dated as of March 31, 2014 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Closing Date), among MPH LLC, the guarantors named therein and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.

 

Existing Letters of Credit” shall mean all the letters of credit listed on Schedule 1.1(b).

 

Existing Notes” shall mean MPH LLC’s 6.625% Senior Notes due 2022 issued under the Existing Indenture.

 

Existing Revolving Credit Class” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Existing Revolving Credit Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Existing Revolving Credit Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Existing Term Loan Class” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(i).

 

Expected Cure Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(b).

 

Extended Loans/Commitments” shall mean Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

Extended Repayment Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).

 

Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Extended Revolving Credit Facility” shall mean each Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments established pursuant to Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Extended Revolving Credit Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Extended Term Loan Facility” shall mean each Class of Extended Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.15.

 

Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(c).

 

Extended Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(i).

 

Extending Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).

 

Extension Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(c).

 

Extension Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(d).

 

Extension Election” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).

 

Extension Request” shall mean Term Loan Extension Requests and Revolving Credit Extension Requests.

 

Extension Series” shall mean all Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (as applicable) that are established pursuant to the same Extension Agreement (or any subsequent Extension Agreement to the extent such Extension Agreement expressly provides that the Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, provided for therein are intended to be a part of any previously established Extension Series) and that provide for the same interest margins, extension fees, if any, and amortization schedule.

 

Fair Market Value” shall mean with respect to any asset or group of assets on any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such asset at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arm’s length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time having regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset, as reasonably determined by the Borrower.

 

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FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Closing Date (and any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code (or any law implementing such an intergovernmental agreement).

 

FCPA” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.19(a).

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it; provided that, if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

 

Fee Letter” shall mean the Amended and Restated Fee and Closing Payment Letter, dated as of May 13, 2016, among Barclays Bank PLC, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, Bank of America, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., UBS AG, Stamford Branch, UBS Securities LLC, Broad Street Loan Partners 2013 Onshore, L.P., Broad Street Loan Partners 2013, L.P., Broad Street Loan Partners 2013 Europe, L.P., Broad Street Senior Credit Partners, L.P., Broad Street Senior Credit Partners Offshore, L.P., Broad Street Credit Investments LLC, Broad Street London Partners #1, L.P., Broad Street London Partners #2, L.P., Streamview Investment Pte Ltd and Polaris Parent.

 

Fees” shall mean all amounts payable pursuant to or referred in Section 4.1.

 

Financial Performance Covenant” shall mean the covenant of the Borrower set forth in Section 10.10.

 

Financial Performance Covenant Event of Default” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.3.

 

Financing Lease Obligation” shall mean, as applied to any Person, an obligation that is required to be accounted for as a financing or capital lease (and, for the avoidance of doubt, not a straight-line or operating lease) on both the balance sheet and income statement for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. At the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a financing or capital lease would be the amount required to be reflected as a liability on such balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP.

 

First Incremental Agreement” shall mean that certain Incremental Agreement No. 1, dated as of June 12, 2017 among the Borrower, Holdings, the other Guarantors, the Tranche B Term Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.

 

First Incremental Agreement Effective Date” shall have the meaning provided in the First Incremental Agreement.

 

First Lien Obligations” shall mean the Obligations, any Permitted Additional Debt Obligations (other than any Permitted Additional Debt Obligations that are unsecured or are secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Liens securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies)) and any Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt, collectively.

 

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Flood Hazard Property” shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.14(c)(i).

 

Flood Insurance Laws” shall mean, collectively, (a) National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (b) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (c) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.

 

Foreign Plan” shall mean any pension plan maintained or contributed to by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to its respective employees employed outside the United States.

 

Foreign Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

Fronting Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(b).

 

FSHCO” shall mean any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary that has no material assets other than Capital Stock (including any debt instrument treated as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or Indebtedness of one or more direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.

 

Funded Debt” shall mean all indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.

 

GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time, subject to Section 1.3(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time after adoption of IFRS by the Borrower for its financial statements and reports for all financial reporting purposes, the Borrower may elect to apply IFRS for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, in lieu of United States GAAP, and, upon any such election, references herein or in any other Loan Document to GAAP shall be construed to mean IFRS as in effect from time to time; provided that (a) any such election once made shall be irrevocable (and shall only be made once), (b) all financial statements and reports required to be provided after such election pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared on the basis of IFRS and (c) from and after such election, all ratios, computations and other determinations (i) based on GAAP contained in this Agreement shall be computed in conformity with IFRS and (ii) in this Agreement that require the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Borrower’s election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, further, that in the event of any such election by the Borrower, any financial ratio calculations or thresholds (including the Financial Maintenance Covenant) in this Agreement may be recalibrated to reflect the election to implement IFRS so long as (1) such recalibration is limited to changes in the calculation of such thresholds or covenant levels due to the effect of differences between GAAP and IFRS, (2) the recalibrated ratios and calculations shall be mutually agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, unless the Required Lenders have given notice of their objection to such recalibration within five Business Days of receiving notice thereof, and (3) any such recalibration shall be done in a manner such that after giving effect to such recalibration, the recalibrated thresholds and covenant levels shall be consistent with the intention of the respective thresholds and covenant levels calculated under GAAP prior to such election. The Borrower shall give notice of any election to the Administrative Agent with 10 Business Days of such election. For the avoidance of doubt, solely making an election (without any other action) referred to in this definition will not be treated as an incurrence of Indebtedness.

 

Governmental Authority” shall mean the government of the United States, any foreign country or any multinational authority, or any state, province, territory, municipality or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity, body or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including the PBGC and other quasi-governmental entities established to perform such functions.

 

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Guarantee” shall mean the Guarantee, dated as of the Closing Date, made by each Guarantor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

 

Guarantee Obligations” shall mean, as to any Person, any 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, however, that the term “Guarantee Obligations” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than 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) Holdings, (b) each Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that is Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary that is not party to the Guarantee on the Closing Date) on the Closing Date, (c) the Borrower (other than with respect to its own Obligations) and (d) each Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes a party to the Guarantee after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.10.

 

Hazardous Materials” shall mean (a) any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, transformers or other equipment that contains dielectric fluid containing regulated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, asbestos-containing materials, mold and radon gas; (b) any chemicals, materials or substances defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous waste,” “waste,” “hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous waste,” “restricted hazardous waste,” “subject waste,” “toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants,” “contaminants,” or “pollutants,” or words of similar import, under any Applicable Law pertaining to pollution or the protection of the Environment; and (c) any other chemical, material or substance, which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Applicable Law pertaining to pollution or the protection of the Environment.

 

Hedge Bank” shall mean any Person that is a counterparty to a Hedging Agreement with a Credit Party or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in its capacity as such, and that either (i) is a Lender, an Agent, a Lead Arranger, a Joint Bookrunner or an Affiliate of a Lender, an Agent, a Lead Arranger or a Joint Bookrunner at the time it enters into such Hedging Agreement or (ii) becomes a Lender, an Agent or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent after it has entered into such Hedging Agreement; provided that no such Person (except an Agent) shall be considered a Hedge Bank until such time as it shall have delivered written notice to the Collateral Agent that such a transaction has been entered into and that such Person constitutes a Hedge Bank entitled to the benefits of the Security Documents. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a Person may deliver one notice confirming that it constitutes a “Hedge Bank” with respect to all Hedging Agreements entered into pursuant to a specified Master Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Agent shall constitute a Hedge Bank to the extent it has entered into a Hedging Agreement.

 

Hedging Agreement” shall mean (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

 

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Hedging Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under Hedging Agreements.

 

Historical Financial Statements” shall mean (a) audited consolidated balance sheets of MPH LLC (or the predecessor thereto) and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of, and related audited consolidated statements of income and cash flows of MPH LLC (or the predecessor thereto) and its consolidated subsidiaries for, the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2015 and (b) an unaudited consolidated condensed balance sheet of MPH LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of, and related unaudited consolidated condensed statements of income and cash flows of MPH LLC and its subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2016.

 

“Holdco Notes” shall mean the 8.500% / 9.250% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2022 issued pursuant to the Holdco Notes Indenture.

 

“Holdco Notes Indenture” shall mean the Indenture dated November 21, 2017, among Polaris Intermediate Corp., as Issuer, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, with its successors, as Trustee.

 

“Holdco Notes Maturity Date” shall mean December 1, 2022.

 

Holdings” shall mean (i) initially, Polaris Intermediate, and after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, the Surviving Company or (ii) at the election of the Borrower, any other Person or Persons (the “New Holdings”) that is a Subsidiary of (or are Subsidiaries of) Holdings or of any Parent Entity of Holdings (or the previous New Holdings, as the case may be) but not the Borrower (the “Previous Holdings”); provided that (a) such New Holdings directly owns 100% of the Capital Stock of the Borrower, (b) the New Holdings shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Previous Holdings under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (c) the New Holdings shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer stating that such substitution and any supplements to the Credit Documents preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents, (d) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent shall be delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to the effect that, without limitation, such substitution does not breach or result in a default under this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (e) all Capital Stock of the Borrower and substantially all of the other assets of the Previous Holdings are contributed or otherwise transferred to such New Holdings and pledged to secure the Obligations and (f) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such substitution and such substitution does not result in any Event of Default or material tax liability; provided, further, that if each of the foregoing is satisfied, the Previous Holdings shall be automatically released from all its obligations under the Credit Documents and any reference to “Holdings” in the Credit Documents shall be meant to refer to the “New Holdings.”

 

Immaterial Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (a) whose total assets (when combined with the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries, after eliminating intercompany obligations) at the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such determination date were an amount equal to or less than 5% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date and (b) whose gross revenues (when combined with the revenues of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiaries, after eliminating intercompany obligations) for such Test Period were an amount equal to or less than 5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Immediate Family Members” shall mean with respect to any individual, such individual’s estate, heirs, legatees, distributees, child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law (including adoptive relationships), any person sharing an individual’s household (other than an unrelated tenant or employee) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor.

 

Incremental Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(e).

 

Incremental Base Amount” shall mean, as of any date of determination, (a) (x) the greater of $325,000,000 and (y) 50.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date (provided that in no event shall such amount derived under this clause (y) exceed $655,000,000) plus (b) the aggregate principal amount of (i) Term Loans voluntarily prepaid prior to such date pursuant to Section 5.1, and (ii) all permanent reductions of Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 4.2 effected prior to such date (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any such commitment reductions required by the proviso to Section 2.14(b) or in connection with the Incurrence of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance any Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments), in each case, except to the extent financed by the Incurrence of long-term Indebtedness (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such Indebtedness Incurred under a revolving credit facility, Incurred as Permitted Additional Debt or otherwise Incurred under Section 2.14), or the issuance of Capital Stock by, or the making of capital contributions to, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or using the proceeds of any Disposition outside the ordinary course of business.

 

Incremental Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

 

Incremental Facilities” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

 

Incremental Facility Closing Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(e).

 

Incremental Limit” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b).

 

Incremental Ratio Debt Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(b) and Section 10.1(u).

 

Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

 

Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(f)(ii).

 

Incremental Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the Commitment of any Lender to make Incremental Term Loans of a particular Class pursuant to Section 2.14(a).

 

Incremental Term Loan Facility” shall mean each Class of Incremental Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.14.

 

Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean, with respect to any Class of Incremental Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.14, the final maturity date thereof.

 

Incremental Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(a).

 

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Incur” shall mean create, issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness; provided, however, that any Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary. The term “Incurrence” when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning. Solely for purposes of determining compliance with Section 10.1:

 

(a)            amortization of debt discount or the accretion of principal with respect to a non-interest bearing or other discount security;

 

(b)            the payment of regularly scheduled interest in the form of additional Indebtedness of the same instrument or the payment of regularly scheduled dividends on Capital Stock in the form of additional Capital Stock of the same class and with the same terms; and

 

(c)            the obligation to pay a premium in respect of Indebtedness arising in connection with the issuance of a notice of prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or similar payment or making of a mandatory offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire, or similarly pay such Indebtedness;

 

will not be deemed to be the Incurrence of Indebtedness.

 

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 pro forma effect to any prior drawings or reductions which have been reimbursed) of 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)            net Hedging Obligations of such Person;

 

(d)            all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i) current trade or other ordinary course payables or liabilities or accrued expenses (but not any refinancings, extensions, renewals, or replacements thereof) Incurred in the ordinary course of business and maturing within 365 days after the Incurrence thereof except if such trade or other ordinary course payables or liabilities or accrued expenses bear interest, (ii) any earn-out or similar obligation, unless such obligation has not been paid within 30 days after becoming due and payable and becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and (iii) obligations resulting from take-or-pay contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business);

 

(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 Financing Lease Obligations;

 

(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;

 

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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 warrants or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (iii) amounts owed to dissenting equityholders in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto (including any accrued interest), with respect to the Transactions, (ivliabilities associated with customer prepayments and deposits and other accrued obligations (including transfer pricing), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business, (v) Non-Financing Lease Obligations or other obligations under or in respect of straight-line leases, operating leases or Sale Leasebacks (except resulting in Financing Lease Obligations), (vi) customary obligations under employment agreements and deferred compensation arrangements, (vii) contingent post-closing purchase price adjustments, non-compete or consulting obligations or earn-outs to which the seller in an Acquisition or Investment may become entitled and (viii) Indebtedness of any Parent Entity appearing on the balance sheet of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary solely by reason of “pushdown” accounting under GAAP.

 

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall (A) 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 Debt of such Person and (B) in the case of Holdings, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries, exclude all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any net Hedging Obligations on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) above shall, unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person, be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the Fair Market Value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.

 

Indemnified Parties” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a)(iii).

 

Independent Financial Advisor” shall mean an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

 

Initial Financial Statement Delivery Date” shall mean the date on which Section 9.1 Financials are delivered to the Administrative Agent under Section 9.1 for the first full fiscal quarterly or annual period of the Borrower completed after the Closing Date.

 

Initial Revolving Borrowing Amount” shall mean one or more Borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans on the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed the aggregate amounts specified or referred to in the definition of the term “Permitted Initial Revolving Credit Borrowing Purposes”; provided that, without limitation, Letters of Credit may be issued on the Closing Date to, among other things, backstop or replace letters of credit outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date under the Existing Credit Facility.

 

Initial Term Loan” shall mean (a) prior to the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, the loans made on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and (b) from and after the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, the Incremental Term Loans made on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date pursuant to the First Incremental Agreement.

 

Initial Term Loan Commitment” shall mean (a) in the case of each Lender that is a Lender on the Closing Date, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a) as such Lender’s “Initial Term Loan Commitment”, (b) in the case of each Tranche B Term Lender, the amount of such Lender’s Incremental Term Loan Commitment under the First Incremental Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount allocated to each Rollover Lender (as defined in the First Incremental Agreement)) and (c) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the Closing Date or the First Amendment Effective Date, as applicable, the amount specified as such Lender’s “Initial Term Loan Commitment” in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment, in each case as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The aggregate amount of the Initial Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date was $3,470,000,000 and the aggregate amount of the Initial Term Loan Commitments as of the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date is $3,165,000,000.

 

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Initial Term Loan Facility” shall mean (a) prior to the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, the Closing Date Term Loan Facility and (b) from and after the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, the facility under which the Tranche B Term Loans are made available on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date pursuant to the First Incremental Agreement.

 

Initial Term Loan Lender” shall mean a Lender with an Initial Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Initial Term Loan.

 

Initial Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date, or if such anniversary of the Closing Date is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such anniversary.

 

Initial Term Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(b).

 

Initial Term Loan Repayment Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.5(b).

 

Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning provided for such term in the Security Agreement.

 

Intercompany Note” shall mean the Intercompany Subordinated Note, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit M hereto, executed by Holdings, the Borrower and each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower party thereto.

 

Interest Period” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the interest period applicable thereto, as determined pursuant to Section 2.9.

 

Internal Restructuring” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Interpolated Rate” shall mean, in relation to LIBOR, the rate which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:

 

(a)            the applicable LIBOR for the longest period (for which LIBOR is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; and

 

(b)            the applicable LIBOR for the shortest period (for which LIBOR is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Loan,

 

each as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period of that Loan.

 

Investment” shall mean, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Capital Stock or Indebtedness or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee Obligation with respect to any obligation of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other Indebtedness or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or Joint Venture interest in such other Person, excluding, in the case of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. The amount, as of any date of determination, of (i) any Investment in the form of a loan or an advance shall be the principal amount thereof outstanding on such date, minus any payments in cash or Cash Equivalents actually received by such investor representing interest in respect of such Investment, but without any adjustment for write-downs or write-offs (including as a result of forgiveness of any portion thereof) with respect to such loan or advance after the date thereof, (ii) any Investment in the form of a guarantee shall be equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof, as determined in good faith by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, (iii) any Investment in the form of a transfer of Capital Stock or other non-cash property or services by the investor to the investee, including any such transfer in the form of a capital contribution, shall be the Fair Market Value of such Capital Stock or other property or services as of the time of the transfer, minus any payments actually received by such investor representing a Return in respect of such Investment, but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment, and (ivany Investment (other than any Investment referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above) by the specified Person in the form of a purchase or other acquisition for value of any Capital Stock, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of any other Person shall be the original cost of such Investment, except that the amount of any Investment in the form of an Acquisition shall be the Acquisition Consideration, minus (i) the amount of any portion of such Investment that has been repaid to the investor as a Return in respect of such Investment (without duplication of amounts increasing the Available Amount or the Available Equity Amount), but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment. For purposes of Section 10.5, if an Investment involves the acquisition of more than one Person, the amount of such Investment shall be allocated among the acquired Persons in accordance with GAAP; provided that pending the final determination of the amounts to be so allocated in accordance with GAAP, such allocation shall be as reasonably determined by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary issues, sells or otherwise Disposes of any Capital Stock of a Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary such that, after giving effect thereto, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, any Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person remaining after giving effect thereto shall not be deemed to be a new Investment at such time.

 

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Investment Grade Rating” shall mean a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

 

Investment Grade Securities” shall mean, (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents), (b) securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (c) investments in any fund that invests at least a 95% of its assets in investments of the type described in clauses (a) and (b) above, which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution and (d) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high-quality investments.

 

Investors” shall mean, collectively, Hellman & Friedman LLC, GIC Special Investments Pte. Ltd., Leonard Green & Partners, LP, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc., Partners Group (USA) Inc. and Cohen Private Ventures, LLC (and each of their respective successors) and each of their respective Affiliates and any funds, partnerships or other co-investment vehicles managed, advised or controlled by the foregoing or their respective Affiliates, but not including, however, any portfolio companies of any of the foregoing.

 

ISP” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

 

Issuer Documents” shall mean with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Request, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by a Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower (or any Restricted Subsidiary) or in favor of the Letter of Credit Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.

 

Joinder Agreement” shall mean a joinder agreement to this Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E or such other form as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which a Person shall become Co-Obligor under this Agreement

 

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Joint Bookrunners” shall mean Barclays Bank PLC, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and UBS Securities LLC each in its capacity as joint bookrunner.

 

Joint Venture” shall mean a joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form.

 

Junior Debt” shall mean any Subordinated Indebtedness of any Credit Party.

 

Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean the Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2, among (x) the Collateral Agent and (y) one or more representatives of the holders of Permitted Additional Debt and/or Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt, with any immaterial changes and material changes thereto in light of the prevailing market conditions, which material changes shall be posted to the Lenders not less than five Business Days before execution thereof and, if the Required Lenders shall not have objected to such changes within five Business Days after posting, then the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have agreed that the Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s entry into such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) is reasonable and to have consented to such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) and to the Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s execution thereof.

 

Latest Maturity Date” shall mean, with respect to the Incurrence of any Indebtedness or the issuance of any Capital Stock, the latest Maturity Date applicable to any Credit Facility that is outstanding hereunder as determined on the date such Indebtedness is Incurred or such Capital Stock is issued.

 

LCA Election” shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.11.

 

LCA Test Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 1.11.

 

Lead Arrangers” shall mean Barclays Bank PLC, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (or any other registered broker-dealer wholly-owned by Bank of America Corporation to which all or substantially all of Bank of America Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ investment banking, commercial lending services or related businesses may be transferred following the date of this Agreement), Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and UBS Securities LLC, each in its capacity as lead arranger.

 

Lender” shall mean (a) the Persons listed on Schedule 1.1(a), (b) any other Person that shall become a party hereto as a “lender” pursuant to Section 13.6 and (c) each Person that becomes a party hereto as a “lender” pursuant to the terms of Section 2.14 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Tranche B Term Lenders under the First Incremental Agreement), in each case other than a Person who ceases to hold any outstanding Loans, Letter of Credit Exposure, Swingline Exposure or any Commitment.

 

Lender Default” shall mean (a) the refusal (in writing) or failure of any Revolving Credit Lender (which term, for purposes of this definition, shall also include any Lender under an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility) to make available its portion of any Incurrence of Revolving Credit Loans or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans, which refusal or failure is not cured within one Business Day after the date of such refusal or failure, (b) the failure of any Revolving Credit Lender to pay over to the Administrative Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer, any Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due, (c) the notification by a Revolving Credit Lender to the Borrower, the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations under this Agreement, (d) the failure by a Revolving Credit Lender to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its obligations under this Agreement (e) the admission of a Distressed Person in writing that it is insolvent or such Distressed Person becomes subject to a Lender-Related Distress Event or (f) any Lender has become the subject of a Bail-In Action.

 

Lender-Related Distress Event” shall mean, with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender (which term, for purposes of this definition, shall also include any Lender under an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility), that such Revolving Credit Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Revolving Credit Lender (each, a “Distressed Person”), as the case may be, is or becomes subject to a voluntary or involuntary case with respect to such Distressed Person under any debt relief law, or a custodian, conservator, receiver or similar official is appointed for such Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed Person’s assets, or such Distressed Person or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Distressed Person is subject to a forced liquidation or winding up, or such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any governmental authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person or its assets to be, insolvent or bankrupt or no longer viable, or if any governmental authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person has taken control of such Distressed Person or has taken steps to do so; provided that a Lender-Related Distress Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interests in any Revolving Credit Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Revolving Credit Lender by a governmental authority or an instrumentality thereof; provided, further, that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such person 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 person (or such governmental authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contract or agreements made by such person or its parent entity.

 

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Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.1(a).

 

Letter of Credit Borrowing” shall mean an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit that has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing.

 

Letter of Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, at any time, the sum of (a) the amount of any Unpaid Drawings in respect of which such Lender has made (or is required to have made) Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 3.4 at such time and (b) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Letter of Credit Obligations at such time (excluding the portion thereof consisting of Unpaid Drawings in respect of which the Lenders have made (or are required to have made) Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 3.4).

 

Letter of Credit Fee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1(c).

 

Letter of Credit Issuer” shall mean (a) Barclays Bank PLC and (b) any one or more Persons who shall become a Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to Section 3.6. Any Letter of Credit Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Letter of Credit Issuer, and in each such case the term “Letter of Credit Issuer” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate. In the event that there is more than one Letter of Credit Issuer at any time, references herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit or to all Letter of Credit Issuers, as the context requires.

 

Letter of Credit Maturity Date” shall mean the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

 

Letter of Credit Obligations” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unpaid Drawings, including all Letter of Credit Borrowings. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms, but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

 

Letter of Credit Participant” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).

 

Letter of Credit Participation” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3(a).

 

Letter of Credit Request” shall mean an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by a Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

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Letter of Credit Sub-Commitment” shall mean $25,000,000, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 4.2(b).

 

Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, security interest, hypothecation, assignment, 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 a Non-Financing Lease Obligation be deemed to be a Lien.

 

Limited Condition Acquisition” shall mean any Acquisition by the Borrower and/or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted by this Agreement whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.

 

Loan” shall mean any Revolving Credit Loan, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loan, Extended Revolving Credit Loan, Swingline Loan (including any swingline loan pursuant to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments) or Term Loan made by any Lender hereunder.

 

Losses” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a)(iii).

 

Mandatory Borrowing” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(d)(ii).

 

Market Capitalization” shall mean an amount equal to (a) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common Capital Stock of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity on the date of the declaration of a Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 10.6(z) multiplied by (b) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of such common Capital Stock on the principal securities exchange on which such common Capital Stock are traded for the 30 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of declaration of such Restricted Payment.

 

Master Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Hedging Agreement.”

 

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean, except as provided in Section 6.12, a circumstance or condition that would materially and adversely affect (a) the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Credit Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their payment obligations under the Credit Documents or (c) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Documents.

 

Material Real Property” shall mean any parcel or parcels of Real Property owned in fee by any Credit Party, now or hereafter, having a Fair Market Value (on a per property basis) of at least $10,000,000. For the purpose of determining the relevant value under this Agreement with respect to the preceding clause, such value shall be determined as of (x) the Closing Date for Real Property now owned, (y) the date of acquisition for Real Property acquired after the Closing Date or (z) the date on which the entity owning such Real Property becomes a Credit Party after the Closing Date, in each case as determined in good faith by the Borrower.

 

Maturity Date” shall mean, as to the applicable Loan or Commitment, the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, any Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, any maturity date related to any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or any maturity date related to any Class of Extended Term Loans or any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable.

 

Maximum Tender Condition” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(d).

 

Merger Agreement” shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 5, 2016, by and among Polaris Parent, Merger Sub, the Target and the Seller.

 

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Merger Consideration” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Merger” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Merger Sub” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

MFN Exceptions” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).

 

MFN Protection” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14(c).

 

Minimum Borrowing Amount” shall mean (a) with respect to a Borrowing of Term Loans, $5,000,000 (or such lesser amount as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent or as may be required in order to accommodate Borrowings described under Section 2.14(b)) and (b) with respect to a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, $1,000,000 and (c) with respect to a Borrowing of Swingline Loans, $100,000.

 

Minimum Tender Condition” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(d).

 

Minority Investment” shall mean any Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owns Capital Stock.

 

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 the owner of a Mortgaged Property in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties creating a Lien on such Mortgaged Property, substantially in such form as may be reasonably agreed between the Borrower and the Collateral Agent.

 

Mortgaged Property” shall mean (a) the Real Property identified on Schedule 1.1(c) and (b) all Real Property owned in fee with respect to which a Mortgage is required to be granted pursuant to Section 9.14(b).

 

MPH LLC” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

MPH2” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

MPH2 Merger” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which Holdings, the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate contributes, has an obligation to contribute or had an obligation to contribute over the five preceding calendar years.

 

Necessary Cure Amount” shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.11(b).

 

Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean, with respect to any Prepayment Event, Incurrence of Indebtedness, any issuance of Capital Stock or any capital contribution or any Disposition of any Investment (including any Designated Non-Cash Consideration), (a) the gross cash proceeds (including payments from time to time in respect of installment or earn-out obligations, if applicable, but only as and when received and, with respect to any Recovery Event, any insurance proceeds, eminent domain awards or condemnation awards in respect of such Recovery Event) received by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Prepayment Event, issuance of Capital Stock, receipt of a capital contribution or Disposition of any Investment, less (b) the sum of:

 

(i)            in the case of any Prepayment Event or such Disposition, the amount, if any, of all taxes paid or estimated to be payable by any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Prepayment Event or such Disposition (including withholding taxes imposed on the repatriation of any such Net Cash Proceeds),

 

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(ii)          in the case of any Prepayment Event or such Disposition, the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities (other than any amounts deducted pursuant to clause (i) above) (x) associated with the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event or such Disposition and (y) retained by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, including any pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such Prepayment Event or such Disposition occurring on the date of such reduction,

 

(iii)         in the case of any Prepayment Event or such Disposition, the amount of any principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest or other amounts on any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event or such Disposition to the extent that the instrument creating or evidencing such Indebtedness requires that such Indebtedness be repaid upon consummation of such Prepayment Event or such Disposition and such Indebtedness is actually so repaid (other than Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Documents or otherwise subject to a Customary Intercreditor Agreement and any costs associated with the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations in connection with such transaction),

 

(iv)         in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, the amount of any proceeds of such Asset Sale Prepayment Event that the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary has reinvested (or intends to reinvest), or has entered into an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment to reinvest, within the Reinvestment Period, in the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (subject to Section 9.13); provided that:

 

(A)           the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall comply with Sections 9.10, 9.11 and 9.14(b) with respect to such reinvestment if applicable;

 

(B)            any portion of such proceeds that has not been so reinvested or made subject to an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment within the Reinvestment Period shall (x) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event occurring on the later of (1) the last day of the Reinvestment Period and (2) 180 days after the date that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall have entered into an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment and (y) be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) or to the prepayment, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or redemption of any secured Permitted Additional Debt or secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in any such case to the extent permitted under Section 5.2(a)(i); and

 

(C)            any proceeds subject to an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment that is (I) later canceled or terminated for any reason before such proceeds are applied in accordance therewith or (II) not consummated (i.e., the reinvestment contemplated by such Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment is not made) shall be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) or to the prepayment, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or redemption of any secured Permitted Additional Debt or secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in any such case to the extent permitted under Section 5.2(a)(i), unless the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary enters into another Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment with respect to such proceeds prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period,

 

(v)          in the case of any Recovery Prepayment Event, the amount of any proceeds of such Recovery Prepayment Event (x) that the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary has reinvested (or intends to reinvest), or has entered into an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment to reinvest, within the Reinvestment Period, in the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (subject to Section 9.13), including for the repair, restoration or replacement of the asset or assets subject to such Recovery Prepayment Event, or (y) for which the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary has provided a Restoration Certification prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period; provided that:

 

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(A)            the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall comply with Sections 9.10, 9.11 and 9.14(b) with respect to such reinvestment if applicable;

 

(B)            any portion of such proceeds that has not been so reinvested or made subject to an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or Restoration Certification within the Reinvestment Period shall (x) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of a Recovery Prepayment Event occurring on the later of (1) the last day of the Reinvestment Period and (2) 180 days after the date that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary shall have entered into an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or shall have provided a Restoration Certification and (y) be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) or to the prepayment, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or redemption of any secured Permitted Additional Debt or secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in any such case to the extent permitted under Section 5.2(a)(i); and

 

(C)            any proceeds subject to an Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or a Restoration Certification that is (I) later canceled or terminated for any reason before such proceeds are applied in accordance therewith or (II) not consummated (i.e., the reinvestment, repair, restoration or replacement contemplated by such Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or Restoration Certification, as the case may be, is not made) shall be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i) or to the prepayment, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or redemption of any secured Permitted Additional Debt or secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the governing documentation thereof, in each case to the extent permitted under Section 5.2(a)(i), unless the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary enters into another Acceptable Reinvestment Commitment or provides another Restoration Certification with respect to such proceeds prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period,

 

(vi)         in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event by any non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the net cash proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (vi)) attributable to minority interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof,

 

(vii)        in the case of any Prepayment Event, Incurrence of Indebtedness, Disposition, issuance of Capital Stock or receipt of a capital contribution, the reasonable and customary fees, commissions, expenses (including attorney’s fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums and search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes and other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees or commissions), issuance costs, discounts and other costs and expenses (and, in the case of the Incurrence of any Indebtedness the proceeds of which are required to be used to prepay any Class of Loans and/or reduce any Class of Commitments under this Agreement, accrued interest and premium, if any, on such Loans and any other amounts (other than principal) required to be paid in respect of such Loans and/or Commitments in connection with any such prepayment and/or reduction), and payments made in order to obtain a necessary consent required by Applicable Law, in each case only to the extent not already deducted in arriving at the amount referred to in clause (a) above, and

 

(viii)       in the case of any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Disposition, any amounts funded into escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any such Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Disposition to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Disposition until such amounts are released to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

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Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) attributable to such Person, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of dividends on preferred Capital Stock (other than dividends on Disqualified Capital Stock).

 

New Holdings” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Holdings”.

 

Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.7(b).

 

Non-Credit Party” shall mean any Person that is not a Credit Party.

 

Non-Credit Party Asset Sale” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(h).

 

Non-Credit Party Recovery Event” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(h).

 

Non-Debt Fund Affiliate” shall mean any Affiliate of the Borrower (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) that is not a Debt Fund Affiliate.

 

Non-Defaulting Lender” shall mean and include each Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.

 

Non-Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(a).

 

Non-Extension Notice Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(e).

 

Non-Financing Lease Obligations” shall mean a lease obligation that is not required to be accounted for as a financing or capital lease on both the balance sheet and the income statement for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. For avoidance of doubt, a straight-line or operating lease shall be considered a Non-Financing Lease Obligation.

 

Non-U.S. Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(d).

 

Note” shall mean a Term Note or a Revolving Credit Note, in each case of the Borrower payable to any Lender or its registered assigns, evidencing the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Loans made by such Lender.

 

Notice of Borrowing” shall mean a request of the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.3 and substantially in the form of Exhibit D or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

 

Notice of Conversion or Continuation” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.6(a).

 

Obligations” shall mean the collective reference to:

 

(a)            the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest at the applicable rate provided in this Agreement (including interest accruing during the pendency of any proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Laws (or that would accrue but for the operation of applicable Debtor Relief Laws), regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the Borrower under this Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon (including interest accruing during the pendency of any proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Laws (or that would accrue but for the operation of applicable Debtor Relief Laws), regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and obligations to provide Cash Collateral, and (iii) 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 applicable proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower or any other Credit Party to any of the Secured Parties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents,

 

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(b)            the due and punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Borrower under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents,

 

(c)            the due and punctual payment and performance of all the covenants, agreements, obligations, and liabilities of each other Credit Party under or pursuant to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents,

 

(d)            the due and punctual payment and performance of all Cash Management Obligations under each Secured Cash Management Agreement of a Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof, and

 

(e)            the due and punctual payment and performance of all Hedging Obligations under each Secured Hedging Agreement of a Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof (other than with respect to any such Credit Party’s Hedging Obligations that constitute Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Credit Party).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) unless otherwise agreed to by the Borrower, the obligations of a Credit Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof under any Secured Cash Management Agreement and Secured Hedging Agreement shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents and only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed, (ii) any release of Collateral or Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall not require the consent of the holders of the Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or the consent of the holders of the Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements and (iii) Obligations shall in no event include any Excluded Swap Obligations.

 

OFAC” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.19(a).

 

OID” shall mean original issue discount.

 

Organizational 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 Taxes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(b).

 

Overnight Rate” shall mean, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (b) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

 

Parent Entity” shall mean any Person that is a direct or indirect parent company (which may be organized as, among other things, a partnership) of Holdings and/or the Borrower, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, any Person that is formed to effect a public offering of common Capital Stock that directly or indirectly owns a majority of the Voting Stock of Holdings will be deemed a Parent Entity of Holdings.

 

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Participant” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(d)(i).

 

Participant Register” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(d)(ii).

 

PATRIOT ACT” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.21.

 

PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Section 4002 of ERISA, or any successor thereto.

 

Pension Plan” shall mean any “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by Holdings, the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate or, solely with respect to representations and covenants that relate to liability under Section 4069 of ERISA, that was so maintained and in respect of which the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate would have liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.

 

Perfection Certificate” shall mean a certificate in the form of Exhibit N or any other form approved by the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion.

 

Permitted Acquisition” shall mean any Acquisition by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, so long as (a) such Acquisition and all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in all material respects in accordance with all Applicable Laws, (b) if such Acquisition involves the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person that upon such Acquisition would become a Subsidiary, such Acquisition shall result in the issuer of such Capital Stock becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and, to the extent required by Section 9.10, a Guarantor, (c) to the extent required by Sections 9.10, 9.11 and/or 9.14(b), such Acquisition shall result in the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, being granted a security interest in any Capital Stock or any assets so acquired, (d) subject to Section 1.11, both immediately prior to and after giving pro forma effect to such Acquisition, no Event of Default under either Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing and (e) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such Acquisition, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with Section 9.13.

 

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Permitted Additional Debt” shall mean (a) secured or unsecured bonds, notes or debentures (which bonds, notes or debentures, if secured, may be secured by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking equal to the priority of the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) or by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations) or (b) secured or unsecured loans (or commitments to provide loans or other extensions of credit) (which loans or commitments, if secured, may be secured by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking equal to the priority of the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) or by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations), in each case Incurred by or provided to the Borrower or another Guarantor; provided that (a) the terms of such Indebtedness or commitments do not provide for maturity or any scheduled amortization or mandatory repayment, mandatory redemption, mandatory commitment reduction, mandatory offer to purchase or sinking fund obligation prior to the Latest Maturity Date, other than, subject (except, in the case of any such Indebtedness or commitments that constitute, or are intended to constitute, other First Lien Obligations) to the prior repayment or prepayment of, or the prior offer to repay or prepay (and to the extent such offer is accepted, the prior repayment or prepayment of) the Obligations hereunder (other than Hedging Obligations under any Secured Hedging Agreement, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or contingent indemnification obligations and other contingent obligations not then due and payable), customary prepayments, commitment reductions, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances, acquisitions or satisfactions and discharges, or offers to prepay, reduce, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or satisfy and discharge upon, a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event, or on account of the accumulation of excess cash flow (in the case of loans or commitments), AHYDO Catch-Up Payments and customary acceleration rights upon an event of default; provided that the foregoing requirements of this clause (a) shall not apply to the extent such Indebtedness or commitments constitute a customary bridge facility, so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which any such customary bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (a) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges, (b) except for any of the following that are applicable only to periods following the Latest Maturity Date, the covenants, events of default, Subsidiary guarantees and other terms for such Indebtedness or commitments (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest rate margins, rate floors, fees, maturity, funding discounts, original issue discounts and redemption or prepayment terms and premiums), when taken as a whole, are determined by the Borrower to either (A) be consistent with market terms and conditions and conditions at the time of Incurrence or effectiveness or (B) not be materially more restrictive on the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries than the terms of this Agreement, when taken as a whole (provided that, if the documentation governing such Indebtedness or commitments contains any Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant, the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement shall have been amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility (provided, however, that, if (x) the documentation governing the Permitted Additional Debt that includes a Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant consists of a revolving credit facility (whether or not the documentation therefor includes any other facilities) and (y) such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant is a “springing” financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of such revolving credit facility or a covenant only applicable to, or for the benefit of, a revolving credit facility, then this Agreement shall be amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant only for the benefit of each revolving credit facility hereunder (and not for the benefit of any term loan facility hereunder) and such Indebtedness or commitments shall not be deemed “more restrictive” solely as a result of such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant benefiting only such revolving credit facilities); provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness or the providing of such commitments, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or commitments or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (c) if such Indebtedness is senior subordinated or subordinated Indebtedness, the terms of such Indebtedness provide for customary “high yield” subordination of such Indebtedness to the Obligations, (d) any Permitted Additional Debt may not be guaranteed by any subsidiaries of the Borrower that do not guarantee the Obligations, (e) any secured Permitted Additional Debt Incurred may not be secured by any assets that do not secure the Obligations and shall be subject to an applicable Customary Intercreditor Agreement and (f) any Permitted Additional Debt in the form of loans secured by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking equal to the priority of the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) shall be subject to the MFN Protection set forth in Section 2.14(c) (but subject to the MFN Exceptions to such MFN Protection) as if such Permitted Additional Debt were an Incremental Term Loan.

 

Permitted Additional Debt Documents” shall mean any document or instrument (including any guarantee, security or collateral agreement or mortgage and which may include any or all of the Credit Documents) issued or executed and delivered with respect to any Permitted Additional Debt by any Credit Party.

 

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Permitted Additional Debt Obligations” shall mean, if any secured Permitted Additional Debt has been Incurred by or provided to a Credit Party and is outstanding, the collective reference to (a) the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest at the applicable rate provided in the applicable Permitted Additional Debt Documents (including interest accruing during the pendency of any proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Laws (or would accrue but for the operation of applicable Debtor Relief Laws), regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on any such Permitted Additional Debt, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition 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 proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Laws, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower or any other Credit Party to any of the Permitted Additional Debt Secured Parties under the applicable Permitted Additional Debt Documents and (b) the due and punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Borrower or any Credit Party under or pursuant to applicable Permitted Additional Debt Documents.

 

Permitted Additional Debt Secured Parties” shall mean the holders from time to time of the secured Permitted Additional Debt Obligations (and any representative on their behalf).

 

Permitted Debt Exchange” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).

 

Permitted Debt Exchange Offer” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).

 

Permitted Encumbrances” shall mean:

 

(a)          Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or claims that are not yet overdue by more than sixty days or more, or if more than sixty days overdue either (i) that are being diligently contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction or (ii) with respect to which the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(b)          Liens in respect of property or assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries imposed by Applicable Law, such as landlord’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, construction contractors’ and mechanics’ Liens, supplier of materials, architects’ and other similar Liens, in each case so long as such Liens arise in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than sixty days or, if more than sixty days overdue either (i) no action has been taken to enforce such Lien, (ii) such amount is being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction or (iii) with respect to which the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(c)          Liens arising from judgments, awards, attachments or decrees for the payment of money in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 11.9;

 

(d)          Liens incurred or pledges or deposits (i) made in connection with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, employers’ health tax and other types of social security or similar legislation, (ii) securing insurance premiums, other liabilities (including in respect of reimbursement and indemnified obligations) to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements (including in respect of deductibles, co-payment, co-insurance, self-insurance retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereof), (iii) securing the performance of tenders, public or statutory obligations, surety, stay, indemnity, warranty release, customs and appeal bonds, bids, licenses, leases (other than Financing Lease Obligations), contracts (including government contracts and trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness)), performance, performance and completion, completion and return-of-money bonds or guarantees, government contracts, financial assurances and completion obligations and other similar obligations, (ivsecuring contested taxes or import duties or the payment of rent, (v) securing letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar items issued or posted to support the payment of or for the benefit of items in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(e)          ground leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses in respect of Real Property on which locations and/or facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries are located;

 

(f)           (i) easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, rights-of-way, licenses, special assessments, survey exceptions, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), minor title defects, servitudes, drains, sewers, exceptions or irregularities in title, encroachments, protrusions and other similar charges, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or encumbrances or restrictions on the use of Real Property, which in each case do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and that were not incurred in connection with and do not secure any Indebtedness, and (ii) to the extent reasonably agreed by the Collateral Agent, any exception on the title policies issued in connection with any Mortgaged Property;

 

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(g)            any (i) Lien or interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor or secured by a lessor’s, sublessor’s, licensor’s or sublicensor’s interest under any lease, sublease, license or sublicense permitted by this Agreement (other than in respect of a Financing Lease Obligation), (ii) landlord Liens permitted by the terms of any lease, (iii) restriction or encumbrance that the interest or title of any such lessor, sublessor, licensor or a sublicensor may be subject (including ground lease) or (ivsubordination of the interest of the lessee, sublessee, licensee or sublicensee under such lease or license to any restriction or encumbrance referred to in the preceding clause (iii);

 

(h)            Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of Applicable Law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods or to secure the performance of leases of Real Property;

 

(i)            Liens on goods or inventory or proceeds thereof the purchase, shipment or storage price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance issued or created for the account of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance to the extent permitted under Section 10.1;

 

(j)            licenses, sublicenses and cross-licenses of Intellectual Property granted in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(k)            Liens arising from precautionary UCC (or equivalent statute) financing statement, other applicable personal property or movable property security registry financing statements or similar filings made in respect of Non-Financing Lease Obligations, consignment arrangements or bailee arrangements entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(l)            any zoning, building or similar law or right reserved to, or vested in, any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any Real Property or any structure thereon that does not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(m)            (i) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses (including of Intellectual Property) granted to others in the ordinary course of business that do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) the rights reserved or vested in any Person (including any Governmental Authority) by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

 

(n)            Liens given to a public utility or any municipality or Governmental Authority when required by such utility or other authority in connection with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(o)            servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements, subdivision agreements and other agreements with Governmental Authorities pertaining to the use or development of any of the Real Property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, including, without limitation, any obligations to deliver letters of credit and other security as required so long as the same do not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(p)            undetermined or inchoate Liens, rights of distress and charges incidental to current operations that have not at such time been filed or exercised, or which relate to obligations not due or payable or if due, the validity of such Liens are being contested in good faith by appropriate actions diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

 

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(q)            reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions expressed in any original grant from any Governmental Authority or other grant of real or immovable property or interests therein;

 

(r)            Liens consisting of royalties payable with respect to any asset, right or property of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries;

 

(s)            statutory Liens incurred or pledges or deposits made in favor of a Governmental Authority to secure the performance of obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under Environmental Laws to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, in each case incurred or made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(t)            all rights of expropriation, access or use or other similar right conferred by or reserved by any federal, state or municipal Governmental Authority;

 

(u)            the right reserved to, or vested in, any Governmental Authority by any statutory provision or by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or other payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

 

(v)            Liens arising from Cash Equivalents described in clause (i) of the definition of the term “Cash Equivalents”; and

 

(w)            with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, other Liens and privileges arising mandatorily by any Applicable Law.

 

Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt” shall mean any secured Indebtedness Incurred by the Borrower and/or the Guarantors in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes, bonds or debentures; provided that (a) such Indebtedness is secured by Liens on all or a portion of the Collateral on an equal priority basis with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies) and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (b) such Indebtedness satisfies the applicable requirements set forth in the provisos to the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”, (c) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors and (d) the holders of such Indebtedness (or their representative) and Collateral Agent shall become parties to a Customary Intercreditor Agreement providing that the Liens on the Collateral securing such obligations shall rank equal in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies).

 

Permitted Holder Group” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Permitted Holders”.

 

Permitted Holders” shall mean each of (a) the Investors, (b) the Employee Investors and (c) other than for purposes of determining the “Permitted Holders” for purposes of clause (a)(i) of the definition of “Change of Control”, any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act (or any successor provision)) the members of which include any of the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (a) or (b) above (a “Permitted Holder Group”); provided that, in the case of any Permitted Holder Group, no Person or other group (other than the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (a) or (b) above) own, directly or indirectly, Capital Stock having more than 50.0% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings (or, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Holdings or Successor Holdings) or any Parent Entity held by such Permitted Holder Group.

 

Permitted Initial Revolving Credit Borrowing Purposes” shall mean one or more Borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans equal to the sum of (a) an amount sufficient to fund certain closing payments, OID or upfront fees required to be funded plus (b) an amount sufficient to fund any ordinary course working capital requirements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date plus (c) an amount sufficient to cash collateralize letters of credit outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date under the Existing Credit Facility plus (d) an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 to pay the Merger Consideration, the Existing Debt Refinancing and/or the Transaction Expenses.

 

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Permitted Investment” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.5.

 

Permitted Junior Priority Refinancing Debt” shall mean secured Indebtedness Incurred by the Borrower and/or any Guarantor in the form of one or more series of junior lien secured notes, bonds or debentures or junior lien secured loans; provided that (a) such Indebtedness is secured by Liens on all or a portion of the Collateral on a junior priority basis to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and any other First Lien Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (b) such Indebtedness satisfies the applicable requirements set forth in the provisos in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” (provided that such Indebtedness may be secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and any other First Lien Obligations, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness”), (c) the holders of such Indebtedness (or their representative) and the Collateral Agent shall become parties to a Customary Intercreditor Agreement providing that the Liens on the Collateral securing such obligations shall rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations, and (d) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors.

 

Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean, with respect to any Indebtedness (the “Refinanced Indebtedness”), any Indebtedness Incurred in exchange for or as a replacement of (including by entering into alternative financing arrangements in respect of such exchange or replacement (in whole or in part), by adding or replacing lenders, creditors, agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, or, after the original instrument giving rise to such Indebtedness has been terminated, by entering into any credit agreement, loan agreement, note purchase agreement, indenture or other agreement), or the net proceeds of which are to be used for the purpose of modifying, extending, refinancing, renewing, replacing, redeeming, repurchasing, defeasing, acquiring, amending, supplementing, restructuring, repaying, prepaying, retiring, extinguishing or refunding (collectively to “Refinance” or a “Refinancing” or “Refinanced”), such Refinanced Indebtedness (or previous refinancing thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided that (A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of any such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Refinanced Indebtedness outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of such Refinancing except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest, dividends and premium (including tender premiums), if any, thereon plus defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and other amounts paid and fees and expenses (including OID, closing payments, upfront fees and similar fees) incurred in connection with such Refinancing plus an amount equal to any existing commitment unutilized and letters of credit undrawn thereunder, (B) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1(a), 10.1(b), 10.1(h) or 10.1(u), the direct and contingent obligors with respect to such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not changed (except that any Credit Party may be added as an additional direct or contingent obligor in respect of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness), (C) other than with respect to a Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 10.1(f) or Section 10.1(g), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Refinanced Indebtedness; provided that the foregoing requirements of this clause (C) shall not apply to the extent such Indebtedness constitutes a customary bridge facility, so long as the long-term Indebtedness into which any such customary bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (C) and such conversion or exchange is subject only to conditions customary for similar conversions or exchanges, and (D) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1(a), 10.1(b) 10.1(h) or 10.1(u), except for any of the following that are only applicable to periods after the Latest Maturity Date, the terms and conditions contained in the documentation governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, taken as a whole, are determined by the Borrower to either (A) be consistent with market terms and conditions and conditions at the time of incurrence, issuance or effectiveness or (B) not be materially more restrictive on the obligor or obligors of such Indebtedness than the terms and conditions contained in the documentation governing such Refinanced Indebtedness being Refinanced (including, if applicable, as to collateral priority and subordination, but excluding as to interest rates (including through fixed exchange rates), interest rate margins, rate floors, fees, maturity, funding discounts, original issue discount and redemption or prepayment terms and premiums) (provided that, if the documentation governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness contains a Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant, the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement shall be amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility (provided, however, that if (x) the documentation governing the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness that includes a Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant consists of a revolving credit facility (whether or not the documentation therefor includes any other facilities) and (y) such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant is a “springing” financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of such revolving credit facility or a covenant only applicable to, or for the benefit of, a revolving credit facility, the Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant shall only be included in this Agreement for the benefit of each revolving credit facility hereunder (and not for the benefit of any term loan facility hereunder) and such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be deemed “more restrictive” solely as a result of such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant benefiting only such revolving credit facilities)); provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement in clause (D) shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees).

 

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Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt” shall mean unsecured Indebtedness Incurred by the Borrower and/or the Guarantors in the form of one or more series of senior, senior subordinated or subordinated unsecured notes, bonds, debentures or loans; provided that (a) such Indebtedness satisfies the applicable requirements set forth in the provisos in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” and (b) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors.

 

Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, Joint Venture, firm, corporation, unlimited liability company, limited liability company, association, trust or other enterprise or any Governmental Authority.

 

Planned Expenditures” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Excess Cash Flow.”

 

Platform” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.2.

 

Pledge Agreement” shall mean the Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Holdings, the Borrower, the Domestic Subsidiary pledgors party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

 

Polaris Intermediate” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Polaris Parent” shall mean Polaris Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation.

 

Preferred Stock” shall mean any Capital Stock with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

 

Prepayment Event” shall mean any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Recovery Prepayment Event or Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event.

 

Present Fair Saleable Value” shall mean the amount that could be obtained by an independent willing seller from an independent willing buyer if the assets (both tangible and intangible) of the applicable Person and its subsidiaries taken as a whole are sold on a going-concern basis with reasonable promptness in an arm’s-length transaction under present conditions for the sale of comparable business enterprises insofar as such conditions can be reasonably evaluated.

 

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Previous Holdings” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Holdings.”

 

Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant” shall mean, at any time (x) any financial maintenance covenant that is not included in this Agreement at such time and (y) any financial maintenance covenant in any other Indebtedness that is included in this Agreement at such time but with covenant levels that are more restrictive on the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries than the covenant levels included in this Agreement at such time.

 

Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent).

 

Principal Investor” shall mean any investment entity and/or other affiliate of Goldman, Sachs & Co. or any fund, investor, entity or account that is managed, sponsored or advised by Goldman, Sachs & Co. or its affiliates, in each case, which is not a Disqualified Lender or a natural person.

 

Proceeding” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.5(a).

 

Pro Forma Balance Sheet” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.9(b).

 

Pro Forma Entity” shall mean any Acquired Entity or Business, any Sold Entity or Business, any Converted Restricted Subsidiary or any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Pro Forma Financial Statements” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.9(b).

 

Public Company” shall mean Person with a class or series of Voting Stock that is traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ.

 

Public Company Costs” shall mean costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, in each case as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity or debt securities, directors’ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs relating to investor relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, directors’ and officers’ insurance, listing fees and all executive, legal and professional fees related to the foregoing.

 

Public Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.2.

 

Purchasing Borrower Party” shall mean Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes a Transferee pursuant to Section 13.6(g).

 

Qualified Capital Stock” shall mean any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

Qualified Proceeds” shall mean assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business; provided that the Fair Market Value of any such assets or Capital Stock shall be determined by the Borrower in good faith.

 

Qualifying IPO” shall mean the issuance by Holdings (or any Parent Entity of Holdings) or the Borrower of its common Capital Stock in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act (whether alone or in connection with a secondary public offering).

 

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Qualified Receivables Facility” shall mean any Receivables Facility of a Receivables Subsidiary that meets the following conditions: (a) the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such Receivables Facility (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; (b) all sales of accounts receivables and related assets by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Receivables Subsidiary or any other Person are made at fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower); (c) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be on market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings; and (d) the obligations under such Receivables Facility are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary).

 

Rating Agency” shall mean Moody’s and S&P or if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Initial Term Loans and/or the Borrower and/or any other Person, instrument or security publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Borrower which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.

 

Real Property” shall mean, collectively, all right, title and interest in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned or leased by any person, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, all general intangibles and contract rights and other property and rights incidental to the ownership thereof.

 

Receivables Facility” shall mean any of one or more receivables financing facilities as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded from time to time, the obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries sells its accounts receivable to either (a) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) a Restricted Subsidiary or Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds such purchase by selling its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or by borrowing from such a Person or from another Receivables Subsidiary that in turn funds itself by borrowing from such a Person, in each case, that constitutes a Qualified Receivables Facility.

 

Receivables Fees” shall mean distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any accounts receivable or participation interest therein issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Facility.

 

Receivables Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of, and that solely engages only in, one or more Receivables Facilities and other activities reasonably related thereto.

 

Recovery Event” shall mean (a) any damage to, destruction of, or other casualty or loss involving, any property or asset or (b) any seizure, condemnation, confiscation or taking under the power of eminent domain of, or any requisition of title or use of or relating to, or any similar event in respect of, any property or asset, in each case, of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Recovery Prepayment Event” shall mean the receipt of cash proceeds with respect to any settlement or payment in connection with any Recovery Event in respect of any property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the term “Recovery Prepayment Event” shall not include any Asset Sale Prepayment Event.

 

Redemption Notice” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.7(a).

 

Reference Rate” shall mean an interest rate per annum equal to the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day by reference to ICE Benchmark Administration Limited’s “LIBOR” rate (or by reference to the rates provided by any Person that take over the administration of such rate if ICE Benchmark Administration Limited is no longer making a “LIBOR” rate available) for deposits in Dollars (as set forth on the Bloomberg screen displaying such “LIBOR” rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Bloomberg page or screen, on any successor or substitute page or screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time, in each case as selected by the Administrative Agent)) for a period equal to three-months.

 

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Refinance,” “Refinancing” and “Refinanced” shall have the meanings provided in the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”.

 

Refinanced Debt” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.

 

Refinanced Indebtedness” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”.

 

Refunding Capital Stock” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.6(a).

 

Register” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(v).

 

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 margin requirements.

 

Regulation T” shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin 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.

 

Reinvestment Period” shall mean, with respect to any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event, the day which is eighteen months after the receipt of cash proceeds by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from such Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Prepayment Event.

 

Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, controlling Persons and other representatives and successors of such Person or such Person’s Affiliates.

 

Release” shall mean any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the Environment or within, from or into any building, structure, facility or fixture.

 

Repayment Amount” shall mean any Initial Term Loan Repayment Amount, an Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount with respect to any Extension Series and the amount of any installment of Incremental Term Loans scheduled to be repaid on any date.

 

Reportable Event” shall mean an event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30 day notice period referred to in Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived, with respect to a Pension Plan (other than a Pension Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) and (o) of Section 414 of the Code).

 

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Repricing Transaction” shall mean (a) the Incurrence by the Borrower of any term loans (including, without limitation, any new or additional term loans under this Agreement, whether Incurred directly or by way of the conversion of Initial Term Loans into a new Class of replacement term loans under this Agreement) that is broadly marketed or syndicated to banks, financial institutions and/or other institutional lenders or investors in financings similar to the Initial Term Loan Facility provided for in this Agreement (i) having an Effective Yield for the respective Type of such Indebtedness that is less than the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans of the respective equivalent Type, but excluding Indebtedness Incurred in connection with a Qualifying IPO, Change of Control (or transaction that if consummated would constitute a Change of Control) or Transformative Acquisition and (ii) the proceeds of which are used to prepay (or, in the case of a conversion, deemed to prepay or replace), in whole or in part, outstanding principal of Initial Term Loans or (b) any effective reduction in the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans (e.g., by way of amendment, waiver or otherwise), except for a reduction in connection with a Qualifying IPO, Change of Control (or transaction that if consummated would constitute a Change of Control) or Transformative Acquisition and, in the case of any transaction under either clause (a) or clause (b) above, the primary purpose of which is to lower the Effective Yield on the Initial Term Loans. Any determination by the Administrative Agent with respect to whether a Repricing Transaction shall have occurred shall be conclusive and binding on all Lenders holding the Initial Term Loans.

 

Required Lenders” shall mean, at any date and subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13.6(h), Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding greater than 50.0% of the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans in the aggregate at such date, (b)(i) the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date and the Adjusted Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of all Classes at such date or (ii) if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment (or any Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of any Class) has been terminated or, for the purposes of acceleration pursuant to Section 11, the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure (excluding the Revolving Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date and/or the outstanding principal amount of the Extended Revolving Credit Loans and letter of credit exposure under such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (excluding any such Extended Revolving Credit Loans and letter of credit exposure of Defaulting Lenders) at such date and (c)(i) the Adjusted Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment of each Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments at such date or (ii) if the Adjusted Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment of any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments has been terminated or for purposes of acceleration pursuant to Section 11, the outstanding principal amount of the Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans of such Class and the related revolving credit exposure (excluding the revolving credit exposure of Defaulting Lenders) in the aggregate at such date.

 

Required Reimbursement Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(a).

 

Required Revolving Credit Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding greater than 50.0% of the Adjusted Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated at such time, a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Exposure (excluding the Revolving Credit Exposure of Defaulting Lenders) at such time).

 

Restoration Certification” shall mean, with respect to any Recovery Prepayment Event, a certification made by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, to the Administrative Agent prior to the end of the Reinvestment Period certifying (a) that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary intends to use the proceeds received in connection with such Recovery Prepayment Event to repair, restore or replace the property or assets in respect of which such Recovery Prepayment Event occurred, or otherwise invest in assets useful to the business, (b) the approximate costs of completion of such repair, restoration or replacement and (c) that such repair, restoration, reinvestment, or replacement will be completed within the later of (x) eighteen months after the date on which cash proceeds with respect to such Recovery Prepayment Event were received and (y) 180 days after delivery of such Restoration Certification.

 

Restricted Investments” shall mean any Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

 

Restricted Payments” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.6.

 

Restricted Payment Amount” shall mean, at any time, the greater of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) 30.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date, minus the sum of (a) the amount utilized by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments in reliance on Section 10.6(f)(iv) and (b) the amount utilized by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to prepay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise defease or make similar payments in respect of Junior Debt prior to its stated maturity made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in reliance Section 10.7(a)(iii)(D).

 

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Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all references herein to a “Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

Retained Asset Sale Proceeds” shall mean that portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Recovery Payment Event not required to be offered to prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) due to the Disposition Percentage being less than 100%.

 

Retained Refused Proceeds” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(c)(ii).

 

Return” shall mean, with respect to any Investment, any dividend, distribution, interest, fee, premium, return of capital, repayment of principal, income, profit (from a Disposition or otherwise) and any other amount received or realized in respect thereof.

 

Revolving Credit Borrowing” shall mean a borrowing consisting of Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and Class and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders under such Class pursuant to Section 2.1(b).

 

Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, (a) with respect to each Lender that is a Lender on the Closing Date, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(a) as such Lender’s “Revolving Credit Commitment,” (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the Closing Date, the amount specified as such Lender’s “Revolving Credit Commitment” in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and (c) in the case of any Lender that increases its Revolving Credit Commitment or becomes an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, in each case pursuant to Section 2.14, the amount specified in the applicable Incremental Agreement, in each case as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to terms hereof. The aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Closing Date is $100,000,000.

 

Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage” shall mean, at any time, for each Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment by (b) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders; provided that, at any time when the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall have been terminated, each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage shall be its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage as in effect immediately prior to such termination.

 

Revolving Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender then outstanding, (b) such Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure at such time and (c) such Lender’s Swingline Exposure at such time.

 

Revolving Credit Extension Request” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

Revolving Credit Facility” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Revolving Credit Lender” shall mean, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment at such time.

 

Revolving Credit Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(b)(i).

 

Revolving Credit Maturity Date” shall mean the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date,June 7, 2023 or, if such anniversarydate is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such anniversary.date, provided that, if on the date that is 91 days prior to the Holdco Notes Maturity Date, more than $300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Holdco Notes remain outstanding, then the Revolving Credit Maturity Date shall be the date that is 91 days prior to the Holdco Notes Maturity Date, or, if such date is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately following such date.

 

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Revolving Credit Note” shall mean a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Revolving Credit Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Revolving Credit Lender resulting from the Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender.

 

Revolving Credit Termination Date” shall mean the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have terminated, no Revolving Credit Loans shall be outstanding and the Letter of Credit Obligations shall have been reduced to zero or Cash Collateralized.

 

Rollover Investors” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.

 

Sale Leaseback” shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (a) sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of any property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and (b) as part of such transaction, thereafter rents or leases such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold, transferred or Disposed of.

 

Sanctions” shall mean any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, or Her Majesty’s Treasury.

 

SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

 

Secondary Mergers” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Section 9.1 Financials” shall mean the financial statements delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or 9.1(b) together with the accompanying officer’s certificate delivered, or required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(d).

 

Secured Cash Management Agreement” shall mean, at the Borrower’s written election to the Administrative Agent, any agreement relating to Cash Management Services that is entered into by and between Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and a Cash Management Bank.

 

Secured Hedging Agreement” shall mean, at the Borrower’s written election to the Administrative Agent, any Hedging Agreement that is entered into by and between Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Borrower may deliver one notice designating all Hedging Agreements entered into pursuant to a specified Master Agreement as “Specified Hedging Agreements”.

 

Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Lenders, (b) the Letter of Credit Issuers, (c) the Swingline Lender, (d) the Administrative Agent, (e) the Collateral Agent, (f) each Hedge Bank, (g) each Cash Management Bank, (h) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Credit Party under the Credit Documents and (i) any successors, endorsees, transferees and assigns of each of the foregoing.

 

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Securitization Repurchase Obligation” shall mean any obligation of a seller (or any guaranty of such obligation) of assets subject to a Receivables Facility in a Qualified Receivables Facility to repurchase such assets arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including, without limitation, as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, offset or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.

 

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Security Agreement” shall mean the Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Holdings, the Borrower, the Domestic Subsidiary grantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

 

Security Documents” shall mean, collectively the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Mortgages, if any, and each other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.2, 9.10, 9.11 or 9.14 and any Customary Intercreditor Agreement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 10.2 or pursuant to any of the Security Documents.

 

Senior Unsecured Notes” shall mean those 7.125% senior unsecured notes due 2024 issued by the Borrower under the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture in an initial aggregate principal amount of $1,100,000,000.

 

Senior Unsecured Notes Documents” shall mean the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture and the other documents referred to therein (including the related guarantee, the notes and notes purchase agreement).

 

Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture” shall mean the indenture for the Senior Unsecured Notes, dated as of June 7, 2016, between the Borrower and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee.

 

Similar Business” shall mean any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto.

 

Software” shall have the meaning provided in the Security Agreement.

 

Sold Entity or Business” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”

 

Solvent” shall mean, at the time of determination:

 

(a)            each of the Fair Value and the Present Fair Saleable Value of the assets of a Person and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole exceed their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities; and

 

(b)            such Person and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole do not have Unreasonably Small Capital; and

 

(c)            such Person and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole can pay their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as they mature.

 

Defined terms used in the foregoing definition shall have the meanings set forth in the Solvency Certificate delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.8.

 

Special Purpose Subsidiary” shall mean any (a) not-for-profit Subsidiary, (b) captive insurance company or (c) Receivables Subsidiary and any other Subsidiary formed for a specific bona fide purpose not including substantive business operations and that does not own any material assets, in each case, that has been designated as a “Special Purpose Subsidiary” by the Borrower.

 

Specified Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(a)(i).

 

Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean any Existing Revolving Credit Commitments belonging to a Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class.

 

Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(ii).

 

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Specified Merger Agreement Representations” shall mean the representations and warranties made by, or with respect to, the Target and its subsidiaries in the Merger Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that Polaris Parent (or its affiliates) has the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate its (or their) obligations under the Merger Agreement or to decline to consummate the Merger (in accordance with the terms thereof) as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement.

 

Specified Representations” shall mean the representations and warranties of the Borrower and the Guarantors set forth in Sections 8.1 (with respect to the organizational existence only of Holdings and the Borrower), the first two sentences of Section 8.2, Section 8.3(c) (with respect to the Incurrence of the Loans on the Closing Date only, the provision of the Guarantees by the Credit Parties on the Closing Date and the granting of the Liens on the Collateral by the Credit Parties on the Closing Date), Section 8.5, Section 8.7, Section 8.16, Section 8.19 (with respect to the use of the proceeds of the Loans on the Closing Date), Section 8.20(b) (with respect to the use of the proceeds of the Loans on the Closing Date), Section 8.21 and Section 3.3 of the Security Agreement (limited to the Security Documents required to be delivered on the Closing Date and the other requirements set forth in Section 6).

 

Specified Restructuring” shall mean any restructuring initiative, cost saving initiative or other similar strategic initiative of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date described in reasonable detail in a certificate of an Authorized Officer delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent.

 

Specified Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Closing Date.

 

Specified Transaction” shall mean, with respect to any period, any Investment (including Acquisitions), sale, transfer or other Disposition of assets or property, Incurrence, Refinancing, prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition similar payment, extinguishment, retirement or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation, Incremental Term Loan, provision of Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases, provision of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, creation of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or other event that by the terms of the Credit Documents requires pro forma compliance” with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a pro forma basis.

 

Sponsor” shall mean, collectively Hellman & Friedman LLC and/or its Affiliates and any funds, partnerships or other co-investment vehicles managed, advised or controlled by the foregoing or their respective Affiliates, but excluding any operating portfolio companies of Hellman & Friedman LLC or any such Affiliate.

 

SPV” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c).

 

Standard Securitization Undertakings” shall mean representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower which the Borrower has determined in good faith to be customary in a Receivables Facility, including, without limitation, those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, it being understood that any Securitization Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.

 

Stated Amount” of any Letter of Credit shall mean, unless otherwise specified herein, the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving pro forma effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

 

Statutory Reserves” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Eurodollar Rate.”

 

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Subordinated Indebtedness” shall mean any Indebtedness for borrowed money (and any Guarantee Obligations in respect thereof) that is subordinated expressly by its terms in right of payment to the Obligations.

 

Subordinated Indebtedness Documentation” shall mean any document or instrument issued or executed with respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness.

 

Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean and include (a) any corporation more than 50.0% of whose stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting 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 limited liability company, partnership, association, Joint Venture or other entity in which such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50.0% equity interest at the time. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

Subsidiary Guarantor” shall mean each Guarantor that is a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

Successor Borrower” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.3(a).

 

Successor Holdings” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.9(b).

 

Surviving Company” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Swap” shall mean any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

Swap Obligation” shall mean any obligation to pay or perform under any Swap.

 

Swap Termination Value” shall mean, in respect of any one or more Hedging Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedging Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Hedging Agreements 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 Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedging Agreements (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

 

Swingline Commitment” shall mean $25,000,000.

 

Swingline Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, at any time, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Swingline Loans outstanding at such time.

 

Swingline Lender” shall mean Barclays Bank PLC in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder, or such other financial institution that, after the Closing Date, shall agree to act in the capacity of lender of Swingline Loans hereunder. In the event that there is more than one Swingline Lender at any time, references herein and in the other Credit Documents to the Swingline Lender shall be deemed to refer to the Swingline Lender in respect of the applicable Swingline Loan or to all Swingline Lenders, as the context requires.

 

Swingline Loan” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.1(d)(i).

 

Swingline Maturity Date” shall mean, with respect to any Swingline Loan, the date that is three Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

 

Syndication Agent” shall mean Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, in its capacity as syndication agent under this Agreement.

 

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Target” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Taxes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(a).

 

Term Loan” shall mean an Initial Term Loan, an Incremental Term Loan or any Extended Term Loan, as applicable.

 

Term Loan Exchange Notes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).

 

Term Loan Exchange Effective Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.17(a).

 

Term Loan Extension Request” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(a)(i).

 

Term Loan Facility” shall mean any of the Initial Term Loan Facility, any Incremental Term Loan Facility and any Extended Term Loan Facility.

 

Term Note” shall mean a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Initial Term Loan Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-2 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Initial Term Loan Lender resulting from the Initial Term Loans made by such Initial Term Loan Lender.

 

Test Period” shall mean, for any determination under this Agreement, the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on or prior to such date of determination (taken as one accounting period) in respect of which Section 9.1 Financials shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent for each fiscal quarter or fiscal year in such period; provided that, prior to the first date that Section 9.1 Financials shall have been delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b), the Test Period in effect shall be the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended March 31, 2016. A Test Period may be designated by reference to the last day thereof (i.e. the March 31, 2016 Test Period refers to the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended March 31, 2016), and a Test Period shall be deemed to end on the last day thereof.

 

Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean the sum of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Lenders providing any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

Total Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment, the Total Incremental Term Loan Commitment, the Total Revolving Credit Commitment, the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment and the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of each Extension Series.

 

Total Credit Exposure” shall mean, at any date, the sum, without duplication, of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall have terminated on such date, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Revolving Credit Lenders at such date), the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment at such date (or, if the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment shall have been terminated on such date, the aggregate exposure of all Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Lenders at such date), the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of each Extension Series at such date (or if the Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of any Extension Series shall have been terminated on such date, the aggregate exposures of all lenders under such series at such date) and the outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans at such date.

 

Total Extended Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean the sum of all Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of all Lenders under each Extension Series.

 

Total Incremental Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments of any Class of Incremental Term Loans of all the Lenders providing such Class of Incremental Term Loans.

 

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Total Initial Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Initial Term Loan Commitments of all the Lenders.

 

Total Revolving Credit Commitment” shall mean, on any date, the sum of the Revolving Credit Commitments on such date of all the Revolving Credit Lenders.

 

Tranche B Term Lender” shall have the meaning provided for such term in the First Incremental Agreement.

 

Tranche B Term Loan” shall have the meaning provided for such term in the First Incremental Agreement.

 

Transaction Expenses” shall mean any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Investors, Polaris Parent, Merger Sub, Holdings, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates in connection with the Transactions, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

Transactions” shall mean, collectively, (a) the formation of Merger Sub and any Parent Entity of Merger Sub for purposes of consummating the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (b) the entry into the Merger Agreement, the Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter and any other Contractual Obligations in connection therewith, (c) the Equity Contribution, including the rollover consummated by the Rollover Investors, (d) the Merger and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the payment of the Merger Consideration and the payment of certain Transaction Expenses, (e) the Existing Debt Refinancing, (f) the Internal Restructuring, (g) the entering into of the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents and the issuance of the Senior Unsecured Notes in sales pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act, (h) the entering into of the Agreement, the other Credit Documents, and funding of the Loans on the Closing Date and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and (i) the payment of the Transaction Expenses.

 

Transferee” shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(f).

 

Transformative Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is either (a) not permitted by the terms of this Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition or (b) if permitted by the terms of this Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition, would not provide the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility under this Agreement for the continuation and/or expansion of their combined operations following such consummation, as determined by the Borrower acting in good faith.

 

Treasury Capital Stock” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.6(a).

 

Type” shall mean as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.

 

UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time (except as otherwise specified) in any applicable state or jurisdiction.

 

UCP” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

 

Unfunded Current Liability” of any Pension Plan shall mean the amount, if any, by which the present value of the accrued benefits under the Pension Plan exceeds the Fair Market Value of the assets allocable thereto as of the close of its most recent plan year, determined in both cases using the applicable assumptions promulgated under Section 430 of the Code.

 

United States Tax Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.4(d).

 

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Unpaid Drawing” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.4(a).

 

Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean (a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is formed or acquired after the Closing Date and is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.15 subsequent to the Closing Date, (b) any existing Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.15 subsequent to the Closing Date and (c) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Voting Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, shares of such Person’s Capital Stock that is at the time generally entitled, without regard to contingencies, to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person. To the extent that a partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other agreement governing a partnership or limited liability company provides that the members of the Board of Directors of such partnership or limited liability company (or, in the case of a limited partnership whose business and affairs are managed or controlled by its general partner, the Board of Directors of the general partner of such limited partnership) is appointed or designated by one or more Persons rather than by a vote of Voting Stock, each of the Persons who are entitled to appoint or designate the members of such Board of Directors will be deemed to own a percentage of Voting Stock of such partnership or limited liability company equal to (a) the aggregate votes entitled to be cast on such Board of Directors by the members of such Board of Directors which such Person or Persons are entitled to appoint or designate divided by (b) the aggregate number of votes of all members of such Board of Directors.

 

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” shall mean, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

 

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of a Person, all of the outstanding Capital Stock of which (other than (x) any director’s qualifying shares and (y) shares issued to other Persons to the extent required by Applicable Law) are owned by such Person and/or by one or more wholly-owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

Withdrawal Liability” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.

 

Withholding Agent” shall mean any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any U.S. federal withholding tax, any other withholding agent, if applicable.

 

Write-Down and Conversion Power” 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.

 

1.2            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)            The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.

 

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(d)            Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which such reference appears.

 

(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.

 

(h)            Any reference to any Person shall be constructed to include such Person’s successors or assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all of the functions thereof.

 

(i)            Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.

 

(j)             The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning as the word “shall.”

 

(k)            The words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

 

1.3            Accounting Terms.

 

(a)            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; provided, however, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any Accounting Change occurring after the Closing Date 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 Accounting Change, then such provision shall be interpreted as if such Accounting Change had not occurred until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

 

(b)            Where reference is made to “the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis” or similar language, such consolidation shall not include any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification No. 825—Financial Instruments, or any successor thereto (including pursuant to the Accounting Standards Codification), to value any Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value” as defined therein.

 

(d)            For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any classification under GAAP of any Person or business in respect of which a definitive agreement for the Disposition thereof has been entered into as discontinued operations, the Net Income of such Person or business shall not be excluded from the calculation of Net Income until such Disposition shall have been consummated.

 

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1.4            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).

 

1.5            References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organizational Documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents) and other Contractual Obligations 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 this Agreement; and (b) references to any Applicable Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Applicable Law.

 

1.6            Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable, for times of the day in New York City, New York).

 

1.7            Timing of Payment or Performance. Except as otherwise provided herein, 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 Section 2.5 or Section 2.9) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.

 

1.8            Currency Equivalents Generally.

 

(a)            For purposes of any determination under Section 9, Section 10 (other than Section 10.10) or Section 11 or any determination under any other provision of this Agreement requiring the use of a current exchange rate, all amounts Incurred or proposed to be Incurred in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the Exchange Rate then in effect on the date of such determination; provided, however, that (x) for purposes of determining compliance with Section 10 with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness, Investment, Disposition, Restricted Payment or payment under Section 10.7 in a currency other than Dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is Incurred or Disposition, Restricted Payment or payment under Section 10.7 is made, (y) for purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness, if such Indebtedness is Incurred to Refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such Refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency Exchange Rate in effect on the date of such Refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of the Indebtedness that is Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted amount) of such Indebtedness being Refinanced, except by an amount equal to the accrued interest, dividends and premium (including tender premiums), if any, thereon plus defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and other amounts paid and fees and expenses (including OID, closing payments, upfront fees and similar fees) incurred in connection with such Refinancing plus an amount equal to any existing commitment unutilized and letters of credit undrawn thereunder and (z) for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.8 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be Incurred or Disposition, Restricted Payment or payment under Section 10.7 may be made at any time under such Sections. For purposes of Section 10.10, amounts in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the applicable exchange rates used in preparing the most recently delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b).

 

(b)            Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify with the Borrower’s consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) to appropriately reflect a change in currency of any country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to such change in currency.

 

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1.9            Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Credit Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Credit Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Credit Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Revolving Credit Borrowing”).

 

1.10          [Reserved]

 

1.11          Limited Condition Acquisitions.

 

(a)            In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, for purposes of determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement that requires that no Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default, as applicable, has occurred, is continuing or would result from any such action, as applicable, such condition shall, at the option of the Borrower, be deemed satisfied, so long as no Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default, as applicable, exists on the date on which the definitive acquisition agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has exercised its option under the first sentence of this clause (a), and any Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default occurs following the date on which the definitive acquisition agreements for the applicable Limited Condition Acquisition were entered into and prior to or on the date of the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such Default, Event of Default or specified Event of Default shall be deemed to not have occurred or be continuing for purposes of determining whether any action being taken in connection with such Limited Condition Acquisition is permitted hereunder.

 

(b)            In connection with any action being taken in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, for purposes of:

 

(i)            determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires the calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio or the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio; or

 

(ii)            testing baskets set forth in this Agreement (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA);

 

in each case, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Acquisition, an “LCA Election”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be the date on which the definitive acquisition agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into (the “LCA Test Date”), and if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any Incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the applicable LCA Test Date, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCA Test Date in compliance with such ratio or basket, such ratio or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made an LCA Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCA Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket, including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Acquisition, on or prior to the date of consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. If the Borrower has made an LCA Election for any Limited Condition Acquisition, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or test with respect to the Incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, or the making of distributions or Restricted Payments, Investments, payments pursuant to Section 10.7, Dispositions, mergers, Dispositions of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary on or following the relevant LCA Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated or the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Acquisition is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such ratio or test shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited Condition Acquisition and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated.

 

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1.12          Pro Forma and Other Calculations.

 

(a)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, financial ratios and tests (including measurements of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA), including the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio, Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio and Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be calculated in the manner prescribed by this Section 1.12; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clauses (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this Section 1.12, when calculating the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for purposes of (i) the definition of “Applicable Margin,” and (ii) Section 5.2(a)(i) and Section 5.2(a)(ii), the events described in this Section 1.12 that occurred subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period shall not be given pro forma effect; provided, however, that for purposes of any determination under the proviso to Section 5.2(a)(ii), Consolidated First Lien Debt shall be determined after giving pro forma effect to any voluntary prepayments of Term Loans made pursuant to Section 5.1 after the end of the Borrower’s most recently ended full fiscal year and prior to the date of the applicable payment to be made pursuant to such Section 5.2(a)(ii) assuming such prepayments had been made on the last day of such fiscal year. In addition, whenever a financial ratio or test is to be calculated on a pro forma basis or requires pro forma compliance, the reference to “Test Period” for purposes of calculating such financial ratio or test shall be deemed to be a reference to, and shall be based on, the most recently ended Test Period for which Section 9.1 Financials have been delivered.

 

(b)            For purposes of calculating any financial ratio or test (including Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA), Specified Transactions (with any Incurrence or Refinancing of any Indebtedness in connection therewith to be subject to clause (d) of this Section 1.12) that have been made (i) during the applicable Test Period or (ii) subsequent to such Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio is made shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Specified Transactions (and any increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA and the component financial definitions used therein attributable to any Specified Transaction) had occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period (or, in the case of Consolidated Total Assets or “unrestricted” cash and Cash Equivalents, on the last day of the applicable Test Period). If, since the beginning of any applicable Test Period, any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such Test Period shall have made any Specified Transaction that would have required adjustment pursuant to this Section 1.12, then such financial ratio or test (including Consolidated Total Assets and Consolidated EBITDA) shall be calculated to give pro forma effect thereto in accordance with this Section 1.12.

 

(c)            Whenever pro forma effect or a determination of pro forma compliance is to be given to a Specified Transaction or a Specified Restructuring, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and may include, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and cost synergies and other synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from or relating to any Specified Transaction (including the Transactions) or Specified Restructuring that is being given pro forma effect or for which a determination of pro forma compliance is being made that have been realized or are expected to be realized and for which the actions necessary to realize such cost savings, operating expense reductions, cost synergies or other synergies have been taken, have been committed to be taken, with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or which are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, cost synergies and other synergies had been realized on the first day of such period and as if such cost savings, operating expense reductions, cost synergies and other synergies were realized during the entirety of such period and “run rate” means the full recurring benefit for a period that is associated with any action taken, any action committed to be taken, any action with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or any action that is expected to be taken (including any savings expected to result from the elimination of Public Company Costs) net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions, and any such adjustments shall be included in the initial pro forma calculations of such financial ratios or tests and during any subsequent Test Period in which the effects thereof are expected to be realized) relating to such Specified Transaction or Specified Transaction, and any such adjustments included in the initial pro forma calculations shall continue to apply to subsequent calculations of such financial ratios or tests, including during any subsequent test periods in which the effects thereof are expected to be realizable; provided that (A) such amounts are reasonably identifiable in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, (B) such actions are taken, such actions are committed to be taken, substantial steps with respect to such action have been taken or such actions are expected to be taken no later than eight fiscal quarters after the date of consummation of such Specified Transaction or the date of initiation of such Specified Restructuring (or, with respect to the Transactions, twelve fiscal quarters) and (C) no amounts shall be added to the extent duplicative of any amounts that are otherwise added back in computing Consolidated EBITDA (or any other components thereof), whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, with respect to such period.

 

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(d)            In the event that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs (including by assumption or guarantee) or Refinances (including by redemption, repurchase, repayment, retirement or extinguishment) any Indebtedness, in each case included in the calculations of any financial ratio or test, (i) during the applicable Test Period or (ii) subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period and prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of any such ratio is made, then such financial ratio or test shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence or Refinancing of Indebtedness (including pro forma effect to the application of the net proceeds therefrom), in each case to the extent required, as if the same had occurred on the last day of the applicable Test Period (except in the case of the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio (or similar ratio), in which case such Incurrence or Refinancing of Indebtedness will be given effect, as if the same had occurred on the first day of the applicable Test Period); provided that, with respect to any Incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by the provisions of this Agreement in reliance on the pro forma calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio and/or the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as applicable, shall not give pro forma effect to any Indebtedness being Incurred (or expected to be Incurred) substantially simultaneously or contemporaneously with the Incurrence of any such Indebtedness in reliance on any “basket” set forth in this Agreement (including the Incremental Base Amount, any “baskets” measured as a percentage of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA) including any Credit Event under the Revolving Credit Facility or, except to the extent expressly required to be calculated otherwise in Section 2.14 or Section 10.1(u), any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Facility.

 

(e)            Whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a pro forma event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio is made had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any interest Hedging Agreements applicable to such Indebtedness). To the extent interest expense generated by Hedging Obligations that have been terminated is included in Consolidated Interest Expense prior to the date of the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio is being made, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be adjusted to exclude such expense. Interest on a Financing Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Financing Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be determined to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Borrower or applicable Restricted Subsidiary may designate. For purposes of making the computations referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period or, if lower, the maximum commitments under such revolving credit facility as of the date of the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio is being made, except as set forth in Section 1.12(d).

 

(f)            Any such pro forma calculation may include, without limitation, (1) all adjustments of the type described in clause (a)(viii) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such Test Period, and (2) adjustments calculated in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

 

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SECTION 2.      Amount and Terms of Credit Facilities.

 

2.1            Loans.

 

(a)            Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Lender having an Initial Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make (or in the case of any Rollover Lender (as defined in the First Incremental Agreement) on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, be deemed to make) a loan or loans to the Borrower, which Initial Term Loans (i) shall not exceed, for any such Lender, the Initial Term Loan Commitment of such Lender, (ii) shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the Total Initial Term Loan Commitment, (iii) shall be made (x) in the case of Initial Term Loans made in respect of Initial Term Loan Commitments described in clause (a) of the definition of Initial Term Loan Commitments, on the Closing Date, and (y) in the case of Initial Term Loans made in respect of Initial Term Loan Commitments described in clause (b) of the definition of Initial Term Loan Commitments, on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, (ivshall be denominated in Dollars, (v) may, at the option of the Borrower, be Incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans; provided that all such Initial Term Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise provided herein, consist entirely of Initial Term Loans of the same Type and (vi) may be repaid or prepaid in accordance with the provisions hereof, but once repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. On the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, all outstanding Initial Term Loans shall be repaid in full.

 

(b)            (i) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make a loan or loans (each, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) to the Borrower in U.S. Dollars, which Revolving Credit Loans (A) shall not exceed, for any such Lender, the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender, (B) shall not, after giving pro forma effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result in such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure at such time exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time, (C) shall not, after giving pro forma effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, at any time result in the aggregate amount of all Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect, (D) shall be made at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made on the Closing Date shall not exceed the Initial Revolving Borrowing Amount), (E) may at the option of the Borrower be Incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans; provided that all Revolving Credit Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and (F) may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

(ii)            On the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans shall be repaid in full and the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate.

 

(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 (which obligation of the Lender shall not require it to take, or refrain from taking, actions that it determines would result in increased costs for which it will not be compensated hereunder or that it determines would be otherwise disadvantageous to it and in the event of such request for costs for which compensation is provided under this Agreement, the provisions of Section 2.10 shall apply).

 

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(d)            (i) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Swingline Lender in its individual capacity agrees, at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the Swingline Maturity Date, to make a loan or loans (each, a “Swingline Loan”) to the Borrower in U.S. Dollars, which Swingline Loans (A) shall be ABR Loans, (B) shall have the benefit of the provisions of Section 2.1(d)(ii), (C) shall not exceed at any time outstanding the Swingline Commitment, (D) shall not, after giving pro forma effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result at any time in the aggregate amount of all Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect, (E) may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof and (F) shall mature no later than the date ten Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made. On the Swingline Maturity Date, all outstanding Swingline Loans shall be repaid in full. The Swingline Lender shall not make any Swingline Loan after receiving a written notice from either the Borrower or the Administrative Agent stating that a Default or an Event of Default exists and is continuing until such time as the Swingline Lender shall have received written notice (x) of rescission of all such notices from the party or parties originally delivering such notice, (y) of the waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 or (z) from the Administrative Agent that such Default or Event of Default is no longer continuing.

 

(ii)            On any Business Day, the Swingline Lender may, in its sole discretion, give notice to the Revolving Credit Lenders, with a copy to the Borrower, that all then-outstanding Swingline Loans shall be funded with a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans, in which case Revolving Credit Loans constituting ABR Loans (each such Borrowing, a “Mandatory Borrowing”) shall be made on the same Business Day by all Revolving Credit Lenders pro rata based on each such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage, and the proceeds thereof shall be applied directly to the Swingline Lender to repay the Swingline Lender for such outstanding Swingline Loans. Each Revolving Credit Lender hereby irrevocably agrees to make such Revolving Credit Loans upon same Business Days’ notice pursuant to each Mandatory Borrowing in the amount and in the manner specified in the preceding sentence and on the date specified to it in writing by the Swingline Lender notwithstanding (i) that the amount of the Mandatory Borrowing may not comply with the minimum amount for each Borrowing specified in Section 2.2, (ii) whether any conditions specified in Section 7 are then satisfied, (iii) whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ivthe date of such Mandatory Borrowing or (v) any reduction in the Total Revolving Credit Commitment after any such Swingline Loans were made. In the event that, in the sole judgment of the Swingline Lender, any Mandatory Borrowing cannot for any reason be made on the date otherwise required above (including as a result of the commencement of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law in respect of the Borrower), each Revolving Credit Lender hereby agrees that it shall forthwith purchase from the Swingline Lender (without recourse or warranty) such participation of the outstanding Swingline Loans as shall be necessary to cause each such Lender to share in such Swingline Loans ratably based upon their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages; provided that all principal and interest payable on such Swingline Loans shall be for the account of the Swingline Lender until the date the respective participation is purchased and, to the extent attributable to the purchased participation, shall be payable to the Lender purchasing the same from and after such date of purchase.

 

(iii)            The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, designate as additional Swingline Lenders one or more applicable Revolving Credit Lenders that agree to serve in such capacity as provided below. The acceptance by a Revolving Credit Lender of an appointment as a Swingline Lender hereunder shall be evidenced by an agreement, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such designated Swingline Lender, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, (i) such Revolving Credit Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement and (ii) references herein to the term “Swingline Lender” shall be deemed to include such Revolving Credit Lender in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.

 

(iv)            The Borrower may terminate the appointment of any Swingline Lender as a “Swingline Lender” hereunder by providing a written notice thereof to such Swingline Lender, with a copy to the Administrative Agent. Any such termination shall become effective upon the earlier of (i) the Swingline Lender’s acknowledging receipt of such notice and (ii) the fifth Business Day following the date of the delivery thereof; provided that no such termination shall become effective until and unless the Swingline Exposure of such Swingline Lender shall have been reduced to zero. Notwithstanding the effectiveness of any such termination, the terminated Swingline Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights of a Swingline Lender under this Agreement with respect to Swingline Loans made by it prior to such termination, but shall not make any additional Swingline Loans.

 

2.2            Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings. The aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be in a multiple of $500,000, and Swingline Loans shall be in a multiple of $100,000, and, in each case, shall not be less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount with respect for such Type of Loans (except that that Mandatory Borrowings shall be made in the amounts required by Section 2.1(d) and Revolving Credit Loans to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to any Unpaid Drawing shall be made in the amounts required by Section 3.3 or Section 3.4, as applicable). More than one Borrowing may be Incurred on any date; provided that at no time shall there be outstanding more than twelve (12) Eurodollar Borrowings under this Agreement (which number of Eurodollar Borrowings may be increased or adjusted by agreement between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in connection with any Incremental Facility or Extended Loans/Commitments). For purposes of the foregoing, Borrowings having different Interest Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same date, shall be considered separate Borrowings.

 

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2.3            Notice of Borrowing.

 

(a)            The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office (i) prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days’ prior written notice of the Borrowing of Initial Term Loans or any Borrowing of Incremental Term Loans (unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Incremental Agreement), as the case may be, if all or any of such Term Loans are to be initially Eurodollar Loans and (ii) written notice prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of the Borrowing of Initial Term Loans or any Borrowing of Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, if all or any of such Term Loans are to be ABR Loans; provided that any notice of a Borrowing to be made on the Closing Date or any Incremental Facility Closing Date (whether Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans) may be given not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) one Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing, which notice may be subject to the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement. Such notice (together with each notice of a Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 2.3(b) and each notice of a Borrowing of Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.3(c), a “Notice of Borrowing”) shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit D and shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, to be made, (ii) the date of the Borrowing (which shall be, (x) in the case of Initial Term Loans made in respect of Initial Term Loan Commitments described in clause (a) of the definition of Initial Term Loan Commitments, the Closing Date, (y) in the case of Initial Term Loans made in respect of Initial Term Loan Commitments described in clause (b) of the definition of Initial Term Loan Commitments, the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, and, (z) in the case of Incremental Term Loans, the applicable Incremental Facility Closing Date in respect of such Class) and (iii) whether the Initial Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, shall consist of ABR Loans and/or Eurodollar Loans and, if the Initial Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, are to include Eurodollar Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto; provided that the Notice of Borrowing for a Borrowing of Term Loans shall be revocable so long as the Borrower agrees to comply with the applicable provisions of Section 2.11 upon any such revocation. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Lender written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each proposed Borrowing of Initial Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, as the case may be, of such Lender’s proportionate share thereof and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.

 

(b)            Whenever the Borrower desires to Incur Revolving Credit Loans hereunder (other than Mandatory Borrowing or borrowings to repay Unpaid Drawings under Letters of Credit), it shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office, (i) prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days’ prior written notice of each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans that are to be initially Eurodollar Loans and (ii) prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of such Borrowing prior written notice of each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans that are to be ABR Loans; provided that any Notice of Borrowing to be made on the Closing Date or on any Incremental Facility Closing Date (whether Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans) may be given not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) one Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing, which notice may be subject to the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement. Each such Notice of Borrowing, except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 2.10, shall be irrevocable and shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans to be made pursuant to such Borrowing, (ii) the date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and (iii) whether the respective Borrowing shall consist of ABR Loans and/or Eurodollar Loans, and, if 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 Revolving Credit Loans, of such Lender’s proportionate share thereof and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.

 

(c)            Whenever the Borrower desires to Incur Swingline Loans hereunder, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice of each Borrowing of Swingline Loans prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) or such later time as agreed by the Swingline Lender on the date of such Borrowing. Each such notice shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Swingline Loans to be made pursuant to such Borrowing and (ii) the date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day). The Administrative Agent shall promptly give the Swingline Lender written notice of each proposed Borrowing of Swingline Loans and of the other matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.

 

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(d)            Mandatory Borrowings shall be made upon the notice specified in Section 2.1(d)(ii) with the Borrower irrevocably agreeing, by its Incurrence of any Swingline Loan, to the making of Mandatory Borrowings as set forth in such Section.

 

(e)            Borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans to reimburse Unpaid Drawings under Letters of Credit shall be made upon the terms set forth in Section 3.3 or Section 3.4(a).

 

(f)            If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Notice of Borrowing, then the applicable Loans shall be made as Eurodollar Loans with an Interest Period of one (1) month. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans, in any such Notice of Borrowing, but fails to specify an Interest Period (or fails to give a timely notice requesting a continuation of Eurodollar Loans), it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month.

 

2.4            Disbursement of Funds.

 

(a)            No later than the later of 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date specified in each Notice of Borrowing (including Mandatory Borrowings and Borrowings to reimburse Unpaid Drawings under Letters of Credit) and one hour after written notice of such Borrowing is delivered by the Administrative Agent to such Lender, each Lender will make available its pro  rata portion, if any, of each Borrowing requested to be made on such date in the manner provided below; provided that, on the Closing Date (or, with respect to any Incremental Facilities, on the relevant Incremental Facilities Closing Date), such funds may be made available at such earlier time as may be agreed among the relevant Lenders, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent for the purpose of consummating the Transactions; provided, further, that all Swingline Loans shall be made available to the Borrower in the full amount thereof by the Swingline Lender no later than one hour after written notice of such Borrowing is delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Swingline Lender.

 

(b)            (i) Each Lender shall make available all amounts it is to fund to the Borrower under any Borrowing for its applicable Commitments in immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office and the Administrative Agent will (except in the case of Mandatory Borrowings and Borrowings to repay Unpaid Drawings under Letters of Credit) make available to the Borrower by depositing to an 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 such 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 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 immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent in Dollars. 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 Effective Rate, or (ii) if paid by the Borrower, the then-applicable rate of interest, calculated in accordance with Section 2.8, for the respective Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

 

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(ii)            The Swingline Lender shall make available all amounts it is to fund to the Borrower under any Borrowing of Swingline Loans in immediately available funds to the Borrower (as specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing), by depositing to an account designated by the Borrower to the Swingline Lender in writing or otherwise in such Notice of Borrowing, the aggregate of the amount so made available.

 

(c)            Nothing in this Section 2.4, including any payment by the Borrower, 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).

 

2.5            Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.

 

(a)            The Borrower agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the applicable Lenders, (i) on the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, all then outstanding Initial Term Loans, (ii) on the relevant Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date for any Class of Incremental Term Loans, any then outstanding Incremental Term Loans of such Class, (iii) on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the then outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, (ivon the relevant maturity date for any Class of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, all then outstanding Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans of such Class, (v) on the relevant maturity date for any Class of Extended Term Loans, all then outstanding Extended Term Loans of such Class, (vi) on the relevant maturity date for any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, all then outstanding Extended Revolving Credit Loans of such Class and (vii) on the Swingline Maturity Date, the then outstanding Swingline Loans.

 

(b)            The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, in Dollars, for the ratable benefit of the Initial Term Loan Lenders, on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, beginning on June 30, 2017 (each, an “Initial Term Loan Repayment Date”), a principal amount of the Initial Term Loans equal to (i) the product of (x) the aggregate principal amount of Initial Term Loans outstanding immediately after the Borrowing of Tranche B Term Loans on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date multiplied by (y) 0.25% (with respect to each Initial Term Loan Repayment Date prior to the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, as such product may be reduced by, and after giving pro forma effect to, any voluntary and mandatory prepayments made in accordance with Section 5 or as contemplated by Section 2.15) or (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Initial Term Loans then outstanding (with respect to the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date) (each amount, an “Initial Term Loan Repayment Amount”) (provided that it being understood and agreed that after giving pro forma effect to the voluntary prepayments made by the Borrower in accordance with Section 5 prior to the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, no amounts are payable under this Section 2.5(b) until the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date).

 

(c)            In the event any Incremental Term Loans are made, such Incremental Term Loans shall mature and be repaid in amounts and on dates as agreed between the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of such Incremental Term Loans in the applicable Incremental Agreement, subject to the requirements set forth in Section 2.14. In the event that any Extended Term Loans are established, such Extended Term Loans shall, subject to the requirements of Section 2.15, mature and be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts (each such amount, an “Extended Term Loan Repayment Amount”) and on the dates (each an “Extended Repayment Date”) set forth in the applicable Extension Agreement. In the event any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments are established, such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall, subject to the requirements of Section 2.15, be terminated (and all Extended Revolving Credit Loans of the same Extension Series repaid) on dates set forth in the applicable Extension Agreement.

 

(d)            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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(e)            The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Borrower, shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 13.6(b)(v), and a subaccount for each Lender, in which Register and subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, whether such Loan is an Initial Term Loan, an Incremental Term Loan (and the relevant Class thereof), a Revolving Credit Loan, an Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loan (and the relevant Class thereof), an Extended Term Loan (and the relevant Class thereof), an Extended Revolving Credit Loan (and the relevant Class thereof), or a Swingline Loan, as applicable, the Type of each Loan made and the Interest Period, if any, 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 or the Swingline Lender hereunder, (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof and (ivany cancellation or retirement of Loans contemplated by Section 13.6(i).

 

(f)            The entries made in the Register and accounts and subaccounts maintained pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) of this Section 2.5 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 and, in the case of the Register, shall be conclusive absent manifest error; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the 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 in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(g)            For the avoidance of doubt, all Loans shall be repaid, whether pursuant to this Section 2.5 or otherwise, in Dollars.

 

(h)            For the avoidance of doubt, the Tranche B Term Loans made on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date (x) shall constitute the Initial Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement, (y) shall mature and shall become due and payable on the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date and (z) shall be repaid in quarterly installments in accordance with Section 2.5(b).

 

2.6            Conversions and Continuations.

 

(a)            The Borrower shall have the option on any Business Day, subject to Section 2.11, to convert all or a portion equal to at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount of the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Loans of one Type into a Borrowing or Borrowings of another Type and except as otherwise provided herein the Borrower shall have the option on the last day of an Interest Period 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 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 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 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 2.6 shall be limited in number as provided in Section 2.2. Each such conversion or continuation shall be effected by the Borrower giving the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least (i) three Business Days’, in the case of a continuation of, or conversion to, Eurodollar Loans or (ii) the same Business Day in the case of a conversion into ABR Loans), prior written notice (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, the requested date of the conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), the principal amount of Loans to be converted or continued, as the case may be, and if such Loans are to be converted into or continued as Eurodollar Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. If the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made or continued as the same Type of Loan, which if a Eurodollar Loan, shall have a one-month Interest Period. Any such automatic continuation shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Loans. If the Borrower requests a conversion to, or continuation of, Eurodollar Loans in any such Notice of Conversion or Continuation, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month’s duration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Swingline Loan may not be converted to a Eurodollar Loan. The Administrative Agent shall give each applicable 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 and the Administrative Agent has, or the Required Lenders have, determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuation, Eurodollar Loans shall be automatically converted on the last day of the current Interest Period into ABR Loans.

 

2.7            Pro Rata Borrowings. Each Borrowing of Initial Term Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Lenders pro  rata on the basis of their then-applicable Initial Term Loan Commitments. Each Borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Revolving Credit Lenders pro  rata on the basis of their then-applicable Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages with respect to the applicable Class. Each Borrowing of Incremental Term Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Lenders of the relevant Class thereof pro rata on the basis of their then-applicable Incremental Term Loan Commitments for the applicable Class. Each Borrowing of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Lenders of the relevant Class thereof pro  rata on the basis of their then-applicable Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments for the applicable Class. Each Borrowing of Extended Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement shall be granted by the Lenders of the relevant Class thereof pro  rata on the basis of their then-applicable Extended Revolving Credit Commitments for the applicable Class. It is understood that (a) no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligation to make Loans hereunder and that each Lender, severally and not jointly, 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, and (b) other than as expressly provided herein with respect to a Defaulting Lender, failure by a Lender to perform any of its obligations under any of the Credit Documents shall not release any Person from performance of its obligations under any Credit Document.

 

2.8            Interest.

 

(a)            The unpaid principal amount of each ABR Loan shall bear interest from the date of the Borrowing thereof until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time 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 maturity thereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise) 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 in effect from time to time.

 

(c)            If at any time after the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 11.1, all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or any interest payable thereon or any fees or other amounts due hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any applicable Debtor Relief Law) at a rate per annum that is (i) in the case of overdue principal, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto plus 2.00% or (ii) in the case of overdue interest, fees or other amounts due hereunder, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the rate described in Section 2.8(a) plus 2.00% from and including the date of such non-payment to but excluding the date on which such amount is paid in full. All such interest shall be payable on demand.

 

(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 in Dollars and, except as otherwise provided below, shall be payable (i) in respect of each ABR Loan, quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, (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 in the case of prepayments of any ABR Revolving Credit Loans that are not made in connection with the termination or permanent reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments), on any prepayment date (on the amount prepaid), at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) and, after such maturity, on demand; provided that a Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall bear interest for one day.

 

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(e)         All computations of interest hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 5.5.

 

(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)         Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever any payment hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of payment of interest or commitment or letter of credit fee or commission, as the case may be.

 

2.9         Interest Periods. At the time the Borrower gives a Notice of Borrowing or 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) on or prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the expiration of an Interest Period applicable to a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans, the Borrower shall have the right to elect, by giving the Administrative Agent written notice, the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, which Interest Period shall be the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the last Business Day) in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter (or, if agreed to by all relevant Lenders participating in the relevant Credit Facility, twelve months thereafter or a period shorter than one month).

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above:

 

(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 next preceding Interest Period expires;

 

(b)            if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;

 

(c)            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;

 

(d)            in the case of Eurodollar Loans, interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period; and

 

(e)            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.

 

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, 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 (x) deposits in the principal amounts of the Loans comprising any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans are not generally available in the relevant market or (y) by reason of any changes arising on or after the Closing Date affecting the London interbank eurocurrency 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)            that, due to a Change in Law, which shall (A) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement taken into account in determining the Statutory Reserves); (B) subject any Lender to any tax (other than (1) taxes indemnifiable under Section 5.4, (2) taxes described in clause (A), (B) or (C) of Section 5.4(a) or (3) taxes described in Section 5.4(f)) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credits, commitments or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or (C) impose on any Lender or the London interbank eurocurrency market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender, which results in the cost to such Lender of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or participating in Letters of Credit (in each case hereunder) increasing by an amount which such Lender reasonably deems material or the amounts received or receivable by such Lender hereunder with respect to the foregoing shall be reduced; or

 

(iii)            at any time after the Closing Date, 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 Closing Date that materially and adversely affects the London interbank eurocurrency market;

 

then, and in any such event, such Lender (or the Administrative Agent, in the case of clause (i) above) shall within a reasonable time thereafter give written notice 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 (x) 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, (y) in the case of clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender, promptly (but no later than ten Business 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 (z) 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 Applicable Law.

 

(b)            At any time that any Eurodollar Loan is affected by the circumstances described in Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii), the Borrower may (and in the case of a Eurodollar Loan affected pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(iii) shall) either (x) if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then being made pursuant to a Borrowing, cancel said Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent written notice thereof on the same date that the Borrower was notified by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii) or (y) if the affected Eurodollar Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to convert each such Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan, if applicable; 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, any Change in Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s or their respective parent’s capital or assets as a consequence of such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s commitments or obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or their respective parent could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s or their respective parent’s policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time, promptly (but no later than ten Business Days) after written demand by such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or their respective parent for such reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that a Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Lender’s or Letter of Credit Issuer’s compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any such Applicable Law as in effect on the Closing Date except as a result of a Change in Law. Each Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, upon determining in good faith that any additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this Section 2.10(c), will give prompt written notice thereof to the Borrower (on its own behalf) which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis of the calculation of such additional amounts, although the failure to give any such notice shall not, subject to Section 2.13, release or diminish any of the Borrower’s obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.10(c) upon receipt of such notice.

 

(d)            This Section 2.10 shall not operate to provide payments that are duplicative of those required under Section 5.4.

 

(e)            The agreements in this Section 2.10 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

(f)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer shall be entitled to seek compensation under this Section 2.10 based on the occurrence of a Change in Law arising solely from (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or any requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or (y) Basel III or any requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, unless such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer is generally seeking compensation from other borrowers in the U.S. leveraged loan market with respect to its similarly affected commitments, loans and/or participations under agreements with such borrowers having provisions similar to this Section 2.10.

 

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 2.5, 2.6, 2.10, 5.1, 5.2 or 13.7, as a result of acceleration of the maturity of the Loans pursuant to Section 11 or for any other reason, (b) any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans is not made as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Borrowing or failure to satisfy the conditions of Section 6 and Section 7, (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 5.1 or 5.2, 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 and, absent clearly demonstrable error, the amount requested shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender within ten Business Days of such request 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 borrow, 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. The agreements in this Section 2.11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

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(c), 3.5 or 5.4 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 right of any Lender provided in Section 2.10, 3.5 or 5.4.

 

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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, 3.5 or 5.4 is given by any Lender more than 180 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, 3.5 or 5.4, as the case may be, for any such amounts incurred or accruing prior to the giving of such notice to the Borrower; provided that, if the circumstance giving rise to such claim is retroactive, then such 180 day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

 

2.14          Incremental Facilities.

 

(a)            The Borrower may at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent request (i) one or more additional Classes of term loans or additional term loans of the same Class of any existing Class of term loans (the “Incremental Term Loans”), (ii) one or more increases in the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class (each such increase, an “Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase”) or (iii) one or more additional Classes of revolving credit commitments (the “Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments,” and, together with the Incremental Term Loans and the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases, the “Incremental Facilities” and the commitments in respect thereof are referred to as the “Incremental Commitments”); provided that, subject to Section 1.11, at the time that any such Incremental Term Loan, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment is made or effected (and after giving pro forma effect thereto), except as set forth in the proviso to clause (b) below, no Event of Default (or, in the case of the Incurrence or provision of any Incremental Facility in connection with an Acquisition, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5) shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

(b)            Each tranche of Incremental Term Loans, each tranche of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and each Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $5,000,000 (it being understood that such amount may be less than $5,000,000 if such amount represents all remaining availability under the limit set forth below) (and in minimum increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof), and, subject to the proviso at the end of this Section 2.14(b), the aggregate amount of (x) the Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and the Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (after giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof) Incurred pursuant to this Section 2.14(b), plus (y) the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Additional Debt Incurred under Section 10.1(u)(ii)(A) shall not exceed, as of the date of Incurrence of such Indebtedness or commitments, the sum of (A) the Incremental Base Amount plus (B) an aggregate amount of Indebtedness, such that, subject to Section 1.11, after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence (and after giving pro forma effect to any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith and assuming that all Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and/or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments then outstanding and Incurred under this clause (B) were fully drawn), the Borrower would be in compliance with a Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the Incurrence of any such Incremental Facility, calculated on a pro forma basis, as if such Incurrence (and transactions) had occurred on the first day of such Test Period, that is no greater than 5.00:1.00 (this clause (B), the “Incremental Ratio Debt Amount” and, together with the Incremental Base Amount, the “Incremental Limit”); provided that (i) Incremental Term Loans may be Incurred without regard to the Incremental Limit, without regard to whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, without regard to the minimums set forth in the first part of this 2.14(b), to the extent that the Net Cash Proceeds from such Incremental Term Loans on the date of Incurrence of such Incremental Term Loans (or substantially concurrently therewith) are used to either (x) prepay Term Loans and related amounts in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.2(a)(i) or (y) permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.2(e)(ii) (and any such Incremental Term Loans shall be deemed to have been Incurred pursuant to this proviso), and (ii) Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments may be provided without regard to the Incremental Limit, without regard to whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent that the existing Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or other Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments shall be permanently reduced in accordance with Section 5.2(e)(ii) by an amount equal to the aggregate amount of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments so provided (and any such Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed to have been Incurred pursuant to this proviso).

 

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(c)            (i) The Incremental Term Loans (A) shall rank equal in right of payment and security with the Initial Term Loans, shall be secured only by all or a portion of the Collateral securing the Obligations and shall only be guaranteed by the Credit Parties, (B) shall not mature earlier than the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date, (C) shall not have a shorter Weighted Average Life to Maturity than the remaining Initial Term Loans, (D) shall have a maturity date (subject to clause (B)), an amortization schedule (subject to clause (C)), and interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, AHYDO Catch-Up Payments, funding discounts, original issue discounts and prepayment terms and premiums for the Incremental Term Loans as determined by the Borrower and the lenders of the Incremental Term Loans; provided that, in the event that the Effective Yield for any Incremental Term Loans (other than Incremental Term Loans (w) Incurred pursuant to clause (B) of Section 2.14(b), (x) established pursuant to the proviso of Section 2.14(b), (y) having a final maturity date that is more than two years after the Initial Term Loan Maturity Date or (z) Incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition (clauses (w), (x), (y) and (z), collectively, the “MFN Exceptions”)), is greater than the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans by more than 0.50%, then the Applicable Margins for the Initial Term Loans shall be increased to the extent necessary so that the Effective Yield for the Initial Term Loans are equal to the Effective Yield for the Incremental Term Loans minus 0.50% (this proviso, the “MFN Protection”); provided, further, that, with respect to any Incremental Term Loans that do not bear interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, for purposes of calculating the applicable increase (if any) in the Applicable Margins for the Initial Term Loans in the immediately preceding proviso, the Applicable Margin for such Incremental Term Loans shall be deemed to be the interest rate (calculated after giving pro forma effect to any increases required pursuant to the immediately succeeding proviso) of such Incremental Term Loans less the then applicable Reference Rate; and (E) may otherwise have terms and conditions different from those of the Initial Term Loans; provided that (x) except with respect to matters contemplated by clauses (B), (C) and (D) above, any differences shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (except for covenants and other provisions applicable only to the periods after the Latest Maturity Date) and (y) the documentation governing any Incremental Term Loans may include any Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant so long as the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement is amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility.

 

(ii)          The Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase shall be treated the same as the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments being increased (including with respect to maturity date thereof) and shall be considered to be part of the Class of Revolving Credit Facility being increased (it being understood that, if required to consummate an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, the interest rate margins, rate floors and undrawn commitment fees on the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments being increased may be increased and additional upfront or similar fees may be payable to the lenders participating in the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase (without any requirement to pay such fees to any existing Revolving Credit Lenders)).

 

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(iii)            The Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (A) shall rank equal in right of payment and security with the Revolving Credit Loans, shall be secured only by all or a portion of the Collateral securing the Obligations and shall only be guaranteed by the Credit Parties, (B) shall not mature earlier than the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and shall require no scheduled amortization or mandatory commitment reduction prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (C) shall have interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, undrawn commitment fees, funding discounts, AHYDO Catch-Up Payments, original issue discounts, maturity, prepayment terms and premiums and commitment reduction and termination terms as determined by the Borrower and the lenders of such commitments; provided that, in the event that the Effective Yield for any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (other than Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans under Loans under any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (w) incurred pursuant to Section 2.14(b)(B), (x) established pursuant to the proviso of Section 2.14(b), (y) having a final maturity date that is more than two years after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or (z) Incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition), is greater than the Effective Yield for the Revolving Credit Loans by more than 0.50%, then the Applicable Margins for the Revolving Credit Loans shall be increased to the extent necessary so that the Effective Yield for the Revolving Credit Loans are equal to the Effective Yield for the Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans minus 0.50%; (D) shall contain borrowing, repayment and termination of Commitment procedures as determined by the Borrower and the lenders of such commitments, (E) may include provisions relating swingline loans and/or letters of credit, as applicable, issued thereunder, which issuances shall be on terms substantially similar (except for the overall size of such subfacilities, the fees payable in connection therewith and the identity of the swingline lender and letter of credit issuer, as applicable, which shall be determined by the Borrower, the lenders of such commitments and the applicable letter of credit issuers and swingline lenders and borrowing, repayment and termination of commitment procedures with respect thereto, in each case which shall be specified in the applicable Incremental Agreement) to the terms relating to the Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit with respect to the applicable Class of Revolving Credit Commitments or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (F) may otherwise have terms and conditions different from those of the Revolving Credit Facility; provided that (x) except with respect to matters contemplated by clauses (B), (C), (D) and (E) above, any differences shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (except for covenants and other provisions applicable only to the periods after the Latest Maturity Date) and (y) the documentation governing any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments may include any Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant so long as the Administrative Agent shall have been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement is amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant for the benefit of each Credit Facility (provided, further, however, that, if the applicable Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant is a “springing” financial maintenance covenant for the benefit of such revolving credit facility or covenant only applicable to, or for the benefit of, a revolving credit facility, the Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant shall be automatically included in this Agreement only for the benefit of each revolving credit facility hereunder (and not for the benefit of any term loan facility hereunder)).

 

(d)            Each notice from the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be given in writing and shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments. Incremental Term Loans may be made, and Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments may be provided, subject to the prior written consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), by any existing Lender (it being understood that no existing Lender with an Initial Term Loan Commitment will have an obligation to make a portion of any Incremental Term Loan, no existing Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment will have any obligation to provide a portion of any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and no existing Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment will have an obligation to provide a portion of any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment) or by any other bank, financial institution, other institutional lender or other investor (any such other bank, financial institution or other investor being called an “Additional Lender”); provided that the Administrative Agent shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Lender’s or Additional Lender’s making such Incremental Term Loans or providing such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or such Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments if such consent would be required under Section 13.6(b) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments, as applicable, to such Lender or Additional Lender; provided, further, that, solely with respect to any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, the Swingline Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Lender’s or Additional Lender’s providing such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments if such consent would be required under Section 13.6(b) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments, as applicable, to such Lender or Additional Lender.

 

(e)            Commitments in respect of Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments shall become Commitments (or in the case of an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase to be provided by an existing Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment, an increase in such Lender’s applicable Revolving Credit Commitment) under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Agreement”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Credit Documents, executed by Holdings, the Borrower, each Lender agreeing to provide such Commitment, if any, each Additional Lender, if any, and the Administrative Agent. The Incremental Agreement may, subject to Section 2.14(c), without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as may be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section (including (i) in connection with an Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase, to reallocate Revolving Credit Exposure on a pro rata basis among the relevant Revolving Credit Lenders, (ii) to increase the Effective Yield of the applicable Class of Term Loans to the extent necessary in order to ensure that any applicable Class of Incremental Term Loans are “fungible” with such existing Class of Term Loans and/or (iii) to add or extend “soft call” or add or extend any other “call protection”, in either case for the benefit of any existing Class of Term Loans. The effectiveness of any Incremental Agreement (an “Incremental Facility Closing Date”) and the occurrence of any Credit Event pursuant to such Incremental Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction of such conditions as the parties thereto shall agree. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments for any purpose not prohibited by this Agreement; provided, however, that the proceeds of any Incremental Term Loans Incurred, and any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments provided, in either case as described in the proviso to Section 2.14(b), shall be used in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

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(f)           (i) No Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments unless it so agrees and the Borrower shall not be obligated to offer any existing Lender the opportunity to provide any Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

(ii)          Upon each increase in the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class pursuant to this Section, each Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Lender providing a portion of the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase (each, an “Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender”) in respect of such increase, and each such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans such that, after giving pro forma effect to each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding (A) participations hereunder in Letters of Credit and (B) participations hereunder in Swingline Loans held by each Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class (including each such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Lender) will equal the percentage of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class of all Lenders represented by such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class. If, on the date of such increase, there are any Revolving Credit Loans of such Class outstanding, such Revolving Credit Loans shall on or prior to the effectiveness of such Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase be prepaid from the proceeds of additional Revolving Credit Loans made hereunder (reflecting such increase in Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class), which prepayment shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the Revolving Credit Loans of such Class being prepaid and any costs incurred by any Lender in accordance with Section 2.11. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro  rata borrowing and pro  rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.

 

(g)          This Section 2.14 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.7 or 13.1 to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, any provisions of this Section 2.14 may be amended with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided no such amendment shall require any Lender to provide any Incremental Commitment without such Lender’s consent

 

2.15        Extensions of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

(a)            (i) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of each Term Loan of any Class (an “Existing Term Loan Class”) be converted or exchanged to extend the scheduled final maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of such Term Loans (any such Term Loans which have been so extended, “Extended Term Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.15. Prior to entering into any Extension Agreement with respect to any Extended Term Loans, the Borrower shall provide written notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Existing Term Loan Class, with such request offered equally to all such Lenders of such Existing Term Loan Class) (a “Term Loan Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Term Loans to be established, which terms shall be similar to the Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class from which they are to be extended except that (w) the scheduled final maturity date shall be extended and all or any of the scheduled amortization payments of all or a portion of any principal amount of such Extended Term Loans may be delayed to later dates than the scheduled amortization of principal of the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class (with any such delay resulting in a corresponding adjustment to the scheduled amortization payments reflected in Section 2.5 or in the Extension Agreement or the Incremental Agreement, as the case may be, with respect to the Existing Term Loan Class of Term Loans from which such Extended Term Loans were extended, in each case as more particularly set forth in Section 2.15(c) below), (x)(A) the interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, funding discounts, AHYDO Catch-Up Payments, original issue discounts and prepayment terms and premiums with respect to the Extended Term Loans may be different than those for the Term Loans of such Existing Term Loan Class and/or (B) additional fees and/or premiums may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Term Loans in addition to any of the items contemplated by the preceding clause (A), in each case, to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Agreement, (y) subject to the provisions set forth in Sections 5.1 and 5.2, the Extended Term Loans may have optional prepayment terms (including call protection and prepayment terms and premiums) and mandatory prepayment terms as may be agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders thereof and (z) the Extension Agreement may provide for other covenants and terms that apply to any period after the Latest Maturity Date. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Term Loans of any Existing Term Loan Class converted into Extended Term Loans pursuant to any Term Loan Extension Request. Any Extended Term Loans of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of Term Loans from the Existing Term Loan Class of Term Loans from which they were extended.

 

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(ii)            The Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class, the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of any Class and/or any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (and, in each case, including any previously extended Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments), existing at the time of such request (each, an “Existing Revolving Credit Commitment” and any related revolving credit loans under any such facility, “Existing Revolving Credit Loans”; each Existing Revolving Credit Commitment and related Existing Revolving Credit Loans together being referred to as an “Existing Revolving Credit Class”) be converted or exchanged to extend the termination date thereof and the scheduled maturity date(s) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of Existing Revolving Credit Loans related to such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (any such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments which have been so extended, “Extended Revolving Credit Commitments” and any related revolving credit loans, “Extended Revolving Credit Loans”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.15. Prior to entering into any Extension Agreement with respect to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments, with such request offered equally to all Lenders of such Class) (a “Revolving Credit Extension Request”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to be established thereunder, which terms shall be similar to those applicable to the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments from which they are to be extended (the “Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class”) except that (w) all or any of the final maturity dates of such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be delayed to later dates than the final maturity dates of the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class, (x)(A) the interest rates, interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, funding discounts, AHYDO Catch-Up Payments, original issue discounts and prepayment terms and premiums with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be different than those for the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class and/or (B) additional fees and/or premiums may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in addition to or in lieu of any of the items contemplated by the preceding clause (A) and (y)(1) the undrawn revolving credit commitment fee rate with respect to the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments may be different than those for the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class and (2) the Extension Agreement may provide for other covenants and terms that apply to any period after the Latest Maturity Date; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.15, Section 5.2(e) or otherwise, (I) the borrowing and repayment (other than in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments) of the Extended Revolving Credit Loans under any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made on a pro rata basis with any borrowings and repayments of the Existing Revolving Credit Loans of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class (the mechanics for which may be implemented through the applicable Extension Agreement and may include technical changes related to the borrowing and repayment procedures of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class), (II) assignments and participations of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Loans shall be governed by the assignment and participation provisions set forth in Section 13.6 and (III) subject to the applicable limitations set forth in Section 4.2 and Section 5.2(e)(ii), permanent repayments of Extended Revolving Credit Loans (and corresponding permanent reduction in the related Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) shall be permitted as may be agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders thereof. No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Revolving Credit Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments of any Existing Revolving Credit Class converted or exchanged into Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to any Extension Request. Any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of any Extension Series shall constitute a separate Class of revolving credit commitments from Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class and from any other Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (together with any other Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so established on such date).

 

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(b)            The Borrower shall provide the applicable Extension Request to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may determine in its reasonable discretion) prior to the date on which Lenders under the Existing Class are requested to respond, and shall agree to such procedures, if any, as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Administrative Agent, in each case acting reasonably, to accomplish the purpose of this Section 2.15. The Borrower may, at its election, specify as a condition to consummating any Extension Agreement that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Extension Request in the Borrower’s sole discretion and as may be waived by the Borrower) of Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments (as applicable) of any or all applicable Classes be tendered. Any Lender (an “Extending Lender”) wishing to have all or a portion of its Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (or any earlier Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) of an Existing Class subject to such Extension Request converted or exchanged into Extended Loans/Commitments shall notify the Administrative Agent (an “Extension Election”) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of its Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (and/or any earlier Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) which it has elected to convert or exchange into Extended Loans/Commitments (subject to any minimum denomination requirements imposed by the Administrative Agent). In the event that the aggregate amount of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (and any earlier extended Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of Extended Loans/Commitments requested pursuant to the Extension Request, Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or earlier extended Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, subject to Extension Elections shall be converted to or exchanged to Extended Loans/Commitments on a pro rata basis (subject to such rounding requirements as may be established by the Administrative Agent) based on the amount of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and earlier extended Extended Revolving Credit Commitments included in each such Extension Election or as may be otherwise agreed to in the applicable Extension Agreement. Notwithstanding the conversion of any Existing Revolving Credit Commitment into an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, unless expressly agreed by the holders of each affected Existing Revolving Credit Commitment of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class, such Extended Revolving Credit Commitment shall not be treated more favorably than all Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class for purposes of the obligations of a Revolving Credit Lender in respect of Swingline Loans under Section 2.1(d) and Letters of Credit under Section 3, except that the applicable Extension Amendment may provide that the Swingline Maturity Date and/or the last day for issuing Letters of Credit may be extended and the related obligations to make Swingline Loans and issue Letters of Credit may be continued (pursuant to mechanics to be specified in the applicable Extension Amendment) so long as the Swingline Lender and/or each Letter of Credit Issuer have consented to such extensions (it being understood that no consent of any other Lender shall be required in connection with any such extension).

 

(c)            Extended Loans/Commitments shall be established pursuant to an amendment (an “Extension Agreement”) to this Agreement (which, except to the extent expressly contemplated by the penultimate sentence of this Section 2.15(c) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 13.1, shall not require the consent of any Lender other than the Extending Lenders with respect to the Extended Loans/Commitments established thereby) executed by the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Extending Lenders. In addition to any terms and changes required or permitted by Section 2.15(c), each Extension Agreement in respect of Extended Term Loans shall amend the scheduled amortization payments pursuant to Section 2.5 or the applicable Incremental Agreement or Extension Agreement with respect to the Existing Class of Term Loans from which the Extended Term Loans were exchanged to reduce each scheduled Repayment Amount for the Existing Class in the same proportion as the amount of Term Loans of the Existing Class is to be reduced pursuant to such Extension Agreement (it being understood that the amount of any Repayment Amount payable with respect to any individual Term Loan of such Existing Class that is not an Extended Term Loan shall not be reduced as a result thereof). In connection with any Extension Agreement, the Borrower shall deliver an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Extending Lenders (i) as to the enforceability of such Extension Agreement, this Agreement as amended thereby, and such of the other Credit Documents (if any) as may be amended thereby (in the case of such other Credit Documents as contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence) and covering customary matters and (ii) to the effect that such Extension Agreement, including the Extended Loans/Commitments provided for therein, does not breach or result in a default under the provisions of Section 13.1 of this Agreement.

 

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(d)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (A) on any date on which any Existing Term Loan Class or Class of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments is converted or exchanged to extend the related scheduled maturity date(s) in accordance with paragraph (a) above (an “Extension Date”), (I) in the case of the existing Term Loans of each Extending Lender, the aggregate principal amount of such existing Term Loans shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Term Loans so converted or exchanged by such Lender on such date, and the Extended Term Loans shall be established as a separate Class of Term Loans (together with any other Extended Term Loans so established on such date), and (II) in the case of the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of each Extending Lender under any Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class, the aggregate principal amount of such Existing Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so converted or exchanged by such Lender on such date (or by any greater amount as may be agreed by the Borrower and such Lender), and such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be established as a separate Class of revolving credit commitments from the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class and from any other Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (together with any other Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so established on such date) and (B) if, on any Extension Date, any Existing Revolving Credit Loans of any Extending Lender are outstanding under the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class, such Existing Revolving Credit Loans (and any related participations) shall be deemed to be converted or exchanged to Extended Revolving Credit Loans (and related participations) of the applicable Class in the same proportion as such Extending Lender’s Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class.

 

(e)            In the event that the Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion that the allocation of Extended Term Loans of a given Extension Series or the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of a given Extension Series, in each case to a given Lender was incorrectly determined as a result of manifest administrative error in the receipt and processing of an Extension Election timely submitted by such Lender in accordance with the procedures set forth in the applicable Extension Agreement, then the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such affected Lender may (and hereby are authorized to), in their sole discretion and without the consent of any other Lender, enter into an amendment to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents (each, a “Corrective Extension Agreement”) within 15 days following the effective date of such Extension Agreement, as the case may be, which Corrective Extension Agreement shall (i) provide for the conversion or exchange and extension of Term Loans under the Existing Term Loan Class or Existing Revolving Credit Commitments (and related Revolving Credit Exposure), as the case may be, in such amount as is required to cause such Lender to hold Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (and related revolving credit exposure) of the applicable Extension Series into which such other Term Loans or commitments were initially converted or exchanged, as the case may be, in the amount such Lender would have held had such administrative error not occurred and had such Lender received the minimum allocation of the applicable Loans or Commitments to which it was entitled under the terms of such Extension Agreement, in the absence of such error, (ii) be subject to the satisfaction of such conditions as the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and such Lender may agree (including conditions of the type required to be satisfied for the effectiveness of an Extension Agreement described in Section 2.15(c)), and (iii) effect such other amendments of the type (with appropriate reference and nomenclature changes) described in the penultimate sentence of Section 2.15(c).

 

(f)            No conversion or exchange of Loans or Commitments pursuant to any Extension Agreement in accordance with this Section 2.15 shall constitute a voluntary or mandatory payment or prepayment for purposes of this Agreement.

 

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(g)         This Section 2.15 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.4 or Section 13.1 to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, any of the provisions of this Section 2.15 may be amended with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such amendment shall require any Lender to provide any Extended Loans/Commitments without such Lender’s consent.

 

2.16       Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

 

(a)            fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 4.1(a);

 

(b)            the Commitment of and the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether all Lenders or the Required Lenders or any other requisite Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to Section 13.1); provided that (i) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender which affects such Defaulting Lender differently than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (ii) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender;

 

(c)            if any Swingline Exposure or Letter of Credit Exposure exists at the time a Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then (i) all or any part of such Letter of Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender and such Swingline Exposure of such Defaulting Lender will, subject to the limitation in the proviso below, automatically be reallocated (effective on the day such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender) among the Non-Defaulting Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage; provided that (A) each Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure may not in any event exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Non-Defaulting Lender as in effect at the time of such reallocation and (B) subject to Section 13.21, neither such reallocation nor any payment by a Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant thereto will constitute a waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender or cause such Defaulting Lender to be a Non-Defaulting Lender, (ii) to the extent that all or any portion (the “unreallocated portion”) of the Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure and Swingline Exposure cannot, or can only partially, be so reallocated to Non-Defaulting Lenders, whether by reason of the first proviso in Section 2.16(c)(i) above or otherwise, the Borrower shall within two Business Days following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Swingline Exposure (after giving pro forma effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) and (y) second, Cash Collateralize such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure (after giving pro forma effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above), in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.8 for so long as such Letter of Credit Exposure is outstanding, (iii) if the Borrower Cash Collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure pursuant to the requirements of this Section 2.16(c), the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 4.1(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure is Cash Collateralized, (ivif the Letter of Credit Exposure of the Non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to the requirements of this Section 2.16(c), then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 4.1(c) shall be adjusted in accordance with such Non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to the Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 4.1(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure during the period that such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure is reallocated, or (v) if any Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure is neither Cash Collateralized nor reallocated pursuant to the requirements of this Section 2.16(c), then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Letter of Credit Issuer or any Lender hereunder, all fees payable under Section 4.1(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Letter of Credit Exposure shall be payable to the Letter of Credit Issuer until such Letter of Credit Exposure is Cash Collateralized and/or reallocated;

 

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(d)            (i) the Letter of Credit Issuer will not be required to issue any new Letter of Credit or amend any outstanding Letter of Credit to increase the face amount thereof, alter the drawing terms thereunder or extend the expiry date thereof, unless the Letter of Credit Issuer is reasonably satisfied that any exposure that would result from the exposure to such Defaulting Lender is eliminated or fully covered by the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Lenders or by Cash Collateralization or a combination thereof in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.16(c) above or otherwise in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer; and

 

(ii)            the Swingline Lender will be not required to fund any Swingline Loans unless the Swingline Lender is reasonably satisfied that any exposure that would result from the exposure to such Defaulting Lender is eliminated or fully covered by the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Lenders or a combination thereof in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.16(c) above.

 

(e)            If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and each applicable Letter of Credit Issuer agree in writing in their discretion that a Lender that is 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, such Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans of the other Revolving Credit Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause such outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Revolving Credit Lenders (including such Lender) in accordance with their applicable percentages, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender and will be a Non-Defaulting Lender and any applicable Cash Collateral shall be promptly returned to the Borrower and any Letter of Credit Exposure and Swingline Exposure of such Lender reallocated pursuant to the requirements of Section 2.16(c) shall be reallocated back to such Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; provided that, except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Non-Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender; and

 

(f)            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 11 or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 13.8), 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, in the case of a Revolving Credit Lender, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Swingline Lender hereunder; third, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or 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; fourth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize, in accordance with Section 3.8, the Letter of Credit Issuer’s potential future fronting exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement; fifth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, such Letter of Credit Issuer or such Swingline Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; sixth, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any Secured Hedging Agreement with such Defaulting Lender as certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Defaulting Lender) prior to such date of payment; seventh, so long as no Default or 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 eighth, 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 or a payment of any Unpaid Drawings, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the relevant Loans of, and Unpaid Drawings owed to, the relevant non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied in the manner set forth in this Section 2.16(f). Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 3.8 shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

 

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2.17          Term Loan Exchange Notes.

 

(a)            The Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to offer (each a “Permitted Debt Exchange Offer”) to issue to Lenders holding Term Loans under this Agreement first priority senior secured notes and/or junior lien secured notes and/or unsecured notes (the “Term Loan Exchange Notes”) in exchange for the Term Loans (each such exchange, a “Permitted Debt Exchange”); provided that such Term Loan Exchange Notes may not be in an aggregate principal amount greater than the Term Loans being exchanged plus unpaid accrued interest, fees and premiums (including tender premiums) (if any) thereon, defeasance costs, underwriting discounts and fees, commissions and expenses (including OID, closing payments, upfront fees or similar fees) in connection with the issuance of the Term Loan Exchange Notes. Each such notice shall specify the date (each, a “Term Loan Exchange Effective Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that the Term Loan Exchange Notes shall be issued, which shall be a date not less than fifteen days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (w) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Term Loan Exchange Notes shall not be shorter than the then remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans being exchanged (it being understood that acceleration or mandatory repayment, prepayment, redemption or repurchase of such Term Loan Exchange Notes upon the occurrence of an event of default, a change in control, an event of loss or an asset disposition shall not be deemed to constitute a change in the stated final maturity thereof); (x) if secured, such Term Loan Exchange Notes shall rank equal to or junior in right of payment and of security with the Loans and Commitments being exchanged hereunder; (y) all other terms and conditions (other than interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest rate margins, rate floors, fees, maturity, funding discounts, original issue discounts and redemption or prepayment terms and premiums) applicable to such Term Loan Exchange Notes shall reflect market terms and conditions at the time of incurrence or issuance (as determined in good faith by the Borrower); provided that the Term Loan Exchange Notes may have the benefit of any Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant if the Administrative Agent has been given prompt written notice thereof and this Agreement shall have been amended to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant; and (z) the obligations in respect of the Term Loan Exchange Notes (A) shall not be secured by Liens on any asset of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than assets constituting Collateral, (B) if such Term Loan Exchange Notes are secured, all security therefor shall be granted pursuant to documentation that is not more restrictive than the Security Documents in any material respect taken as a whole (as determined by the Borrower) and the representative for such Additional Term Notes shall enter into a Customary Intercreditor Agreement (it being understood that junior Liens are not required to be equal to other junior Liens, and that Indebtedness secured by junior Liens may be secured by Liens that are equal to, or junior in priority to, other Liens that are junior to the Liens securing the Obligations), or (C) shall not be incurred or Guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiary unless such Restricted Subsidiary is a Credit Party which shall have previously or substantially concurrently Guaranteed or borrowed such Term Loans being exchanged.

 

(b)            The Borrower shall offer to issue Term Loan Exchange Notes in exchange for the Class of Term Loans to all Lenders holding such Class of Term Loans (other than any Lender that, if requested by the Borrower, is unable to certify that it is (i) a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act), (ii) an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act) or (iii) not a “U.S. person” (as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act) on a pro rata basis, and such Lenders may choose to accept or decline to receive such Term Loan Exchange Notes in their sole discretion. Any such Term Loans exchanged for Term Loan Exchange Notes shall be automatically and immediately, without further action by any Person, cancelled on the Term Loan Exchange Effective Date for all purposes of this Agreement (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, any applicable exchanging Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, or such other form as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in respect thereof pursuant to which the respective Lender assigns its interest in the Term Loans being exchanged pursuant to the Permitted Debt Exchange to the Borrower for immediate cancellation), and accrued and unpaid interest on such Term Loans shall be paid to the exchanging Lenders on the Term Loan Exchange Effective Date, or, if agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date with respect to such Term Loans (with such interest accruing until the date of consummation of such Permitted Debt Exchange).

 

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(c)            If the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) of a given Class tendered by Lenders in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer (with no Lender being permitted to tender a principal amount of Term Loans which exceeds the principal amount thereof of the applicable Class actually held by it) shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of such Class offered to be exchanged by the Borrower pursuant to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer, then the Borrower shall exchange Term Loans under the relevant Class tendered by such Lenders ratably up to such maximum based on the respective principal amounts so tendered, or, if such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall have been made with respect to multiple Classes without specifying a maximum aggregate principal amount offered to be exchanged for each Class, and the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) of all Classes tendered by Lenders in respect of the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer (with no Lender being permitted to tender a principal amount of Term Loans which exceeds the principal amount thereof actually held by it) shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of all relevant Classes offered to be exchanged by the Borrower pursuant to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer, then the Borrower shall exchange Term Loans across all Classes subject to such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer tendered by such Lenders ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts so tendered.

 

(d)            With respect to all Permitted Debt Exchanges effected by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.17, unless waived by the Borrower, such Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall be made for not less than $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Term Loans; provided that subject to the foregoing the Borrower may at its election specify (A) as a condition (a “Minimum Tender Condition”) to consummating any such Permitted Debt Exchange that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer in the Borrower’s discretion) of Term Loans of any or all applicable Classes be tendered and/or (B) as a condition (a “Maximum Tender Condition”) to consummating any such Permitted Debt Exchange that no more than a maximum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Permitted Debt Exchange Offer in the Borrower’s discretion) of Term Loans of any or all applicable Classes will be accepted for exchange. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby acknowledge and agree that this Section 2.17 shall supersede any provisions of Section 2.5, Section V and Section 13.1 to the contrary, waive the requirements of any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that may otherwise prohibit the incurrence of any Indebtedness expressly provided for by this Section 2.17 and hereby agree not to assert any Default or Event of Default in connection with the implementation of any such Permitted Debt Exchange or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.17.

 

(e)            In connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice thereof, and the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, acting reasonably, shall mutually agree to such procedures as may be necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.17; provided that the terms of any Permitted Debt Exchange Offer shall provide that the date by which the relevant Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such Permitted Debt Exchange shall be not less than five Business Days following the date on which the Permitted Debt Exchange Offer is made. The Borrower shall provide the final results of such Permitted Debt Exchange to the Administrative Agent no later than one Business Day prior to the proposed date of effectiveness for such Permitted Debt Exchange and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such results.

 

(f)            The Borrower shall be responsible for compliance with, and hereby agrees to comply with, all applicable securities and other laws in connection with each Permitted Debt Exchange, it being understood and agreed that (x) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender assumes any responsibility in connection with the Borrower’s compliance with such laws in connection with any Permitted Debt Exchange and (y) each Lender shall be solely responsible for its compliance with any applicable “insider trading” laws and regulations to which such Lender may be subject under the Exchange Act.

 

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SECTION 3.      Letters of Credit.

 

3.1            Issuance of Letters of Credit.

 

(a)            Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the date that is 15 days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the Letter of Credit Issuer agrees to issue (or cause its Affiliates or other financial institution with which the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have entered into an agreement regarding the issuance of letters of credit hereunder, to issue on its behalf), upon the request of and for the account of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, letters of credit (each, a “Letter of Credit”) in such form as may be approved by the Letter of Credit Issuer in its reasonable discretion; provided that the Borrower shall be a co-applicant, and be jointly and severally liable, with respect to each Letter of Credit issued for the account of a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

(b)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which, when added to the Letter of Credit Obligations at such time, would exceed the Letter of Credit Sub-Commitment then in effect, (ii) no Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which, when added to the Letter of Credit Obligations and the Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans outstanding at such time, would exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect, (iii) no Letter of Credit shall be required to be issued by a Letter of Credit Issuer the Stated Amount of which, when added to such Letter of Credit Issuer’s Revolving Credit Exposure (whether held directly or through its Affiliates), would exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Letter of Credit Issuer (or its Affiliates), (iveach Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date occurring no later than the earlier of (x) one year after the date of issuance thereof, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer or as provided under Section 3.2(e), and (y) the Letter of Credit Maturity Date, (v) each Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars, (vi) no Letter of Credit shall be issued if it would be illegal under any Applicable Law for the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit to have a Letter of Credit issued in its favor, (vii) no Letter of Credit shall be issued after the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer has received a written notice from the Borrower or the Administrative Agent stating that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing until such time as the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a written notice of (x) rescission of such notice from the party or parties originally delivering such notice or (y) the waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.1 or that such Default or Event of Default is no longer continuing and (viii) Barclays Bank PLC shall not be required to issue commercial or trade letters of credit.

 

(c)            In connection with the establishment of any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and subject to the availability of unused Commitments with respect to such newly established Class and the satisfaction of the Conditions set forth in Section 7, the Borrower may, with the written consent of the Letter of Credit Issuer, designate any outstanding Letter of Credit to be a Letter of Credit issued pursuant to such Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable. Upon such designation such Letter of Credit shall no longer be deemed to be issued and outstanding under such prior Class and shall instead be deemed to be issued and outstanding under such newly established Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable.

 

(d)            On the Closing Date, without further action by any party hereto (including the delivery of a Letter of Credit Request or any consent of, or confirmation by or to, the Administrative Agent), subject to the terms of this Section 3, (i) each Existing Letter of Credit set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) hereto issued by a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder shall become a Letter of Credit outstanding under this Agreement, shall be deemed to be a Letter of Credit issued under this Agreement and shall be subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including Section 4.1) as if each such Letter of Credit was issued by the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) each Letter of Credit Issuer that has issued an Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed to have granted each Letter of Credit Participant in respect thereof and each Letter of Credit Participant in respect thereof shall be deemed to have acquired from such Letter of Credit Issuer, on the terms and conditions of Section 3.3 hereof, for such Letter of Credit Participant’s own account and risk, an undivided participation interest in such Letter of Credit Issuer’s obligations and rights under each such Existing Letter of Credit equal to such Letter of Credit Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage, as applicable, of (A) the outstanding amount available to be drawn under such Existing Letter of Credit and (B) the aggregate amount of any outstanding reimbursement obligations in respect thereof.

 

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3.2            Letter of Credit Requests.

 

(a)            Whenever the Borrower (or the Borrower on behalf of any Restricted Subsidiary) desires that a Letter of Credit be issued (or amended, renewed or extended), it shall give the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer a Letter of Credit Request by no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) (i) at least three (or such lesser number as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer) Business Days prior to the proposed date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension for any Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor (provided that such Subsidiary Guarantor shall have also signed the applicable Letter of Credit Request), (ii) at least five (or such lesser number as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer) Business Days prior to the proposed date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension for any Letter of Credit for the account of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party and (iii) at least ten (or such lesser number as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer) Business Days prior to the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension for any Letter of Credit for the account of any Foreign Restricted Subsidiary. Each Letter of Credit Request shall be executed by the Borrower and sent by facsimile, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by the Letter of Credit Issuer, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to the Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

(b)            In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the Stated Amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof (which shall be not later than the earlier of (x) one year after the date of issuance thereof, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer or as provided under Section 3.2(e), and (y) the Letter of Credit Maturity Date); (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder and (G) such other matters as the Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Request shall specify: (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the Letter of Credit Issuer may reasonably require.

 

(c)            Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Request, the Letter of Credit Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent in writing that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Request from the Borrower and, if not, the Letter of Credit Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the Letter of Credit Issuer has received written notice from the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Borrower or any other Credit Party at least two Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Section 7 shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

(d)            The making of each Letter of Credit Request shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the Letter of Credit may be issued in accordance with, and will not violate the requirements of, Section 3.1(b).

 

(e)            If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Request, the Letter of Credit Issuer may agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the Letter of Credit Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the Letter of Credit Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Letter of Credit Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Maturity Date; provided, however, that the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the Letter of Credit Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 3.1(b) or otherwise), or (B) it has received written notice on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 7 are not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the Letter of Credit Issuer not to permit such extension.

 

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(f)            Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment, renewal or extension to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the Letter of Credit Issuer will notify the Administrative Agent of such delivery, amendment, renewal or extension and will also deliver to the Borrower a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment, renewal or extension. On the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall provide the Administrative Agent a list of all Letters of Credit issued by it that are outstanding at such time.

 

3.3            Letter of Credit Participations.

 

(a)            Immediately upon the issuance by the Letter of Credit Issuer of any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each other Revolving Credit Lender (each such Revolving Credit Lender, in its capacity under this Section 3.3(a), a “Letter of Credit Participant”), and each such Letter of Credit Participant shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased and received from the Letter of Credit Issuer, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation (each, a “Letter of Credit Participation”), to the extent of such Letter of Credit Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage, in such Letter of Credit, each substitute letter of credit, each drawing made thereunder and the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement with respect thereto, and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto (although Letter of Credit Fees will be paid directly to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Letter of Credit Participants as provided in Section 4.1(c) and the Letter of Credit Participants shall have no right to receive any portion of any fees paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of each Letter of Credit issued hereunder).

 

(b)            In determining whether to pay under any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have no obligation relative to the Letter of Credit Participants other than to confirm to the Administrative Agent that any documents required to be delivered under such Letter of Credit have been delivered and that they appear to comply on their face with the requirements of such Letter of Credit. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Letter of Credit Issuer under or in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by it, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall not create for the Letter of Credit Issuer any resulting liability.

 

(c)            Whenever the Administrative Agent receives a payment in respect of an unpaid reimbursement obligation for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each Letter of Credit Participant that has paid its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such reimbursement obligation, in Dollars and in immediately available funds, an amount equal to such Letter of Credit Participant’s share (based upon the proportionate aggregate amount originally funded or deposited by such Letter of Credit Participant to the aggregate amount funded or deposited by all Letter of Credit Participants) of the principal amount of such reimbursement obligation and interest thereon accruing after the purchase of the respective Letter of Credit Participations; provided that the amount paid to any Letter of Credit Participant shall not exceed the amount funded or deposited by such Letter of Credit Participant.

 

(d)            The obligations of the Letter of Credit Participants to purchase Letter of Credit Participations from the Letter of Credit Issuer and make payments to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Letters of Credit shall be irrevocable and not subject to counterclaim, set-off or other defense or any other qualification or exception whatsoever and shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances, including under any of the following circumstances:

 

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(i)             any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents;

 

(ii)            the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Letter of Credit, any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or transferee may be acting), the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Lender or other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated hereby or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying transaction between the Borrower and the beneficiary named in any such Letter of Credit);

 

(iii)            any draft, certificate or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;

 

(iv)            the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance of any of the terms of any of the Credit Documents;

 

(v)            the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default; or

 

(vi)            any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Credit Party or Restricted Subsidiary.

 

3.4            Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings.

 

(a)            The Borrower hereby agrees to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer in Dollars with respect to any drawing under any Letter of Credit, by making payment, whether with its own funds, with the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans or any other source, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer in immediately available funds, for any payment or disbursement made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit issued by it (with respect to each such amount so paid under a Letter of Credit until reimbursed, a “Unpaid Drawing” (i) within one Business Day of the date of such payment or disbursement, if the Letter of Credit Issuer provides notice to the Borrower of such payment or disbursement prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such next succeeding Business Day after the date of such payment or disbursement or (ii) if such notice is received after such time, on the next Business Day following the date of receipt of such notice (such required date for reimbursement under clause (i) or (ii), as applicable (the “Required Reimbursement Date”), with interest on the amount so paid or disbursed by such Letter of Credit Issuer, from and including the date of such payment or disbursement to but excluding the Required Reimbursement Date, at the per annum rate for each day equal to the rate described in Section 2.8(a); provided that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, with respect to any Letter of Credit, (i) unless the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Required Reimbursement Date that the Borrower intends to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for the amount of such drawing with funds other than the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have given a Notice of Borrowing requesting that the Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments make Revolving Credit Loans (which shall be ABR Loans) on the Required Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing, and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Letter of Credit Participant of such drawing and the amount of its Revolving Credit Loan to be made in respect thereof, and each Letter of Credit Participant shall be irrevocably obligated to make a Revolving Credit Loan to the Borrower in the manner deemed to have been requested in the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the applicable Unpaid Drawing by 12:00 noon (New York City time) on such Required Reimbursement Date by making the amount of such Revolving Credit Loan available to the Administrative Agent. Such Revolving Credit Loans made in respect of such Unpaid Drawing on such Required Reimbursement Date shall be made without regard to the Minimum Borrowing Amount and without regard to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 7. The Administrative Agent shall use the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans solely for the purpose of reimbursing the Letter of Credit Issuer for the related Unpaid Drawing. If and to the extent such Letter of Credit Participant shall not have so made its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such payment available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, or that in the sole judgment of the Letter of Credit Issuer, such Revolving Credit Loan cannot for any reason be made on the date otherwise required above (including as a result of the commencement of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law in respect of the Borrower), each Letter of Credit Participant hereby agrees that its participation in such Unpaid Drawing shall remain outstanding in lieu of funding its portion of such Revolving Credit Loan and such Letter of Credit Participant agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer, forthwith on demand, such amount, together with interest thereon for each day from such date until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate from time to time then in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with the foregoing. The failure of any Letter of Credit Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under any Letter of Credit shall not relieve any other Letter of Credit Participant of its obligation hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any payment under such Letter of Credit on the date required, as specified above, but no Letter of Credit Participant shall be responsible for the failure of any other Letter of Credit Participant to make available to the Administrative Agent such other Letter of Credit Participant’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of any such payment.

 

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(b)            The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 3.4 to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to Unpaid Drawings (including, in each case, interest thereon) shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower or any other Person may have or have had against the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including in its capacity as a Letter of Credit Participant), including any defense based upon the failure of any drawing under a Letter of Credit (each, a “Drawing”) to conform to the terms of such Letter of Credit or any non-application or misapplication by the beneficiary of the proceeds of such Drawing; provided that the Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer for any wrongful payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under the Letter of Credit issued by it as a result of acts or omissions constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Letter of Credit Issuer as determined in the final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

3.5            Increased Costs. If a Change in Law shall either (a) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against letters of credit issued by the Letter of Credit Issuer, or any Letter of Credit Participant’s Letter of Credit Participation therein or (b) impose on the Letter of Credit Issuer or any Letter of Credit Participant any other conditions affecting its obligations under this Agreement in respect of Letters of Credit or Letter of Credit Participations therein or any Letter of Credit or such Letter of Credit Participant’s Letter of Credit Participation therein, and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant of issuing, maintaining or participating in any Letter of Credit, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant hereunder (other than any such increase or reduction attributable to (i) taxes indemnifiable under Section 5.4, (ii) taxes described in clause (A), (B) or (C) of Section 5.4(a) or (iii) taxes described in Section 5.4(f)) in respect of Letters of Credit or Letter of Credit Participations therein, then, promptly after receipt of written demand to the Borrower by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which notice shall be sent by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant for such increased cost or reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that the Letter of Credit Issuer or a Letter of Credit Participant shall not be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Person’s compliance with, or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any such Applicable Law that would have existed in the event that a Change in Law had not occurred. A certificate submitted to the Borrower by the Letter of Credit Issuer or a Letter of Credit Participant, as the case may be (a copy of which certificate shall be sent by the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant to the Administrative Agent), setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the determination of such additional amount or amounts necessary to compensate the Letter of Credit Issuer or such Letter of Credit Participant as aforesaid shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower absent clearly demonstrable error. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer shall be entitled to seek compensation under this Section 3.5 based on the occurrence of a Change in Law arising solely from (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or any requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or (y) Basel III or any requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, unless such Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer is generally seeking compensation from other borrowers in the U.S. leveraged loan market with respect to its similarly affected commitments, loans and/or participations under agreements with such borrowers having provisions similar to this Section 3.5.

 

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3.6            New or Successor Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

(a)            Any Letter of Credit Issuer may resign as a Letter of Credit Issuer upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders and the Borrower. Subject to the terms of the following sentence, the Borrower may replace the Letter of Credit Issuer for any reason upon written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower may add Letter of Credit Issuers at any time upon notice to the Administrative Agent and with the agreement of such new Letter of Credit Issuer. If the Letter of Credit Issuer shall resign or be replaced, or if the Borrower shall decide to add a new Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement, then the Borrower may appoint a successor issuer of Letters of Credit or a new Letter of Credit Issuer, as the case may be, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor issuer shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the replaced or resigning Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, or such new issuer of Letters of Credit shall be granted the rights, powers and duties of a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, and the term “Letter of Credit Issuer” shall mean such successor or such new issuer of Letters of Credit effective upon such appointment. At the time such resignation or replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay to the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer all accrued and unpaid fees pursuant to Sections 4.1(b) and 4.1(d). The acceptance of any appointment as a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, whether as a successor issuer or new issuer of Letters of Credit in accordance with this Agreement, shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into by such new or successor issuer of Letters of Credit, in a form satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and, from and after the effective date of such agreement, such new or successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall become a “Letter of Credit Issuer” hereunder. After the resignation or replacement of a Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of a Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such resignation or replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit or amend or renew existing Letters of Credit. In connection with any resignation or replacement pursuant to this clause (a) (but, in case of any such resignation, only to the extent that a successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall have been appointed), either (i) the Borrower, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall arrange to have any outstanding Letters of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer replaced with Letters of Credit issued by the successor issuer of Letters of Credit or (ii) the Borrower shall cause the successor issuer of Letters of Credit, if such successor issuer is reasonably satisfactory to the replaced or resigning Letter of Credit Issuer, to issue “back-stop” Letters of Credit naming the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer as beneficiary for each outstanding Letter of Credit issued by the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer, which new Letters of Credit shall have a face amount equal to the Letters of Credit being back-stopped, and the sole requirement for drawing on such new Letters of Credit shall be a drawing on the corresponding back-stopped Letters of Credit. After any resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer’s resignation or replacement as Letter of Credit Issuer, the provisions of this Agreement relating to a Letter of Credit Issuer shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it (A) while it was a Letter of Credit Issuer under this Agreement or (B) at any time with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

(b)            To the extent that there are, at the time of any resignation or replacement as set forth in clause (a) above, any outstanding Letters of Credit, nothing herein shall be deemed to impact or impair any rights and obligations of any of the parties hereto with respect to such outstanding Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, any obligations related to the payment of fees or the reimbursement or funding of amounts drawn), except that the Borrower, the resigning or replaced Letter of Credit Issuer and the successor issuer of Letters of Credit shall have the obligations regarding outstanding Letters of Credit described in clause (a) above.

 

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3.7            Role of Letter of Credit Issuer. Each Revolving Credit Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Related Party of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates or any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Required Lenders or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, as applicable, (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Related Party of the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Affiliates or any correspondent, participant or assignee of the Letter of Credit Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in Section 3.3(d); provided that anything in such Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against the Letter of Credit Issuer, and the Letter of Credit Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower caused by the Letter of Credit Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence, as determined in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, or the Letter of Credit Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable order). In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Letter of Credit Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.

 

3.8            Cash Collateral.

 

(a)            If, as of the Letter of Credit Maturity Date, there are any Letter of Credit Obligations, the Borrower shall promptly (and in any event not later than the following Business Day) Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Obligations that for any reason remain outstanding. Section 2.16 and Section 5.2 set forth certain additional circumstances under which Cash Collateral may be, or is required to be, delivered hereunder.

 

(b)            If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders may require that the Letter of Credit Obligations be Cash Collateralized; provided that, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default referred to in Section 11.5, the Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize the Letters of Credit then outstanding and no notice or request by or consent from the Required Lenders shall be required.

 

(c)            For purposes of this Agreement, “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Letter of Credit Issuer collateral for the Letter of Credit Obligations cash or deposit account balances (“Cash Collateral”) in an amount equal to 102% of the amount of the Letter of Credit Obligations required to be Cash Collateralized pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Revolving Credit Lenders). Derivatives of such terms have corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Letter of Credit Participants, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Letter of Credit Participants, other than any Liens permitted under Section 10.2, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the amount required to be delivered as described above, the Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Collateral Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, interest bearing deposit accounts with the Collateral Agent.

 

(d)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under this Agreement in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific Letter of Credit Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein, any interest accrued on such obligation and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.

 

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(e)            Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce or secure any obligations herein shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable obligation giving rise thereto or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however that (x) any such release shall be without prejudice to, and any disbursement or other transfer of Cash Collateral shall be and remain subject to, any other Lien conferred under the Credit Documents and the other applicable provisions of the Credit Documents, and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the Letter of Credit Issuer may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support anticipated obligations.

 

3.9            [Reserved]

 

3.10          Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

 

3.11            Letters of Credit Issued for Restricted Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Restricted Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

3.12          Other.

 

(a)            The Letter of Credit Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

 

(i)            any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Letter of Credit Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any requirement of law applicable to the Letter of Credit Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Letter of Credit Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the Letter of Credit Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Letter of Credit Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the Letter of Credit Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the Letter of Credit Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

 

(ii)            the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the Letter of Credit Issuer;

 

(iii)           except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial Stated Amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $10,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;

 

(iv)           such Letter of Credit is denominated in a currency other than Dollars; or

 

(v)            such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the Stated Amount after any drawing thereunder.

 

(b)           The Letter of Credit Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the Letter of Credit Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.

 

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(c)            The Letter of Credit Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Section 12 with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the Letter of Credit Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Section 12 included the Letter of Credit Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

3.13            Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the UCP shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be responsible to the Borrower for, and the Letter of Credit Issuer’s rights and remedies against the Borrower shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of the Letter of Credit Issuer required or permitted under any Applicable Law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Applicable Law or any order of a jurisdiction where the Letter of Credit Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.

 

SECTION 4.      Fees; Commitment Reductions and Terminations.

 

4.1            Fees.

 

(a)            The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender (in each case pro rata according to the respective Revolving Credit Commitments of all such Revolving Credit Lenders) a commitment fee (the “Commitment Fee”) in Dollars that shall accrue daily from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Credit Termination Date. Each such Commitment Fee shall be payable (x) quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December (for the three-month period (or portion thereof) ended on such day for which no payment has been received) and (y) on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (for the period ended on such date for which no payment has been received pursuant to clause (x) above), and shall be computed for each day during such period at a rate per annum equal to the Commitment Fee Rate in effect on such day to be calculated based on the actual amount of the Available Revolving Credit Commitment (in each case, assuming for this purpose that there is no reference to Swingline Loans in clause (b)(i) of the definition of Available Revolving Credit Commitment) in effect on such day.

 

(b)            Without duplication, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Letter of Credit Issuer for its own account a fronting fee (the “Fronting Fee”) with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such Letter of Credit Issuer on the Borrower’s behalf, computed at the rate for each day for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to but excluding the termination or expiration date of such Letter of Credit equal to 0.125% per annum (or such other percentage per annum as may be agreed between the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer and the Borrower), times the actual daily Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit. The Fronting Fee shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

 

(c)            The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender, pro rata according to the Letter of Credit Exposure of such Lender, a fee in Dollars in respect of each Letter of Credit (the “Letter of Credit Fee”), for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to but excluding the termination or expiration date of such Letter of Credit, computed at the per annum rate for each day equal to (x) the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans then in effect for Revolving Credit Loans times (y) the actual daily Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit. Each Letter of Credit Fee shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date. If there is any change in the Applicable Margin during any quarter, the daily maximum amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Margin separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Margin was in effect.

 

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(d)            The Borrower agrees to pay directly to each Letter of Credit Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the Letter of Credit Issuer relating to Letters of Credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable within 10 Business Days after demand and are nonrefundable.

 

(e)            The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the administrative agency fees in the amounts and on the dates as set forth in the Fee Letter.

 

(f)            The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Initial Term Loan Lender on the Closing Date, an upfront fee equal to 0.50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Term Loans made on the Closing Date, which may be reflected as original issue discount. All such fees payable under this Section 4.1(f) shall be payable in full on the Closing Date.

 

4.2            Voluntary Reduction of Commitments.

 

(a)            Upon the prior written notice to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office (in which case the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each of the Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, without premium or penalty, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the Commitments of any Class, as determined by the Borrower, in whole or in part; provided that (a) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m., at least two Business Days prior to the proposed date of termination or reduction, (b) any such termination or reduction shall apply proportionately and permanently to reduce the Commitments of each of the Lenders within such Class, except that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) the Borrower may allocate any termination or reduction of Commitments among Classes of Commitments at its direction (including, for the avoidance of doubt, to the Commitments with respect to any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments without any termination or reduction of the Commitments with respect to any Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of the same Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitment Class) and (2) in connection with the establishment on any date of any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.15, the Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of any one or more Lenders providing any such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on such date shall be reduced in an amount equal to the amount of Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments so extended on such date (or, if agreed by the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, by any greater amount so long as (a) a proportionate reduction of the Specified Existing Revolving Credit Commitments has been offered to each Lender to whom the applicable Revolving Credit Extension Request has been made (which may be conditioned upon such Lender becoming an Extending Lender), and (b) the Borrower prepays the Existing Revolving Credit Loans of such Class owed to such Lenders providing such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to the extent necessary to ensure that, after giving pro forma effect to such repayment or reduction, the Existing Revolving Credit Loans of such Class are held by the Lenders of such Class on a pro rata basis in accordance with their Existing Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class after giving pro forma effect to such reduction) (provided that (x) after giving pro forma effect to any such reduction and to the repayment of any Loans made on such date, the aggregate amount of the revolving credit exposure of any such Lender does not exceed the Existing Revolving Credit Commitment thereof (such revolving credit exposure and Revolving Credit Commitment being determined in each case, for the avoidance of doubt, exclusive of such Lender’s Extended Revolving Credit Commitment and any exposure in respect thereof) and (y) for the avoidance of doubt, any such repayment of Loans contemplated by the preceding clause shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 5.3(a) with respect to the ratable allocation of payments hereunder, with such allocation being determined after giving pro forma effect to any conversion or exchange pursuant to Section 2.15 of Existing Revolving Credit Commitments and Existing Revolving Credit Loans into Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and Extended Revolving Credit Loans respectively, and prior to any reduction being made to the Commitment of any other Lender), (c) any partial reduction pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be in an aggregate amount of at least $1,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (d) after giving pro forma effect to such termination or reduction and to any prepayments of Loans or cancellation or Cash Collateralization of Letters of Credit made on the date thereof in accordance with this Agreement, the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ revolving credit exposures for such Class shall not exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment for such Class, (e) after giving pro forma effect to such termination or reduction and to any prepayments of Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans of any Class or cancellation or cash collateralization of letters of credit made on the date thereof in accordance with this Agreement, the aggregate amount of such Lenders’ revolving credit exposures for such Class shall not exceed the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment for such Class and the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ revolving credit exposure for all Classes shall not exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment for all Classes, and (f) if, after giving pro forma effect to any reduction hereunder, the Letter of Credit Commitment or the Swingline Commitment exceeds the sum of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and the Total Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment (if any), such Commitment shall be 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(b)            Upon at least one Business Day’s prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders), the Borrower shall have the right, on any day, permanently to terminate or reduce the Letter of Credit Sub-Commitment, in whole or in part; provided that, after giving pro forma effect to such termination or reduction, the Letter of Credit Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sub-Commitment.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 4.2(a), the Borrower may terminate the unused amount of the Commitment of a Defaulting Lender upon not less than two (2) Business Days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly notify the Lenders thereof), and in such event the provisions of Section 2.16(f) will apply to all amounts thereafter paid by the Borrower for the account of such Defaulting Lender under this Agreement (whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnity or other amounts); provided that such termination will not be deemed to be a waiver or release of any claim the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer, any Swingline Lender or any Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender.

 

4.3            Mandatory Termination of Commitments.

 

(a)            The Initial Term Loan Commitments described in clause (a) of the definition thereof shall terminate upon the occurrence of the Closing Date and the Initial Term Loan Commitments described in clause (b) of the definition thereof shall terminate upon the occurrence of the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date.

 

(b)            The Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall terminate at 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

 

(c)            The Swingline Commitments shall terminate at 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Swingline Maturity Date.

 

(d)            The Incremental Term Loan Commitment for any Class shall, unless otherwise provided in the documentation governing such Incremental Term Loan Commitment, terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Incremental Facility Closing Date for such Class.

 

(e)            The Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment for any Class shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the maturity date for such Class specified in the documentation governing such Class.

 

(f)            The Extended Loan/Commitment for any Extension Series shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the maturity date for such Class specified in the Extension Agreement.

 

SECTION 5.      Payments.

 

5.1            Voluntary Prepayments.

 

(a)            The Borrower shall have the right to prepay Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans, without, except as set forth in Section 5.1(b), premium or penalty, in whole or in part from time to time on the following terms and conditions: (1) the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office written notice of its intent to make such prepayment, the amount of such prepayment and in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made, which notice shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit O and be given by the Borrower no later than (x) 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of such prepayment (in the case of ABR Loans) (y) 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of such prepayment (in the case of Swingline Loans) or (z) 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) three Business Days prior to (in the case of Eurodollar Loans), and, in each case, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each of the relevant Lenders or the relevant Swingline Lender, as the case may be, (2) each partial prepayment of any Borrowing of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be in a multiple of $500,000 and in an aggregate principal amount of at least $1,000,000 and each partial prepayment of Swingline Loans shall be in a multiple of $100,000 and in an aggregate principal amount of at least $100,000; provided that no partial prepayment of Eurodollar Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing shall reduce the outstanding Eurodollar Loans made pursuant to such Borrowing to an amount less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount for Eurodollar Loans and (3) any prepayment of Eurodollar Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto shall be subject to compliance by the Borrower with the applicable provisions of Section 2.11. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Class(es) and Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid. Each prepayment in respect of any Class of Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be applied to reduce the Repayment Amounts in such order as the Borrower may determine and may be applied to any Class of Term Loans as directed by the Borrower. For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower may (i) prepay Term Loans of an Existing Term Loan Class pursuant to this Section 5.1 without any requirement to prepay Extended Term Loans that were converted or exchanged from such Existing Term Loan Class and (ii) prepay Extended Term Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 without any requirement to prepay Term Loans of an Existing Term Loan Class that were converted or exchanged for such Extended Term Loans. In the event that the Borrower does not specify the order in which to apply prepayments to reduce Repayment Amounts or as between Classes of Term Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected that such proceeds be applied to reduce the Repayment Amounts in direct order of maturity and/or a pro rata basis among Term Loan Classes. All prepayments under this Section 5.1 shall also be subject to the provisions of Sections 5.2(d) and 5.2(e). At the Borrower’s election in connection with any prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.1, such prepayment shall not be applied to any Loan of a Defaulting Lender.

 

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(b)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, at the time of the effectiveness of any Repricing Transaction (including any Incurrence of Incremental Term Loans pursuant to the proviso of Section 2.14(b) in respect of Initial Term Loans) that is consummated prior to the six-month anniversary of the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each Lender with outstanding Initial Term Loans, a fee in an amount equal to 1.0% of (x) in the case of a Repricing Transaction of the type described in clause (a) of the definition thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all Initial Term Loans prepaid (or converted or exchanged) in connection with such Repricing Transaction and (y) in the case of a Repricing Transaction described in clause (b) of the definition thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all Initial Term Loans outstanding on such date that are subject to an effective pricing reduction pursuant to such Repricing Transaction. Such fees shall be due and payable upon the date of the effectiveness of such Repricing Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, on and after the date that is six months following the the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, no fee shall be payable pursuant to this Section 5.1(b).

 

5.2            Mandatory Prepayments.

 

(a)            Term Loan Prepayments.

 

(i)            On each occasion that a Prepayment Event occurs, the Borrower shall, within five Business Day after the receipt of Net Cash Proceeds from a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event and within thirty days after the receipt of Net Cash Proceeds in connection with the occurrence of any other Prepayment Event, offer to prepay (or, in the case of a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event arising from (A) the Incurrence of Incremental Term Loans in reliance on clause (x) of the proviso to Section 2.14(b), (B) the Incurrence of Permitted Additional Debt in reliance on clause (x) of Section 10.1(u)(i) or (C) to the extent relating to Term Loans, the Incurrence of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (any of the foregoing, a “Specified Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event”), prepay), in accordance with Sections 5.2(c) and 5.2(d) below, without premium or penalty, a principal amount of Term Loans in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such Prepayment Event; provided that, in the case of Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or a Recovery Prepayment Event, the Borrower may use cash in an amount not to exceed the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds to prepay, redeem, defease, acquire, repurchase or make a similar payment to any Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt or any Permitted Additional Debt secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks equal in priority to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies), in each case the documentation with respect to which requires the issuer or borrower under such Indebtedness to prepay or make an offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or satisfy and discharge such Indebtedness with the proceeds of such Prepayment Event, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (1) the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds multiplied by (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of the Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt and Permitted Additional Debt secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks equal in priority to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) and with respect to which such a requirement to prepay or make an offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or satisfy and discharge exists and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt and Permitted Additional Debt and the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans; provided that in the case of Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or a Recovery Prepayment Event, (A) the percentage in this Section 5.2(a)(i) shall be reduced to 50.0% if the Borrower’s Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date the Net Cash Proceeds are required to be offered, is less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 but greater than 4.00 to 1.00 and (B) no payment of any Term Loans shall be required under this Section 5.2(a)(i) if the Borrower’s Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date the Net Cash Proceeds are required to be offered, is less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00.

 

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(ii)            Not later than the date that is ten Business Days following the date Section 9.1 Financials are required to be delivered under Section 9.1(a) (commencing with the Section 9.1 Financials to be delivered with respect to the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017), the Borrower shall offer to prepay, in accordance with Sections 5.2(c) and 5.2(d) below, without premium or penalty, an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans equal to (x) 50.0% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year minus (y) at the Borrower’s option, the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1, the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans and other revolving loans that are effective in reliance on Section 10.1(a) or Section 10.1(u) voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1 to the extent accompanied by a permanent reduction of such Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or other revolving commitments, as applicable, in an equal amount pursuant to Section 4.2 (or equivalent provision governing such revolving credit facility) and the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid by any Purchasing Borrower Party (other than Holdings) to effect any assignment to it of Term Loans pursuant to Section 13.6(g), but only to the extent that such Term Loans (x) have been acquired pursuant to an offer made to all Lenders within any Class of Term Loans on a pro rata basis (in which case, the applicable reduction to the required Excess Cash Flow payment shall be for the amounts owing to such Class only) and (y) have been cancelled, but excluding the aggregate principal amount of any such voluntary prepayments and any such assignments made with the proceeds of Incurrences of long-term Indebtedness or issuances of Capital Stock), in each case during such fiscal year or after year-end and prior to the time such prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.2(a)(ii) is due; provided that, in the case that Excess Cash Flow is required to be offered to prepay any Term Loans, the Borrower may use cash in an amount not to exceed the amount of such Excess Cash Flow required to be offered to prepay the Term Loans to prepay, redeem, defease, acquire, repurchase or make a similar payment to any Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt or any Permitted Additional Debt secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks equal in priority to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to the control of remedies), in each case the documentation with respect to which requires the issuer or borrower under such Indebtedness to prepay or make an offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or satisfy and discharge such Indebtedness with a percentage of Excess Cash Flow, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (1) the amount of such Excess Cash Flow required to be offered to prepay the Term Loans multiplied by (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of the Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt and Permitted Additional Debt secured by a Lien on the Collateral that ranks equal in priority to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) and with respect to which such a requirement to prepay or make an offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or satisfy and discharge exists and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Permitted Equal Priority Refinancing Debt and Permitted Additional Debt and the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans; provided that (A) the percentage in this Section 5.2(a)(ii) shall be reduced to 25% if the Borrower’s Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for the fiscal year ended prior to such prepayment date is less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 but greater than 4.00 to 1.00 and (B) no payment of any Term Loans shall be required under this Section 5.2(a)(ii) if the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for the fiscal year ended prior to such prepayment date is less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00. Any prepayment amounts credited pursuant to subclause (y) above against such amount in subclause (x) above shall be without duplication of any such credit in any prior or subsequent fiscal year.

 

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(b)            Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans. If, on any date, the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures in respect of any Class of Revolving Credit Loans for any reason exceeds 100% of the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class then in effect, the Borrower shall forthwith repay on such date the principal amount of Swingline Loans of such Class, and after all such Swingline Loans have been paid in full, the Revolving Credit Loans of such Class in an amount equal to such excess. If, after giving pro forma effect to the prepayment of all outstanding Swingline Loans and Revolving Credit Loans of such Class, the Revolving Credit Exposures of such Class exceeds the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Class then in effect, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the Letters of Credit outstanding in relation to such Class to the extent of such excess.

 

(c)            Application to Repayment Amounts.

 

(i)            Subject to clause (ii) of this Section 5.2(c), the first proviso to Section 5.2(a)(i) and the first proviso to Section 5.2(a)(ii), (A) each prepayment of Term Loans required by Sections 5.2(a)(i) and (ii) (other than in connection with a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event) shall be allocated to the Classes of Term Loans outstanding, pro rata, based upon the applicable remaining Repayment Amounts due in respect of each such Class of Term Loans (excluding any Class of Term Loans that has agreed to receive a less than pro rata share of any such mandatory prepayment and taking into account any reduction in the amount of any required Excess Cash Flow payment to any Class of Term Loans that have been the subject of a Section 13.6(g) transaction that was offered to all Lenders within such Class), shall be applied pro rata to Lenders within each Class, based upon the outstanding principal amounts owing to each such Lender under each such Class of Term Loans and shall be applied to reduce such scheduled Repayment Amounts within each such Class in accordance with Section 5.2(d)(ii) and (B) each prepayment of Term Loans required by Section 5.2(a)(i) in connection with a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event shall be allocated to any Class of Term Loans outstanding as directed by the Borrower (subject to the requirement that the proceeds of any Specified Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event shall in all cases be applied to prepay or repay the applicable Refinanced Indebtedness), shall be applied pro rata to Lenders within each such Class, based upon the outstanding principal amounts owing to each such Lender under each such Class of Term Loans and shall be applied to reduce such scheduled Repayment Amounts within each such Class in accordance with Section 5.2(d)(ii); provided that, with respect to the allocation of such prepayments under clause (A) above only, between an Existing Term Loan Class and Extended Term Loans of the same Extension Series, the Borrower may allocate such prepayments as the Borrower may specify, subject to the limitation that the Borrower shall not allocate to Extended Term Loans of any Extension Series any such mandatory prepayment under such clause (A) unless such prepayment is accompanied by at least a pro rata prepayment, based upon the applicable remaining Repayment Amounts due in respect thereof, of the Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class, if any, from which such Extended Term Loans were converted or exchanged (or such Term Loans of the Existing Term Loan Class have otherwise been repaid in full).

 

(ii)            With respect to each such prepayment required by Section 5.2(a)(i) and Section 5.2(a)(ii) (other than any Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event), (A) the Borrower will, not later than the date specified in Section 5.2(a) for offering to make such prepayment, give the Administrative Agent, written notice requesting that the Administrative Agent provide notice of such prepayment to each Lender and the Administrative Agent will promptly provide such notice to each Lender, (B) other than if such prepayment arises due to a Specified Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, each Lender of Term Loans will have the right to refuse any such prepayment by giving written notice of such refusal to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower within three Business Days after such Lender’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent of such prepayment, and to the extent any such prepayment is so refused, such amounts may be retained by the Borrower (the “Retained Refused Proceeds”) and (C) the Borrower will make all such prepayments not so refused upon the tenth Business Day after the Lender received first notice of repayment from the Administrative Agent.

 

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(d)            Application to Term Loans.

 

(i)            With respect to each prepayment of Term Loans elected by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.1 or pursuant to a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, such prepayments shall be applied to reduce Repayment Amounts in such order as the Borrower may specify (or, if not specified, in direct order of maturity) and 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 a manner that minimizes the amount of payments required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11.

 

(ii)            With respect to each prepayment of Term Loans by the Borrower required pursuant to Section 5.2(a); other than in respect of a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event, such prepayments shall be applied to reduce Repayment Amounts in direct order of maturity and on a pro rata basis to the then outstanding Term Loans (other than any Class of Term Loans that has agreed to receive a less than pro rata share of any such mandatory prepayment) being prepaid irrespective of whether such outstanding Term Loans are ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans; provided that, if no Lender exercises the right to waive a given mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(c)(ii), then, with respect to such mandatory prepayment, the amount of such mandatory prepayment shall be applied first to Term Loans that are ABR Loans to the full extent thereof before application to Term Loans that are Eurodollar Loans in a manner that minimizes the amount of any payments required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11.

 

(e)            Application to Revolving Credit Loans; Mandatory Commitment Reduction.

 

(i)            With respect to each prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans elected by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.1 or required by Section 5.2(b), the Borrower may designate (i) the Class and Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which such Loans were made and (ii) the Class of Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans to be prepaid; provided that (x) Eurodollar Loans may be designated for prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.2 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; (y) each prepayment of any Loans made pursuant to a Borrowing shall be applied pro rata among such Loans of such Class (except that any prepayment made in connection with a reduction of the Commitments of such Class pursuant to Section 4.2 shall be applied pro rata based on the amount of the reduction in the Commitments of such Class of each applicable Lender); and (z) notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding clause (y), at the option of the Borrower, no prepayment made pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 5.2(b) of Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans of any Class shall be applied to the Loans of any Defaulting Lender. 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 a manner that minimizes the amount of any payments required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11.

 

(ii)            With respect to each mandatory reduction and termination of Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (and any previously extended Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) required by either clause (i) or (ii) of the proviso to Section 2.14(b), by Section 10.1(u)(i) or in connection with the Incurrence of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance any Revolving Credit Commitments, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower may designate (A) the Classes of Commitments to be reduced and terminated and (B) the corresponding Classes of Loans to be prepaid; provided that (x) any such reduction and termination shall apply proportionately and permanently to reduce the Commitments of each of the Lenders within any such Class and (y) after giving pro forma effect to such termination or reduction and to any prepayments of Loans or cancellation or cash collateralization of letters of credit made on the date of each such reduction and termination in accordance with this Agreement, the aggregate amount of such Lenders’ credit exposures shall not exceed the remaining Commitments of such Lenders’ in respect of the Class reduced and terminated. In connection with any such termination or reduction, to the extent necessary, the participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans may be required to be reallocated and related loans outstanding prepaid and then reborrowed, in each case in the manner contemplated by Section 2.14(f)(ii) (as modified to account for a termination or reduction, as opposed to an increase, of such Commitment).

 

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(f)            Eurodollar Interest Periods. In lieu of making any payment pursuant to this Section 5.2 in respect of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period thereof, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower at its option may deposit with the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the amount of the Eurodollar Loan to be prepaid and such Eurodollar Loan shall be repaid on the last day of the Interest Period therefor in the required amount. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent in a corporate time deposit account established on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, earning interest at the then-customary rate for accounts of such type. Such deposit shall constitute cash collateral for the Obligations; provided that the Borrower may at any time direct that such deposit be applied to make the applicable payment required pursuant to this Section 5.2.

 

(g)            Minimum Amount.

 

(i)            No prepayment shall be required pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) (except to the extent such prepayment arises due to a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event) unless and until the amount at any time of Net Cash Proceeds from Prepayment Events required to be offered at or prior to such time pursuant to such Section and not yet offered at or prior to such time to prepay Term Loans pursuant to such Section exceeds (i) $20,000,000 for any single Prepayment Event or series of related Prepayment Events and (ii) $40,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Prepayment Events in any fiscal year, at which time the amount in excess of $20,000,000 or $40,000,000, as the case may be, will be offered to be prepaid as provided in Section 5.2(a)(i), with the date of receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds being deemed for such purpose to be the date such thresholds set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (g) are met.

 

(ii)            No prepayment shall be required pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(ii) unless and until the amount of Excess Cash Flow required to be offered to prepay Term Loans for a fiscal year pursuant to such Section exceeds $10,000,000, at which time the amount in excess of $10,000,000, will be offered to be prepaid as provided in Section 5.2(a)(ii).

 

(h)            Non-Credit Party Asset Sales. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 5.2(h), (i) to the extent that any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any asset sale by a Non-Credit Party giving rise to an Asset Sale Prepayment Event (a “Non-Credit Party Asset Sale”), the Net Cash Proceeds of any Recovery Event from a Non-Credit Party (a “Non-Credit Party Recovery Event”) or Excess Cash Flow, are prohibited, delayed or restricted by applicable local law, rule or regulation from being repatriated to the United States or from being distributed to a Credit Party, the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 5.2(h) but may be retained by the applicable Non-Credit Party so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law, rule or regulation will not permit repatriation to the United States or distribution to a Credit Party (the Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Non-Credit Party to promptly take all commercially reasonable actions required by the applicable local law, rule or regulation to permit such repatriation or distribution), and once such repatriation or distribution of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law, rule or regulation, such repatriation or distribution will be immediately effected and such repatriated or distributed Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly (and in any event not later than two Business Days after such repatriation or distribution) applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the repayment of the Term Loans (and, if applicable, such other Indebtedness as is contemplated by this Section 5.2(h)) pursuant to this Section 5.2(h) and (ii) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Non-Credit Party Asset Sale, any Non-Credit Party Recovery Event or Excess Cash Flow would have a material adverse tax cost consequence with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow (but only for so long as such material adverse tax cost consequence exists), the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Non-Credit Party; provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), on or before the date on which any Net Cash Proceeds from any Non-Credit Party Asset Sale or Non-Credit Party Recovery Event so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to Section 5.2(a) (or, in the case of Excess Cash Flow, a date on or before the date that is six months after the date such Excess Cash Flow would have been so required to be applied to prepayments pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(ii) unless previously repatriated in which case such repatriated Excess Cash Flow shall have been promptly applied to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a)), (x) the Borrower applies an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Borrower rather than such Non-Credit Party, less the amount of additional taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Non-Credit Party) or (y) such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow are applied to the repayment of Indebtedness of a Non-Credit Party.

 

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5.3            Method and Place of Payment.

 

(a)            All payments under this Agreement shall be made by the Borrower, without set-off, counterclaim or deduction of any kind. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, all payments by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be made in Dollars to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the applicable Lenders entitled thereto, the applicable Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender (except to the extent payments are to be made directly to such Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender), as the case may be, not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date when due and shall be made in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office it being understood that written or facsimile notice by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent to make a payment from the funds in the Borrower’s account at the Administrative Agent’s Office shall constitute the making of such payment to the extent of such funds held in such account. 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 City time) on such day and, if not, on the next Business Day in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion) like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or Fees ratably to the Lenders entitled thereto or to the Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, as applicable.

 

(b)            For purposes of computing interest or fees, any payments under this Agreement that are made later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion (and the Administrative Agent may extend such deadline in its discretion whether or not such payments are in process). Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, 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 be payable during such extension at the applicable rate in effect immediately prior to such extension.

 

5.4            Net Payments.

 

(a)            Except as required by law, 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 income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority (including any interest, additions to tax and penalties) (collectively, “Taxes”) excluding in the case of each Lender and each Agent and except as otherwise provided in Section 5.4(f), (A) net income Taxes and franchise Taxes (imposed in lieu of net income Taxes) imposed on such Agent or such Lender as a result of (i) such Agent or such Lender having been organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax or (ii) a present or former connection between such Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising from such Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, or engaged in any other transactions pursuant to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document), (B) any branch profits Taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar Tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (A) and (C) any U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed pursuant to FATCA (collectively, “Excluded Taxes”). If any such non-Excluded Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party under Credit Documents (“Non-Excluded Taxes”) are required to be withheld by a Withholding Agent from any amounts payable under this Agreement or any other Credit Document, the applicable Credit Party 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 those applicable to any amounts payable under this Section 5.4) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in such Credit Document. Whenever any withholding Taxes are payable by any Credit Party in respect of amounts payable under any Credit Document, promptly thereafter, the applicable Credit Party shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of such Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt, if available (or other evidence acceptable to such Lender, acting reasonably) received by the applicable Credit Party showing payment thereof. The agreements in this Section 5.4 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

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(b)            In addition, each Credit Party shall pay any present or future stamp, documentary, filing, mortgage, recording, property or similar intangible taxes, charges or levies that arise from any payment made by such Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Documents or from the execution, delivery or registration or recordation of, performance under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, except any taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between an assignee and the jurisdiction imposing such tax (other than a connection arising solely from an assignee having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any transaction pursuant to, or enforced this Agreement) with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment requested by a Credit Party pursuant to Section 2.12) (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).

 

(c)            (i) Subject to Section 5.4(f), the Credit Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Lender and each Agent for and hold them harmless against the full amount of Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes, and for the full amount of Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes payable, imposed or asserted (whether or not correctly or legally asserted) by any jurisdiction on any additional amounts or indemnities payable under this Section 5.4, imposed on or paid by such Lender or such Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (including penalties, additions to tax, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto; provided that if any claim pursuant to this Section 5.4(e)(i) is made later than 180 days after the date on which the relevant Lender or Agent had actual knowledge of the relevant Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes, then the Credit Parties shall not be required to indemnify the applicable Lender or Agent for any penalties which accrue in respect of such Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes after the 180th day. This indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the date such Lender or such Agent (as the case may be) makes written demand therefor.

 

(ii)            Each Lender shall, and does hereby, severally indemnify, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, (x) the Administrative Agent against any Non-Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Credit Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Non-Excluded Taxes and without limiting the obligation of Credit Parties to do so), (y) the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties, as applicable, against any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 13.6(d)(ii) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties, as applicable, against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent or the Credit Parties in connection with any Credit Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Credit Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii).

 

(d)            Each Lender shall, at such times as are reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, provide the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with any documentation prescribed by any Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (A) as will permit such payments to be made without, or at a reduced rate of, withholding or (B) as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Each such Lender shall, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders such documentation obsolete, expired or inaccurate in any material respect, deliver promptly to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent updated or other appropriate documentation (including any new documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of its inability to do so. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Sections 5.4(d)(i), 5.4(e) and 5.4(g) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender. Without limiting the foregoing to the extent permitted by law, each Lender that is not a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “Non-U.S. Lender”) shall:

 

 

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(i)             deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) two originals of either (w) 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 or W-8BEN-E (together with a certificate representing that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(A) 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) substantially in the form of Exhibit L (a “United States Tax Compliance Certificate”)), (x) United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or Form W-8ECI, (y) to the extent a Non-U.S. Lender is not the Beneficial Owner (for example, where the Non-U.S. Lender is a partnership or a participating Lender), United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor forms) of the Non-U.S. Lender, accompanied by a Form W-8ECI, W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, United States Tax Compliance Certificate, Form W-9, Form W-8IMY or any other required information from each Beneficial Owner, as applicable (provided that, if one or more Beneficial Owners are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, the United States Tax Compliance Certificate may be provided by such Non-U.S. Lender on behalf of such Beneficial Owner), or (z) two properly completed and duly signed original copies of any other form prescribed by applicable U.S. federal income Tax laws (including the United States Treasury Regulations) as a basis for claiming a complete exemption from, or a reduction in, U.S. federal withholding Tax on any payments to such Lender under the Credit Documents, 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; and

 

(ii)            deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two further originals of any such form or certification (or any applicable successor form) on or before the date that any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate and promptly after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by it to the Borrower;

 

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. Each Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered form or certification to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent.

 

(e)           If a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement or any other Credit Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Withholding Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent as may be necessary for the Withholding Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 5.4(e), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

(f)           No Credit Party shall be required to indemnify any Lender or Agent pursuant to Section 5.4(c), or to pay any additional amounts to any Lender or Agent pursuant to Section 5.4(a) in respect of (i) U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under any law in effect on the date such Lender acquired its interest in the applicable Loan, Commitment or Letter of Credit or changed its lending office; provided, however, that this Section 5.4(f) shall not apply to the extent that (x) the indemnity payments or additional amounts any Lender would be entitled to receive (without regard to this clause (i)) do not exceed the indemnity payment or additional amounts that the person making the assignment or change in lending office would have been entitled to receive immediately prior to such assignment or change in lending office, or (y) such assignment had been requested by a Credit Party or (ii) Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 5.4(d), 5.4(e) or 5.4(g).

  

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(g)           Each Lender that is organized in the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia shall (A) on or prior to the date such Lender becomes a Lender hereunder, (B) on or prior to the date on which any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, (C) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certification previously delivered by it pursuant to this Section 5.4(g) and (D) from time to time if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a participant, the relevant Lender), provide the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or, in the case of a participant, the relevant Lender) with two duly completed and signed originals of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (certifying that such Lender is entitled to an exemption from U.S. backup withholding tax) or any successor form.

 

(h)           If any Lender or the Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of a Non-Excluded Tax or Other Taxes for which a payment has been made by a Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement, which refund in the good-faith judgment of such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, is attributable to such payment made by such Credit Party, then such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall reimburse the Credit Party for such amount (together with any interest received thereon) as such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, reasonably determines to be the proportion of the refund as will leave it, after such reimbursement, in no better or worse position than it would have been in if the payment had not been required; provided that the Credit Party, upon the request of such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Credit Party (with interest and penalties) in the event such Lender or the Administrative Agent is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Neither any Lender nor the Administrative Agent shall be obliged to disclose any information regarding its tax affairs or computations to any Credit Party in connection with this paragraph (h) or any other provision of this Section 5.4; provided, further, that nothing in this Section 5.4 shall obligate any Lender (or Transferee) or the Administrative Agent to apply for any refund.

 

(i)            For purpose of this Section 5.4, the term “Lender” shall include any Swingline Lender and any Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

5.5           Computations of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest and of fees shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days and, in the case of ABR Loans, 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, in each case for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last) occurring in the period for which such interest and fees are payable.

 

5.6           Limit on Rate of Interest.

 

(a)           No Payment Shall Exceed Lawful Rate. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be obliged to pay any interest or other amounts under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document in excess of the amount or rate permitted under or consistent with any Applicable Law.

 

(b)           Payment at Highest Lawful Rate. If the Borrower is not obliged to make a payment which it would otherwise be required to make, as a result of Section 5.6(a), the Borrower shall make such payment to the maximum extent permitted by or consistent with Applicable Law.

 

(c)           Adjustment if Any Payment Exceeds Lawful Rate. If any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents would obligate the Borrower to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to any Lender in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by any Applicable Law, or would result in receipt by an Agent or Lender of interest at a rate prohibited by any Applicable Law, then notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by Applicable Law (in the case of the Borrower), such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, as follows:

 

 

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(i)             firstly, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid by the Borrower to the affected Lender under Section 2.8; and

 

(ii)            thereafter, by reducing any fees, commissions, premiums and other amounts required to be paid by the Borrower to the affected Lender.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, and after giving pro forma effect to all adjustments contemplated thereby, if any Lender shall have received from the Borrower an amount in excess of the maximum permitted by any Applicable Law, then the Borrower shall be entitled, by notice in writing to the Administrative Agent, to obtain reimbursement from such Lender in an amount equal to such excess, and pending such reimbursement, such amount shall be deemed to be an amount payable by such Lender to the Borrower.

 

SECTION 6.          Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Event. The occurrence of the initial Credit Event is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

 

6.1           Credit Documents. The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by an Authorized Officer of the signing Credit Party:

 

(a)            this Agreement, executed and delivered by (i) an Authorized Officer of each of Holdings, the Borrower and each Person that is a Co-Obligor on the Closing Date, (ii) each Agent, (iii) each Lender, (ivthe Swingline Lender and (v) each Letter of Credit Issuer;

 

(b)            the Guarantee, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of each Person that is a Guarantor as of the Closing Date;

 

(c)            the Security Agreement, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and each other grantor party thereto as of the Closing Date;

 

(d)            the Pledge Agreement, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower and each other pledgor party thereto; and

 

(e)            such certificates of good standing (to the extent such concept exists) from the applicable secretary of state or other relevant Governmental Authority of the jurisdiction of organization of each Credit Party.

 

6.2            Collateral.

 

(a)            All Capital Stock of the Borrower and all Capital Stock of each wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower directly owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case as of the Closing Date, shall have been pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement (except that such Credit Parties shall not be required to pledge any Excluded Capital Stock) and the Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates, if any, (except as permitted by Section 9.17) representing such securities pledged under the Pledge Agreement, accompanied by instruments of transfer and undated stock powers endorsed in blank.

 

(b)            (i) Except with respect to intercompany Indebtedness, all evidences of Indebtedness for borrowed money in a principal amount in excess of $10,000,000 (individually) that is owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be evidenced by a promissory note and shall have been pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and the Collateral Agent shall have received all such promissory notes, together with undated instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank.

 

(ii)            All Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary on the Closing Date that is owing to any Credit Party shall be evidenced by the Intercompany Note, which shall be executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary on the Closing Date and shall have been pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and the Collateral Agent shall have received such Intercompany Note, together with undated instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank; provided, however, that, if the Intercompany Note cannot be delivered to the Collateral Agent on or prior to the Closing Date notwithstanding the Borrower’s use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so, delivery thereof shall not be a condition to closing, and in such case the Borrower agrees to deliver same to the Collateral Agent not later than 90 days following the Closing Date (or such later date as the Collateral Agent shall agree in its discretion).

 

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(c)            All documents and instruments, including UCC or other applicable personal property security financing statements and Intellectual Property Security Agreements (as defined in the Security Agreement), required by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents on the Collateral owned by the Borrower and the Guarantors and perfect such Liens in the United States to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent in appropriate form for filing, registration or recording under the UCC and with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable.

 

(d)           The Collateral Agent shall have received a completed Perfection Certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated thereby.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, to the extent any security interest in any Collateral is not or cannot be provided and/or perfected on the Closing Date (other than the pledge and perfection of the security interests (i) in the certificated Capital Stock, if any, of the Borrower and any wholly owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary (to the extent required by Section 6.2(a)) and (ii) in other assets pursuant to which a security interest may be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the UCC) after the Borrower’s use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so or without undue burden or expense, then the provision and/or perfection of a security interest in such Collateral shall not constitute a condition to the initial Credit Event to occur on the Closing Date and the Borrower agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered such documents and instruments, and take or cause to be taken such other actions as may be required to provide and/or perfect such security interests, with respect to any certificated Capital Stock of the Target or any wholly owned material U.S. restricted subsidiary of the Target not delivered on the Closing Date, on or prior to the date that is 5 Business Days after the Closing date, and with respect to any other such Collateral, on or prior to the date that is 90 days after the Closing Date or, in each case, such longer period of time as may be mutually agreed by the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, each acting reasonably.

 

6.3           Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the executed legal opinions of (i) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel to Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) Davis & Kuelthau, s.c., Wisconsin counsel to Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

6.4           Structure and Terms of the Transaction; No Material Adverse Effect.

 

(a)           The Merger shall have been consummated, or shall be consummated substantially simultaneously with, the initial Credit Event hereunder to occur on the Closing Date, in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, after giving effect to any modifications, amendments, supplements, consents, waivers or requests, other than those modifications, amendments, supplements, consents, waivers or requests (including the effects of any such requests) by Polaris Parent (and/or its affiliates) that are materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders or the Joint Bookrunners, unless consented to in writing by the Joint Bookrunners (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

(b)           The Equity Contribution shall have been made, or shall be made substantially simultaneously with, the initial Credit Event hereunder to occur on the Closing Date, in at least the amount set forth in the third recital to this Agreement.

 

(c)           The Existing Debt Refinancing shall have been consummated, or shall be consummated substantially simultaneously with, the initial Credit Event hereunder to occur on the Closing Date.

  

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(d)           Since the date of the Merger Agreement, no Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Merger Agreement) shall have occurred.

 

6.5           Closing Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of each Person that is a Credit Party as of the Closing Date, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit F, with appropriate insertions, executed by two Authorized Officers (only one of which may be the Secretary or Assistant Secretary) of such Credit Party, and attaching the documents referred to in Sections 6.6 and 6.7.

 

6.6           Corporate Proceedings. The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of the resolutions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the Board of Directors or other governing body, as applicable, of each Person that is a Credit Party as of the Closing Date (or a duly authorized committee thereof) authorizing (a) the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents (and any agreements relating thereto) to which it is a party and (b) in the case of the Borrower, the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder.

 

6.7           Corporate Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received true and complete copies of the Organizational Documents of each Person that is a Credit Party as of the Closing Date.

 

6.8           Solvency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the chief financial officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit K.

 

6.9           Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent and the Joint Bookrunners shall have received the Historical Financial Statements and the Pro Forma Financial Statements.

 

6.10          PATRIOT ACT. The Administrative Agent and the Joint Bookrunners shall have received, at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation and other information about the Borrower and the Guarantors that shall have been reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Joint Bookrunners in writing at least 10 Business Days prior to the Closing Date and that the Administrative Agent and the Joint Bookrunners reasonably determine is required by United States regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the PATRIOT ACT.

 

6.11         Fees and Expenses. All fees required to be paid on the Closing Date pursuant to the Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses required to be paid on the Closing Date pursuant to the Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter, with respect to expenses to the extent invoiced at least three business days prior to the Closing Date, shall, upon the initial borrowings under the Credit Facilities, have been, or will be substantially simultaneously, paid.

 

6.12         Specified Representations. The Specified Representations and the Specified Merger Agreement Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date (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, with respect to the Specified Representations made on the Closing Date, to the extent that such representations are qualified by “Material Adverse Effect”, the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” applicable to such qualifications shall be the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” set forth in the Merger Agreement and not the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” set forth in this Agreement.

 

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 12.3, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 6, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

  

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SECTION 7.           Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events.

 

7.1           No Default; Representations and Warranties. The agreement of each Lender to make any Loan requested to be made by it on any date (excluding Mandatory Borrowings and Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(ii) or pursuant to Section 3.4(a) which shall each be made without regard to the satisfaction of the condition set forth in this Section 7 and excluding borrowings made pursuant to Section 2.14, Section 2.15 and/or Section 2.17, which may be subject to different conditions precedent and representations, but only if so agreed by the Borrower and the applicable Lenders) and the obligation of the Letter of Credit Issuer to issue, amend, extend or renew Letters of Credit on any date is subject to the satisfaction of the condition precedent that at the time of each such Credit Event and also after giving effect thereto (a) except in the case of the initial Credit Event to occur on the Closing Date, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of and after giving effect to such Credit Event and (b) except in the case of the initial Credit Event to occur on the Closing Date, all representations and warranties made by any Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such Credit Event (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, and except where such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects). The acceptance of the benefits of each such Credit Event shall constitute a representation and warranty by each Credit Party to each of the Lenders that the conditions contained in this Section 7.1 have been met as of such date.

 

7.2           Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request.

 

(a)           Prior to the making of each Term Loan, each Revolving Credit Loan (other than any Revolving Credit Loan made pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(ii) or pursuant to Section 3.4(a)), each Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loan and each Extended Revolving Credit Loan and each Swingline Loan, the Administrative Agent shall have received a written Notice of Borrowing meeting the requirements of Section 2.3.

 

(b)           Prior to the issuance of each Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall have received a Letter of Credit Request meeting the requirements of Section 3.2(a).

 

SECTION 8.           Representations, Warranties and Agreements. In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement, make the Loans and issue, renew, amend, extend or participate in Letters of Credit as provided for herein, each of Holdings (solely with respect to the representations and warranties applicable to it) and the Borrower makes the following representations and warranties to, and agreements with, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer, all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of the Loans and the issuance, renewal, amendment or extension of the Letters of Credit:

 

8.1            Corporate Status. Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary (a) is a duly organized and validly existing corporation or other entity and, to the extent such concept is applicable in the corresponding jurisdiction, is 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 is required to be so qualified, except, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.2            Corporate Power and Authority; Enforceability. 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 each Credit Document to which it is a party and each such Credit Document constitutes 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, 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). Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries (a) is in compliance with all Applicable Laws and (b) has all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to operate its business as currently conducted except, in each case to the extent that failure to be in compliance therewith or to have all such licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

  

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8.3           No Violation. 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 hereof and thereof will not (a) contravene any material applicable provision of any material Applicable Law of any Governmental Authority, (b) result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or give rise to any right to accelerate or to require the prepayment, repurchase or redemption of any obligation 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 of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under the Credit Documents) pursuant to, the terms of any indenture, loan agreement, lease agreement, mortgage or deed of trust or any other Contractual Obligation to which Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which they or any of their property or assets is bound, except, in the case of either of clause (a) or (b), to the extent that any such conflict, breach, contravention, default, creation or imposition would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (c) violate any provision of the Organizational Documents of Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

8.4            Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 8.4, there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings (including Environmental Claims) pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened, in either case with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries that (a) involve any of the Credit Documents or (b) would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.5           Margin Regulations. Neither the making of any Loan hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate the provisions of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board.

 

8.6           Governmental Approvals. No order, consent, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, any Governmental Authority is required to authorize or is required in connection with (a) the execution, delivery and performance of any Credit Document or (b) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any Credit Document, except, in the case of either clause (a) or (b), (i) such orders, consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations, validations, filings, recordings, registrations or exemptions as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings and recordings in respect of Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents and (iii) such orders, consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations, validations, filings, recordings, registrations or exemptions to the extent that failure to so receive would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.7           Investment Company Act. None of the Credit Parties is an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

8.8           True and Complete Disclosure.

 

(a)            None of the written factual information or written factual data (taken as a whole) heretofore or contemporaneously furnished by Holdings, the Borrower, any of its respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective authorized representatives in writing to any Agent or any Lender on or before the Closing Date (including all such information contained in the Confidential Information Memorandum (and all information incorporated by reference therein) and in the Credit Documents) for purposes of, or in connection with, this Agreement or any transaction contemplated herein contained any untrue statement of material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make such information and data (taken as a whole) not materially misleading at such time (after giving effect to all supplements so furnished from time to time) in light of the circumstances under which such information or data was furnished; it being understood and agreed that for purposes of this Section 8.8(a), such factual information and data shall not include projections (including financial estimates, forecasts and other forward-looking information), pro forma financial information or information of a general economic or industry specific nature.

  

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(b)           The projections contained in the information and data referred to in Section 8.8(a) were prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by Holdings and the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made; it being recognized by the Agents and the Lenders that such projections are as to future events and are not to be viewed as facts, the projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, that no assurance can be given that any particular projections will be realized and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results and such differences may be material.

 

8.9           Financial Statements.

 

(a)           The Historical Financial Statements present fairly in all material respects the financial position and results of operations of the Target (or the predecessor thereto) and its consolidated Subsidiaries at the respective dates of such information and for the respective periods covered thereby and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, except to the extent provided in the notes thereto, and subject, in the case of the unaudited financial information, to changes resulting from audit, normal year-end audit adjustments and to the absence of footnotes and the inclusion of any explanatory note.

 

(b)           The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the MPH LLC and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2016 (including any notes thereto) (the “Pro Forma Balance Sheet”) and the unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of income of MPH LLC and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the 12-month period ending on March 31, 2016 (together with the Pro Forma Balance Sheet, the “Pro Forma Financial Statements”), copies of which have heretofore been furnished to the Administrative Agent, has been prepared giving pro forma effect (as if such events had occurred on such date or the beginning of such period, as the case may be) to the consummation of all of the Transactions. The Pro Forma Financial Statements have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent, and, subject to the qualifications and limitations contained in the notes attached thereto, present fairly in all material respects on a pro forma basis, the estimated financial position of MPH LLC and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at March 31, 2016 and their estimated results of operations for the periods covered thereby, assuming that the events specified in the preceding sentence had actually occurred at such date or at the beginning of the periods covered thereby.

 

Each Lender and each Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may be required to restate the Historical Financial Statements as the result of the implementation of changes in GAAP or the interpretation thereof, and that such restatements will not result in a Default under the Credit Documents under Section 11.2 (including any effect on any conditions required to be satisfied on the Closing Date) to the extent that the restatements do not reveal any material omission, misstatement or other material inaccuracy in the reported information from actual results for any relevant prior period.

 

8.10         Tax Returns and Payments, Etc. (a) Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries have filed all U.S. federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns, domestic and foreign, required to be filed by them and have 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 for which adequate reserves have been established on the applicable financial statements in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction and (b) each of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries have paid, or have provided adequate reserves (in the good-faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction for the payment of, all material U.S. federal, state, and foreign income taxes applicable for all prior fiscal years and for the current fiscal year to the Closing Date, except in the case of either of clauses (a) or (b), to the extent that the failure to be in compliance therewith would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

   

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8.11         Compliance with ERISA. Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) each Pension Plan is in compliance with ERISA, the Code and any Applicable Law; (b) no Reportable Event has occurred (or is reasonably likely to occur); (c) no Multiemployer Plan is “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA (or is reasonably likely to be insolvent), and no written notice of any such insolvency has been given to any of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate; (d) none of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has failed to make a required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan, whether or not waived (or is reasonably likely to fail to make such required contribution); (e) no Pension Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at-risk” status within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA and no Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, in “endangered or critical status” within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (f) none of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred (or is reasonably likely to incur) any liability to or on account of a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, as applicable, 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 Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (g) no proceedings by the PBGC have been instituted (or are reasonably likely to be instituted) to terminate or to reorganize any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, and no written notice of any such proceedings has been given to any of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate; (h) the conditions for imposition of a Lien that could be imposed under the Code or ERISA on the assets of any of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to a Pension Plan do not exist (or are not reasonably likely to exist) nor has the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate been notified in writing that such a lien will be imposed on the assets of any of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate on account of any Pension Plan; and (i) each Foreign Plan is in compliance with Applicable Laws (including funding requirements under such Applicable Laws), and no proceedings have been instituted to terminate any Foreign Plan which would reasonably be expected to give rise to liability for the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary. No Pension Plan has an Unfunded Current Liability that would, individually or when taken together with any other liabilities incurred or reasonably likely to be incurred by the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate as referenced in this Section 8.11, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. With respect to Multiemployer Plans, the representations and warranties in this Section 8.11, other than any made with respect to (i) liability under Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA, (ii) any contribution required to be made, or (iii) liability for termination of any such Multiemployer Plan under ERISA, are made to the best knowledge of the Borrower.

 

8.12         Subsidiaries. On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, Holdings does not have any Subsidiaries other than the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 8.12. Schedule 8.12 sets forth, as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, the name and the jurisdiction of organization of each Subsidiary and, as to each Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by any Credit Party and the designation of such Subsidiary as a Guarantor, a Restricted Subsidiary, an Unrestricted Subsidiary, a Specified Subsidiary or an Immaterial Subsidiary. The Borrower does not own or hold, directly or indirectly, any Capital Stock of any Person other than such Subsidiaries and Investments permitted by Section 10.5.

 

8.13         Intellectual Property. Each of the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries owns, has good and marketable title to, or has a valid license or otherwise has the right to use, all Intellectual Property, that is necessary for, or otherwise used or held for use in, the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens permitted by Section 10.2), except where the failure to own, or have any such title, license or rights would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) to the Borrower’s knowledge, the operation of the businesses conducted by each of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and the Intellectual Property now employed by any of the Credit Parties does not infringe upon, misappropriate, or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property rights owned by any other Person, and (ii) no material written claim has been received by the Borrower, or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, and no litigation regarding the foregoing is pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened in writing, in either case against the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

8.14          Environmental Laws.

 

(a)            Except as would not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance with all Environmental Laws (including having obtained and complied with all permits required under Environmental Laws for their current operations); (ii) to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, there are no facts, circumstances or conditions arising out of or relating to the operations of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any currently or formerly owned, operated or leased Real Property that would reasonably be expected to result in Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries incurring liability under any Environmental Law; (iii) none of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has become subject to any pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened Environmental Claim or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, any other liability under any Environmental Law.

  

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(b)            None of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has treated, stored, transported or Released Hazardous Materials at or from any currently or formerly owned, operated or leased Real Property in a manner that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.15          Properties, Assets and Rights.

 

(a)            As of the Closing Date and as of the date of each Credit Event thereafter, the Borrower and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to, valid leasehold interest in, or easements, licenses or other limited property interests in, all properties (other than Intellectual Property) that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, except where the failure to have such good title or interest in such property would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of such properties and assets is subject to any Lien, except for Liens permitted under Section 10.2.

 

(b)           Set forth on Schedule 8.15 hereto is a complete and accurate list of all Real Property owned in fee by the Credit Parties on the Closing Date, showing as of the Closing Date the street address, county or other relevant jurisdiction, state and record owner thereof.

 

(c)            All permits required to have been issued or appropriate to enable all Real Property of the Credit Parties to be lawfully occupied and used for all of the purposes for which they are currently occupied and used have been lawfully issued and are in full force and effect, other than those permits the failure of which to be issued or to so enable lawful occupation and use would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.16         Solvency. On the Closing Date after giving pro forma effect to the Transactions, the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis are Solvent.

 

8.17         Material Adverse Change. Since the Closing Date, there have been no events or developments that have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.18         Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of (a) the Initial Term Loans (other than the Tranche B Term Loans made on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date pursuant to the First Incremental Agreement) and the Initial Revolving Borrowing Amount shall be used on (i) the Closing Date, together with the proceeds from the issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes, cash on hand at the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the proceeds from the Equity Contribution to pay the Merger Consideration, the Existing Debt Refinancing and/or the Transaction Expenses and (ii) to the extent any proceeds remain after the application described in clause (i), will be used on and after the Closing Date for other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) Revolving Credit Loans available under any Revolving Credit Facility, together with the proceeds of the Swingline Loans and the Letters of Credit, will be used for working capital requirements and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the financing of acquisitions, other Investments and Restricted Payments and other distributions on account of the Capital Stock of the Borrower (or any Parent Entity thereof), in each case permitted hereunder, and any other use not prohibited hereby. The proceeds of the Tranche B Term Loans made on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date pursuant to the First Incremental Agreement shall be used on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, (a) to prepay in full all Initial Term Loans outstanding hereunder as of the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date (immediately prior to giving effect to the First Incremental Agreement), all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all other Obligations in respect thereof and (b) to pay the fees, expenses and other amounts incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by the First Incremental Agreement.

  

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8.19          FCPA.

 

(a)            The Borrower and each other Credit Party and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), except to the extent that the failure to be in compliance would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)            None of the Borrower or any other Credit Party will use the proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Person for the purposes of any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the FCPA.

 

8.20          Sanctioned Persons.

 

(a)            None of the Borrower, any other Credit Party or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries is currently the target of any U.S. sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) of the U.S. Treasury Department or the U.S. Department of State.

 

(b)            None of the Borrower or any other Credit Party will use the proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Person for use in any manner that will result in a violation by any Lender of any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State.

 

8.21          PATRIOT ACT. Except to the extent as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any other Credit Party is in violation of any Applicable Laws relating to money laundering, including the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “PATRIOT ACT”).

 

8.22          Labor Matters. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes against any of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing and (b) none of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries have been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other Applicable Laws dealing with wage and hour matters.

 

8.23          Subordination of Junior Financing. The Obligations are “Designated Senior Debt” (if applicable), “Senior Debt”, “Senior Indebtedness”, “Guarantor Senior Debt” or “Senior Secured Financing” (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in, any indenture or document governing any Junior Debt.

 

8.24          No Default. As of the date of any Credit Event after the Closing Date, no Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

SECTION 9.           Affirmative Covenants. The Borrower (and, in the case of Section 9.14, Holdings) hereby covenants and agrees that, on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Total Commitment and all Letters of Credit have terminated (unless such Letters of Credit have been Cash Collateralized on the terms and conditions set forth in Section 3.8) and the Loans and Unpaid Drawings, together with interest, fees and all other Obligations Incurred hereunder (other than Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements and contingent indemnification obligations and other contingent obligations not then due and payable), are paid in full:

 

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9.1           Information Covenants. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender:

 

(a)            Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event on or before the date that is 90 days after the end of each fiscal year (or, in the case of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, the date that is 120 days after the end of such fiscal year), the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries and, if different, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statement of income and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the preceding fiscal year (or, in lieu of such audited financial statements of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, a detailed reconciliation, reflecting such financial information for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, on the other hand), all in reasonable detail and prepared in all material respects in accordance with GAAP (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements) and, except with respect to such reconciliation, reported on by independent registered public accountants of recognized national standing with an unmodified report by such independent registered public accountants without an emphasis of matter paragraph related to going concern as defined by Statement on Accounting Standards AU-C Section 570 “The Auditor’s Consideration of an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” (or any similar statement under any amended or successor rule as may be adopted by the Auditing Standards Board from time to time) (other than solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, an upcoming maturity date of any Indebtedness under the Credit Documents, including pursuant to Sections 2.14 and 2.15, Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(k), Section 10.1(s) and Section 10.1(u), the Senior Unsecured Notes, any Term Loan Exchange Notes, and/or any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, Permitted Additional Debt or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) any such Indebtedness), and, for the avoidance of doubt, without modification as to the scope of audit, together in any event with a certificate of such accounting firm stating that in the course of its regular audit of the business of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, which audit was conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, such accounting firm has obtained no knowledge of any Event of Default relating to the Financial Performance Covenant that has occurred and is continuing or, if in the opinion of such accounting firm such an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in this Section 9.1 (a) may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries by furnishing (A) the applicable financial statements of Holdings (or any Parent Entity of Holdings) or (B) the Borrower’s or Holdings’ (or any Parent Entity thereof), as applicable, Form 10-K filed with the SEC or (C) following an election by the Borrower pursuant to the definition of “GAAP”, the applicable financial statements shall be determined in accordance with IFRS; provided that, with respect to each of clauses (A) and (B), (i) to the extent such information relates to Holdings (or such Parent Entity), such information is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to Holdings (or such Parent Entity), on the one hand, and the information relating to the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand and (ii) to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under the first sentence of this Section 9.1(a), such materials shall be reported on by an independent registered public accounting firm of recognized national standing, with an unmodified report by such independent registered public accountants without an emphasis of matter paragraph related to going concern as defined by Statement on Accounting Standards AU-C Section 570 “The Auditor’s Consideration of an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” (or any similar statement under any amended or successor rule as may be adopted by the Auditing Standards Board from time to time) (other than solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, an upcoming maturity date of any Indebtedness under the Credit Documents, including pursuant to Sections 2.14 and 2.15, Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(k), Section 10.1(s) and Section 10.1(u), the Senior Unsecured Notes, any Term Loan Exchange Notes and/or any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, Permitted Additional Debt or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) any such Indebtedness) (it being understood that there shall be no obligation to audit any such consolidating information), and, for the avoidance of doubt, without modification as to the scope of audit.

 

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(b)            Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event on or before the date that is 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly accounting periods in each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, in the case of each of the quarters ending June 30, 2016, September 30, 2016 and March 31, 2017, the date that is 60 days after the end of such quarter), the consolidated, condensed balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries and, if different, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case as at the end of such quarterly period and the related consolidated, condensed statement of income for such quarterly accounting period and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and the related consolidated, condensed statement of cash flows for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarterly period, and setting forth comparative consolidated, condensed figures for the related periods in the prior fiscal year or, in the case of such consolidated, condensed balance sheet, for the last day of the prior fiscal year (or in lieu of such financial statements of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, a detailed reconciliation, reflecting such financial information for the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on the other hand), all in reasonable detail and all of which shall be certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, members’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries (and, if applicable, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries) in all material respects accordance with GAAP (except as disclosed in such financing statements), subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end audit adjustments and to the absence of footnotes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in this Section 9.1(b) may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries by furnishing (A) the applicable financial statements of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof) or (B) the Borrower’s or Holdings’ (or any Parent Entity thereof), as applicable, Form 10-Q filed with the SEC or (C) following an election by the Borrower pursuant to the definition of “GAAP”, the applicable financial statements shall be determined in accordance with IFRS; provided that, with respect to each of clauses (A) and (B), to the extent such information relates to Holdings (or any such Parent Entity), such information is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to Holdings (or such Parent Entity), on the one hand, and the information relating to the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand.

 

(c)            Budget. No later than five Business Days following the delivery by the Borrower of the financial statements required under Section 9.1(a), beginning at the time of the delivery of the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, a detailed quarterly budget of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in reasonable detail for the current fiscal year as customarily prepared by management of the Borrower for its internal use (but including, in any event, only a projected consolidated, condensed statement of income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the current fiscal year and not a projected consolidated balance sheet or statement of projected cash flow) and setting forth the principal assumptions upon which such budget is based (provided that no such budgets shall be required to be delivered for the fiscal year which began January 1, 2016). It is understood and agreed that any financial or business projections furnished by any Credit Party (i)(A) are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, which may be beyond the control of the Credit Parties, (B) no assurance is given by the Credit Parties that the results or forecast in any such projections will be realized and (C) the actual results may differ from the forecast results set forth in such projections and such differences may be material and (ii) are not a guarantee of performance.

 

(d)            Officer’s Certificates. No later than five Business Days following the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Sections 9.1(a) and 9.1(b), a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the effect that no Default or Event of Default exists or, if any Default or Event of Default does exist, specifying the nature and extent thereof, which certificate shall set forth (i) during any fiscal quarter during which the Financial Performance Covenant is applicable, the calculations required to establish whether the Borrower was in compliance with the provisions of the Financial Performance Covenant as at the end of such fiscal year or period, as the case may be, beginning with the fiscal period ending December 31, 2016, if required, (ii) a specification of any change in the identity of the Guarantors, the Restricted Subsidiaries, the Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the Specified Subsidiaries, the Immaterial Subsidiaries and the Foreign Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year or period, as the case may be, from the Guarantors, Restricted Subsidiaries, the Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the Specified Subsidiaries, the Immaterial Subsidiaries and the Foreign Subsidiaries, respectively, provided to the Lenders on the Closing Date or the most recent fiscal year or period, as the case may be, and (iii) the then applicable Applicable Margins and Commitment Fee Rate. At the time of the delivery of the financial statements provided for in Section 9.1(a) beginning with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, the Available Amount and the Available Equity Amount as at the end of the fiscal year to which such financial statements relate.

 

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(e)            Notice of Certain Events. Promptly after an Authorized Officer of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, notice of the occurrence of (i) 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 Holdings or the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto, and (ii) any litigation or governmental proceeding pending against Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(f)            Other Information. (i) Promptly upon filing thereof, (x) copies of any annual, quarterly and other regular, material periodic and special reports (including on Form 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K) and registration statements which Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary files with the SEC or any analogous Governmental Authority in any relevant jurisdiction (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it becomes effective, is delivered to the Administrative Agent for further delivery to the Lenders), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statements on Form S-8 and other than any filing filed confidentiality with the SEC or any analogous Governmental Authority in any relevant jurisdiction) and (y) copies of all financial statements, proxy statements and material reports that Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall send to the holders of any publicly issued debt of Holdings, the Borrower and/or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in their capacity as such holders (in each case to the extent not theretofore delivered to the Administrative Agent for further delivery to the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement) and (ii) with reasonable promptness, but subject to the limitations set forth in the last sentence of Section 9.2 and Section 13.16, 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.

 

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 9.1(a), 9.1(b) and 9.1(f)(i) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 13.2 or (ii) on which such documents are transmitted by electronic mail to the Administrative Agent; provided that: (A) upon written request by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent and (B) the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies of the certificates required by Section 9.1(d) to the Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents.

 

9.2            Books, Records and Inspections. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted 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 Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders to visit and inspect any of its properties (to the extent it is within such Person’s control to permit such inspection), to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the reasonable expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower (and subject, in the case of any such meetings or advice from such independent accountants, to such accountants’ customary policies and procedures); provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise rights of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders under this Section 9.2, and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than once during any calendar year absent the existence of an Event of Default at the Borrower’s expense; and provided, further, that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice. The Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrower’s independent public accountants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.1 or this Section 9.2, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary will be required to disclose, permit the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document, information or other matter (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to any Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by Applicable Law or any binding agreement or (iii) that is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product.

 

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9.3            Maintenance of Insurance.

 

(a)            The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, at all times maintain in full force and effect, with insurance companies that the Borrower believes (in the good-faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) are financially sound and responsible at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance in at least such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance which the Borrower believes (in the good-faith judgment of management of the Borrower) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business) 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 by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; 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. The Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall be the additional insured on any such liability insurance and the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall be the additional loss payee or additional mortgagee under any such casualty or property insurance, except in each case as the Collateral Agent and the Borrower may otherwise agree.

 

(b)            If any buildings or improvements comprising of any Mortgaged Property are at any time located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a special flood hazard area with respect to which flood insurance has been made available under the Flood Insurance Laws, then the Borrower shall, or shall cause the applicable Credit Parties to, solely to the extent required by Applicable Law, (i) maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer (determined at the time such insurance is obtained or renewed), flood insurance in an amount and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Flood Insurance Laws and (ii) deliver to the Collateral Agent evidence of such compliance in form reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent.

 

9.4            Payment of Taxes. The Borrower will pay and discharge, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties belonging to it, prior to the date on which such payments become overdue, and all lawful material claims in respect of taxes imposed, assessed or levied that, if unpaid, would reasonably be expected to become a material Lien upon any properties of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that none of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim that is being diligently contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves (in the good-faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP or the equivalent accounting principles in the relevant local jurisdiction.

 

9.5            Consolidated Corporate Franchises. The Borrower will do, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, corporate rights, privileges and authority, except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate any transaction permitted under Section 10.3, 10.4 or 10.5.

 

9.6            Compliance with Statutes. The Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to (a) comply with all Applicable Laws, rules, regulations and orders applicable to it or its property, including, without limitation, (i) the FCPA, (ii) applicable Sanctions and (iii) the PATRIOT ACT, and (b) maintain in effect all governmental approvals or authorizations required to conduct its business, except in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

 

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9.7            ERISA. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know of the occurrence of any of the following events that, individually or in the aggregate (including in the aggregate such events previously disclosed or exempt from disclosure hereunder, to the extent the liability therefor remains outstanding), would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer or any other senior officer of the Borrower setting forth details as to such occurrence and the action, if any, that the Borrower, such Restricted 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 the Borrower, such Restricted Subsidiary, such ERISA Affiliate, the PBGC, or a Multiemployer Plan administrator (provided that if such notice is given by the Multiemployer Plan administrator, it is given to any of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliates thereof): (a) that a Reportable Event has occurred; (b) that there has been a failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA or an application is to be made to the Secretary of the Treasury for a waiver or modification of the minimum funding standard (including any required installment payments) or an extension of any amortization period under Section 412 of the Code with respect to a Pension Plan; (c) that a Pension Plan having an Unfunded Current Liability has been or is to be terminated under Title IV of ERISA (including the giving of written notice thereof); (d) that a Pension Plan has an Unfunded Current Liability that has or will result in a Lien under ERISA or the Code on the assets of any of Holdings, the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate; (e) that proceedings will be or have been instituted by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan having an Unfunded Current Liability (including the giving of written notice thereof); (f) that a proceeding has been instituted against the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary thereof or an ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Section 515 of ERISA to collect a delinquent contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (g) that the PBGC has notified the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate of its intention to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan; (h) that the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate has failed to make any required contribution or payment to a Multiemployer Plan; (i) that a determination has been made that any Pension Plan is in “at-risk” status within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA or any Multiemployer Plan is in “endangered or critical status” within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (j) that the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred (or has been notified in writing by a Multiemployer Plan administrator that it will incur) any liability (including any contingent or secondary liability) to or on account of a Pension Plan or Multiemployer 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; (k) that a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA; (l) that the termination of any Foreign Plan has occurred that gives rise to liability for Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; or (m) that any non-compliance with any funding requirements under Applicable Law for any Foreign Plan has occurred. Such certificate and notice shall be provided as soon as reasonably practicable after the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know of the occurrence of any such event.

 

9.8            Good Repair. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, ensure that its properties and equipment used or useful in its business in whomsoever’s possession they may be to the extent that it is within the control of such party to cause same, are kept in good repair, working order and condition, normal wear and tear excepted, and that from time to time there are made in such properties and equipment all needful and proper repairs, renewals, replacements, extensions, additions, betterments and improvements thereto, to the extent and in the manner customary for companies in the industry in which the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries conduct business and consistent with third party leases, except in each case to the extent the failure to do so would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

9.9            End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters. The Borrower will, for financial reporting purposes, cause (a) each of its, and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries’, fiscal years to end on December 31 of each year and (b) each of its, and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries’, fiscal quarters to end on dates consistent with such fiscal year-end and the Borrower’s past practice; provided, however, that the Borrower may, upon written notice to, and consent by, the Administrative Agent, change the financial reporting convention specified above to any other financial reporting convention reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in which case the Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary in order to reflect such change in financial reporting.

 

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9.10          Additional Guarantors, Grantors and Co-Obligors. Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Guarantee, the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement or any other Security Document, as applicable, the Borrower will cause (i) any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Closing Date (including pursuant to an Acquisition) and (ii) any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary, to promptly execute (A) a supplement to each of the Guarantee, the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement substantially in the form of Annex B, Exhibit 1 or Annex A, as applicable, to the respective agreement in order to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee, a grantor under the Security Agreement and a pledgor under the Pledge Agreement, (B) a counterpart signature page to the Intercompany Note, (C) a Joinder Agreement to this Agreement and (D) a joinder agreement or such comparable documentation to each other applicable Security Document, substantially in the form annexed thereto, and to take all actions required thereunder to perfect the Liens created thereunder.

 

9.11          Pledges of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness.

 

(a)            Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents, as applicable, the Borrower will pledge, and, if applicable, will cause each other Subsidiary Guarantor (or a Person required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.10) to pledge, to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (i) all the Capital Stock (other than any Excluded Capital Stock) of each Subsidiary owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor (or Person required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.10), in each case, formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the Closing Date, pursuant to a supplement to the Pledge Agreement substantially in the form of Annex A thereto and (ii) except with respect to intercompany Indebtedness, all evidences of Indebtedness for borrowed money in a principal amount in excess of $10,000,000 (individually) that are owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor (or Person required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.10) (which shall be evidenced by a promissory note), in each case pursuant to a supplement to the Pledge Agreement substantially in the form of Annex A thereto.

 

(b)            The Borrower agrees that all Indebtedness of the Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is owing to any Credit Party (or a Person required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.10) shall be evidenced by the Intercompany Note, which promissory note shall be required to be pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Pledge Agreement.

 

9.12          Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Initial Term Loans (other than the Tranche B Term Loans made on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date pursuant to the First Incremental Agreement) and the Initial Revolving Borrowing Amount shall be used (a) on the Closing Date, together with the proceeds from the issuance of Senior Unsecured Notes, cash on hand at the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the proceeds from the Equity Contribution to pay the Merger Consideration, the Existing Debt Refinancing and/or the Transaction Expenses and (b) to the extent any proceeds remain after the application described in clause (a), on and after the Closing Date for other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. The proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans available under any Revolving Credit Facility, together with the proceeds of the Swingline Loans and the Letters of Credit, will be used for working capital requirements and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the financing of acquisitions, other Investments and Restricted Payments and other distributions on account of the Capital Stock of the Borrower (or any Parent Entity thereof), in each case permitted hereunder, and any other use not prohibited hereby. The proceeds of the Tranche B Term Loans made on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date pursuant to the First Incremental Agreement shall be used on the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date, (a) to prepay in full all Initial Term Loans outstanding hereunder as of the First Incremental Agreement Effective Date (immediately prior to giving effect to the First Incremental Agreement), all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all other Obligations in respect thereof and (b) to pay the fees, expenses and other amounts incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by the First Incremental Agreement. The proceeds of any Incremental Term Loan Facility, the proceeds of any Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and the proceeds of any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, may be used for working capital requirements and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries including the financing of acquisitions, other Investments and Restricted Payments and other distributions on account of the Capital Stock of the Borrower (or any Parent Entity thereof), in each case permitted hereunder, and any other use not prohibited hereby.

  

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9.13          Changes in Business. The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not fundamentally and substantively alter the character of their business, taken as a whole, from the business conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, on the Closing Date and other similar, incidental, ancillary, supportive, complementary, synergetic or related businesses or reasonable extensions thereof (and non-core incidental businesses acquired in connection with any Acquisition or Investment or other immaterial businesses).

 

9.14          Further Assurances.

 

(a)            Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement and the Security Documents, Holdings and the Borrower will, and will cause each other Subsidiary Guarantor 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 and other similar documents), that may be required under any Applicable Law, or that the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders 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 Documents, all at the expense of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

(b)            Subject to any applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents and in Sections 9.10 and 9.11, (i) if any Material Real Property is acquired by any Credit Party after the Closing Date or, (ii) if any Credit Party that becomes a Credit Party after the Closing Date owns any Material Real Property, the Borrower will notify the Collateral Agent (who shall thereafter notify the Lenders) thereof and will, within 90 days after the acquisition of such Material Real Property or within 90 days of the date on which the applicable Credit Party became a Credit Party, as applicable, (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion), cause such Material Real Property to be subjected to a Mortgage (provided, however, that, in the event any Material Real Property subject to a Mortgage under this Section is located in a jurisdiction that imposes mortgage recording taxes or any similar fees or charges, such Mortgage shall only secure an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of such Material Real Property) and will take, and cause the Subsidiary Guarantors to take, such other actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant and perfect a Lien on such Material Real Property consistent with the applicable requirements of the Security Documents, including actions described in Section 9.14(a) and Section 9.14(c), all at the expense of the Credit Parties.

 

(c)            Any Mortgage delivered to the Collateral Agent in accordance with Sections 9.14(b) shall be accompanied by:

 

(i)             a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property (together with a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the Borrower) and with respect to each Mortgaged Property that is: (x) in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as being located in a special flood hazard area, and (y) contains “improved real estate” or a “mobile home” (as defined by the Flood Insurance Laws) within such special flood hazard area (a “Flood Hazard Property”) the Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent (i) Borrower’s written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification from the Collateral Agent as to the fact that such asset is a Flood Hazard Property and as to whether the community in which such Mortgaged Property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program and (ii) evidence of flood insurance in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent;

 

(ii)            a policy or policies of title insurance or a marked unconditional commitment or binder thereof issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring title to such Mortgaged Property is vested in such Credit Party for an amount not to exceed the Fair Market Value (determined at the time described in Section 9.14(b) above) and together with such endorsements as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and which are available at commercially reasonable rates in the jurisdiction where the applicable Mortgaged Property is located;

  

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(iii)            unless the Collateral Agent shall have otherwise agreed, but only to the extent already prepared and otherwise available, either (A) a survey of the applicable Mortgaged Property for which all necessary fees (where applicable) have been paid (1) prepared by a surveyor reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, (2) dated or re-certificated not earlier than three months prior to the date of such delivery or such other date as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, (3) for Mortgaged Property situated in the United States, certified to the Collateral Agent and the title insurance company issuing the title insurance policy for such Mortgaged Property pursuant to clause (ii), which certification shall be reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and (4) for Mortgaged Property situated in the United States, complying with current “Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys,” jointly established and adopted by American Land Title Association, the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping and the National Society of Professional Surveyors (except for such deviations as are acceptable to the Collateral Agent) or (B) coverage under the title insurance policy or policies referred to in clause (ii) above that does not contain a general exception for survey matters and which contains survey-related endorsements reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent; and

 

(iv)           opinions of counsel to the Credit Party mortgagor with respect to the enforceability, due authorization, execution and delivery of the applicable Mortgages and any related fixture filings in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

 

(d)            Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Collateral Agent and the Borrower reasonably determine in writing that the time or cost of creating or perfecting any Lien on any property (including the time and cost required to obtain the flood insurance required under Section 9.14(c)(i)) is excessive in relation to the benefits afforded to the Lenders thereby, then such property may be excluded from the Collateral for all purposes of the Credit Documents.

 

(e)            Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Credit Parties shall not be required to take any actions outside the United States, to (i) create any security interest in assets titled or located outside the United States, or (ii) perfect or make enforceable any security interests in any Collateral.

 

9.15          Designation of Subsidiaries. The Board of Directors of the Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that immediately before and after such designation, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Borrower’s Investment therein. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the Incurrence at the time of designation of any Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time. Upon any such designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary (but without duplication of any amount reducing such Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of “Investment” or the definition of “Available Amount”), the Borrower and/or the applicable Restricted Subsidiaries shall receive a credit against the applicable clause in Section 10.5 or Section 10.6 that was utilized for the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary for all Returns in respect of such Investment.

 

9.16          Maintenance of Ratings. The Borrower will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the public credit rating for the Initial Term Loan Facility issued by S&P and the public credit rating for the Initial Term Loan Facility issued by Moody’s, and the Borrower’s public corporate credit rating issued by S&P and public corporate credit rating issued by Moody’s to each be maintained (but not to obtain or maintain a specific rating).

 

9.17          Post-Closing Obligations. To the extent not executed and delivered on the Closing Date, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, execute and deliver the documents and complete the tasks set forth on Schedule 9.17, in each case within the time limits specified on such schedule (or such later time as the Administrative Agent shall agree in its reasonable discretion).

  

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SECTION 10.          Negative Covenants. The Borrower (and, with respect to Section 10.9, Holdings) hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter, until the Total Commitment and all Letters of Credit have terminated (unless such Letters of Credit have been Cash Collateralized on terms and conditions set forth in Section 3.8) and the Loans and Unpaid Drawings, together with interest, fees and all other payment Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations under Secured Hedging Agreements, Cash Management Obligations under Secured Cash Management Agreements or contingent indemnification or other contingent obligations not then due and payable), are paid in full:

 

10.1          Limitation on Indebtedness. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur, contingently or otherwise, with respect to any Indebtedness, except:

 

(a)            (i) Indebtedness arising under the Credit Documents, including pursuant to Sections 2.14 and 2.15, and (ii) any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness;

 

(b)            Indebtedness arising under the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents (including any guarantees in respect thereof) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to clause (ii) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding), except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, $1,100,000,000 and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness; provided that, notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, no Person other than a Credit Party shall at any time be an obligor in respect of any such Indebtedness;

 

(c)            (i) Indebtedness constituting reimbursement obligations in respect of any bankers’ acceptance, bank guarantees, letters of credit, warehouse receipt or similar facilities entered into in the ordinary course of business (including in respect of workers compensation claims, or consistent with past practice, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance) and (ii) Indebtedness supported by Letters of Credit or other letters of credit under similar facilities in an amount not to exceed the Stated Amount of such Letters of Credit or stated amount of such other letters of credit under such similar facilities;

 

(d)            Except as otherwise limited by clauses (a), (b), (h) and (u), Guarantee Obligations Incurred by (i) any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary that is permitted to be Incurred under this Agreement and (ii) the Borrower in respect of Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is permitted to be Incurred under this Agreement; provided that, if the applicable Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations, any such Guarantee Obligations shall be subordinated to the Obligations;

 

(e)            Guarantee Obligations Incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice in respect of obligations to suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors, licensees, sublicensees or distribution partners;

 

(f)            (i) Indebtedness (including Financing Lease Obligations and other Indebtedness arising under mortgage financings and purchase money Indebtedness (including any industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond or similar financings)) the proceeds of which are used to finance the acquisition, development, construction, repair, restoration, replacement, maintenance, upgrade, expansion or improvement of fixed or capital assets or otherwise Incurred in respect of Capital Expenditures; provided that (A) such Indebtedness is Incurred concurrently with or within 270 days after the completion of the applicable acquisition, development, construction, repair, restoration, replacement, maintenance, upgrade, expansion or improvement or the making of the applicable Capital Expenditure and (B) such Indebtedness is not Incurred to acquire Capital Stock of any Person; provided, further, that, at the time of Incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness then outstanding pursuant to clause (i) (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to clause (ii) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) shall not, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, exceed an amount equal to (I) the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of the date such Indebtedness is Incurred based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date) minus (II) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(g) and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness;

 

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(g)           (i) Indebtedness constituting Financing Lease Obligations, other than Financing Lease Obligations in effect on the Closing Date (and set forth on Schedule 10.1) or Financing Lease Obligations entered into pursuant to Section 10.1(f); provided that, at the time of Incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness then outstanding pursuant to clause (i) (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to clause (ii) in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) shall not, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, exceed an amount equal to (I) the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of the date such Indebtedness is Incurred based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date) minus (II) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(f); and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness.

 

(h)           Closing Date Indebtedness and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness;

 

(i)            Indebtedness in respect of Hedging Agreements Incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and, in each case, at the time entered into, not for speculative purposes;

 

(j)            (i) Indebtedness of a Person or Indebtedness attaching to assets of a Person that, in either case, becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is a Restricted Subsidiary that survives a merger, consolidation or amalgamation with such Person or any of its Subsidiaries) or Indebtedness attaching to assets that are acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case after the Closing Date as the result of an Acquisition or Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that

 

(A)           subject to Section 1.11, before and after giving pro forma effect thereto, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 has occurred and is continuing;

 

(B)            as of the date that any such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is a Restricted Subsidiary that survives a merger, consolidation or amalgamation with such a Person or any of its Subsidiaries) or the date that any such assets are acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding pursuant to this Section 10.1(j) does not exceed, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, the sum of (I) when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of (1) Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding under, Section 10.1(k)(i)(B)(I) and Section 10.1(s)(i) and (2) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 10.1(j) to Refinance Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding in reliance on, this clause (I), the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date plus (II) subject to Section 1.11, an aggregate amount such that, after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of any such Indebtedness, to such Acquisition, Investment, any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis with a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Incurrence, as if such Incurrence, Acquisition, Investment, Specified Transaction and Specified Restructuring had occurred on the first day of such Test Period of not greater than 6.85:1.00;

 

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(C)            such Indebtedness existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time such assets were acquired and, in each case, was not created in anticipation thereof;

 

(D)            such Indebtedness is not guaranteed in any respect by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any such Person that so becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is the survivor of a merger with such Person or any of its Subsidiaries) except to the extent permitted under Section 10.5 or Section 10.6; and

 

(E)            (x) the Capital Stock of such Person is pledged to the Collateral Agent to the extent required under Section 9.11 and (y) such Person executes a supplement to each of the Guarantee, the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement (or alternative guarantee and security arrangements in relation to the Obligations) and a counterpart signature page to the Intercompany Notes, in each case to the extent required under Section 9.10, 9.11 or 9.14(b), as applicable; provided that the requirements of this clause (E) shall not apply to any Indebtedness of the type that could have been Incurred under Section 10.1(f) or Section 10.1(g);

 

(ii)            any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness;

 

(k)            (a) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurred to finance an Acquisition; provided that,

 

(A)           subject to Section 1.11, before and after giving pro forma effect thereto, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 has occurred and is continuing;

 

(B)            as of the date of such Incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding pursuant to this Section 10.1(k), does not exceed, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, the sum of (I) when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of (1) Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding under, Section 10.1(j)(i)(B)(I) and Section 10.1(s)(i) and (2) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 10.1(k) to Refinance Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding in reliance on, this clause (I), the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date plus (II) subject to Section 1.11, an aggregate amount such that, after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of any such Indebtedness, to such Acquisition, Investment, any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis with a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Incurrence, as if such Incurrence, Acquisition, Investment, Specified Transaction and Specified Restructuring had occurred on the first day of such Test Period of not greater than 6.85:1.00;

 

(C)            the terms of such Indebtedness do not provide for any scheduled repayment (including at maturity), mandatory repayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition, similar payment or sinking fund obligation prior to the Latest Maturity Date, other than customary prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances or similar payments of, or offers to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire or similarly pay upon, a change of control, asset sale event or casualty, eminent domain or condemnation event or on account of the accumulation of excess cash flow and customary acceleration rights upon an event of default;

 

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(D)            if such Indebtedness is Incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Indebtedness shall not be guaranteed in any respect by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor except to the extent permitted under Section 10.5;

 

(E)            (x) the Capital Stock of any Person acquired in such Acquisitions or Investments permitted under Section 10.5 (the “acquired Person”) is pledged to the Collateral Agent to the extent required under Section 9.11 and (y) such acquired Person executes a supplement to each of the Guarantee, the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement and a counterpart signature page to the Intercompany Note (or alternative guarantee and security arrangements in relation to the Obligations), in each case, to the extent required under Section 9.10, 9.11 or 9.14(b), as applicable;

 

(F)            the terms of such Indebtedness shall be consistent with the requirements set forth in clause (b) and, if applicable, clause (f) of the definition of “Permitted Additional Debt”; provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees); and

 

(G)            at the time any such Indebtedness is Incurred and after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith and the use of the proceeds thereof,, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness Incurred by Non- Credit Parties pursuant to, and then outstanding under, this Section 10.1(k), when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of (1) all other Indebtedness Incurred by Non-Credit Parties and then outstanding pursuant to Section 10.1(s) and (2) all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred by Non-Credit Parties and then outstanding pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 10.1(k), shall not exceed, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of the date such Indebtedness is Incurred based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date);

 

(ii)          any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness;

 

(l)            (i) unsecured Indebtedness in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; provided that such obligations are Incurred in connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money and (ii) unsecured Indebtedness in respect of intercompany obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of accounts payable Incurred in connection with goods sold or services rendered in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money;

 

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(m)            Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn-outs, deferred purchase price, payment obligations in respect of any non-compete, consulting or similar arrangement, contingent earnout obligations or similar obligations (including earn-outs), in each case entered into in connection with the Transactions, Acquisitions, other Investments and the Disposition of any business, assets or Capital Stock permitted hereunder, other than Guarantee Obligations Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Capital Stock for the purpose of financing such acquisition, but including in connection with Guarantee Obligations, letters of credit, surety bonds on performance bonds securing the performance of the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to such agreements;

 

(n)            Indebtedness in respect of contracts (including trade contracts and government contracts), statutory obligations, performance bonds, bid bonds, custom bonds, stay and appeal bonds, surety bonds, indemnity bonds, judgment bonds, performance and completion and return of money bonds and guarantees, financial assurances, bankers’ acceptance facilities and similar obligations or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case not in connection with the borrowing of money, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations;

 

(o)            Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take or pay obligations contained in supply agreements, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and not in connection with the borrowing of money;

 

(p)            (i) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to officers, directors, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle), the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle), the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries under deferred compensation arrangements to their officers, directors, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors or other similar arrangements Incurred by such Persons in connection with the Transactions, Acquisitions or any other Investment expressly permitted under Section 10.5 or Section 10.6;

 

(q)            unsecured Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to future, current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors, employees and independent contractors (or their respective Immediate Family Members) of Holdings, the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle, in each case, to finance the retirement, acquisition, repurchase or redemption of Capital Stock of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle to the extent such Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle uses the proceeds to finance the purchase or redemption (directly or indirectly) of its Capital Stock) or the Capital Stock of the Borrower, in each case to the extent permitted by Section 10.6; provided that, any such Indebtedness shall reduce availability under Section 10.6 to the extent of any amounts incurred from time to time under this Section 10.1(q), whether or not outstanding, except in respect of amounts forgiven or cancelled without payment being made;

 

(r)            Cash Management Obligations, Cash Management Services and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, automatic clearing house arrangements, employees’ credit or purchase cards, overdraft protections and similar arrangements and otherwise in connection with deposit accounts and repurchase agreements permitted under Section 10.5;

 

(s)            additional senior, senior subordinated or subordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof, in an aggregate principal amount, determined as of the date of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness and giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof, not to exceed, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, the sum of (i) when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of (1) Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding under, Section 10.1(j)(i)(B)(I) and Section 10.1(k)(i)(B)(I) and (2) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (s) to Refinance Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding in reliance on, this clause (i), the greater of (x) $100,000,000 and (y) 15.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date plus (ii) an amount such that, after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of any such Indebtedness and any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith, the Borrower and Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis with either (x) a Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Incurrence, as if such Incurrence, acquisition, Specified Transaction and Specified Restructuring occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of not less than 2.00:1.00 or (y) a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio of less than or equal to 6.85:1.00, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Incurrence, as if such Incurrence, acquisition, Specified Transaction and Specified Restructuring occurred on the first day of such Test Period; provided, that, at the time any such Indebtedness is Incurred and after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness Incurred and then outstanding under this Section 10.1(s) by Non-Credit Parties, when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of (1) all other Indebtedness Incurred by Non-Credit Parties and then outstanding pursuant to Section 10.1(k) and (2) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, and then outstanding under, this clause (s) to Refinance Indebtedness of Non-Credit Parties, shall not exceed, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of the date such Indebtedness is Incurred based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date); provided, further, that the terms of such Indebtedness shall be consistent with the requirements of clause (a), clause (b) and, if applicable, clause (f) of the proviso of the definition of “Permitted Additional Debt”; provided, further, that the Net Cash Proceeds from the Incurrence of any Indebtedness under this Section 10.1(s) shall not be permitted to be used by the Borrower of any Restricted Subsidiary to consummate any Acquisition;

 

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(t)            (i) Indebtedness Incurred in connection with any Sale Leaseback and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness;

 

(u)            Indebtedness in respect of (i) Permitted Additional Debt, the Net Cash Proceeds from which or, in the case of commitments, the new commitments of which, are required to be applied to (x) prepay the Term Loans and related amounts in the manner set forth in Section 5.2(a)(i) or (y) permanently reduce Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments in the manner set forth in Section 5.2(e)(ii) (and any such Permitted Additional Debt shall be deemed to have been Incurred pursuant to this clause (i)), (ii) other Permitted Additional Debt; provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), at the time of Incurrence or provision thereof and after giving pro forma effect thereto and such other transactions being consummated in connection therewith and the use of the proceeds thereof, assuming that all commitments, if any, thereunder were fully drawn, the aggregate principal amount of (X) all such Indebtedness Incurred or provided under this Section 10.1(u)(ii) plus (Y) any Incremental Term Loans (other than those Incremental Term Loans Incurred under the proviso to Section 2.14(b)), any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments (other than those Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments Incurred or provided under the proviso to Section 2.14(b)) that, in each case, have been Incurred or provided pursuant to Section 2.14(b)(A), shall not exceed the sum of (A) the Incremental Base Amount plus (B) an aggregate amount of Indebtedness, such that, after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence (and after giving pro forma effect to any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith and assuming that all Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increases and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments then outstanding and Incurred under Section 2.14(b)(B) were fully drawn), the Borrower would be in compliance with a Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the Incurrence of any such Permitted Additional Debt, calculated on a pro forma basis, as if such Incurrence (and any related transaction) had occurred on the first day of such Test Period, that is no greater than 5.00:1.00 (the “Incremental Ratio Debt Amount”) (with all such Indebtedness Incurred in reliance on the Incremental Ratio Debt Amount to be considered Consolidated First Lien Debt for purposes of such calculation and any subsequent calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for purposes of Section 2.14 or this Section 10.(u)); provided, further, that, in each case of this clause (ii), subject to Section 1.11, no Event of Default (or, in the case of the Incurrence or provision of Permitted Additional Debt in connection with an Acquisition, no Event of Default under either Section 11.1 or 11.5) shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the Incurrence or provision of any such Indebtedness or after giving pro forma effect thereto and (iii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; provided that, without limitation of the requirements set forth in the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be of the type described in clause (a) or clause (b) of the definition of “Permitted Additional Debt”;

 

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(v)            Indebtedness of Non-Credit Parties; provided that, at the time of the Incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence and other transactions and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding in reliance on this Section 10.1(v) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $125,000,000 and (y) 20.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of the date such Indebtedness is Incurred based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date);

 

(w)            unsecured Indebtedness in the amount of any Excluded Contribution to the extent not counted for purposes of the Available Equity Amount or Cure Amount; provided that, the maturity date of such Indebtedness is not earlier than the Latest Maturity Date;

 

(x)            Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that, at the time of the Incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence and other transactions and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding under this Section 10.1(x) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $230,000,000 and (y) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of the date such Indebtedness is Incurred based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date);

 

(y)            (i) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owing by a Credit Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be evidenced by the Intercompany Note and (ii) Indebtedness in respect of shares of Disqualified Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event that results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer (other than the incurrence of a lien permitted by Section 10.2) of any such shares of Disqualified Capital Stock (except to the Borrower or another of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any pledge of such Capital Stock constituting a lien permitted by Section 10.2 (but not foreclosure thereon)) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of Disqualified Capital Stock (to the extent such Disqualified Capital Stock is then outstanding) not permitted by this clause;

 

(z)            Indebtedness in respect of commercial letters of credit obtained in the ordinary course of business;

 

(aa)         Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;

 

(bb)         customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers for goods or services purchased in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(cc)         Indebtedness Incurred in connection with bankers’ acceptances, discounted bills of exchange or the discounting or factoring of receivables for credit management purposes, in each case Incurred or undertaken in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice on arm’s length commercial terms on a recourse basis;

 

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(dd)         Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or Joint Venture in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(ee)          Indebtedness arising solely as a result of the existence of any Lien (other than for Liens securing debt for borrowed money) permitted under Section 10.2;

 

(ff)           Indebtedness of any Receivables Subsidiary arising under a Receivables Facility;

 

(gg)         Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are promptly deposited with the trustee under the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture to satisfy and discharge the Senior Unsecured Notes in accordance with the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture, to the extent constituting a Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

 

(hh)         [reserved];

 

(ii)            Indebtedness to the seller of any business or assets permitted to be acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under this Agreement; provided that, at the time of the Incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence and other transactions and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding in reliance on this Section 10.1(ii) shall not exceed the greater of (a) $30,000,000 and (b) 4.5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

(jj)           obligations in respect of Disqualified Capital Stock; provided that, at the time of the Incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence and other transactions and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding under this clause (jj) shall not exceed the greater of (a) $30,000,000 and (b) 4.5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date of Incurrence (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

(kk)         unfunded pension fund and other employee benefit plan obligations and liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business to the extent they do not result in an Event of Default under Section 11.6;

 

(ll)           Indebtedness in respect of (i) any Term Loan Exchange Notes and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness;

 

(mm)       endorsement of instruments or other payment items for deposit in the ordinary course of business;

 

(nn)         performance Guarantees of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries primarily guaranteeing performance of contractual obligations of the Borrower or Restricted Subsidiaries to a third party and not primarily for the purpose of guaranteeing payment of Indebtedness;

 

(oo)         obligations in respect of letters of support, guarantees or similar obligations issued, made or incurred for the benefit of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent required by law or in connection with any statutory filing or the delivery of audit opinions performed in jurisdictions other than within the United States; and

 

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(pp)         all customary premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition and capitalized interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in each of the clauses of this Section 10.1.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.1, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in clauses (a) through (pp) above, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof and including as between the Incremental Base Amount and the Incremental Ratio Debt Amount) in a manner that complies with this Section 10.1 and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the above clauses; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Documents and any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance (in whole or in part) such Indebtedness will be deemed to have been Incurred in reliance only on the exception set forth in Section 10.1 (a) (but without limiting the right of the Borrower to classify and reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, Indebtedness incurred under Section 2.14 or Section 10.1(u) as between the Incremental Base Amount and the Incremental Ratio Debt Amount). The accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 10.1.

 

At the time of Incurrence, the Borrower will be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in the paragraphs above. It is understood and agreed that any Indebtedness in the form of loans secured by Liens on the Collateral having a priority ranking equal to the priority of the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) shall be subject to the MFN Protection set forth in Section 2.14(c) (but subject to the MFN Exceptions to such MFN Protection) as if such Indebtedness were an Incremental Term Loan.

 

10.2            Limitation on Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted 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 the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

 

(a)           Liens created pursuant to (i) the Credit Documents to secure the Obligations (including Liens permitted pursuant to Section 3.8) or permitted in respect of any Mortgaged Property by the terms of the applicable Mortgage, (ii) the Permitted Additional Debt Documents securing Permitted Additional Debt Obligations permitted to be Incurred under Section 10.1(u) (provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets that are not Collateral) and (iii) the documentation governing any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets that are not Collateral); provided that, (A) in the case of Liens described in subclause (ii) or (iii) above securing Permitted Additional Debt Obligations or Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that constitute, or are intended to constitute, First Lien Obligations, the applicable Permitted Additional Debt Secured Parties or parties to such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall have entered into with the Collateral Agent a Customary Intercreditor Agreement which agreement shall provide that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Permitted Additional Debt Obligations or Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall have the same priority ranking as the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations (but without regard to control of remedies) and (B) in the case of Liens described in subclause (ii) or (iii) above securing Permitted Additional Debt Obligations or Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness that do not constitute, or are not intended to constitute, First Lien Obligations, the applicable Permitted Additional Debt Secured Parties or parties to such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (or a representative thereof on behalf of such holders) shall have entered into a Customary Intercreditor Agreement with the Collateral Agent which agreement shall provide that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Permitted Additional Debt Obligations or Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, as applicable, shall rank junior in priority to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and any other First Lien Obligations. Without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to negotiate, execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Customary Intercreditor Agreement or any amendment (or amendment and restatement) to the Security Documents or a Customary Intercreditor Agreement to the extent necessary to effect the provisions contemplated by this Section 10.2(a);

 

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(b)           Permitted Encumbrances;

 

(c)           Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 10.1(f) or Section 10.1(g) (including the interests of vendors and lessors under conditional sale and title retention agreements); provided that (i) such Liens attach concurrently with or within 270 days after the acquisition, lease, repair, replacement, restoration, construction, expansion or improvement (as applicable) of the property subject to such Liens or the making of the applicable Capital Expenditures, (ii) other than the property financed by such Indebtedness, such Liens do not at any time encumber any property, except for replacements thereof and accessions and additions to such property and ancillary rights thereto and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits, related contract rights and payment intangibles and other assets related thereto and (iii) with respect to Financing Lease Obligations, such Liens do not at any time extend to, or cover any assets (except for accessions and additions to such assets, replacements and products thereof and customary security deposits, related contract rights and payment intangibles), other than the assets subject to such Financing Lease Obligations and ancillary rights thereto; provided that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender;

 

(d)           Liens on property and assets existing on the Closing Date or pursuant to agreements in existence on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 10.2 or, to the extent not listed in such Schedule, such property or assets have a Fair Market Value that does not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate; provided that (i) such Lien does not extend to any other property or asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than (A) after acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien or financed by Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1 and (B) the proceeds and products thereof and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations that such Liens secured on the Closing Date and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1;

 

(e)           the modification, Refinancing, replacement, extension or renewal (or successive modifications, Refinancings, replacements, extensions or renewals) of any Lien permitted by clauses (c), (d), (f), (p), (t), (u) and (bb) of this Section 10.2 upon or in the same assets theretofore subject to such Lien other than (i) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, (ii) in the case of Liens permitted by clauses (f), (t), (u) or (bb), after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1, the terms of which Indebtedness require or include a pledge of after-acquired property (it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition) and (iii) the proceeds and products thereof;

 

(f)            Liens existing on the assets, or shares of Capital Stock, of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (including by designation as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 9.15), or existing on assets acquired, pursuant to an Acquisition or other Investment permitted under Section 10.5 or Section 10.6 to the extent the Liens on such assets secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1(j); provided that such Liens attach at all times only to the same assets that such Liens attached to (other than (i) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, (ii) after-acquired property subject to a Lien securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1(j), the terms of which Indebtedness require or include a pledge of after-acquired property (it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition) and (iii) the proceeds and products thereof), and secure only, the same Indebtedness or obligations (or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1) that such Liens secured, immediately prior to such Acquisition or other Investment, as applicable;

 

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(g)           Liens arising out of any license, sublicense or cross-license of Intellectual Property permitted under Section 10.4;

 

(h)           Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(i)            Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right to set off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

 

(j)            Liens (i) on advances of cash or Cash Equivalents in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 10.5 or Section 10.6 to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment (or to secure letters of credit, bank guarantee or similar instruments posted or issued in respect thereof), and (ii) consisting of an agreement to sell, transfer, lease or otherwise Dispose of any property in a transaction permitted under Section 10.4, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or sale, Disposition, transfer or lease, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;

 

(k)            (i) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of property and bailee arrangements entered into by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business permitted by this Agreement and (ii) Lien arising by operation of Applicable Law under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar provision under any other Applicable Law) in favor of a seller or buyer of goods;

 

(l)            Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 10.5; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;

 

(m)          Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (A) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the Incurrence of Indebtedness, (B) relating to pooled deposit, automatic clearing house or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (C) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice; provided that, Liens permitted pursuant to this clause (m) may be first priority Liens and not subject to any Lien or security interest securing the Obligations;

 

(n)           Liens (i) solely on any earnest money deposits of cash or Cash Equivalents made by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder or to secure any letter of credit, bank guarantee or similar instrument issued or posted in respect thereof and (ii) consisting of an agreement to Dispose of any property in a transaction permitted under Section 10.4;

 

(o)           Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;

 

(p)           Liens on property subject to Sale Leasebacks and customary security deposits, related contract rights and payment intangibles related thereto;

 

(q)           the prior rights of consignees and their lenders under consignment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(r)            agreements to subordinate any interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any accounts receivable or other proceeds arising from inventory consigned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(s)            (i) Liens on Capital Stock in Joint Ventures securing obligations of such Joint Ventures and (ii) to the extent constituting Liens, transfer restrictions, purchase options, rights of first refusal, tag or drag, put or call or similar rights of minority holders or Joint Ventures partners, in each case under partnership, limited liability coverage, Joint Venture or similar Organizational Documents;

 

(t)            Liens with respect to property or assets of any Non-Credit Party securing Indebtedness of a Non-Credit Party permitted under Section 10.1(v);

 

(u)           Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section 10.2; provided that, at the time of the incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of proceeds thereof, the aggregate amount of Indebtedness and other obligations then outstanding and secured thereby (when aggregated with the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by Liens Incurred in reliance on, and then outstanding under, Section 10.2(e) above in respect of a Refinancing of Indebtedness previously secured under this Section 10.2(u)) does not exceed, except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, the greater of (x) $225,000,000 and (y) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date such Lien is created, incurred, assumed or suffered to exist (measured as such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date; provided that, if such Liens are on Collateral, then the Borrower may elect to have the holders of the Indebtedness or other obligations secured thereby (or a representative or trustee on their behalf) enter into a Customary Intercreditor Agreement providing that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Indebtedness or other obligations shall rank junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations. Without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to negotiate, execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Customary Intercreditor Agreement or any amendment (or amendment and restatement) to the Security Documents or a Customary Intercreditor Agreement to the extent necessary to effect the provisions contemplated by this Section 10.2(u);

 

(v)           Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business and, at the time of incurrence thereof, not for speculative purposes;

 

(w)           Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents used to defease or to satisfy or discharge Indebtedness; provided such defeasance or satisfaction or discharge is permitted under this Agreement;

 

(x)            Liens securing obligations (other than obligations representing Indebtedness for borrowed money) under operating, reciprocal easement or similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(y)           Liens securing commercial letters of credit permitted pursuant to Section 10.1(z);

 

(z)            Liens on Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(aa)          Liens securing Hedging Agreements submitted for clearing in accordance with Applicable Law;

 

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(bb)         Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1(k), (s) or (x); provided that, subject to Section 1.11, after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of any such Liens and the Incurrence of such Indebtedness and to any Acquisition, Investment, Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith, the Borrower and Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance on a pro forma basis with a Consolidated Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio of less than or equal to 5.00:1.00, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Incurrence, as if such Incurrence, Acquisition, Investment, and any Specified Transaction or Specified Restructuring to be consummated in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Test Period; provided, further, that, if such Liens are on Collateral, then the Borrower may elect to have the holders of the Indebtedness or other obligations secured thereby (or a representative or trustee on their behalf) enter into a Customary Intercreditor Agreement providing that the Liens on the Collateral securing such Indebtedness or other obligations shall rank junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations. Without any further consent of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to negotiate, execute and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Customary Intercreditor Agreement or any amendment (or amendment and restatement) to the Security Documents or a Customary Intercreditor Agreement to the extent necessary to effect the provisions contemplated by this Section 10.2(bb);

 

(cc)          with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, Liens arising mandatorily by legal requirements (and not as a result of under-capitalization of such Foreign Subsidiary);

 

(dd)         Liens on Escrowed Proceeds for the benefit of the related holders of debt securities or other Indebtedness (or the underwriters or arrangers thereof) or on cash set aside at the time of the Incurrence of any Indebtedness or government securities purchased with such cash, in either case to the extent such cash or government securities prefund the payment of interest on such Indebtedness and are held in an escrow account or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose;

 

(ee)          Liens on vehicles or equipment of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business;

 

(ff)           Liens on accounts receivable and related assets, incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility;

 

(gg)         Liens securing obligations in respect of any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds or in respect of any credit card or similar services incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(hh)         Liens representing (i) any interest or title of a licensor, lessor or sublicensor or sublessor under any lease or license permitted by this Agreement, (ii) any Lien or restriction that the interest or title of such lessor, licensor, sublessor or sublicensor may be subject to, or (iii) the interest of a licensee, lessee, sublicensee or sublessee arising by virtue of being granted a license or lease permitted by this Agreement;

 

(ii)            Liens granted pursuant to a security agreement between the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and a licensee of Intellectual Property to secure the damages, if any, of such licensee resulting from the rejection of the license of such licensee in a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(jj)           utility and similar deposits in the ordinary course of business;

 

(kk)          Liens securing any Hedging Obligations under any Hedging Agreement so long as the Fair Market Value of the Collateral securing such Hedging Obligations does not exceed $75,000,000 at any time;

 

(ll)            Liens arising in connection with rights of dissenting equityholders pursuant to Applicable Law in respect of the Transactions; and

 

(mm)        Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights.

 

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For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.2, (A) Lien need not be incurred solely by reference to one category of Liens permitted by this Section 10.2 but are permitted to be incurred in part under any combination thereof and of any other available exemption, (B) in the event that Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of Liens permitted by this Section 10.2, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify such Lien (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this definition and (C) in the event that a portion of Indebtedness or other obligations secured by a Lien could be classified as secured in part pursuant to Section 10.2(bb) above (giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of such portion of such Indebtedness or other obligations), the Borrower, in its sole discretion, may classify such portion of such Indebtedness (and any obligations in respect thereof) as having been secured pursuant to Section 10.2(bb) above and thereafter the remainder of the Indebtedness or other obligations as having been secured pursuant to one or more of the other clauses of this Section 10.2.

 

10.3         Limitation on Fundamental Changes. Except as expressly permitted by Section 10.4, 10.5 or 10.6, the Borrower will not and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its business units, assets or other properties, except that:

 

(a)            any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person (other than Holdings) may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower or the Borrower may Dispose of all or substantially all of its business units, assets and other properties; provided that (i) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person or, in the case of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation where the Borrower is not the continuing or surviving Person, the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation (if other than the Borrower) or in connection with a Disposition of all or substantially all of the Borrower’s assets, the transferee of such assets or properties, shall, in each case, be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (the Borrower or such Person, as the case may be, being herein referred to as the “Successor Borrower”), (ii) the Successor Borrower (if other than the Borrower) shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (iii) if such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition involves the Borrower and a Person that, prior to the consummation of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, or Disposition, is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (A) subject to Section 1.11, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing on the date of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition or would result from the consummation of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition, (B) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition or unless the Successor Borrower is the Borrower, shall have confirmed by a supplement to the Guarantee and by a supplement to this Agreement that its Guarantee and Co-Obligor obligations shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (C) each Subsidiary grantor and each Subsidiary pledgor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition or unless the Successor Borrower is the Borrower, shall have by a supplement to the Credit Documents confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (D) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition or unless the Successor Borrower is the Borrower, shall have by an amendment to or restatement of the Mortgage confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (E) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate stating that such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition and any supplements to the Credit Documents preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection of the Liens on the Collateral under the Security Documents, (F) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall be required to deliver to the Administrative Agent an opinion of counsel to the effect that such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition does not breach or result in a default under this Agreement or any other Credit Document and (G) such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition shall comply with all the conditions set forth in the definition of the term “Permitted Acquisition” or is otherwise permitted under Section 10.5 or Section 10.6; provided, further, that, if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower (if other than the Borrower) will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement (provided, further, that, in the event of a Disposition of all or substantially all of the Borrower’s assets or property to a Successor Borrower (which is not the Borrower) as set forth above and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 13.6(a), if the original Borrower retains any assets or property other than immaterial assets or property after such Disposition, such original Borrower shall remain obligated as a co-Borrower along with the Successor Borrower hereunder);

 

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(b)            any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person (other than Holdings) may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into any one or more Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its business units, assets and other properties; provided that, (i) in the case of any merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition involving one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, (A) a Restricted Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person or the transferee of such assets or (B) the Borrower shall take all steps necessary to cause the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or the transferee of such assets and properties (if other than a Restricted Subsidiary) to become a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) in the case of any merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition involving one or more Subsidiary Guarantors, if the surviving Person formed by or surviving such merger, amalgamation or consolidation or the transferee of such assets and properties is a Credit Party, then any Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor assumed by such surviving Person or the transferee of such assets and properties shall be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness upon completion of such transaction and such transaction shall be permitted only if such Incurrence is permitted under Section 10.1 of this Agreement (without giving effect to Section 10.1(k)) and (iii) if such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition involves a Restricted Subsidiary and a Person that, prior to the consummation of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition, is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, (A) subject to Section 1.11, no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing on the date of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition or would result from the consummation of such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition, (B) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer stating that such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition and such supplements to any Credit Document preserve the enforceability of the Guarantees and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the Security Documents and (C) such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Disposition shall comply with all the conditions set forth in the definition of the term “Permitted Acquisition” or is otherwise permitted under Section 10.4, Section 10.5 or Section 10.6;

 

(c)            any Restricted Subsidiary may (i) merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any other Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) Dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower;

 

(d)            the Transactions (including the Merger and the Internal Restructuring) may be consummated; provided that, after giving effect to the Internal Restructuring, MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC expressly assumes all of the obligations of MPH Acquisition Corp 1 (as Successor Borrower after the Merger and Internal Restructuring);

 

(e)            any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve or change its legal form if (x) the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution or change of legal form is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and (y) any assets or business not otherwise Disposed of or transferred in accordance with Section 10.4, Section 10.5 or Section 10.6, or, in the case of any such business, discontinued, shall be transferred to, or otherwise owned or conducted by, the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary after giving effect to such liquidation or dissolution or change of legal form; and

 

(f)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation, amalgamation or Disposition, the purpose of which is to (i) effect a Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 10.4 (other than 10.4(h)), (ii) reorganize or reincorporate any such Person in the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof or (iii) convert into a Person organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person or another jurisdiction of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof; provided that, with respect to any of the actions described in clauses (ii) and (iii) above, the Borrower or applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall have complied with Section 4.2 of the Security Agreement.

 

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10.4         Limitation on Sale of Assets. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, (i) convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer, license or otherwise dispose of any of its property, business or assets (including receivables and including pursuant to a Sale Leaseback), whether now owned or hereafter acquired (each, a “Disposition”) (other than any such Disposition resulting from a Recovery Event), or (ii) sell to any Person (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) any shares owned by it of any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries’ Capital Stock, except that:

 

(a)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, lease, assign, transfer, license, abandon, allow the expiration or lapse of, or otherwise Dispose of, the following: (i) obsolete, worn-out, damaged, uneconomic, no longer commercially desirable, used or surplus assets, rights and properties and other assets, rights and properties that are held for sale or no longer used, useful or necessary for the operation of the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ business, (ii) inventory, equipment, service agreements, product sales, securities and goods held for sale or other immaterial assets in the ordinary course of business, (iii) cash, Cash Equivalents and Investment Grade Securities in the ordinary course of business, (ivbooks of business, client lists or related goodwill in connection with the departure of related employees or producers in the ordinary course of business and (v) any such other assets or Capital Stock to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of such assets sold in any single transaction or series of related transactions does not exceed the greater of (x) $30,000,000 and (y) 4.5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date such assets are Disposed (measured as of the date such assets are Disposed) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

(b)           the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may (i) enter into non-exclusive licenses, sublicenses or cross-licenses of Intellectual Property including in connection with a research and development agreement in which the other party receives a license to Intellectual Property that results from such agreement, (ii) exclusively license, sublicense or cross-license Intellectual Property if done in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (iii) assign, lease, sublease, license or sublicense any real or personal property or terminate or allow to lapse any such assignment, lease, sublease, license or sublicense, other than any Intellectual Property, in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(c)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, transfer or otherwise Dispose of other assets for Fair Market Value; provided that (i) with respect to any Disposition pursuant to this Section 10.4(c) for a purchase price in excess of the greater of (x) $35,000,000 and (y) 5.2% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date such assets are Disposed (measured as of the date such assets are Disposed) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall receive not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that, for purposes of determining what constitutes cash under this clause (i), (A) any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto or if accrued or incurred subsequent to the date of such balance sheets, such liabilities would have been shown on the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto as if such accrual or incurrence had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the payment in cash of the Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition and for which the Borrower and all of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing shall be deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents, (B) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition shall be deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents and (C) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of the applicable Disposition having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (C) that is outstanding at the time such Designated Non-Cash Consideration is received, not in excess of the greater of (x) $175,000,000 and (y) 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date such assets are Disposed (measured as of the date such assets are Disposed) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, shall be deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents, (ii) any non-cash proceeds received in the form of Indebtedness or Capital Stock are pledged to the Collateral Agent to the extent required under Section 9.11, and (iii) to the extent applicable, the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are promptly offered to prepay the Term Loans to the extent required by Section 5.2(a)(i);

 

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(d)           the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may (i) Dispose of, discount, forgive or write off accounts receivable, notes receivable or other current assets in the ordinary course of business or convert accounts receivable to notes receivable or make other Dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the compromise or collection thereof and (ii) sell or transfer accounts receivable so long as the Net Cash Proceeds of any sale or transfer pursuant to this clause (ii) are offered to prepay the Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i);

 

(e)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may Dispose of properties, rights or assets (including the Disposition or issuance of Capital Stock) to the Borrower or to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, if the transferor of such property, right or asset is the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor and the transferee thereof is a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, then the Indebtedness of such transferor assumed by such transferee shall be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness upon completion of such transaction and such transaction shall be permitted only if such Incurrence is permitted under Section 10.1 (without giving effect to Section 10.1(j));

 

(f)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may Dispose of property (including like-kind exchanges) to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;

 

(g)           the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, transfer and otherwise Dispose of Investments in Joint Ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the Joint Venture parties set forth in Joint Venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

 

(h)           the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may effect any transaction permitted by Section 10.3, 10.5 or 10.6 and may create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens permitted by Section 10.2;

 

(i)             the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiary may transfer property subject to Recovery Events, including foreclosures, condemnation, expropriation, forced disposition, eminent domain or any similar action with respect to assets;

 

(j)             the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions listed on Schedule 10.4 and Dispositions of (i) non-core or obsolete assets acquired in connection with Acquisitions or other Investments that are not used or useful in, or are surplus to, the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) other assets acquired in connection with Acquisitions or other Investments permitted under this Agreement for Fair Market Value; provided that any such Dispositions referred to in this clause (ii) shall be made or contractually committed to be made within 365 days of the date such assets were acquired by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(k)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may unwind or terminate any Hedging Agreement or Cash Management Agreement and allow for the expiration of any options agreement with respect to any Real Property or personal property;

 

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(l)             the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions of residential Real Property and related assets in connection with relocation activities for officers, managers, consultants, directors, employees or independent contractors (or their Immediate Family Members) of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle), the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(m)           the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may issue directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals, in each case as required by Applicable Laws;

 

(n)           the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into any netting arrangement of accounts receivable between or among the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or among Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower made in the ordinary course of business;

 

(o)           the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may allow the lapse of, abandon, cancel or cease to maintain or cease to enforce Intellectual Property rights that are no longer (i) used, useful or necessary for, (ii) economically practicable or commercially reasonable to maintain or (iii) in the best interest of or material for the operation of the Borrower’s and the Restricted Subsidiaries’ businesses (including by allowing any registrations or any applications for registration thereof to lapse), in each case in the ordinary course of business or in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower;

 

(p)           the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may surrender, terminate or waive any contract rights or surrender, waive, settle, modify, compromise or release any contract rights, litigation claims or any other claims of any kind (including in tort) in the ordinary course of business;

 

(q)           the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions or issuances of the Capital Stock in, Indebtedness of, or other securities issued by, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(r)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may effect a Sale Leaseback (i) with respect to property that is acquired after the Closing Date so long as such Sale Leaseback is consummated within 270 days of the acquisition of such property or (ii) if at the time the lease in connection therewith is entered into, and after giving effect to the entering into of such lease, such lease is otherwise permitted under this Agreement;

 

(s)            the Borrower may issue Qualified Capital Stock and, to the extent permitted by Section 10.1, Disqualified Capital Stock;

 

(t)            the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions (including those of the type otherwise described herein) after the Closing Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $30,000,000 and (y) 4.5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior the date such assets are Disposed (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

(u)           to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code or any comparable or successor provision, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;

 

(v)           sales or transfers of accounts receivable, or participations therein and related assets, in connection with any Receivables Facility;

 

(w)           sales or dispositions of Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary in order to qualify members of the governing body of such Subsidiary if required by Applicable Law;

 

(x)            samples, including time-limited evaluation software, provided to customers or prospective customers;

 

(y)           de minimis amounts of equipment provided to employees;

 

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(z)            the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may (i) terminate or otherwise collapse its cost sharing agreements with the Borrower or any Subsidiary and settle any crossing payments in connection therewith, (ii) convert any intercompany Indebtedness to Capital Stock, (iii) transfer any intercompany Indebtedness to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (subject to applicable subordination terms if Indebtedness of a Credit Party is transferred to a non-Credit Party), (ivsettle, discount, write off, forgive or cancel any intercompany Indebtedness or other obligation owing by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (v) settle, discount, write off, forgive or cancel any Indebtedness owing by any present or former consultants, directors, officers or employees of any Parent Entity, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their successors or assigns or (vi) surrender or waive contractual rights and settle or waive contractual or litigation claims; and

 

(aa)          the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions of any asset between or among the Borrower and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a substantially concurrent interim Disposition in connection with a Disposition otherwise permitted pursuant to clauses (a) through (z) above.

 

10.5         Limitation on Investments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any Investment, except (each of the following exceptions, the “Permitted Investments”):

 

(a)            extensions of trade credit, asset purchases (including purchases of inventory, Intellectual Property, supplies, material or equipment or other similar assets), the lease or sublease of any asset and the licensing or sublicensing or contribution of Intellectual Property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(b)           Investments in assets constituting, or at the time of making such Investments were, cash or Cash Equivalents;

 

(c)            loans and advances to officers, managers, directors, employees, consultants and independent contractors of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof), the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) to finance the purchase of Capital Stock of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle); provided that the amount of such loans and advances used to acquire such Capital Stock shall be contributed to the Borrower in cash as common equity, (ii) for reasonable and customary business related travel expenses, entertainment expenses, moving expenses and similar expenses or payroll expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, and (iii) for additional purposes not contemplated by subclause (i) or (ii) above; provided that, after giving pro forma effect to the making of any such loan or advance, the aggregate principal amount of all loans and advances outstanding under this Section 10.5(c)(iii) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $20,000,000 and (y) 3.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date such Investment is made (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

(d)           Investments (i) existing or contemplated on the Closing Date or (ii) made pursuant to binding agreements in effect on the Closing Date to the extent listed on Schedule 10.5 and (iii) in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), any modification, replacement, renewal, extension or reinvestment thereof, so long as the aggregate amount of all Investments pursuant to this Section 10.5(d) is not increased at any time above the amount of such Investments or binding agreements existing or contemplated on the Closing Date, except pursuant to the terms of such Investment or binding agreements existing or contemplated as of the Closing Date (including as a result of the accrual or accretion of original issue discount or the issuance of payment-in-kind obligations) or as otherwise permitted by this Section 10.5 or Section 10.6;

 

(e)            Investments in Hedging Agreements permitted by Section 10.1(i) and Cash Management Agreements permitted by Section 10.1;

 

(f)             Investments received (i) in connection with, or as a result of, any bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of suppliers, trade creditors or customers or in settlement or compromise of delinquent obligations and disputes with, or judgments against, or other disputes with, customers, trade creditors or suppliers, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon bankruptcy or insolvency of any customer, trade creditor or supplier, (ii) in satisfaction of judgments against other Persons, (iii) as a result of the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment or (ivas a result of the settlement, compromise or resolution of litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Person who are not Affiliates;

 

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(g)           Investments to the extent that the payment for such Investments is made solely with the Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) or the Borrower;

 

(h)           Investments constituting non-cash proceeds of sales, transfers and other Dispositions of assets to the extent permitted by Sections 10.3 and 10.4;

 

(i)            (i) Investments by or among the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary (including guarantees of obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary and any prepayments, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances, acquisitions and other similar payments of any Indebtedness of any such Person not prohibited by Section 10.7) and (ii) Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Unrestricted Subsidiary or Joint Venture as valued at the Fair Market Value of such Investment at the time each such Investment is made; provided that the aggregate amount of such Investment (as so valued) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $200,000,000 and (y) 30.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date such Investment is made (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date;

 

(j)             Investments consisting of advances, loans, rebates and extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable, notes receivable security deposits and prepayments (including prepayments of expenses) arising and trade credit granted in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other deposits, prepayments and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(k)            the Borrower may make a loan to Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) that could otherwise be made as a Restricted Payment (other than a Restricted Investment) to Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) under Section 10.6, so long as the amount of such loan is deducted from the amount available to be made as a Restricted Payment under the applicable clause of Section 10.6;

 

(l)             Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of UCC Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and UCC Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers;

 

(m)           advances of payroll payments to employees, consultants or independent contractors or other advances of salaries or compensation to officers, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(n)           Guarantees by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of leases or subleases (other than Financing Lease Obligations), Contractual Obligations or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(o)            Investments made to acquire, purchase, repurchase, redeem, acquire or retire Capital Stock of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) or the Borrower owned by any employee stock ownership plan or key employee stock ownership plan of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) or the Borrower;

 

(p)           Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions;

 

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(q)           any additional Investments (including Investments in Minority Investments, Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Investments in Joint Ventures or similar entities that do not constitute Restricted Subsidiaries), as valued at the Fair Market Value of such Investment at the time each such Investment is made; provided that the aggregate amount of such Investment (as so valued) shall not cause the aggregate amount of all such Investments made pursuant to this Section 10.5(q) measured at the time such Investment is made, to exceed, after giving pro forma effect to such Investment, the sum of (i) the greater of (x) $250,000,000 and (y) 40.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior the date such Investment is made (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date, (ii) the Available Equity Amount at such time and (iii) the Available Amount at such time; provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this Section 10.5(q) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 10.5(i)(i) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this Section 10.5(q) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

(r)            Investments arising as a result of Sale Leasebacks;

 

(s)            Investments held by any Person acquired by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date or of any Person merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Borrower or merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 10.3 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation;

 

(t)             Investments consisting of Indebtedness, fundamental changes, Dispositions, Restricted Payments (other than Restricted Investments) and debt payments permitted under Sections 10.1, 10.3 (but only any lettered paragraphs thereof), 10.4 (other than 10.4(e) or 10.4(i) (as such Section 10.4(i) relates to Section 10.5)), 10.6 (other than 10.6(c)(i)) and 10.7;

 

(u)           the forgiveness, capitalization or conversion to Qualified Capital Stock of any Indebtedness owed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and permitted by Section 10.1;

 

(v)           Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower may be established or created if the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiary comply with the requirements of Sections 9.10, 9.11 and 9.14, if applicable; provided that, in each case, to the extent such new Restricted Subsidiary is created solely for the purpose of consummating a transaction pursuant to an acquisition permitted by this Section 10.5, and such new Restricted Subsidiary at no time holds any assets or liabilities other than any merger consideration contributed to it contemporaneously with the closing of such transactions, such new Restricted Subsidiary shall not be required to take the actions set forth in Sections 9.10, 9.11 and 9.14 until the respective acquisition is consummated (at which time the surviving entity of the respective transaction shall be required to so comply in accordance with the provisions thereof);

 

(w)           Investments consisting of earnest money deposits required in connection with purchase agreements or other Acquisitions;

 

(x)            Investments consisting of loans and advances to Holdings (or any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle) and its Subsidiaries in connection with the reimbursement of expenses incurred on behalf of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

(y)            Investment Grade Securities maturing no more than 24 months from the date of acquisition;

 

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(z)            contributions in connection with compensation arrangements to a “rabbi” trust for the benefit of employees, directors, partners, members, consultants, independent contractors or other service providers or other grantor trust subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(aa)          non-cash or non-Cash Equivalent Investments in connection with tax planning and reorganization activities; provided that, after giving pro forma effect to any such activities, the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations would not be materially impaired;

 

(bb)         loans and advances to customers in the ordinary course of business in respect of the confidential payment of insurance premiums;

 

(cc)          any Investment made in connection with the Transactions, including the Merger, the Internal Restructuring and any transactions in connection with the Existing Debt Refinancing;

 

(dd)         Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of assets or services in the ordinary course of business;

 

(ee)          Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit and customary trade arrangements with customers, vendors, suppliers, licensors, sublicensors, licensees and sublicensees;

 

(ff)           Capital Expenditures permitted or not restricted under this Agreement;

 

(gg)         deposits in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of Non-Financing Lease Obligations or utility contracts, or in connection with obligations in respect of tenders, statutory obligations, surety, stay and appeal bonds, bids, licenses, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds, completion guarantees and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money) incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(hh)         Investments made in the ordinary course of business in connection with (i) obtaining, maintaining or renewing client and customer contracts and (ii) loans or advances made to, and guarantees with respect to obligations of, independent operators, distributors, suppliers, licensors, sublicensors, licensees and sublicensees.

 

(ii)            additional Investments so long as, subject to Section 1.11, (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (y) after giving pro forma effect to such Investment, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, as such ratio is calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of the making of such Investment, as if such Investment and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of no greater than 5.25:1.00;

 

(jj)            Investments in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this Section 10.5(kk) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $225,000,000 and 35.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such Investment (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date; provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this Section 10.5(jj) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, after such date, such investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 10.5(i) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this Section 10.5(jj) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(kk)          to the extent not required to be applied to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i), Investments made in accordance with clause (v) of the definition of “Net Cash Proceeds” with the proceeds received in connection with a Recovery Prepayment Event;

 

(ll)            Investments resulting from pledges and deposits permitted by Sections 10.2(a)(i), 10.2(b) (with respect to clause (d) of the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances”) and 10.1(n);

 

(mm)       any Investment in any Subsidiary or any Joint Venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(nn)         Investments in deposit accounts and securities accounts in the ordinary course of business;

 

(oo)         Investments solely to the extent such Investments reflect an increase in the value of Investments otherwise permitted under this Section 10.5;

 

(pp)         the acquisition of additional Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries from minority equityholders (it being understood that to the extent that any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party is acquiring Capital Stock from minority equityholders, then this clause (pp) shall not in and of itself create, or increase the capacity under, any basket for Investments by Credit Parties in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party);

 

(qq)         Investments in Capital Stock in any Subsidiary resulting from any sale, transfer or other Disposition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary permitted by Section 10.4, including as a result of any contribution from any Parent Entity or distribution to any Subsidiary of such Capital Stock;

 

(rr)           Term Loans repurchased by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to and subject to immediate cancellation in accordance with this Agreement;

 

(ss)          Guarantee obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of letters of support, guarantees or similar obligations issued, made or incurred for the benefit of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent required by law or in connection with any statutory filing or the delivery of audit opinions performed in jurisdictions other than within the United States;

 

(tt)           Investments in any Receivables Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the Borrower are necessary or advisable to effect any Receivables Facility or any repurchase obligation in connection therewith; and

 

(uu)         Acquisitions by the Borrower of obligations of one or more directors, officers, employees, member or management or consultants of Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with such Person’s acquisition of Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle, so long as no cash is actually advanced by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to such Person in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations.

 

10.6         Limitation on Restricted Payments. The Borrower will not pay any dividends (other than dividends payable solely in the Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower) or return any capital to its equity holders or make any other distribution, payment or delivery of property or cash to its equity holders as such, or redeem, retire, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, for consideration, any shares of any class of its Capital Stock or the Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle now or hereafter outstanding (or any options or warrants or stock appreciation or similar rights issued with respect to any of its Capital Stock), or set aside any funds for any of the foregoing purposes (but excluding, in each case, the payment of compensation in the ordinary course of business to equity holders of any such Capital Stock who are employees of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary), or permit the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration (other than in connection with an Investment permitted by Section 10.5) any shares of any class of the Capital Stock of any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle or the Capital Stock of the Borrower, now or hereafter outstanding (or any options or warrants or stock appreciation or similar rights issued with respect to any of the Capital Stock of any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle or the Capital Stock of the Borrower) or make any Restricted Investment (all of the foregoing, “Restricted Payments”); provided that:

 

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(a)           (i) the Borrower may (or may pay Restricted Payments to permit any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle to) redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire in whole or in part any Capital Stock (“Treasury Capital Stock”) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle, in exchange for another class of Capital Stock or rights to acquire its Capital Stock or with proceeds from equity contributions or sales or issuances (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of new shares of such Capital Stock to the extent contributed to the Borrower (in each case other than Disqualified Capital Stock, “Refunding Capital Stock”) substantially concurrently with such contribution or sale or issuance; provided that any terms and provisions material to the interests of the Lenders, when taken as a whole, contained in such Refunding Capital Stock are at least as advantageous to the Lenders as those contained in the Capital Stock redeemed thereby and (ii) the Borrower, and any Restricted Subsidiary may pay Restricted Payments payable solely in the Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock not otherwise permitted by Section 10.1) of such Person;

 

(b)            So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may redeem, acquire, retire or repurchase (and the Borrower may declare and pay Restricted Payments to any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle, the proceeds of which are used to so redeem, acquire, retire or repurchase) shares of its Capital Stock (or any options or warrants or equity appreciation or similar rights issued with respect to any of such Capital Stock) (or to allow any of the Borrower’s Parent Entities or any Equityholding Vehicle to so redeem, retire, acquire or repurchase their Capital Stock (or any options or warrants or equity appreciation or similar rights issued with respect to any of its Capital Stock)) held by future, current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors, employees and independent contractors (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower, upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of any such Person or otherwise in accordance with any equity option or equity appreciation or similar rights plan, any management, director and/or employee equity ownership or incentive plan, equity subscription plan or subscription agreement, employment termination agreement or any other employment agreements or equity holders’ agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any principal or interest payable on any Indebtedness Incurred by the Borrower or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle in connection with any such redemption, acquisition, retirement or repurchase); provided that, except with respect to non-discretionary repurchases, acquisitions, retirements or redemptions pursuant to the terms of any equity option or equity appreciation rights plan, any management, director and/or employee equity ownership or incentive plan, equity subscription plan or subscription agreement, employment termination agreement or any other employment agreement or equity holders’ agreement, the aggregate amount of all cash paid in respect of all such shares of Capital Stock (or any options or warrants or stock appreciation or similar rights issued with respect to any of such Capital Stock) so redeemed, acquired, retired or repurchased, does not exceed the sum of (i) $50,000,000 in any calendar year (which shall increase to $100,000,000 in any calendar year following the consummation of a Qualifying IPO); notwithstanding the foregoing, 100% of the unused amount of payments in respect of this Section 10.6(b)(i) (before giving pro forma effect to any carry forward) up to a maximum of $100,000,000, may be carried forward to succeeding calendar years and utilized to make payments pursuant to this Section 10.6(b) plus (ii) all proceeds obtained by any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle (and contributed to the Borrower) or the Borrower after the Closing Date from the sale of such Capital Stock to other future, current or former officers, managers, consultants, employees, directors and independent contractors (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) in connection with any plan or agreement referred to above in this clause (b) plus (iii) all Net Cash Proceeds obtained from any key-man life insurance policies received by the Borrower (or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle to the extent contributed to the Borrower) after the Closing Date less (ivthe amount of any previous Restricted Payments made pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 10.6(b); and provided, further, that, the cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any future, current or former employees, officers, managers, directors, consultants or independent contractors (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, Holdings or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a redemption, acquisition, retirement or repurchase of its Capital Stock will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Agreement;

 

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(c)           (i) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments (other than Restricted Investments), the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may make Investments permitted by Section 10.5 and (ii) each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower and to Restricted Subsidiaries (and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, to the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary and to each other owner of Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests);

 

(d)           to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into and consummate transactions expressly permitted by any provision of Section 10.3 and 10.4 (other than 10.4(h)), and the Borrower may pay Restricted Payments to any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle as and when necessary to enable such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle to effect the transactions permitted by such section;

 

(e)            the Borrower may redeem, acquire, retire or repurchase Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle of the Borrower or the Borrower, as applicable, upon exercise of stock options or warrants to the extent such Capital Stock represents all or a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants, and the Borrower may pay Restricted Payments to a Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle thereof as and when necessary to enable such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle to effect such repurchases;

 

(f)             in addition to the foregoing Restricted Payments (i) the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments, so long as (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (y) after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment, the Borrower would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of payment of such Restricted Payment, as if such Restricted Payment and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of no greater than 5.25:1.00, (ii) the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed an amount equal to the Available Amount at the time such Restricted Payment is paid, so long as, (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (y) after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment, the Borrower would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with a Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of payment of such Restricted Payment, as if such Restricted Payment and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of no less than 2.00:1.00, (iii) the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed an amount equal to the Available Equity Amount at the time such Restricted Payment is paid and (iv) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the portion, if any, of the Restricted Payment Amount, on the relevant date of determination, that the Borrower elects to apply pursuant to this clause (iv);

 

(g)           the Borrower may make and pay Restricted Payments:

 

(i)            the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity of the Borrower to pay) any tax liability in respect of income attributable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, but not in excess of the tax liability that the Borrower would incur if it filed tax returns as the parent of a consolidated, combined, unitary or aggregate group for itself and its Subsidiaries (and net of any payment already made and to be made by the Borrower to a taxing authority to satisfy such tax liability); provided that a Restricted Payment attributable to any taxes attributable to an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be permitted only to the extent such Unrestricted Subsidiary distributed cash to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(ii)           the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle to pay) its operating expenses incurred in the ordinary course (including related to maintenance of organizational existence), general administrative costs and other overhead costs and expenses (including administrative, legal, accounting, professional and similar fees and expenses provided by third parties, including the Borrower’s proportionate share of such amount relating to such Parent Entity being a Public Company), plus any indemnification claims made by employees, managers, consultants, independent contractors, directors or officers of any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle;

 

(iii)          the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle to pay) franchise, excise and similar taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses, in each case, required to maintain its (or any of its Parent Entities’ or Equityholding Vehicles’) corporate or other legal existence;

 

(iv)         the proceeds of which shall be used to make Investments contemplated by Section 10.5(c);

 

(v)          the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (or to make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle to pay) fees and expenses (other than to Affiliates of the Borrower) related to any successful or unsuccessful equity issuance or offering or Incurrence of Indebtedness, Refinancing, Disposition or acquisition or Investment transaction permitted by this Agreement;

 

(vi)         to the extent not constituting a Restricted Investment, the proceeds of which shall be used to finance Investments that would otherwise be permitted to be made pursuant to Section 10.5 or as a Restricted Investment pursuant to Section 10.6 if made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment, (ii) such Parent Entity shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (A) all property acquired (whether assets or Capital Stock) to be contributed to the capital of the Borrower or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Person formed or acquired with or into the Borrower or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent not prohibited by Section 10.3) in order to consummate such Investment and (iii) such Parent Entity and its Affiliates (other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) receives no consideration or other payment in connection with such transaction except to the extent the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary could have otherwise given such consideration or made such payment in compliance with this Agreement; and

 

(vii)        the proceeds of which shall be used to pay customary salary, bonus, severance and other benefits payable to directors, officers, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors of any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries including the Borrower’s proportionate share of such amount relating to such Parent Entity being a Public Company;

 

(h)           the Borrower may (or may make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle to) (i) pay cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any Restricted Payment (including in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock), share split, reverse share split or combination thereof or any Acquisition or other Investment and (ii) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;

 

(i)             the Borrower may pay (or may make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle to pay) Restricted Payments in an amount equal to withholding or similar taxes payable or expected to be payable by any future, current or former employee, director, manager, consultant or independent contractor (or any of their respective Immediate Family Members) of any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with the exercise or vesting of Capital Stock or other equity awards or any repurchases, redemptions, acquisitions, retirements or withholdings of Capital Stock in connection with any exercise of Capital Stock or other equity options or warrants or the vesting of Capital Stock or other equity awards if such Capital Stock represent all or a portion of the exercise price of, or withholding obligation with respect to, such options or, warrants or other Capital Stock or equity awards;

 

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(j)            the Borrower may make payments (or make Restricted Payments to allow any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle to make such payments) described in Sections 10.11(c), (e), (h), (i), (j), (l) and (v) (subject to the conditions set out therein);

 

(k)            the Borrower may make Restricted Payments and distributions within sixty (60) days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration of such payment, such payment would have complied with the other provisions of this Section 10.6;

 

(l)            [reserved];

 

(m)          the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may pay and make any Restricted Payment in connection with (i) the Transactions or Restricted Payments necessary to consummate the Transactions, including (A) in respect of any payments required to be made after the Closing Date in connection with, or necessary to consummate, the Transactions, (B) the payment of the Transaction Expenses related thereto or used to fund amounts owed to Affiliates (including those made to any Parent Entity of the Borrower or Equityholding Vehicle to permit payment by such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle), (C) in respect of working capital adjustments or purchase price adjustments or to satisfy indemnity and other similar obligations, in each case as set forth in the Merger Agreement, (D) to holders of restricted stock, restricted stock units or similar equity awards and (E) to dissenting equityholders in connection with, or as a result of, their exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto (including any accrued interest) in connection with the Transactions, (ii) working capital adjustments or purchase price adjustments in connection with any Acquisition or other Investment and (iii) the satisfaction of indemnity and other similar obligations in connection with any Acquisition or other Investment;

 

(n)           the Borrower may make payments made to optionholders or holders of profits interests of the Borrower or any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle in connection with, or as a result of, any distribution being made to shareholders of the Borrower or any Parent Entity or any Equityholding Vehicle (to the extent such distribution is otherwise permitted hereunder), which payments are being made to compensate such optionholders or holders of profits interests as though they were shareholders at the time of, and entitled to share in, such distribution (it being understood that no such payment may be made to an optionholder or holder of profits interests pursuant to this clause to the extent such payment would not have been permitted to be made to such optionholder or holder of profits interests if it were a shareholder pursuant to any other paragraph of this Section 10.6, and any payment hereunder shall reduce payments available under such other paragraph);

 

(o)           the Borrower may pay Restricted Payments to pay for the redemption, acquisition, retirement or repurchase, in each case for nominal value, of Capital Stock of Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof or any Equityholding Vehicle) or the Borrower from a former investor of a business acquired in an Acquisition or other Investment or a current or former employee, officer, director, manager or consultant of a business acquired in an Acquisition or other Investment (or their Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members), which Capital Stock was issued as part of an earn-out or similar arrangement in the acquisition of such business, and which redemption, acquisition, retirement or repurchase relates the failure of such earn-out to fully vest;

 

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(p)           the Borrower may make distributions, by Restricted Payment or otherwise, or other transfer or Disposition of shares of Capital Stock of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries the primary assets of which are Cash Equivalents); and

 

(q)           the Borrower may make payments or distributions to satisfy dissenters’ rights pursuant to or in connection with an Acquisition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or transfer of assets that complies with Section 10.3;

 

(r)            [reserved];

 

(s)           the Borrower may make Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount that does not exceed the aggregate amount of Excluded Contributions received since the Closing Date (not otherwise building Available Equity Amount or constituting a Cure Amount or used to incur Indebtedness);

 

(t)            the Borrower may make distributions or payments of Receivables Fees and purchases of Receivables in connection with any Receivables Facility or any repurchase obligation in connection therewith;

 

(u)           the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to any Parent Entity of the cash or Cash Equivalents that were deposited on or prior to the Closing Date with the trustee for the Existing Notes, to the extent in excess of the amount that was needed to fund the redemption and discharge of such notes in full;

 

(v)           the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments in connection with the acquisition of additional Capital Stock in any Restricted Subsidiary from minority equityholders; and

 

(w)           so long as no Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom, after a Qualifying IPO, the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to any Parent Entity of the Borrower or any Equityholding Vehicle so that such Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle can make Restricted Payments to its equity holders in an aggregate amount not exceeding 5% of the Market Capitalization.

 

The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the assets or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10.6 shall not restrict the making of any AHYDO Catch-Up Payment with respect to, and required by the terms of, any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Agreement. Indebtedness Incurred under Section 10.1(q) shall reduce availability under this Section 10.6 in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount incurred from time to time under Section 10.1(q), whether or not outstanding, except in respect of amounts forgiven or cancelled without payment being made.

 

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10.7        Limitations on Debt Payments and Amendments.

 

(a)           The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, prepay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise defease or make similar payments in respect of any Junior Debt prior to its stated maturity (it being understood that payments of regularly scheduled interest, fees, expenses, indemnification obligations and, so long as no Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 is continuing or would result therefrom, AHYDO Catch-Up Payments shall be permitted); provided, however, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may prepay, repurchase, redeem, defease, acquire or otherwise make payments on any such Indebtedness (i) with the proceeds of any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness, (ii) by converting or exchanging any such Indebtedness to Capital Stock of Holdings or any of its Parent Entities and (iii) (A) so long as (x) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (y) after giving pro forma effect to such prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or other payment, the Borrower would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with a Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of any such payment, as if such prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or other payment and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of no greater than 5.25:1.00 after giving pro forma effect thereto, (B) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount at the time of such prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or other payment, so long as (x) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (y) after giving pro forma effect to such prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or other payment, the Borrower would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with a Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio, calculated as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date of such prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or other payment, as if such prepayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or other payment and any other transactions being consummated in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such Test Period, of no less than 2.00:1.00, (C) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Equity Amount at the time of such prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or other payment, (D) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the portion, if any, of the Restricted Payment Amount, on the relevant date of determination that the Borrower elects to apply pursuant to this clause (D), (E) any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Junior Debt Incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(j) (other than Indebtedness Incurred (I) to provide all or any portion of the funds utilized to consummate the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or (II) otherwise in connection with or contemplation of such acquisition), so long as such purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or similar payment is made or deposited with a trustee or other similar representative of the holders of such Junior Debt contemporaneously with, or substantially simultaneously with, the closing of the Acquisition under which such Junior Debt is Incurred and (F) the payment, redemption, repurchase, retirement, termination or cancellation of Indebtedness within 60 days of the date of the Redemption Notice if, at the date of any payment, redemption, repurchase, retirement, termination or cancellation notice in respect thereof (the “Redemption Notice”), such payment, redemption, repurchase, retirement termination or cancellation would have complied with another provision of this Section 10.7(a); provided that such payment, redemption, repurchase, retirement termination or cancellation shall reduce capacity under such other provision.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 10.7 shall prohibit (i) the repayment, prepayment, repurchase, redemption or other payment of intercompany subordinated Indebtedness owed among the Borrower and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries, in either case unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Borrower has received a notice from the Collateral Agent instructing it not to make or permit the Borrower and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries to make any such repayment or prepayment or (ii) substantially concurrent transfers of credit positions in connection with intercompany debt restructurings so long as such Indebtedness is permitted by Section 10.1 after giving pro forma effect to such transfer.

 

(b)           The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, waive, amend or modify any term or condition in any Subordinated Indebtedness Documentation (or, in each case, any documentation governing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) to the extent that any such waiver, amendment or modification, taken as a whole, would be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

 

10.8        Negative Pledge Clauses. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into or permit to exist any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement, any other Credit Document, any Permitted Additional Debt Documents related to any secured Permitted Additional Debt, any document governing any secured Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, the Senior Unsecured Notes Documents, any document governing any Term Loan Exchange Notes and any documentation governing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance any such Indebtedness) that limits the ability of the Borrower or any Guarantor to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person for the benefit of the Secured Parties with respect to the Obligations or under the Credit Documents; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to Contractual Obligations that in any material respect:

 

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(i)            (x) exist on the Closing Date and (to the extent not otherwise permitted by this Section 10.8) are listed on Schedule 10.8 hereto and (y) to the extent Contractual Obligations permitted by clause (x) are set forth in an agreement evidencing Indebtedness or other obligations, are set forth in any agreement evidencing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness or obligation so long as such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not materially expand the scope of such Contractual Obligation (as determined in good faith by the Borrower),

 

(ii)            are binding on a Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary first becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as such Contractual Obligations were not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower,

 

(iii)           represent Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Credit Party to the extent such Indebtedness is permitted by Section 10.1,

 

(iv)          arise pursuant to agreements entered into with respect to any sale, transfer, lease, license or other Disposition permitted by Section 10.4, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale, transfer, lease, license, or other Disposition of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary, and applicable solely to assets under such sale, transfer, lease or other Disposition,

 

(v)            are customary provisions in Joint Venture agreements, partnership agreements, limited liability company organizational governance document, and other similar agreements applicable to partnerships, limited liability companies, Joint Ventures and similar Persons permitted by Section 10.5 or Section 10.6 and applicable solely to such Persons or the transfer of ownership therein,

 

(vi)           are negative pledges and restrictions on Liens in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1, but solely to the extent any negative pledge relates to the property financed by or the subject of such Indebtedness,

 

(vii)          are customary restrictions on leases, subleases, service agreements, product sales, licenses and sublicenses (including with respect to Intellectual Property) or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby so long as such restrictions relate to the assets subject thereto,

 

(viii)         comprise restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 10.1 to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the specific property or assets securing such Indebtedness,

 

(ix)            are customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment or transfers of any lease governing a leasehold interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary,

 

(x)             are customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement (or the assets subject thereto) entered into in the ordinary course of business,

 

(xi)            are restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed (including by customers) under agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business,

 

(xii)           are imposed by Applicable Law,

 

(xiii)          are customary net worth provisions contained in real property leases entered into by Subsidiaries of the Borrower, so long as the Borrower has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions could not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligation;

 

(xiv)         comprise restrictions imposed by any agreement governing Indebtedness entered into after the Closing Date and permitted under Section 10.1 that are, taken as a whole, in the good-faith judgment of the Borrower, no more restrictive with respect to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary than customary market terms for Indebtedness of such type (and, in any event, are no more restrictive than the restrictions contained in this Agreement), so long as the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such restrictions will not materially impair its obligation or ability to make any payments required hereunder,

 

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(xv)          arise in connection with purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business or Financing Lease Obligations;

 

(xvi)         arise in connection with any agreement or other instrument of a Person or relating to Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person, which Person is acquired by or merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any other transaction is entered into with any such Acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation, in existence at the time of such Acquisition or at the time it merges, consolidates or amalgamates with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person (but, in any such case, not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person so acquired and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person so acquired and its Subsidiaries or the property or assets so acquired or redesignated;

 

(xvii)        are restrictions or conditions contained in any trading, netting, operating, construction, service, supply, purchase, sale or other agreement to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided that such agreement prohibits the encumbrance of solely the property or assets of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary that are the subject to such agreement, the payment rights arising thereunder or the proceeds thereof and does not extend to any other asset or property of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or the assets or property of another Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(xviii)       are provisions restricting the granting of a security interest in Intellectual Property contained in licenses or sublicenses by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of such Intellectual Property, which licenses and sublicenses were entered into in the ordinary course of business (in which case such restriction shall relate only to such Intellectual Property);

 

(xix)          arise in connection with cash or other deposits imposed by agreement permitted under Section 10.2, Section 10.5 or Section 10.6 entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(xx)           restrictions with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary that was previously an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to or by reason of an agreement that such Restricted Subsidiary is a party to or entered into before the date on which such Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such agreement was not entered into in anticipation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and any such or restriction does not extend to any assets or property of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary other than the assets and property of such Subsidiary;

 

(xxi)          restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility that, in the good faith determination of the Borrower, are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility; and

 

(xxii)        are any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (i) through (xxi) of this Section 10.8; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good-faith judgment of the Borrower, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

 

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10.9        Passive Holding Company; Etc.

 

(a)           Holdings will not conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or operations other than (i) the ownership and/or acquisition of the Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Borrower, (iithe maintenance of its legal existence, including the ability to incur fees, costs and expenses relating to such maintenance, (iii) to the extent applicable, participating in tax, accounting and other administrative matters as a member of the consolidated group of Holdings and the Borrower, (ivthe performance of its obligations under and in connection with the Credit Documents and any documents relating to other Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1, (v) any public offering of its common Capital Stock or any other issuance or registration of its Capital Stock for sale or resale not prohibited by Section 10, including the costs, fees and expenses related thereto, (vi) any transaction that Holdings is permitted to enter into or consummate under this Section 10 and any transaction between Holdings and the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under this Section 10, including (a) making any dividend or distribution or other transaction similar to a Restricted Payment (other than a Restricted Investment) not prohibited by Section 10.6 (or the making of a loan to its Parent Entities or any Equityholding Vehicle in lieu of any such permitted Restricted Payment (other than a Restricted Investment) or distribution or other transaction similar to a Restricted Payment (other than a Restricted Investment)) or holding any cash received in connection with Restricted Payments (other than a Restricted Investment) made by the Borrower in accordance with Section 10.6 pending application thereof by Holdings in the manner contemplated by Section 10.6 (including the redemption in whole or in part of any of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) in exchange for another class of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) or rights to acquire its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new shares of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock)), (b) making any Investment to the extent (1) payment therefor is made solely with the Capital Stock of Holdings (other than Disqualified Capital Stock), the proceeds of Restricted Payments (other than a Restricted Investment) received from the Borrower and/or proceeds of the issuance of, or contribution in respect of the, Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of Holdings and (2) any property (including Capital Stock) acquired in connection therewith is contributed to the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor (or, if otherwise permitted by Section 10.5 or Section 10.6, a Restricted Subsidiary) or the Person formed or acquired in connection therewith is merged with the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and (c) the (w) provision of guarantees in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors, licensees, sublicensees or distribution partners; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that such guarantees shall not be in respect of debt for borrowed money, (x) Incurrence of Indebtedness of Holdings contemplated by Sections 10.1(p) and 10.1(q), (y) Incurrence of guarantees and the performance of its other obligations in respect of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Sections 10.1(a), 10.1(b), 10.1(k) and 10.1(s) and Permitted Additional Debt Incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(u) and (z) granting of Liens to the extent the Indebtedness contemplated by subclause (y) is permitted to be secured under Sections 10.2(a), 10.2(u) and 10.2(bb), (vii) incurring fees, costs and expenses relating to overhead and general operating including professional fees for legal, tax and accounting issues and paying taxes, (viii) providing indemnification to officers and directors and as otherwise permitted in Section 10, (ixactivities related to the consummation of the Transactions, including the execution and delivery of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and the consummation of the Internal Restructuring, (x) organizational activities incidental to Acquisitions or other Investments consummated by the Borrower, including the formation of acquisition vehicle entities and intercompany loans and/or investments incidental to such Acquisitions or other Investments in each case consummated substantially contemporaneously with the consummation of the applicable Acquisitions or other Investments; provided that in no event shall any such activities include the incurrence of a Lien on any of the assets of Holdings, (xi) the making of any loan to any officers or directors contemplated by Section 10.5 or Section 10.6, the making of any Investment in the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or, to the extent otherwise allowed under Section 10.5 or Section 10.6, a Restricted Subsidiary and (xii) activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in clauses (i) to (xi) of this Section 10.9.

 

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(b)           Except in connection with the Transactions, Holdings will not consummate any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets and other properties, except that Holdings may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any other Person (other than the Borrower) or, in connection with a Qualifying IPO, liquidate into the issuing entity, or otherwise Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets and property; provided that (i) Holdings shall be the continuing or surviving Person or, in the case of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation where Holdings is not the continuing or surviving Person or where Holdings has been liquidated, or in connection with a Disposition of all or substantially all of its assets, the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation or the Person into which Holdings has been liquidated or to which Holdings has transferred such assets shall, in each case, be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (Holdings or such Person, as the case may be, being herein referred to as the “Successor Holdings”), (ii) the Successor Holdings (if other than Holdings) shall expressly assume all the obligations of Holdings under this Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (iii) each Subsidiary Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or Disposition or unless the Successor Holdings is Holdings, shall have by a supplement to the Guarantee confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to the Successor Holdings’ obligations under this Agreement, (iveach Subsidiary grantor and each Subsidiary pledgor, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or Disposition or unless the Successor Holdings is Holdings, shall have by a supplement to the applicable Credit Documents confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Holdings’ obligations under this Agreement, (v) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or Disposition or unless the Successor Holdings is Holdings, shall have by an amendment to or restatement of the applicable Mortgage confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Holdings’ obligations under this Agreement, (vi) Holdings shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate stating that such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or Disposition and any supplements to the Credit Documents preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee and the perfection of the Liens on the Collateral under the Security Documents, (vii) the Successor Holdings shall, immediately following such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or Disposition, directly or indirectly, own all Subsidiaries owned by Holdings immediately prior to such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation or Disposition and (viii) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel shall be required to be provided to the effect that such merger, amalgamation, consolidation, liquidation, or Disposition does not breach or result in a default under this Agreement or any other Credit Document; provided, further, that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Holdings (if other than Holdings) will succeed to, and be substituted for, Holdings under this Agreement.

 

10.10       Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio. Solely with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility and subject to the following proviso, beginning with the Test Period ending December 31, 2016, the Borrower will not permit the Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio as of the last day of any Test Period to be greater than 7.60:1.00; provided, however, that the Borrower shall be required to be in compliance with this Section 10.10 with respect to any Test Period only if the sum of (A) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans plus (B) the aggregate Letter of Credit Obligations (other than (i) those Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to the Stated Amount thereof and (ii) without duplication of amounts described in clause (i) above, Letter of Credit Obligations, the aggregate Stated Amount of which do not exceed the greater of (x) $10,000,000 and (y) the Stated Amount of Existing Letters of Credit outstanding on the Closing Date), in each case outstanding on the last day of such Test Period, exceeds 30.0% of the amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment in effect on such date.

 

10.11        Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Borrower involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of the greater of (x) $20,000,000 and (y) 3.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to the date such transaction occurs (measured as of such date) based upon the Section 9.1 Financials most recently delivered on or prior to such date except:

 

(a)            such transactions that are made on terms, when taken as a whole, not materially less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate;

 

(b)            if such transaction is among Holdings, the Borrower and one or more Subsidiary Guarantors or any Restricted Subsidiary or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction;

 

(c)            the payment of Transaction Expenses, including the payment of all fees, expenses, bonuses and awards, and the consummation of the Transactions;

 

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(d)            the issuance of Capital Stock of any Parent Entity, any Equityholding Vehicle or the Borrower to the management of such Parent Entity, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to arrangements described in clause (m) below;

 

(e)            the payment of indemnities and other similar amounts and reasonable expenses incurred by the Investors and their respective Affiliates in connection with the management or monitoring of, or the provision of other services rendered to, any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(f)             equity issuances, repurchases, retirements, redemptions or other acquisitions or retirements of Capital Stock by any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle or the Borrower permitted under Section 10.6 and any actions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit the same;

 

(g)            loans, guarantees and other transactions by any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent permitted under Section 10;

 

(h)            the entry into, performance under, and making of any payments in respect of any employment, compensation and severance arrangements and health, disability and similar insurance or benefit plans or supplemental executive retirement benefit plans or arrangements between any Parent Entity of the Borrower, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, consultants or independent contractors (including management and/or employee benefit plans or agreements, stock/equity/option plans, management equity plans, subscription agreements or similar agreements pertaining to the repurchase of Capital Stock pursuant to put/call rights or similar rights with current or former employees, officers, managers, directors, consultants or independent contractors (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) and stock option or incentive plans and other compensation arrangements) in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise approved by the Board of Directors of any Parent Entity of the Borrower or the Borrower;

 

(i)             the payment of customary fees, compensation and reasonable out-of-pocket costs to, and benefits, indemnities and reimbursements and employment and severance arrangements provided on behalf of, or for the benefit of, future, current or former, directors, managers, consultants, officers, employees and independent contractors (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(j)             transactions pursuant to permitted agreements in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 10.11 or any amendment thereto to the extent such an amendment is not adverse, taken as a whole, to the interests of the Lenders in any material respect as compared to the applicable agreement in effect on the Closing Date (in the good-faith judgment of the Borrower);

 

(k)            Restricted Payments permitted under Section 10.6, and Investments permitted under Section 10.5;

 

(l)             payments (including reimbursement of out-of-pocket fees and expenses) by the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiaries to the Investors and any of their respective Affiliates made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions or Dispositions, whether or not consummated), which payments are approved by the majority of the members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of any Parent Entity of the Borrower, Holdings or the Borrower in good faith;

 

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(m)           any issuance or transfer of Capital Stock, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities, Capital Stock or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, equity options and equity ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors of any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle or the Borrower, as the case may be and the granting and performing of customary registration rights;

 

(n)            the issuance and sale of any Qualified Capital Stock and any purchase by any Parent Entity of the Borrower of the Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower; provided that, to the extent required by Section 9.11, any Capital Stock of the Borrower so purchased shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Pledge Agreement;

 

(o)            transactions with wholly owned Subsidiaries for the purchase or sale of goods, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business in a manner consistent with prudent business practice followed by companies in the industry of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

(p)            transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, Joint Venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(q)            any contribution by any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle to the capital of the Borrower;

 

(r)             transactions with Joint Ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment and services entered into in the ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with prudent business practice followed by companies in the industry of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

(s)            any transaction between or among Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Affiliate of Holdings, the Borrower or a Joint Venture or similar Person that would constitute an Affiliate transaction solely because Holdings, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary owns Capital Stock in or otherwise controls such Affiliate, Joint Venture or similar Person;

 

(t)            Affiliate repurchases of the Loans or Commitments to the extent permitted under this Agreement and the holding of such Loans or Commitments and the payments and other transactions contemplated under this Agreement in respect thereof;

 

(u)            customary transactions effected as part of any Receivables Facility that are otherwise permitted under this Agreement;

 

(v)            the entering into, and payments by, any Parent Entity of the Borrower, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to tax sharing agreements among any such Parent Entity, any Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on customary terms; provided that payments by Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries under any such tax sharing agreements shall not exceed the excess (if any) of the amount they would pay on a standalone basis over the amount they actually pay to Governmental Authorities;

 

(w)           transactions in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (a) of this Section 10.11;

 

(x)             payments, loans, advances or guarantees (or cancellation of loans, advances or guarantees) to future, current or former employees, directors or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) of the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity or Equityholding Vehicle and employment agreements, stock option plans and other compensatory arrangements with any such employees, directors or consultants (or their respective Controlled Investment Affiliates or Immediate Family Members) which, in each case, are approved by the Borrower in good faith;

 

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(y)           (i) Investments by any of the Permitted Holders in securities of any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (and payment of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Permitted Holders in connection therewith) so long as the Investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (ii) payments to Permitted Holders in respect of securities or loans of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries contemplated in the foregoing subclause (i) or that were acquired from Persons other than any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, in accordance with the terms of such securities or loans;

 

(z)            pledges of Capital Stock of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

 

(aa)          the existence and performance of agreements and transactions with any Unrestricted Subsidiary that were entered into prior to the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent that the transaction was permitted at the time that it was entered into with such Restricted Subsidiary (and not entered into in contemplation of such designation) and transactions entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate prior to the redesignation of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary (and not entered into in contemplation of such designation); and

 

(bb)         the existence of, and performance under, customary obligations under the terms of any equityholders agreement, principal investors agreement (including any registration rights or purchase agreement related thereto) to which any Parent Entity, Equityholding Vehicle, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party as of the Closing Date (as such agreement may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time) and any similar agreements relating to the Capital Stock of any of the foregoing which the relevant parties may enter into after the Closing Date (except to the extent the performance of such obligations is otherwise prohibited under the terms of this Agreement).

 

SECTION 11.         Events of Default. Upon the occurrence of any of the following specified events (each an “Event of Default”):

 

11.1         Payments. The Borrower shall (a) default in the payment when due of any principal of the Loans or (b) default, and such default shall continue for five or more Business Days, in the payment when due of any interest on the Loans or any fees or of any other amounts owing hereunder or under any other Credit Document (other than any amount referred to in clauses 11.1(a)); or

 

11.2         Representations, Etc. Any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party herein or in any other Credit Document or any certificate, statement, report or other document delivered or required to be delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to be untrue in any material respect on the date as of which made or deemed made; or

 

11.3         Covenants. Any Credit Party shall (a) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 9.1(e)(i), Section 9.5 (with respect to the existence of the Borrower only) or Section 10; provided that with respect to Section 10.10, (i) an Event of Default (a “Financial Performance Covenant Event of Default”) shall not occur until the expiration of the 10th Business Day subsequent to the date the certificate calculating compliance with Section 10.10 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(d) (without giving pro forma effect to any grace period for such delivery) with respect to such fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as applicable, and (ii) any default under Section 10.10 shall not constitute an Event of Default with respect to any Loans or Commitments hereunder, other than the Revolving Credit Loans and the Revolving Credit Commitments, until the date on which the Revolving Credit Loans (if any) have been accelerated, and the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, in each case, by the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, or (b) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement (other than those referred to in Section 11.1, Section 11.2 and clause (a) of this Section 11.3) contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of at least 30 days after receipt of written notice by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or

 

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11.4         Default Under Other Agreements. (a) The Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall (i) fail to make any required payment with respect to any Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness described in Section 11.1) in excess of $100,000,000, beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created or (ii) fail to observe or perform any agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist (other than, (i) with respect to Indebtedness consisting of any Hedging Agreements, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Hedging Agreements and (ii) secured Indebtedness that becomes due solely as a result of the sale, transfer or other Disposition (including as a result of Recovery Event) of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness), the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, any such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; provided that such failure remains unremedied or has not been waived (including in the form of an amendment) by the holders of such Indebtedness or (b) without limiting the provisions of clause (a) above, any such Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid prior to the stated maturity thereof other than by (x) a regularly scheduled required prepayment or (y) as a mandatory prepayment or redemption; provided that this clause (b) shall not apply to (A) Indebtedness outstanding under any Hedging Agreements that becomes due pursuant to a termination event or equivalent event under the terms of such Hedging Agreements, (B) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of a Disposition or a Recovery Event with respect to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness or (C) Indebtedness that is convertible into Capital Stock and converts to Capital Stock in accordance with its terms; or

 

11.5         Bankruptcy, Etc. Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case, proceeding or action concerning itself under the Bankruptcy Code; or an involuntary case, proceeding or action is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary under the Bankruptcy Code and the petition is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement of the case, proceeding or action; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary commences any other proceeding or action under any other Debtor Relief Law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary; or a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code), receiver, receiver manager, trustee or similar person is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or substantially all of the property of Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary; or there is commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary under any other Debtor Relief Law any such proceeding or action that remains undismissed for a period of 60 days; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding or action is entered; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary suffers any appointment of any custodian, receiver, receiver manager, trustee or the like for it or any substantial part of its property to continue undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or Holdings, the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

 

11.6         ERISA. (a) With respect to any Pension Plan, the failure by Holdings, the Borrower, any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate to satisfy the minimum funding standard required for any plan year or part thereof, whether or not waived, under Section 412 of the Code; with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the failure to make any required contribution or payment; a determination that any Pension Plan is in “at-risk” status within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA or any Multiemployer Plan is in “endangered or critical status” within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; any Pension Plan is or shall have been terminated or is the subject of termination proceedings by the PBGC under Title IV of ERISA (including the giving of written notice thereof); a determination that a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA; with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, notification by the administrator of such Multiemployer Plan that the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or will be assessed Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan; the PBGC provides written notice of its intent to terminate any Pension Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan in a manner that results in a liability under Title IV of ERISA to the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate; an event shall have occurred or a condition shall exist entitling the PBGC to provide written notice of its intent to terminate any Pension Plan; the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or is reasonably likely to incur a liability to or on account of a Pension Plan under Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064 or 4069 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the Code (including the receipt by Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate of written notice thereof); any termination of a Foreign Plan has occurred that gives rise to liability for Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; or any non-compliance with the funding requirements under Applicable Law for any Foreign Plan has occurred; (b) there could result from any event or events set forth in clause (a) of this Section 11.6 the imposition of a Lien, the granting of a security interest, or a liability, or the reasonable likelihood of incurring a Lien, security interest or liability; and (c) such Lien, security interest or liability will or would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

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11.7         Guarantee. The Guarantee or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect or any Guarantor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any Guarantor’s obligations under the Guarantee; or

 

11.8         Security Document. Any Security Document or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof or as a result of acts or omissions of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender), or any grantor, pledgor or mortgagor thereunder or any Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any grantor’s, pledgor’s or mortgagor’s obligations under such Security Document; or

 

11.9         Judgments. One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $100,000,000 for all such judgments and decrees for Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent not paid or fully covered by insurance provided by a carrier not disputing coverage) and any such judgments or decrees shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or

 

11.10       Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur;

 

then, and in any such event, and at any time thereafter, if any Event of Default shall then be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, upon the written request of the Required Lenders, by written notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii) require that the Letter of Credit Obligations be Cash Collateralized as provided in Section 3.8(b) and (iii) declare the principal of and any accrued interest and fees in respect of all Loans and all Obligations owing hereunder and thereunder to be, whereupon the same shall become, forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower without prejudice to the rights of any Agent or any Lender to enforce its claims against the Borrower, except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement (provided that, if an Event of Default specified in Section 11.5 with respect to the Borrower shall occur, no written notice by the Administrative Agent shall be required and the Commitments shall automatically terminate and all amounts in respect of all Loans and all Obligations shall be automatically become forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, during any period during which solely a Financial Performance Covenant Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent may with the consent of, and shall at the request of, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders take any of the foregoing actions described in the immediately preceding paragraph solely as they relate to the Revolving Credit Lenders (versus the Lenders), the Revolving Credit Commitments (versus the Commitments), the Revolving Credit Loans and the Swingline Loans (versus the Loans), and the Letters of Credit.

 

11.11         Borrower’s Right to Cure.

 

(a)            Financial Performance Covenant. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11, in the event that the Borrower reasonably expects to fail (or has failed) to comply with the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of any Test Period, at any time during the last fiscal quarter of such Test Period through and until the expiration of the 10th Business Day subsequent to the date the financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or Section 9.1(b) with respect to such fiscal quarter (the “Cure Deadline”), the Borrower (or any Parent Entity thereof) shall have the right to issue Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to (or, in the case of any Parent Entity of Holdings, receive equity interests in Holdings for its cash contributions to) the Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Borrower (collectively, the “Cure Right”), and upon the receipt by the Borrower of the net proceeds of such issuance or contribution (the “Cure Amount”) pursuant to the exercise by the Borrower of such Cure Right; provided such Cure Amount is received by the Borrower on or before the applicable Cure Deadline, compliance with the Financial Performance Covenant for such Test Period shall be recalculated giving pro forma effect to the following pro forma adjustments:

 

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(i)             Consolidated EBITDA shall be increased with respect to such applicable fiscal quarter with respect to which such Cure Amount is received by the Borrower and any Test Period that includes such fiscal quarter, solely for the purpose of determining whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as a result of a violation of the Financial Performance Covenant and, subject to clause (c) below, not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount and any prepayment of Indebtedness with the Cure Amount shall be disregarded for purposes of measuring the Financial Performance Covenant for such Test Period;

 

(ii)            if, after giving pro forma effect to such increase in Consolidated EBITDA, the Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant, the Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenant as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of the Financial Performance Covenant that had occurred shall be deemed cured for purposes of this Agreement; and

 

(iii)           Consolidated First Lien Debt in the Test Period for which the Cure Amount is deemed applied shall be decreased solely to the extent proceeds of the Cure Amount are applied to prepay any Indebtedness (provided that any such Indebtedness so prepaid shall be a permanent repayment of such Indebtedness and termination of commitments thereunder) included in the calculation of Consolidated First Lien Debt;

 

provided that the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent in writing of the exercise of such Cure Right within five Business Days of the receipt of the Cure Amounts.

 

(b)           Limitation on Exercise of Cure Right. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) in each four fiscal-quarter period there shall be no more than two fiscal quarters with respect to which the Cure Right is exercised, (ii) there shall be no more than five exercises of Cure Right in the aggregate, (iii) the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required for purposes of complying with the Financial Performance Covenant as of the end of such fiscal quarter (such amount, the “Necessary Cure Amount”); provided that, if the Cure Right is exercised prior to the date financial statements are required to be delivered for such fiscal quarter then the Cure Amount shall be equal to the amount reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith that is required for purposes of complying with the Financial Performance Covenant for such fiscal quarter (such amount, the “Expected Cure Amount”), (ivsubject to clause (c) below, all Cure Amounts shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the Applicable Margin, any baskets, with respect to the covenants contained in the Credit Documents or the usage of the Available Amount or the Available Equity Amount and (v) no borrowing shall be made under the Revolving Credit Facility following a breach of the Financial Maintenance Covenant until the Cure Amount has actually been received by the Borrower.

 

(c)           Expected Cure Amount. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent that the Expected Cure Amount is (i) greater than the Necessary Cure Amount, then such difference may be used for the purposes of determining any baskets (other than any previously contributed Cure Amounts), with respect to the covenants contained in the Credit Documents, the Available Amount or the Available Equity Amount and (ii) less than the Necessary Cure Amount, then not later than the applicable Cure Deadline, the Borrower must receive the cash proceeds of the Cure Amount or a cash capital contribution to Holdings, which cash proceeds received by Borrower shall be equal to the shortfall between such Expected Cure Amount and such Necessary Cure Amount.

 

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SECTION 12.         The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

 

12.1        Appointment.

 

(a)            Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Barclays Bank PLC (together with any successor Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 12.11) as Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. 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, 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.

 

(b)            Each Lender hereby appoints Barclays Bank PLC (together with any successor Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 12.11) as the Collateral Agent hereunder and authorizes the Collateral Agent to (i) take such action on its behalf and to exercise all rights, powers and remedies and perform the duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent under such Credit Documents and (ii) exercise such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. For purposes of the exculpatory, liability-limiting and other similar provisions of this Section 12, references to the “Administrative Agent” shall be deemed to include the Collateral Agent in its capacity as such. Each Lender hereby appoints the Collateral Agent to enter into, and sign for and on behalf of the Lenders as Secured Parties, the Security Documents for the benefit of the Lenders and the Secured Parties.

 

(c)            Each Lead Arranger and each Joint Bookrunner, in its capacity as such, shall not have any obligations, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement but shall be entitled to all benefits of this Section 12. The Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agents, each in its respective capacity as such, shall not have any obligations, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement but shall be entitled to all benefits of this Section 12.

 

12.2         Limited Duties. Under the Credit Documents, the Administrative Agent (i) is acting solely on behalf of the Lenders (except to the limited extent provided in Section 2.5(e)), with duties that are entirely administrative in nature, notwithstanding the use of the defined term “Administrative Agent,” the terms “agent,” “administrative agent” and “collateral agent” and similar terms in any Credit Document to refer to the Administrative Agent, which terms are used for title purposes only, (ii) is not assuming any obligation under any Credit Document other than as expressly set forth therein or any role as agent, fiduciary or trustee of or for any Lender or any other Secured Party and (iii) shall have no implied functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or other liabilities under any Credit Document, and each Lender hereby waives and agrees not to assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on the roles, duties and legal relationships expressly disclaimed in clauses (i) through (iii) above.

 

12.3         Binding Effect. Each Lender 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) or the Required Revolving Credit 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) or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders and (iii) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders 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.

 

12.4         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, or through their respective Related Parties, and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The exculpatory provisions of this Section 12 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

 

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12.5         Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall (a) be 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, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any action taken by it in good faith in connection with the entry into, or any amendment of, or any action taken in connection with, any Customary Intercreditor Agreement contemplated by the terms hereof (except for its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction), (b) be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any recitals, statements, representations or warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document or in any certificate, report, statement, agreement 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, (ii) the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (iii) the creation, perfection priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Credit Documents, (ivany failure of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Credit Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder or the occurrence of any Default or (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, (c) be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (d) have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Credit Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Credit Documents), provided that 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 Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law and (e) except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. 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 the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility or liability for monitoring or enforcing the list of Disqualified Lenders or for any assignment to a Disqualified Lender.

 

12.6         Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex, electronic mail message or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender specified in the Register with respect to any amount owing hereunder 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 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, 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.

 

12.7         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 unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a written notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders and the Collateral Agent. 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; 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 it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders (except to the extent that this Agreement requires that such action be taken only with the approval of the Required Lenders or each of the Lenders, as applicable).

 

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12.8            Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Credit Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties, 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 Borrower, any Guarantor and any other Credit Party and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties, 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 Borrower, any Guarantor and any other Credit Party. 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 with any credit or other information concerning the business, assets, operations, properties, financial condition, prospects or creditworthiness of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other 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.

 

12.9            Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent required to be reimbursed by the Borrower and not so reimbursed by the Borrower, and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought (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 their respective portions of the Total Credit Exposure in effect 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 (including at any time following 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 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 resulting from the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined in a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. The agreements in this Section 12.9 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

12.10          Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each of Barclays Bank PLC and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower, any Guarantor and any other Credit Party as though Barclays Bank PLC was not the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it, Barclays Bank PLC 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” and “Lenders” shall include Barclays Bank PLC in its individual capacity.

 

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12.11          Successor Agent. The Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent may resign as the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender, the other Agents and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent becomes a Defaulting Lender, then such Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may be removed as the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, at the reasonable request of the Borrower and the Required Lenders. If the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent shall resign or be removed as the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, then (a) the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor for the Lenders within 30 days, or (b) in the case of a resignation, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, selected from among the Lenders. In either case, the successor shall be approved by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld and shall not be required if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be continuing), whereupon such successor shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent,” and/or “Collateral Agent,” as applicable, shall mean such successor effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s rights, powers and duties as the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent shall be terminated without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any Lenders or other holders of the Loans. If no successor has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent by the date which is 30 days following the retiring Administrative Agent’s and/or Collateral Agent’s notice of resignation, as the case may be, (x) the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor as provided for above and (y) the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective at such time as a successor Collateral Agent shall have been appointed, and such successor Collateral Agent shall have accepted such appointment, in accordance with the terms of this Section 12.11 and upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to the Mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Required Lenders may reasonably request, in order to continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Security Documents. After any retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s and/or the Collateral Agent’s resignation or removal as the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 12 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

 

Any resignation or replacement by Barclays Bank PLC as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation or replacement as Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender. If Barclays Bank PLC resigns or is replaced as Letter of Credit Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the Letter of Credit Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation or replacement as Letter of Credit Issuer and all Letter of Credit Obligations with respect thereto, including the right to require the Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans or fund risk participations in Unpaid Drawings pursuant to Sections 3.3 and 3.4. At the time such resignation or replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay to Barclays Bank PLC all accrued and unpaid fees pursuant to Sections 4.1(b) and 4.1(d). After such resignation or replacement, Barclays Bank PLC shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit or amend or renew existing Letters of Credit or issue additional Swingline Loans. If Barclays Bank PLC resigns as Swingline Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swingline Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swingline Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(ii). Upon the appointment by the Borrower of a successor Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender hereunder (which successor shall in all cases be a Lender other than a Defaulting Lender), (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer or Swingline Lender, as applicable, (b) the retiring Letter of Credit Issuer and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Credit Documents, and (c) the successor Letter of Credit Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Barclays Bank PLC to effectively assume the obligations of Barclays Bank PLC with respect to such Letters of Credit.

 

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12.12            Withholding Tax. To the extent the Administrative Agent reasonably believes that it is required by any Applicable Law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding tax. Without limiting or expanding the obligations of the Credit Parties under Section 5.4, if the United States Internal Revenue Service or any authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender (because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or for any other reason), such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as tax or otherwise, including penalties and interest, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses, allocated staff costs and any out-of-pocket expenses. The agreements in this Section 12.12 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to set off any amounts owing to it under Section 12.12 against any amounts otherwise payable to the applicable Lender.

 

12.13            Duties as Collateral Agent and as Paying Agent. Without limiting the generality of Section 12.1 above, the Collateral Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority (to the exclusion of the Lenders each Hedge Bank and each Cash Management Bank), and is hereby authorized, to (i) act as the disbursing and collecting agent for the Secured Parties with respect to all payments and collections arising in connection with the Credit Documents (including in any proceeding described in Section 11.5 or any other proceeds under any other Debtor Relief Laws, and each Person making any payment in connection with any Credit Document to any Secured Party is hereby authorized to make such payment to the Collateral Agent, (ii) file and prove claims and file other documents necessary or desirable to allow the claims of the Secured Parties with respect to any Obligation in any proceeding described in Section 11.5 or any other proceeds under any other Debtor Relief Laws (but not to vote, consent or otherwise act on behalf of such Secured Party), (iii) act as collateral agent for each Secured Party for purposes of the perfection of all Liens created by such agreements and all other purposes stated therein, (ivmanage, supervise and otherwise deal with the Collateral, (v) take such other action as is necessary or desirable to maintain the perfection and priority of the Liens created or purported to be created by the Credit Documents, (vi) except as may be otherwise specified in any Credit Document, exercise all remedies given to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, whether under the Credit Documents, applicable requirements of law or otherwise, (vii) negotiate the form of any Mortgage and (viii) execute any amendment, consent or waiver under the Security Documents on behalf of the Secured Parties, to the extent consented to in accordance with Section 13.1 and the terms thereof; provided, however, that the Collateral Agent hereby appoints, authorizes and directs each Lender to act as collateral sub-agent for the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties for purposes of the perfection of all Liens with respect to the Collateral, including any deposit account maintained by a Credit Party with, and cash and Cash Equivalents held by such Secured Party and may further authorize and direct the Secured Parties to take further actions as collateral sub-agents for purposes of enforcing such Liens or otherwise to transfer the Collateral subject thereto to the Collateral Agent, and each Secured Party hereby agrees to take such further actions to the extent, and only to the extent, so authorized and directed.

 

12.14            Authorization to Release Liens and Guarantees. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are hereby irrevocably authorized by each of the Lenders to effect any release or subordination of Liens or the Guarantees contemplated by Section 13.17 without further action or consent by the Lenders.

 

12.15            Intercreditor Agreements. The Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to enter into any Customary Intercreditor Agreement to the extent contemplated by the terms hereof, and the parties hereto acknowledge that such Customary Intercreditor Agreement is binding upon them. Each Lender (a) hereby agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the Customary Intercreditor Agreement and (b) hereby authorizes and instructs the Collateral Agent to enter into the Customary Intercreditor Agreement and to subject the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations to the provisions thereof. In addition, each Lender hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to enter into (i) any amendments to any Customary Intercreditor Agreement, and (ii) any other intercreditor arrangements, in the case of clauses (i), and (ii) to the extent required to give effect to the establishment of intercreditor rights and privileges as contemplated and required by Section 10.2 of this Agreement.

 

Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that any of the Agents (or one or more of their respective Affiliates) may (but are not obligated to) act as the “Representative” or like term for the holders of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness under the security agreements with respect thereto and/or under a Customary Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender waives any conflict of interest, now contemplated or arising hereafter, in connection therewith and agrees not to assert against any Agent or any of its affiliates any claims, causes of action, damages or liabilities of whatever kind or nature relating thereto.

 

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12.16            Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein or in any Guarantee or any Security Document, no Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank that obtains the benefits of any Guarantee or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any Guarantee or any Security Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Credit Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Credit Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 12 to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedging Agreements unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be.

 

12.17            Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

(a)            to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, Letter of Credit Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, Letter of Credit Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Sections 4.1 and 13.5) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b)            to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuer, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents and their respective agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 4.1 and 13.5.

 

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer in any such proceeding.

 

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The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations (including accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, or any similar laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Credit Party is subject, (b) at any other sale or foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any Applicable Law. In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid on a ratable basis (with Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that would vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) in the asset or assets so purchased (or in the Capital Stock or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are used to consummate such purchase). In connection with any such bid (i) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles to make a bid, (ii) to adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles (provided that any actions by the Administrative Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or Capital Stock thereof shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by the vote of the Required Lenders, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving pro forma effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 13.1 of this Agreement, (iii) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to assign the relevant Obligations to any such acquisition vehicle pro rata by the Lenders, as a result of which each of the Lenders shall be deemed to have received a pro rata portion of any Capital Stock and/or debt instruments issued by such an acquisition vehicle on account of the assignment of the Obligations to be credit bid, all without the need for any Secured Party or acquisition vehicle to take any further action, and (ivto the extent that Obligations that are assigned to an acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of another bid being higher or better, because the amount of Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of debt credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Lenders pro rata and the Capital Stock and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of the Obligations that had been assigned to the acquisition vehicle shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any acquisition vehicle to take any further action.

 

SECTION 13.      Miscellaneous.

 

13.1              Amendments and Waivers. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, neither this Agreement nor any other Credit Document (other than the Fee Letter), nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13.1. The Required Lenders may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent shall, 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, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral 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, however, that no such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification shall directly:

 

(i)            without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby:

 

(A)            reduce or forgive the principal of any Loan (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 6 and 7 or waiver or amendment of any Default, Event of Default or mandatory prepayment shall not constitute a reduction or forgiveness of principal);

 

(B)            extend the date of any scheduled amortization payment (including any scheduled Initial Term Loan Repayment Date or any date scheduled for the repayment of any installment of Incremental Term Loans) or the final scheduled maturity date of any Loan (other than as a result of waiving the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 6 and 7 or other than as a result of a waiver or amendment of any Default, Event of Default or mandatory prepayment (which shall not constitute an extension, forgiveness or postponement of any maturity date)); provided that the foregoing shall not apply to extensions effected in accordance with Section 2.15;

 

(C)            reduce the amount of any fee payable hereunder or reduce the stated interest rate applicable to the Loans (it being understood that any change (x) to the definition of “Consolidated First Lien Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” or (y) in the component definitions thereof shall not constitute a reduction in the rate); provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the “default rate,” (ii) to amend Section 2.8(c) or (iii) to waive any requirement of Section 2.14(b);

 

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(D)            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 and other than as a result of a waiver or amendment of any Default, Event of Default or mandatory prepayment (which shall not constitute an extension, forgiveness or postponement of any date for payment of principal, interest or fees));

 

(E)            extend the final expiration date of any Lender’s Commitment (provided that any Lender, upon the request of the Borrower, may extend the final expiration date of its Commitments without the consent of any other Lender, including the Required Lenders); provided that the foregoing shall not apply to extensions effected in accordance with Section 2.15;

 

(F)            extend the final expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the date specified in Section 3.1(b);

 

(G)            increase the aggregate amount of any Commitment of any Lender (other than (i) with respect to any Incremental Facility to which such Lender has agreed, (ii) as a result of waiving the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 6 and 7 or (iii) as a result of a waiver or amendment of any Default or Event of Default (which shall not constitute an extension or increase of any commitment));

 

(H)            decrease or forgive any Repayment Amount; or

 

(I)             amend Section 5.4 of the Security Agreement or Section 12(b) of the Pledge Agreement;

 

provided that any amendment, modification or waiver contemplated in clause (i) above shall only require the consent of the Lenders expressly set forth therein and not the Required Lenders or any other majority or required percentage of Lenders of any Class of Loans or Commitments.

 

(ii)            reduce the percentages specified in the definition of the term “Required Revolving Credit Lenders” without the written consent of all Revolving Credit Lenders, or

 

(iii)            amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 13.1 or reduce the percentages specified in the definition of the term “Required Lenders” or consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document to which it is a party (except as permitted pursuant to Section 10.3), in each case without the written consent of each Lender, or

 

(iv)            amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 12 without the written consent of then-current Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, or

 

(v)            amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.16 (to the extent applicable to it) or Section 3 without the written consent of the Letter of Credit Issuer, or

 

(vi)            amend, modify or waive any provisions hereof relating to Swingline Loans without the written consent of the Swingline Lender, or

 

(vii)            subject to any applicable Customary Intercreditor Agreement, release all or substantially all of the value of the Guarantors under the Guarantee (except as expressly permitted by the Guarantee), or release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Security Documents (except as expressly permitted by the Security Documents), in each case without the prior written consent of each Lender.

 

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provided, further, that (A) any waiver, amendment or modification of this Agreement that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of a particular Class (but not the Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of any other Class) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrower, and the requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto under this Section if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time and (B) any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency (including, without limitation, amendments, supplements or waivers to any of the Security Documents, guarantees, intercreditor agreements or related documents executed by any Credit Party or any other Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement if such amendment, supplement or waiver is delivered in order to cause such Security Documents, guarantees, intercreditor agreements or related documents to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents), so long as, in each case, the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days’ prior written notice thereof and the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date of such notice to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that the Required Lenders object to such amendment; provided that the consent of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as the case may be, shall not be required to make any such changes necessary to be made in connection with (w) any borrowing of Incremental Term Loans to effect the provisions of Section 2.14, (x) the provision of any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment Increase or any Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, (y) in connection with an amendment that addresses solely a re-pricing transaction in which any Class of Term Loans is refinanced with a replacement Class of term loans bearing (or is modified in such a manner such that the resulting term loans bear) a lower Effective Yield for which only the consent of the Lenders holding Term Loans subject to such permitted repricing transaction that will continue as a Lender in respect of the repriced tranche of Term Loans or modified Term Loans or (z) changes otherwise to effect the provisions of Section 2.14, 2.15, 2.17 or 10.2(a) and (C) Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may, without the input or consent of the other Lenders, (i) negotiate the form of any Mortgage as may be necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Collateral Agent and (ii) effect changes to this Agreement that are necessary and appropriate to provide for the mechanics contemplated by the offering process set forth in Section 13.6(g)(i)(B) herein.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall be required to (and only the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall have the ability to) waive, amend, supplement or modify the covenant set forth in Section 10.10 (including any defined terms as they relate thereto).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may, without the consent of any Lender, enter into any amendment to the Security Documents or a Customary Intercreditor Agreement contemplated by Section 10.2(a) or 10.2(u).

 

To the extent notice has been provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the definition of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, Permitted Additional Debt or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness or pursuant to Sections 2.14(c), 10.1(k)(i)(F) or 10.1(s) with respect to the inclusion of any Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant, this Agreement shall be automatically and without further action on the part of any Person hereunder and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 13.1 deemed modified to include such Previously Absent Financial Maintenance Covenant on the date of the Incurrence of the applicable Indebtedness to the extent required by the terms of such definition or section.

 

13.2            Notices; Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by fax, as follows:

 

(a)            if to the Borrower, Holdings or any other Credit Party, to it at:

 

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC or MPH Acquisition Corp 1 c/o MultiPlan

535 East Diehl Road

Naperville, IL 60563

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Tel: [               ]

Facsimile: [               ]

 

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(b)            if to the Administrative Agent, to it at:

 

For purposes of Borrowing, Continuation/Conversion and Prepayment notices:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

700 Prides Crossing

Newark, DE 19713

Attention: Jason Jones

Tel: [               ]

Electronic mail: [               ]

 

For any other purpose:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

745 7th Avenue

24th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Christine Aharonian

Tel: [               ]

Electronic mail: [               ]

 

(c)            if to the Collateral Agent, to it at:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

745 7th Avenue

24th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Christine Aharonian

Tel: [               ]

Electronic mail: [               ]

 

(d)            if to Barclays Bank PLC, as Letter of Credit Issuer, to it at:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

745 7th Avenue

24th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Attention: LC Department

Electronic mail: [               ]

 

(e)            if to Barclays Bank PLC, as Swingline Lender, to it at:

 

Barclays Bank PLC

700 Prides Crossing

Newark, DE 19713

Attention: Jason Jones

Tel: [               ]

Electronic mail: [               ]

 

(f)            if to a Lender or other Letter of Credit Issuer, to it at its address (or fax number) set forth on Schedule 13.2 or in the Assignment and Acceptance, Incremental Agreement or documents relating to any Refinancing pursuant to which such Lender shall have become a party hereto.

 

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All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by fax or on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 13.2 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 13.2. As agreed to among Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the applicable Lenders from time to time, notices and other communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the email address of a representative of the applicable Person provided from time to time by such Person.

 

The Borrower hereby agrees, unless directed otherwise by the Administrative Agent or unless the electronic mail address referred to below has not been provided by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, that it will, or will cause its Subsidiaries to, provide to the Administrative Agent all information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Documents or to the Lenders under Section 9, including all notices, requests, financial statements, financial and other reports, certificates and other information materials, but excluding any such communication that (i) is or relates to a Notice of Borrowing or a notice pursuant to Section 2.6, (ii) relates to the payment of any principal or other amount due under this Agreement prior to the scheduled date therefor, (iii) provides notice of any Default or Event of Default under this Agreement or any other Credit Document or (ivis required to be delivered to satisfy any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement and/or any Borrowing or other extension of credit hereunder (all such non-excluded communications being referred to herein collectively as “Communications”), by transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium that is properly identified in a format reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent to an electronic mail address as directed by the Administrative Agent. In addition, the Borrower agrees, and agrees to cause its Subsidiaries, to continue to provide the Communications to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, as the case may be, in the manner specified in the Credit Documents but only to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent.

 

The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, the “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on Intralinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof) or the Borrower or any of their respective securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). The Borrower hereby agrees that (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Agents and the Lenders to treat the Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof) or the Borrower or any of their respective securities for purposes of United States federal securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 13.16); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated as “Public Investor”; and (z) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not marked as “Public Investor.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following Borrower Materials shall be deemed to be marked “PUBLIC” unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent promptly that any such document contains material non-public information: (1) the Credit Documents, (2) notification of changes in the terms of the Credit Facilities and (3) all information delivered pursuant to Section 9.01(a) and (b).

 

Each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and Applicable Law, including United States federal securities laws, to make reference to Communications that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to Holdings (or any Parent Entity thereof) or the Borrower or any of their respective securities for purposes of United States federal securities laws.

 

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THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” NEITHER THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT NOR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM AND EACH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS IS MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF ITS RELATED PARTIES HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY CREDIT PARTY, ANY LENDER, ANY OTHER AGENT OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER OR NOT BASED ON STRICT LIABILITY AND INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY CREDIT PARTY’S OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR NOTICES THROUGH THE PLATFORM, ANY OTHER ELECTRONIC PLATFORM OR ELECTRONIC MESSAGING SERVICE, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THE LIABILITY OF ANY SUCH PERSON IS FOUND IN A FINAL DECISION BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO HAVE RESULTED FROM SUCH PERSON’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE, BAD FAITH OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.

 

The Administrative Agent agrees that the receipt of the Communications by the Administrative Agent at its e-mail address set forth above shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to the Administrative Agent for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees that receipt of notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that the Communications have been posted to the Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (including by electronic communication) from time to time of such Lender’s e-mail address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and that the foregoing notice may be sent to such e-mail address. Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Credit Document in any other manner specified in such Credit Document.

 

The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower 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.

 

The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Acceptances, amendments or other modifications, Notices of Borrowing, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any Applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

13.3            No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral 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.

 

13.4            Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Credit Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans hereunder.

 

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13.5          Payment of Expenses; Indemnification.

 

(a)            The Borrower agrees (i) to pay or reimburse each of the Agents, the Lead Arrangers and the Joint Bookrunners for all their reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses (without duplication) associated with the syndication of the Initial Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility and incurred in connection with the development, preparation, execution and delivery of, and any amendment, supplement, modification to, waiver and/or enforcement of 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 fees, disbursements and other charges of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and, to the extent necessary, a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate local jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) or otherwise retained with the Borrower’s consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and (ii) to pay or reimburse each of the Agents for all their reasonable and documented or invoiced 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 fees, disbursements and other charges of one firm or counsel to the Agents, and, to the extent necessary, a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate local jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) or otherwise retained with the Borrower’s consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and (iii) to pay, indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, each Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender, each Lead Arranger and each Joint Bookrunner and their respective Related Parties (without duplication) (the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or penalties (collectively, “Losses”) of any kind or nature whatsoever and the reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket expenses, joint or several, to which any such Indemnified Party may become subject, in each case to the extent of any such Losses and related expenses, to the extent arising out of, resulting from, or in connection with any action, claim, litigation, investigation or other proceeding (including any inquiry or investigation of the foregoing) (any of the foregoing, a “Proceeding”) (regardless of whether such Indemnified Party is a party thereto or whether or not such Proceeding was brought by the Borrower, its equity holders, affiliates or creditors or any other third person) and, subject to Section 13.5(e), to reimburse each such Indemnified Party promptly for any reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with investigating, responding to or defending any of the foregoing (which in the case of legal fees shall be limited to the reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket fees, expenses, disbursements and other charges of a single firm of counsel for all Indemnified Parties, taken as a whole and, to the extent necessary, a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate local jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnified Party affected by such conflict notifies the Borrower of any existence of such conflict and in connection with the investigating, responding to or defending any of the foregoing has retained its own counsel, of one other firm of counsel for such affected Indemnified Party)), relating to the Transactions or the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents or the use of the proceeds of the Loans or Letters of Credit (all the foregoing in this clause (iii), collectively, the “indemnified liabilities”); provided that this clause (iii) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses or damages arising from any non-Tax claim; and provided, further, that the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnified Party with respect to indemnified liabilities to the extent arising from (a) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party or any of its Related Parties as determined in a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, (b) a material breach of the obligations of such Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates under the terms of this Agreement or any other Credit Document by such Indemnified Party or any of its Affiliates as determined in a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, (c) in addition to clause (b) above, in the case of any Proceeding initiated by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary against the relevant Indemnified Party, a breach of the obligations of such Indemnified Party or its Related Parties under the terms of this Agreement or any other Credit Document as determined in a final and non-appealable decision by a court of competent jurisdiction, or (d) any Proceeding brought by any Indemnified Party against any other Indemnified Party that does not involve an act or omission by Holdings, the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that each of the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender, the Lead Arrangers and the Joint Bookrunners, in each case to the extent fulfilling their respective roles in their capacities as such, shall remain indemnified in respect of such a Proceeding, to the extent that none of the exceptions set forth in clause (a), (b) or (c) of the immediately preceding proviso applies to such Person at such time. All amounts payable under this Section 13.5(a) shall be paid within 30 days after receipt by the Borrower of an invoice relating thereto setting forth such expense in reasonable detail. The agreements in this Section 13.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

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(b)            No Credit Party nor any Indemnified Party shall have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages (including any loss of profits, business or anticipated savings) in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date); provided that the foregoing shall not limit the Borrower’s indemnification and reimbursement obligations to the Indemnified Parties pursuant to Section 13.5(a)(iii), to the extent that such special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages are included in any claim by a third party unaffiliated with any of the Indemnified Parties with respect to which the applicable Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification under Section 13.5(a)(iii). No Indemnified Party 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, except to the extent that such damages have resulted from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of any Indemnified Party or any of its Related Parties as determined by a final and non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

(c)            No Credit Party shall be liable for any settlement of any Proceeding effected without written consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), but if settled with the Borrower’s written consent or if there is a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction for the plaintiff in any such Proceeding, each Credit Party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party from and against any and all Losses and reasonable and documented or invoiced legal or other out-of-pocket expenses by reason of such settlement or judgment in accordance with and to the extent provided in the other provisions of this Section 13.5. If any Person has reimbursed any Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses in accordance with such request and there is a final and non-appealable determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Indemnified Party was not entitled to indemnification or contribution rights with respect to such payment pursuant to this Section 13.5, then the Indemnified Party shall promptly refund such amount.

 

(d)            No Credit Party shall without the prior written consent of any Indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, it being understood that the withholding of consent due to non-satisfaction of any of the conditions described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this sentence shall be deemed reasonable), effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Proceeding in respect of which indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party from all liability or claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding and (ii) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability, wrongdoing or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party.

 

(e)            In case any proceeding is instituted involving any Indemnified Party for which indemnification is to be sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, then such Indemnified Party will promptly notify the Borrower of the commencement of any proceeding; provided, however, that the failure to do so will not relieve the Borrower from any liability that it may have to such Indemnified Party hereunder, except to the extent that the Borrower is materially prejudiced by such failure. Notwithstanding the above, following such notification, the Borrower may elect in writing to assume the defense of such proceeding, and, upon such election, the Borrower will not be liable for any legal costs subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party (other than reasonable costs of investigation and providing evidence) in connection therewith, unless (i) the Borrower has failed to provide counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in a timely manner, (ii) counsel provided by the Borrower reasonably determines its representation of such Indemnified Party would present it with a conflict of interest or (iii) the Indemnified Party reasonably determines that there are actual conflicts of interest between the Borrower and the Indemnified Party, including situations in which there may be legal defenses available to the Indemnified Party which are different from or in addition to those available to the Borrower.

 

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13.6          Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments; Etc.

 

(a)            The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Letter of Credit Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) except as set forth in Section 10.3, the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. 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 (including any Affiliate of the Letter of Credit Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in Section 13.6(d)) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnified Parties) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b)            (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph 13.6(b)(ii), any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:

 

(A)            the Borrower; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (x) for an assignment of any Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund (unless increased costs would result therefrom) or from a Principal Investor to any other Principal Investor or (y) if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or an Event of Default with respect to the Borrower under Section 11.5 has occurred and is continuing; provided, further, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment of a Term Loan unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten Business Days after having received written notice thereof; provided, further, that it shall be understood that, without limitation, the Borrower shall have the right to withhold its consent to any assignment if, in order for such assignment to comply with Applicable Law, the Borrower would be required to obtain the consent of, or make any filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority, and

 

(B)            (i) in the case of Term Loans or Commitments in respect of Term Loans, the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or to any Purchasing Borrower Party or any Affiliated Lender, or from a Principal Investor to any other Principal Investor and (ii) in the case of Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Letter of Credit Issuer.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary set forth herein, any assignment of any Loans to a Purchasing Borrower Party or any Affiliated Lender shall also be subject to the requirements of Section 13.6(g).

 

(ii)            Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

 

(A)            except in the case of (i) an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or (ii) an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments or Loans of the applicable Class, 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, in the case of Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans, $5,000,000 (or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof), or, in the case of Initial Term Loan Commitments, Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Term Loans, $1,000,000 (or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof), unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents; provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 with respect to the Borrower has occurred and is continuing; provided, further, that contemporaneous assignments to a single assignee made by Affiliated Lenders or related Approved Funds or by a single assignor to related Approved Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of meeting the minimum assignment amount requirements stated above;

 

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(B)            subject to the terms of Section 13.7(c), the parties to each assignment shall (x) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent or (y) if previously agreed with the Administrative Agent, manually execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, in each case, together with a processing fee of $3,500 (it being understood that such recordation fee shall not apply to any assignment by any of the Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners or any of their respective Affiliates hereunder in connection with the primary syndication of the Initial Term Loan Facility, or any assignment by any Principal Investor to any other Principal Investor); provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive or reduce such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment, including assignments effected pursuant to the provisions of Section 13.7; and

 

(C)            the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent any tax form required by Section 5.4 and an administrative questionnaire in a form approved by the Administrative Agent in which the assignee 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 the assignee’s compliance procedures and Applicable Laws, including Federal and state securities laws.

 

(D)            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 with respect to the Loan or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (D) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate tranches of Loans (if any) on a non-pro rata basis.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary set forth herein (i) any assignment of any Loans or Commitments to a Purchasing Borrower Party or an Affiliated Lender shall also be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 13.6(g) and (ii) no natural person may be an Eligible Assignee with respect to any Loans or Commitments.

 

For the purpose of this Section 13.6(b), the term “Approved Fund” has the following meaning:

 

Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is primarily engaged or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit or securities in the ordinary course of business 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.

 

(iii)          Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to Section 13.6(b)(vi), 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 and subject to the requirements of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 5.4 and 13.5); 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 other party hereto against such Defaulting Lender arising from such 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 13.6 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 13.6(d).

 

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(iv)            By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender thereunder and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (A) such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim and that its Initial Term Loan Commitment, Incremental Term Loan Commitment, Revolving Credit Commitment and Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment, and the outstanding balances of its Loans, in each case without giving pro forma effect to assignments thereof which have not become effective, are as set forth in such Assignment and Acceptance, (B) except as set forth in (A) above, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement, or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto, or the financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the performance or observance by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any of its obligations under this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (C) such assignee represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (D) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 8.9 or delivered pursuant to Section 9.1 and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (E) such assignee will independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (F) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, respectively, by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (G) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

 

(v)            The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office 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 (and interest thereon) and any payment made by the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit 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 Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer 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. The Register, as in effect at the close of business on the preceding Business Day, shall be available for inspection by (x) the Borrower, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Collateral Agent and (y) any Lender (solely with respect to its own outstanding Loans and Commitments), at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

(vi)            Upon its receipt of and, if required, consent to, a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed administrative questionnaire and any tax form required by Section 5.4 (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder) and any written consent to such assignment required by Section 13.6(b)(i), the Administrative Agent shall promptly 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.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, any Lender may assign to one or more wholly owned special purpose funding vehicles (each, an “SPV”) all or any portion of its funded Loans (without the corresponding Commitment), without the consent of any Person or the payment of a fee, by execution of a written assignment agreement in a form agreed to by such assigning Lender and such SPV, and may grant any such SPV the option, in such SPV’s sole discretion, to provide the Borrower all or any part of any Loans that such assigning Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement. Such SPVs shall have all the rights which a Lender making or holding such Loans would have under this Agreement, but no obligations. Any such assigning Lender shall remain liable for all its original obligations under this Agreement, including its Commitment (although the unused portion thereof shall be reduced by the principal amount of any Loans held by an SPV). Notwithstanding such assignment, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may deliver notices to such assigning Lender (as agent for the SPV) and not separately to the SPV unless the Administrative Agent and the Borrower are requested in writing by the SPV to deliver such notices separately to it. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) neither the grant to the SPV nor the exercise by any SPV of such option will increase the costs or expenses or otherwise change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, except, in the case of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4, where (A) the increase or change results from a change in any Applicable Law after the SPV becomes an SPV and the assigning Lender notifies the Borrower in writing of such increase or change no later than ninety (90) days after such change in Applicable Law becomes effective or (B) the grant was made with the Borrower’s prior written consent, (ii) the assigning Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Credit Document and the receipt of any notices provided by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (as agent for the SPV) remain the Lender of record hereunder and (iii) no SPV shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the assigning Lender). The Borrower shall, at the request of any such assigning Lender, execute and deliver to such Person as such assigning Lender may designate, a Note, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 or G-2, in the amount of such assigning Lender’s original Note to evidence the Loans of such assigning Lender and related SPV.

 

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(d)            (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuer or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities, other than to any Disqualified Lender (to the extent that the list of Disqualified Lenders has been made available to the Lenders), Holdings, the Borrower or any of its 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, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer 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 the first proviso to Section 13.1 that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (d)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits (and subject to the requirements) of Sections 2.10, 2.11, 5.4 and 13.5 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 13.6(b). To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 13.8(b) as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 13.8(a) as though it were a Lender.

 

(ii)            A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless (A) the entitlement to a greater payment resulted from a change in any Applicable Law after the Participant became a Participant and the participating Lender notifies the Borrower in writing of such entitlement to a greater payment no later than ninety (90) days after such change in Applicable Law becomes effective or (B) the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. Each Lender having sold a participation in any of its Obligations, acting as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower solely for this purpose, shall establish and maintain at its address a record of ownership, in which such Lender shall register by book entry (A) the name and address of each such Participant (and each change thereto, whether by assignment or otherwise) and (B) the rights, interest or obligation of each such Participant in any Obligation, in any Commitment and in any right to receive any interest or principal payment hereunder (such register, a “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of its Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Obligation or Commitment) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Obligation or Commitment 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 the parties shall treat the Person listed in the Participant Register as the Participant for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.

 

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(e)            Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or any other central bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. In order to facilitate such pledge or assignment, the Borrower hereby agrees that, upon request of any Lender at any time and from time to time after the Borrower has made its initial borrowing hereunder, the Borrower shall provide to such Lender, at the Borrower’s own expense, a Note evidencing the Loans owing to such Lender.

 

(f)            Subject to Section 13.16, the Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant, secured creditor of such Lender or assignee (each, a “Transferee”) and any prospective Transferee any and all financial information in such Lender’s possession concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement or which has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates in connection with such Lender’s credit evaluation of the Borrower and its Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement.

 

(g)            (i) Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender may assign all or a portion of its Term Loans to any Purchasing Borrower Party or any Affiliated Lender in accordance with Section 13.6(b) (which assignment, if to a Purchasing Borrower Party, will not, except for purposes of making the calculations set forth in Section 5.2(a)(ii), constitute a prepayment of Loans for any purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents); provided that:

 

(A)            with respect to any assignment to a Purchasing Borrower Party, no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing or would result therefrom;

 

(B)            with respect to any such assignment to a Purchasing Borrower Party, either (x) such Purchasing Borrower Party shall offer to all Lenders within any Class of Term Loans (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, to every Class) to buy the Term Loans within such Class on a pro rata basis based on the then outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans of such Class, pursuant to procedures to be reasonably agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower or (y) such assignment shall be effected pursuant to an open market purchase;

 

(C)            the assigning Lender and Purchasing Borrower Party or Non-Debt Fund Affiliate purchasing such Lender’s Term Loans, as applicable, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an assignment agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J or such other form as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (an “Affiliated Lender Assignment and Acceptance”) in lieu of an Assignment and Acceptance;

 

(D)            for the avoidance of doubt, Lenders shall not be permitted to assign Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Revolving Credit Loans to any Purchasing Borrower Party or any Affiliated Lender;

 

(E)            any Term Loans assigned to any Purchasing Borrower Party shall be automatically and permanently cancelled upon the effectiveness of such assignment and will thereafter no longer be outstanding for any purpose hereunder;

 

(F)            no Purchasing Borrower Party may use the proceeds from Revolving Credit Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Swingline Loans or Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans (or any other revolving credit facility that is effective in reliance on Section 10.1(a) or Section 10.1(u)) to purchase any Term Loans;

 

(G)            no Term Loan may be assigned to a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate pursuant to this Section 13.6(g) if, after giving pro forma effect to such assignment, Non-Debt Fund Affiliates in the aggregate would own in excess of 25% of the Term Loans of any Class then outstanding (determined as of the time of such purchase); and

 

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(H)            any purchases or assignments of Loans by a Purchasing Borrower Party or a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate made through “dutch auctions” shall (i) be conducted pursuant to procedures to be established by the applicable “auction agent” that are consistent with this Section 13.6 (g) (i) and are otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and (ii) require that such Person clearly identify itself as a Purchasing Borrower Party or an Affiliated Lender, as the case may be, in any assignment and acceptance agreement executed in connection with such purchases or assignments.

 

(ii)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Non-Debt Fund Affiliate shall have any right to (A) attend (including by telephone) any meeting or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Credit Parties are not invited, (B) receive any information or material prepared by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and/or one or more Lenders, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to any Credit Party or its representatives (and in any case, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans required to be delivered to Lenders pursuant to Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this Agreement) or (C) make or bring (or participate in, other than as a passive participant in or recipient of its pro rata benefits of) any claim, in its capacity as a Lender, against the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent with respect to any duties or obligations or alleged duties or obligations of such Agent under the Credit Documents or to challenge such Agent’s attorney-client privilege.

 

(iii)           By its acquisition of Term Loans, a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate shall be deemed to have acknowledged and agreed that if a case under the Bankruptcy Code is commenced against any Credit Party, such Credit Party shall seek (and each Non-Debt Fund Affiliate shall consent) to provide that the vote of any Non-Debt Fund Affiliate (in its capacity as a Lender) with respect to any plan of reorganization or liquidation of such Credit Party shall not be counted except that such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate’s vote (in its capacity as a Lender) may be counted to the extent any such plan of reorganization or liquidation proposes to treat the Obligations held by such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate in a manner that is less favorable to such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate than the proposed treatment of similar Obligations held by Lenders that are not Affiliates of the Borrower; each Non-Debt Fund Affiliate hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent (such appointment being coupled with an interest) as such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate and in the name of such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate (solely in respect of Loans and participations therein and not in respect of any other claim or status such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate may otherwise have) from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this clause (iii);

 

(iv)           Any Lender may assign all or a portion of the Term Loans of any Class (but not any Revolving Credit Commitments, Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Loans, Additional/Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) held by it to a Debt Fund Affiliate in accordance with Section 13.6(b).

 

(h)            Notwithstanding anything in Section 13.1 or the definition of “Required Lenders” to the contrary, for purposes of determining whether the Required Lenders or any other requisite Class vote required by this Agreement have (i) consented (or not consented) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Credit Document or any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, (ii) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Credit Document, or (iii) directed or required the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Credit Document, (A) all Term Loans held by any Non-Debt Fund Affiliate shall be deemed to be not outstanding for all purposes of calculating whether the Required Lenders (or requisite vote of any Class of Lenders) have taken any actions and (B) the aggregate amount of Term Loans held by Debt Fund Affiliates will be excluded to the extent in excess of 49.9% of the amount required to constitute “Required Lenders” (any such excess amount shall be deemed to be not outstanding on a pro rata basis among all Debt Fund Affiliates).

 

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(i)            Upon any contribution of Term Loans to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and upon any purchase of Term Loans by a Purchasing Borrower Party, (A) the aggregate principal amount (calculated on the face amount thereof) of such Term Loans shall automatically be cancelled and retired or extinguished by the Borrower on the date of such contribution or purchase (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, with respect to a contribution of Term Loans, any applicable contributing Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, or such other form as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in respect thereof pursuant to which the respective Lender assigns its interest in such Loans to the Borrower for immediate cancellation) and (B) the Administrative Agent shall record such cancellation or retirement or extinguishment in the Register.

 

(j)            The Administrative Agent shall not (a) be required to serve as the auction agent for, or have any other obligations to participate in (other than mechanical administrative duties), or facilitate any, “dutch auction” unless it is reasonably satisfied with the terms and restrictions of such auction or (b) have any obligation to participate in, arrange, sell or otherwise facilitate, and will have no liability in connection with, any open market purchases by any Purchasing Borrower Party.

 

(k)            Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein:

 

(i)            The Surviving Company and the Co-Obligors shall have no rights or obligations hereunder until the consummation of the Merger, and any representations and warranties of the Surviving Company and the Co-Obligors hereunder shall not become effective until such time. Upon consummation of the Merger, the signature pages to this Agreement submitted on behalf of the Co-Obligors shall be deemed released, the Surviving Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of Merger Sub under this Agreement, the Surviving Company and the Co-Obligors shall succeed to, or become subject to, all the rights and obligations under the other Credit Documents to which they are a party and all representations and warranties of the Surviving Company and the Co-Obligors hereunder shall become effective as of the time of consummation of the Merger, without any further action by any Person;

 

(ii)            The Surviving Company shall have no rights or obligations hereunder as Holdings until the consummation of the Internal Restructuring, and any representations and warranties of the Surviving Company in its capacity as Holdings under the Credit Documents shall not become effective until such time. Upon consummation of the Internal Restructuring, the Surviving Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of Polaris Intermediate as Holdings under this Agreement, and the Surviving Company shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of Polaris Intermediate under the other Credit Documents to which Holdings is a party, and all representations and warranties of the Surviving Company in its capacity as Holdings hereunder shall become effective as of the time of consummation of the Internal Restructuring, without any further action by any Person; and

 

(iii)            MPH LLC shall have no rights or obligations hereunder in any capacity until the consummation of the Internal Restructuring. Upon consummation of the Internal Restructuring, MPH LLC shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of the Surviving Company as Borrower under this Agreement, and MPH LLC shall succeed to all the rights and obligations of the Surviving Company as Borrower under the other Credit Documents to which the Borrower is a party, and all representations and warranties of MPH LLC in its capacity as Borrower hereunder shall become effective as of the time of consummation of the Internal Restructuring, without any further action by any Person.

 

13.7          Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances.

 

(a)            The Borrower, at its sole expense, shall be permitted to replace any Lender (or any Participant) that (i) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4, (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 or (iii) becomes a Defaulting Lender, with a replacement bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor that is an Eligible Assignee; provided that (A) such replacement does not conflict with any Applicable Law, (B) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (C) the Borrower shall repay (or such replacement bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor shall purchase, at par) all Loans and pay all other amounts (other than any disputed amounts) owing to such replaced Lender hereunder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to Section 2.10, 2.11, 3.5 or 5.4, as the case may be) and under the other Credit Documents prior to the date of replacement of such Lender, (D) such replacement bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor (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 13.6 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 or that the replaced Lender shall have against the Borrower and the other parties for indemnity, contribution, payment of disputed and other unpaid amounts and otherwise.

 

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(b)            If any Lender (such Lender a “Non-Consenting Lender”) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, modification, supplement, waiver, discharge or termination, which pursuant to the terms of Section 13.1 requires the consent of all of the Lenders affected or each Lender and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, then, provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, 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 Eligible Assignees reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided that (i) all Obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full (including any applicable premium under Section 5.1(b)) to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment, (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 and other accrued and unpaid amounts thereon, (iii) the replacement Lender shall consent to the proposed amendment, modification, supplement, waiver, discharge or termination, (ivall Lenders required to have consented to such proposed amendment, modification, supplement, waiver, discharge or termination (other than Non-Consenting Lenders which are simultaneously replaced) shall have consented thereto, and (v) the assignment of such Non-Consenting Lenders Loans to one or more Eligible Assignees does not otherwise conflict with Applicable Law. In connection with any such assignment, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 13.6(a).

 

(c)            Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each party hereto agrees that any assignment pursuant to the terms of this Section 13.7 may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and that the Lender making such assignment need not be a party thereto.

 

13.8          Adjustments; Set-off.

 

(a)            Except as otherwise set forth herein, if any Lender (a “Benefited Lender”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of the Loans of any Class and/or the participations in letter of credit obligations or swingline loans held by it, 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 11.5, 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 of such Class or participations in letter of credit obligations or swingline loans, as applicable, such Benefited Lender shall (i) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (ii) purchase for cash at face value from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lender’s Loans of such Class or participations in letter of credit obligations or swingline loans, as applicable, 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 in accordance with the aggregate principal of their respective Loans of the applicable Class or participations in letter of credit obligations or swingline loans, as applicable; provided that, (A) 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 (B) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Credit Party pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans, Commitments or participations in a Letter of Credit Obligations or Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant or (z) any disproportionate payment obtained by a Lender of any Class as a result of the extension by Lenders of the maturity date or expiration date of some but not all Loans or Commitments of that Class or any increase in the Applicable Margin (or other pricing term, including any fee, discount or premium) in respect of Loans or Commitments of Lenders that have consented to any such extension to the extent such transaction is permitted hereunder. 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 set-off 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.

 

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(b)           After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by Applicable Law, each Lender, the Swingline Lender and each Letter of Credit Issuer shall have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to setoff 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; provided that, in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of set-off, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16 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, the Swingline Lender, each Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of set-off. Each Lender, the Swingline Lender and each Letter of Credit Issuer agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Person; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 13.8(b) to the contrary, no Lender, no Swingline Lender and no Letter Credit Issuer will exercise, or attempt to exercise, any right of set off, banker’s lien or the like against any deposit account or property of the Borrower or any other credit party held or maintained by such Lender, Swingline Lender or Letter of Credit Issuer, as applicable, in each case to the extent the deposits or other proceeds of such exercise, or attempt to exercise, any right of set off, banker’s lien or the like are, or are intended to be or are otherwise are held out to be applied to the Obligations hereunder or otherwise secured by the Collateral, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.

 

13.9         Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “pdf” or “tif”)), 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 Holdings, the Borrower and each Agent.

 

13.10       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.

 

13.11       Integration. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer or any Lender relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.

 

13.12       GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

13.13       Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

(a)            submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in the County of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;

 

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(b)            consents that any such action or proceeding shall 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 in Section 13.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

 

(d)            agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

 

(e)            waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 13.13 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

 

13.14       Acknowledgments. Each of Holdings and the Borrower 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)            none of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lead Arranger, any Joint Bookrunner or any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to Holdings or the Borrower arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, and the relationship between the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders, on one hand, and Holdings or the Borrower 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 Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders.

 

13.15       WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. HOLDINGS, THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE COLLATERAL AGENT, EACH LETTER OF CREDIT ISSUER, THE SWINGLINE LENDER 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.

 

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13.16       Confidentiality. Each Agent, each Letter of Credit Issuer, the Swingline Lender and each Lender shall hold all non-public information furnished by or on behalf of Holdings and the Borrower and their Subsidiaries in connection with such Lender’s evaluation of whether to become a Lender hereunder or obtained by such Lender, such Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement (“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 and in any event may make disclosure (a) as required or requested by any Governmental Authority or representative thereof or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority or representative thereof) or pursuant to legal process or otherwise as required by Applicable Law based on the reasonable advice of counsel, (b) to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder; provided that, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), the relevant Person is advised of and agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 13.16 or other provisions at least as restrictive as this Section 13.16, (c) to such Lender’s or such Agent’s or the Letter of Credit Issuer’s trustees, attorneys, professional advisors or independent auditors or Related Parties, in each case who need to know such information in connection with the administration of the Credit Documents and are informed of the confidential nature of such information or are subject to customary confidentiality obligations of professional practice or who agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this paragraph (or language substantially similar to this paragraph) (and to the extent a person’s compliance is within the control of an Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer or Lender, such Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer or Lender will be responsible for such compliance), (d) with the written consent of the Borrower, (e) to the extent such Confidential Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 13.16, (ii) becomes available to any Agent, any Lender, the Letter of Credit Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source that is not subject to these confidentiality provisions or (iii) to the extent such information is independently developed by such Agent, Lender, Letter of Credit Issuer, or Affiliate without the use of confidential information in breach of this Section 13.16, (f) to rating agencies that are involved in the administration or monitoring of the Principal Investors’ investment in the Initial Term Loan Facility on a need-to-know basis and who are informed of the confidential nature of such information and are or have been advised of their obligation to keep such information confidential (and to the extent such person’s compliance is within the control of a Principal Investor, such Principal Investor will be responsible for such compliance) (provided that the only information that may be provided under this clause (f) is information that the Administrative Agent has posted on the Platform) or (g) for purposes of establishing a “due diligence” defense; provided that unless specifically prohibited by Applicable Law or court order, each Lender, each Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall notify the Borrower of any request by any Governmental Authority or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with an audit or examination of the financial condition of such Lender, such Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer by, or questions or requests for information or documents from, such Governmental Authority) for disclosure of any such non-public information prior to disclosure of such information; and provided, further, that, in no event shall any Lender, any Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuer be obligated or required to return any materials furnished by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower. Each Lender, each Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer agrees that it will not provide to prospective Transferees, pledgees referred to in Section 13.16 or to prospective direct or indirect contractual counterparties under Hedging Agreements to be entered into in connection with Loans made hereunder any of the Confidential Information unless such Person is advised of and agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 13.16. The confidentiality provisions contained herein shall not prohibit disclosures to any trustee, administrator, collateral manager, servicer, backup servicer, lender, rating agency or secured party of any SPV in connection with the evaluation, administration, servicing of, or the reporting on, the assets or securitization activities of such SPV; provided that any such Person is advised of and agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 13.16.

 

13.17       Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations; Subordination of Liens.

 

(a)           The Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent by the Credit Parties on any Collateral shall be automatically released (i) in full, as set forth in clause (b) below, (ii) upon the sale, transfer or other Disposition (including any disposition by means of a distribution or Restricted Payment) of such Collateral (including as part of or in connection with any other sale, transfer or other Disposition permitted hereunder) to any Person other than another Credit Party, to the extent such sale, transfer or other Disposition is made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Credit Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iii) to the extent such Collateral is comprised of property leased to a Credit Party by a Person that is not a Credit Party, upon termination or expiration of such lease, (ivif the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other percentage of the Lenders whose consent may be required in accordance with Section 13.1), (v) to the extent the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee (in accordance with the second and third succeeding sentences and Section 25 of the Guarantee), (vi) as required by the Collateral Agent to effect any sale, transfer or other disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and (vii) to the extent such Collateral otherwise becomes Excluded Capital Stock or Excluded Property (other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition thereof). Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those being released) upon (or Obligations (other than those being released) of the Credit Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Credit Parties, including the proceeds of any disposition, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral except to the extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents. Additionally, the Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Guarantors shall be released from the Guarantee upon consummation of any transaction permitted hereunder resulting in such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Restricted Subsidiary, or otherwise becoming an Excluded Subsidiary (including in connection with any designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary), or, in the case of a Previous Holdings, in accordance with the conditions set forth in the definition of Holdings. Polaris Intermediate shall be released from its Guarantee and all of its property released as Collateral automatically upon the effectiveness of the Internal Restructuring. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to execute and deliver any instruments, documents, and agreements necessary or desirable to evidence and confirm the release of any Guarantor or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender. Any representation, warranty or covenant contained in any Credit Document relating to any such Collateral or Guarantor shall no longer be deemed to be repeated.

 

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(b)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or any other Credit Document, when all Obligations (other than (i) Hedging Obligations in respect of any Secured Hedging Agreements, (ii) Cash Management Obligations in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreements and (iii) any contingent obligations or contingent indemnification obligations not then due and payable) have been paid in full, all Commitments have terminated or expired and no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding that is not Cash Collateralized or back-stopped on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer, upon request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Secured Party) take such actions as shall be required to release its security interest in all Collateral, and to release all obligations under any Credit Document, whether or not on the date of such release there may be any (i) Hedging Obligations in respect of any Secured Hedging Agreements, (ii) Cash Management Obligations in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreements and (iii) any contingent obligations or contingent indemnification obligations not then due and payable. Any such release of Obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such Obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Credit Document, upon reasonable request of the Borrower in connection with any Liens permitted by the Credit Documents, the Collateral Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Secured Party) take such actions as shall be required to subordinate the Lien on any Collateral to any Lien permitted under Sections 10.2(c), ( e) (solely as it relates to clauses (c) and (f) of Section 10.2), (f), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), ( q), (r), (s), (v), (w), (x), (y), (aa), (ff) and clauses (d), (e), (f), (g), (i) and (n) of the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances.” In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Credit Document, upon reasonable request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Secured Party) enter into subordination or intercreditor agreements with respect to Indebtedness to the extent the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent is otherwise contemplated herein as a party to such subordination or intercreditor agreements, in each case to the extent consistent with the provisions of Section 12.15.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in the Credit Documents to the contrary, at the direction of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, in exercising remedies, take any and all necessary and appropriate action to effectuate a credit bid of all Loans (or any lesser amount thereof) for the Credit Parties’ assets in a bankruptcy, foreclosure or other similar proceeding, forbear from exercising remedies upon an Event of Default, or in a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, enter into a settlement agreement on behalf of all Lenders.

 

13.18       USA PATRIOT ACT. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower and each Credit Party that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT ACT, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and each Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower and Credit Parties in accordance with the PATRIOT ACT.

 

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13.19       Legend. THE TERM LOANS WILL BE ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF OID, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY OF THESE TERM LOANS MAY BE OBTAINED BY WRITING TO THE BORROWER AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SECTION 13.2.

 

13.20       Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of Holdings or the Borrower is made to any Agent or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by any Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect.

 

13.21       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.

 

13.22       Co-Obligor Obligations.

 

(a)            Joint and Several Liability. In consideration of the establishment of any Commitments and the making of the Loans and issuance of the Letters of Credit under this Agreement, and of the benefits to the Borrower and the Co-Obligors that are anticipated to result therefrom, the Borrower and the Co-Obligors agree that, notwithstanding any other provision contained herein or in any other Credit Document, the Borrower and each of the Co-Obligors shall be fully liable for all of the Obligations, both severally and jointly, regardless of whether the Borrower actually receives the proceeds of the Loans or the benefit of any other extensions of credit hereunder. Accordingly, the Borrower and each of the Co-Obligors irrevocably agrees with each Lender and the Administrative Agent and their respective successors and assigns that they will make prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by optional prepayment or otherwise) of the Obligations, strictly in accordance with the terms thereof. The Borrower and each of the Co-Obligors hereby further agrees that if any Credit Party shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by optional prepayment or otherwise) any of the Obligations, then they will promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.

 

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(b)            Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the Borrower and each of the Co-Obligors under paragraph (a) above are absolute and unconditional irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the obligations of any other Credit Party under this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 13.22 that the joint and several obligations of the Borrower and the Co-Obligors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not affect the joint and several liability of the Borrower or the Co-Obligors hereunder:

 

(i)             at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Borrower or the Co-Obligors, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;

 

(ii)            any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be done or omitted; or

 

(iii)           the maturity of any of the Obligations shall be accelerated or delayed, or any of the Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Obligations or any security therefor shall be released or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with.

 

(c)            Certain Waivers. The Borrower and each of the Co-Obligors hereby expressly waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against either it or the Borrower under this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or against any other person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Obligations.

 

(d)            Reinstatement. The obligations of the Borrower and the Co-Obligors under this Section shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower or the Co-Obligors in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise.

 

(e)            Remedies. The Borrower and each of the Co-Obligors agrees that, as among them, in their capacity as co-obligors with joint and several liability, and the Lenders, the obligations of any of them under this Agreement may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 11 hereof (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in said Section 11) for purposes of paragraph (a) above notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against any of them and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by any of them) shall forthwith become due and payable by the others, in their capacities as obligor or co-obligor, as applicable, for purposes of such paragraph (a).

 

(f)            Continuing Obligation. Each of the agreements of the Borrower and the Co-Obligors in this Section is a continuing agreement and undertaking, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising.

 

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(g)            Notices, Elections, Approvals, etc. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or other Credit Documents, each of the Co-Obligors hereby agrees that any and all notices, elections, requests, decisions, approval rights and similar discretionary activities under the Credit Documents may be taken by the Borrower on behalf of itself and/or the Co-Obligors.

 

(h)            Standstill. Upon payment by the Borrower or any Co-Obligor of any sums as provided under paragraph (a) above (or under any other provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document), all rights, if any, of the Borrower or the Co-Obligors against the other or any other Credit Party arising as a result thereof by way of subrogation or otherwise shall in all respects be irrevocably waived prior to the payment in full in cash of all of the Obligations.

 

[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.

 

  POLARIS INTERMEDIATE CORP.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  POLARIS MERGER SUB CORP.
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

  

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]

 

 

 

  BARCLAYS BANK PLC
   
  as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer and Lender

 

  By:     
    Name:  
    Title:  
       
       
  [LENDERS]  
       
       
  By:  
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CREDIT AGREEMENT]

 

 

Exhibit 10.11

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
6.00% / 7.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027
Registration Rights Agreement

 

   

 

 

Table of Contents

 

1.   Definitions   1  
2.   Shelf Registration   4  
3.   Registration Procedures   6  
4.   Registration Expenses   10  
5.   Indemnification and Contribution   10  
6.   Underwritten Registrations   13  
7.   Registration Defaults   13  
8.   No Inconsistent Agreements   15  
9.   Rule 144A and Rule 144   15  
10.   Listing   16  
11.   Amendments and Waivers   16  
12.   Notices   16  
13.   Remedies   16  
14.   Successors   17  
15.   Counterparts   17  
16.   Headings   17  
17.   Applicable Law   17  
18.   Severability   17  
19.   Company Common Stock Held by the Company, etc   17  
           
           

Exhibit A      Form of Selling Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire

 

   

 

 

October 8, 2020

 

Churchill Capital Corp III

640 Fifth Avenue, 12th Floor

New York, NY 10019

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Churchill Capital Corp III, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to certain Investors (as defined below) its 6.00% / 7.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”), upon the terms set forth in the applicable Convertible Note Subscription Agreement by and among the Company, Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Polaris Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Music”), Polaris Intermediate Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Music (the “Guarantor”), and the Investors, dated July 12, 2020 (each such agreement, the “Convertible Note Subscription Agreement”), relating to the initial sale (the “Initial Sale”) of the Notes. Upon a conversion of Notes at the option of the holder thereof, the Company will be required to deliver Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Company Common Stock”). The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis as to the payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest by the Guarantor. To induce the Investors to enter into the Convertible Note Subscription Agreement and to satisfy their obligations thereunder, the holders of the Notes will have the benefit of this registration rights agreement (this “Agreement”) by and between the Company and the Investors, whereby the Company agrees with you for your benefit and the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Notes and the Registrable Securities (including the Investors) (each a “Holder” and, collectively, the “Holders”), as follows:

 

1.            Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Additional Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7 hereof.

 

Affiliate” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 405 under the Act.

 

Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Broker-Dealer” shall mean any broker or dealer registered as such under the Exchange Act.

 

Business Day” shall have the meaning specified in the Indenture.

 

Close of Business” shall have the meaning specified in the Indenture.

 

   

 

 

Closing Date” shall mean the date of this Agreement.

 

Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Company Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Control” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 405 under the Act and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Convertible Note Subscription Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Deferral Period” shall have the meaning indicated in Section 3(i) hereof.

 

Depositary” shall have the meaning specified in the Indenture.

 

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

FINRA Rules” shall mean the Conduct Rules and the By-Laws of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

Guarantor” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Holder” or “Holders” shall have the meanings set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the Notes, dated as of October 8, 2020, between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

Initial Sale” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Investor” or “Investors” shall mean, Franklin Custodian Funds-Franklin Income Fund, Magnetar Constellation Master Fund Ltd, Magnetar Constellation Fund II, Ltd, Magnetar Structured Credit Fund, LP, Magnetar Xing He Master Fund Ltd, Magnetar SC Fund Ltd, Magnetar Longhorn Fund LP, Purpose Alternative Credit Fund—F LLC, Purpose Alternative Credit Fund—T LLC, 405 MSTV I LP, Magnetar Capital Master Fund Ltd, PEAK6 Group LLC, OHA Enhanced Credit Strategies Master Fund, L.P., Illinois State Board of Investment, OHAT Credit Fund, L.P., Future Fund Investment Company No.2 Pty Ltd, Indiana Public Retirement System, OHA Centre Street Partnership, L.P., OHA BCSS SSD II, L.P., OHA MPS SSD II, L.P., OHA Delaware Customized Credit Fund Holdings, L.P., OHA Delaware Customized Credit Fund—F, L.P., OHA KC Customized Credit Master Fund, L.P., OHA Structured Products Master Fund D, L.P., OHA Artesian Customized Credit Fund I, L.P., OHA Black Bear Fund, L.P., OHA Strategic Credit Master Fund II, L.P., OHA Tactical Investment Master Fund, L.P., OHA AD Customized Credit Fund (International), L.P., OHA Credit Solutions Master Fund 2, ALOHA European Credit Fund, L.P., Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, PIMCO Funds: PIMCO Income Fund, PIMCO Monthly Income Fund (Canada), PIMCO Funds: Global Investors Series plc, Income Fund, PIMCO Bermuda Trust II: PIMCO Bermuda Income Fund (M), OC III LVS I LP, PCM Fund, Inc., PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund, PIMCO Dynamic Credit and Mortgage Income Fund, PIMCO Dynamic Fund (PDI), PIMCO Flexible Credit Income Fund, PIMCO Tactical Opportunities Master Fund Ltd., PIMCO DISCO Fund III LP, PIMCO Global Credit Opportunity Master Fund LDC, PIMCO Horseshoe Fund, LP, PIMCO Global Core Asset Allocation Fund, PIMCO Funds: Global Investors Series plc, PIMCO Global Core Asset Allocation Fund and PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust: PIMCO Global Managed Asset Allocation Portfolio.

 

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Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(d) hereof.

 

Majority Holders” shall mean, on any date, Holders of a majority of the Company Common Stock that are registered under the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

Managing Underwriters” shall mean the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers selected by the Company that administer an underwritten offering, if any, conducted pursuant to Section 6 hereof.

 

Maturity Date” shall have the meaning specified in the Indenture.

 

Music” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

 

Notice and Questionnaire” shall mean a written notice delivered to the Company substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.

 

Notice Holder” shall mean, on any date, any Holder that has delivered a Notice and Questionnaire to the Company on or prior to such date.

 

Prospectus” shall mean a prospectus included in the Shelf Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Company Common Stock covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, and all amendments and supplements thereto, including any and all exhibits thereto and any information incorporated by reference therein.

 

Registrable Securities” shall mean each of the Company Common Stock, if any, deliverable by the Company upon conversion of the Notes sold to the Investors pursuant to the applicable Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, other than Company Common Stock that has (i) been registered under the Shelf Registration Statement and disposed of in accordance therewith, (ii) become eligible to be transferred without condition as contemplated by Rule 144 under the Act or any successor rule or regulation thereto that may be adopted by the Commission; provided that such Company Common Stock following such transfer would not bear any restrictive legend relating to the Act, or (iii) ceased to be outstanding.

 

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Registration Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7 hereof.

 

Scheduled Trading Day” shall have the meaning specified in the Indenture.

 

Shelf Registration Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

 

Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 hereof which covers some or all of the Company Common Stock on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

 

Trading Day” shall have the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

 

Underwriter” shall mean any underwriter of Company Common Stock in connection with an offering thereof under the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

2.            Shelf Registration.

 

(a)            The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission a Shelf Registration Statement on or prior to the day that is fourteen (14) full calendar months after the Closing Date providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis by the Holders of, all of the Registrable Securities, from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Holders, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective on or prior to the day that is eighteen (18) full calendar months after the Closing Date.

 

(b)            The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the Act, in order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by Holders for a period (the “Shelf Registration Period”) from the date the Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective or is declared effective by the Commission, as the case may be, to and including the earlier of (i) the twentieth (20th) Trading Day immediately following the Maturity Date (subject to extension for any suspension of the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement during such twenty (20)-Trading Day period immediately following the Maturity Date) and (ii) the date (1) that is the twentieth (20th) trading day immediately following the date on which there are no longer outstanding any Notes or (2) on which there are no longer outstanding any Registrable Securities. For avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, if the Company Common Stock that is issuable upon conversion of the Notes are eligible to be transferred without condition as contemplated under Rule 144 of the Act, the Company will no longer be required to file or keep effective any Shelf Registration Statement or pay any additional interest as contemplated by the Agreement. Such determination shall be evidenced by the removal of any restrictive legend on the Notes.

 

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(c)            The Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

 

(d)            Subject to applicable law, the Company shall provide written notice to the Holders of the Notes of, and issue a press release through a reputable national newswire service announcing, the anticipated effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior to such anticipated effective date. Each Holder, in order to be named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement at the time of its initial effectiveness, will be required to deliver a Notice and Questionnaire and such other information as the Company may reasonably request in writing, if any, to the Company on or prior to the tenth (10th) day prior to the anticipated effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement as provided in the notice and announced in the press release. From and after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts, as promptly as is practicable after the date a Notice and Questionnaire is delivered, and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after such date, (i) if required by applicable law, to file with the Commission a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or to prepare and, if permitted or required by applicable law, to file a supplement to the Prospectus or an amendment or supplement to any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that the Holder delivering such Notice and Questionnaire is named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, and so that such Holder is permitted to deliver such Prospectus to purchasers of the Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable law (provided that the Company shall not be required to file more than one supplement or post-effective amendment in any thirty (30)-day period in accordance with this Section 2(d)(i)) and, if the Company shall file a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement, use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such post-effective amendment to be declared effective under the Act as promptly as is practicable; (ii) provide such Holder, upon request, copies of any documents filed pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) hereof; and (iii) notify such Holder as promptly as practicable after the effectiveness under the Act of any post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) hereof; provided that if such Notice and Questionnaire is delivered during a Deferral Period, the Company shall so inform the Holder delivering such Notice and Questionnaire and shall take the actions set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above upon expiration of the Deferral Period in accordance with Section 3(i) hereof. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to name any Holder that is not a Notice Holder as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus; provided, however, that any Holder that becomes a Notice Holder pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2(d) (whether or not such Holder was a Notice Holder at the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement) shall be named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus in accordance with the requirements of this Section 2(d). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Notes are converted as provided for in Article 5 of the Indenture, then the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to file the post-effective amendment or supplement within ten (10) Business Days of date of such conversion, or if such Notice and Questionnaire is delivered during a Deferral Period, upon expiration of the Deferral Period. Further, if a Holder does not timely complete and deliver the Notice and Questionnaire or provide the other information the Company may request, such Holder will not be named as a selling securityholder in the Prospectus, will not be permitted to sell its securities under the Shelf Registration Statement and will not be entitled to any Additional Interest (as defined below).

 

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3.            Registration Procedures. The following provisions shall apply in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

(a)            The Company shall:

 

(i)            furnish to Milbank LLP, as counsel to the Investors, not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and each amendment thereto and each amendment or supplement, if any, to the Prospectus (other than amendments and supplements that do nothing more than name Notice Holders and provide information with respect thereto and other than filings by the Company under the Exchange Act) and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as Milbank LLP, as counsel to the Investors, reasonably proposes within three (3) Business Days of the delivery of such copies to Milbank LLP; and

 

(ii)            include information regarding the Notice Holders and the methods of distribution they have elected for their Registrable Securities provided to the Company in Notices and Questionnaires as necessary to permit such distribution by the methods specified therein.

 

(b)            The Company shall ensure that:

 

(i)            the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, and any Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, comply in all material respects with the Act; and

 

(ii)           the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto do not, when each becomes effective, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

 

(c)            The Company shall advise the Notice Holders, and confirm such advice in writing, if requested (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) below shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the Company shall have remedied the basis for such suspension):

 

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(i)            when the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto have been filed with the Commission and when the Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;

 

(ii)           of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information;

 

(iii)          of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose;

 

(iv)          of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Company Common Stock included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and

 

(v)           of the happening of any event that requires any change in the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus so that, as of such date, they (A) do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and (B) do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

 

(d)            The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or the qualification of the securities therein for sale in any jurisdiction and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

 

(e)            Upon request, the Company shall furnish, in electronic or physical form, to each Notice Holder, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including all material incorporated therein by reference, and, if a Notice Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including exhibits incorporated by reference therein).

 

(f)            During the Shelf Registration Period, the Company shall promptly deliver to each Notice Holder and any sales or placement agents or underwriters acting on their behalf, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including the preliminary Prospectus, if any) included in the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as any such person may reasonably request. Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement, the Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the foregoing in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities.

 

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(g)            Prior to any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall arrange for the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale under the laws of such U.S. jurisdictions as any Notice Holder shall reasonably request and shall maintain such qualification in effect so long as required; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated by this Agreement to qualify to do business or as a dealer of securities in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to taxation or service of process in suits in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

 

(h)            Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by subsections (c)(ii) through (v) above, the Company shall promptly (or within the time period provided for by Section 3(i) hereof, if applicable) prepare a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to subsequent purchasers of the securities included therein, the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(i)            Upon the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development, public filings with the Commission or any other material event that, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, makes it appropriate to suspend the availability of the Shelf Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company shall give notice (without notice of the nature or details of such events) to the Notice Holders that the availability of the Shelf Registration Statement is suspended and, upon receipt of any such notice, each Notice Holder agrees: (i) not to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such Notice Holder receives copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus provided for in Section 3(h) hereof, or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the Prospectus may be used, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in such Prospectus; and (ii) to hold such notice strictly confidential. Except in the case of a suspension of the availability of the Shelf Registration Statement and the Prospectus solely as the result of the filing of a post-effective amendment or supplement to the Prospectus to add additional selling securityholders therein, the period during which the availability of the Shelf Registration Statement and any Prospectus is suspended (the “Deferral Period”) shall not exceed an aggregate of sixty (60) days in any calendar quarter or one hundred twenty (120) days in any calendar year.

 

(j)            The Company shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and shall make generally available to its securityholders an earnings statement (which need not be audited) satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act as soon as practicable after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement and in any event no later than forty-five (45) days after the end of the twelve (12) month period (or ninety (90) days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

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(k)            The Company may require each Holder of Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement in order to comply with the Act. The Company may exclude from the Shelf Registration Statement the Registrable Securities of any Holder that unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.

 

(l)             Subject to Section 6 hereof, the Company shall enter into customary agreements (including, if requested by the Majority Holders, an underwriting agreement in customary form, which, for the avoidance of doubt, will provide for customary representations and warranties, legal opinions, comfort letters and other documents and certifications by the Company and by the selling securityholders) and take all other necessary actions in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of the Registrable Securities, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain customary indemnification provisions and procedures.

 

(m)           Subject to Section 6 hereof, for persons who are or may be “underwriters” with respect to the Company Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Notes within the meaning of the Act and who make appropriate requests for information to be used solely for the purpose of taking reasonable steps to establish a due diligence or similar defense in connection with the proposed sale of such Company Common Stock pursuant to the Shelf Registration, the Company shall:

 

(i)            make reasonably available during business hours for inspection by the Holders of Registrable Securities, any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and retained by the Holders or any such Underwriter all relevant financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents of the Company and its subsidiaries; and

 

(ii)           cause the Company’s and the Guarantor’s officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement as is customary for similar due diligence examinations.

 

(n)            In the event that any Broker-Dealer shall underwrite any Company Common Stock or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or “participate in an offering” (within the meaning of the FINRA Rules) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Company Common Stock or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company shall, upon the reasonable request of such Broker-Dealer, comply with any such reasonable request of such Broker-Dealer in complying with the FINRA Rules.

 

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(o)            The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Company Common Stock covered by the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

4.            Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their obligations under Sections 2 and 3 hereof and the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of Milbank LLP, as counsel to the Investors related to the review of any Shelf Registration Statement, and the Holders of Company Common Stock shall bear all other expenses incurred by them in connection with any sale of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

5.            Indemnification and Contribution.

 

(a)            The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder and the directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and agents of each such Holder and each person who controls any such Holder within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Shelf Registration Statement as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the party claiming indemnification specifically for inclusion therein.

 

The Company also agrees to provide customary indemnities to, and to contribute as provided in Section 5(d) hereof to Losses of, any underwriters of the Registrable Securities, their officers, directors, employees, Affiliates and agents and each Person who controls such underwriters (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders of Registrable Securities.

 

(b)            Each Holder of securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement (including each Investor that is a Holder) severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of the Company’s directors, each of the Company’s officers who signs the Shelf Registration Statement and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each such Holder, but only with reference to written information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity.

 

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This indemnity agreement shall be acknowledged by each Notice Holder in such Notice Holder’s Notice and Questionnaire and shall be in addition to any liability that any such Notice Holder may otherwise have.

 

(c)            Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 5, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it has been materially prejudiced through the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses; and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any action shall be brought against an indemnified party and it shall have notified the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint one separate firm (including one separate local counsel in any jurisdiction in which the indemnified party require representation by separate counsel) of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than one local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel (including one local counsel in any jurisdiction in which the indemnified party requires representation by separate counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ one separate firm (including one separate local counsel in any jurisdiction in which the indemnified party requires representation by separate counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such one separate firm if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the initiation of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. It is understood and agreed that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate law firm (in addition to not more than one separate local counsel) for all indemnified persons. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and does not include an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of such indemnified party.

 

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(d)            In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 5 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, then each applicable indemnifying party shall have a joint and several obligation to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, liability, damage or action) (collectively “Losses”) to which such indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, from the Initial Sale and the Shelf Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses; provided, however, that in no case shall any Investors be responsible, in the aggregate, for any amount in excess of the purchase discount applicable to the Notes, as set forth in the applicable Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, nor shall any underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the securities purchased by such underwriter under the Shelf Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the Initial Sale (before deducting expenses) as set forth in the applicable Convertible Note Subscription Agreement. Benefits received by the Investors shall be deemed to be equal to the total purchase discounts as set forth in the applicable Convertible Note Subscription Agreement, and benefits received by any other Holders shall be deemed to be equal to the value of receiving Company Common Stock registered under the Act. Benefits received by any underwriter shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus forming a part of the Shelf Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the indemnifying party, on the one hand, or by the indemnified party, on the other hand, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 5, each person who controls a Holder within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of such Holder shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Shelf Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).

 

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(e)            The provisions of this Section 5 shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder or the Company or any of the indemnified persons referred to in this Section 5, and shall survive the sale by a Holder of securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

6.            Underwritten Registrations.

 

(a)            In no event will the method of distribution of Registrable Securities take the form of an underwritten offering without the prior written consent of the Company. Consent may be conditioned on waivers of any of the obligations in Section 3, Section 4 or Section 5 hereof.

 

(b)            If any Registrable Securities are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Managing Underwriters shall be selected by the Company.

 

(c)            No person may participate in any underwritten offering pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement unless such person: (i) agrees to sell such person’s Registrable Securities on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Company; and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

7.            Registration Defaults. If any of the following events shall occur as a result of the Company’s failure to satisfy its obligations hereunder (each, a “Registration Default”), then the Company shall pay additional interest on the Notes (“Additional Interest”) to the Holders as follows:

 

(a)            if the Shelf Registration Statement has not been filed with the Commission prior to the day that is fourteen (14) full calendar months after the Closing Date, then commencing on the day that is fourteen (14) full calendar months after the Closing Date, Additional Interest shall accrue on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first ninety (90) days from and including the day that is fourteen (14) full calendar months after the Closing Date and 0.50% per annum thereafter;

 

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(b)            if the Shelf Registration Statement has not been declared effective on or prior to the day that is eighteen (18) full calendar months after the Closing Date, then commencing on the day that is eighteen (18) full calendar months after the Closing Date, Additional Interest shall accrue on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first ninety (90) days from and including the day that is eighteen (18) full calendar months after the Closing Date and 0.50% per annum thereafter;

 

(c)            if the Company through its omission fails to name a Holder as a selling securityholder and such selling securityholder had complied timely with its obligations hereunder in a manner to entitle such selling securityholder to be so named in (i) the Shelf Registration Statement at the time it first became effective or (ii) any Prospectus at the later of time of filing thereof or the time the Shelf Registration Statement of which the Prospectus forms a part becomes effective, then Additional Interest shall accrue, on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes held by such Holder, at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first ninety (90) days from and including the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement or the time of filing of such Prospectus, as the case may be, and 0.50% per annum thereafter, until such selling securityholder is so named;

 

(d)            if the Shelf Registration Statement has been declared or becomes effective but ceases to be effective or usable for the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities, other than (i) in connection with a Deferral Period or (ii) as a result of a requirement to file a post-effective amendment or supplement to the Prospectus to make changes to the information regarding selling securityholders or the plan of distribution provided for therein, at any time during the Shelf Registration Period and the Company does not cure the lapse of effectiveness or usability within ten (10) Business Days (or, if a Deferral Period is then in effect and subject to the ten (10)-Business Day filing requirement and the proviso regarding the filing of post-effective amendments in Section 2(d) with respect to any Notice and Questionnaire received during such period, within ten (10) Business Days following the expiration of such Deferral Period or period permitted pursuant to Section 2(d)), then Additional Interest shall accrue on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first ninety (90) days from and including the day following such tenth (10th) Business Day and 0.50% per annum thereafter; or

 

(e)            if the aggregate duration of Deferral Periods in any period exceeds the number of days permitted in respect of such period pursuant to Section 3(i) hereof, then commencing on the day after the aggregate duration of Deferral Periods in any period exceeds the number of days permitted in respect of such period, Additional Interest shall accrue on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days from and including such date, and 0.50% per annum thereafter;

 

provided, however, that (1) upon the filing and effectiveness (whether upon such filing or otherwise) of the Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of paragraph (a) above), (2) upon such time as the Shelf Registration Statement which had ceased to remain effective or usable for resales again becomes effective and usable for resales (in the case of paragraph (b) above), (3) upon the time such Holder is permitted to sell its Registrable Securities pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus in accordance with applicable law (in the case of paragraph (c) above), (4) upon the termination of the Deferral Period that caused the limit on the aggregate duration of Deferral Periods in a period set forth in 3(i) to be exceeded (in the case of paragraph (e) above), or (5) in any case, notwithstanding the preceding clauses (1) through (4), upon the earlier of the two dates provided in clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 2(b), Additional Interest shall cease to accrue.

 

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Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to this Section 7 will be payable in cash or in PIK, at the Company’s choice, on the next succeeding interest payment date to Holders entitled to receive such Additional Interest on the relevant record dates for the payment of interest. If any Note ceases to be outstanding during any period for which Additional Interest is accruing, the Company will prorate the Additional Interest payable with respect to such Note.

 

The Additional Interest rate on the Notes shall not exceed in the aggregate 0.50% per annum and shall not be payable under more than one clause above for any given period of time, except that if Additional Interest would be payable because of more than one Registration Default, but at a rate of 0.25% per annum under one Registration Default and at a rate of 0.50% per annum under the other, then the Additional Interest rate shall be the higher rate of 0.50% per annum.

 

Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, in no event shall interest, including Additional Interest, accrue to holders of shares of Company Common Stock issued upon conversion of some or all Notes, except in the case of Notes that are surrendered for conversion after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the regular Interest Record Date (as defined in the Indenture) immediately preceding the maturity date of the Notes or, if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Purchase Date (as defined in the Indenture) that is after a regular Interest Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date (as defined in the Indenture) and such Notes are surrendered for conversion after such regular Interest Record Date and on or prior to such Interest Payment Date.

 

8.            No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not entered into, and agrees not to enter into, any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the registration rights granted to the Holders herein or that otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

 

9.            Rule 144A and Rule 144. So long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, the Company shall file the reports required to be filed by it under Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act and the Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the written request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, make publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A of the Act. Each of the Company and the Guarantor covenants that it will take such further action as any Holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including, without limitation, the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). Upon the written request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 9 shall be deemed to require the Company to register any of its securities pursuant to the Exchange Act.

 

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10.           Listing. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the approval of the Company Common Stock for listing on the New York Stock Exchange or another U.S. national stock exchange.

 

11.           Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities; provided that, no amendment, qualification, modification, supplement, waiver or consent with respect to Section 7 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder; and provided, further, that the provisions of this Section 11 may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of each Holder.

 

12.           Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first class mail, air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery, or by email:

 

(a)            if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such holder to (i) the Company in accordance with the provisions of the Notice and Questionnaire or (ii) the trustee under the Indenture in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture; provided that notices and other communications to Holders of Notes held in global form may be provided through the applicable procedures of the Depositary; and

 

(b)            if to the Company, initially at c/o MultiPlan, Inc., 115 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10011, Attention: Chief Financial Officer.

 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; one Business Day after being sent, if emailed; and on the next Business Day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

 

The Company by notice to the other parties may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, notices given to Holders holding in book-entry form may be given through the facilities of the Depositary.

 

13.           Remedies. Each Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided to it herein, in the Indenture or in the Convertible Note Subscription Agreement or granted by law, including recovery of liquidated or other damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by them of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive in any action for specific performance the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

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14.           Successors. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns, including, without the need for any consent by the Company thereto, subsequent Holders, and the indemnified persons referred to in Section 5 hereof. The Company hereby agrees to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any Holder, and any such Holder may specifically enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto.

 

15.           Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form (including any electronic signature complying with the New York Electronic Signatures and Records Act (N.Y. State Tech. §§ 301-309), as amended from time to time, or other applicable law) or by facsimile or other transmission method, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.

 

16.           Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation hereof.

 

17.           Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The parties hereto each hereby waive any right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

 

18.           Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

19.           Company Common Stock Held by the Company, etc. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Company Common Stock is required hereunder, Company Common Stock held by the Company or its Affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Company Common Stock if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be Affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Company Common Stock) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

 

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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.

 

 

  CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
   
  By: /s/ Jay Taragin
  Name: Jay Taragin
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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  Magnetar Constellation Master Fund, LTD.
     
     
  By: /s/ Michael Turro
    Name: Michael Turro
    Title: Chief Compliance Officer of
    Magnetar Financial, LLC, its investment manager

 

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  Magnetar Constellation Fund II, LTD
     
     
  By: /s/ Michael Turro
    Name: Michael Turro
    Title: Chief Compliance Officer of
    Magnetar Financial, LLC, its investment manager

 

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  Magnetar Structured Credit Fund, LP
     
     
  By: /s/ Michael Turro
    Name: Michael Turro
    Title: Chief Compliance Officer of
    Magnetar Financial, LLC, its general partner

 

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  Magnetar Xing HE Master Fund LTD
     
     
  By: /s/ Michael Turro
    Name: Michael Turro
    Title: Chief Compliance Officer of
    Magnetar Financial, LLC, its investment manager

 

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  Magnetar SC Fund LTD
     
     
  By: /s/ Michael Turro
    Name: Michael Turro
    Title: Chief Compliance Officer of
    Magnetar Financial, LLC, its investment manager

 

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  Magnetar Longhorn Fund LP
     
     
  By: /s/ Michael Turro
    Name: Michael Turro
    Title: Chief Compliance Officer of
    Magnetar Financial, LLC, its investment manager

 

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  Purpose Alternative Credit Fund Ltd
     
     
  By: /s/ Michael Turro
    Name: Michael Turro
    Title: Chief Compliance Officer of
    Magnetar Financial, LLC, its investment manager

 

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  Purpose Alternative Credit Fund–T LLC
     
     
  By: /s/ Michael Turro
    Name: Michael Turro
    Title: Chief Compliance Officer of
    Magnetar Financial, LLC, its manager

 

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  405 MSTV I LP
     
     
  By: /s/ Michael Turro
    Name: Michael Turro
    Title: Chief Compliance Officer of
    Magnetar Financial, LLC, its trading advisor

 

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  Magnetar CApital Master Fund, Ltd
     
     
  By: /s/ Michael Turro
  Name: Michael Turro
    Title: Chief Compliance Officer of
    Magnetar Financial, LLC, its investment manager

 

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  Magnetar Lake Credit Fund LLC
   
   
  By: /s/ Michael Turro
    Name: Michael Turro
    Title: Chief Compliance Officer of
    Magnetar Financial, LLC, its manager

 

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  PEAK6 GRoup LLC
   
   
  By: /s/ Jay Coppoletta
    Name: Jay Coppoletta
    Title: Chief Corp. Dev. & Legal Officer

 

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  Franklin Custodian Funds-Franklin Income Fund
   
  By:  Franklin Advisers, Inc, as investment manager
   
   
  By: /s/ Brendan Circle
    Name: Brendan Circle
    Title: SVP/Portfolio Manager

 

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  OHA Enhanced Credit Strategies Master Fund, L.P.
   
  By: OHA Enhanced Credit Strategies GenPar, LLC,
  its general partner
  By: OHA Global GenPar, LLC,
  its managing member
  By: OHA Global MGP, LLC,
  its managing member
   
   
  By: /s/ Gregory S. Rubin
    Name: Gregory S. Rubin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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  Illinois State Board of Investment
   
  By: Oak Hill Advisors, L.P.,
  as Investment Manager
  By: Oak Hill Advisors GenPar, L.P.,
  its general partner
  By: Oak Hill Advisors MGP, Inc.,
  its managing general partner
   
   
  By: /s/ Gregory S. Rubin
    Name: Gregory S. Rubin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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  OHAT Credit Fund, L.P.
   
  By: OHAT Credit GenPar, LLC,
  its general partner
  By: OHA Global GenPar, LLC,
  its managing member
  By: OHA Global MGP, LLC,
  its managing member
   
   
  By: /s/ Gregory S. Rubin
    Name: Gregory S. Rubin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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  Future Fund Investment Company No. 2 Pty Ltd
   
  By: Oak Hill Advisors, L.P.,
  as Investment Manager
  By: Oak Hill Advisors GenPar, L.P.,
  its general partner
  By: Oak Hill Advisors MGP, Inc.,
  its managing general partner
   
   
  By: /s/ Gregory S. Rubin
    Name: Gregory S. Rubin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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  Indiana Public Retirement System
   
  By: Oak Hill Advisors, L.P.,
  as Investment Manager
  By: Oak Hill Advisors GenPar, L.P.,
  its general partner
  By: Oak Hill Advisors MGP, Inc.,
  its managing general partner
   
   
  By: /s/ Gregory S. Rubin
    Name: Gregory S. Rubin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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  OHA Centre Street Partnership, L.P.
   
  By: OHA Centre Street GenPar, LLC,
  its general partner
  By: OHA Centre Street MGP, LLC,
  its managing member
   
   
  By: /s/ Gregory S. Rubin
    Name: Gregory S. Rubin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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  OHA BCSS SSD II, L.P.
   
  By: OHA BCSS SSD GenPar II, LLC,
  its general partner
  By: OHA Global PE GenPar, LLC,
  its managing member
  By: OHA Global PE MGP, LLC,
  its managing member
   
   
  By: /s/ Gregory S. Rubin
    Name: Gregory S. Rubin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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  OHA MPS SSD II, L.P.
   
  By: OHA MPS SSD GenPar II, LLC,
  its general partner
  By: OHA Global PE GenPar, LLC,
  its managing member
  By: OHA Global PE MGP, LLC,
  its managing member

 

 

  By: /s/ Gregory S. Rubin
    Name: Gregory S. Rubin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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  OHA Delaware Customized Credit Fund Holdings, L.P.
   
  By: OHA Delaware Customized Credit Fund GenPar, LLC,
  its general partner
  By: OHA Global GenPar, LLC,
  its managing member
  By: OHA Global MGP, LLC,
  its managing member

 

 

  By: /s/ Gregory S. Rubin
    Name: Gregory S. Rubin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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  OHA Delaware Customized Credit Fund-F, L.P.
   
  By: OHA Delaware Customized Credit Fund-F GenPar, LLC,
  its general partner
  By: OHA Global GenPar, LLC,
  its managing member
  By: OHA Global MGP, LLC,
  its managing member

 

 

  By: /s/ Gregory S. Rubin
    Name: Gregory S. Rubin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  OHA KC Customized Credit Master Fund, L.P.
   
  By: OHA KC Customized Credit GenPar, LLC,
  its general partner
  By: OHA Global PE GenPar, LLC,
  its managing member
  By: OHA Global PE MGP, LLC,
  its managing member

 

 

  By: /s/ Gregory S. Rubin
    Name: Gregory S. Rubin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  OHA Structured Products Master Fund D, L.P.
   
  By: OHA Structured Products D GenPar, LLC,
  its general partner
  By: OHA Global PE GenPar, LLC,
  its managing member
  By: OHA Global PE MGP, LLC,
  its managing member

 

 

  By: /s/ Gregory S. Rubin
    Name: Gregory S. Rubin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  OHA Artesian Customized Credit Fund I, L.P.
   
  By: OHA Artesian Customized Credit Fund I GenPar, LLC,
  its general partner
  By: OHA Global PE GenPar, LLC,
  its managing member
  By: OHA Global PE MGP, LLC,
  its managing member

 

 

  By: /s/ Gregory S. Rubin
    Name: Gregory S. Rubin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

  

[Signature Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  OHA Black Bear Fund, L.P.
   
  By: OHA Black Bear GenPar, LLC,
  its general partner
  By: OHA Global PE GenPar, LLC,
  its managing member
  By: OHA Global PE MGP, LLC,
  its managing member

 

 

  By: /s/ Gregory S. Rubin
    Name: Gregory S. Rubin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  OHA Strategic Credit Master Fund II, L.P.
   
  By: OHA Strategic Credit II GenPar, LLC,
  its general partner
  By: OHA Global PE GenPar, LLC,
  its managing member
  By: OHA Global PE MGP, LLC,
  its managing member

 

 

  By: /s/ Gregory S. Rubin
    Name: Gregory S. Rubin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  OHA Tactical Investment Master Fund, L.P.
   
  By: OHA Tactical Investment GenPar, LLP,
  its general partner
  By: OHA Global PE GenPar, LLC,
  its managing member
  By: OHA Global PE MGP, LLC,
  its managing member

 

 

  By: /s/ Gregory S. Rubin
    Name: Gregory S. Rubin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  OHA AD Customized Credit Fund (International), L.P.
   
  By: OHA AD Customized Credit Fund GenPar, LLC,
  its general partner
  By: OHA Global PE GenPar, LLC,
  its managing member
  By: OHA Global PE MGP, LLC,
  its managing member

 

 

  By: /s/ Gregory S. Rubin
    Name: Gregory S. Rubin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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OHA CREDIT SOLUTIONS ICAV, AN UMBRELLA FUND WITH SEGREGATED LIABILITY BETWEEN SUB-FUNDS, ACTING SOLELY IN RESPECT OF ITS SUB-FUND OHA CREDIT SOLUTIONS MASTER FUND 2

   
  By: Oak Hill Advisors, L.P.,
  its portfolio manager
   
   
  By: /s/ Alexis Atteslis
    Name: Alexis Atteslis
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to the Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  ALOHA European Credit Fund, L.P.
   
  By: OHA ALOHA European Credit Fund
  GenPar, LLC, its general partner
  By: OHA Global GenPar, LLC,
  its managing member
  By: OHA Global MGP, LLC,
  its managing member
   
   
  By: /s/ Gregory S. Rubin
    Name: Gregory S. Rubin
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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Each Investor Identified on Exhibit A Attached Hereto1

   
 

By: Pacific Investment Management Company

 

LLC, as investment manager, adviser or sub-adviser

   
   
  By: /s/ Alfred T. Murata
    Name: Alfred T. Murata
    Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

1            The obligations arising out of this instrument are several and not joint with respect to each participating Investor as to its Registrable Securities, and the parties agree not to proceed against any Investor for the obligations of another. To the extent an Investor is a registered investment company (“Trust”) or a series thereof, a copy of the Declaration of Trust of such Trust is on file with the Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts or Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The obligations of or arising out of this instrument are not binding upon any of such Trust's trustees, officers, employees, agents or shareholders individually, but are binding solely upon the assets and property of the Trust as to its Registrable Securities. If this instrument is executed by or on behalf of a Trust on behalf of one or more series of the Trust, the assets and liabilities of each series of the Trust are separate and distinct and the obligations of or arising out of this instrument are binding solely upon the assets or property of the series on whose behalf this instrument is executed. If this agreement is being executed on behalf of more than one series of a Trust, the obligations of each series hereunder shall be several and not joint, and the parties agree not to proceed against any series for the obligations of another. 

PIMCO Funds: Global Investors Series plc is an Irish umbrella company with segregated liability between sub-funds. As a result, as a matter of Irish law, any liability attributable to a particular sub-fund may only be discharged out of the assets of that sub-fund and the assets of other sub-funds may not be used to satisfy the limited liability of that sub-fund. 

The obligations of or arising out of this instrument are not binding upon the PIMCO Bermuda Trust II's (the “Bermuda Trust”) trustee, or any officer, director, employee, agent or servant or any other person appointed by the trustee, or unitholders individually, but are binding solely upon the assets and property of the Bermuda Trust in accordance with its Notes. If this instrument is executed by or on behalf of the Bermuda Trust on behalf of one or more series of the Bermuda Trust, the assets and liabilities of each series of the Bermuda Trust are separate and distinct and the obligations of or arising out of this instrument are binding solely upon the assets or property of the series on whose behalf this instrument is executed. 

To the extent an Investor is a trust established under the laws of a province or territory of Canada (a “Canadian Trust”), the obligations of or arising out of this instrument are not binding upon (i) the Canadian Trust’s trustee or investment fund manager, (ii) any officer, director, employee or agent of the Canadian Trust’s trustee or investment fund manager, or (iii) any unitholder of the Canadian Trust, but are binding solely upon the property of the Canadian Trust as to its Registrable Securities.

  

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Exhibit A

 

Initial Purchaser:

 

PIMCO Funds: PIMCO Income Fund

PIMCO Monthly Income Fund (Canada)

PIMCO Funds: Global Investors Series plc, Income Fund

PIMCO Bermuda Trust II: PIMCO Bermuda Income Fund (M)

OC III LVS I LP

PCM Fund, Inc.

PIMCO Income Opportunity Fund

PIMCO Dynamic Credit and Mortgage Income Fund

PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund (PDI)

PIMCO Flexible Credit Income Fund

PIMCO Tactical Opportunities Master Fund Ltd.

PIMCO DISCO Fund III LP

PIMCO Global Credit Opportunity Master Fund LDC

PIMCO Horseshoe Fund, LP

PIMCO Global Core Asset Allocation Fund

PIMCO Funds: Global Investors Series plc, PIMCO Global Core Asset Allocation Fund

PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust: PIMCO Global Managed Asset Allocation Portfolio

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF

 

SELLING SECURITYHOLDER NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE

 

The undersigned beneficial holder of 6.00% / 7.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”) or Class A common stock of Churchill Capital Corp III (the “Company”), issuable on conversion of the Notes (such Class A common stock, the “Registrable Securities”), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement (the “Shelf Registration Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Company and the Investors named therein. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Each beneficial owner of Registrable Securities is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement. In order to sell or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, a beneficial owner of Registrable Securities generally will be required to be named as a Selling Securityholder (as defined below) in the related prospectus, deliver a prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities and be bound by those provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement applicable to such beneficial owner (including certain indemnification provisions as described below). Beneficial owners are encouraged to complete, execute and deliver this Notice and Questionnaire prior to the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement so that such beneficial owners may be named as Selling Securityholders in the related prospectus at the time of effectiveness. Any beneficial owner of Registrable Securities wishing to include its Registrable Securities in the Shelf Registration Statement must deliver to the Company a properly completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire.

 

Certain legal consequences arise from being named as Selling Securityholders in the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a Selling Securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus.

 

Notice

 

The undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling Securityholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby gives notice to the Company of its intention to sell or otherwise dispose of Registrable Securities beneficially owned by it and listed below in Item 3(b) pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement. The undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and Questionnaire, understands that it will be bound by the terms and conditions of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the undersigned has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of the Company's directors, each of the Company's officers who signs the Shelf Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), from and against any and all losses arising out of or based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statements concerning the undersigned made in the Registration Statement or the related prospectus in reliance upon the information provided in this Notice and Questionnaire.

 

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The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and complete:

 

    Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder:
     
     
    Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities listed in Item (3) below are held:
     
     
    Full Legal Name of DTC Participant (if applicable and if not the same as (b) above) through which Registrable Securities listed in Item (3) below are held:
     
    Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder:
     
     
Telephone:    
Fax:    
Email address:    
Contact Person:    

   
  Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities:
   
  Except as set forth below in this Item (3), the undersigned Selling Securityholder does not beneficially own any Registrable Securities.
   
    Number of shares of Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) beneficially owned: _____________
     
    Number of shares of the Registrable Securities which the undersigned wishes to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement:
     
  Beneficial Ownership of other Company securities owned by the Selling Securityholder:
   
  Except as set forth below in this Item (4), the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registrable Securities listed above in Item (3).
     
    Type and amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Securityholder:
     
     

 

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    CUSIP No(s).  of such other securities beneficially owned:
     
     
     
  Relationship with the Company:
   
    Have you or any of your affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% or more of the equity securities of the Selling Securityholder) held any position or office or have you had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) within the past three years?
     
    ¨ Yes
     
    ¨ No 
     
    If so, please state the nature and duration of your relationship with the Company:
     
     
     
     
    Broker-Dealer Status
     
  Is the Selling Securityholder a broker-dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Exchange Act?
     
    ¨ Yes
     
    ¨ No
     
    Note that we will be required to identify any registered broker-dealer as an underwriter in the prospectus.  If so, please answer the remaining questions in this section.
     
  If the Selling Securityholder is a registered broker-dealer, please indicate whether the Selling Securityholder purchased its Registrable Securities for investment or acquired them as transaction-based compensation for investment banking or similar services.
     
    ¨ purchased the Registrable Securities for investment
     
  ¨ acquired the Registrable Securities as transaction-based compensation
     
    If the Selling Securityholder is a registered broker-dealer and received its Registrable Securities other than as transaction-based compensation, the Company is required to identify the Selling Securityholder as an underwriter in the Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus.

 

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    Affiliation with Broker-Dealers:
     
  Is the Selling Securityholder an affiliate of a registered broker-dealer? For purposes of this Item 6(b), an “affiliate” of a specified person or entity means a person or entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person or entity specified.
     
    ¨ Yes
     
    ¨ No
     
  If so, please answer the following three questions in this section.
     
    Please describe the affiliation between the Selling Securityholder and any registered broker-dealers:
     
     
     
     
    If the Notes were purchased by the Selling Securityholder other than in the ordinary course of business, please describe the circumstances:
     
     
     
     
    If the Selling Securityholder, at the time of its purchase of Registrable Securities, has had any agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities, please describe such agreements or understandings:
     
     
     
     
    Note that if the Selling Securityholder is an affiliate of a broker-dealer and did not purchase its notes in the ordinary course of business or at the time of the purchase had any agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, to distribute the securities, we must identify the Selling Securityholder as an underwriter in the prospectus.
     
  Nature of Beneficial Holding.  The purpose of this question is to identify the ultimate natural person(s) or publicly held entity that exercise(s) sole or shared voting or dispositive power over the Registrable Securities
     
    Is the Selling Securityholder a natural person?
     
    ¨ Yes
    ¨ No 

 

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    Is the Selling Securityholder required to file, or is it a wholly owned subsidiary of a company that is required to file, periodic and other reports (for example, Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K) with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act?
     
    ¨ Yes
     
    ¨ No
     
    Is the Selling Securityholder an investment company, or a subsidiary of an investment company, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended?
     
    ¨ Yes
     
    ¨ No
     
    If a subsidiary, please identify the publicly held parent entity, if any:
     
  If you answered “No” to questions (a), (b) and (c) above, please identify the controlling person(s) of the Selling Securityholder (the “Controlling Entity”).  If the Controlling Entity is not a natural person or a publicly held entity, please identify each controlling person(s) of such Controlling Entity.  This process should be repeated until you reach natural persons or a publicly held entity that exercise sole or shared voting or dispositive power over the Registrable Securities:
   
   
   
     
  *** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION REQUIRES THAT THESE NATURAL PERSONS BE NAMED IN THE PROSPECTUS.
   
  If you need more space for this response, please attach additional sheets of paper.  Please be sure to indicate your name and the number of the item being responded to on each such additional sheet of paper, and to sign each such additional sheet of paper before attaching it to this Notice and Questionnaire.  Please note that you may be asked to answer additional questions depending on your responses to the above questions.
   
  Plan of Distribution:
   
  Except as set forth below, the undersigned (including its donees or pledgees) intends to distribute the Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3.  pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement only as follows (if at all): such Registrable Securities may be sold from time to time directly by the undersigned or alternatively through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents.  If the Registrable Securities are sold through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, the Selling Securityholder will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions (in addition to any other fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith unless otherwise specified in the Registration Rights Agreement).  Such Registrable Securities may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices.  Such sales may be effected in transactions (which may involve crosses or block transactions) (i) on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the Registrable Securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale, (ii) in the over-the-counter market, (iii) in transactions other than on such exchanges or services or in the over-the-counter market or (iv) through the writing of options.  The Selling Securityholder may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the Registrable Securities owned by it and, if it defaults in the performance of its secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the Registrable Securities from time to time pursuant to the prospectus.  The Selling Securityholder also may transfer and donate shares in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling Securityholder for purposes of the prospectus.

 

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  State any exceptions here:
   
   
   
   
  Note: In no event may such method(s) of distribution take the form of an underwritten offering of the Registrable Securities without the prior agreement of the Company.  See the Registration Rights Agreement for more information.
     
  The Company hereby advises each selling securityholder of the following Interpretation of the July 1997 SEC Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations regarding short selling:
     
  “An issuer filed a Form S-3 registration statement for a secondary offering of Class A common stock which is not yet effective.  One of the selling shareholders wanted to do a short sale of Class A common stock “against the box” and cover the short sale with registered shares after the effective date.  The issuer was advised that the short sale could not be made before the registration statement becomes effective, because the shares underlying the short sale are deemed to be sold at the time such sale is made.  There would, therefore, be a violation of Section 5 if the shares were effectively sold prior to the effective date.”
   
  By returning this Notice and Questionnaire, the Selling Securityholder will be deemed to be aware of the foregoing interpretation.
   
  Securities Received From Named Selling Securityholder:
   
  Did the Selling Securityholder receive its Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3.  as a transferee from selling securityholder(s) previously identified in the Shelf Registration Statement?
   
  ¨ Yes
   
  ¨ No

 

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  If so, please answer the following two questions in this section:
   
    Did the Selling Securityholder receive such Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3.  from the named selling securityholder(s) prior to the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement?
     
    ¨ Yes
     
    ¨ No
   
    What is/are the name(s) of the selling securityholder(s) from whom the Selling Securityholder received the Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3.  and on which date were such securities received?
   
   

 

The undersigned acknowledges that it understands its obligation to comply with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder relating to stock manipulation, particularly Regulation M thereunder (or any successor rules or regulations), in connection with any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement. The undersigned agrees that neither it nor any person acting on its behalf will engage in any transaction in violation of such provisions. The Selling Securityholder hereby acknowledges its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement to indemnify and hold harmless certain persons set forth therein.

 

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed under certain circumstances to indemnify the Selling Securityholders against certain liabilities.

 

In accordance with the undersigned’s obligation under the Registration Rights Agreement to provide such information as may be required by law for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, the undersigned agrees to provide any additional information the Company may reasonably request and to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided that may occur at any time while the Shelf Registration Statement remains effective. All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery as follows:

 

To the Company:                c/o MultiPlan, Inc.
115 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

In the event any Selling Securityholder transfers all or any portion of the Registrable Securities listed in Item 3 above after the date on which such information is provided to the Company, the Selling Securityholder will notify the transferee(s) at the time of transfer of its rights and obligations under this Notice and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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By signing this Notice and Questionnaire, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 7 above and the inclusion of such information in the Shelf Registration Statement, the related prospectus and any state securities or Blue Sky applications. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company without independent investigation or inquiry in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Shelf Registration Statement, the related prospectus and any state securities or Blue Sky applications.

 

Once this Notice and Questionnaire is executed by the Selling Securityholder and received by the Company, the terms of this Notice and Questionnaire and the representations and warranties contained herein shall be binding on, shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by the respective successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns of the Company and the Selling Securityholder with respect to the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by such Selling Securityholder and listed in Item 3 above. This Notice and Questionnaire shall 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.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its authorized agent.

 

Dated: Beneficial Owner:
   
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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PLEASE RETURN THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE TO:

 

c/o MultiPlan, Inc.

115 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10011

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 10.12
CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
2020 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
1.   Purpose.   The purpose of the Churchill Capital Corp III 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan is to provide a means through which the Company and the other members of the Company Group may attract and retain key personnel and to provide a means whereby directors, officers, employees, consultants and advisors of the Company and the other members of the Company Group can acquire and maintain an equity interest in the Company, or be paid incentive compensation, including incentive compensation measured by reference to the value of Common Stock, thereby strengthening their commitment to the welfare of the Company Group and aligning their interests with those of the Company’s stockholders.
2.   Definitions.   The following definitions shall be applicable throughout the Plan.
(a)   “Adjustment Event” has the meaning given to such term in Section 11(a) of the Plan.
(b)   “Affiliate” means any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Company. The term “control” (including, with correlative meaning, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting or other securities, by contract or otherwise.
(c)   “Applicable Law” means each applicable law, rule, regulation and requirement, including, but not limited to, each applicable U.S. federal, state or local law, any rule or regulation of the applicable securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company may be listed or quoted and each applicable law, rule or regulation of any other country or jurisdiction where Awards are granted under the Plan or Participants reside or provide services, as each such laws, rules and regulations shall be in effect from time to time.
(d)   “Award” means, individually or collectively, any Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Other Equity-Based Award and Cash-Based Incentive Award granted under the Plan.
(e)   “Award Agreement” means the document or documents by which each Award (other than a Cash-Based Incentive Award) is evidenced, which may be in written or electronic form.
(f)   “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(g)   “Cash-Based Incentive Award” means an Award, denominated in cash, that is granted under Section 10 of the Plan.
(h)   “Cause” means, as to any Participant, unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise, (i) “Cause,” as defined in any employment, severance, consulting or other similar agreement between the Participant and the Service Recipient in effect at the time of such Termination; or (ii) in the absence of any such employment, severance, consulting or other similar agreement (or the absence of any definition of “Cause” contained therein), the Participant’s (A) willful neglect in the performance of the Participant’s duties for the Service Recipient or willful or repeated failure or refusal to perform such duties; (B) engagement in conduct in connection with the Participant’s employment or service with the Service Recipient, which results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, material harm to the business or reputation of the Service Recipient or any other member of the Company Group; (C) conviction of, or plea of guilty or no contest to, (I) any felony or (II) any other crime that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, material harm to the business or reputation of the Service Recipient or any other member of the Company Group; (D) (i) the disclosure or misuse of confidential information (including, but limited to, pursuant to the Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement) or (ii) material violation of the written policies of the Service Recipient, including, but not limited to, those relating to sexual harassment, or those set forth in the manuals or statements of policy of the Service Recipient; (E) fraud or misappropriation, embezzlement or misuse of funds or property belonging to the Service Recipient or any other member of the Company Group; or (F) act of personal dishonesty that involves personal profit in connection with the Participant’s
 
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employment or service to the Service Recipient; provided, in any case, that a Participant’s resignation after an event that would be grounds for a Termination for Cause will be treated as a Termination for Cause hereunder.
(i)   “Change in Control” means:
(i)   the acquisition (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, combination or other similar transaction) by any Person of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% (on a fully diluted basis) of either (A) the Outstanding Common Stock; or (B) the Outstanding Company Voting Securities; provided, however, that for purposes of the Plan, the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (I) any acquisition by the Company or any Affiliate; (II) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Affiliate; or (III) in respect of an Award held by a particular Participant, any acquisition by the Participant or any group of Persons including the Participant (or any entity controlled by the Participant or any group of Persons including the Participant);
(ii)   during any period of 12 months, individuals who, at the beginning of such period, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date, whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the Company as a result of an actual or threatened election contest, as such terms are used in Rule 14a-12 of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act, with respect to directors or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director;
(iii)   the consummation of a reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, or similar corporate transaction involving the Company that requires the approval of the Company’s stockholders (a “Business Combination”), unless immediately following such Business Combination: more than 50% of the total voting power of (A) the entity resulting from such Business Combination (the “Surviving Company”), or (B) if applicable, the ultimate parent entity that directly or indirectly has beneficial ownership of sufficient voting securities eligible to elect a majority of the board of directors (or the analogous governing body) of the Surviving Company, is represented by the Outstanding Company Voting Securities that were outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination (or, if applicable, is represented by shares into which the Outstanding Company Voting Securities were converted pursuant to such Business Combination); or
(iv)   the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company Group (taken as a whole) to any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company.
(j)   “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, regulations or guidance.
(k)   “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or any properly delegated subcommittee thereof or, if no such Compensation Committee or subcommittee thereof exists, the Board.
(l)   “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (and any stock or other securities into which such Common Stock may be converted or into which it may be exchanged).
(m)   “Company” means Churchill Capital Corp III, a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto.
(n)   “Company Group” means, collectively, the Company and its Subsidiaries.
 
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(o)   “Date of Grant” means the date on which the granting of an Award is authorized, or such other date as may be specified in such authorization.
(p)   “Designated Foreign Subsidiaries” means all members of the Company Group that are organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America.
(q)   “Detrimental Activity” means any of the following: (i) unauthorized disclosure or use of any confidential or proprietary information of any member of the Company Group; (ii) any activity that would be grounds to terminate the Participant’s employment or service with the Service Recipient for Cause; (iii) a breach by the Participant of any restrictive covenant by which such Participant is bound, including, without limitation, any covenant not to compete or not to solicit, in any agreement with any member of the Company Group; or (iv) fraud or conduct contributing to any financial restatements or irregularities, in each case, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.
(r)   “Disability” means, as to any Participant, unless the applicable Award Agreement states otherwise, (i) “Disability,” as defined in any employment, severance, consulting or other similar agreement between the Participant and the Service Recipient in effect at the time of such Termination; or (ii) in the absence of any such employment, severance, consulting or other similar agreement (or the absence of any definition of “Disability” contained therein), a condition entitling the Participant to receive benefits under a long-term disability plan of the Service Recipient or other member of the Company Group in which such Participant is eligible to participate, or, in the absence of such a plan, the complete and permanent inability of the Participant by reason of illness or accident to perform the duties of the position at which the Participant was employed or served when such disability commenced. Any determination of whether Disability exists in the absence of a long-term disability plan shall be made by the Company (or its designee) in its sole and absolute discretion.
(s)   “Effective Date” means the “Closing Date” as defined in that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 12, 2020, by and among the Company, Polaris Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation, Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Music Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Music Merger Sub II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
(t)   “Eligible Person” means: any (i) individual employed by any member of the Company Group; provided, however, that no such U.S. employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall be an Eligible Person unless and to the extent that such eligibility is set forth in such collective bargaining agreement or in an agreement or instrument relating thereto; (ii) director or officer of any member of the Company Group; or (iii) consultant or advisor to any member of the Company Group who may be offered securities registrable pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act, who, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (iii) above, has entered into an Award Agreement or who has received written notification from the Committee or its designee that they have been selected to participate in the Plan.
(u)   “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.
(v)   “Exercise Price” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7(b) of the Plan.
(w)   “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock, as reasonably determined by the Company and consistently applied for purposes of the Plan, which may include, without limitation, the closing sales price on the trading day immediately prior to or on such date, or a trailing average of previous closing prices prior to such date.
(x)   “GAAP” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7(d) of the Plan.
(y)   “Grant Date Fair Market Value” means, as of a Date of Grant, (i) if the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange, the closing sales price of the Common Stock reported on the primary exchange on which the Common Stock is listed and traded on such date, or, if there are no such sales on that date, then on the last preceding date on which such sales were reported; (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on any national securities exchange but is quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system on a last-sale basis,
 
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the average between the closing bid price and ask price reported on such date, or, if there is no such sale on that date, then on the last preceding date on which a sale was reported; or (iii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange or quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system on a last-sale basis, the amount determined by the Committee in good faith to be the fair market value of the Common Stock.
(z)   “Immediate Family Members” has the meaning given to such term in Section 13(b)(ii) of the Plan.
(aa)   “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option which is designated by the Committee as an incentive stock option as described in Section 422 of the Code and otherwise meets the requirements set forth in the Plan.
(bb)   “Indemnifiable Person” has the meaning given to such term in Section 4(e) of the Plan.
(cc)   “Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who is not an employee of any member of the Company Group.
(dd)   “Nonqualified Stock Option” means an Option which is not designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option.
(ee)   “Option” means an Award granted under Section 7 of the Plan.
(ff)   “Option Period” has the meaning given to such term in Section 7(c)(ii) of the Plan.
(gg)   “Other Equity-Based Award” means an Award that is not an Option, Cash-Based Incentive Award, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit, that is granted under Section 9 of the Plan and is (i) payable by delivery of Common Stock and/or (ii) measured by reference to the value of Common Stock.
(hh)   “Outstanding Common Stock” means the then-outstanding shares of Common Stock, taking into account as outstanding for this purpose such Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options or warrants, the conversion of convertible stock or debt, the exercise of any similar right to acquire such Common Stock, and the exercise or settlement of then-outstanding Awards (or similar awards under any prior incentive plans maintained by the Company).
(ii)   “Outstanding Company Voting Securities” means the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.
(jj)   “Participant” means an Eligible Person who has been selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan and to receive an Award pursuant to the Plan.
(kk)   “Performance Conditions” means specific levels of performance of the Company (and/or one or more members of the Company Group, divisions or operational and/or business units, product lines, brands, business segments, administrative departments, or any combination of the foregoing), which may be determined in accordance with GAAP or on a non-GAAP basis on, without limitation, the following measures: (i) net earnings, net income (before or after taxes), or consolidated net income; (ii) basic or diluted earnings per share (before or after taxes); (iii) net revenue or net revenue growth; (iv) gross revenue or gross revenue growth, gross profit or gross profit growth; (v) net operating profit (before or after taxes); (vi) return measures (including, but not limited to, return on investment, assets, capital, employed capital, invested capital, equity, or sales); (vii) cash flow measures (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, or cash flow return on capital), which may be but are not required to be measured on a per share basis; (viii) actual or adjusted earnings before or after interest, taxes, depreciation, and/or amortization (including EBIT and EBITDA); (ix) gross or net operating margins; (x) productivity ratios; (xi) share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total stockholder return); (xii) expense targets or cost reduction goals, general and administrative expense savings; (xiii) operating efficiency; (xiv) objective measures of customer/client satisfaction; (xv) working capital targets; (xvi) measures of economic value added or other ‘value creation’ metrics; (xvii) enterprise value; (xviii) sales; (xix) stockholder return; (xx) customer/client retention; (xxi) competitive market metrics; (xxii) employee retention; (xxiii) objective measures of personal targets, goals, or completion of projects (including, but not limited to, succession and hiring projects, completion of specific acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, or other corporate transactions or capital-raising transactions, expansions of specific business operations, and meeting divisional
 
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or project budgets); (xxiv) comparisons of continuing operations to other operations; (xxv) market share; (xxvi) cost of capital, debt leverage, year-end cash position or book value; (xxvii) strategic objectives; (xxviii) gross or net authorizations; (xxix) backlog; or (xxx) any combination of the foregoing. Any one or more of the aforementioned performance criteria may be stated as a percentage of another performance criteria, or used on an absolute or relative basis to measure the performance of one or more members of the Company Group as a whole or any divisions or operational and/or business units, product lines, brands, business segments, or administrative departments of the Company and/or one or more members of the Company Group or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or any of the above performance criteria may be compared to the performance of a selected group of comparison companies, or a published or special index that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, or as compared to various stock market indices.
(ll)   “Permitted Transferee” has the meaning given to such term in Section 13(b)(ii) of the Plan.
(mm)   “Person” means any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act).
(nn)   “Plan” means this Churchill Capital Corp III 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as it may be amended and/or restated from time to time.
(oo)   “Plan Share Reserve” has the meaning given to such term in Section 6(a) of the Plan.
(pp)   “Qualifying Director” means a Person who is, with respect to actions intended to obtain an exemption from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.
(qq)   “Restricted Period” means the period of time determined by the Committee during which an Award is subject to restrictions, including vesting conditions.
(rr)   “Restricted Stock” means Common Stock, subject to certain specified restrictions (which may include, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 8 of the Plan.
(ss)   “Restricted Stock Unit” means an unfunded and unsecured promise to deliver shares of Common Stock, cash, other securities or other property, subject to certain restrictions (which may include, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 8 of the Plan.
(tt)   “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.
(uu)   “Service Recipient” means, with respect to a Participant holding a given Award, the member of the Company Group by which the original recipient of such Award is, or following a Termination was most recently, principally employed or to which such original recipient provides, or following a Termination was most recently providing, services, as applicable.
(vv)   “SAR Base Price” means, as to any Stock Appreciation Right, the price per share of Common Stock designated as the base value above which appreciation in value is measured.
(ww)   “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means an Other-Equity Based Award designated in an applicable Award Agreement as a stock appreciation right.
(xx)   “Sub-Plans” means any sub-plan to the Plan that has been adopted by the Board or the Committee for the purpose of permitting or facilitating the offering of Awards to employees of certain Designated Foreign Subsidiaries or otherwise outside the jurisdiction of the United States of America, with each such Sub-Plan designed to comply with Applicable Law in such foreign jurisdictions. Although any Sub-Plan may be designated a separate and independent plan from the Plan in order to comply with Applicable Law, the
 
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Plan Share Reserve and the other limits specified in Section 6(a) of the Plan shall apply in the aggregate to the Plan and any Sub-Plan adopted hereunder.
(yy)   “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person:
(i)   any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of such entity’s voting securities (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
(ii)   any partnership (or any comparable foreign entity) (A) the sole general partner (or functional equivalent thereof) or the managing general partner of which is such Person or Subsidiary of such Person or (B) the only general partners (or functional equivalents thereof) of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).
(zz)   “Substitute Awards” has the meaning given to such term in Section 6(e) of the Plan.
(aaa)   “Termination” means the termination of a Participant’s employment or service, as applicable, with the Service Recipient for any reason (including death or Disability).
3.   Effective Date; Duration.   The Plan shall be effective as of the Effective Date. The expiration date of the Plan, on and after which date no Awards may be granted hereunder, shall be the 10th anniversary of the Effective Date; provided, however, that such expiration shall not affect Awards then outstanding, and the terms and conditions of the Plan shall continue to apply to such Awards.
4.   Administration.
(a)   General.   The Committee shall administer the Plan. To the extent required to comply with the provisions of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act (if the Board is not acting as the Committee under the Plan) it is intended that each member of the Committee shall, at the time such member takes any action with respect to an Award under the Plan that is intended to qualify for the exemptions provided by Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act be a Qualifying Director. However, the fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as a Qualifying Director shall not invalidate any Award granted by the Committee that is otherwise validly granted under the Plan.
(b)   Committee Authority.   Subject to the provisions of the Plan and Applicable Law, the Committee shall have the sole and plenary authority, in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, to (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to a Participant; (iii) determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by, or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in connection with, Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled in, or exercised for, cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property, or canceled, forfeited, or suspended and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended; (vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances the delivery of cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards, or other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant or of the Committee; (vii) interpret, administer, reconcile any inconsistency in, correct any defect in and/or supply any omission in the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award granted under, the Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive any rules and regulations and appoint such agents as the Committee shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (ix) adopt Sub-Plans; and (x) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.
(c)   Delegation.   Except to the extent prohibited by Applicable Law, the Committee may allocate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers to any one or more of its members and may delegate all or any part of its responsibilities and powers to any Person or Persons selected by it. Any such allocation or delegation may be revoked by the Committee at any time. Without limiting the generality
 
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of the foregoing, the Committee may delegate to one or more officers of any member of the Company Group, the authority to act on behalf of the Committee with respect to any matter, right, obligation, or election which is the responsibility of, or which is allocated to, the Committee herein, and which may be so delegated in accordance with Applicable Law, except with respect to grants of Awards to Persons (i) who are Non-Employee Directors, or (ii) who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
(d)   Finality of Decisions.   Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all Persons, including, without limitation, any member of the Company Group, any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, and any stockholder of the Company.
(e)   Indemnification.   No member of the Board or the Committee or any employee or agent of any member of the Company Group (each such Person, an “Indemnifiable Person”) shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made with respect to the Plan or any Award hereunder (unless constituting fraud or a willful criminal act or omission). Each Indemnifiable Person shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Indemnifiable Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to which such Indemnifiable Person may be a party or in which such Indemnifiable Person may be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken or determination made with respect to the Plan or any Award hereunder and against and from any and all amounts paid by such Indemnifiable Person with the Company’s approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such Indemnifiable Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against such Indemnifiable Person, and the Company shall advance to such Indemnifiable Person any such expenses promptly upon written request (which request shall include an undertaking by the Indemnifiable Person to repay the amount of such advance if it shall ultimately be determined, as provided below, that the Indemnifiable Person is not entitled to be indemnified); provided, that the Company shall have the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such action, suit or proceeding and once the Company gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, the Company shall have sole control over such defense with counsel of the Company’s choice. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be available to an Indemnifiable Person to the extent that a final judgment or other final adjudication (in either case not subject to further appeal) binding upon such Indemnifiable Person determines that the acts, omissions or determinations of such Indemnifiable Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Indemnifiable Person’s fraud or willful criminal act or omission or that such right of indemnification is otherwise prohibited by Applicable Law or by the organizational documents of any member of the Company Group. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of or otherwise supersede any other rights of indemnification to which such Indemnifiable Persons may be entitled under (i) the organizational documents of any member of the Company Group, (ii) pursuant to Applicable Law, (iii) an individual indemnification agreement or contract or otherwise, or (iv) any other power that the Company may have to indemnify such Indemnifiable Persons or hold such Indemnifiable Persons harmless.
(f)   Board Authority.   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, grant Awards and administer the Plan with respect to such Awards. Any such actions by the Board shall be subject to the applicable rules of the securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted. In any such case, the Board shall have all the authority granted to the Committee under the Plan.
5.   Grants of Awards; Eligibility.   The Committee may, from time to time, grant Awards to one or more Eligible Persons. Participation in the Plan shall be limited to Eligible Persons.
 
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6.   Shares Subject to the Plan; Limitations.
(a)   Share Reserve.   Subject to Section 11 of the Plan, 85,850,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Plan Share Reserve”) shall be available for Awards under the Plan. Each Award granted under the Plan will reduce the Plan Share Reserve by the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Award.
(b)   Additional Limits.   Subject to Section 11 of the Plan, (i) no more than the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Plan Share Reserve may be issued in the aggregate pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan; and (ii) during a single fiscal year, the number of Awards eligible to be made to Non-Employee Director, taken together with any cash fees paid to such Non-Employee Director during such fiscal year, shall not exceed a total value of $1,500,000 (calculating the value of any such Awards based on the grant date fair value of such Awards for financial reporting purposes).
(c)   Share Counting.   Other than with respect to Substitute Awards, to the extent that an Award expires or is canceled, forfeited, or terminated without issuance to the Participant of the full number of shares of Common Stock to which the Award related, the unissued shares underlying such Award will be returned to the Plan Share Reserve and again be available for grant under the Plan. Shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to have been issued in settlement of Awards if the Fair Market Value equivalent of such shares is paid in cash; provided, however, that no shares shall be deemed to have been issued in settlement of a SAR, Other Equity-Based Award or Restricted Stock Unit that only provides for settlement in, and settles only in, cash, or in respect of any Cash-Based Incentive Award. Shares of Common Stock withheld in payment of the Exercise Price or taxes relating to an Award and shares equal to the number of shares of Common Stock surrendered in payment of any Exercise Price, SAR Base Price, or taxes relating to an Award shall constitute shares of Common Stock issued to the Participant and shall reduce the Plan Share Reserve.
(d)   Source of Shares.   Shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in settlement of Awards may be authorized and unissued shares, shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company, shares of Common Stock purchased on the open market or by private purchase or a combination of the foregoing.
(e)   Substitute Awards.   Awards may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, be granted under the Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by an entity directly or indirectly acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines (“Substitute Awards”). Substitute Awards shall not be counted against the Plan Share Reserve; provided, that Substitute Awards issued in connection with the assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding options intended to qualify as “incentive stock options” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code shall be counted against the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for Awards of Incentive Stock Options under the Plan. Subject to applicable stock exchange requirements, available shares under a stockholder-approved plan of an entity directly or indirectly acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines (as appropriately adjusted to reflect the acquisition or combination transaction) may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan.
7.   Options.
(a)   General.   Each Option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which agreement need not be the same for each Participant. Each Option so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 7, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement. All Options granted under the Plan shall be Nonqualified Stock Options unless the applicable Award Agreement expressly states that the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option. Incentive Stock Options shall be granted only to Eligible Persons who are employees of a member of the Company Group, and no Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any Eligible Person who is ineligible to receive an Incentive Stock Option under the Code. No Option shall be treated as an Incentive Stock Option unless the Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company in a manner intended to comply with the stockholder approval requirements of Section 422(b)(1) of the Code; provided, that any Option intended to be an Incentive
 
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Stock Option shall not fail to be effective solely on account of a failure to obtain such approval, but rather such Option shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option unless and until such approval is obtained. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the terms and conditions of such grant shall be subject to, and comply with, such rules as may be prescribed by Section 422 of the Code. If for any reason an Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option (or any portion thereof) shall not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, then, to the extent of such nonqualification, such Option or portion thereof shall be regarded as a Nonqualified Stock Option appropriately granted under the Plan.
(b)   Exercise Price.   Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the case of Substitute Awards, the exercise price (“Exercise Price”) per share of Common Stock for each Option shall not be less than 100% of the Grant Date Fair Market Value of such share; provided, however, that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an employee who, at the time of the grant of such Option, owns stock representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of stock of any member of the Company Group, the Exercise Price per share shall be no less than 110% of the Grant Date Fair Market Value per share.
(c)   Vesting and Expiration; Termination.
(i)   Options shall vest and become exercisable in such manner and on such date or dates or upon such event or events as determined by the Committee, including, without limitation, satisfaction of Performance Conditions; provided, however, that notwithstanding any such vesting dates or events, the Committee may in its sole discretion accelerate the vesting of any Options at any time and for any reason.
(ii)   Options shall expire upon a date determined by the Committee, not to exceed 10 years from the Date of Grant (the “Option Period”); provided, that if the Option Period (other than in the case of an Incentive Stock Option) would expire at a time when trading in the shares of Common Stock is prohibited by the Company’s insider trading policy (or Company-imposed “blackout period”), then the Option Period shall be automatically extended until the 30th day following the expiration of such prohibition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Option Period exceed five years from the Date of Grant in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who on the Date of Grant owns stock representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of stock of any member of the Company Group.
(iii)   Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, whether in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event of: (A) a Participant’s Termination by the Service Recipient for Cause, all outstanding Options granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire; (B) a Participant’s Termination due to death or Disability, each outstanding unvested Option granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire, and each outstanding vested Option shall remain exercisable for one year thereafter (but in no event beyond the expiration of the Option Period); and (C) a Participant’s Termination for any other reason, each outstanding unvested Option granted to such Participant shall immediately terminate and expire, and each outstanding vested Option shall remain exercisable for 90 days thereafter (but in no event beyond the expiration of the Option Period).
(d)   Method of Exercise and Form of Payment.   No shares of Common Stock shall be issued pursuant to any exercise of an Option until payment in full of the Exercise Price therefor is received by the Company and the Participant has paid to the Company an amount equal to any Federal, state, local and non-U.S. income, employment and any other applicable taxes that are statutorily required to be withheld as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) hereof. Options which have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company (or telephonic instructions to the extent provided by the Committee) in accordance with the terms of the Option accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price. The Exercise Price shall be payable: (i) in cash, check, cash equivalent and/or shares of Common Stock valued at the Fair Market Value at the time the Option is exercised (including, pursuant to procedures approved by the Committee, by means of attestation of ownership of a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock in lieu of actual issuance of such shares to the Company); provided, that such shares of Common Stock are not subject to any pledge or other security interest and have been held by the Participant for at least six months (or such
 
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other period as established from time to time by the Committee in order to avoid adverse accounting treatment applying generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”)); or (ii) by such other method as the Committee may permit, in its sole discretion, including, without limitation (A) in other property having a fair market value on the date of exercise equal to the Exercise Price; (B) if there is a public market for the shares of Common Stock at such time, by means of a broker-assisted “cashless exercise” pursuant to which the Company is delivered (including telephonically to the extent permitted by the Committee) a copy of irrevocable instructions to a stockbroker to sell the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exercise of the Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the Exercise Price; or (C) a “net exercise” procedure effected by withholding the minimum number of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable in respect of an Option that are needed to pay the Exercise Price and any Federal, state, local and non-U.S. income, employment and any other applicable taxes that are statutorily required to be withheld as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) hereof. Any fractional shares of Common Stock shall be settled in cash.
(e)   Notification upon Disqualifying Disposition of an Incentive Stock Option.   Each Participant awarded an Incentive Stock Option under the Plan shall notify the Company in writing immediately after the date the Participant makes a disqualifying disposition of any shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Incentive Stock Option. A disqualifying disposition is any disposition (including, without limitation, any sale) of such shares of Common Stock before the later of (i) the date that is two years after the Date of Grant of the Incentive Stock Option or (ii) the date that is one year after the date of exercise of the Incentive Stock Option. The Company may, if determined by the Committee and in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, retain possession, as agent for the applicable Participant, of any shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option until the end of the period described in the preceding sentence, subject to complying with any instructions from such Participant as to the sale of such shares of Common Stock.
(f)   Compliance With Laws, etc.   Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Participant be permitted to exercise an Option in a manner which the Committee determines would violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as it may be amended from time to time, or any other Applicable Law.
8.   Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units.
(a)   General.   Each grant of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Each Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 8, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement.
(b)   Stock Certificates and Book-Entry; Escrow or Similar Arrangement.   Upon the grant of Restricted Stock, the Committee shall cause a stock certificate registered in the name of the Participant to be issued or shall cause share(s) of Common Stock to be registered in the name of the Participant and held in book-entry form subject to the Company’s directions and, if the Committee determines that the Restricted Stock shall be held by the Company or in escrow rather than issued to the Participant pending the release of the applicable restrictions, the Committee may require the Participant to additionally execute and deliver to the Company (i) an escrow agreement satisfactory to the Committee, if applicable and (ii) the appropriate stock power (endorsed in blank) with respect to the Restricted Stock covered by such agreement. Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 8, Section 13(b) of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, a Participant generally shall have the rights and privileges of a stockholder as to shares of Restricted Stock, including, without limitation, the right to vote such Restricted Stock. To the extent shares of Restricted Stock are forfeited, any stock certificates issued to the Participant evidencing such shares shall be returned to the Company, and all rights of the Participant to such shares and as a stockholder with respect thereto shall terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company. A Participant shall have no rights or privileges as a stockholder as to Restricted Stock Units.
(c)   Vesting; Termination.
(i)   Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall vest, and any applicable Restricted Period shall lapse, in such manner and on such date or dates or upon such event or events as
 
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determined by the Committee, including, without limitation, satisfaction of Performance Conditions; provided, however, that, notwithstanding any such dates or events, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the vesting of any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit or the lapsing of any applicable Restricted Period at any time and for any reason.
(ii)   Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, whether in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event of a Participant’s Termination for any reason prior to the time that such Participant’s Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, as applicable, have vested, (A) all vesting with respect to such Participant’s Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, as applicable, shall cease and (B) unvested shares of Restricted Stock and unvested Restricted Stock Units, as applicable, shall be forfeited to the Company by the Participant for no consideration as of the date of such Termination.
(d)   Issuance of Restricted Stock and Settlement of Restricted Stock Units.
(i)   Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any shares of Restricted Stock, the restrictions set forth in the applicable Award Agreement shall be of no further force or effect with respect to such shares, except as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. If an escrow arrangement is used, upon such expiration, the Company shall issue to the Participant, or the Participant’s beneficiary, without charge, the stock certificate (or, if applicable, a notice evidencing a book-entry notation) evidencing the shares of Restricted Stock which have not then been forfeited and with respect to which the Restricted Period has expired (rounded down to the nearest full share).
(ii)   Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement or otherwise, upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any outstanding Restricted Stock Units, the Company shall issue to the Participant or the Participant’s beneficiary, without charge, one share of Common Stock (or other securities or other property, as applicable) for each such outstanding Restricted Stock Unit; provided, however, that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, elect to (A) pay cash or part cash and part shares of Common Stock in lieu of issuing only shares of Common Stock in respect of such Restricted Stock Units; or (B) defer the issuance of shares of Common Stock (or cash or part cash and part shares of Common Stock, as the case may be) beyond the expiration of the Restricted Period if such extension would not cause adverse tax consequences under Section 409A of the Code. If a cash payment is made in lieu of issuing shares of Common Stock in respect of such Restricted Stock Units, the amount of such payment shall be equal to the Fair Market Value per share of the Common Stock as of the date on which the Restricted Period lapsed with respect to such Restricted Stock Units.
(e)   Legends on Restricted Stock.   Each certificate, if any, or book entry representing Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan, if any, shall bear a legend or book entry notation substantially in the form of the following, in addition to any other information the Company deems appropriate, until the lapse of all restrictions with respect to such shares of Common Stock:
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY IS RESTRICTED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III 2020 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN AND A RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III AND THE PARTICIPANT. A COPY OF SUCH PLAN AND AWARD AGREEMENT IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
9.   Other Equity-Based Awards.   The Committee may grant Other Equity-Based Awards under the Plan to Eligible Persons, alone or in tandem with other Awards, in such amounts and dependent on such conditions as the Committee shall from time to time in its sole discretion determine, including, without limitation, satisfaction of Performance Conditions. Each Other Equity-Based Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement and shall be subject to such conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award Agreement.
10.   Cash-Based Incentive Awards.   The Committee may grant Cash-Based Incentive Awards under the Plan to any Eligible Person, in such amounts and dependent on such conditions as the Committee shall
 
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from time to time in its sole discretion determine, including, without limitation, satisfaction of Performance Conditions. Each Cash-Based Incentive Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced in such form as the Committee may determine from time to time.
11.   Changes in Capital Structure and Similar Events.   Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply to all Awards granted hereunder (other than Cash-Based Incentive Awards):
(a)   General.   In the event of (i) any dividend (other than regular cash dividends) or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to acquire shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event that affects the shares of Common Stock (including a Change in Control); or (ii) unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company, including changes in applicable rules, rulings, regulations or other requirements, that the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, could result in substantial dilution or enlargement of the rights intended to be granted to, or available for, Participants (any event in (i) or (ii), an “Adjustment Event”), the Committee shall, in respect of any such Adjustment Event, make such proportionate substitution or adjustment, if any, as it deems equitable, to any or all of (A) the Plan Share Reserve, or any other limit applicable under the Plan with respect to the number of Awards which may be granted hereunder; (B) the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) which may be issued in respect of Awards or with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan or any Sub-Plan; and (C) the terms of any outstanding Award, including, without limitation, (I) the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) subject to outstanding Awards or to which outstanding Awards relate; (II) the Exercise Price or SAR Base Price with respect to any Option or SAR, as applicable, or any amount payable as a condition of issuance of shares of Common Stock (in the case of any other Award); or (III) any applicable performance measures; provided, that in the case of any “equity restructuring” (within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (or any successor pronouncement thereto)), the Committee shall make an equitable or proportionate adjustment to outstanding Awards to reflect such equity restructuring.
(b)   Change in Control.   Without limiting the foregoing, in connection with any Adjustment Event that is a Change in Control, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for any one or more of the following:
(i)   substitution or assumption of, acceleration of the vesting of, exercisability of, or lapse of restrictions on, any one or more outstanding Awards; and
(ii)   cancellation of any one or more outstanding Awards and payment to the holders of such Awards that are vested as of such cancellation (including, without limitation, any Awards that would vest as a result of the occurrence of such event but for such cancellation or for which vesting is accelerated by the Committee in connection with such event pursuant to clause (i) above), the value of such Awards, if any, as determined by the Committee (which value, if applicable, may be based upon the price per share of Common Stock received or to be received by other stockholders of the Company in such event), including, without limitation, in the case of an outstanding Option or SAR, a cash payment in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value (as of a date specified by the Committee) of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Option or SAR over the aggregate Exercise Price or SAR Base Price of such Option or SAR (it being understood that, in such event, any Option or SAR having a per share Exercise Price or SAR Base Price equal to, or in excess of, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock subject thereto may be canceled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor).
For purposes of clause (i) above, an award will be considered granted in substitution of an Award if it has an equivalent value (as determined consistent with clause (ii) above) with the original Award,
 
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whether designated in securities of the acquiror in such Change in Control transaction (or an Affiliate thereof), or in cash or other property (including in the same consideration that other stockholders of the Company receive in connection with such Change in Control transaction), and retains the vesting schedule applicable to the original Award.
Payments to holders pursuant to clause (ii) above shall be made in cash or, in the sole discretion of the Committee, in the form of such other consideration necessary for a Participant to receive property, cash, or securities (or combination thereof) as such Participant would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of the transaction if the Participant had been, immediately prior to such transaction, the holder of the number of shares of Common Stock covered by the Award at such time (less any applicable Exercise Price or SAR Base Price).
(c)   Other Requirements.   Prior to any payment or adjustment contemplated under this Section 11, the Committee may require a Participant to (i) represent and warrant as to the unencumbered title to the Participant’s Awards; (ii) bear such Participant’s pro rata share of any post-closing indemnity obligations, and be subject to the same post-closing purchase price adjustments, escrow terms, offset rights, holdback terms, and similar conditions as the other holders of Common Stock, subject to any limitations or reductions as may be necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code; and (iii) deliver customary transfer documentation as reasonably determined by the Committee.
(d)   Fractional Shares.   Any adjustment provided under this Section 11 may provide for the elimination of any fractional share that might otherwise become subject to an Award.
(e)   Binding Effect.   Any adjustment, substitution, determination of value or other action taken by the Committee under this Section 11 shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes.
12.   Amendments and Termination.
(a)   Amendment and Termination of the Plan.   The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided, that no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination shall be made without stockholder approval if (i) such approval is required under Applicable Law; (ii) it would materially increase the number of securities which may be issued under the Plan (except for increases pursuant to Section 6 or 11 of the Plan); or (iii) it would materially modify the requirements for participation in the Plan; provided, further, that any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary of any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant, holder or beneficiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment shall be made to Section 12(c) of the Plan without stockholder approval.
(b)   Amendment of Award Agreements.   The Committee may, to the extent consistent with the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, any Award theretofore granted or the associated Award Agreement, prospectively or retroactively (including after a Participant’s Termination); provided, that, other than pursuant to Section 11, any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant with respect to any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant.
(c)   No Repricing.   Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, without stockholder approval, except as otherwise permitted under Section 11 of the Plan, (i) no amendment or modification may reduce the Exercise Price of any Option or the SAR Base Price of any SAR; (ii) the Committee may not cancel any outstanding Option or SAR and replace it with a new Option or SAR (with a lower Exercise Price or SAR Base Price, as the case may be) or other Award or cash payment that is greater than the intrinsic value (if any) of the cancelled Option or SAR; and (iii) the Committee may not take any other action which is considered a “repricing” for purposes of the stockholder approval rules of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or quoted.
 
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13.   General.
(a)   Award Agreements.   Each Award (other than a Cash-Based Incentive Award) under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall be delivered to the Participant to whom such Award was granted and shall specify the terms and conditions of the Award and any rules applicable thereto, including, without limitation, the effect on such Award of the death, Disability or Termination of a Participant, or of such other events as may be determined by the Committee. For purposes of the Plan, an Award Agreement may be in any such form (written or electronic) as determined by the Committee (including, without limitation, a Board or Committee resolution, an employment agreement, a notice, a certificate or a letter) evidencing the Award. The Committee need not require an Award Agreement to be signed by the Participant or a duly authorized representative of the Company.
(b)   Nontransferability.
(i)   Each Award shall be exercisable only by such Participant to whom such Award was granted during the Participant’s lifetime, or, if permissible under Applicable Law, by the Participant’s legal guardian or representative. No Award may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant (unless such transfer is specifically required pursuant to a domestic relations order or by Applicable Law) other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against any member of the Company Group; provided, that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance.
(ii)   Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit Awards (other than Incentive Stock Options) to be transferred by a Participant, without consideration, subject to such rules as the Committee may adopt consistent with any applicable Award Agreement to preserve the purposes of the Plan, to (A) any person who is a “family member” of the Participant, as such term is used in the instructions to Form S-8 under the Securities Act or any successor form of registration statement promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively, the “Immediate Family Members”); (B) a trust solely for the benefit of the Participant and the Participant’s Immediate Family Members; (C) a partnership or limited liability company whose only partners or stockholders are the Participant and the Participant’s Immediate Family Members; or (D) a beneficiary to whom donations are eligible to be treated as “charitable contributions” for federal income tax purposes (each transferee described in clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D) above is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Transferee”); provided, that the Participant gives the Committee advance written notice describing the terms and conditions of the proposed transfer and the Committee notifies the Participant in writing that such a transfer would comply with the requirements of the Plan.
(iii)   The terms of any Award transferred in accordance with clause (ii) above shall apply to the Permitted Transferee and any reference in the Plan, or in any applicable Award Agreement, to a Participant shall be deemed to refer to the Permitted Transferee, except that (A) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to transfer any Award, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution; (B) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to exercise any transferred Option unless there shall be in effect a registration statement on an appropriate form covering the shares of Common Stock to be acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Option if the Committee determines, consistent with any applicable Award Agreement, that such a registration statement is necessary or appropriate; (C) neither the Committee nor the Company shall be required to provide any notice to a Permitted Transferee, whether or not such notice is or would otherwise have been required to be given to the Participant under the Plan or otherwise; and (D) the consequences of a Participant’s Termination under the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement shall continue to be applied with respect to the Participant, including, without limitation, that an Option shall be exercisable by the Permitted Transferee only to the extent, and for the periods, specified in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.
 
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(c)   Dividends and Dividend Equivalents.
(i)   The Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide a Participant as part of an Award with dividends, dividend equivalents, or similar payments in respect of Awards, payable in cash, shares of Common Stock, other securities, other Awards or other property, on a current or deferred basis, on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, payment directly to the Participant, withholding of such amounts by the Company subject to vesting of the Award or reinvestment in additional shares of Common Stock, Restricted Stock or other Awards.
(ii)   Without limiting the foregoing, unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, any dividend otherwise payable in respect of any share of Restricted Stock that remains subject to vesting conditions at the time of payment of such dividend shall be retained by the Company and remain subject to the same vesting conditions as the share of Restricted Stock to which the dividend relates and shall be delivered (without interest) to the Participant within 15 days following the date on which such restrictions on such Restricted Stock lapse (and the right to any such accumulated dividends shall be forfeited upon the forfeiture of the Restricted Stock to which such dividends relate).
(iii)   To the extent provided in an Award Agreement, the holder of outstanding Restricted Stock Units shall be entitled to be credited with dividend equivalent payments (upon the payment by the Company of dividends on shares of Common Stock) either in cash or, in the sole discretion of the Committee, in shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such dividends (and interest may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, be credited on the amount of cash dividend equivalents at a rate and subject to such terms as determined by the Committee), which accumulated dividend equivalents (and interest thereon, if applicable) shall be payable at the same time as the underlying Restricted Stock Units are settled following the date on which the Restricted Period lapses with respect to such Restricted Stock Units, and if such Restricted Stock Units are forfeited, the Participant shall have no right to such dividend equivalent payments (or interest thereon, if applicable).
(d)   Tax Withholding.
(i)   A Participant shall be required to pay to the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, an amount in cash (by check or wire transfer) equal to the aggregate amount of any income, employment and/or other applicable taxes that are statutorily required to be withheld in respect of an Award. Alternatively, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may elect, in its sole discretion, to satisfy this requirement by withholding such amount from any cash compensation or other cash amounts owing to a Participant.
(ii)   Without limiting the foregoing, the Committee may (but is not obligated to), in its sole discretion, permit or require a Participant to satisfy, all or any portion of the minimum income, employment and/or other applicable taxes that are statutorily required to be withheld with respect to an Award by (A) the delivery of shares of Common Stock (which are not subject to any pledge or other security interest) that have been both held by the Participant and vested for at least six months (or such other period as established from time to time by the Committee in order to avoid adverse accounting treatment under applicable accounting standards) having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to such minimum statutorily required withholding liability (or portion thereof); or (B) having the Company withhold from the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable or deliverable to, or that would otherwise be retained by, the Participant upon the grant, exercise, vesting or settlement of the Award, as applicable, a number of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to an amount, subject to clause (iii) below, not in excess of such minimum statutorily required withholding liability (or portion thereof).
(iii)   The Committee, subject to its having considered the applicable accounting impact of any such determination, has full discretion to allow Participants to satisfy, in whole or in part, any additional income, employment and/or other applicable taxes payable by them with respect to an Award by electing to have the Company withhold from the shares of Common Stock otherwise
 
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issuable or deliverable to, or that would otherwise be retained by, a Participant upon the grant, exercise, vesting or settlement of the Award, as applicable, shares of Common Stock having an aggregate Fair Market Value that is greater than the applicable minimum required statutory withholding liability (but such withholding may in no event be in excess of the maximum statutory withholding amount(s) in a Participant’s relevant tax jurisdictions).
(e)   No Claim to Awards; No Rights to Continued Employment; Waiver.   No employee of any member of the Company Group, or other Person, shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under the Plan or, having been selected for the grant of an Award, to be selected for a grant of any other Award. There is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants or holders or beneficiaries of Awards. The terms and conditions of Awards and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant and may be made selectively among Participants, whether or not such Participants are similarly situated. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any Participant any right to be retained in the employ or service of the Service Recipient or any other member of the Company Group, nor shall it be construed as giving any Participant any rights to continued service on the Board. The Service Recipient or any other member of the Company Group may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment or discontinue any consulting relationship, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or any Award Agreement. By accepting an Award under the Plan, a Participant shall thereby be deemed to have waived any claim to continued exercise or vesting of an Award or to damages or severance entitlement related to non-continuation of the Award beyond the period provided under the Plan or any Award Agreement, except to the extent of any provision to the contrary in any written employment contract or other agreement between the Service Recipient and/or any member of the Company Group and the Participant, whether any such agreement is executed before, on or after the Date of Grant.
(f)   International Participants.   With respect to Participants who reside or work outside of the United States of America, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend the terms of the Plan and create or amend Sub-Plans or amend outstanding Awards with respect to such Participants in order to permit or facilitate participation in the Plan by such Participants, conform such terms with the requirements of Applicable Law or to obtain more favorable tax or other treatment for a Participant or any member of the Company Group.
(g)   Designation and Change of Beneficiary.   To the extent permitted by the Company, each Participant may file with the Committee a written designation of one or more Persons as the beneficiary(ies) who shall be entitled to receive the amounts payable with respect to an Award, if any, due under the Plan upon the Participant’s death. A Participant may, from time to time, revoke or change the Participant’s beneficiary designation without the consent of any prior beneficiary by filing a new designation with the Committee. The last such designation received by the Committee shall be controlling; provided, however, that no designation, or change or revocation thereof, shall be effective unless received by the Committee prior to the Participant’s death, and in no event shall it be effective as of a date prior to such receipt. If no beneficiary designation is filed by a Participant, the beneficiary shall be deemed to be the Participant’s spouse or, if the Participant is unmarried at the time of death, the Participant’s estate.
(h)   Termination.   Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, unless determined otherwise by the Committee at any point following such event: (i) neither a temporary absence from employment or service due to illness, vacation or leave of absence (including, without limitation, a call to active duty for military service through a Reserve or National Guard unit) nor a transfer from employment or service with one Service Recipient to employment or service with another Service Recipient (or vice-versa) shall be considered a Termination; and (ii) if a Participant undergoes a Termination, but such Participant continues to provide services to the Company Group in a non-employee capacity, such change in status shall not be considered a Termination for purposes of the Plan. Further, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event that any Service Recipient ceases to be a member of the Company Group (by reason of sale, divestiture, spin-off or other similar transaction), unless a Participant’s employment or service is transferred to another entity that would constitute a Service Recipient immediately following such transaction, such Participant shall be deemed to have suffered a Termination hereunder as of the date of the consummation of such transaction.
 
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(i)   No Rights as a Stockholder.   Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or any Award Agreement, no Person shall be entitled to the privileges of ownership in respect of shares of Common Stock which are subject to Awards hereunder until such shares have been issued or delivered to such Person.
(j)   Government and Other Regulations.
(i)   The obligation of the Company to settle Awards in shares of Common Stock or other consideration shall be subject to all Applicable Law. Notwithstanding any terms or conditions of any Award to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to offer to sell or to sell, and shall be prohibited from offering to sell or selling, any shares of Common Stock pursuant to an Award unless such shares have been properly registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission or unless the Company has received an opinion of counsel (if the Company has requested such an opinion), satisfactory to the Company, that such shares may be offered or sold without such registration pursuant to an available exemption therefrom and the terms and conditions of such exemption have been fully complied with. The Company shall be under no obligation to register for sale under the Securities Act any of the shares of Common Stock to be offered or sold under the Plan. The Committee shall have the authority to provide that all shares of Common Stock or other securities of any member of the Company Group issued under the Plan shall be subject to such stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan, the applicable Award Agreement and Applicable Law, and, without limiting the generality of Section 8 of the Plan, the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on certificates representing shares of Common Stock or other securities of any member of the Company Group issued under the Plan to make appropriate reference to such restrictions or may cause such Common Stock or other securities of any member of the Company Group issued under the Plan in book-entry form to be held subject to the Company’s instructions or subject to appropriate stop-transfer orders. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee reserves the right to add, at any time, any additional terms or provisions to any Award granted under the Plan that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or advisable in order that such Award complies with the legal requirements of any governmental entity to whose jurisdiction the Award is subject.
(ii)   The Committee may cancel an Award or any portion thereof if it determines, in its sole discretion, that legal or contractual restrictions and/or blockage and/or other market considerations would make the Company’s acquisition of shares of Common Stock from the public markets, the Company’s issuance of Common Stock to the Participant, the Participant’s acquisition of Common Stock from the Company and/or the Participant’s sale of Common Stock to the public markets, illegal, impracticable or inadvisable. If the Committee determines to cancel all or any portion of an Award in accordance with the foregoing, the Company shall, subject to any limitations or reductions as may be necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code, (A) pay to the Participant an amount equal to the excess of (I) the aggregate Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock subject to such Award or portion thereof canceled (determined as of the applicable exercise date, or the date that the shares would have been vested or issued, as applicable); over (II) the aggregate Exercise Price or SAR Base Price (in the case of an Option or SAR, respectively) or any amount payable as a condition of issuance of shares of Common Stock (in the case of any other Award). Such amount shall be delivered to the Participant as soon as practicable following the cancellation of such Award or portion thereof, or (B) in the case of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Other Equity-Based Awards, provide the Participant with a cash payment or equity subject to deferred vesting and delivery consistent with the vesting restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Other Equity-Based Awards, or the underlying shares in respect thereof.
(k)   No Section 83(b) Elections Without Consent of Company.   No election under Section 83(b) of the Code or under a similar provision of law may be made unless expressly permitted by the terms of the applicable Award Agreement or by action of the Committee in writing prior to the making of such election. If a Participant, in connection with the acquisition of shares of Common Stock under the Plan or otherwise, is expressly permitted to make such election and the Participant makes the election,
 
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the Participant shall notify the Company of such election within 10 days after filing notice of the election with the Internal Revenue Service or other governmental authority, in addition to any filing and notification required pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code or other applicable provision.
(l)   Payments to Persons Other Than Participants.   If the Committee shall find that any Person to whom any amount is payable under the Plan is unable to care for the Participant’s affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has died, then any payment due to such Person or the Participant’s estate (unless a prior claim therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative) may, if the Committee so directs the Company, be paid to the Participant’s spouse, child, relative, an institution maintaining or having custody of such Person, or any other Person deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such Person otherwise entitled to payment. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Committee and the Company therefor.
(m)   Nonexclusivity of the Plan.   Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor the submission of the Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of equity-based awards otherwise than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.
(n)   No Trust or Fund Created.   Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between any member of the Company Group, on the one hand, and a Participant or other Person, on the other hand. No provision of the Plan or any Award shall require the Company, for the purpose of satisfying any obligations under the Plan, to purchase assets or place any assets in a trust or other entity to which contributions are made or otherwise to segregate any assets, nor shall the Company be obligated to maintain separate bank accounts, books, records or other evidence of the existence of a segregated or separately maintained or administered fund for such purposes. Participants shall have no rights under the Plan other than as unsecured general creditors of the Company, except that insofar as they may have become entitled to payment of additional compensation by performance of services, they shall have the same rights as other service providers under general law.
(o)   Reliance on Reports.   Each member of the Committee and each member of the Board shall be fully justified in acting or failing to act, as the case may be, and shall not be liable for having so acted or failed to act in good faith, in reliance upon any report made by the independent public accountant of any member of the Company Group and/or any other information furnished in connection with the Plan by any agent of the Company or the Committee or the Board, other than himself or herself.
(p)   Relationship to Other Benefits.   No payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, profit sharing, group insurance or other benefit plan of the Company except as otherwise specifically provided in such other plan or as required by Applicable Law.
(q)   Governing Law.   The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and performed wholly within the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. EACH PARTICIPANT WHO ACCEPTS AN AWARD IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION, OR OTHER PROCEEDING INSTITUTED BY OR AGAINST SUCH PARTICIPANT IN RESPECT OF THE PARTICIPANT’S RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER.
(r)   Severability.   If any provision of the Plan or any Award or Award Agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be construed or deemed stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.
 
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(s)   Obligations Binding on Successors.   The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be binding upon any successor corporation or organization resulting from the merger, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to substantially all of the assets and business of the Company.
(t)   Section 409A of the Code.
(i)   Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, it is intended that the provisions of the Plan comply with Section 409A of the Code, and all provisions of the Plan shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code. Each Participant is solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on or in respect of such Participant in connection with the Plan (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A of the Code), and neither the Service Recipient nor any other member of the Company Group shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold such Participant (or any beneficiary) harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties. With respect to any Award that is considered “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code, references in the Plan to “termination of employment” (and substantially similar phrases) shall mean “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. For purposes of Section 409A of the Code, each of the payments that may be made in respect of any Award granted under the Plan is designated as separate payments.
(ii)   Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, if a Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, no payments in respect of any Awards that are “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code and which would otherwise be payable upon the Participant’s “separation from service” (as defined in Section 409A of the Code) shall be made to such Participant prior to the date that is six months after the date of such Participant’s “separation from service” or, if earlier, the date of the Participant’s death. Following any applicable six month delay, all such delayed payments will be paid in a single lump sum on the earliest date permitted under Section 409A of the Code that is also a business day.
(iii)   Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement or otherwise, in the event that the timing of payments in respect of any Award (that would otherwise be considered “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code) would be accelerated upon the occurrence of (A) a Change in Control, no such acceleration shall be permitted unless the event giving rise to the Change in Control satisfies the definition of a change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation pursuant to Section 409A of the Code; or (B) a Disability, no such acceleration shall be permitted unless the Disability also satisfies the definition of “Disability” pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.
(u)   Clawback/Repayment.   All Awards shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment to the extent necessary to comply with (i) any clawback, forfeiture or other similar policy adopted by the Board or the Committee and as in effect from time to time; and (ii) Applicable Law. Further, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, to the extent that the Participant receives any amount in excess of the amount that the Participant should otherwise have received under the terms of the Award for any reason (including, without limitation, by reason of a financial restatement, mistake in calculations or other administrative error), the Participant shall be required to repay any such excess amount to the Company.
(v)   Detrimental Activity.   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if a Participant has engaged in any Detrimental Activity, as determined by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for one or more of the following:
(i)   cancellation of any or all of such Participant’s outstanding Awards; or
(ii)   forfeiture by the Participant of any gain realized on the vesting or exercise of Awards, and repayment of any such gain promptly to the Company.
 
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(w)   Right of Offset.   The Company will have the right to offset against its obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock (or other property or cash) under the Plan or any Award Agreement any outstanding amounts (including, without limitation, travel and entertainment or advance account balances, loans, repayment obligations under any Awards, or amounts repayable to the Company pursuant to tax equalization, housing, automobile or other employee programs) that the Participant then owes to any member of the Company Group and any amounts the Committee otherwise deems appropriate pursuant to any tax equalization policy or agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Award is “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Committee will have no right to offset against its obligation to deliver shares of Common Stock (or other property or cash) under the Plan or any Award Agreement if such offset could subject the Participant to the additional tax imposed under Section 409A of the Code in respect of an outstanding Award.
(x)   Expenses; Titles and Headings.   The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company Group. The titles and headings of the sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings, shall control.
 
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Exhibit 10.13

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of May 5, 2016 by and among MultiPlan, Inc., a New York corporation (together with any successor thereto, the “Company”), Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Holdings”), and Mark H. Tabak (the “Executive”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.            The Company, the Executive and MPH Intermediate Acquisition Corp. entered into an employment agreement dated as of February 14, 2014 (the “Original Employment Agreement”).

 

B.            Polaris Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Acquiror”), Polaris Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Acquiror, MPH Acquisition Corp. 1, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Seller (as defined below) and MPH Topco L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Seller”) have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of the date hereof whereby Acquiror will acquire the Company in connection with the Closing (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (such transaction, the “Merger”).

 

C.            It is the desire of the Company and Acquiror to assure the continued services of the Executive to the Company following the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) by entering into this Agreement, which shall, effective as of immediately prior to, and contingent on the occurrence of, the Effective Time, supersede the Original Employment Agreement.

 

D.            The Executive, the Company and Acquiror mutually desire that the Executive continue to provide services to the Company on the terms herein provided and agree that the Company’s and the Executive’s obligations pursuant to the Original Employment Agreement shall terminate as of, and contingent upon the occurrence of, the Effective Time.

 

AGREEMENT

 

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

 

1. Employment.

 

(a)            General. As of the Effective Time, the Company shall continue to employ the Executive and the Executive shall continue to be employed by the Company, for the period set forth in Section 1(b), in the position set forth in Section 1(c), and upon the other terms and conditions herein provided.

 

(b)            Employment Term. The initial term of employment under this Agreement (the “Initial Term”) shall be for the period beginning on the Effective Time and ending on the fifth anniversary of the Effective Time, unless earlier terminated as provided in Section 3. The employment term hereunder shall automatically be extended for successive one-year periods (such periods, collectively with the Initial Term, the “Term”) unless the Company or Executive gives notice of non-extension to the other no later than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the then-applicable Term and subject to earlier termination as provided in Section 3. Should the Merger Agreement be terminated prior to the Closing, this Agreement shall not become effective and shall be null and void and the Original Employment Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

 

 

(c)            Position and Duties. The Executive shall serve as the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), shall serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Acquiror (the “Board”), and shall serve on all committees of the Board, with such customary responsibilities, duties and authority for such position as may from time to time be assigned to Executive by the Board. The Executive shall devote substantially all his business time and efforts to the business and affairs of the Company (which may include service to its Affiliates). However, during the Term it shall not be a violation of the prior sentence for the Executive to (i) serve on industry trade, civic or charitable boards or committees; (ii) deliver lectures or fulfill speaking engagements; (iii) manage his personal investments and affairs; (iv) continue to serve on the board of directors (or equivalent governing bodies) of those entities set forth in Schedule I hereto (the “Existing Outside Boards”), and (v) serve on the board of directors of other for-profit enterprises with the Board’s prior consent, as long as such activities do not interfere with the performance of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities as an employee of the Company. The Executive agrees to observe and comply with the general rules and policies of the Company as adopted by the Company from time to time as applicable to its senior executives. The Company agrees to take the necessary measures to elect the Executive to the Board for so long as he is employed hereunder. If the Executive resigns from his employment with the Company or is terminated, he will immediately resign from any other officer or director positions he holds with the Company and/or any of its affiliated entities.

 

(d)            Work Location. During the Term, Executive’s primary work location shall be the Company’s offices in New York, New York. Executive acknowledges that he shall be required to travel on business in connection with the performance of his duties hereunder.

 

2. Compensation and Related Matters.

 

(a)            Annual Base Salary. During the Term, the Executive shall receive a base salary (the “Annual Base Salary”) at a rate of $804,705.03 per annum, which shall be paid in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Company, subject to adjustment as determined by the Board; provided that any decrease in such amount can only be proportionately made in connection with Company-wide reductions in the salary rates for senior executives as determined by the Board.

 

(b)            Annual Bonus. During the Term, the Executive will be eligible to participate in an incentive bonus program established by the Board (the “Annual Bonus”). Executive’s Annual Bonus compensation under such incentive program shall be targeted at 125% of his Annual Base Salary (the “Target Bonus Amount”). The Annual Bonus awards payable under the incentive program shall be based on the achievement of performance goals, which performance goals shall be established by the Board, in consultation with the Executive. Each such Annual Bonus earned shall be paid no later than March 15th of the year following the year in which the applicable performance period under the incentive program ends.

 

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(c)            Rollover Equity; Equity Award. At the Effective Time, the Executive, who is the legal and beneficial owner of Class A Units in MPH Topco L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Class A Units”), will exchange his Class A Units for certain Class A Units in Holdings (such units, the “Rollover Units”), which units shall be of the same class as those acquired in connection with the Closing by affiliates of Hellman & Friedman LLC (together with its affiliates, the “Sponsor”) pursuant to the terms of the Rollover Agreement (except that they shall be “non-voting”). The terms (including the amount) of the Rollover Units shall be consistent with those set forth in Exhibit A. Promptly following the Effective Time, Holdings shall make an equity award to Executive on the terms set forth in Exhibit A and such other standard terms as the parties shall negotiate in good faith (it being understood that a failure by Holdings to make such equity award shall give the Executive the right to require Holdings to cancel the Rollover Units and return the pre-tax cash value of the Class A Units, which cancellation shall not constitute a breach hereof).

 

(d)            Benefits. During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in employee benefit plans, programs and arrangements of the Company, as may be amended from time to time, which are applicable to the senior officers of the Company.

 

(e)            Vacation. During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the Company’s vacation policy, as it may be amended from time to time. Any vacation shall be taken at the reasonable and mutual convenience of the Company and the Executive.

 

(f)            Expenses. During the Term, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for all reasonable travel and other business expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties to the Company in accordance with the Company’s expense reimbursement policy.

 

(g)            Key Person Insurance. At any time during the Term, the Company shall have the right to insure the life of the Executive for the Company’s sole benefit. The Company shall have the right to determine the amount of insurance and the type of policy. The Executive shall cooperate with the Company in obtaining such insurance by submitting to physical examinations, by supplying all information reasonably required by any insurance carrier, and by executing all necessary documents reasonably required by any insurance carrier. The Executive shall incur no financial obligation by executing any required document, and shall have no interest in any such policy.

 

(h)            Indemnification. During the Term, the Company shall indemnify the Executive to the maximum extent provided for under its charter and by-laws as in effect as of the Effective Time (or, if more favorable, as modified from time to time), with respect to any action suit or proceeding to which Executive is made, or threatened to be made, a party by reason of the fact that he is or was an officer, director, employee, consultant or agent of the Company and/or its Affiliates.

 

(i)            Board Action. Any action taken by a committee of the Board shall be deemed to be an action taken by the Board for purposes of this Section 2.

 

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3. Termination .

 

The Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company or the Executive, as applicable, without any breach of this Agreement only under the following circumstances:

 

(a)            Circumstances.

 

(i)            Death. The Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate upon his death.

 

(ii)           Disability. If the Executive has incurred a Disability, the Company may give the Executive written notice of its intention to terminate the Executive’s employment.

 

(iii)          Termination for Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment for Cause.

 

(iv)          Termination without Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment without Cause.

 

(v)           Resignation for Good Reason. The Executive may resign his employment for Good Reason.

 

(vi)          Resignation without Good Reason. The Executive may resign his employment without Good Reason.

 

(vii)        Non-extension of Term by the Company. The Company may give notice of non-extension to the Executive pursuant to Section 1(b).

 

(viii)       Non-extension of Term by the Executive. The Executive may give notice of non-extension to the Company pursuant to Section 1(b).

 

(ix)          Resignation without Good Reason Upon a Change in Control. The Executive may resign his employment without Good Reason on the date of a Change in Control.

 

(b)            Notice of Termination. Any termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company or by the Executive under this Section 3 (other than termination pursuant to Section 3(a)(i)) shall be communicated by a written notice to the other party hereto indicating the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated, and specifying a Date of Termination which, if submitted by the Executive, shall be at least 60 days following the date of such notice, or if submitted by the Company in the case of a termination under Sections 3(a)(iv) or 3(a)(vii), shall be at least 60 days following the date of such notice (a “Notice of Termination”); provided, however, that the Company may, in its sole discretion, advance the Date of Termination to any date following the Company’s receipt of the Notice of Termination. A Notice of Termination submitted by the Company may provide for a Date of Termination on the date the Executive receives the Notice of Termination, or any date thereafter elected by the Company in its sole discretion. The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Cause or Good Reason shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder.

 

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(c)            Company Obligations upon Termination. Upon termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder, the Executive (or the Executive’s estate) shall be entitled to receive the portion of the Executive’s Annual Base Salary earned through the Date of Termination but not theretofore paid, any expenses owed to the Executive under Section 2(f), any bonus earned but unpaid with respect to the prior year under Section 2(b) (excluding any bonus in excess of Executive’s Target Bonus Amount under the Company’s incentive program applicable to Executive), any accrued vacation pay owed to the Executive pursuant to Section 2(e), and any amount accrued and arising from the Executive’s participation in, or benefits accrued under, any employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements under Section 2(d), as required under the terms of such plans or by law, which amounts shall be payable in accordance with the terms and conditions of such employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and such other or additional benefits as may be, or become, due to him under the applicable terms of applicable plans, programs, agreements, corporate governance documents and other arrangements of the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company Arrangements”).

 

4. Severance Payments.

 

(a)            Termination for Cause or Resignation without Good Reason, upon Non-Extension of Term by Executive, upon death or upon Disability. If, at any time, the Executive’s employment terminates pursuant to Section 3(a)(iii) for Cause, Section 3(a)(vi) for Resignation without Good Reason, due to non-extension of Term by Executive pursuant to Section 3(a)(viii) or as a result of the Executive’s death pursuant to Section 3(a)(i) or Disability pursuant to Section 3(a)(ii), the Executive shall not be entitled to any severance payments or benefits and the payments and benefits provided under Section 3(c) shall fully discharge the Company’s and its Affiliates’ obligations hereunder.

 

(b)            Termination without Cause, Resignation for Good Reason, Resignation without Good Reason Upon a Change in Control or Non-extension of Term by the Company. If the Executive’s employment shall terminate without Cause pursuant to Section 3(a)(iv), for Good Reason pursuant to Section 3(a)(v), for Resignation without Good Reason Upon a Change in Control pursuant to Section 3(a)(ix) or due to Non-extension of Term by the Company pursuant to Section 3(a)(vii), then, provided that the Executive’s termination of employment constitutes a “separation from service” as defined under Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h) (a “Separation from Service”) and contingent on Executive’s compliance with Sections 5, 6 and 7 hereof (the “Restrictive Covenants”), in addition to any amounts payable under Section 3(c):

 

(i)            the Company shall pay to the Executive in twenty-four equal monthly installments in the aggregate amount equal to the product of (A) two and (B) the sum of (x) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary and (y) Target Bonus Amount, in each case, as in effect on the Date of Termination, on the thirtieth (30th) day following the Executive’s Date of Termination;

 

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(ii)            subject to the Executive’s timely election of, continued eligibility for, continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”), the Company shall pay directly, or reimburse the Executive for, the premium costs under COBRA for the Executive and, where applicable, his eligible spouse and dependents, for a period of eighteen (18) months following the Date of Termination under one of the Company’s group medical plans (with any direct payment by the Company or reimbursement to the Executive treated as income to the Executive); provided that in the event that the Executive obtains other employment that offers group health benefits, such continuation of coverage by the Company under this Section 4(b)(ii) shall immediately cease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company’s obligations contemplated by this Section 4(b)(ii) would result in the imposition of excise taxes on the Company for failure to comply with the nondiscrimination requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended, and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, as amended (to the extent applicable), the Company shall discontinue the COBRA-related payments provided for in this Section 4(b)(ii), and

 

(iii)            On the thirtieth (30th) day following the Date of Termination, a pro rata Annual Bonus equal to the product of (1) the greater of (x)  Executive’s Annual Bonus in respect of the fiscal year prior to the Date of Termination and (y)  Executive’s Target Bonus Amount and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during the fiscal year up to and including the Date of Termination of the Executive’s employment and the denominator of which is 365.

 

Payments and benefits provided in this Section 4(b) shall be in lieu of any termination or severance payments or benefits for which the Executive may be eligible under any of the plans, policies or programs of the Company or under the Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act of 1988 or any similar state statute or regulation.

 

(c)            Release. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, no amounts shall be paid under Section 4(b) unless the Executive signs, delivers and does not revoke a release of claims in favor of the Company and Acquiror within sixty (60) days following the Executive’s Separation from Service (the “Release Period”) in a form substantially similar to Exhibit B (the “Release”). Subject to the Executive’s compliance with this Section 4(c) and the Restrictive Covenants, any payments or benefits to which Executive becomes entitled pursuant to Section 4(b) shall commence on the first payroll date immediately following the Release Period. Notwithstanding anything to the foregoing set forth herein, to the extent that the payment of any amount described in this Section 4 constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Code Section 409A (as defined in Section 21 hereof), any such payment scheduled to occur during the Release Period shall not be paid until the first regularly scheduled pay period following the last day of the Release Period and shall include payment of any amount that was otherwise scheduled to be paid prior thereto.

 

(d)            Survival. The expiration or termination of the Term shall not impair the rights or obligations of any party hereto, which shall have accrued prior to such expiration or termination.

 

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5. Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and Non-Disparagement.

 

(a)            The Executive shall not, at any time during the Term or during the 24-month period following the Date of Termination (the “Non-Compete Period”), except as permitted in this Section 5 or with the prior written consent of the Board (having made its determination as set forth below), directly or indirectly, whether independently or in association with any other Person (other than the Company), private equity firm, investment company or management company, (i) own any equity or other ownership interest in, be employed by, consult or work as an independent contractor or agent for any Person (other than the Company) engaged in a Business (as defined below) or (ii) own, manage, operate, finance, control or participate in the ownership, management, operation, financing or control of any such business or enterprise. The restrictions set forth in this Section 5 shall not be construed to prohibit or restrict (i) continued service by the Executive as a director on Existing Outside Boards, provided that if any business segment of any company provided in Schedule I constitutes or has become a Business and in addition competes in a material manner with a material business segment of the Company, the Executive will promptly disclose this to the Board and will resign from such position on the applicable Existing Outside Board at the request of the Board: provided further that the Executive will, at the reasonable request of the Board, provide non-confidential information regarding such business or any company listed on Schedule I to permit the Board to assess whether such business constitutes a Business that competes in a material manner; or (ii) any passive investment by the Executive in any class of debt or equity securities of any company engaged in a Business so long as the Executive in the aggregate together with his Affiliates does not hold at any time during such period more than five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding voting securities of such company, or five percent (5%) of the aggregate principal amount of such class of debt securities outstanding (each such 5% limit, the “5% Threshold”) and, consistent with the remainder of this Section 5, so long as the Executive and his Affiliates do not otherwise engage in any other activities with respect to such company (whether as a director, officer, employee, agent, representative, consultant or otherwise, except with respect to continued service as a director on Existing Outside Boards until such time as the Board has the right (as provided for above) to request that the Executive promptly resign from serving on such Existing Outside Board). In the event the Executive requests permission to take a “Competitive Action” (as defined below), the Board shall in good faith consider whether such Competitive Action could reasonably be expected to cause material detriment or harm to the business of the Company or its subsidiaries, and shall provide its consent to the Executive to the extent the Board so determines that such Competitive Action could not be so detrimental or harmful. For this purpose, “Competitive Action” is limited to either making a passive investment in a Business in excess of the 5% Threshold or sitting on a board of directors (or similar governing body) of a Business (other than with respect to the Existing Outside Boards).

 

(b)            During the Non-Compete Period, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, recruit or otherwise solicit or induce any employee, customer or supplier of the Company or healthcare provider or payor to terminate its employment or arrangement with the Company.

 

(c)            In the event the terms of this Section 5 shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable by reason of its extending for too great a period of time or over too great a geographical area or by reason of its being too extensive in any other respect, it will be interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time for which it may be enforceable, over the maximum geographical area as to which it may be enforceable, or to the maximum extent in all other respects as to which it may be enforceable, all as determined by such court in such action.

 

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(d)            As used in Section 5, Section 6 and Section 7, (i) the term “Company” shall include the Company and its direct or indirect parents, if any, and subsidiaries, and (ii) the term “Business” shall mean a business that competes with a material business segment of the Company, including, but not limited to, a business that (A) involves operating cost containment networks on a national, regional and/or local basis (shared savings and preferred provider organizations) to reprice medical claims for the benefit of a healthcare payor (e.g., any insurance company, health plan, third party administrator or health management organization (a “Healthcare Payor”)), including insurance companies and self-insured entities, (B) provides medical fee negotiation services to insurance companies and self-insured entities, or (C) is a Healthcare Payor.

 

(e)            During his employment and following termination of his employment with the Company, the Executive agrees not to disparage in any material respect the Company, any of its products or practices, or any of its directors, officers, agents, representatives, stockholders or Affiliates, either orally or in writing.

 

6. Nondisclosure of Proprietary Information.

 

(a)            Except in connection with the faithful performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder or pursuant to Section 6(c), the Executive shall, in perpetuity, maintain in confidence and shall not directly, indirectly or otherwise, use, disseminate, disclose or publish, or use for his benefit or the benefit of any person, firm, corporation or other entity any confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets of or relating to the Company (including, without limitation, intellectual property in the form of patents, trademarks and copyrights and applications therefor, ideas, inventions, works, discoveries, improvements, information, documents, formulae, practices, processes, methods, developments, source code, modifications, technology, techniques, data, programs, other know-how or materials, owned, developed or possessed by the Company, whether in tangible or intangible form, information with respect to the Company’s operations, processes, products, inventions, business practices, finances, principals, vendors, suppliers, customers, potential customers, marketing methods, costs, prices, contractual relationships, regulatory status, prospects and compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment), or deliver to any person, firm, corporation or other entity any document, record, notebook, computer program or similar repository of or containing any such confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets. The parties hereby stipulate and agree that as between them the foregoing matters are important, material and confidential proprietary information and trade secrets and affect the successful conduct of the businesses of the Company (and any successor or assignee of the Company).

 

(b)            Upon termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, the Executive will promptly deliver to the Company all Company property and all correspondence, drawings, manuals, letters, notes, notebooks, reports, programs, plans, proposals, financial documents, or any other documents concerning the Company’s customers, business plans, marketing strategies, products or processes.

 

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(c)            The Executive may respond to a lawful and valid subpoena or other legal process but shall give the Company the earliest possible notice thereof, and shall, as much in advance of the return date as possible, make available to the Company and its counsel the documents and other information sought and shall assist such counsel at Company’s expense in resisting or otherwise responding to such process.

 

(d)            Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the Executive from (i) disclosing information and documents when required by law, subpoena or court order (subject to the requirements of Section 6(c) above), (ii) disclosing information and documents to his attorney or tax adviser for the purpose of securing legal or tax advice, (iii) disclosing the post-employment restrictions in this Agreement to any potential new employer, (iv) retaining, at any time, his personal correspondence, his personal rolodex or outlook contacts and documents related to his own personal benefits, entitlements and obligations, or (v) disclosing or retaining information that is already generally available to the public or otherwise was part of the public domain at the time of disclosure.

 

(e)            Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or impede the Executive from communicating, cooperating or filing a complaint with any U.S. federal, state or local governmental or law enforcement branch, agency or entity (collectively, a “Governmental Entity”) with respect to possible violations of any U.S. federal, state or local law or regulation, or otherwise making disclosures to any Governmental Entity, in each case, that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any such law or regulation; provided that in each case such communications and disclosures are consistent with applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, under no circumstance is the Executive authorized to disclose any information covered by the Company or its Affiliates’ attorney-client privilege or attorney work product or the Company’s trade secrets without prior written consent of the Company’s Board.

 

7. Inventions.

 

All rights to discoveries, inventions, improvements and innovations (including all data and records pertaining thereto) related to the Business of the Company as defined in Section 5(d) above, whether or not patentable, copyrightable, registrable as a trademark, or reduced to writing, that the Executive may discover, invent or originate during his employment with the Company, either alone or with others and whether or not during working hours or by the use of the facilities of the Company (“Inventions”), shall be the exclusive property of the Company. The Executive shall promptly disclose all Inventions to the Company, shall execute at the request of the Company any assignments or other documents the Company may deem reasonably necessary to protect or perfect its rights therein, and shall assist the Company, upon reasonable request and at the Company’s expense, in obtaining, defending and enforcing the Company’s rights therein. The Executive hereby appoints the Company as his attorney-in-fact to execute on his behalf any assignments or other documents reasonably deemed necessary by the Company to protect or perfect its rights to any Inventions.

 

8. Injunctive Relief.

 

It is recognized and acknowledged by the Executive that a breach of the covenants contained in Sections 5, 6 or 7 will cause irreparable damage to Company and its goodwill, the exact amount of which will be difficult or impossible to ascertain, and that the remedies at law for any such breach will be inadequate. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that in the event of a breach of any of the covenants contained in Sections 5, 6 or 7, in addition to any other remedy which may be available at law or in equity, the Company will be entitled to seek specific performance and injunctive relief.

 

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9. Assignment and Successors.

 

The Company may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any Affiliate and any successor to all or substantially all of the business or the assets of the Company (by merger or otherwise), and may assign or encumber this Agreement and its rights hereunder as security for indebtedness of the Company and its Affiliates; provided that any such assignment of this Agreement, other than a security assignment, shall not be valid unless the assignee has agreed to assume the Company’s obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, the Executive and their respective successors, assigns, personnel and legal representatives, executors, administrators, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees, as applicable. None of the Executive’s rights or obligations may be assigned or transferred by the Executive, other than the Executive’s rights to payments hereunder, which may be transferred only by will or operation of law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall be entitled, to the extent permitted under applicable law and applicable Company Arrangements, to select and change a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive compensation hereunder following his death by giving written notice thereof to the Company.

 

10. Certain Definitions.

 

(a)            Affiliate. “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such Person where “control” shall have the meaning given such term under Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. For the purposes of this Agreement, Affiliates of the Company shall include the Sponsor. From and after the Merger, SIH MPH Holdings, LLC, Partners Group Client Access 10, L.P., Partners Group Private Equity (Master Fund), LLC, 30 MP Investment, LLC and their respective affiliates will not be deemed to be Affiliates of the Company or Acquiror.

 

(b)            Cause. The Company shall have “Cause” to terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder within 120 days of the Board’s knowledge of:

 

(i)            the Board’s good faith determination that the Executive failed to carry out, or comply with, in any material respect, any lawful directive of the Board consistent with the terms of this Agreement;

 

(ii)            the Executive’s conviction, plea of no contest, plea of nolo contendere, or imposition of unadjudicated probation for any felony or crime involving moral turpitude (excluding vehicular offenses);

 

(iii)            the Executive’s unlawful use (including being under the influence) or possession of illegal drugs on the Company’s premises or while performing the Executive’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement; or

 

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(iv)            the Executive’s commission of an act of fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation, misconduct, or material breach of fiduciary duty against the Company; provided that, to the extent such event may be remedied, the Company has notified the Executive of such event in writing and the Executive has not remedied the alleged violation(s) within 10 business days following his receipt of such notice.

 

(c)            Change in Control. “Change in Control” shall mean any of the following occurring after the Effective Time:

 

(i)            a transaction or series of transactions (whether by merger or otherwise) (other than an offering of Common Stock to the general public through a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) whereby any “person” or related “group” of “persons” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (other than the Sponsor, any Affiliate of the Sponsor, any group of persons within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act that includes the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor, Acquiror, any of its subsidiaries, an employee benefit plan maintained by Acquiror or any of its subsidiaries or a “person” that, prior to such transaction, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, Acquiror, including without limitation, any existing stockholder of Acquiror) directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of the voting securities of Acquiror possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of Acquiror’s securities outstanding immediately after such acquisition; or

 

(ii)            the consummation by Acquiror (whether directly involving Acquiror or indirectly involving Acquiror through one or more intermediaries) of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of Acquiror’s assets to any person other than an Affiliate of Acquiror.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction shall not constitute a “Change in Control” if: (i) its sole purpose is to change the state of Acquiror’s incorporation; (ii) its sole purpose is to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the Persons who held Acquiror’s securities immediately before such transaction; (iii) it constitutes Acquiror’s initial public offering of its securities; (iv) it is a transaction effected primarily for the purpose of financing Acquiror with additional cash investment (as determined by the Board in its discretion and without regard to whether such transaction is effectuated by a merger, equity financing or otherwise); or (v) a transaction that is directed or required by a regulatory or governmental authority. The Board shall have full and final authority, which shall be exercised in its discretion, to determine conclusively whether a Change in Control of Acquiror has occurred pursuant to the above definition, and the date of the occurrence of such Change in Control and any incidental matters thereto.

 

(d)            Common Stock. “Common Stock” shall mean the common stock of Acquiror.

 

(e)            Date of Termination. “Date of Termination” shall mean (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by his death, the date of his death; (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 3(a)(ii) –(vi) or Section (ix) either the date indicated in the Notice of Termination or the date specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3(b), whichever is earlier; (iii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 3(a)(vii) or Section 3(a)(viii), the expiration of the then-applicable Term.

 

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(f)            Disability. “Disability” shall mean, at any time the Company or any of its Affiliates sponsors a long-term disability plan for the Company’s employees, “disability” as defined in such long-term disability plan for the purpose of determining a participant’s eligibility for benefits, provided, however, if the long-term disability plan contains multiple definitions of disability, “Disability” shall refer to that definition of disability which, if the Executive qualified for such disability benefits, would provide coverage for the longest period of time. The determination of whether the Executive has a Disability shall be made by the person or persons required to make disability determinations under the long-term disability plan. At any time the Company does not sponsor a long-term disability plan for its employees, Disability shall mean the Executive’s inability to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, the essential functions of his position hereunder for a total of four consecutive months during any twelve-month period or six non-consecutive months in any eighteen-month period as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness as determined by a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and acceptable to the Executive or the Executive’s legal representative, such agreement as to acceptability not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Any refusal by the Executive to submit to a medical examination for the purpose of determining Disability shall be deemed to constitute conclusive evidence of the Executive’s Disability.

 

(g)            Good Reason. The Executive shall have “Good Reason” to resign his employment within one-hundred twenty (120) days following the initial occurrence of any of the following events that occurs after the Effective Time:

 

(i)            the Company takes action that causes a material adverse change in the nature or scope of the Executive’s responsibilities, duties or authority; provided, that no changes to the Executive’s responsibilities, duties or authority that arise, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or relating to, the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement shall constitute “Good Reason”;

 

(ii)           the Company requires the Executive to relocate his principal place of work to outside the New York, New York metropolitan area;

 

(iii)          the Company materially reduces the amount of the Annual Base Salary (other than a proportional reduction as part of a generalized reduction in the base salaries of senior management of the Company not to exceed 10% of his Annual Base Salary then currently in effect) or a failure of the Company to pay earned but unpaid Annual Bonus within a reasonable period of time after such bonus becomes due and payable;

 

(iv)          the failure of the Company’s successor to assume the obligations hereunder pursuant to Section 9; or

 

(v)           any material breach by the Company of this Agreement or any other material written agreement with the Executive.

 

The Executive may not resign his employment for Good Reason unless: (i) the Executive provides the Company with written notice, which shall include a specific description of the existence of the condition alleged to constitute Good Reason, within thirty (30) days after the first occurrence of such circumstances, (ii) the Company has not remedied the alleged violation(s) within thirty (30) days of such notice, and (iii) the Executive actually terminates his employment within sixty (60) days after Company’s thirty (30)-day cure period. Otherwise, any claim of such circumstances as “Good Reason” shall be deemed irrevocably waived by the Executive.

 

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(h)            Person. “Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority or other entity of whatever nature.

 

11. Governing Law.

 

This Agreement shall be governed, construed, interpreted and enforced in accordance with its express terms, and otherwise in accordance with the substantive laws of New York.

 

12. Notices.

 

Any notice, request, claim, demand, document and other communication hereunder to any party shall be effective upon receipt (or refusal of receipt) and shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by facsimile or certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, as follows:

 

(a)          If to the Company:

 

MultiPlan, Inc.
115 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10003-0004

 

and:


Hellman & Friedman LLC
One Maritime Plaza, 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Fax: [ ]
Attention: Arrie R. Park

 

and:

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Fax: [ ]
Attention: David E. Rubinsky

 

(b)          If to the Executive:

 

Mark H. Tabak
[ ]
[ ]

 

and:

 

Proskauer Rose LLP
Eleven Times Square
New York, NY 10036-8299
Fax: [ ]
Attention: Michael Album

 

or at any other address as any party shall have specified by notice in writing to the other party.

 

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13. Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same Agreement. Signatures delivered by facsimile shall be deemed effective for all purposes.

 

14. Entire Agreement.

 

The terms of this Agreement and the other agreements and instruments contemplated hereby (collectively the “Related Agreements”) are intended by the parties to be the final expression of their agreement with respect to the employment of the Executive by the Company and may not be contradicted by evidence of any prior or contemporaneous agreement. The parties further intend that this Agreement and the Related Agreements shall constitute the complete and exclusive statement of their terms and that no extrinsic evidence whatsoever may be introduced in any judicial, administrative, or other legal proceeding to vary the terms of this Agreement and the Related Agreements. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement shall supersede the Original Employment Agreement, and all terms of the Original Employment Agreement, including all post-termination obligations by the Company pursuant to the Original Employment Agreement, shall expire immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

15. Amendments; Waivers.

 

This Agreement may not be modified, amended, or terminated except by an instrument in writing, signed by the Executive and a duly authorized officer of Company who is not the Executive. By an instrument in writing similarly executed, the Executive or such duly authorized officer of the Company may waive compliance by the other party or parties with any specifically identified provision of this Agreement that such other party was or is obligated to comply with or perform; provided, however, that such waiver shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any other or subsequent failure. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right, remedy, or power hereunder preclude any other or further exercise of any other right, remedy, or power provided herein or by law or in equity. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the respective rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall survive any termination of Executive’s employment.

 

16. Construction.

 

The headings in this Agreement are only for convenience and are not intended to affect construction or interpretation. Any references to paragraphs, subparagraphs, sections or subsections are to those parts of this Agreement, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary. Also, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, (a) the plural includes the singular and the singular includes the plural; (b) “and” and “or” are each used both conjunctively and disjunctively; (c) “any,” “all,” “each,” or “every” means “any and all,” and “each and every”; (d) “includes” and “including” are each “without limitation”; (e) “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other similar compounds of the word “here” refer to the entire Agreement and not to any particular paragraph, subparagraph, section or subsection; and (f) all pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the entities or persons referred to may require.

 

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17. Arbitration.

 

Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration, conducted before an arbitrator in New York City in accordance with the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) then in effect. New York law shall govern all rules of procedure with respect to any arbitration proceeding hereunder, to the extent applicable. Judgment may be entered on the arbitration award in any court having jurisdiction, provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled to seek a restraining order or injunction in any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent any continuation of any violation of the provisions of Section 5, 6 or 7 of the Agreement. Only individuals who are on the AAA register of arbitrators shall be selected as an arbitrator. Within 20 days of the conclusion of the arbitration hearing, the arbitrator shall prepare written findings of fact and conclusions of law. It is mutually agreed that the written decision of the arbitrator shall be valid, binding, final and non-appealable.

 

18. Enforcement.

 

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future laws effective during the Term, such provision shall be fully severable; this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a portion of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision there shall be added automatically as part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.

 

19. Withholding.

 

The Company shall be entitled to withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement any federal, state, local or foreign withholding or other taxes or charges which the Company is required to withhold. The Company shall be entitled to rely on an opinion of counsel if any questions as to the amount or requirement of withholding shall arise.

 

20. Employee Acknowledgement.

 

The Executive acknowledges that he has read and understands this Agreement, is fully aware of its legal effect, has not acted in reliance upon any representations or promises made by the Company other than those contained in writing herein, and has entered into this Agreement freely based on his own judgment.

 

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21. Section 409A

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if at the time of Executive’s termination of employment with the Company, Executive is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), as determined by the Company in accordance with Section 409A of the Code, and the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such termination of employment is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will defer the commencement of the payment of any such payments or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in the payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to Executive) until the date that is at least six (6) months following Executive’s termination of employment with the Company (or the earliest date permitted under Section 409A of the Code), whereupon the Company will pay Executive a lump-sum amount equal to the cumulative amounts that would have otherwise been previously paid to Executive under this Agreement during the period in which such payments or benefits were deferred. Thereafter, payments will resume in accordance with this Agreement.

 

In the event that following the Effective Time the Company reasonably determines that any payments or benefits payable under this Agreement may be subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Company and the Executive shall work together to adopt such amendments to this Agreement or adopt other policies or procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other commercially reasonable actions necessary or appropriate to (i) exempt the payments and benefits payable under this Agreement from Section 409A of the Code and/or preserve the intended tax treatment of the payments and benefits provided with respect to this Agreement or (ii) comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and related Department of Treasury guidance.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in-kind benefits and reimbursements provided under this Agreement during any tax year of the Executive shall not affect in-kind benefits or reimbursements to be provided in any other tax year of the Executive, except for the reimbursement of medical expenses referred to in Section 105(b) of the Code, and are not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, reimbursement requests must be timely submitted by Executive and, if timely submitted, reimbursement payments shall be made to the Executive as soon as administratively practicable following such submission, but in no event later than December 31st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred. In no event shall the Executive be entitled to any reimbursement payments after December 31st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred. This paragraph shall only apply to in-kind benefits and reimbursements that would result in taxable compensation income to the Executive.

 

For purposes of Section 409A of the Code (including, without limitation, for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii)), each payment that the Executive may be eligible to receive under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate and distinct payment. To the extent applicable, this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A of the Code and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretative guidance issued thereunder, including without limitation any such regulations or other such guidance that may be issued after the Effective Time.

 

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22. Legal Fees

 

The Company shall pay for all reasonable legal fees incurred in connection with the negotiation, drafting and review of this Agreement and all other employment and incentive agreements with respect to the Company’s senior executive officers in connection with the Merger, the amount for which shall not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate with respect to all such employment and incentive agreements for all such senior executive officers.

 

23. Stockholder Approval.

 

In the event that it shall be determined that any right to receive the payments and/or other benefits under this Agreement to or for the benefit of the Executive (the “Payments”) in connection with the Merger or a future change in control, would not be deductible, in whole or part when aggregated with any other right, payment or benefit to or for the Executive under all other agreements or benefit plans of the Company, by the Company or the person making such payment or distribution or providing such right or benefit as a result of Section 280G of Code, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to prepare and deliver to its stockholders the disclosure required by Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code with respect to the Payments and to obtain the approval of the Company’s stockholders in accordance with Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code and the regulation codified at 26 C.F.R. §1.280G-1 with respect to the portion of the payments which, individually or in the aggregate, would cause or trigger any “excess parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the date and year first above written.

 

  MULTIPLAN, INC. (or any successor thereto)

 

  By: /s/ David L. Redmond
    Name: David L. Redmond
    Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement]

 

 

 

  Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P. (or any successor thereto)

 

By: POLARIS INVESTMENT HOLDINGS GP, LLC, its general partner
     
By: HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN CAPITAL PARTNERS VIII, L.P., its managing member
     
By: HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN INVESTORS VIII, L.P., its general partner
     
By: H&F CORPORATE INVESTORS VIII, LTD., its general partner

 

  By: /s/ P. Hunter Philbrick
    Name: P. Hunter Philbrick
    Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement]

 

 

 

  EXECUTIVE

 

  By: /s/ Mark H. Tabak
    Mark H. Tabak

 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement]

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.14

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of May 5, 2016 by and among MultiPlan, Inc., a New York corporation (together with any successor thereto, the “Company”), Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Holdings”), and David L. Redmond (the “Executive”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.            The Company, the Executive and MPH Intermediate Acquisition Corp. entered into an employment agreement dated as of February 14, 2014 (the “Original Employment Agreement”).

 

B.            Polaris Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Acquiror”), Polaris Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Acquiror, MPH Acquisition Corp. 1, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Seller (as defined below) and MPH Topco L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Seller”) have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of the date hereof whereby Acquiror will acquire the Company in connection with the Closing (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (such transaction, the “Merger”).

 

C.            It is the desire of the Company and Acquiror to assure the continued services of the Executive to the Company following the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) by entering into this Agreement, which shall, effective as of immediately prior to, and contingent on the occurrence of, the Effective Time, supersede the Original Employment Agreement.

 

D.           The Executive, the Company and Acquiror mutually desire that the Executive continue to provide services to the Company on the terms herein provided and agree that the Company’s and the Executive’s obligations pursuant to the Original Employment Agreement shall terminate as of, and contingent upon the occurrence of, the Effective Time.

 

AGREEMENT

 

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

 

1. Employment.

 

(a)            General. As of the Effective Time, the Company shall continue to employ the Executive and the Executive shall continue to be employed by the Company, for the period set forth in Section 1(b), in the position set forth in Section 1(c), and upon the other terms and conditions herein provided.

 

(b)            Employment Term. The initial term of employment under this Agreement (the “Initial Term”) shall be for the period beginning on the Effective Time and ending on the fifth anniversary of the Effective Time, unless earlier terminated as provided in Section 3. The employment term hereunder shall automatically be extended for successive one-year periods (such periods, collectively with the Initial Term, the “Term”) unless the Company or Executive gives notice of non-extension to the other no later than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the then-applicable Term and subject to earlier termination as provided in Section 3. Should the Merger Agreement be terminated prior to the Closing, this Agreement shall not become effective and shall be null and void and the Original Employment Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

 

 

(c)            Position and Duties. The Executive shall serve as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, with such customary responsibilities, duties and authority for such position as may from time to time be assigned to Executive by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or the Board of Directors of Acquiror, which boards shall collectively be referred to herein as the “Board.” The Executive shall devote substantially all his business time and efforts to the business and affairs of the Company (which may include service to its Affiliates). However, during the Term it shall not be a violation of the prior sentence for the Executive to (i) serve on industry trade, civic or charitable boards or committees; (ii) deliver lectures or fulfill speaking engagements; (iii) manage his personal investments and affairs; and (iv) serve on the board of directors of two outside entities, starting with those entities set forth on Schedule I hereto or, if Executive is no longer serving as a director of one or more of those entities, serve on the board of directors of up to two portfolio companies of private equity sponsors (the “Existing Outside Boards”); and (v) serve on the board of directors of other for-profit enterprises with the Board’s prior consent, as long as such activities do not interfere with the performance of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities as an employee of the Company. The Executive agrees to observe and comply with the general rules and policies of the Company as adopted by the Company from time to time as applicable to its senior executives. If the Executive resigns from his employment with the Company or is terminated, he will immediately resign from any other officer or director positions he holds with the Company and/or any of its affiliated entities.

 

(d)            Work Location. During the Term, Executive’s primary work location shall be the Company’s offices in Tampa, Florida. Executive acknowledges that he shall be required to travel on business in connection with the performance of his duties hereunder.

 

2. Compensation and Related Matters.

 

(a)            Annual Base Salary. During the Term, the Executive shall receive a base salary (the “Annual Base Salary”) at a rate of $526,846.57 per annum, which shall be paid in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Company, subject to adjustment as determined by the Board; provided that any decrease in such amount can only be proportionately made in connection with Company-wide reductions in the salary rates for senior executives as determined by the Board.

 

(b)            Annual Bonus. During the Term, the Executive will be eligible to participate in an incentive bonus program established by the Board (the “Annual Bonus”). Executive’s Annual Bonus compensation under such incentive program shall be targeted at 100% of his Annual Base Salary (the “Target Bonus Amount”). The Annual Bonus awards payable under the incentive program shall be based on the achievement of performance goals, which performance goals shall be established by the Board, in consultation with the Executive. Each such Annual Bonus earned shall be paid no later than March 15th of the year following the year in which the applicable performance period under the incentive program ends.

 

 

 

(c)            Rollover Equity; Equity Award. At the Effective Time, the Executive, who is the legal and beneficial owner of Class A Units in MPH Topco L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Class A Units”), will exchange his Class A Units for certain Class A Units in Holdings (such units, the “Rollover Units”), which units shall be of the same class as those acquired in connection with the Closing by affiliates of Hellman & Friedman LLC (together with its affiliates, the “Sponsor”) pursuant to the terms of the Rollover Agreement (except that they shall be “non-voting”). The terms (including the amount) of the Rollover Units shall be consistent with those set forth in Exhibit A. Promptly following the Effective Time, Holdings shall make an equity award to Executive on the terms set forth in Exhibit A and such other standard terms as the parties shall negotiate in good faith (it being understood that a failure by Holdings to make such equity award shall give the Executive the right to require Holdings to cancel the Rollover Units and return the pre-tax cash value of the Class A Units, which cancellation shall not constitute a breach hereof).

 

(d)            Benefits. During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in employee benefit plans, programs and arrangements of the Company, as may be amended from time to time, which are applicable to the senior officers of the Company. For all purposes under the benefit plans, service with the Company and its predecessors prior to the Effective Time will be added to any service accrued after the Effective Time for the benefit of the Executive.

 

(e)            Vacation. During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the Company’s vacation policy, as it may be amended from time to time. Any vacation shall be taken at the reasonable and mutual convenience of the Company and the Executive.

 

(f)            Expenses. During the Term, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for all reasonable travel and other business expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties to the Company in accordance with the Company’s expense reimbursement policy. In addition, during the Term, the Company agrees to pay directly, or reimburse Executive, for (i) the cost of one weekly round trip flight, coach class, from his home in Tampa, Florida to either the New York, New York or Naperville, Illinois offices of the Company and/or its Affiliates and (ii) the reasonable cost of an apartment in New York, New York in an amount that may not exceed $125,000.

 

(g)            Key Person Insurance. At any time during the Term, the Company shall have the right to insure the life of the Executive for the Company’s sole benefit. The Company shall have the right to determine the amount of insurance and the type of policy. The Executive shall cooperate with the Company in obtaining such insurance by submitting to physical examinations, by supplying all information reasonably required by any insurance carrier, and by executing all necessary documents reasonably required by any insurance carrier. The Executive shall incur no financial obligation by executing any required document, and shall have no interest in any such policy.

 

(h)            Indemnification. During the Term, the Company shall indemnify the Executive to the maximum extent provided for under its charter and by-laws as in effect as of the Effective Time (or, if more favorable, as modified from time to time), with respect to any action suit or proceeding to which Executive is made, or threatened to be made, a party by reason of the fact that he is or was an officer, director, employee, consultant or agent of the Company and/or its Affiliates. The Company agrees to honor the terms of that certain Indemnification Agreement dated as of July 26, 2007, by and between Viant Holdings, Inc. (“Viant”) and Executive, with respect to Executive’s prior service as an officer and/or director of Viant.

 

 

 

(i)            Board Action. Any action taken by a committee of the Board shall be deemed to be an action taken by the Board for purposes of this Section 2.

 

3. Termination.

 

The Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company or the Executive, as applicable, without any breach of this Agreement only under the following circumstances:

 

(a)            Circumstances.

 

(i)            Death. The Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate upon his death.

 

(ii)           Disability. If the Executive has incurred a Disability, the Company may give the Executive written notice of its intention to terminate the Executive’s employment.

 

(iii)          Termination for Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment for Cause.

 

(iv)          Termination without Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment without Cause.

 

(v)           Resignation for Good Reason. The Executive may resign his employment for Good Reason.

 

(vi)          Resignation without Good Reason. The Executive may resign his employment without Good Reason.

 

(vii)         Non-extension of Term by the Company. The Company may give notice of non-extension to the Executive pursuant to Section 1(b).

 

(viii)        Non-extension of Term by the Executive. The Executive may give notice of non-extension to the Company pursuant to Section 1(b).

 

(ix)          Resignation without Good Reason Upon a Change in Control. The Executive may resign his employment without Good Reason on the date of a Change in Control.

 

 

 

(b)            Notice of Termination. Any termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company or by the Executive under this Section 3 (other than termination pursuant to Section 3(a)(i)) shall be communicated by a written notice to the other party hereto indicating the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated, and specifying a Date of Termination which, if submitted by the Executive, shall be at least 60 days following the date of such notice, or if submitted by the Company in the case of a termination under Sections 3(a)(iv) or 3(a)(vii), shall be at least 60 days following the date of such notice (a “Notice of Termination”); provided, however, that the Company may, in its sole discretion, advance the Date of Termination to any date following the Company’s receipt of the Notice of Termination. A Notice of Termination submitted by the Company may provide for a Date of Termination on the date the Executive receives the Notice of Termination, or any date thereafter elected by the Company in its sole discretion. The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Cause or Good Reason shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder.

 

(c)            Company Obligations upon Termination. Upon termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder, the Executive (or the Executive’s estate) shall be entitled to receive the portion of the Executive’s Annual Base Salary earned through the Date of Termination but not theretofore paid, any expenses owed to the Executive under Section 2(f), any bonus earned but unpaid with respect to the prior year under Section 2(b) (excluding any bonus in excess of Executive’s Target Bonus Amount under the Company’s incentive program applicable to Executive), any accrued vacation pay owed to the Executive pursuant to Section 2(e), and any amount accrued and arising from the Executive’s participation in, or benefits accrued under, any employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements under Section 2(d), as required under the terms of such plans or by law, which amounts shall be payable in accordance with the terms and conditions of such employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and such other or additional benefits as may be, or become, due to him under the applicable terms of applicable plans, programs, agreements, corporate governance documents and other arrangements of the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company Arrangements”).

 

4. Severance Payments.

 

(a)            Termination for Cause or Resignation without Good Reason, upon Non-Extension of Term by Executive, upon death or upon Disability. If, at any time, the Executive’s employment terminates pursuant to Section 3(a)(iii) for Cause, Section 3(a)(vi) for Resignation without Good Reason, due to non-extension of Term by Executive pursuant to Section 3(a)(viii) or as a result of the Executive’s death pursuant to Section 3(a)(i) or Disability pursuant to Section 3(a)(ii), the Executive shall not be entitled to any severance payments or benefits and the payments and benefits provided under Section 3(c) shall fully discharge the Company’s and its Affiliates’ obligations hereunder.

 

(b)            Termination without Cause, Resignation for Good Reason, Resignation without Good Reason Upon a Change in Control or Non-extension of Term by the Company. If the Executive’s employment shall terminate without Cause pursuant to Section 3(a)(iv), for Good Reason pursuant to Section 3(a)(v), for Resignation without Good Reason Upon a Change in Control pursuant to Section 3(a)(ix) or due to Non-extension of Term by the Company pursuant to Section 3(a)(vii), then, provided that the Executive’s termination of employment constitutes a “separation from service” as defined under Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h) (a “Separation from Service”) and contingent on Executive’s compliance with Sections 5, 6 and 7 hereof (the “Restrictive Covenants”), in addition to any amounts payable under Section 3(c):

 

 

 

(i)            the Company shall pay to the Executive a lump sum payment in the aggregate amount equal to the product of (A) two and (B) the sum of (x) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary and (y) Target Bonus Amount, in each case, as in effect on the Date of Termination, on the thirtieth (30th) day following the Executive’s Date of Termination; and

 

(ii)            subject to the Executive’s timely election of, continued eligibility for, continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”), the Company shall pay directly, or reimburse the Executive for, the premium costs under COBRA for the Executive and, where applicable, his eligible spouse and dependents, for a period of eighteen (18) months following the Date of Termination under one of the Company’s group medical plans (with any direct payment by the Company or reimbursement to the Executive treated as income to the Executive); provided that in the event that the Executive obtains other employment that offers group health benefits, such continuation of coverage by the Company under this Section 4(b)(ii) shall immediately cease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company’s obligations contemplated by this Section 4(b)(ii) would result in the imposition of excise taxes on the Company for failure to comply with the nondiscrimination requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended, and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, as amended (to the extent applicable), the Company shall discontinue the COBRA-related payments provided for in this Section 4(b)(ii).

 

Payments and benefits provided in this Section 4(b) shall be in lieu of any termination or severance payments or benefits for which the Executive may be eligible under any of the plans, policies or programs of the Company or under the Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act of 1988 or any similar state statute or regulation.

 

(c)            Release. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, no amounts shall be paid under Section 4(b) unless the Executive signs, delivers and does not revoke a release of claims in favor of the Company and Acquiror within sixty (60) days following the Executive’s Separation from Service (the “Release Period”) in a form substantially similar to Exhibit B (the “Release”). Subject to the Executive’s compliance with this Section 4(c) and the Restrictive Covenants, any payments or benefits to which Executive becomes entitled pursuant to Section 4(b) shall commence on the first payroll date immediately following the Release Period. Notwithstanding anything to the foregoing set forth herein, to the extent that the payment of any amount described in this Section 4 constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Code Section 409A (as defined in Section 21 hereof), any such payment scheduled to occur during the Release Period shall not be paid until the first regularly scheduled pay period following the last day of the Release Period and shall include payment of any amount that was otherwise scheduled to be paid prior thereto.

 

(d)            Survival. The expiration or termination of the Term shall not impair the rights or obligations of any party hereto, which shall have accrued prior to such expiration or termination.

 

 

 

5. Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and Non-Disparagement.

 

(a)            The Executive shall not, at any time during the Term or during the 24-month period following the Date of Termination (the “Non-Compete Period”), except as permitted in this Section 5 or with the prior written consent of the Board (having made its determination as set forth below), directly or indirectly, whether independently or in association with any other Person (other than the Company), private equity firm, investment company or management company, (i) own any equity or other ownership interest in, be employed by, consult or work as an independent contractor or agent for any Person (other than the Company) engaged in a Business (as defined below) or (ii) own, manage, operate, finance, control or participate in the ownership, management, operation, financing or control of any such business or enterprise. The restrictions set forth in this Section 5 shall not be construed to prohibit or restrict (i) continued service by the Executive as a director on Existing Outside Boards, provided that if any business segment of any company provided in Schedule I constitutes or has become a Business and in addition competes in a material manner with a material business segment of the Company, the Executive will promptly disclose this to the Board and will resign from such position on the applicable Existing Outside Board at the request of the Board; provided further that the Executive will, at the reasonable request of the Board, provide non-confidential information regarding such business or any company listed on Schedule I to permit the Board to assess whether such business constitutes a Business that competes in a material manner; or (ii) any passive investment by the Executive in any class of debt or equity securities of any company engaged in a Business so long as the Executive in the aggregate together with his Affiliates does not hold at any time during such period more than five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding voting securities of such company, or five percent (5%) of the aggregate principal amount of such class of debt securities outstanding (each such 5% limit, the “5% Threshold”) and, consistent with the remainder of this Section 5, so long as the Executive and his Affiliates do not otherwise engage in any other activities with respect to such company (whether as a director, officer, employee, agent, representative, consultant or otherwise, except with respect to continued service as a director on Existing Outside Boards until such time as the Board has the right (as provided for above) to request that the Executive promptly resign from serving on such Existing Outside Board). In the event the Executive requests permission to take a “Competitive Action” (as defined below), the Board shall in good faith consider whether such Competitive Action could reasonably be expected to cause material detriment or harm to the business of the Company or its subsidiaries, and shall provide its consent to the Executive to the extent the Board so determines that such Competitive Action could not be so detrimental or harmful. For this purpose, “Competitive Action” is limited to either making a passive investment in a Business in excess of the 5% Threshold or sitting on a board of directors (or similar governing body) of a Business (other than with respect to the Existing Outside Boards).

 

(b)            During the Non-Compete Period, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, recruit or otherwise solicit or induce any employee, customer or supplier of the Company or healthcare provider or payor to terminate its employment or arrangement with the Company.

 

(c)            In the event the terms of this Section 5 shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable by reason of its extending for too great a period of time or over too great a geographical area or by reason of its being too extensive in any other respect, it will be interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time for which it may be enforceable, over the maximum geographical area as to which it may be enforceable, or to the maximum extent in all other respects as to which it may be enforceable, all as determined by such court in such action.

 

 

 

(d)            As used in Section 5, Section 6 and Section 7, (i) the term “Company” shall include the Company and its direct or indirect parents, if any, and subsidiaries, and (ii) the term “Business” shall mean a business that competes with a material business segment of the Company, including, but not limited to, a business that (A) involves operating cost containment networks on a national, regional and/or local basis (shared savings and preferred provider organizations) to reprice medical claims for the benefit of a healthcare payor (e.g., any insurance company, health plan, third party administrator or health management organization (a “Healthcare Payor”)), including insurance companies and self-insured entities, (B) provides medical fee negotiation services to insurance companies and self-insured entities, or (C) is a Healthcare Payor.

 

(e)            During his employment and following termination of his employment with the Company, the Executive agrees not to disparage in any material respect the Company, any of its products or practices, or any of its directors, officers, agents, representatives, stockholders or Affiliates, either orally or in writing.

 

6. Nondisclosure of Proprietary Information.

 

(a)            Except in connection with the faithful performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder or pursuant to Section 6(c), the Executive shall, in perpetuity, maintain in confidence and shall not directly, indirectly or otherwise, use, disseminate, disclose or publish, or use for his benefit or the benefit of any person, firm, corporation or other entity any confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets of or relating to the Company (including, without limitation, intellectual property in the form of patents, trademarks and copyrights and applications therefor, ideas, inventions, works, discoveries, improvements, information, documents, formulae, practices, processes, methods, developments, source code, modifications, technology, techniques, data, programs, other know-how or materials, owned, developed or possessed by the Company, whether in tangible or intangible form, information with respect to the Company’s operations, processes, products, inventions, business practices, finances, principals, vendors, suppliers, customers, potential customers, marketing methods, costs, prices, contractual relationships, regulatory status, prospects and compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment), or deliver to any person, firm, corporation or other entity any document, record, notebook, computer program or similar repository of or containing any such confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets. The parties hereby stipulate and agree that as between them the foregoing matters are important, material and confidential proprietary information and trade secrets and affect the successful conduct of the businesses of the Company (and any successor or assignee of the Company).

 

(b)            Upon termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, the Executive will promptly deliver to the Company all Company property and all correspondence, drawings, manuals, letters, notes, notebooks, reports, programs, plans, proposals, financial documents, or any other documents concerning the Company’s customers, business plans, marketing strategies, products or processes.

 

(c)            The Executive may respond to a lawful and valid subpoena or other legal process but shall give the Company the earliest possible notice thereof, and shall, as much in advance of the return date as possible, make available to the Company and its counsel the documents and other information sought and shall assist such counsel at Company’s expense in resisting or otherwise responding to such process.

 

 

 

(d)            Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the Executive from (i) disclosing information and documents when required by law, subpoena or court order (subject to the requirements of Section 6(c) above), (ii) disclosing information and documents to his attorney or tax adviser for the purpose of securing legal or tax advice, (iii) disclosing the post-employment restrictions in this Agreement to any potential new employer, (iv) retaining, at any time, his personal correspondence, his personal rolodex or outlook contacts and documents related to his own personal benefits, entitlements and obligations, or (v) disclosing or retaining information that is already generally available to the public or otherwise was part of the public domain at the time of disclosure.

 

(e)            Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or impede the Executive from communicating, cooperating or filing a complaint with any U.S. federal, state or local governmental or law enforcement branch, agency or entity (collectively, a “Governmental Entity”) with respect to possible violations of any U.S. federal, state or local law or regulation, or otherwise making disclosures to any Governmental Entity, in each case, that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any such law or regulation; provided that in each case such communications and disclosures are consistent with applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, under no circumstance is the Executive authorized to disclose any information covered by the Company or its Affiliates’ attorney-client privilege or attorney work product or the Company’s trade secrets without prior written consent of the Company’s Board.

 

7. Inventions.

 

All rights to discoveries, inventions, improvements and innovations (including all data and records pertaining thereto) related to the Business of the Company as defined in Section 5(d) above, whether or not patentable, copyrightable, registrable as a trademark, or reduced to writing, that the Executive may discover, invent or originate during his employment with the Company, either alone or with others and whether or not during working hours or by the use of the facilities of the Company (“Inventions”), shall be the exclusive property of the Company. The Executive shall promptly disclose all Inventions to the Company, shall execute at the request of the Company any assignments or other documents the Company may deem reasonably necessary to protect or perfect its rights therein, and shall assist the Company, upon reasonable request and at the Company’s expense, in obtaining, defending and enforcing the Company’s rights therein. The Executive hereby appoints the Company as his attorney-in-fact to execute on his behalf any assignments or other documents reasonably deemed necessary by the Company to protect or perfect its rights to any Inventions.

 

8. Injunctive Relief.

 

It is recognized and acknowledged by the Executive that a breach of the covenants contained in Sections 5, 6 or 7 will cause irreparable damage to Company and its goodwill, the exact amount of which will be difficult or impossible to ascertain, and that the remedies at law for any such breach will be inadequate. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that in the event of a breach of any of the covenants contained in Sections 5, 6 or 7, in addition to any other remedy which may be available at law or in equity, the Company will be entitled to seek specific performance and injunctive relief.

 

 

 

9. Assignment and Successors.

 

The Company may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any Affiliate and any successor to all or substantially all of the business or the assets of the Company (by merger or otherwise), and may assign or encumber this Agreement and its rights hereunder as security for indebtedness of the Company and its Affiliates; provided that any such assignment of this Agreement, other than a security assignment, shall not be valid unless the assignee has agreed to assume the Company’s obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, the Executive and their respective successors, assigns, personnel and legal representatives, executors, administrators, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees, as applicable. None of the Executive’s rights or obligations may be assigned or transferred by the Executive, other than the Executive’s rights to payments hereunder, which may be transferred only by will or operation of law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall be entitled, to the extent permitted under applicable law and applicable Company Arrangements, to select and change a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive compensation hereunder following his death by giving written notice thereof to the Company.

 

10. Certain Definitions.

 

(a)            Affiliate. “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such Person where “control” shall have the meaning given such term under Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. For the purposes of this Agreement, Affiliates of the Company shall include the Sponsor. From and after the Merger, SIH MPH Holdings, LLC, Partners Group Client Access 10, L.P., Partners Group Private Equity (Master Fund), LLC, 30 MP Investment, LLC and their respective affiliates will not be deemed to be Affiliates of the Company.

 

(b)            Cause. The Company shall have “Cause” to terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder within 120 days of the Board’s knowledge of:

 

(i)             the Board’s good faith determination that the Executive failed to carry out, or comply with, in any material respect, any lawful directive of the Board consistent with the terms of this Agreement;

 

(ii)            the Executive’s conviction, plea of no contest, plea of nolo contendere, or imposition of unadjudicated probation for any felony or crime involving moral turpitude (excluding vehicular offenses);

 

(iii)           the Executive’s unlawful use (including being under the influence) or possession of illegal drugs on the Company’s premises or while performing the Executive’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement; or

 

(iv)           the Executive’s commission of an act of fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation, misconduct, or material breach of fiduciary duty against the Company;

 

provided that, to the extent such event may be remedied, the Company has notified the Executive of such event in writing and the Executive has not remedied the alleged violation(s) within 10 business days following his receipt of such notice.

 

 

 

(c)            Change in Control. “Change in Control” shall mean any of the following occurring after the Effective Time:

 

(i)             a transaction or series of transactions (whether by merger or otherwise) (other than an offering of Common Stock to the general public through a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) whereby any “person” or related “group” of “persons” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (other than the Sponsor, any Affiliate of the Sponsor, any group of persons within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act that includes the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor, Acquiror, any of its subsidiaries, an employee benefit plan maintained by Acquiror or any of its subsidiaries or a “person” that, prior to such transaction, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, Acquiror, including without limitation, any existing stockholder of Acquiror) directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of the voting securities of Acquiror possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of Acquiror’s securities outstanding immediately after such acquisition; or

 

(ii)            the consummation by Acquiror (whether directly involving Acquiror or indirectly involving Acquiror through one or more intermediaries) of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of Acquiror’s assets to any person other than an Affiliate of Acquiror.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction shall not constitute a “Change in Control” if: (i) its sole purpose is to change the state of Acquiror’s incorporation; (ii) its sole purpose is to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the Persons who held Acquiror’s securities immediately before such transaction; (iii) it constitutes Acquiror’s initial public offering of its securities; (iv) it is a transaction effected primarily for the purpose of financing Acquiror with additional cash investment (as determined by the Board in its discretion and without regard to whether such transaction is effectuated by a merger, equity financing or otherwise); or (v) a transaction that is directed or required by a regulatory or governmental authority. The Board shall have full and final authority, which shall be exercised in its discretion, to determine conclusively whether a Change in Control of Acquiror has occurred pursuant to the above definition, and the date of the occurrence of such Change in Control and any incidental matters thereto.

 

(d)            Common Stock. “Common Stock” shall mean the common stock of Acquiror.

 

(e)            Date of Termination. “Date of Termination” shall mean (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by his death, the date of his death; (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 3(a)(ii) – (vi) or Section (ix) either the date indicated in the Notice of Termination or the date specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3(b), whichever is earlier; (iii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 3(a)(vii) or Section 3(a)(viii), the expiration of the then-applicable Term.

 

 

 

(f)            Disability. “Disability” shall mean, at any time the Company or any of its Affiliates sponsors a long-term disability plan for the Company’s employees, “disability” as defined in such long-term disability plan for the purpose of determining a participant’s eligibility for benefits, provided, however, if the long-term disability plan contains multiple definitions of disability, “Disability” shall refer to that definition of disability which, if the Executive qualified for such disability benefits, would provide coverage for the longest period of time. The determination of whether the Executive has a Disability shall be made by the person or persons required to make disability determinations under the long-term disability plan. At any time the Company does not sponsor a long-term disability plan for its employees, Disability shall mean the Executive’s inability to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, the essential functions of his position hereunder for a total of four consecutive months during any twelve-month period or six non-consecutive months in any eighteen-month period as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness as determined by a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and acceptable to the Executive or the Executive’s legal representative, such agreement as to acceptability not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Any refusal by the Executive to submit to a medical examination for the purpose of determining Disability shall be deemed to constitute conclusive evidence of the Executive’s Disability.

 

(g)            Good Reason. The Executive shall have “Good Reason” to resign his employment within one-hundred twenty (120) days following the initial occurrence of any of the following events that occurs after the Effective Time:

 

(i)             the Company takes action that causes a material adverse change in the nature or scope of the Executive’s responsibilities, duties or authority; provided, that no changes to the Executive’s responsibilities, duties or authority that arise, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or relating to, the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement shall constitute “Good Reason”;

 

(ii)            the Company requires the Executive to relocate his principal place of work to outside the Tampa, Florida metropolitan area;

 

(iii)           the Company materially reduces the amount of the Annual Base Salary (other than a proportional reduction as part of a generalized reduction in the base salaries of senior management of the Company not to exceed 10% of his Annual Base Salary then currently in effect) or a failure of the Company to pay earned but unpaid Annual Bonus within a reasonable period of time after such bonus becomes due and payable;

 

(iv)           the failure of the Company’s successor to assume the obligations hereunder pursuant to Section 9; or

 

(v)            any material breach by the Company of this Agreement or any other material written agreement with the Executive.

 

The Executive may not resign his employment for Good Reason unless: (i) the Executive provides the Company with written notice, which shall include a specific description of the existence of the condition alleged to constitute Good Reason, within thirty (30) days after the first occurrence of such circumstances, (ii) the Company has not remedied the alleged violation(s) within thirty (30) days of such notice, and (iii) the Executive actually terminates his employment within sixty (60) days after Company’s thirty (30)-day cure period. Otherwise, any claim of such circumstances as “Good Reason” shall be deemed irrevocably waived by the Executive.

 

 

 

(h)            Person. “Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority or other entity of whatever nature.

 

11. Governing Law.

 

This Agreement shall be governed, construed, interpreted and enforced in accordance with its express terms, and otherwise in accordance with the substantive laws of New York.

 

12. Notices.

 

Any notice, request, claim, demand, document and other communication hereunder to any party shall be effective upon receipt (or refusal of receipt) and shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by facsimile or certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, as follows`:

 

(a)          If to the Company:

 

MultiPlan, Inc.
115 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10003-0004
Fax: [           ]
Attention: Mark Tabak

 

and:

 

Hellman & Friedman LLC
One Maritime Plaza, 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Fax: [           ]
Attention: Arrie R. Park

 

and:

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Fax: [           ]
Attention: David E. Rubinsky

 

(b)          If to the Executive:

 

David L. Redmond
[           ]
[           ]

 

and:

 

Proskauer Rose LLP
Eleven Times Square
New York, NY 10036-8299
Fax: [           ]
Attention: Michael Album

 

or at any other address as any party shall have specified by notice in writing to the other party.

 

 

 

13. Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same Agreement. Signatures delivered by facsimile shall be deemed effective for all purposes.

 

14. Entire Agreement.

 

The terms of this Agreement and the other agreements and instruments contemplated hereby (collectively the “Related Agreements”) are intended by the parties to be the final expression of their agreement with respect to the employment of the Executive by the Company and may not be contradicted by evidence of any prior or contemporaneous agreement. The parties further intend that this Agreement and the Related Agreements shall constitute the complete and exclusive statement of their terms and that no extrinsic evidence whatsoever may be introduced in any judicial, administrative, or other legal proceeding to vary the terms of this Agreement and the Related Agreements. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement shall supersede the Original Employment Agreement, and all terms of the Original Employment Agreement, including all post-termination obligations by the Company pursuant to the Original Employment Agreement, shall expire immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

15. Amendments; Waivers.

 

This Agreement may not be modified, amended, or terminated except by an instrument in writing, signed by the Executive and a duly authorized officer of Company who is not the Executive. By an instrument in writing similarly executed, the Executive or such duly authorized officer of the Company may waive compliance by the other party or parties with any specifically identified provision of this Agreement that such other party was or is obligated to comply with or perform; provided, however, that such waiver shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any other or subsequent failure. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right, remedy, or power hereunder preclude any other or further exercise of any other right, remedy, or power provided herein or by law or in equity. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the respective rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall survive any termination of Executive’s employment.

 

16. Construction.

 

The headings in this Agreement are only for convenience and are not intended to affect construction or interpretation. Any references to paragraphs, subparagraphs, sections or subsections are to those parts of this Agreement, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary. Also, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, (a) the plural includes the singular and the singular includes the plural; (b) “and” and “or” are each used both conjunctively and disjunctively; (c) “any,” “all,” “each,” or “every” means “any and all,” and “each and every”; (d) “includes” and “including” are each “without limitation”; (e) “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other similar compounds of the word “here” refer to the entire Agreement and not to any particular paragraph, subparagraph, section or subsection; and (f) all pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the entities or persons referred to may require.

 

 

 

17. Arbitration.

 

Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration, conducted before an arbitrator in New York City in accordance with the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) then in effect. New York law shall govern all rules of procedure with respect to any arbitration proceeding hereunder, to the extent applicable. Judgment may be entered on the arbitration award in any court having jurisdiction, provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled to seek a restraining order or injunction in any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent any continuation of any violation of the provisions of Section  5, 6 or 7 of the Agreement. Only individuals who are on the AAA register of arbitrators shall be selected as an arbitrator. Within 20 days of the conclusion of the arbitration hearing, the arbitrator shall prepare written findings of fact and conclusions of law. It is mutually agreed that the written decision of the arbitrator shall be valid, binding, final and non-appealable.

 

18. Enforcement.

 

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future laws effective during the Term, such provision shall be fully severable; this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a portion of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision there shall be added automatically as part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.

 

19. Withholding.

 

The Company shall be entitled to withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement any federal, state, local or foreign withholding or other taxes or charges which the Company is required to withhold. The Company shall be entitled to rely on an opinion of counsel if any questions as to the amount or requirement of withholding shall arise.

 

20. Employee Acknowledgement.

 

The Executive acknowledges that he has read and understands this Agreement, is fully aware of its legal effect, has not acted in reliance upon any representations or promises made by the Company other than those contained in writing herein, and has entered into this Agreement freely based on his own judgment.

 

 

 

21. Section 409A

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if at the time of Executive’s termination of employment with the Company, Executive is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), as determined by the Company in accordance with Section 409A of the Code, and the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such termination of employment is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will defer the commencement of the payment of any such payments or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in the payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to Executive) until the date that is at least six (6) months following Executive’s termination of employment with the Company (or the earliest date permitted under Section 409A of the Code), whereupon the Company will pay Executive a lump-sum amount equal to the cumulative amounts that would have otherwise been previously paid to Executive under this Agreement during the period in which such payments or benefits were deferred. Thereafter, payments will resume in accordance with this Agreement.

 

In the event that following the Effective Time the Company reasonably determines that any payments or benefits payable under this Agreement may be subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Company and the Executive shall work together to adopt such amendments to this Agreement or adopt other policies or procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other commercially reasonable actions necessary or appropriate to (i) exempt the payments and benefits payable under this Agreement from Section 409A of the Code and/or preserve the intended tax treatment of the payments and benefits provided with respect to this Agreement or (ii) comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and related Department of Treasury guidance.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in-kind benefits and reimbursements provided under this Agreement during any tax year of the Executive shall not affect in-kind benefits or reimbursements to be provided in any other tax year of the Executive, except for the reimbursement of medical expenses referred to in Section 105(b) of the Code, and are not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, reimbursement requests must be timely submitted by Executive and, if timely submitted, reimbursement payments shall be made to the Executive as soon as administratively practicable following such submission, but in no event later than December 31st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred. In no event shall the Executive be entitled to any reimbursement payments after December 31st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred. This paragraph shall only apply to in-kind benefits and reimbursements that would result in taxable compensation income to the Executive.

 

For purposes of Section 409A of the Code (including, without limitation, for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii)), each payment that the Executive may be eligible to receive under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate and distinct payment. To the extent applicable, this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A of the Code and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretative guidance issued thereunder, including without limitation any such regulations or other such guidance that may be issued after the Effective Time.

 

 

 

22. Legal Fees.

 

The Company shall pay for all reasonable legal fees incurred in connection with the negotiation, drafting and review of this Agreement and all other employment and incentive agreements with respect to the Company’s senior executive officers in connection with the Merger, the amount for which shall not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate with respect to all such employment and incentive agreements for all such senior executive officers.

 

23. Stockholder Approval.

 

In the event that it shall be determined that any right to receive the payments and/or other benefits under this Agreement to or for the benefit of the Executive (the “Payments”) in connection with the Merger or a future change in control, would not be deductible, in whole or part when aggregated with any other right, payment or benefit to or for the Executive under all other agreements or benefit plans of the Company, by the Company or the person making such payment or distribution or providing such right or benefit as a result of Section 280G of Code, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to prepare and deliver to its stockholders the disclosure required by Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code with respect to the Payments and to obtain the approval of the Company’s stockholders in accordance with Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code and the regulation codified at 26 C.F.R. §1.280G-1 with respect to the portion of the payments which, individually or in the aggregate, would cause or trigger any “excess parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the date and year first above written.

 

  MULTIPLAN, INC. (or any successor thereto)
   
  By: /s/ Mark H. Tabak
    Name: Mark H. Tabak
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement]

 

 

 

  POLARIS INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, L.P. (or any successor thereto)

 

By: POLARIS INVESTMENT HOLDINGS GP, LLC, its general partner

 

By: HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN CAPITAL PARTNERS VIII, L.P., its managing member

 

By: HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN INVESTORS VIII, L.P., its general partner

 

By: H&F CORPORATE INVESTORS VIII, LTD., its general partner

 

  By: /s/ P. Hunter Philbrick
    Name: P. Hunter Philbrick
    Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement]

 

 

 

  EXECUTIVE

 

  By: /s/ David L. Redmond
    Name: David L. Redmond

 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement]

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.15

 

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement

 

This Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of May 5, 2016 by and among MultiPlan, Inc., a New York corporation (together with any successor thereto, the “Company”), Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Holdings”), and Dale White (the “Executive”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.           The Company, the Executive and MPH Intermediate Acquisition Corp. entered into an employment agreement dated as of March 24, 2014 (the “Original Employment Agreement”).

 

B.            Polaris Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Acquiror”), Polaris Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Acquiror, MPH Acquisition Corp. 1, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Seller (as defined below) and MPH Topco L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Seller”) have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of the date hereof whereby Acquiror will acquire the Company in connection with the Closing (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (such transaction, the “Merger”).

 

C.            It is the desire of the Company and Acquiror to assure the continued services of the Executive to the Company following the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) by entering into this Agreement, which shall, effective as of immediately prior to, and contingent on the occurrence of, the Effective Time, supersede the Original Employment Agreement.

 

D.            The Executive, the Company and Acquiror mutually desire that the Executive continue to provide services to the Company on the terms herein provided and agree that the Company’s and the Executive’s obligations pursuant to the Original Employment Agreement shall terminate as of, and contingent upon the occurrence of, the Effective Time.

 

AGREEMENT

 

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

 

1. Employment.

 

(a)           General. As of the Effective Time, the Company shall continue to employ the Executive and the Executive shall continue to be employed by the Company, for the period set forth in Section 1(b), in the position set forth in Section 1(c) and upon the other terms and conditions herein provided.

 

(b)           Employment Term. The initial term of employment under this Agreement (the “Initial Term”) shall be for the period beginning on the Effective Time and ending on the fifth anniversary of the Effective Time, unless earlier terminated as provided in Section 3. The employment term hereunder shall automatically be extended for successive one-year periods (such periods, collectively with the Initial Term, the “Term”) unless the Company or the Executive gives notice of non-extension to the other no later than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the then-applicable Term and subject to earlier termination as provided in Section 3. Should the Merger Agreement be terminated prior to the Closing, this Agreement shall not become effective and shall be null and void and the Original Employment Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

 

 

(c)           Position and Duties. The Executive shall serve as the Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing of the Company, with such customary responsibilities, duties and authority for such position as may from time to time be assigned to the Executive by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or the Board of Directors of Acquiror (the “Board”). The Executive shall devote substantially all his business time and efforts to the business and affairs of the Company (which may include service to its Affiliates). However, during the Term it shall not be a violation of the prior sentence for the Executive to (i) serve on industry trade, civic or charitable boards or committees; (ii) deliver lectures or fulfill speaking engagements; (iii) manage his personal investments and affairs; and (iv) serve on the board of directors of other for-profit enterprises with the Board’s prior consent, as long as such activities do not interfere with the performance of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities as an employee of the Company. The Executive agrees to observe and comply with the general rules and policies of the Company as adopted by the Company from time to time as applicable to its senior executives. If the Executive resigns from his employment with the Company or is terminated, he will immediately resign from any other officer or director positions he holds with the Company and/or any of its affiliated entities.

 

(d)           Work Location. During the Term, the Executive’s primary work location shall be the Company’s offices in Rockville, Maryland. The Executive acknowledges that he shall be required to travel on business in connection with the performance of his duties hereunder.

 

2. Compensation and Related Matters.

 

(a)           Annual Base Salary. During the Term, the Executive shall receive a base salary (the “Annual Base Salary”) at a rate of $382,315.35 per annum, which shall be paid in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Company, subject to adjustment as determined by the Board; provided that any decrease in such amount can only be proportionately made in connection with Company-wide reductions in the salary rates for senior executives as determined by the Board.

 

(b)           Annual Bonus. During the Term, the Executive will be eligible to participate in an incentive bonus program established by the Board (the “Annual Bonus”). The Executive’s Annual Bonus compensation under such incentive program shall be targeted at 100% of his Annual Base Salary (the “Target Bonus Amount”). The Annual Bonus awards payable under the incentive program shall be based on the achievement of performance goals, which performance goals shall be established by the Board. Each such Annual Bonus earned shall be paid no later than March 15th of the year following the year in which the applicable performance period under the incentive program ends.

 

(c)           Rollover Equity; Equity Award. At the Effective Time, the Executive, who is the legal and beneficial owner of Class A Units in MPH Topco L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Class A Units”), will exchange his Class A Units for certain Class A Units in Holdings (such units, the “Rollover Units”), which units shall be of the same class as those acquired in connection with the Closing by affiliates of Hellman & Friedman LLC (together with its affiliates, the “Sponsor”) pursuant to the terms of the Rollover Agreement (except that they shall be “non-voting”). The terms (including the amount) of the Rollover Units shall be consistent with those set forth in Exhibit A. Promptly following the Effective Time, Holdings shall make an equity award to Executive on the terms set forth in Exhibit A and such other standard terms as the parties shall negotiate in good faith (it being understood that a failure by Holdings to make such equity award shall give the Executive the right to require Holdings to cancel the Rollover Units and return the pre-tax cash value of the Class A Units, which cancellation shall not constitute a breach hereof).

 

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(d)           Benefits. During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in employee benefit plans, programs and arrangements of the Company, as may be amended from time to time, which are applicable to the senior officers of the Company. For all purposes under the benefit plans, service with the Company and its predecessors prior to the Effective Time will be added to any service accrued after the Effective Time for the benefit of the Executive.

 

(e)           Vacation. During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation in accordance with the Company’s vacation policy, as it may be amended from time to time. Any vacation shall be taken at the reasonable and mutual convenience of the Company and the Executive.

 

(f)            Expenses. During the Term, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for all reasonable travel and other business expenses incurred by him in the performance of his duties to the Company in accordance with the Company’s expense reimbursement policy.

 

(g)           Key Person Insurance. At any time during the Term, the Company shall have the right to insure the life of the Executive for the Company’s sole benefit. The Company shall have the right to determine the amount of insurance and the type of policy. The Executive shall cooperate with the Company in obtaining such insurance by submitting to physical examinations, by supplying all information reasonably required by any insurance carrier, and by executing all necessary documents reasonably required by any insurance carrier. The Executive shall incur no financial obligation by executing any required document, and shall have no interest in any such policy.

 

(h)           Indemnification. During the Term, the Company shall indemnify the Executive to the maximum extent provided for under its charter and by-laws as in effect as of the Effective Time (or, if more favorable, as modified from time to time), with respect to any action suit or proceeding to which the Executive is made, or threatened to be made, a party by reason of the fact that he is or was an officer, director, employee, consultant or agent of the Company and/or its Affiliates.

 

(i)            Board Action. Any action taken by a committee of the Board shall be deemed to be an action taken by the Board for purposes of this Section 2.

 

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3. Termination.

 

The Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company or the Executive, as applicable, without any breach of this Agreement only under the following circumstances:

 

(a)           Circumstances.

 

(i)              Death. The Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate upon his death.

 

(ii)             Disability. If the Executive has incurred a Disability, the Company may give the Executive written notice of its intention to terminate the Executive’s employment.

 

(iii)            Termination for Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment for Cause.

 

(iv)            Termination without Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment without Cause.

 

(v)             Resignation for Good Reason. The Executive may resign his employment for Good Reason.

 

(vi)            Resignation without Good Reason. The Executive may resign his
employment without Good Reason.

 

(vii)           Non-extension of Term by the Company. The Company may give notice of non-extension to the Executive pursuant to Section 1(b).

 

(viii)          Non-extension of Term by the Executive. The Executive may give notice of non-extension to the Company pursuant to Section 1(b).

 

(b)           Notice of Termination. Any termination of the Executive’s employment by the Company or by the Executive under this Section 3 (other than termination pursuant to Section 3(a)(i)) shall be communicated by a written notice to the other party hereto indicating the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated, and specifying a Date of Termination which, if submitted by the Executive, shall be at least 60 days following the date of such notice, or if submitted by the Company in the case of a termination under Sections 3(a)(iv) or 3(a)(vii), shall be at least 60 days following the date of such notice (a “Notice of Termination”); provided, however, that the Company may, in its sole discretion, advance the Date of Termination to any date following the Company’s receipt of the Notice of Termination. A Notice of Termination submitted by the Company may provide for a Date of Termination on the date the Executive receives the Notice of Termination, or any date thereafter elected by the Company in its sole discretion. The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Cause or Good Reason shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company hereunder or preclude the Executive or the Company from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder.

 

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(c)           Company Obligations upon Termination. Upon termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder, the Executive (or the Executive’s estate) shall be entitled to receive the portion of the Executive’s Annual Base Salary earned through the Date of Termination but not theretofore paid, any expenses owed to the Executive under Section 2(f), any bonus earned but unpaid with respect to the prior year under Section 2(b) (excluding any bonus in excess of the Executive’s Target Bonus Amount under the Company’s incentive program applicable to the Executive), any accrued vacation pay owed to the Executive pursuant to Section 2(e), and any amount accrued and arising from the Executive’s participation in, or benefits accrued under, any employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements under Section 2(d), as required under the terms of such plans or by law, which amounts shall be payable in accordance with the terms and conditions of such employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and such other or additional benefits as may be, or become, due to him under the applicable terms of applicable plans, programs, agreements, corporate governance documents and other arrangements of the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company Arrangements”).

 

4. Severance Payments.

 

(a)           Termination for Cause or Resignation without Good Reason, upon Non-extension of Term by the Executive, upon death or upon Disability. If, at any time, the Executive’s employment terminates pursuant to Section 3(a)(iii) for Cause, Section 3(a)(vi) for resignation without Good Reason, due to non-extension of Term by the Executive pursuant to Section 3(a)(viii) or as a result of the Executive’s death pursuant to Section 3(a)(i) or Disability pursuant to Section 3(a)(ii), the Executive shall not be entitled to any severance payments or benefits and the payments and benefits provided under Section 3(c) shall fully discharge the Company’s and its Affiliates’ obligations hereunder.

 

(b)           Termination without Cause, Resignation for Good Reason, or Non-extension of Term by the Company. If the Executive’s employment shall terminate without Cause pursuant to Section 3(a)(iv), for Good Reason pursuant to Section 3(a)(v), or due to non-extension of Term by the Company pursuant to Section 3(a)(vii), then, provided that the Executive’s termination of employment constitutes a “separation from service” as defined under Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h) (a “Separation from Service”) and contingent on the Executive’s compliance with Sections 5, 6 and 7 hereof (the “Restrictive Covenants”), in addition to any amounts payable under Section 3(c):

 

(i)              the Company shall pay to the Executive in twelve (12) equal monthly installments in the aggregate amount equal to the sum of (x) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary and (y) Target Bonus Amount, in each case, as in effect on the Date of Termination, on the thirtieth (30th) day following the Executive’s Date of Termination; and

 

(ii)             subject to the Executive’s timely election of, continued eligibility for, continuation coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“COBRA”), the Company shall pay directly, or reimburse the Executive for, the premium costs under COBRA for the Executive and, where applicable, his eligible spouse and dependents, for a period of eighteen (18) months following the Date of Termination under one of the Company’s group medical plans (with any direct payment by the Company or reimbursement to the Executive treated as income to the Executive); provided that in the event that the Executive obtains other employment that offers group health benefits, such continuation of coverage by the Company under this Section 4(b)(ii) shall immediately cease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company’s obligations contemplated by this Section 4(b)(ii) would result in the imposition of excise taxes on the Company for failure to comply with the nondiscrimination requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended, and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, as amended (to the extent applicable), the Company shall discontinue the COBRA-related payments provided for in this Section 4(b)(ii).

 

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Payments and benefits provided in this Section 4(b) shall be in lieu of any termination or severance payments or benefits for which the Executive may be eligible under any of the plans, policies or programs of the Company or under the Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act of 1988 or any similar state statute or regulation.

 

(c)           Release. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, no amounts shall be paid under Section 4(b) unless the Executive signs, delivers and does not revoke a release of claims in favor of the Company and Acquiror within sixty (60) days following the Executive’s Separation from Service (the “Release Period”) in a form substantially similar to Exhibit B (the “Release”). Subject to the Executive’s compliance with this Section 4(c) and the Restrictive Covenants, any payments or benefits to which the Executive becomes entitled pursuant to Section 4(b) shall commence on the first payroll date immediately following the Release Period. Notwithstanding anything to the foregoing set forth herein, to the extent that the payment of any amount described in this Section 4 constitutes “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Code Section 409A (as defined in Section 21 hereof), any such payment scheduled to occur during the Release Period shall not be paid until the first regularly scheduled pay period following the last day of the Release Period and shall include payment of any amount that was otherwise scheduled to be paid prior thereto.

 

(d)           Survival. The expiration or termination of the Term shall not impair the rights or obligations of any party hereto, which shall have accrued prior to such expiration or termination.

 

5. Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and Non-Disparagement.

 

(a)           The Executive shall not, at any time during the Term or during the 18-month period following the Date of Termination (the “Non-Compete Period”), except as permitted in this Section 5 or with the prior written consent of the Board (having made its determination as set forth below), directly or indirectly, whether independently or in association with any other Person (other than the Company), private equity firm, investment company or management company, (i) own any equity or other ownership interest in, be employed by, consult or work as an independent contractor or agent for any Person (other than the Company) engaged in a Business or (ii) own, manage, operate, finance, control or participate in the ownership, management, operation, financing or control of any such business or enterprise. The restrictions set forth in this Section 5 shall not be construed to prohibit or restrict any passive investment by the Executive in any class of debt or equity securities of any company engaged in a Business so long as the Executive in the aggregate together with his Affiliates does not hold at any time during such period more than five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding voting securities of such company, or five percent (5%) of the aggregate principal amount of such class of debt securities outstanding (each such 5% limit, the “5% Threshold”) and, consistent with the remainder of this Section 5, so long as the Executive and his Affiliates do not otherwise engage in any other activities with respect to such company (whether as a director, officer, employee, agent, representative, consultant or otherwise). In the event the Executive requests permission to take a “Competitive Action” (as defined below), the Board shall in good faith consider whether such Competitive Action could reasonably be expected to cause material detriment or harm to the business of the Company or its subsidiaries, and shall provide its consent to the Executive to the extent the Board so determines that such Competitive Action could not be so detrimental or harmful. For this purpose, “Competitive Action” is limited to either making a passive investment in a Business in excess of the 5% Threshold or sitting on a board of directors (or similar governing body) of a Business.

 

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(b)           During the Non-Compete Period, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, recruit or otherwise solicit or induce any employee, customer or supplier of the Company or healthcare provider or payor to terminate its employment or arrangement with the Company.

 

(c)           In the event the terms of this Section 5 shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable by reason of its extending for too great a period of time or over too great a geographical area or by reason of its being too extensive in any other respect, it will be interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time for which it may be enforceable, over the maximum geographical area as to which it may be enforceable, or to the maximum extent in all other respects as to which it may be enforceable, all as determined by such court in such action.

 

(d)           As used in Section 5, Section 6 and Section 7, (i) the term “Company” shall include the Company and its direct or indirect parents, if any, and subsidiaries, and (ii) the term “Business” shall mean a business that competes with a material business segment of the Company, including, but not limited to, a business that (A) involves operating cost containment networks on a national, regional and/or local basis (shared savings and preferred provider organizations) to reprice medical claims for the benefit of a healthcare payor (e.g., any insurance company, health plan, third party administrator or health management organization (a “Healthcare Payor”)), including insurance companies and self-insured entities, (B) provides medical fee negotiation services to insurance companies and self-insured entities, or (C) is a Healthcare Payor.

 

(e)           During his employment and following termination of his employment with the Company, the Executive agrees not to disparage in any material respect the Company, any of its products or practices, or any of its directors, officers, agents, representatives, stockholders or Affiliates, either orally or in writing.

 

6. Nondisclosure of Proprietary Information.

 

(a)           Except in connection with the faithful performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder or pursuant to Section 6(c), the Executive shall, in perpetuity, maintain in confidence and shall not directly, indirectly or otherwise, use, disseminate, disclose or publish, or use for his benefit or the benefit of any person, firm, corporation or other entity any confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets of or relating to the Company (including, without limitation, intellectual property in the form of patents, trademarks and copyrights and applications therefor, ideas, inventions, works, discoveries, improvements, information, documents, formulae, practices, processes, methods, developments, source code, modifications, technology, techniques, data, programs, other know-how or materials, owned, developed or possessed by the Company, whether in tangible or intangible form, information with respect to the Company’s operations, processes, products, inventions, business practices, finances, principals, vendors, suppliers, customers, potential customers, marketing methods, costs, prices, contractual relationships, regulatory status, prospects and compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment), or deliver to any person, firm, corporation or other entity any document, record, notebook, computer program or similar repository of or containing any such confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets. The parties hereby stipulate and agree that as between them the foregoing matters are important, material and confidential proprietary information and trade secrets and affect the successful conduct of the businesses of the Company (and any successor or assignee of the Company).

 

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(b)           Upon termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, the Executive will promptly deliver to the Company all Company property and all correspondence, drawings, manuals, letters, notes, notebooks, reports, programs, plans, proposals, financial documents, or any other documents concerning the Company’s customers, business plans, marketing strategies, products or processes.

 

(c)           The Executive may respond to a lawful and valid subpoena or other legal process but shall give the Company the earliest possible notice thereof, and shall, as much in advance of the return date as possible, make available to the Company and its counsel the documents and other information sought and shall assist such counsel at Company’s expense in resisting or otherwise responding to such process.

 

(d)           Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the Executive from (i) disclosing information and documents when required by law, subpoena or court order (subject to the requirements of Section 6(c) above), (ii) disclosing information and documents to his attorney or tax adviser for the purpose of securing legal or tax advice, (iii) disclosing the post-employment restrictions in this Agreement to any potential new employer, (iv) retaining, at any time, his personal correspondence, his personal rolodex or outlook contacts and documents related to his own personal benefits, entitlements and obligations, or (v) disclosing or retaining information that is already generally available to the public or otherwise was part of the public domain at the time of disclosure.

 

(e)           Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit or impede the Executive from communicating, cooperating or filing a complaint with any U.S. federal, state or local governmental or law enforcement branch, agency or entity (collectively, a “Governmental Entity”) with respect to possible violations of any U.S. federal, state or local law or regulation, or otherwise making disclosures to any Governmental Entity, in each case, that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any such law or regulation; provided that in each case such communications and disclosures are consistent with applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, under no circumstance is the Executive authorized to disclose any information covered by the Company or its Affiliates’ attorney-client privilege or attorney work product or the Company’s trade secrets without prior written consent of the Company’s Board.

 

7. Inventions.

 

All rights to discoveries, inventions, improvements and innovations (including all data and records pertaining thereto) related to the Business of the Company as defined in Section 5(d) above, whether or not patentable, copyrightable, registrable as a trademark, or reduced to writing, that the Executive may discover, invent or originate during his employment with the Company, either alone or with others and whether or not during working hours or by the use of the facilities of the Company (“Inventions”), shall be the exclusive property of the Company. The Executive shall promptly disclose all Inventions to the Company, shall execute at the request of the Company any assignments or other documents the Company may deem reasonably necessary to protect or perfect its rights therein, and shall assist the Company, upon reasonable request and at the Company’s expense, in obtaining, defending and enforcing the Company’s rights therein. The Executive hereby appoints the Company as his attorney-in-fact to execute on his behalf any assignments or other documents reasonably deemed necessary by the Company to protect or perfect its rights to any Inventions.

 

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8. Injunctive Relief.

 

It is recognized and acknowledged by the Executive that a breach of the covenants contained in Sections 5, 6 or 7 will cause irreparable damage to Company and its goodwill, the exact amount of which will be difficult or impossible to ascertain, and that the remedies at law for any such breach will be inadequate. Accordingly, the Executive agrees that in the event of a breach of any of the covenants contained in Sections 5, 6 or 7, in addition to any other remedy which may be available at law or in equity, the Company will be entitled to seek specific performance and injunctive relief.

 

9. Assignment and Successors.

 

The Company may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any Affiliate and any successor to all or substantially all of the business or the assets of the Company (by merger or otherwise), and may assign or encumber this Agreement and its rights hereunder as security for indebtedness of the Company and its Affiliates; provided that any such assignment of this Agreement, other than a security assignment, shall not be valid unless the assignee has agreed to assume the Company’s obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, the Executive and their respective successors, assigns, personnel and legal representatives, executors, administrators, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees, as applicable. None of the Executive’s rights or obligations may be assigned or transferred by the Executive, other than the Executive’s rights to payments hereunder, which may be transferred only by will or operation of law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall be entitled, to the extent permitted under applicable law and applicable Company Arrangements, to select and change a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive compensation hereunder following his death by giving written notice thereof to the Company.

 

10. Certain Definitions.

 

(a)           Affiliate. “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such Person where “control” shall have the meaning given such term under Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. For the purposes of this Agreement, Affiliates of the Company shall include the Sponsor. From and after the Merger, SIH MPH Holdings, LLC, Partners Group Client Access 10, L.P., Partners Group Private Equity (Master Fund), LLC, 30 MP Investment, LLC and their respective affiliates will not be deemed to be Affiliates of the Company or Acquiror.

 

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(b)           Cause. The Company shall have “Cause” to terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder within 120 days of the Board’s knowledge of:

 

(i)              the Board’s good faith determination that the Executive failed to carry out, or comply with, in any material respect, any lawful directive of the Board consistent with the terms of this Agreement;

 

(ii)             the Executive’s conviction, plea of no contest, plea of nolo contendere, or imposition of unadjudicated probation for any felony or crime involving moral turpitude (excluding vehicular offenses);

 

(iii)            the Executive’s unlawful use (including being under the influence) or possession of illegal drugs on the Company’s premises or while performing the Executive’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement; or

 

(iv)            the Executive’s commission of an act of fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation, misconduct, or material breach of fiduciary duty against the Company;

 

provided that, to the extent such event may be remedied, the Company has notified the Executive of such event in writing and the Executive has not remedied the alleged violation(s) within 10 business days following his receipt of such notice.

 

(c)           Change in Control. “Change in Control” shall mean any of the following occurring after the Effective Time:

 

(i)              a transaction or series of transactions (whether by merger or otherwise) (other than an offering of Common Stock to the general public through a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) whereby any “person” or related “group” of “persons” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (other than the Sponsor, any Affiliate of the Sponsor, any group of persons within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act that includes the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor, Acquiror, any of its subsidiaries, an employee benefit plan maintained by Acquiror or any of its subsidiaries or a person” that, prior to such transaction, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, Acquiror, including without limitation, any existing stockholder of Acquiror) directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of the voting securities of Acquiror possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of Acquiror’s securities outstanding immediately after such acquisition; or

 

(ii)             the consummation by Acquiror (whether directly involving Acquiror or indirectly involving Acquiror through one or more intermediaries) of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of Acquiror’s assets to any person other than an Affiliate of Acquiror.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction shall not constitute a “Change in Control” if: (i) its sole purpose is to change the state of Acquiror’s incorporation; (ii) its sole purpose is to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the Persons who held Acquiror’s securities immediately before such transaction; (iii) it constitutes Acquiror’s initial public offering of its securities; (iv) it is a transaction effected primarily for the purpose of financing Acquiror with additional cash investment (as determined by the Board in its discretion and without regard to whether such transaction is effectuated by a merger, equity financing or otherwise); or (v) a transaction that is directed or required by a regulatory or governmental authority. The Board shall have full and final authority, which shall be exercised in its discretion, to determine conclusively whether a Change in Control of Acquiror has occurred pursuant to the above definition, and the date of the occurrence of such Change in Control and any incidental matters thereto.

 

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(d)           Common Stock. “Common Stock” shall mean the common stock of Acquiror.

 

(e)           Date of Termination. “Date of Termination” shall mean (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by his death, the date of his death; (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 3(a)(ii) – (vi) either the date indicated in the Notice of Termination or the date specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3(b), whichever is earlier; (iii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated pursuant to Section 3(a)(vii) or Section 3(a)(viii), the expiration of the then-applicable Term.

 

(f)            Disability. “Disability” shall mean, at any time the Company or any of its Affiliates sponsors a long-term disability plan for the Company’s employees, “disability” as defined in such long-term disability plan for the purpose of determining a participant’s eligibility for benefits, provided, however, if the long-term disability plan contains multiple definitions of disability, “Disability” shall refer to that definition of disability which, if the Executive qualified for such disability benefits, would provide coverage for the longest period of time. The determination of whether the Executive has a Disability shall be made by the person or persons required to make disability determinations under the long-term disability plan. At any time the Company does not sponsor a long-term disability plan for its employees, Disability shall mean the Executive’s inability to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, the essential functions of his position hereunder for a total of four consecutive months during any twelve-month period or six non-consecutive months in any eighteen-month period as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness as determined by a physician selected by the Company or its insurers and acceptable to the Executive or the Executive’s legal representative, such agreement as to acceptability not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Any refusal by the Executive to submit to a medical examination for the purpose of determining Disability shall be deemed to constitute conclusive evidence of the Executive’s Disability.

 

(g)           Good Reason. The Executive shall have “Good Reason” to resign his employment within one-hundred twenty (120) days following the initial occurrence of any of the following events that occurs after the Effective Time:

 

(i)              the Company takes action that causes a material adverse change in the nature or scope of the Executive’s responsibilities, duties or authority; provided, that no changes to the Executive’s responsibilities, duties or authority that arise, directly or indirectly, as a result of, or relating to, the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement shall constitute “Good Reason”;

 

(ii)             the Company requires the Executive to relocate his principal place of work to outside the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area;

 

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(iii)            the Company materially reduces the amount of the Annual Base Salary (other than a proportional reduction as part of a generalized reduction in the base salaries of senior management of the Company not to exceed 10% of his Annual Base Salary then currently in effect) or a failure of the Company to pay earned but unpaid Annual Bonus within a reasonable period of time after such bonus becomes due and payable;

 

(iv)            the failure of the Company’s successor to assume the obligations hereunder pursuant to Section 9; or

 

(v)            any material breach by the Company of this Agreement or any other material written agreement with the Executive.

 

The Executive may not resign his employment for Good Reason unless: (i) the Executive provides the Company with written notice, which shall include a specific description of the existence of the condition alleged to constitute Good Reason, within thirty (30) days after the first occurrence of such circumstances, (ii) the Company has not remedied the alleged violation(s) within thirty (30) days of such notice, and (iii) the Executive actually terminates his employment within sixty (60) days after Company’s thirty (30)-day cure period. Otherwise, any claim of such circumstances as “Good Reason” shall be deemed irrevocably waived by the Executive.

 

(h)           Person. “Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority or other entity of whatever nature.

 

11. Governing Law.

 

This Agreement shall be governed, construed, interpreted and enforced in accordance with its express terms, and otherwise in accordance with the substantive laws of New York.

 

12. Notices.

 

Any notice, request, claim, demand, document and other communication hereunder to any party shall be effective upon receipt (or refusal of receipt) and shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by facsimile or certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, as follows:

 

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(a)           If to the Company:

 

MultiPlan, Inc.

115 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor

New York, NY 10003-0004

Fax: [         ]

Attention: Mark Tabak

 

and:

 

Hellman & Friedman LLC

One Maritime Plaza, 12th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

Fax: [         ]

Attention: Arrie R. Park

 

and:

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Fax: [         ]

Attention: David E. Rubinsky

 

(b)           If to the Executive:

 

Dale White

[         ]

[         ]

 

and:

 

Proskauer Rose LLP

Eleven Times Square

New York, NY 10036-8299

Fax: [         ]

Attention: Michael Album

 

or at any other address as any party shall have specified by notice in writing to the other party.

 

13. Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same Agreement. Signatures delivered by facsimile shall be deemed effective for all purposes.

 

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14. Entire Agreement.

 

The terms of this Agreement and the other agreements and instruments contemplated hereby (collectively the “Related Agreements”) are intended by the parties to be the final expression of their agreement with respect to the employment of the Executive by the Company and may not be contradicted by evidence of any prior or contemporaneous agreement. The parties further intend that this Agreement and the Related Agreements shall constitute the complete and exclusive statement of their terms and that no extrinsic evidence whatsoever may be introduced in any judicial, administrative, or other legal proceeding to vary the terms of this Agreement and the Related Agreements. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement shall supersede the Original Employment Agreement, and all terms of the Original Employment Agreement, including all post-termination obligations by the Company pursuant to the Original Employment Agreement, shall expire immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

15. Amendments; Waivers.

 

This Agreement may not be modified, amended, or terminated except by an instrument in writing, signed by the Executive and a duly authorized officer of Company who is not the Executive. By an instrument in writing similarly executed, the Executive or such duly authorized officer of the Company may waive compliance by the other party or parties with any specifically identified provision of this Agreement that such other party was or is obligated to comply with or perform; provided, however, that such waiver shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any other or subsequent failure. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right, remedy, or power hereunder preclude any other or further exercise of any other right, remedy, or power provided herein or by law or in equity. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, the respective rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall survive any termination of the Executive’s employment.

 

16. Construction.

 

The headings in this Agreement are only for convenience and are not intended to affect construction or interpretation. Any references to paragraphs, subparagraphs, sections or subsections are to those parts of this Agreement, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary. Also, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, (a) the plural includes the singular and the singular includes the plural; (b) “and” and “or” are each used both conjunctively and disjunctively; (c) “any,” “all,” “each,” or “every” means “any and all,” and “each and every”; (d) “includes” and “including” are each “without limitation”; (e) “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other similar compounds of the word “here” refer to the entire Agreement and not to any particular paragraph, subparagraph, section or subsection; and (f) all pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the entities or persons referred to may require.

 

17. Arbitration.

 

Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled exclusively by arbitration, conducted before an arbitrator in New York City in accordance with the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) then in effect. New York law shall govern all rules of procedure with respect to any arbitration proceeding hereunder, to the extent applicable. Judgment may be entered on the arbitration award in any court having jurisdiction, provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled to seek a restraining order or injunction in any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent any continuation of any violation of the provisions of Section  5, 6 or 7 of the Agreement. Only individuals who are on the AAA register of arbitrators shall be selected as an arbitrator. Within 20 days of the conclusion of the arbitration hearing, the arbitrator shall prepare written findings of fact and conclusions of law. It is mutually agreed that the written decision of the arbitrator shall be valid, binding, final and non-appealable.

 

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18. Enforcement.

 

If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future laws effective during the Term, such provision shall be fully severable; this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a portion of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision there shall be added automatically as part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.

 

19. Withholding.

 

The Company shall be entitled to withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement any federal, state, local or foreign withholding or other taxes or charges which the Company is required to withhold. The Company shall be entitled to rely on an opinion of counsel if any questions as to the amount or requirement of withholding shall arise.

 

20. Employee Acknowledgement.

 

The Executive acknowledges that he has read and understands this Agreement, is fully aware of its legal effect, has not acted in reliance upon any representations or promises made by the Company other than those contained in writing herein, and has entered into this Agreement freely based on his own judgment.

 

21. Section 409A

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if at the time of the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company, the Executive is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), as determined by the Company in accordance with Section 409A of the Code, and the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such termination of employment is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will defer the commencement of the payment of any such payments or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in the payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to the Executive) until the date that is at least six (6) months following the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company (or the earliest date permitted under Section 409A of the Code), whereupon the Company will pay the Executive a lump-sum amount equal to the cumulative amounts that would have otherwise been previously paid to the Executive under this Agreement during the period in which such payments or benefits were deferred. Thereafter, payments will resume in accordance with this Agreement.

 

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In the event that following the Effective Time the Company reasonably determines that any payments or benefits payable under this Agreement may be subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Company and the Executive shall work together to adopt such amendments to this Agreement or adopt other policies or procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other commercially reasonable actions necessary or appropriate to (i) exempt the payments and benefits payable under this Agreement from Section 409A of the Code and/or preserve the intended tax treatment of the payments and benefits provided with respect to this Agreement or (ii) comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and related Department of Treasury guidance.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in-kind benefits and reimbursements provided under this Agreement during any tax year of the Executive shall not affect in-kind benefits or reimbursements to be provided in any other tax year of the Executive, except for the reimbursement of medical expenses referred to in Section 105(b) of the Code, and are not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, reimbursement requests must be timely submitted by the Executive and, if timely submitted, reimbursement payments shall be made to the Executive as soon as administratively practicable following such submission, but in no event later than December 31st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred. In no event shall the Executive be entitled to any reimbursement payments after December 31st of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the expense was incurred. This paragraph shall only apply to in-kind benefits and reimbursements that would result in taxable compensation income to the Executive.

 

For purposes of Section 409A of the Code (including, without limitation, for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii)), each payment that the Executive may be eligible to receive under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate and distinct payment. To the extent applicable, this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A of the Code and Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretative guidance issued thereunder, including without limitation any such regulations or other such guidance that may be issued after the Effective Time.

 

22. Legal Fees.

 

The Company shall pay for all reasonable legal fees incurred in connection with the negotiation, drafting and review of this Agreement and all other employment and incentive agreements with respect to the Company’s senior executive officers in connection with the Merger, the amount for which shall not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate with respect to all such employment and incentive agreements for all such senior executive officers.

 

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23. Stockholder Approval.

 

In the event that it shall be determined that any right to receive the payments and/or other benefits under this Agreement to or for the benefit of the Executive (the “Payments”) in connection with the Merger or a future change in control, would not be deductible, in whole or part when aggregated with any other right, payment or benefit to or for the Executive under all other agreements or benefit plans of the Company, by the Company or the person making such payment or distribution or providing such right or benefit as a result of Section 280G of Code, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to prepare and deliver to its stockholders the disclosure required by Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code with respect to the Payments and to obtain the approval of the Company’s stockholders in accordance with Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code and the regulation codified at 26 C.F.R. §1.280G-1 with respect to the portion of the payments which, individually or in the aggregate, would cause or trigger any “excess parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the date and year first above written.

 

  MULTIPLAN, INC. (or any successor thereto)
   
   
  By: /s/ Mark H. Tabak
    Name: Mark H. Tabak
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement]

 

 

 

  POLARIS INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, L.P. (or any successor thereto)
   
By: POLARIS INVESTMENT HOLDINGS GP, LLC, its general partner
     
By: HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN CAPITAL PARTNERS VIII, L.P., its managing member
     
By: HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN INVESTORS VIII, L.P., its general partner
     
By: H&F CORPORATE INVESTORS VIII, LTD., its general partner
     
     
  By: /s/ P. Hunter Philbrick
    Name: P. Hunter Philbrick
    Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement]

 

 

 

  EXECUTIVE
   
  By: /s/ Dale White
    Dale White

 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.16

 

 

 

June 25, 2014

 

Jeffrey Doctoroff

[                           ]

[                           ]

 

Dear Jeff,

 

We are pleased to confirm our offer of employment with MultiPlan. We believe that you have the experience and the qualifications to be a valuable contributor to our organization.

 

The position offered is Senior Vice President and General Counsel, reporting to Mark Tabak, Chief Executive Officer. Your expected start date is August 18, 2014 and the starting rate of pay will be $11,923.08 per pay period (annualized at $310,000.00). You will also be eligible to participate in the MultiPlan incentive compensation plan. Your target bonus under this plan will be 50% of your base salary. Your manager will specify the goals and deliverables that you must meet in order to receive your target bonus amount. Given that you are starting your employment in the middle of the year, you will be eligible for a pro-rated portion of the bonus for the 2014 plan year.

 

In addition to the compensation noted above, you will also be granted 4,069.326 Class B Units. In the event that you accept the position, you will receive a detailed agreement relating to the Class B Units. However, following is some information relating to vesting and value:

 

· 60% of the Blass B Units vest ratably over 4 years.

· 40% of the Class B Units vest over a 4 year period if EBITDA targets are achieved in each of the 4 years or cumulatively.

· All of the Class B Units will vest upon a change in control.

· The Class B Units today have only a nominal value, but their future value is based on the value of MultiPlan upon a monetization event. The value will be a percent of the “profit” to the Shareholders who acquired MultiPlan on March 31, 2014.

· You will be permitted to make a 83(b) election with the IRS within 30 days upon the receipt of your Class B Units and such election will allow the value of these Units at a monetization even to be treated as Capital Gains to you rather than ordinary income.

 

 

 

 

 

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As part of this offer, you will be eligible for benefits as provided for full-time employees. Additional benefit information can be found in the Benefits Quick Reference Guide; further details will be provided during orientation.

 

Please note that this offer is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre-employment background check within the guidelines of state and federal law.

 

As a condition of your employment, you will need to provide MultiPlan with documents that establish both your identity and employment eligibility to work in the United States. A list of acceptable documents required by the Immigration Reform Control Act of 1986 that are proof of a lawful work status can be found in MultiPlan Salute - a web-based on-boarding tool.

 

Your employment is considered employment at will. This means employment is not defined for a specific time, rather either you or MultiPlan may terminate the employment relationship at any time with or without notice and with or without cause. However, in the event that you are terminated without cause, you will be eligible to receive a severance payment equal to six months of your base salary in the event that you sign a waiver and release of claims against the company.

 

Please indicate your acceptance of this offer by selecting accept below. Please also return a signed copy of this letter on your first day.

 

We look forward to you joining the MultiPlan team!

 

Sincerely,    
     
/s/ Carolyn Martin    
Carolyn Martin    
Sr. Vice President, Human Resources    
     
Accepted: /s/ Jeffrey Doctoroff   Date: 06/27/14
  Jeffrey Doctoroff      

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.17

 

FORM OF

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

This Indemnification Agreement is dated as of _________, 202_ (this “Agreement”) and is between MultiPlan Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [name of director/officer] (“Indemnitee”).

 

Background

 

The Company believes that in order to attract and retain highly competent persons to serve as directors or in other capacities, including as officers, it must provide such persons with adequate protection through indemnification against the risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their services to and activities on behalf of the Company.

 

The Company desires and has requested Indemnitee to serve, or to continue to serve, as a director or officer of the Company and, in order to induce Indemnitee to serve, or to continue to serve, as a director or officer of the Company, the Company is willing to grant Indemnitee the indemnification provided for herein. Indemnitee is willing to so serve, or to continue to serve, on the basis that such indemnification be provided.

 

The parties by this Agreement desire to set forth their agreement regarding indemnification and the advancement of expenses.

 

In consideration of Indemnitee’s service to the Company and the covenants and agreements set forth below, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1.              Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”):

 

(a)            The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee if Indemnitee was or is a party to, is threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in, as a witness or otherwise, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (brought in the right of the Company or otherwise), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, including any and all appeals, by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director or officer of the Company, or while serving as a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, fiduciary, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted by Indemnitee in any such capacity.

 

(b)            Subject to Section 6, the indemnification provided by this Section 1 shall be from and against all loss and liability suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, including any appeals (collectively, “Losses”).

 

     

 

 

Section 2.              Advancement of Expenses. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, but subject to the terms of this Agreement and following notice pursuant to Section 3(a) below, expenses (including attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses) incurred by Indemnitee in appearing at, participating in or defending, or otherwise arising out of or related to, any action, suit or proceeding described in Section 1(a) shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses pursuant to Section 3 (an “advancement of expenses”), within 20 days after receipt by the Company of a statement or statements from Indemnitee requesting such advancement of expenses from time to time. Indemnitee hereby undertakes to repay any amounts so advanced (without interest) to the extent that it is ultimately determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (a “final adjudication”) that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified or entitled to advancement of expenses under this Agreement. No other form of undertaking shall be required of Indemnitee other than the execution of this Agreement. This Section 2 shall be subject to Section 3(b) and shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which indemnity is excluded pursuant to Section 6.

 

Section 3.              Procedure for Indemnification; Notification and Defense of Claim.

 

(a)            Promptly after receipt by Indemnitee of notice of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, Indemnitee shall, if any indemnification, advancement or other claim in respect thereof is to be sought from or made against the Company hereunder, notify the Company in writing of the commencement thereof. The failure to promptly notify the Company of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, or of Indemnitee’s request for indemnification, advancement or other claims shall not relieve the Company from any liability that it may have to Indemnitee hereunder and shall not constitute a waiver or release by Indemnitee of any rights hereunder or otherwise, except to the extent the Company is actually and materially prejudiced in its defense of such action, suit or proceeding as a result of such failure. To submit a request for indemnification under Section 1, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request therefor; provided that any request for such indemnification may not be made until after a final adjudication of such action, suit or proceeding. Any notice by Indemnitee under this Section 3 should include such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to enable the Company to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification.

 

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(b)            With respect to any action, suit or proceeding of which the Company is so notified as provided in this Agreement, the Company shall, subject to the last two sentences of this Section 3(b), be entitled to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding, with counsel reasonably acceptable to Indemnitee, upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of its election to do so. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any subsequently incurred fees of separate counsel engaged by Indemnitee with respect to the same action, suit or proceeding unless the employment of separate counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized in writing by the Company, which authorization will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Indemnitee, based on the advice of his or her counsel, shall have reasonably concluded (with written notice being given to the Company setting forth the basis for such conclusion) that, in the conduct of any such defense, there is an actual or potential conflict of interest or position (other than such potential conflicts that are objectively immaterial or remote) between the Company and Indemnitee with respect to a significant issue, then the Company will not be entitled, without the written consent of Indemnitee, to assume such defense. In addition, the Company will not be entitled, without the written consent of Indemnitee, to assume the defense of any claim brought by or in the right of the Company.

 

(c)            The determination whether to grant Indemnitee’s indemnification request shall be made promptly and in any event within 30 days following the Company’s receipt of a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 3(a). If the determination of whether to grant Indemnitee’s indemnification request shall not have been made within such 30-day period, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall, subject to Section 6, nonetheless be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent (i) an intentional misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an intentional omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under the DGCL; provided, however, that such 30-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional 30 days, if the person or entity making the determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation or information relating thereto.

 

(d)            In the event that (i) the Company determines in accordance with this Section 3 that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) the Company denies a request for indemnification, in whole or in part, or fails to respond or make a determination of entitlement to indemnification within 30 days following receipt of a request for indemnification as described above, (iii) payment of indemnification is not made within such 30-day period (as it may be extended), (iv) advancement of expenses is not timely made in accordance with Section 2 or (v) the Company or any other person takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other action or proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in any court of competent jurisdiction of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of expenses, as applicable. Indemnitee’s expenses (including attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses) incurred in connection with successfully establishing Indemnitee’s right to indemnification or advancement of expenses, in whole or in part, in any such proceeding or otherwise shall also be indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.

 

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(e)            Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification and advancement of expenses under this Agreement upon submission of a request therefor in accordance with Section 2 or Section 3, as the case may be. The Company shall have the burden of proof in overcoming such presumption, and such presumption shall be used as a basis for a determination of entitlement to indemnification and advancement of expenses unless the Company overcomes such presumption by clear and convincing evidence. For purposes of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Company, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the officers, employees or committees of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”), or on the advice of legal counsel or other advisors (including financial advisors and accountants) for the Company or on information or records given in reports made to the Company by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert or advisor selected by the Company, and the knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company or relevant enterprises will not be imputed to Indemnitee in a manner that limits or otherwise adversely affects Indemnitee’s rights hereunder.

 

Section 4.              Insurance and Subrogation.

 

(a)            The Company hereby covenants and agrees that, so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any possible action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director or officer of the Company, or while serving as a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, fiduciary, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, the Company, subject to Section 4(b), shall promptly obtain and maintain in full force and effect directors’ and officers’ liability insurance (“D&O Insurance”) in reasonable amounts from established and reputable insurers, as more fully described below.

 

(b)            Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall have no obligation to obtain or maintain D&O Insurance if the Company determines in good faith that: (i) such insurance is not reasonably available; (ii) the premium costs for such insurance are disproportionate to the amount of coverage provided; (iii) the coverage provided by such insurance is limited by exclusions so as to provide an insufficient benefit; (iv) the Company is to be acquired and a tail policy of reasonable terms and duration is purchased for pre-closing acts or omissions by Indemnitee; or (v) the Company is to be acquired and D&O Insurance, with substantially the same terms and conditions as the D&O Insurance in place prior to such acquisition, will be maintained by the acquirer that covers pre-closing acts and omissions by Indemnitee.

 

(c)            In all policies of D&O Insurance, Indemnitee shall qualify as an insured in such a manner as to provide Indemnitee the same rights and benefits as are accorded to the most favorably insured (i) of the Company’s independent directors (as defined by the insurer) if Indemnitee is such an independent director; (ii) of the Company’s non-independent directors if Indemnitee is not an independent director; or (iii) of the Company’s officers if Indemnitee is an officer of the Company. If the Company has D&O Insurance in effect at the time the Company receives from Indemnitee any notice of the commencement of an action, suit or proceeding, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the policy. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policy.

 

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(d)            Subject to Section 15, in the event of any payment by the Company under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee with respect to any insurance policy or any other indemnity agreement covering Indemnitee. Indemnitee shall execute all papers required and take all reasonable action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights in accordance with the terms of such insurance policy. The Company shall pay or reimburse all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such subrogation.

 

(e)            Subject to Section 15, the Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder (including, without limitation, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement) if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under this Agreement or any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

 

Section 5.              Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(a)            The term “action, suit or proceeding” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed claim, counterclaim, cross claim, action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute mechanism or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.

 

(b)            The term “by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director or officer of the Company, or while serving as a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, fiduciary, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any actual or alleged act or omission to act.

 

(c)            The term “expenses” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, all direct and indirect costs of any type or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, all attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses and related disbursements, appeal bonds, other out-of-pocket costs, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts and other professionals, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and reasonable compensation for time spent by Indemnitee for which Indemnitee is not otherwise compensated by the Company or any third party), actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with either the investigation, defense or appeal of an action, suit or proceeding or establishing or enforcing a right to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise incurred in connection with a claim that is indemnifiable hereunder.

 

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(d)            The term “judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, all direct and indirect payments of any type or nature whatsoever, as well as any penalties or excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan.

 

Section 6.              Limitation on Indemnification. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to this Agreement:

 

(a)            Proceedings Initiated by Indemnitee. To indemnify or advance expenses to Indemnitee with respect to an action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated voluntarily by Indemnitee, except with respect to any compulsory counterclaim brought by Indemnitee, unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law, (ii) such action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the Company, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under the DGCL or (iv) such action, suit or proceeding is brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Agreement or any other statute or law or otherwise as required under Section 145 of the DGCL in advance of a final determination.

 

(b)            Lack of Good Faith. To indemnify Indemnitee for any expenses incurred by Indemnitee with respect to any action, suit or proceeding instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that each of the material assertions made by Indemnitee in such action, suit or proceeding was not made in good faith or was frivolous.

 

(c)            Section 16(b) and Clawback Matters. To indemnify Indemnitee for (i) an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law, (ii) any reimbursement of the Company by the Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by the Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act) or (iii) any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any compensation pursuant to any compensation recoupment or clawback policy adopted by the Board of Directors or the compensation committee of the Board of Directors, including but not limited to any such policy adopted to comply with stock exchange listing requirements implementing Section 10D of the Exchange Act.

 

(d)            Prohibited by Law. To indemnify or advance expenses to Indemnitee in any circumstance where such indemnification has been determined to be prohibited by law by a final (not interlocutory) judgment or other adjudication of a court or arbitration or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as to which there is no further right or option of appeal or the time within which an appeal must be filed has expired without such filing.

 

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Section 7.              Change in Control.

 

(a)            The Company agrees that if there is a change in control of the Company, then with respect to all matters thereafter arising concerning the rights of Indemnitee to indemnification and advancement of expenses under this Agreement, any other agreement or the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws now or hereafter in effect, the Company shall seek legal advice only from independent counsel selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld). In addition, upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 1 or Section 3(a), a determination, if required by the DGCL, with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall be made by such independent counsel in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the independent counsel referred to above and to indemnify fully such counsel against any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses), claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.

 

(b)            For purposes of this Section 7, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(i)            A “change in control” shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following: (A) any person or group, within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, obtains ownership, directly or indirectly, of (x) more than 50% of the total voting power of the outstanding capital stock of the Company or applicable successor entity (including any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock) or (y) all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (B) during any period of two consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors, and any new director (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in Sections 7(b)(i)(A), 7(b)(i)(C) or 7(b)(i)(D) or a director whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member of the Board of Directors occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for election or removal of one or more directors by any person or group other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on behalf of the Board of Directors) whose election by the Board of the Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors; (C) the effective date of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation that would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and with the power to elect at least a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such surviving entity; and (D) the approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. For purposes of this Section 7(b)(i) only, “person” shall have the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that “person” shall exclude (a) the Company, (b) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company and (c) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.

 

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(ii)           The term “independent counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent: (A) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party or (B) any other party to the action, suit or proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “independent counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.

 

(iii)          The term “Subsidiary” means, with respect to the Company (or an applicable successor entity), any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity of which (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors or other governing persons or bodies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of the Company or a combination thereof, or (ii) if a partnership, limited liability company, trust, association or other business entity, a majority of the partnership, limited liability company or other similar ownership interest thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of the Company or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, the Company or its applicable Subsidiary shall be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity if the Company or such applicable Subsidiary shall be allocated a majority of partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity gains or losses or shall be or control the managing director, managing member, manager or general partner of such partnership, limited liability company, association or other business entity.

 

Section 8.              Certain Settlement Provisions. The Company shall have no obligation to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any action, suit or proceeding without the Company’s prior written consent. The Company shall not, without Indemnitee’s prior written consent, settle any action, suit or proceeding in any manner that would attribute to Indemnitee any admission of liability or that would impose any fine or other obligation or restriction on Indemnitee. Neither the Company nor Indemnitee will unreasonably withhold, condition or delay his, her or its consent to any proposed settlement.

 

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Section 9.              Savings Clause. If any provision or provisions (or portion thereof) of this Agreement shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee if Indemnitee was or is a party to, is threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in, as a witness or otherwise, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (brought in the right of the Company or otherwise), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, including any and all appeals, by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director or officer of the Company, or while serving as a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, fiduciary, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted by Indemnitee in any such capacity, from and against all Losses suffered by, or incurred by or on behalf of, Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, including any appeals, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Agreement that shall not have been invalidated.

 

Section 10.              Contribution. In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for herein is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to Indemnitee in whole or in part, it is agreed that, in such event, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, contribute to the payment of all Losses suffered by, or incurred by or on behalf of, Indemnitee in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, including any appeals, in an amount that is just and equitable in the circumstances in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such actions, suit or proceeding; and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s); provided that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such contribution shall not be required where such holding by the court is due to any limitation on indemnification set forth in Section 4(e), Section 6 or Section 8.

 

Section 11.              Form and Delivery of Communications. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered by hand, upon receipt by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, (b) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date on which it is so mailed, (c) mailed by reputable overnight courier, one day after deposit with such courier and with written verification of receipt, or (d) sent by email or facsimile transmission, with receipt of oral confirmation that such transmission has been received. Notice to the Company shall be directed to [_____], email: [_____@______.com], facsimile: [(___)-___-____], confirmation number: [(___)-___-____]. Notice to Indemnitee shall be directed to [_____], email: [_____@_____.com], facsimile: [(___)-___-____], confirmation number: [(___)-___-____].

 

Section 12.              Nonexclusivity. The provisions for indemnification to or the advancement of expenses and costs to Indemnitee under this Agreement shall not limit or restrict in any way the power of the Company to indemnify or advance expenses to Indemnitee in any other way permitted by law or be deemed exclusive of, or invalidate, any right to which any indemnitee seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any law, the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, other agreements or arrangements, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in Indemnitee’s capacity as an officer, director, employee or agent of the Company and as to action in any other capacity. Indemnitee’s rights hereunder shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of Indemnitee.

 

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Section 13.              Defenses. In (i) any action, suit or proceeding brought by Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in an action, suit or proceeding brought by Indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) any action, suit or proceeding brought by the Company to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 2, the Company shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, Indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Company (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel or the Company’s stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Company (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel or the Company’s stockholders) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by Indemnitee, be a defense to such suit.

 

Section 14.              No Construction as Employment Agreement. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as giving Indemnitee any right to be retained as a director or officer of the Company or in the employ of the Company or any other entity. For the avoidance of doubt, the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided under this Agreement shall continue as to Indemnitee even though he or she may have ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company.

 

Section 15.              Jointly Indemnifiable Claims.

 

(a)            Given that certain jointly indemnifiable claims may arise due to the service of Indemnitee as a director and/or officer of the Company at the request of Indemnitee-related entities (as defined below), the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Company shall be fully and primarily responsible for payments to Indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses in connection with any such jointly indemnifiable claims pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, irrespective of any right of recovery Indemnitee may have from Indemnitee-related entities. Under no circumstance shall the Company be entitled to any right of subrogation or contribution by Indemnitee-related entities, and no right of advancement or recovery Indemnitee may have from Indemnitee-related entities shall reduce or otherwise alter the rights of Indemnitee or the obligations of the Company hereunder. In the event that any of Indemnitee-related entities shall make any payment to Indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to any jointly indemnifiable claim, Indemnitee-related entity making such payment shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee against the Company, and Indemnitee shall execute all papers reasonably required and shall do all things that may be reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents as may be necessary to enable Indemnitee-related entities effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights. The Company and Indemnitee agree that each of Indemnitee-related entities shall be third-party beneficiaries with respect to this Section 15(a) and entitled to enforce this Section 15(a) as though each such Indemnitee-related entity were a party to this Agreement.

 

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(b)            For purposes of this Section 15, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(i)            The term “Indemnitee-related entities” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (other than the Company or any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise Indemnitee has agreed, on behalf of the Company or at the Company’s request, to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent and which service is covered by the indemnity described in this Agreement) from whom an Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Company may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation (other than as a result of obligations under an insurance policy).

 

(ii)           The term “jointly indemnifiable claims” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding for which Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses from both the Company and any Indemnitee-related entity pursuant to the DGCL, any agreement or the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or comparable organizational documents of the Company or Indemnitee-related entities, as applicable.

 

Section 16.              Interpretation of Agreement. It is understood that the parties hereto intend this Agreement to be interpreted and enforced so as to provide, in each instance, indemnification and advancement of expenses to Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights than the DGCL permitted the Company to provide prior to such amendment). Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”, whether or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import.

 

Section 17.              Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents expressly referred to herein constitute the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the matters covered hereby, and any other prior or contemporaneous oral or written understandings or agreements with respect to the matters covered hereby are expressly superseded by this Agreement.

 

Section 18.              Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification, waiver or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) this Agreement may not be modified or terminated by the Company without Indemnitee’s prior written consent; (b) no amendment, alteration or interpretation of the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws or any other agreement or arrangement shall limit or otherwise adversely affect the rights provided to Indemnitee under this Agreement and (c) a right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses arising under a provision of the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws or this Agreement shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to such provision after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought.

 

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Section 19.              Successor and Assigns. All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Company shall require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

 

Section 20.              Service of Process and Venue. The Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (a) agrees that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Court”), (b) consents to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (c) appoints, to the extent the Company is not otherwise subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, [________] as its agent in the State of Delaware for acceptance of legal process in connection with any such action or proceeding against such party with the same legal force and validity as if served upon the Company personally within the State of Delaware, (d) waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court and (e) waives, and agrees not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.

 

Section 21.              Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, a court of competent jurisdiction shall make a final determination that the provisions of the law of any state other than Delaware govern indemnification by the Company of Indemnitee, then the indemnification provided under this Agreement shall in all instances be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted under such law, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary.

 

Section 22.              Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument, notwithstanding that both parties are not signatories to the original or same counterpart.

 

Section 23.              Headings and Section References. The section and subsection headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Section references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

 

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Section 24.              Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be signed by electronic signature and electronic transmission, including via DocuSign or other similar method, and this method of signature is as conclusive of an intention to be bound by this Agreement as if signed by a party’s manuscript signature.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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This Indemnification Agreement has been duly executed and delivered to be effective as of the date first written above.

 

                                       MULTIPLAN CORPORATION
       
  By:           
    Name:                           
    Title:  

 

                                                                INDEMNITEE
     
     
  Name:                                                 

 

[Signature Page to Indemnification Agreement]

 

     

 

 

Exhibit 10.18

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

The Klein Group, LLC

640 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10019

 

CONFIDENTIAL

 

July 12, 2020

 

Churchill Capital Corp III

640 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10019

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This letter agreement (this “Agreement”) confirms certain arrangements between Churchill Capital Corp III (the “Client”) and The Klein Group, LLC (“Advisor”) with respect to the engagement of Advisor by the Client as its financial advisor to provide strategic advice and assistance to the Client in connection with a Transaction (as defined below), including providing assistance in connection with the financing of the Transaction. For purposes of this Agreement, “Transaction” means, whether effected directly or indirectly or in one transaction or a series of transactions, the acquisition by the Client or any of its affiliates of all or a significant portion of the business, assets or securities of, or any other effort by the Client to obtain control of, or a significant investment in, Polaris Parent Corp. (together with its subsidiaries, “Target”), whether by way of a merger or consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or restructuring, tender or exchange offer, option, negotiated purchase, leveraged buyout, minority investment or partnership, license, collaborative venture or otherwise, or any other extraordinary corporate transaction involving the Client or any of its affiliates, on the one hand, and Target, on the other hand.

 

1. As consideration for the services to be rendered hereunder, the Client agrees to pay Advisor the following cash fees:

 

(a) A transaction fee of $15 million, payable at or promptly following the closing of a Transaction.

 

(b) A placement fee of $15.5 million, payable at or promptly following the closing of a Transaction.

 

The fees pursuant to this Section 1 shall be payable in shares (based on $10 per share) of the Client, in an amount not to exceed $15 million, and the remainder of such fees shall be payable in cash; provided that, in the event any advisors of the Client elect to be paid all or any portion of their respective fees in shares (based on $10 per share) of the Client in lieu of cash, an amount of fees pursuant to this Section 1 equal to such amount(s) may be payable to Advisor in cash in lieu of payment in shares of the Client pursuant to this Section 1.

 

 

 

 

Churchill Capital Corp III

July 12, 2020

Page 2

 

In addition to such fees, the Client will reimburse Advisor for Advisor’s reasonable, documented and customary out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable legal and other professional fees, expenses and disbursements) incurred in connection with the services to be provided by Advisor hereunder, up to an amount not to exceed $50,000. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any manner the indemnification, expense reimbursement and other obligations of the Client under Annex A hereto.

 

2. In connection with the services to be provided hereunder, the Client will make available to Advisor all information in the possession or control of the Client that is reasonably necessary for Advisor to provide the services hereunder. The Client understands and confirms that (a) Advisor will use public reports and other information provided by others, including information provided by the Client, other parties and their respective officers, employees, auditors, attorneys or other agents in performing the services hereunder and (b) Advisor does not assume responsibility for, and may rely without independent verification upon, the accuracy and completeness of any such information.

 

3. Advisor shall keep all information made available to Advisor by or on behalf of the Client (the “Information”) confidential, except that nothing herein will prevent Advisor from disclosing the Information to the extent that such Information (a) is disclosed with the Client’s prior written consent, (b) is disclosed to Advisor’s affiliates or any of Advisor’s or any of its affiliate’s representatives, directors, officers, employees, attorneys or agents (“Authorized Recipients”) in connection with the performance of Advisor’s services hereunder; provided that (i) such Authorized Recipients have been advised to keep the Information confidential in accordance with this Section 3 and (ii) Advisor shall be shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 3 by an Authorized Recipient, or (c) is required to be disclosed by applicable law, regulation or the order of a court of competent jurisdiction or is requested to be disclosed by a regulatory authority having jurisdiction over Advisor or its representatives, provided, however, that prior to a disclosure pursuant to clause (c), Advisor shall, to the extent legally permissible and reasonably practicable under the circumstances, provide prior written notice to the Client of such disclosure requirement such that the Client may seek (at the Client’s sole cost and expense) a protective order to avoid such disclosure or limit its scope or to obtain confidential treatment of that portion of the Information legally required to be disclosed; provided, further that, Advisor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded any such Information so disclosed. “Information” shall not include any information that (a) is or becomes generally available to the public (other than as a result of disclosure by Advisor or any Authorized Recipient in breach of this Agreement), (b) was available to Advisor or any Authorized Recipient on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure by the Client or its affiliates or the other parties to a Transaction or (c) becomes available to Advisor or an Authorized Recipient on a non-confidential basis from a person other than the Client or its affiliates or the other parties to a Transaction, who is not to Advisor’s or such Authorized Recipient’s knowledge, bound by a duty of confidentiality to the Client or its affiliates with respect to such information.

 

 

 

 

Churchill Capital Corp III

July 12, 2020

Page 3

 

4. The Client acknowledges that Advisor has been retained hereunder solely as an adviser to the Client, and not as an adviser to or agent of any other person, and that Advisor’s engagement hereunder is as an independent contractor and not in any other capacity including as a fiduciary. Any duties of Advisor arising out of its engagement pursuant to this Agreement shall be owed solely to the Client. The Client agrees that any information or advice provided by Advisor in connection with Advisor’s engagement hereunder is for the confidential use of the Client, and may not be provided to or relied upon by any other person without Advisor’s prior written consent, other than to the Client’s affiliates. The Client will not use such information or advice for any other purpose or disclose or otherwise refer to such information or advice, in any manner without Advisor’s prior written consent. Neither Advisor’s engagement hereunder, nor the delivery of any advice in connection with Advisor’s engagement hereunder, is intended to confer rights upon any persons not a party hereto (including security holders, employees, directors or creditors of the Client) as against Advisor, its affiliates or any of their respective representatives, directors, officers, employees or agents.

 

5. The Client acknowledges that it is not relying on the advice of Advisor for tax, legal, regulatory or accounting matters, it is seeking and will rely on the advice of its own professionals and advisors for such matters and it will make an independent analysis and decision regarding any Transaction or other matter based upon such advice. In addition, the Client acknowledges that in no event shall Advisor act as an underwriter of any securities in connection with any Transaction. Advisor may, to the extent it deems appropriate, render the services hereunder through one or more of its affiliates.

 

6. The Client agrees to indemnify Advisor in accordance with Annex A hereto, the terms of which are incorporated into this Agreement in their entirety.

 

7. This Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (a) the closing of the Transaction upon payment of the fees set forth in Section 1 and (b) twelve (12) months after the date hereof. Upon the termination of this Agreement, neither the Client nor Advisor shall have any liability or continuing obligation to the other party except for any fees accrued and expenses incurred (subject to Section 1) by Advisor prior to the date of such expiration or termination; provided that no such expiration or termination shall relieve any party from a breach of this Agreement occurring prior to such expiration or termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 4, Section 6, this Section 7, Section 9, Section 10, Section 11 and Annex A hereto shall remain operative regardless of the expiration or termination of this Agreement. It is also expressly agreed by the parties that, if a Transaction is consummated within twelve (12) months after the expiration or termination of this Agreement or if a definitive agreement that results in consummation of a Transaction is entered into during the term of this Agreement or within twelve (12) months after the expiration or termination of this Agreement, Advisor shall be entitled to the applicable fees set forth herein.

 

 

 

 

Churchill Capital Corp III

July 12, 2020

Page 4

 

8. The Client understands and acknowledges that Advisor or its affiliates may currently hold, or in the future may acquire, debt or equity securities (or other interests) issued by the Client or its affiliates, and will be under no obligation to sell any such holdings in connection with this engagement. The Client is aware that Advisor and/or its affiliates may currently or in the future (a) provide services to other parties with interests that conflict with the interests of the Client or (b) engage in transactions (as a principal or otherwise) that conflict with the interests of the Client.

 

9. This Agreement (including Annex A) embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such determination will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which will remain in full force and effect. No waiver, amendment or other modification of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and signed by each party to be bound thereby. This Agreement may not be assigned by the Client without Advisor’s prior written consent. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Client, Advisor and their respective successors and permitted assigns. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original instrument and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

10. Advisor acknowledges that the Client established a trust account for the benefit of its public shareholders upon the closing of its initial public offering and hereby irrevocably waives any and all right, title and interest, or any claim of any kind arising out of this Agreement that it has or may have in the future, in or to any monies held in such trust account, and agrees not to seek recourse against such trust account as a result of, or arising out of, this Agreement; provided, that nothing herein shall serve to limit or prohibit the Target’s right to pursue a claim against the client or any of its affiliates for legal relief against assets held outside the trust account (including from and after the consummation of a Transaction other than as contemplated by this Agreement).

 

 

 

 

Churchill Capital Corp III

July 12, 2020

Page 5

 

11. This Agreement and any claim, counterclaim, proceeding or dispute of any kind or nature whatsoever, directly or indirectly, arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement or Advisor’s engagement hereunder (a “Claim”), shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (without giving regard to any otherwise applicable conflict of laws rules). No such Claim shall be commenced, prosecuted or continued in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the adjudication of such matters, and each of the parties (on behalf of itself and its respective successors and assigns) hereto hereby submits to the jurisdiction and venue of such courts (and any appellate courts from any thereof) and personal service with respect thereto. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives on behalf of itself and its successors and assigns any and all right to argue that the choice of forum provision is or has become unreasonable in any legal proceeding. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives all right to trial by jury in any Claim (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) directly or indirectly, arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement or Advisor’s engagement hereunder.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

 

 

 

Churchill Capital Corp III

July 12, 2020

Page 6

 

If the foregoing correctly sets forth our agreement, please sign and return a copy of this Agreement.

 

  Very truly yours,
     
  THE KLEIN GROUP, LLC
     
  By: /s/ Jay Taragin
  Name:    Jay Taragin
  Title: Authorized Person

 

Accepted and agreed as of the date first written above:

 

Churchill Capital Corp III    
     
By: /s/ Michael Klein    
Name: Michael Klein    
Title: Chief Executive Officer    

 

[Signature Page to Engagement Letter]

 

 

 

 

 

Churchill Capital Corp III

July 12, 2020

Page 7

 

Annex A

 

In connection with the engagement of Advisor to render services to the Client pursuant to the Agreement to which this Annex A is attached, the Client and Advisor agree and understand that in the event that Advisor, any of its affiliates or any of their respective representatives, directors, officers, employees or agents (each of the foregoing, an “Indemnified Person”) become involved in any capacity in any claim, suit, action, proceeding, arbitration or investigation (each an “Action”) brought or threatened by or against any person related to, arising out of or in connection with Advisor’s engagement, Advisor’s performance of any services in connection with the Agreement (whether before or after the date hereof) or any transaction contemplated thereby, the Client will promptly reimburse each such Indemnified Person for its reasonable, documented and customary out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable legal fees of one counsel and other professional fees, expenses and disbursements) upon receipt of a written request accompanied by reasonable supporting documentation. The Client will indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any actual losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (collectively, “Losses”) to which any Indemnified Person may become subject in connection with any pending or threatened Action related to, arising out of or in connection with Advisor’s engagement pursuant to the Agreement, Advisor’s performance of any services in connection therewith (whether before or after the date thereof) or any transaction contemplated thereby, whether or not in connection with any Action in which the Client or an Indemnified Person is a party, except to the extent that any such Losses are found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment to have resulted from such Indemnified Person’s fraud, gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Client also agrees that no Indemnified Person shall have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract or tort or otherwise) to the Client, its security holders or creditors related to, arising out of or in connection with Advisor’s engagement pursuant to the Agreement, Advisor’s performance of any services in connection therewith (whether before or after the date thereof) or any transaction contemplated thereby, except to the extent that any Losses are found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment to have resulted from such Indemnified Person’s fraud, gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; provided, however, that, in no event shall the Indemnified Persons, in aggregate, be liable for or required to pay an amount in excess of the aggregate fees actually received by Advisor for any services in connection Advisor’s engagement pursuant to the Agreement.

 

If for any reason the foregoing indemnification is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient to hold such Indemnified Person harmless against Losses (except to the extent not available under the terms of the preceding paragraph), then the Client shall contribute to the Losses for which such indemnification is unavailable or insufficient in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received, or sought to be received, by the Client and its security holders, on the one hand, and the party entitled to contribution, on the other hand, in the matters contemplated by Advisor’s engagement under the Agreement as well as the relative fault of the Client and such party with respect to such Losses and any other relevant equitable considerations. The Client agrees that, for the purposes hereof, the relative benefits received, or sought to be received, by the Client (and its security holders) and Advisor shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (a) the value to the Client of the services and advice rendered by Advisor, bears to (b) the fees paid or payable to Advisor in connection with Advisor’s engagement; provided, however, in no event shall Advisor or any other Indemnified Person be required to contribute an aggregate amount in excess of the aggregate fees actually paid to Advisor in connection with Advisor’s engagement pursuant to the Agreement, except in the case of fraud, gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of an Indemnified Person or breach by Advisor of its confidentiality obligations under paragraph 3 of the Agreement. The Client and Advisor agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution hereunder were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein.

 

 

Churchill Capital Corp III

July 12, 2020

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If any Action shall be brought, threatened or asserted against an Indemnified Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Client, Advisor shall promptly notify the Client in writing, and the Client shall be entitled, at its expense, and upon delivery of written notice to Advisor, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to Advisor. Such Indemnified Person shall have the right to employ one separate counsel in any such Action and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (a) the Client has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (b) the Client has failed to assume the defense in a timely manner or pursue the defense reasonably diligently or (c) outside counsel to an Indemnified Person has advised such Indemnified Person that in such Action there is an actual conflict of interest or a conflict on any material issue between the Client’s position and the position of such Indemnified Person, in which case the Client shall be responsible for the fees and expenses of such separate counsel. It is understood, however, that in the situation in which the Client shall be responsible for the fees and expenses of such counsel, the Client shall, in connection with any such Action or separate but substantially similar or related Actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of substantially similar general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of only one counsel (in addition to local counsel) at any time for all Indemnified Persons (unless in the reasonable belief of such Indemnified Persons based on the advice of outside counsel, that there is an actual conflict of interest between of such Indemnified Persons, in which case such Indemnified Persons with conflicting interests shall be represented by separate counsel and the Client shall be responsible for the fees and expenses of such counsel).

 

The Client agrees that, without Advisor’s prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), it will not settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened Action in respect of which indemnification or contribution is reasonably likely to be sought hereunder (whether or not Advisor or any other Indemnified Person is an actual or potential party to such Action), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (a) includes an unconditional release from the settling, compromising or consenting party of each Indemnified Person from all liability arising out of such Action, (b) shall not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person, and (c) shall not impose any monetary or financial obligations on any Indemnified Person.

 

The foregoing reimbursement, indemnity and contribution obligations of the Client under this Annex A shall be in addition to any rights that an Indemnified Person may have at common law or otherwise, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives of the Client and such Indemnified Person. The provisions of this Annex A shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any termination, modification or expiration of the Agreement. Without limiting any rights to indemnification, exculpation or advancement of expenses of any indemnified person under the constitutive documents of the Client, the indemnification, exculpation, limitation of liability and advancement of expense provisions apply to an Indemnified Person only in respect of the services provided under the Agreement.

 

 

Exhibit 10.19

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

The Klein Group, LLC

640 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10019

 

CONFIDENTIAL

 

October 7, 2020

 

Churchill Capital Corp III

640 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10019

 

RE: Amendment to Engagement Letter

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to that certain letter agreement (the “Engagement Letter”), dated July 12, 2020, by and between Churchill Capital Corp III (the “Client”) and The Klein Group, LLC (“Advisor”) with respect to the engagement of Advisor by the Client as its financial advisor to provide strategic advice and assistance to the Client as more fully set forth in the Engagement Letter. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Engagement Letter.

 

Under the Engagement Letter, up to $15,000,000 of the fees were payable in equity of the Client at $10.00 per share.

 

The parties hereby agree that the Engagement Letter is amended by this letter agreement (this “Amendment”) as follows:

 

A. Amendment to Section 1 of the Engagement Letter. Section 1 of the Engagement Letter shall be replaced in its entirety by the following:

 

“1. As consideration for the services to be rendered hereunder, the Client agrees to pay Advisor the following cash fees:

 

(a) A transaction fee of $15 million, payable at or promptly following the closing of a Transaction.

 

(b) A placement fee of $15.5 million, payable at or promptly following the closing of a Transaction.

 

If, during the period from October 6, 2020 to and including the date that is 30 days after the closing of a Transaction (the “Purchasing Period”), Advisor (or any if its affiliates) does not purchase from one or more unaffiliated third parties shares of the Client’s Class A common stock with an aggregate purchase price of at least $15 million, then, at the Client’s written request within 30 days after the end of the Purchasing Period, Advisor shall, or shall cause one or more of its affiliates to, promptly purchase from Client or one of its subsidiaries shares of the Client’s Class A common stock at a price per share equal to the price per share paid by the Company to its shareholders that exercised redemption rights in connection with Transaction for an aggregate purchase price no greater than (1) $15 million less (2) the aggregate purchase price of shares of the Client’s Class A common stock purchased by Advisor (or any its affiliates) from unaffiliated third parties during the Purchasing Period (the “Purchase Commitment”).

 

 

Churchill Capital Corp III

October 7, 2020

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In addition to such fees, the Client will reimburse Advisor for Advisor’s reasonable, documented and customary out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable legal and other professional fees, expenses and disbursements) incurred in connection with the services to be provided by Advisor hereunder, up to an amount not to exceed $50,000. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any manner the indemnification, expense reimbursement and other obligations of the Client under Annex A hereto.

 

B. Amendment to Section 7 of the Engagement Letter. Section 7(a) of the Engagement Letter shall be replaced in its entirety by the following:

 

“(a) the closing of the Transaction upon payment of the fees set forth in Section 1 and the satisfaction or waiver of the Purchase Commitment and”

 

C. Except as expressly modified by this Amendment, the Engagement Letter and the parties’ rights and obligations thereunder shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. The Engagement Letter (including Annex A) and this Amendment embody the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, relating to the subject matter hereof. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original instrument and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

 

Churchill Capital Corp III
October 7, 2020

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If the foregoing correctly sets forth our agreement, please sign and return a copy of this Amendment.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
   
  THE KLEIN GROUP, LLC
   
   
  By: /s/ Jay Taragin
  Name: Jay Taragin
  Title: Authorized Person

 

Accepted and agreed as of the date first written above:

 

CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III    
     
By: /s/ Michael Klein    
Name: Michael Klein    
Title: Chief Executive Officer    

 

 

Exhibit 14.1

 

 

 

MultiPlan

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

 

 

 

A Message from our Chief Executive Officer:

 

MultiPlan is committed to conducting our business with integrity at all times. It’s a commitment that forms the foundation of our business success, maintains our culture of honesty and fair play throughout our operations, and sustains our company’s reputation for excellence. Our customers count on us to deliver innovative, high-quality services and solutions, and we earn their trust by adhering to the highest standards of ethics. That trust, like our company’s reputation, is a valuable commodity, and one that we reinforce every day by the way we treat our fellow employees, customers, providers, Third-Parties, suppliers and the communities where we do business. Everyone shares that responsibility, and that’s why it’s so important for all of us to become familiar with MultiPlan’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (our Code).

 

Our Code is designed to provide guidance for our day-to day actions and activities. It represents the values of our company and how we conduct business. It’s about doing the right thing, treating others with respect and being honest at all times.

 

Please take the time to read our Code, and ask questions if you see something you don’t understand. Many resources are available to help you. Seek the guidance of your manager, your local Human Resources representative, Law Department representative, MultiPlan business representative or the Compliance Officer if you have any questions or concerns about our Code.

 

I am extremely proud to lead a company that maintains such a strong commitment to ethical practices throughout its operations. The dedication of MultiPlan to upholding these high standards is integral to our business success. Your support in abiding by our Code – as well as in making MultiPlan a leader in the industries we serve – is appreciated and valued every day.

 

 

/s/ Mark Tabak  

Mark Tabak

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

Purpose 4
       
1. Compliance with Laws, Rules and Regulations 4
       
  · Insider Trading 4
  · Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Kickback Laws 5
       
2. Conflicts of Interest 5
       
  · Relationships with MultiPlan Employees, Competitors, and Third-Parties 5
  · Loans 5
       
3. Ethical Business Practices 6
       
  · Corporate Opportunities 6
  · Fair Dealing and Competition 6
  · Honest Communication 6
       
4. Confidentiality 6
       
  · Confidential Information and HIPAA Privacy Officer 7
  · Communications with Governmental Entities 7
       
5. Protection and Proper Use of Assets and Resources 7
       
6. Accuracy of Company Records and Finance-Related Reporting 8
       
7. Gifts, Outside Activities and Lobbying 8
       
  · Gifts and Gratuities 8
  · Outside Activities and Directorships 9
  · Lobbying 9
       
8. Integrity of MultiPlan Information 9
       
  · Data Retention 9
       
9. Fair Employment Practices 9
       
  · Harassment and Discrimination 10
  · Equal Employment Opportunity 10
       
10. Government Programs 10
       
  · Federal Exclusion Databases 10
       
11. Compliance with the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics 11
       
  · Administration of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics 11
  · Waivers 12
       
12. Reporting Process 12
     
13. MultiPlan Policies and Procedures 13
     
14. Definitions 13

 

 

 

CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS

 

Purpose

 

The MultiPlan Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (this “Code”) contains the legal and ethical standards of conduct required of all employees of MultiPlan Corporation and each of its divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, and operating or business units (collectively “MultiPlan”), including its executive officers, all members of MultiPlan Corporation’s Board of Directors (“directors”) and all contracted and temporary employees and parties with which MultiPlan does business. All MultiPlan employees, directors, network providers and Third-Parties (collectively “you”) are expected to apply high ethical, moral and legal principles in every aspect of business conduct. The MultiPlan Corporation Board of Directors has adopted this Code in order to:

 

· promote honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest;

· promote full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Company files with, or submits to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and in other public communications made by the Company;

· promote compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations;

· promote the protection of Company assets, including corporate opportunities and confidential information;

· promote fair dealing practices;

· deter wrongdoing; and

· ensure accountability for adherence to the Code.

 

You are required to be familiar with the Code, to comply with it and to report any suspected violations as described below in Section 12, Reporting Process.

 

For purposes of this Code, the term “employee” includes any individual employed or contracted by MultiPlan. Other terms capitalized, but not defined, are defined below in Section 14, Definitions.

 

1. Compliance with Laws, Rules and Regulations

 

You must comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, at all times in every jurisdiction in which we operate, including the Government Program laws, discussed below. The use of any MultiPlan or plan sponsor’s (“clients”) funds or assets for any unlawful purpose is strictly prohibited. If there appears to be a conflict between this Code or any other MultiPlan policy and the law, or if you have a question regarding the existence, interpretation or application of any law, initiate the Reporting Process outlined below. Generally, if there is a conflict between this Code, any MultiPlan policy and the law, the more restrictive requirement will govern.

 

Where required by law or as directed by MultiPlan, all employees and directors are expected to cooperate with all MultiPlan, governmental and regulatory investigations. You should never take any action to improperly influence, coerce, manipulate or mislead MultiPlan or any governmental or regulatory representative, or withhold relevant information from any of them. You are also expected to report to MultiPlan any improper, coercive, manipulative or misleading actions by others during the course of any investigation by MultiPlan or any governmental or regulatory body.

 

Insider Trading

 

Trading in the stock or securities of a company, such as MultiPlan, on the basis of “inside” information is both illegal and a violation of the MultiPlan Corporation Insider Trading Policy. It is also illegal to recommend to others (commonly called “tipping”) that they buy, sell or retain the securities to which such inside information relates. Anyone violating these laws could face a jail term as well as disciplinary action by MultiPlan. In the normal course of business, you may come into possession of inside information concerning MultiPlan, our stockholders, Third Parties or other companies, including about potential transactions and partnerships. If you have access to non-public material information about MultiPlan or another company, you are not permitted to use or share that information for your personal benefit. You are responsible for reviewing, understanding, and complying with the MultiPlan Corporation Insider Trading Policy. Questions about the propriety of any transaction in MultiPlan’s or any other company’s stock, bonds or other securities should be directed to Legal Department before undertaking the transaction.

 

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Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Kickback Laws

 

MultiPlan will not tolerate bribery, any form of corruption or violation of applicable anti-kickback laws. You must not offer or pay for anything of value to influence a regulator, government official or candidate, political party, client or prospective client, Third Party or prospective Third Party or commercial organization or solicit or accept anything of value to grant favorable treatment to any such person. This is true even in areas where local legal and cultural standards allow it. MultiPlan complies with all anti-bribery, anti-corruption and anti-kickback laws in the locations where it does business. Questions about the propriety of any action that may create the appearance of improper influence should be directed to your direct supervisor/direct reporting manager or the Legal Department. See also the subsection entitled “Gifts and Gratuities” below for more information about MultiPlan’s gift and gratuity policies.

 

2. Conflicts of Interest

 

A conflict of interest occurs when an individual’s private interest (or the interest of a member of his or her family) interferes, or even appears to interfere in any way, with that individual’s ability to make fair and impartial judgements and to act in the best interests of MultiPlan. A conflict of interest may exist if an employee takes actions or has interests that may make it difficult or impossible for that employee to perform his or her MultiPlan work objectively and effectively. Conflicts of interest also arise when an employee or director (or a member of his or her family) receives improper personal benefits as a result of his or her relationship with MultiPlan. Each employee other than an executive officer has a duty to disclose the existence of a conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest to the direct supervisor/direct reporting manager or the Vice President of his/her division, whichever is higher. Subject to Section 11 below, each executive officer and director must disclose the existence of a conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest to the FWA Compliance Officer or the Chair of the Audit Committee and seek approval of any interest determined to be a conflict of interest from the Audit Committee or the MultiPlan Corporation Board of Directors.

 

Relationships with MultiPlan Employees, Competitors, and Third-Parties

 

Employees may not have a personal ownership or other financial interest in any organization that either competes with or does business with MultiPlan unless they have received prior management approval. This does not apply to stock or other investments held in a publicly held corporation, provided the value of the stock or other investments does not exceed 5% of that corporation’s stock. MultiPlan may, following a review of the relevant facts, permit ownership interests which exceed these amounts if management concludes such ownership interests will not adversely affect MultiPlan’s business interests or the judgment of the employee.

 

No employee shall perform work, render services for or receive any direct or indirect financial benefit from any competitor of or supplier to MultiPlan outside of the normal course of his/her employment with MultiPlan without obtaining the prior approval of their division direct supervisor/direct reporting manager or the Vice President, whichever is higher. Each employee shall disclose if a Family Member works for an entity with which MultiPlan has an arrangement, or is contemplating entering into an arrangement with an entity that directly competes with MultiPlan. A “Family Member” includes: an employee’s spouse, as defined by state specific statutes and adoptive, biological, step or half relation child, parent, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, mother or father in law and legal guardian.

 

MultiPlan’s purchasing decision are based on the Third-Parties’ ability to meet MultiPlan’s needs and not on the basis of personal relationships or gift and gratuities extended or accepted. Any gifts, meals, favors or entertainment, in any form, that would likely result in an expectation of a personal obligation, should not be extended or accepted.

 

Loans

 

Loans by MultiPlan to, or guarantees by MultiPlan of obligations of, employees or their family members are of special concern and could constitute improper personal benefits to the recipients of such loans or guarantees, depending on the facts and circumstances. Loans by MultiPlan to, or guarantees by MultiPlan of obligations of, any director or executive officer are expressly prohibited.

 

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3. Ethical Business Practices

 

MultiPlan is committed to only engaging in ethical business practices. Employees must accurately and honestly represent MultiPlan and may not engage in any activity or scheme intended to defraud any person or organization of money, property, or honest services. Likewise in the performance of your contracted duties/services, network providers and Third-Parties must accurately and honestly represent your organization and may not engage in any activity or scheme intended to defraud any person or organization of money, property, or honest services.

 

MultiPlan will not tolerate business practices that are intended to violate the spirit of any applicable law, even if such practices do not technically violate the law. You must exercise common sense and good judgment in assessing whether any arrangement could be perceived to be inappropriate. MultiPlan managers, at all levels, are expected to lead by example acting ethically and with integrity.

 

The provisions set forth below are designed to provide guidance on ethical business practices. Conduct not specifically addressed below must nevertheless be consistent with the general intent of this Code.

 

Corporate Opportunities

 

You are prohibited from taking for yourself (or for the benefit of friends or family members) or another entity, opportunities that are discovered through the use of MultiPlan’s, its clients’ or its clients’ enrollees property, information or position, and using MultiPlan’s, its clients’ or its clients’ enrollees property, information or position for personal gain. MultiPlan employees are further prohibited from competing with MultiPlan or working for another entity that competes with MultiPlan.

 

Fair Dealing and Competition

 

You must deal fairly with MultiPlan, its clients’ or its clients’ enrollees, its Third Parties, employees, partners, competitors and anyone else with whom you come into contact in the course of performing your duties on behalf of MultiPlan. You should not take unfair advantage of anyone through manipulation, concealment, abuse of privileged information, misrepresentation of material facts, or any other unfair-dealing practice.

 

General business information about competitors is important to MultiPlan’s efforts to maintain and improve upon our competitive position in the markets in which we operate. However, only legal and ethical means should be used to gather information about existing and potential competitors. Furthermore, you should not engage in any activity that has the effect of unlawfully limiting competition.

 

Honest Communication

 

You should be open and honest in the performance of your job duties or contracted duties/services. You shall not make false or misleading statements to MultiPlan or any entity doing business with MultiPlan about any other individual or organization, about the products or services of MultiPlan or its competitors, or your contracted duties/services.

 

4. Confidentiality

 

In accordance with applicable legal and ethical requirements, you must maintain the confidentiality of the following types of information:

 

Client Confidential Information;

Employee Confidential Information;

Enrollee Confidential Information;

 

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MultiPlan Proprietary Information; and

Provider Confidential Information.

 

Throughout this Code these types of information are collectively referred to as “Confidential Information.” For full definitions of each and other relevant terms please see below in Section 14, Definitions.

 

Confidential Information and HIPAA Privacy Officer

 

You must follow all applicable State, Federal, and ex-U.S. data privacy laws and regulations that govern the privacy and security of certain Confidential Information, including without limitation applicable HIPAA regulations and the HITECH Act, which regulates the use and disclosure of Protected Health Information (“PHI”) and Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”). You are also required to adhere to all MultiPlan privacy and security policies and procedures. All applicable policy and procedures are available to employees on MultiVerse or to network providers and Third-Parties upon request.

 

Confidential Information, including PHI and PII, must be safeguarded at all times. You are required to limit your access of Confidential Information to only the minimum amount necessary to perform the applicable job function or contracted duties/services. Confidential Information may only be disclosed in accordance with applicable State and Federal laws or regulations, ex-U.S. data privacy regulations, and MultiPlan’s privacy and security policies and procedures.

 

To report a privacy or security related issue, please see the Reporting Process outlined below.

 

Communications with Governmental Entities

 

You may communicate, cooperate or file a complaint with any U.S. federal, state or local governmental or law enforcement entity concerning possible violations of any legal or regulatory requirement, and may make disclosures to any governmental entity that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of any applicable law or regulation, so long as (1) such communications and disclosures are consistent with applicable law and (2) the information disclosed was not obtained through a communication that was subject to the attorney-client privilege (unless disclosure of that information would otherwise be permitted by an attorney pursuant to the applicable federal law, attorney conduct rules or otherwise). Any agreement inconsistent with the above language between MultiPlan and any employee is deemed invalid and will not be enforced by the MultiPlan.

 

5. Protection and Proper Use of Assets and Resources

 

All employees must strive to preserve and protect MultiPlan’s assets by making prudent and effective use of MultiPlan’s resources. You are personally responsible for safeguarding and using MultiPlan assets and resources appropriately. When providing services to MultiPlan or its clients’ enrollees, you too must make prudent and effective use or MultiPlan or its clients’ resources. MultiPlan assets include, but are not limited to, MultiPlan Proprietary Information and physical property including facilities, computers, other equipment, and supplies. Assets must be protected from misuse, damage, theft, or other improper handling and only used for its intended purpose.

 

You are prohibited from improperly using MultiPlan’s assets for personal reasons. You are prohibited from the unauthorized use or taking of MultiPlan’s equipment, supplies, materials or services, excluding nominal use or use previously approved by MultiPlan.

 

All MultiPlan business shall be conducted in a manner designed to further MultiPlan’s interest rather than the personal interest of an individual employee. Prior to engaging in any activity on MultiPlan time that will result in compensation to the employee from an entity other than MultiPlan or the use of MultiPlan’s equipment, supplies, materials or services for personal or non-work related purposes, employees must obtain the approval of their supervisor.

 

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6. Accuracy of Company Records and Finance-Related Reporting

 

MultiPlan’s periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC, including all financial statements and other financial information, must comply with applicable federal securities laws and SEC rules. Each employee and director employee who contributes in any way to the preparation or verification of MultiPlan’s financial statements and other financial information must ensure that its books, its records accurately and fairly reflect, in reasonable detail, MultiPlan’s assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Each employee and director who is involved in MultiPlan’s financial disclosure process must also be familiar with and comply with MultiPlan’s disclosure controls and procedures and its internal control over financial reporting and take all necessary steps to ensure that all filings with the SEC and all other public communications about MultiPlan’s financial and business condition provide full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure.

 

All records, data and information owned, used and managed by MultiPlan should be accurate and complete. You are personally responsible for the integrity of the information, reports and records under their control. You are also required to cooperate fully with MultiPlan’s accounting and internal audit departments, as well as MultiPlan’s independent public accountants and counsel. Such cooperation requires accuracy, candor, and responsiveness. You must never try to alter or destroy data, make any false, misleading or inaccurate oral or written statement or influence, pressure, mislead or manipulate any of MultiPlan’s independent public accountants in connection with any review of its financial or other records or ask someone else to do the same.

 

If you have a concern about the integrity or objectivity of MultiPlan’s financial statements or any other public disclosures made by MultiPlan or any of MultiPlan’s accounting practices, internal accounting controls or auditing matters, you should immediately report that concern to the Audit Committee, the FWA Compliance Officer, through MultiPlan’s Ethics Hotline, or through any other method described in the MultiPlan Corporation Whistleblower Policy. Employees may submit reports an anonymous and confidential basis through the Ethics Hotline. For more information about MultiPlan’s procedures for reporting and responding to concerns regarding accounting, internal controls or auditing matters, or financial information matters, see the MultiPlan Corporation Whistleblower Policy.

 

7. Gifts, Outside Activities and Lobbying

 

Gifts and Gratuities

 

The purpose of business entertainment and gifts is to create goodwill and sound working relationships. Entertaining and/or offering gifts to gain an improper advantage or provide an incentive or “kick-back” to encourage business arrangements with or on behalf of MultiPlan is impermissible and a violation of this Code. In no event shall employees accept or offer gifts, favors, services, entertainment or other things of value (over $100) to the extent decision-making or actions affecting MultiPlan might be influenced by such gratuities. Further, no bribes, kickbacks or other similar payments, in any form, shall be made, directly or indirectly, to, or for, a MultiPlan employee, agent or representative. Service or product offerings shall represent the fair market value of the services provided by the Third-Party to MultiPlan, negotiated in an arms-length transaction and should not be determined in a manner which takes into account the volume or value of any referrals or business otherwise generated between Employees may accept or offer only those business gratuities that have a nominal value, as defined by MultiPlan policy. Since practices in offering and accepting business gratuities vary among the markets and industries we serve, consultation is critical – employees should ask their supervisor or the Fraud, Waste and Abuse (FWA) Compliance Officer if they have a question about what is appropriate.

 

Before offering or providing any gift or gratuity to a MultiPlan employee, the network provider or Third-Party must confirm with the MultiPlan employee that such gift or gratuity would not place the employee in violation of this Code and/or applicable MultiPlan policies.

 

Nothing in this Code shall prohibit a MultiPlan business unit or supervisor from establishing stricter rules relating to the acceptance or giving of gifts, gratuities or other items of value to clients or from network providers and Third-Parties.

 

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Outside Activities and Directorships

 

Each MultiPlan employee has a duty to disclose any Outside Activities and Directorships, including any charitable or civic organization (except for homeowners’ associations, parent-teacher associations and/or religious organizations), that directly or indirectly affect company duties, to the Vice President for his/her division.

 

An employee is involved in “Outside Activities and Directorships” if the employee (1) holds a job outside of MultiPlan, or (2) is involved in a business outside of MultiPlan, or (3) is involved with civic, trade, and charitable organizations in a role that may directly or indirectly affect the ability of the employee to perform his/ her duties with MultiPlan or may influence decisions the employee makes on behalf of or affecting MultiPlan.

 

MultiPlan retains the right to prohibit employee membership on any Outside Activities and Directorships where such membership might conflict with the interests of MultiPlan. Questions regarding whether or not such participation by a MultiPlan employee might present a conflict of interest should be addressed to the employee’s manager or Human Resource Representative.

 

Lobbying

 

You shall not engage in lobbying activities on behalf of MultiPlan unless authorized. Lobbying is strictly regulated by federal and state government rules. For example, certain federal programs require that no federally appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid by or on behalf of MultiPlan to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any federal contract, the making of any federal loan or grant, or the entering into of any cooperative agreement, or the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement. You may not communicate with elected officials or their staffs on behalf of MultiPlan without clearance from Human Resources or business representative and the Legal Department. You are also prohibited from contributing or making any agreement to contribute any money, property, or services of any MultiPlan resources or personnel at MultiPlan’s expense to any political candidate, party, organization or committee.

 

The above is not intended to restrict you from participation or association in political activities as citizens of their country, state, county, city, municipality and neighborhood. However, your involvement in politics must remain separate from your responsibilities as a MultiPlan employee or your contractual responsibilities as a network provider and/or Third-Party.

 

8. Integrity of MultiPlan Information

 

You may use and disclose MultiPlan Proprietary Information only to carry out your assigned job functions or contracted duties/services and in compliance with applicable laws and MultiPlan’s privacy and security policies and procedures.

 

All financial reports, accounting and billing records, research reports, expense accounts, time sheets, invoicing and other such documents prepared in connection with MultiPlan, it’s clients or its clients’ enrollees, are considered Confidential Information. Such documents must be truthful, complete and accurately recorded, and must properly describe the transactions they reflect. Improper or fraudulent accounting, documentation or financial reporting is prohibited.

 

Data Retention

 

All data related to MultiPlan’s business activities must be maintained in accordance with the requirements and time frames set forth in MultiPlan’s Data Retention policy. You must ensure all data containing Confidential Information is securely maintained, controlled, and protected to prevent unauthorized access. Any unauthorized destruction, removal or use of Confidential Information is prohibited.

 

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9. Fair Employment Practices

 

Harassment and Discrimination

 

Harassment undermines the integrity of the workplace and/or professional relationship. Harassment can be non-verbal, verbal or physical and includes implied as well as overt threats. MultiPlan will not tolerate the harassment of any individual by any employee or entity with which it interacts and is committed to maintaining a workplace that is free of harassment.

 

It is unlawful for you to sexually harass others and any such conduct is expressly prohibited. In addition, MultiPlan prohibits harassment and discrimination on the basis of age, race, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws.

 

Equal Employment Opportunity

 

It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of MultiPlan to offer equal employment opportunities to qualified Individuals, regardless of race, religion, national origin, age, sex, disability – or any other factor protected by law and/or MultiPlan policy. These policies apply not only to hiring decisions, but to all aspects of employment including training, promotion, compensation and other terms and conditions of employment. MultiPlan insists that organizations with which it contracts adopt comparable requirements.

 

10. Government Programs

 

MultiPlan offers Government Program services to clients that offer state and federal level health care programs (e.g., Medicare Advantage, Medicaid Managed Care, TriCare, and Veterans Affairs). As in all of its business activities, MultiPlan seeks to provide Government Program services with the highest integrity.

 

MultiPlan is committed to adhering to and complying with applicable statutory, regulatory and other requirements of Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (“CMS”), Department of Defense (“DOD”), Department of Veterans Affairs and other comparable programs and/or of their designee(s). All employees, and those who do business with us to help provide services, directly or indirectly, to Government Program clients are required to conduct activities honestly and consistent with all applicable policies and procedures. Failure to do so may subject MultiPlan, its employees, network providers and/or Third-Parties to substantial penalties or sanctions. Thus, MultiPlan is committed to compliance with all applicable Government Program requirements and you are expected to comply with these requirements. Should you identify or become aware of potential misconduct or suspected violations of Government Program requirements you have a duty to report it to the FWA Compliance Officer.

 

MultiPlan cannot discharge, demote, or otherwise discriminate against an you as a reprisal for disclosing information (except for classified information) that you reasonably believe is evidence of a gross mismanagement of a federal contract or grant; a gross waste of federal funds; an abuse of authority relating to a federal contract or grant (where “abuse of authority” is defined as an “arbitrary and capricious exercise of authority that is inconsistent with the mission of the executive or the successful performance of a federal contract or grant”; a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety); or a violation of law, rule, or regulation related to a federal contract (including competition for or negotiation of a contract) or grant.

 

Federal Exclusion Databases

 

MultiPlan is prohibited by law and contractual provisions from hiring or doing business with any person or entity that is currently debarred, suspended, excluded or declared ineligible to perform work under any government contract or subcontract. MultiPlan makes reasonably inquiry into all candidates for employment or contracting by screening of government maintained databases to verify the person or entity is not suspended, debarred, excluded, or otherwise excluded by federal or state agencies. MultiPlan checks the status of all employees and business partners at the time of hiring or initial contracting and on an ongoing basis thereafter. Network providers and Third-Parties must likewise check their employees and subcontractors are not currently debarred, suspended, excluded or declared ineligible to perform work under any government contract or subcontract.

 

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11. Compliance with the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

 

If you have knowledge of a violation of the Code you must immediately report such violation in accordance with the Reporting Process outlined below. MultiPlan employees, network providers or Third-Parties who make a report in good faith will not be subject to retaliation or any other forms of reprisal. If the individual making the report wishes to remain anonymous, the FWA Compliance Officer will make every effort to maintain the confidentiality of their identity, within the limits of applicable law, and to share information about their report only on a “need to know” basis. The FWA Compliance Officer will also make reasonable efforts to protect the rights of any individuals accused of violating this FWA policy.

 

In reviewing the alleged violation(s) of the Code, MultiPlan will consider all relevant facts and circumstances, including the extent to which the behavior was contrary to the express language or general intent of the Code, the severity of the violation, the employee’s, network provider’s and/or Third-Party’s history with MultiPlan and other factors which MultiPlan in its sole discretion deems relevant. Discipline for failure to abide by the Code may, in MultiPlan’s discretion, range from verbal reprimand to termination of employment or contracted duties/services, as applicable.

 

MultiPlan strictly prohibits retaliation or reprisal against any individual, who in good faith discusses any concern with his or her supervisor, utilizes the reporting process or calls the Ethics Hotline to make a complaint or inquiry. Anyone found to have retaliated against another person who has in good faith raised a concern or made a report under this Code will be disciplined, which may include having his or her job or contract terminated or not being allowed to provide services to MultiPlan. However, if an individual reports a concern regarding violative conduct in which they are involved, MultiPlan may impose appropriate disciplinary action on the reporting individual. This non-retaliation policy does not protect an individual choosing to make an unjustified or false report for the purpose of harassment or nuisance or other improper purpose.

 

This Code is subject to MultiPlan Corporation’s certificate of incorporation, as amended from time to time (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and bylaws, as amended from time to time (the “Bylaws”), in all respects, and in the event of any conflict between this Code and the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, including, without limitation, provisions related to business opportunities presented to members of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”), the provisions set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as applicable, shall control.

 

This Code is meant to be read in conjunction with MultiPlan’s other policies and procedures, including, but not limited to, those listed in Section 13 below, and any other applicable MultiPlan manual, instructions, or directions. The Code is not intended to provide, nor shall be construed as providing, any employment, contractual or other rights to employees, other persons or other entities. MultiPlan reserves the right to modify the Code as necessary, to incorporate new compliance requirements, regulations, and to incorporate new policies and procedures.

 

Administration of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

 

MultiPlan’s ECCI Compliance Officer is generally responsible for issues of employee conduct and conflict of interest and for interpreting and applying the Code with respect to specific situations that in which questions arise on such topics. The ECCI Compliance Officer is MultiPlan’s most senior employee relations officer or such other person as the Board designates from time to time. MultiPlan’s FWA Compliance Officer (together with the ECCI Compliance Officer, the “Compliance Officers”) is responsible for all other issues of arising under the Code, including, but not limited to, issues related to fraud, waste and abuse, and is responsible for interpreting and applying the Code with respect to specific situations that in which questions arise on such topics. The FWA Compliance Officer is MultiPlan’s most senior legal officer or such other person as the Board designates from time to time. Any authority granted in this Code to the Compliance Officers shall be deemed to be granted to the Company’s General Counsel as well, regardless of whether such person is then serving as a Compliance Officer. In no event, however, may any person grant an exception or make an interpretation as to himself or herself.

 

The FWA Compliance Officer will provide periodic summary updates of all Government Programs related matters to the Quality Management Committee which serves as MultiPlan’s Compliance Committee for the purposes of Government Programs and for accreditation purposes. The Compliance Officers will also be responsible for reporting on matters concerning executive officer or directors or other significant matters that may arise under this Code to the MultiPlan Corporation Board of Directors or a committee thereof.

 

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This Code, and any material amendments to this Code, shall be only be effective upon approval by MultiPlan Corporation Board of Directors.

 

Waivers

 

Any waiver of compliance with this Code for any executive officer or director must be approved by the MultiPlan Corporation Board of Directors or an independent, disinterested committee thereof. Any such waiver will be promptly disclosed as and to the extent required by law, regulation or stock exchange listing standard.

 

12. Reporting Process

 

Any individual who believes they have experienced or learned of a violation of this Code should report it immediately to their manager, supervisor, department Vice President, MultiPlan human resources or business representative, as applicable, or to the contacts outlined below.

 

Concerns of any kind stemming from possible non-compliance of this Code or irregularities, including, but not limited to, any privacy or security-related incidents or any accounting, internal controls, or auditing matters, may be reported anonymously on the Ethics Hotline. Calls to the Hotline are received by trained staff not employed by MultiPlan. Hotline staff will document your concerns and forward the information to MultiPlan’s ECCI Compliance Officer for appropriate action. Calls to the Hotline will not be traced. You may remain anonymous. If you wish to identify yourself, MultiPlan cannot guarantee that your identity will not be disclosed. Please understand, however, that your identity and office location will facilitate MultiPlan’s response to your concern, and that such information may be necessary to enable MultiPlan to inquire about and investigate the matter you report.

 

The Ethics Hotline 

Ethics@multiplan.com 

www.ethicspoint.com 

For MultiPlan employees: (866) 292-4425 

For network providers and Third-Parties: (888) 920-4506

 

Reports may also be made to:

 

FWA Compliance Officer 

Jeff Doctoroff, SVP and General Counsel
jeff.doctoroff@multiplan.com 

781-895-6818

 

ECCI Compliance Officer

 

Diane Hale, AVP, Human Resources 

Diane.hale@multiplan.com 

630-649-5093

 

For HIPAA or Privacy Related matters
Danielle Dupré, Chief Privacy Officer
HIPAA@multiplan.com

 

For security related matters

 

Dan Zappola, Acting Chief Information Security Officer 

security@multiplan.com

 

For FWA relating to the Federal Healthcare Programs, you may also contact 

The Department of Health and Human Services 

Office of Inspector General 

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE OPERATIONS 

P.O. Box 23489 

Washington, DC 20026 

Phone: (800) HHS - TIPS (800 447-8477)      Fax: (800) 223-8164 

Email: hhstips@oig.hhs.gov 

http://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud

 

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For concerns relating to accounting, internal controls or auditing matters, or financial information matters, you may also write to the Audit Committee, the General Counsel or the Head of Internal Audit Function at:

 

Attention: [Audit Committee][General Counsel] [Head of Internal Audit Function]

MultiPlan Corporation, 115 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10003

 

13. MultiPlan Policies and Procedures

 

MultiPlan employees may refer to the following policies and procedures, located on MultiVerse, for additional information on the standards detailed in this Code.

 

Data Retention LD-01

Fraud, Waste and Abuse LD-16

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy HR-100

Confidential Information HR-105

Conflict of Interest HR-120

Sexual Harassment HR-302

Drug-Free and Alcohol-Free Workplace HR-306

Harassment in the Workplace HR-307

Employee Conduct HR-502

Open-Door Policy/Grievance Procedure/Whistleblower Rights and Protections HR-507

Anti-Bribery HR-514

Whistleblower Policy

Insider Trading Policy

 

14. Definitions

 

Audit Committee – The Audit Committee of the MultiPlan Corporation Board of Directors.

 

Client Confidential Information - Any information for prospective MultiPlan clients, current MultiPlan clients, or former MultiPlan clients, including without limitation: enrollment data, benefit plan designs, marketing plans, financial information, or any information that, in good faith, should be treated as confidential or proprietary, including business and technical information disclosed between the parties.

 

Confidential Information - PII, PHI, Enrollee Confidential Information, Employee Confidential Information, Client Confidential Information, Provider Confidential Information, and MultiPlan Proprietary Information, whether transferred in writing, orally, electronically, or by other means, without regard to whether the information is stored in hard copy, electronically, or otherwise.

 

Employee Confidential Information - All MultiPlan employment applicants’ information for current (and former) MultiPlan employees, including without limitation: any personal information, such as: first and last name, social security number, financial information, demographic information, including PHI, EPHI, and PII.

 

Enrollee Confidential Information - Information about current, and former enrollees, including without limitation: first and last name, social security number, all demographic information, medical condition(s), all other clinical enrollee information, Protected Health Information (“PHI”), and Electronic Protected Health Information (“EPHI”) as defined under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 provisions (“HIPAA”) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”).

 

Incidental Vendor - An authorized Third-Party that is not a PHI Subcontractor, Material Vendor, Medicare Advantage Vendor, or QHP Vendor, services consist of one-off business engagements, Third-Party personnel do not require access to any MultiPlan systems, or the business engagement poses a low-risk to MultiPlan.

 

Material Vendor - An authorized Third-Party that may have access to MultiPlan’s computer environment, or non-production and masked data or the Third-Party may have access to Private Data, based on the contracted services between MultiPlan and the Third-Party.

 

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Medicare Advantage Vendor - An authorized Third-Party that provides contracted services to MultiPlan is considered a downstream entity if: (1) exposed to (or accesses) Medicare Advantage client data or PHI; (2) provides services that may be required under the Medicare Advantage clients’ contract with CMS, or program, regulations; or (3) is in a position to directly impact (or interact) with Medicare Advantage enrollees. Business Owners notify MultiPlan’s Compliance Officer (and the Third-Party risk management committee) if the Business Owner believes a Third-Party fits into the foregoing definition and ensure the Third-Party Downstream Entity Questionnaire is completed, located in the Third-Party Due Diligence Form. The Compliance Officer will make the final determination of whether the Third-Party is a Medicare Advantage Downstream Entity based on answers given in the Third-Party Downstream Entity Questionnaire.

 

MultiPlan Proprietary Information - All MultiPlan information, including without limitation: information regarding MultiPlan products and services, markets, network provider payment rates, utilization management criteria, protocols, policies and procedures, and any other trade secrets, intellectual property, or other non-public information that MultiPlan considers confidential or that might be of use to competitors, or harmful to MultiPlan or its clients if disclosed.

 

Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) - Any information (or data), under applicable U.S. privacy and security laws that may be used on its own, or with other information, to identify, contact, or locate a single individual, including without limitation: a person’s social security number, age, military rank, marital status, race, salary, home (and office) phone numbers, and medical and financial information, whether transferred in writing, orally, electronically, or by other means, without regard to whether the information is stored in hard copy, electronically, or otherwise.

 

PHI Subcontractor - An authorized Third-Party that has been engaged by MPI to perform services on its behalf and as part of the service engagement, the PHI Subcontractor may come into contact with PHI or PII, on a “need-to-know” basis, to perform the contracted services.

 

Protected Health Information (“PHI”) - Individually Identifiable Health Information that is transmitted by electronic media, maintained in electronic media, or transmitted or maintained in any other form or medium as defined by 45 C.F.R. §160.103.

 

Provider Confidential Information - Any information about providers, who apply to participate in the MultiPlan network, regarding current (or former) MultiPlan participating providers, including without limitation:

 

Information concerning a healthcare provider who is applying to, or participates in, the MultiPlan network(s);

Information concerning a healthcare provider who is applying to, or participates in, the MultiPlan network(s) gathered from the National Practitioner Data Bank;

The Professional/Historical Questions answered by a provider;

A provider’s Drug Enforcement Agency number or state medical board documents;

Complaints received by MultiPlan about a provider;

Information that is obtained during the credentialing and re-credentialing process, including without limitation: the provider’s application status;

Any provider correspondence regarding quality issues, Federated State Medical Boards inquiries, and medical malpractice claim inquiries; and

PII

 

Qualified Health Plan (“QHP”) Vendor - A Third-Party that materially (e.g., important, significant, or essential) supports or assists MultiPlan in providing contracted administrative services, such as repricing and analysis, credentialing, etc., to its QHP clients.

 

Third-Party - An entity (or individual) providing services to or receiving services from MultiPlan through a contractual business relationship, including a PHI Subcontractor, Material Vendor, Medicare Advantage Vendor, QHP Vendor, and Incidental Vendor.

 

Third-Party Due Diligence Questionnaire – A questionnaire that provides a detailed description of all services provided by the Third-Party and identifies the Third-Party’s risk classification.

 

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Exhibit 16.1

 

October 8, 2020

 

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

 

Commissioners:

 

We have read the statements made by MultiPlan Corporation (formerly Churchill Capital Corp III) under Item 4.01 of its Form 8-K dated October 8, 2020. We agree with the statements concerning our Firm in such Form 8-K; we are not in a position to agree or disagree with other statements of MuliPlan Corporation contained therein.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Marcum llp

 

Marcum llp

 

 

 

Exhibit 21.1

 

Subsidiaries

 

Entity Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization
Polaris Intermediate Corp. Delaware
MPH Acquisition Corp 1 Delaware
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC Delaware
MPH Intermediate Holding Company 1 Delaware
MultiPlan Holding Corporation Delaware
MultiPlan, Inc.1 New York
MARS Acquisition Corp. Delaware
Medical Audit & Review Solutions, Inc. Delaware
IHP Acquisition Corp. Delaware
Integrated Health Plan, Inc. Florida
HMA Acquisition Corporation Delaware
Savant Management Concepts, Inc. Arizona
i/mx Technologies, Inc. Arizona
HMA, Inc.2 Arizona
Medical Management Services, Inc. Nevada
Rural Arizona Network, Inc. Arizona
Health Management Network, Inc. Nevada
NCN Acquisition Corporation3 Delaware
National Care Network, LLC4 Delaware
MPI Sub, Inc. Delaware
Associates for Health Care, Inc. Wisconsin
ForMost, Inc. Delaware
Admar Corporation California
ProAmerica Managed Care, Inc. Texas
Florida Health, L.C.5 Florida
Healthnetwork ProAmerica Midwest, Inc. Illinois
Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. Delaware
Statewide Independent PPO, Inc. New York

 

 

 

 

1 MultiPlan, Inc. does business as MultiPlan Network, Inc. in the State of Texas and as MultiPlan Texas, Inc. in the State of Maryland.
2 HMA, Inc. does business as Health Management Associates in the States of Hawaii and Oklahoma and as Health Management Associates, Inc. in the States of Texas and Wyoming.
3 NCN Acquisition Corporation does business as NCN Corporation in the State of Florida and NCN Company in the State of New York.
4 National Care Network, LLC does business as NCN Network, LLC in the State of Texas.
5 MPI Sub, Inc. owns a one percent interest in Florida Health, L.C. and ProAmerica Managed Care, Inc. owns the remaining 99% interest in Florida Health, L.C.

 

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American Lifecare, Inc. Louisiana
American Lifecare Holdings, Inc. Louisiana
MultiPlan Services Corporation Delaware
Viant Holdings, Inc.6 Delaware
Viant, Inc.7 Nevada
Beech Street Corporation 8 California
Viant Payment Systems, Inc. Delaware
Texas True Choice, Inc.9 Delaware
HealthNetwork Systems, LLC Delaware
Viant Management Services, Inc. Nevada
HealthEOS by MultiPlan, Inc. Wisconsin

 

 

 

6 Viant Holdings, Inc. does business as Viant Health Payment Solutions in the State of Illinois.
7 Viant, Inc. does business as Viant Network Services in the City of Boston, Massachusetts and as Viant Network Services, Inc. in the State of New York.
8 Beech Street Corporation does business as Beech Street National PPO, Inc. in the State of Arizona, Beech Street Managed Care Company in the State of Delaware, and Beech Street Managed Care in the State of Michigan.
9 Texas True Choice, Inc. does business as TTC Network, Inc. in the State of Texas.

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

Churchill Capital Corp III Stockholders Approve Business Combination with MultiPlan

 

· Combined company to be renamed MultiPlan Corporation
· NYSE ticker symbol expected to be changed to “MPLN” beginning on October 9, 2020

 

 

NEW YORK, NY — October 7, 2020 — Churchill Capital Corp III (“Churchill III”) (NYSE: CCXX), a public investment vehicle, announced that in a special meeting held today, its stockholders voted to approve its combination with Polaris Parent Corp., the parent of MultiPlan, Inc. (“MultiPlan”), a leading value-added provider of data analytics and technology-enabled end-to-end cost management solutions to the U.S. healthcare industry, and related matters. Approximately 93% of the votes cast at the meeting, representing approximately 76% of Churchill III’s outstanding shares, voted to approve the business combination.

 

The consummation of the business combination is currently expected to occur on or about October 8, 2020, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of applicable closing conditions. The combined company will be renamed MultiPlan Corporation, and it is anticipated that on October 9, 2020, the ticker symbol of its Class A common shares, which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, will be changed to “MPLN”.

 

About Churchill Capital Corp III

 

Churchill Capital Corp III is a public investment vehicle formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, acquisition, or similar business combination. Churchill III was founded by a group of leading current and former business and financial leaders. Churchill III raised $1.1 billion of cash proceeds in an initial public offering in February 2020. The first public equity investment company by Churchill III’s sponsor, Churchill Capital Corp, led by Jerre Stead, merged with Clarivate Analytics, a leading provider of comprehensive intellectual property and scientific information, analytical tools, and services in May 2019. Churchill Capital Corp II and Churchill Capital Corp IV are actively pursuing initial business combination targets in any business or industry. For more information, visit iii.churchillcapitalcorp.com

 

About MultiPlan

 

MultiPlan is committed to helping healthcare payors manage the cost of care, improve their competitiveness and inspire positive change. Leveraging sophisticated technology, data analytics, and a team rich with industry experience, MultiPlan interprets clients' needs and customizes innovative solutions that combine its payment integrity, network-based and analytics-based services. MultiPlan is a trusted partner to over 700 healthcare payors in the commercial health, dental, government and property and casualty markets. MultiPlan is owned by Hellman & Friedman and other investors. For more information, visit multiplan.com.

 

This press release includes “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Terms such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “will,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “should,” “would,” or similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean the statement is not forward-looking. Such forward looking statements, including those related to the date of closing of the business combination, our ability to execute our strategic plan, are based on current expectations that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Investors are encouraged to review the other risks and uncertainties indicated in the definitive proxy statement filed in connection with the business combination, including those under “Risk Factors” therein, and other documents filed or to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Churchill III or MultiPlan. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak as of the date of this press release. Although Churchill III and MultiPlan may from time to time voluntarily update their respective prior forward-looking statements, each disclaims any commitment to do so whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in assumptions or otherwise except as required by applicable securities laws.

 

Churchill III Contacts:

Media: Steven Lipin or Felipe Ucros. Gladstone Place Partners, 212-230-5930

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.2

 

MultiPlan and Churchill Capital Corp III Announce Closing of Business Combination

 

· Combined company renamed MultiPlan Corporation; NYSE ticker symbol expected to be changed to “MPLN” beginning on October 9, 2020
· Over $3.6 billion of capital raised, positioning MultiPlan well to accelerate growth through strategic investments and M&A, and reduce net debt
· Transaction provides financial flexibility and expertise enabling MultiPlan to pursue its growth strategy to enhance, extend and expand its platform, and diversify its revenues
· Mark Tabak will remain Chief Executive Officer; as previously announced, Dale A. White will become President, Payor Markets and Paul S. Galant will become President, New Markets, effective today

 

NEW YORK, NY — October 8, 2020 — Churchill Capital Corp III (“Churchill III”) (NYSE: CCXX), a public investment vehicle, and the parent of MultiPlan, Inc. (“MultiPlan”), a leading value-added provider of data analytics and technology-enabled end-to-end cost management solutions to the U.S. healthcare industry, today announced the completion of their business combination. The business combination will enable MultiPlan to embark on its next phase of growth while continuing its mission to make healthcare in the U.S. affordable, accessible, efficient and fair. It is anticipated that the combined company’s New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol will be changed to “MPLN” beginning on October 9, 2020.

 

With the completion of this business combination, MultiPlan is well positioned to execute on its growth strategy, which aims to significantly grow the company’s total addressable market from approximately $8 billion to up to $50 billion organically and through M&A. The “MultiPlan 3.0” strategy aims to drive growth by improving existing products and commercial capabilities, scaling offerings to adjacent customer segments, and adding new product offerings through acquisitions and investments in new technologies.

 

“Today marks an important milestone in MultiPlan’s mission to empower customers to achieve affordability and efficiency in healthcare,” said Mark Tabak, Chairman & CEO of MultiPlan. “As a public company, we remain focused on continuing to deliver excellence to our customers, maintaining our leadership position in healthcare technology and building upon our demonstrated track record of delivering the highest quality services. With the added expertise of Churchill and our experienced management team, we are well-positioned to accelerate the execution of MultiPlan’s growth strategy and remain a growth-focused public company.”

 

Michael S. Klein, Director at MultiPlan and former Chairman and CEO of Churchill, said, “We are excited to complete this transaction and bring MultiPlan to the public markets, and we look forward to continuing to build a leader in tech-enabled value-added processing that is helping make healthcare more affordable.” Klein added, “MultiPlan is on the right side of healthcare, allowing more people to get more and better healthcare for less money. The company is a market leading business with a track record of delivering high quality service to payors and outstanding returns to investors. We are already executing on our clear and aggressive growth plan, and our entire team is eager to support MultiPlan in its next phase of growth as a public company.”

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

Allen Thorpe, Lead Director at MultiPlan and Partner at Hellman & Friedman, said, “We are thrilled to continue supporting the company in its public phase, and to work with Churchill and its operating partners to build on MultiPlan’s 40-year track record. We are very enthusiastic about what lies ahead for MultiPlan and we are proud to remain a core investor in the company.”

 

MultiPlan will be led by an experienced management team consisting of Chairman and CEO, Mark Tabak; CFO, David Redmond; President, Payor Markets, Dale A. White; President, New Markets, Paul S. Galant, and CIO Michael Kim.

 

About MultiPlan

 

MultiPlan is committed to helping healthcare payors manage the cost of care, improve their competitiveness and inspire positive change. Leveraging sophisticated technology, data analytics, and a team rich with industry experience, MultiPlan interprets clients' needs and customizes innovative solutions that combine its payment integrity, network-based and analytics-based services. MultiPlan is a trusted partner to over 700 healthcare payors in the commercial health, dental, government and property and casualty markets. For more information, visit multiplan.com.

 

About Churchill Capital Corp III

 

Churchill Capital Corp III is a public investment vehicle formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, acquisition, or similar business combination. Churchill III was founded by a group of leading current and former business and financial leaders. Churchill III raised $1.1 billion of cash proceeds in an initial public offering in February 2020. The first public equity investment company by Churchill III’s sponsor, Churchill Capital Corp, led by Jerre Stead, merged with Clarivate Analytics, a leading provider of comprehensive intellectual property and scientific information, analytical tools, and services in May 2019. Churchill Capital Corp II and Churchill Capital Corp IV are actively pursuing initial business combination targets in any business or industry.

 

This press release includes “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Terms such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “will,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “should,” “would,” or similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean the statement is not forward-looking. Such forward looking statements, including those related to our ability to execute our strategic plan and reduce our net debt, are based on current expectations that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Investors are encouraged to review the other risks and uncertainties indicated in the definitive proxy statement filed in connection with the business combination, including those under “Risk Factors” therein, and other documents filed or to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by MultiPlan. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. MultiPlan undertakes no commitment to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak as of the date of this press release. Although MultiPlan may from time to time voluntarily update its prior forward-looking statements, it disclaims any commitment to do so whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in assumptions or otherwise except as required by applicable securities laws.

 

 

Media Contacts

Churchill Capital Corp III: Steven Lipin or Felipe Ucros at Gladstone Place Partners 212-230-5930

MultiPlan: Pamela Walker 781-895-3118

 

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Exhibit 99.3
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Polaris Parent Corp.:
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Polaris Parent Corp. and its subsidiaries (“the Company”) as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, of shareholders’ equity and of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Change in Accounting Principle
As discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed the manner in which it accounts for leases in 2019.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB and in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chicago, IL
July 30, 2020
We have served as the Company’s or its predecessor’s auditor since 2009.
 
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Polaris Parent Corp.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
($ in thousands, except share and per share data)
December 31,
2019
2018
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 21,825 $ 5,014
Trade accounts receivable, net
77,071 82,350
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
5,032 7,885
Prepaid software and maintenance
9,556 9,723
Prepaid taxes
2,130 704
Total current assets
115,614 105,676
Property and equipment, net
177,992 168,486
Operating lease right-of-use assets
29,998
Goodwill
4,142,013 4,142,013
Client relationships intangible, net
3,135,782 3,410,049
Provider network intangible, net
683,561 743,347
Other intangibles, net
67,300 67,300
Other assets
8,151 6,102
Total assets
$ 8,360,411 $ 8,642,973
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
$ 9,565 $ 10,852
Accrued interest
17,966 18,905
Operating lease obligation
9,521
Accrued compensation
26,311 12,902
Accrued legal
10,038 10,451
Accrued administrative fees
3,861 3,975
Other accrued expenses
8,524 8,077
Total current liabilities
85,786 65,162
Long-term debt
5,397,122 5,603,413
Operating lease obligation
23,086
Deferred income taxes
869,199 980,603
Other long-term liabilities
3,407
Total liabilities
6,375,193 6,652,585
Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)
Shareholders’ equity:
Shareholder interests
Common stock, par value $0.001; 1,000 shares authorized (500 Series A and 500 Series B); 5 shares of Series A and 5 shares of Series B issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and 2018
Contributed capital
1,347,656 1,362,536
Retained earnings
637,562 627,852
Shareholders’ equity
1,985,218 1,990,388
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
$ 8,360,411 $ 8,642,973
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
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Polaris Parent Corp.
Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income
($ in thousands, except share and per share data)
Years Ended December 31,
2019
2018
2017
Revenues
$ 982,901 $ 1,040,883 $ 1,067,266
Costs of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization of intangible assets shown below)
149,607 149,463 193,655
General and administrative expenses
75,225 77,558 122,920
Depreciation
55,807 52,268 53,002
Amortization of intangible assets
334,053 334,053 334,053
Total expenses
614,692 613,342 703,630
Operating income
368,209 427,541 363,636
Interest expense
376,346 383,261 281,972
Interest income
(196) (51) (9)
Loss on extinguishments and modification of debt
20,053
Gain on repurchase and cancellation of Notes
(18,450)
Net income before income taxes
10,509 44,331 61,620
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
799 8,108 (586,512)
Income from continuing operations
9,710 36,223 648,132
Net income
9,710 36,223 648,132
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic
10 10 10
Diluted
10 10 10
Net income per share:
Basic
$ 971,000 $ 3,622,300 $ 64,813,200
Diluted
$ 971,000 $ 3,622,300 $ 64,813,200
Comprehensive income
$ 9,710 $ 36,223 $ 648,132
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
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Polaris Parent Corp.
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
($ in thousands, except share data)
Common Stock
Shares
Common Stock
Amount
Contributed
Capital
Retained
Earnings
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
Balance as of December 31, 2016
10 $ $ 2,726,741 $ (56,503) $ 2,670,238
Distribution of capital to shareholders
(1,323,025) (1,323,025)
Distributions to Class B Units holders
(96,685) (96,685)
Class B Unit expense
50,788 50,788
Net income
648,132 648,132
Balance as of December 31, 2017
10 1,357,819 591,629 1,949,448
Class B Unit expense
4,717 4,717
Net income
36,223 36,223
Balance as of December 31, 2018
10 1,362,536 627,852 1,990,388
Class B Unit expense
(14,880) (14,880)
Net income
9,710 9,710
Balance as of December 31, 2019
10 $ $ 1,347,656 $ 637,562 $ 1,985,218
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
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Polaris Parent Corp.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
($ in thousands)
Years Ended December 31,
2019
2018
2017
Operating activities:
Net income
$ 9,710 $ 36,223 $ 648,132
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
Depreciation
55,807 52,268 53,002
Amortization of intangible assets
334,053 334,053 334,053
Amortization of debt issuance costs
11,435 10,993 9,462
Stock-based compensation
(14,880) 4,717 50,788
Deferred tax benefit
(111,404) (112,483) (719,239)
Non-cash interest costs
1,933 1,932 289
Gain on repurchase and cancellation of Notes
(18,450)
Non-cash loss on extinguishments and modification of debt
20,053
Loss on disposal of property and equipment
163 2,210 2,539
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquired balances:
Accounts receivable, net
5,279 3,019 (28,910)
Prepaid expenses and other assets
772 (4,681) (1,589)
Prepaid taxes
(1,426) 4,402 (5,106)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses and other
11,321 (40,350) 5,471
Net cash provided by operating activities
284,313 292,303 368,945
Investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment
(66,414) (63,556) (60,709)
Net cash used in investing activities
(66,414) (63,556) (60,709)
Financing activities:
Repayments of long term debt
(100,000) (245,000) (165,000)
Borrowings on revolving credit facility
5,000
Repayments on revolving credit facility
(5,000)
Repurchase of Notes
(101,013)
Proceeds from issuance of Senior Notes PIK due 2022
1,287,000
Distribution of capital to shareholders
(1,323,025)
Class B Unit distribution
(96,685)
Payment of debt issuance costs
(15,329)
Payments on finance leases, net
(75) (150) (176)
Net cash used in financing activities
(201,088) (245,150) (313,215)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
16,811 (16,403) (4,979)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
5,014 21,417 26,396
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
$ 21,825 $ 5,014 $ 21,417
Noncash investing and financing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment not yet paid
$ 3,768 $ 3,782 $ 2,276
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest
$ (363,907) $ (374,168) $ (258,948)
Income taxes, net of refunds
$ (114,569) $ (116,634) $ (138,817)
Refer to Note 6 — Leases for details of non-cash additions to operating lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
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Polaris Parent Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
1.   General Information and Business
General Information
Polaris Parent Corp. (“MultiPlan,” “Polaris,” or the “Company”) is an indirect parent company of MultiPlan, Inc., which is a leading value-added provider of data analytics and technology-enabled end-to-end cost management solutions to the U.S. healthcare industry as measured by revenue and claims processed. MultiPlan is the largest independent preferred provider organization (“PPO”) in the United States, with covered lives in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Polaris Parent Corp. was formed on May 2, 2016 as a Delaware corporation. Polaris is a wholly owned subsidiary of Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P. (“Holdings”). The General Partner of Holdings is Polaris Investment Holdings GP, LLC, and the Limited Partners consist of Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners VIII, L.P. (“H&F”), Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. GIC Private Limited, Partners Group, Starr Investment Holdings, Inc., and management (collectively the “Sponsors”). On May 5, 2016, MPH Topco L.P. entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger”) with Polaris and Polaris Merger Sub Corp. As a result of the Merger, in exchange for total consideration of approximately $7.5 billion on June 7, 2016, Polaris Merger Sub Corp. merged with and into MPH Acquisition Corp. 1, and MPH Acquisition Corp. 1 became a wholly owned subsidiary of Polaris Intermediate Corp., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Polaris.
Business
We are a leading value-added provider of data analytics and technology-enabled end-to-end cost management solutions to the U.S. healthcare industry as measured by revenue and claims processed. The Company, through its operating subsidiary, MultiPlan, Inc. (“MultiPlan”), offers these solutions nationally through its Analytics-Based Services, which reduce medical cost through means other than contracted provider discounts and include Fee Negotiation and Medical Reimbursement Analysis Services, its Network-Based Services, which reduce medical cost through contracted discounts with healthcare providers and include one of the largest independent preferred provider organizations (“PPOs”) in the United States, and its Payment Integrity Services, which reduce medical cost by identifying and removing improper, unnecessary and excessive charges before claims are paid. We are a technology-enabled service provider and transaction processor and do not deliver health care services, bear insurance risk, underwrite risk, provide or manage healthcare services, provide care or care management, or adjudicate or pay claims.
Our customers include large national insurance companies, Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, provider-sponsored health plans, third party administrators (“TPAs”), bill review companies, Taft-Hartley plans and other entities that pay medical bills in the commercial healthcare, government, workers’ compensation, auto medical and dental markets (collectively, “payors”). We offer these payors a single electronic gateway to a highly-integrated and comprehensive set of services in each of the three categories (Analytics-Based Services, Network-Based Services, and Payment Integrity Services — see descriptions below), which are used in combination or individually to reduce the medical cost burden on healthcare payors and patients while fostering efficient payment to the providers. For the year ended December 31, 2019, our expansive network included access to over 1,200,000 healthcare providers.
Payors generally aim to pay provider claims at a discount to reduce cost, and to eliminate any improperly billed charges before payment is made. Our Analytics-Based Services discount claims using data-driven negotiation and/or pricing methodologies to support payments to providers with whom contractual discounts are not possible and are generally priced based on a percentage of savings achieved. Our Network-Based Services offer payors a broad network of discounted rates for providers with whom payors do not have a contractual relationship, and are priced based on either a percentage of savings achieved or at a per employee/member per month fee. Our Payment Integrity Services use data, technology and clinical expertise to assist payors in identifying improper, unnecessary and excessive charges before claims are paid Payment Integrity Services are generally priced based on a percentage of savings achieved.
   
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Polaris Parent Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
2.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of all subsidiaries, all of which are wholly owned.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2019, December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from the Company’s estimates. Estimates are periodically reviewed in light of changes in circumstances, facts and experience. Changes in estimates are recorded in the period in which they become known. Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in these consolidated financial statements include, but are not limited to revenue recognition, recoverability of long-lived assets, valuation of common stock and stock-based compensation awards and income taxes.
The Company expects the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic (“COVID-19”) to negatively impact our business, results of operations and financial condition. Effects from COVID-19 began to impact our business in first quarter 2020 with various federal, state, and local governments and private entities mandating restrictions on travel, restrictions on public gatherings, closure of non-essential commerce, and shelter in place orders. The Company has experienced a 17.6% decline in revenue during the months of April and May 2020 compared to April and May 2019 due to reduced volume from customers as a result of restrictions on elective medical procedures and non-essential medical services, with a corresponding decrease in expenses of 5.7% over the same periods. The extent of the impact will depend on the severity and duration of the pandemic, for example future developments that are highly uncertain, including results of new information that may emerge concerning COVID-19 and any actions taken by federal, state and local governments to contain or treat COVID-19, as well as U.S. and global economies and consumer behavior and health care utilization patterns. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) was enacted on March 27, 2020 and included certain changes to corporate income taxes. Specifically, the CARES Act provides numerous tax provisions and other stimulus measures, including temporary changes regarding the prior and future utilization of net operating losses, temporary changes to the prior and future limitations on interest deductions, temporary suspension of certain payment requirements for the employer portion of Social Security taxes, technical corrections from prior tax legislation for tax depreciation of certain qualified improvement property, and the creation of certain payroll tax credits associated with the retention of employees. The Company has assessed these impacts during the first quarter of 2020 and noted the largest impact is due to the tax law change related to the interest disallowance rules retroactive to 2019. As a result of the retroactive nature of this change, during the first quarter of 2020 the Company has recorded an adjustment to increase our net deferred tax liability by $32.4 million for this change’s impact to 2019. The other aspects of the CARES Act did not have a material effect to the Company. See Note 9 “Term Loans and Revolver” for discussion of our precautionary measure to ensure our cash flow requirements are met.
Segment Reporting
Operating segments are defined as components of an entity for which separate financial information is available and regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker. The Company manages its operations
   
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Polaris Parent Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
as a single segment for the purposes of assessing performance and making decisions. The Company’s singular focus is being a leading value-added provider of data analytics and technology-enabled end-to-end cost management solutions to the U.S. healthcare industry.
In addition, all of the Company’s revenue and long-lived assets are attributable to operations in the United States for all periods presented.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The carrying amount of these investments approximates fair value due to the short maturity of those investments. The Company had deposits in a major financial institution that exceeded Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance limits. Management believes the credit risk related to these deposits is minimal.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are stated at net realizable value, net of allowances for doubtful accounts and constraints on variable consideration.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
The Company is paid for virtually all of its services by insurance companies, third-party administrators and employers. Management estimates constraints on variable consideration for anticipated contractual billing adjustments that its clients or the Company may make to invoiced amounts, refer to Revenue Recognition accounting policies for additional detail. Management also maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the Company’s clients’ inability to make required payments. The Company establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts based upon a specific customer’s credit risk.
The following table details the changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts:
($ in millions)
2019
2018
2017
Allowance as of January 1,
0.5 0.6 0.6
Provision for doubtful accounts
Write-offs of uncollectible receivables
(0.1) (0.1)
Allowance as of December 31,
0.4 0.5 0.6
Management regularly evaluates the adequacy of the assumptions used in determining these allowances and adjusts as necessary. Changes in estimates are recognized in the period in which they are determined. Management writes off accounts after all substantial collection efforts have failed and any resulting losses are included in general and administrative expenses within our consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses, if any. Major expenditures for property and equipment and those that substantially increase useful lives are capitalized. Direct internal and external costs of developing software for internal use, including programming and enhancements, are capitalized and amortized over the estimated useful lives once the software is ready for its intended use. Software training costs, maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. When assets are sold or otherwise disposed of, costs and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the financial statements and any resulting gains or losses are included in costs of goods sold and general and administrative expenses within our consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.
   
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Polaris Parent Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
The Company provides for depreciation and amortization on property and equipment using the straight-line method to allocate the cost of depreciable assets over their estimated lives as follows:
Asset Classification
Estimated Used Life
Leasehold improvements
The shorter of the life of lease or asset life, 5 – 15 years
Furniture and equipment 5 – 7 years
Computer hardware 3 – 5 years
Computer software 3 – 5 years
Internal-use software development costs incurred in the preliminary project stage are expensed as incurred; costs incurred in the application and development stage, which meet the capitalization criteria, are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the asset, generally three years; and costs incurred in the post-implementation/operations stage are expensed as incurred.
Leases
Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted the new lease accounting standard issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 842, Leases (“ASC 842”), which requires the recording of operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and operating lease liabilities. Finance leases were not impacted by the adoption of ASC 842, as finance lease liabilities and the corresponding assets under capital leases were already recorded on the balance sheet under the previous guidance, ASC Topic 840.
Substantially all of our operating leases are related to office space we lease in various buildings for our own use. The terms of these non-cancelable operating leases typically require us to pay rent and a share of operating expenses and real estate taxes. We also lease equipment under both operating and finance lease arrangements. Our lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.
ROU assets represent the Company’s right to control the use of the underlying assets for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligations to make lease payments arising from the Company’s portfolio of leases. Operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future lease payments over the lease term beginning at the lease commencement date. The lease term is the noncancelable period of the lease, and includes any renewal and termination options we are reasonably certain to exercise. The reasonably certain threshold is evaluated at lease commencement and is typically met if substantial economic incentives or termination penalties are identified. The operating lease right-of use assets are adjusted for lease incentives, any lease payments made prior to the commencement date and initial direct costs, if incurred. Our leases generally do not include an implicit rate; therefore, we use an incremental borrowing rate based on information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of future lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate (“IBR”) is determined using an approach based on the rate of interest that the lessee would pay to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term at an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. We utilized a market-based approach to estimate the IBR for each individual lease. The lease expense for our operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and is included in cost of services or general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements and comprehensive income.
Finance leases are included in property and equipment, net and long-term debt on our consolidated balance sheets. Our finance leases are not material to the financial statements as a whole.
Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet; lease expense is recognized for these short-term leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
   
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Polaris Parent Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Accounting Policy Applicable Prior to January 1, 2019
Assets held under capital leases are included in property and equipment, net. Operating lease rentals are expensed on a straight-line basis over the life of the lease beginning on the date we take possession of the property. At lease inception, we determine the lease term by assuming the exercise of those renewal options that are reasonably assured. The exercise of lease renewal options is at our sole discretion. The lease term is used to determine whether a lease is capital or operating and is used to calculate straight-line rent expense. Additionally, the depreciable life of leased assets and leasehold improvements is limited by the expected lease term.
See Note 6 “Leases” for additional information on leases.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Goodwill is calculated as the excess of the purchase price in an acquisition over the fair value of identifiable net assets acquired. Acquired intangible assets are separately recognized if the benefit of the intangible asset is obtained through contractual or other legal rights, or if the intangible asset can be sold, transferred, licensed, rented, or exchanged, regardless of the Company’s intent to do so.
The Company assesses the impairment of its goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets at least annually on June 30 and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. Important factors that may trigger an impairment review include but are not limited to:

significant underperformance relative to expected historical or projected future operating results;

significant changes in the manner of use of the acquired assets or the strategy for the overall business;

significant negative industry or economic trends; and

significant decline in the Company’s estimated enterprise value relative to carrying value.
The Company is required to write down its goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets if they are determined to be impaired. The Company tests its goodwill for impairment on a reporting unit basis. A reporting unit is the operating segment unless, at businesses one level below the operating segment (the component level), discrete financial information is prepared and regularly reviewed by management and the businesses are not otherwise aggregated due to having certain common characteristics, in which case such component is the reporting unit. The Company recognizes an impairment charge for the amount, if any, by which the carrying amount of the reporting unit, including goodwill, exceeds its fair value. The carrying value is the reporting unit’s carrying amount after all of the reporting unit’s other assets (excluding goodwill) have been adjusted for impairment, if necessary, under other applicable GAAP. The Company establishes fair values using a (i) discounted cash flow (“DCF”) analysis, (ii) comparable public company analysis and (iii) comparable acquisitions analysis. Equal weight was given to the three approaches. We completed our 2019 assessment of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment and determined no impairment existed as of June 30, 2019.
The Company’s management is not aware of any triggering events subsequent to the impairment review, and management concludes no impairment exists as of December 31, 2019.
If the carrying amount of indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds its fair value, then an impairment loss must be recognized for the difference between the carrying amount and the estimated fair value. The Company establishes fair values using a DCF analysis. No indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment was identified in any of the periods presented.
The value of definite-lived intangible assets are recorded at their acquisition date fair value and amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated lives. The Company tests definite-lived intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset
   
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Polaris Parent Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
may not be recoverable. We measure recoverability of these assets by comparing the carrying amounts to the future undiscounted cash flows that the assets or the asset group are expected to generate. If the assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized equals the amount by which the carrying value of the asset exceeds its fair market value. No definite-lived intangible asset impairment was identified in any of the periods presented.
Following is a summary of the estimated useful life of other intangible assets:
Asset Classification
Estimated Used Life
Client relationships 15 years
Provider Network 15 years
Trade Names Indefinite life
The Company adopted ASU 2017-04, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other (Topic 350) — Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, for the year ended December 31, 2018. Prior to adoption, the Company first assessed qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit was less than its carrying amount. If, after assessing the totality of events and circumstances, the Company determined that it was more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit was less than its carrying amount, the two-step impairment test was necessary. The two-step impairment test first required the Company to estimate the fair value of its reporting units. If the carrying value of a reporting unit exceeded its fair value, the goodwill of that reporting unit was considered to be potentially impaired and the Company proceeded to step two of the impairment analysis. In step two of the analysis, the Company measured and recorded an impairment loss equal to the excess of the carrying value of the reporting unit’s goodwill over its implied fair value, if any.
See Note 7 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” for additional information about goodwill.
Revenue Recognition
On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted the new revenue accounting standard issued by the FASB ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”) using the modified retrospective method applied to those contracts which were not completed as of January 1, 2018. Results for reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2018 are presented under ASC Topic 606, while prior period amounts are not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with our historical accounting under ASC Topic 605, Revenue Recognition (“ASC 605”). All revenue recognized in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income is considered to be revenue from contracts with customers.
Revenue is generated from the compensation received from healthcare cost payors in exchange for various cost containment services and solutions. Our service offerings include the following: (i) Network-Based Solutions that process claims at a significant discount compared to billed fee-for-service rates and using an extensive network, (ii) Analytics-Based Solutions that use its leading and proprietary information technology platform to offer clients Analytics-Based Solutions to reduce medical costs and (iii) Payment Integrity Solutions that use data, technology and clinical expertise to identify improper, unnecessary and excessive charges. Compensation from payors includes (1) commissions received for each claim based on the percentage of savings (PSAV) achieved compared to the providers’ billed fee-for service rates and (2) fees for standing ready to provide cost containment solutions for each covered member, which are based on a per employee per month (PEPM) rate.
Our performance obligation to the customer for a PSAV arrangement is the cost containment services provided for each submitted claim regardless of the service offering used to achieve savings, as they are not distinct in the context of the contract. Our performance obligation for PEPM arrangements is to stand ready to process and achieve savings for all covered members each month.
For services performed under a PSAV arrangement, the Company enters into a contract with the customer once the claim is submitted. Revenue under a PSAV arrangement is entirely variable and estimated
   
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Polaris Parent Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
using the expected value method obtained by applying the contractual rates to the materialized savings that can be reliably estimated leveraging extensive historical data of results obtained for claims of similar nature. Revenue is recognized at a point in time where the customer obtains control over the service promised by the Company, which generally occurs when the Company successfully transfers the savings for the claim to the customer. Judgment is not typically required when assessing whether the savings have materialized.
Fees from customers for standing ready to provide cost containment solutions for each customer’s members each month vary depending on the number of employees covered each month. PEPM contracts represent a series of performance obligations to stand ready to provide cost containment solutions to our customers’ covered employees on a monthly basis with each time increment representing a distinct service. We recognize revenue over time using the time elapsed output method. In accordance with the series guidance, we allocate variable consideration to the period to which the fees relate.
Variable consideration is estimated using the expected value method based on our historical experience and best judgment at the time. Due to the nature of our arrangements, certain estimates may be constrained if it is probable that a significant reversal of revenue will occur when the uncertainty is resolved. For our PSAV contracts, portions of revenue that is recognized and collected in a reporting period may be returned or credited in subsequent periods. These credits are the result of payors not utilizing the discounts that were initially calculated, or differences between the Company’s estimates of savings achieved for a customer and the amounts self-reported in the following month by that same customer. Significant judgment is used in constraining estimates of variable consideration, and these estimates are based upon both client-specific and aggregated factors that include historical billing and adjustment data, client contract terms, and performance guarantees. We update our estimates at the end of each reporting period as additional information becomes available.
The timing of payments from customers from time to time generates contract assets or contract liabilities, however these amounts are immaterial in all periods presented.
Payment terms vary on a contract-by-contract basis, although terms generally include a requirement of payment within 15 to 30 days. We do not have any significant financing components in our contracts with customers.
The Company expenses sales commissions and other costs to obtain a contract when incurred, because our commissions are deemed contingent on factors broader than the simple obtention of the contracts and cannot be considered directly incremental. These costs are recorded within Selling, general and administrative expenses.
Practical Expedients and Accounting Policy Elections
The Company excludes sales taxes and other similar taxes from the measurement of the transaction price.
The Company does not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations, nor do we disclose the timing of revenue recognition for contracts with an original expected length of one year or less.
The Company uses a portfolio approach when estimating the amount of consideration it expects to receive from certain classes of customer contracts with similar characteristics, and expects that the difference from applying the new revenue standard to a portfolio of contracts as compared to an individual contract would not result in a material effect on the financial statements.
Accounting Policy Applicable Prior to January 1, 2018
The Company recognizes revenues when there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, the services have been provided to the customer, the sales price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. The Company reduces revenues for estimated contractual allowances.
   
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Polaris Parent Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Revenues from percentage of savings contracts or from savings calculated by the analytics-based solutions are recognized when the Company successfully transfers the savings for the claim to the customer. Revenues under monthly fee arrangements are recognized in the month that access is provided. The Company’s estimates of credits and chargebacks are based upon both client-specific and aggregated factors that include historical billing and adjustment data, client contract terms, and performance guarantees.
Disaggregation of Revenue
The following table presents revenues disaggregated by services and contract types:
For the Twelve Months Ended December 31,
($ in thousands)
2019
2018
2017
Revenues
Network Services
$ 314,510 $ 363,510 $ 415,759
Percentage of Savings
249,095 289,874 340,084
PEPM
56,841 60,950 60,748
Other
8,574 12,686 14,927
Analytic-Based Services
561,525 584,998 584,925
Percentage of Savings
560,675 584,453 583,710
PEPM
850 545 1,215
Payment Integrity Services
106,866 92,375 66,582
Percentage of Savings
106,782 92,223 66,582
PEPM
84 152
Total Revenues
$ 982,901 $ 1,040,883 $ 1,067,266
Costs of Services
Costs of services consist of all costs specifically associated with claims processing activities for customers (“repricing”), sales and marketing and the development and maintenance of the Company’s networks and analytics-based solutions.
Insurance
The Company employs various risk transfer methodologies in dealing with the various insurance policies it purchases. These methodologies include the use of large deductible programs and self-insured retentions with stop loss limits. Errors and omissions liability, directors and officers liability, fiduciary liability, cybersecurity, employment practices liability and crime insurance are all claims made coverages and utilize self-insured retentions subject to an annual aggregate limit. These self-insured retentions range from $10,000 to $500,000 per claim. The Company retains the services of an insurance broker to assess current risk and exposure levels as a standalone entity. The appropriate types and levels of coverage were determined by the Company, and the Company had active policies providing the desired level of coverage deemed necessary by the Company.
Health insurance and employee benefits are subject to the participant’s deductible amounts with amounts exceeding the deductibles self-insured by the Company. The Company uses historical claim data and loss trends to project incurred losses and record loss reserves. Other factors utilized in determining loss reserves include, but are not limited to, the amount and timing of historical payments, severity of individual claims, jurisdictional considerations, the anticipated future volume of claims, the life span of various types of claims and input from the Company’s legal representatives responsible for the defense of these claims. The ultimate value of casualty claims (primarily general liability) and professional liability (primarily errors and omissions) claims may take several years before becoming known.
   
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Polaris Parent Corp.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company’s awards are granted in the form of Holdings’ Class B Units (“Units”) via a Class B Unit Award Agreement (“Polaris Agreement”). See Note 14 “Stock-Based Compensation” for further information.
Stock-based compensation is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as compensation expense, net of forfeitures, over the applicable requisite service period of the stock award using the straight-line method for awards with only service conditions and using the graded-vesting method for awards with performance conditions. The fair value of the awards is remeasured at each reporting period.
We determine the fair value of our awards based on (i) the customized payout structure of the subject Units, (ii) liquidity timing, and (iii) vesting hurdles, as applicable, based on the output of Monte Carlo simulations. The simulation was based on a risk neutral framework which is a common technique for valuing financial derivatives that possess optionality.
Changes in the assumptions made on (i) liquidity dates, (ii) volatility, (iii) discount rates and (iv) the risk-free rate can materially affect the estimate of fair value and ultimately how much stock-based compensation expense is recognized. The Company has historically been a private company and lacks company-specific historical and implied volatility information. Therefore, it estimates its expected stock volatility based on the historical volatility of a publicly traded set of peer companies. The risk-free interest rate is based on US Treasury constant maturity yields commensurate with the remaining term for each liquidity date assumption. These inputs are subjective and generally require significant analysis and judgment to develop.
Customer Concentration
Two customers individually accounted for 35% and 20% of revenues during the year ended December 31, 2019. During the year ended December 31, 2018, two customers individually accounted for 30% and 20% of revenues. During the year ended December 31, 2017, two customers individually accounted for 31% and 18% of revenues. The loss of the business of one or more of the Company’s larger customers could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations.
Debt Issuance Costs
On June 7, 2016, the Company secured debt in the form of a term loan (“Term Loan G”), senior notes (“Notes due 2024”) and a revolving credit facility (“Revolver G”). On June 12, 2017, the Company refinanced Term Loan G for a reduced interest rate of LIBOR plus 3.00% with terms otherwise similar to the former term loan. On November 18, 2016 the Company sold $460.0 million in face value of additional notes under the same indenture governing the Notes due 2024. On November 21, 2017, the Company issued $1.3 billion of Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2022.
There were specific costs incurred of $102.2 million related to raising the debt, including commissions, fees and expenses of investment bankers and underwriters, registration and listing fees, accounting and legal fees pertaining to the financing and other external, incremental expenses paid to advisors that were directly attributable to realizing the proceeds of the debt issues. These costs were capitalized as a reduction to the carrying amount of the respective debt obligations and are being amortized over the life of the debt using the straight-line accretion method, which approximated the effective interest method in this instance. As a result of the Term Loan G refinancing on June 12, 2017, and in accordance with GAAP, we incurred expenses of $20.1 million, including the write-off of $4.9 million of the term loan discount and $15.2 million of debt issuance costs.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial instruments, which include cash and accounts receivable, approximate their fair values due to their short maturities. The fair value of long-term debt is based on interest rates currently available for instruments with similar terms (Note 10 Fair Value Measurements).
   
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method. Under the asset and liability method, deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Deferred income tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences, net operating loss carry forwards and tax credit carry forwards if it is more likely than not that the tax benefits will be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred income tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible.
The Company evaluates all factors on a regular basis to determine the amount of deferred income tax assets to recognize in the financial statements, including its recent earnings history, current and projected future taxable income, the number of years its net operating loss and tax credits can be carried forward, the existence of taxable temporary differences and available tax planning strategies.
Earnings per Common Share
The Company calculates basic earnings per share based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. See Note 16 “Earnings Per Share” for additional information.
3.   New Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted
We consider the applicability and impact of all Accounting Standards Update (“ASUs”) and applicable authoritative guidance. The ASUs not listed below were assessed and determined to be either not applicable or are expected to have an immaterial impact on our consolidated financial position.
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) which outlined a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue using a five-step process that superseded virtually all existing revenue guidance. The core principle of the guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in the amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The Company adopted the standard and all related amendments using the modified retrospective method, effective January 1, 2018, and there was no material impact on our consolidated financial statements. See Note 2 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — Revenue Recognition” for further discussion.
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which supersedes Topic 840, Leases. Subsequently, the FASB issued additional ASUs which further clarify this guidance. This ASU increases the transparency and comparability of organizations by requiring the capitalization of substantially all leases on the balance sheet and disclosures of key information about leasing arrangements. Under this new guidance, at the lease commencement date, a lessee recognizes a right-of-use asset and lease liability, which is initially measured at the present value of the future lease payments. For income statement purposes, a dual model was retained for lessees, requiring leases to be classified as either operating or finance leases. Under the operating lease model, lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Under the finance lease model, interest on the lease liability is recognized separately from amortization of the right-of-use asset. In addition, a new ASU was issued in July 2018, to provide relief to companies from restating the comparative periods. The Company adopted this new accounting standard on January 1, 2019 on a modified retrospective basis using a simplified transition approach. As a result, comparative financial information has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect for those periods. Additionally, we elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within the new standard, which allowed us to carry forward (1) our historical lease classification and assessments for expired and existing leases, and (2) our historical accounting for initial direct costs for existing leases. We elected not to record on the consolidated balance sheets any lease whose
   
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term is 12 months or less and does not include a purchase option that we are reasonably certain to exercise. We also elected to account for the non-lease components within our leases as part of the single lease component to which they are related. The adoption of the standard resulted in the recognition of operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities of $35.7 million and $38.1 million, respectively, as of January 1, 2019. Included in the measurement of the right-of-use assets is the reclassification of certain balances including those historically recorded as prepaid or deferred rent. See Note 6 “Leases” for additional information on the impact of ASC 842 adoption.
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, which simplifies an entity’s measurement of goodwill for impairment testing purposes. This standard is effective for non-public entities for annual or any interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The Company adopted this standard during the year ended December 31, 2018, and determined that the new guidance does not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718); Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting. This ASU eliminated most of the differences between accounting guidance for share-based compensation granted to nonemployees and the guidance for share-based compensation granted to employees. The ASU supersedes the guidance for nonemployees and expands the scope of the guidance for employees to include both. The Company adopted this new accounting standard on January 1, 2019. The adoption of this ASU had no impact on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial position.
In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, Compensation — Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting, which provides guidance on the types of changes to the terms or conditions of share-based payment awards to which an entity applies modification accounting under ASC 718. According to the new standard, an entity would not apply modification accounting if the fair value, vesting conditions and classification of the modified award is the same as the original award immediately before the original award is modified. The standard will be applied prospectively to modifications that occur on or after the adoption date. We adopted ASU 2017-09 on January 1, 2018 and the adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business. The purpose of the amendment is to clarify the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. The ASU was effective January 1, 2018. The adoption of this guidance did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, but may have an impact in the future.
In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230), which adds or clarifies guidance to reduce diversity in how certain transactions are classified in the statement of cash flows. The standard is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017 with early adoption permitted. The standard requires application using a retrospective transition method. We elected to adopt ASU 2016-15 as of January 1, 2018 and the adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
4.   New Accounting Pronouncements Issued but Not Yet Adopted
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other — Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40) — Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract. This ASU addresses a customer’s accounting for implementation costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract. The amendment aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain
   
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internal-use software (and hosting arrangements that include an internal-use software license). We will adopt this new accounting standard as of January 1, 2020 on a prospective basis. We do not expect that the adoption of this ASU will have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, cash flow or financial position.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, that requires credit losses on financial instruments measured at amortized cost basis to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected, replacing the current incurred loss approach. The new standard is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. We will adopt this standard on January 1, 2020, as required. Our financial assets in the scope of the new standard consist primarily of trade receivables. The adoption of ASC 326 is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (Topic 740). This standard simplifies the accounting for income taxes by eliminating certain exceptions to the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740 related to the approach for intra-period tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. The standard also simplifies aspects of the accounting for franchise taxes and enacted changes in tax laws or rates and clarifies the accounting for transactions that result in a step-up in the tax basis of goodwill. The standard is effective for public companies for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2021. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that implementation of this standard will have on the Company’s consolidated operating results, cash flows, financial condition and related disclosures.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework — Change to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement, which modifies the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by removing, modifying and adding certain disclosures. This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. We will adopt this guidance on January 1, 2020 and it is not expected to have any material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
5.   Property and Equipment
Property and equipment, net consisted of the following as of December 31, 2019 and 2018:
2019
2018
($ in thousands)
Property
and
Equipment
Accumulated
Depreciation
Property and
Equipment,
Net
Property
and
Equipment
Accumulated
Depreciation
Property and
Equipment,
Net
Leasehold improvements
$ 3,569 $ (2,072) $ 1,497 $ 3,078 $ (1,431) $ 1,647
Furniture & equipment
5,499 (3,109) 2,390 5,512 (2,529) 2,983
Computer hardware
36,979 (23,174) 13,805 32,086 (16,601) 15,485
Computer software
32,905 (23,055) 9,850 29,067 (17,657) 11,410
Capitalized software development
283,391 (132,941) 150,450 227,946 (90,985) 136,961
Total Property and Equipment
$ 362,343 $ (184,351) $ 177,992 $ 297,689 $ (129,203) $ 168,486
Furniture and equipment includes assets under capital leases of $0.3 million and $0.6 million with accumulated depreciation of $0.1 million and $0.4 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company conducted a review of its property and equipment records and retired assets with a net value of $2.2 million and $2.5 million, respectively.
   
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6.   Leases
The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use assets and current and non-current operating lease obligation on the consolidated balance sheets. Finance lease ROU assets are included in property and equipment, net, and the current and non-current portion of finance lease liabilities are included in other accrued expenses and long-term debt, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets.
The Company has operating and finance leases for corporate offices and certain equipment. Leases have remaining lease terms ranging from one to six years. Certain leases include options to renew in increments of five years; the options to renew are not considered reasonably certain to be exercised at commencement and are not included in the lease term. Some leases have variable payments, however, because they are not based on an index or rate, they are not included in the measurement of ROU assets and operating lease liabilities. Variable payments for real estate leases relate primarily to common area maintenance, insurance and property taxes associated with the properties. These variable payments are expensed as incurred. The Company elected to not separate lease and non-lease components for building and equipment leases. The Company will account for the lease and non-lease components, such as those described above, as a single lease component.
For the year ended December 31, 2019, operating lease expense was $11.0 million, of which $7.0 million was recorded within costs of services and $4.0 million was recorded within general and administrative expenses. For the year ended December 31, 2019, variable lease expense was $1.8 million, of which $1.0 million was recorded within cost of services and $0.8 million was recorded within general and administrative expenses. Short-term and finance lease expense was determined to not be material. In addition, $4.0 million of operating lease right-of-use assets were obtained in exchange for lease obligations during the year ended December 31, 2019.
Future lease payments due in each of the next five years and thereafter, as of December 31, 2019, in accordance with ASC Topic 842, are presented in the table below:
($ in thousands)
2020
$ 11,226
2021
9,525
2022
8,037
2023
5,998
2024
1,393
Thereafter
428
Total lease payments
$ 36,607
Less: Interest
(4,000)
Present value of lease liabilities
$ 32,607
   
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Minimum future lease payments due in each of the next five years and thereafter, as of December 31, 2018, in accordance with ASC Topic 840, are presented in the table below:
($ in thousands)
2019
$ 10,658
2020
10,628
2021
8,579
2022
6,583
2023
2,336
Thereafter
Total lease payments
$ 38,784
For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, fixed rent expense was $10.6 million and $9.9 million, respectively and variable rent expense was $1.0 million and $1.2 million, respectively.
Weighted average remaining lease terms and discount rates were as follows:
December 31,
2019
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years)
Operating leases
3.6
Weighted-average discount rate
Operating leases
7.0%
The discount rate applied to our leases in determining the present value of lease payments is our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date.
Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:
($ in thousands)
Year Ended
December 31, 2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flow from operating leases
$10,961
As of December 31, 2019, there were no material lease transactions that we have entered into but have not yet commenced.
7.   Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
As of each balance sheet date, other intangible assets consisted of the following:
2019
2018
($ in thousands)
Amortization
Period
Gross
Carrying
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Net
Carrying
Value
Gross
Carrying
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Net
Carrying
Value
Client relationships
15 years
$ 4,114,000 $ (978,218) $ 3,135,782 $ 4,114,000 $ (703,951) $ 3,410,049
Provider network
15 years
896,800 (213,239) 683,561 896,800 (153,453) 743,347
Trade names
Indefinite Life
67,300 67,300 67,300 67,300
Total
$ 5,078,100 $ (1,191,457) $ 3,886,643 $ 5,078,100 $ (857,404) $ 4,220,696
   
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Amortization expense was $334.1 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017. The estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding years is $334.1 million per year.
The Company assesses the impairment of goodwill and intangible assets at least annually and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. We performed our 2019 impairment assessment of goodwill and intangible assets and determined that no impairment existed as of June 30, 2019. The Company’s management is not aware of any triggering events subsequent to the impairment review, and management believes no impairments exist as of December 31, 2019 that need to be disclosed.
The goodwill arose from the acquisition of the Company in 2016 by the Sponsors. The carrying value of goodwill was $4.1 billion as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 and no impairment has been recognized to date.
8.   Long-Term Debt
As of December 31, 2019, and 2018, long-term debt consisted of the following:
($ in thousands)
2019
2018
Term Loan G
$ 2,710,000 $ 2,810,000
Notes due 2024
1,560,000 1,560,000
Senior PIK Note
1,178,727 1,300,000
Capital lease obligations
101 101
Long-term debt
5,448,828 5,670,101
Premium – Notes due 2024
10,327 12,280
Discount – Term Loan G
(6,195) (7,765)
Discount – Senior PIK Notes
(7,436) (10,596)
Debt issuance costs, net:
Term Loan G
(18,332) (22,963)
Notes Due 2024
(21,539) (25,490)
Senior PIK Notes
(8,531) (12,154)
Long-term debt, net
$ 5,397,122 $ 5,603,413
As of December 31, 2019, through 2024, the estimated future principal payments due were as follows:
Payments Due by Period
($ in thousands)
Total
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Term Loan G
$ 2,710,000 $   — $   — $ $ 2,710,000 $
Notes due 2024
1,560,000 1,560,000
Senior PIK Note
1,178,727 1,178,727
Capital lease obligations
187 86 66 35
Total contractual obligations
$ 5,448,914 $ 86 $ 66 $ 1,178,762 $ 2,710,000 $ 1,560,000
9.   Term Loans and Revolver
On June 7, 2016, in conjunction with the Merger, the Company borrowed $3.5 billion with a group of lenders due and payable on June 7, 2023, creating a term loan payable (“Term Loan G”) and settled all other outstanding term loans.
   
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The company has a $100.0 million revolving credit facility in conjunction with Term Loan G. On March 19, 2020 the Company activated $98.0 million of Revolver G as a precautionary measure due to the uncertainty of COVID-19. The revolver and associated interest was repaid on June 25, 2020.
The term loan and revolver are secured by a first priority lien on substantially all of the Company’s tangible and intangible property, including a pledge of all of the Capital Stock of each of its Subsidiaries.
Term Loan G was refinanced on June 12, 2017 to obtain an applicable margin on the interest rate lower by 1.00 % with terms otherwise similar to the former term loan, including a 2023 maturity and the same security and guarantee package. The proceeds of the new term loan were used to repay the Company’s existing term loan. As a result of the Term Loan G refinancing, and in accordance with GAAP, we incurred expenses of $20.1 million, including the write off of $4.9 million of the term loan discount and $15.2 million of debt issuance costs. During the first quarter of 2018, the Company achieved a 25 basis point reduction in the margin of Term Loan G due to an improved leverage ratio, resulting in a lower interest rate of LIBOR plus 2.75%. These amounts are included in the loss on early extinguishments and modifications of debt in the accompanying consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.
For all our debt agreements with an interest rate dependent on LIBOR, the Company is currently assessing and monitoring how transitioning from LIBOR to an alternative reference rate may affect the company past 2021.
Interest on Term Loan G and Revolver G is calculated, at the Company’s option, as (a) LIBOR (or, with respect to the term loan facility only 1.00%, whichever is higher), plus the applicable margin, or (b) the highest rate of (1) prime rate, (2) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50%, (3) LIBOR for an interest period of one month plus 1.00% and (4) 2.00% for Term Loan G and 0.00% for Revolver G, in each case plus an applicable margin of 2.00%. The interest rate in effect for Term Loan G was 4.69%, 5.55% and 4.69% as of December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Interest expense was $144.2 million, $147.9 million and $147.4 million for the twelve month period ended December 31 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. These amounts are included in the accompanying consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.
The Company is obligated to pay a commitment fee on the average daily unused amount of Revolver G. The annual commitment fee rate was 0.25% at December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017. The fee can range from an annual rate of 0.25% to 0.50% based on the Company’s leverage ratio, as defined in the agreement. Commitment fees were $249,000, $248,000 and $377,000 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. These amounts are included in interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.
Senior Notes
On June 7, 2016 the Company sold senior subordinated notes of $1.1 billion (“Notes due 2024”). The Notes due 2024 are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis jointly and severally by the Company and its subsidiaries and will mature on June 7, 2024. On November 18, 2016, MultiPlan sold senior subordinated notes of $460.0 million at 103.5% plus accrued interest from June 7, 2016 to November 18, 2016 of $14.7 million. The notes were issued as additional notes under the same indenture governing our $1.1 billion of Notes due 2024. The proceeds of the sale were used to make a $385.0 million distribution to our Class A Unit holders and pay related fees and expenses of $6.9 million, and $98.9 million was transferred to the Company’s operating account.
The interest rate on the Notes due 2024 is fixed at 7.125% and is payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year. Annual interest expense on the Notes due 2024 was $111.2 million in 2019, 2018 and 2017. These amounts are included in interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.
The Company sold Senior PIK Toggle Notes of $1.3 billion on November 21, 2017 (“Senior PIK Notes”). The Senior PIK Notes were issued with a 1.0% discount and will mature on December 1, 2022.
   
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The net proceeds of the Senior PIK Notes plus $28.6 million of operating cash were used to make distributions of $1.3 billion to Class A and B unit holders and pay related transaction expenses and debt issuance costs.
The interest rate on the Senior PIK Notes is fixed at 8.5% and is payable semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year. Interest expense on the Senior PIK Notes was $107.0 million in 2019, $110.4 million in 2018 and $12.3 million in 2017. These amounts are included in the interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income.
During August and September of 2019, the Company repurchased and cancelled $121.3 million of the Senior PIK Notes. The cash repurchase of $101.0 million resulted in the recognition of a gain of $18.5 million as well as a write off of the pro-rata share of debt issue costs of $1.0 million and discount of $0.8 million. The debt issuance costs and discount are included in interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.
Debt Covenants and Events of Default
The Company is subject to certain affirmative and negative debt covenants under Term Loan G, the Notes due 2024 and the Senior PIK Notes that limit the Company and its subsidiaries the ability to engage in specified types of transactions. These covenants limit the Company and its subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things:

incur additional indebtedness or issue disqualified or preferred stock;

pay certain dividends or make certain distributions on capital stock or repurchase or redeem capital stock;

make certain loans, investments or other restricted payments;

transfer or sell certain assets;

incur certain liens;

place restrictions on the ability of its subsidiaries to pay dividends or make other payments to the Company;

guarantee indebtedness or incur other contingent obligations;

consummate any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or dispose of all or substantially all of its business units, assets or other properties; and

engage in transactions with the Company’s affiliates.
Under our debt agreements, a Change of Control is an immediate Event of Default.
In addition, solely with respect to the Revolver G, the Company is required to maintain a consolidated first lien debt to consolidated EBITDA ratio no greater than 7.60 to 1.00. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018 the Company was in compliance with all of the debt covenants.
Debt Issuance Costs
In connection with Term Loan G, Notes due 2024 and Revolver G and the Senior PIK Notes, there was $102.2 million of specific expenses incurred related to raising the debt, including commissions, fees and expenses of investment bankers and underwriters, registration and listing fees, accounting and legal fees pertaining to the financing and other external, incremental expenses paid to advisors that were directly attributable to realizing the proceeds of the debt issues. These costs were capitalized and are being amortized over the term of the related debt using the effective interest method.
   
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The following table is a summary of the cost and accumulated amortization of debt issuances costs as of December 31, 2019 and 2018:
2019
2018
($ in thousands)
Amortization
Period
Cost
Accumulated
Amortization
Cost
Accumulated
Amortization
Term Loan G
84 months
$ 34,654 $ (16,322) $ 34,654 $ (11,691)
Notes due 2024
96 months
34,089 (12,550) 34,089 (8,599)
Senior PIK Note
60 months
14,909 (6,378) 14,909 (2,755)
Revolver G
60 months
971 (692) 971 (495)
$ 84,623 $ (35,942) $ 84,623 $ (23,540)
10.   Fair Value Measurements
Fair value measurements are based on the premise that fair value represents an exit price representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, the following three-tier fair value hierarchy has been used in determining the inputs used in measuring fair value:

Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities on the reporting date.

Level 2 — Inputs, other than quoted prices in active markets (Level 1), that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the entity to develop its own assumptions
Financial instruments
Certain financial instruments which are not measured at fair value on a recurring basis include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable, which approximate fair value due to their short-term nature. The financial instrument that potentially subjects the Company to concentrations of credit risk consists primarily of accounts receivable.
We estimate the fair value of long-term debt, including current maturities of capital lease obligations were based on estimates using present value techniques that are significantly affected by the assumptions used concerning the amount and timing of estimated future cash flows and discount rates that reflect varying degrees of risk. Assumptions include interest rates currently available for instruments with similar terms as well as the five, seven, and eight-year Treasury bill rates. As such, this is considered a Level 2 fair value measurement.
As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company’s carrying amount and fair value of long-term debt consisted of the following:
2019
2018
($ in thousands)
Carrying
Amount
Fair Value
Carrying
Amount
Fair Value
Liabilities:
Notes due 2024, net of premium
$ 1,570,327 $ 1,544,976 $ 1,572,280 $ 1,491,988
Term Loan G, net of discount
2,703,805 2,769,645 2,802,235 2,898,934
Senior PIK Note, net of discount
1,171,291 1,191,694 1,289,404 1,284,024
Finance lease obligations
101 101 101 101
Total Liabilities
$ 5,445,524 $ 5,506,416 $ 5,664,020 $ 5,675,047
   
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Recurring fair value measurements
We measure our 2016 Class B Unit Incentive Plan at fair market value on a recurring basis. The fair value of the Plan was determined based on significant inputs not observable in the market which would represent a level 3 measurement within the fair value hierarchy. The Company uses a Monte Carlo simulation to estimate the fair value of the stock-based compensation awards. See Note 14 “Stock-Based Compensation” for further information.
Non-recurring fair value measurements
We also measure certain non-financial assets at fair value on a nonrecurring basis, primarily goodwill and long-lived tangible and intangible assets, in connection with periodic evaluations for potential impairment. We estimate the fair value of these assets using primarily unobservable inputs and, as such, these are considered Level 3 fair value measurements. There were no material impairment charges for these assets for fiscal years 2019, 2018 and 2017.
For additional information related to goodwill, intangible assets, long-lived assets and impairments, see Note 2 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies”.
11.   Income Taxes
The Company does not have operations in foreign jurisdictions. The provision (benefit) for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 are as follows:
($ in thousands)
2019
2018
2017
Current
Federal
$ 96,148 $ 103,806 $ 119,317
State and local
16,055 16,785 13,410
112,203 120,591 132,727
Deferred
Federal
(97,326) (92,764) (717,152)
State and local
(14,078) (19,719) (2,087)
(111,404) (112,483) (719,239)
Total provision (benefit) from continuing operations
$ 799 $ 8,108 $ (586,512)
The Company’s provision for income taxes for the years ending December 31, 2019, December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 was impacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Tax Reform (TCJA), which was enacted into law on December 22, 2017. Income tax effects resulting from changes in tax laws are accounted for by the Company in accordance with the authoritative guidance, which requires that these tax effects be recognized in the period in which the law is enacted. Thus, at December 22, 2017, the date of enactment, the Company’s deferred taxes were re-measured utilizing the new federal income tax rate of 21%. As of the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2019, the effects on the Company’s income tax related to the TCJA are final.
The TCJA includes significant changes to the U.S. corporate income tax system including a reduction of the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35.0% to 21.0% as of January 1, 2018, and a limitation on business interest deductions.
Pre-tax income during the period ended December 31, 2019 of $10.5 million generated an income tax provision of $0.8 million. The pre-tax income during the period ended December 31, 2018 of $44.3 million generated an income tax provision of $8.1 million. The pre-tax income during the period ended December 31, 2017 of $61.6 million generated an income tax benefit of $586.5 million, primarily due to the reevaluation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities with regards to the TCJA.
   
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
The reconciliation of the tax provision at the U.S. federal statutory rate to the provision for income taxes and the effective tax rate for the years ended December 31 is as follows:
For the Years Ended
December 31,
($ in thousands)
2019
2018
2017
Tax at Statutory
$ 2,207 $ 9,310 $ 21,567
Non-Deductible Expenses
75 57 86
Equity Compensation Plan of Parent
(3,125) 990 17,776
State Taxes (net)
1,704 2,617 9,183
Other
87 9 53
Tax Law Changes
(149) (4,875) (635,177)
Total
799 8,108 (586,512)
The following are significant deferred income tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017:
($ in thousands)
2019
2018
2017
Deferred income tax assets:
Allowances on trade receivables
$ 147 $ 356 $ 271
Net operating loss carryforwards
549 712 753
Accrued expenses and reserves
2,593 2,677 2,992
Interest limitation carryforward
73,297 34,766
Leases – right-of-use liability
7,604
Transaction expenses
5,859 6,577 7,314
Other
560 579
Deferred income tax assets
90,049 45,648 11,909
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Intangible assets
907,039 982,319 1,066,684
Depreciable assets
39,553 36,866 29,671
Leases – right-of-use asset
6,957
Debt costs
5,492 6,900 8,348
Other
207 166 292
Deferred income tax liabilities
959,248 1,026,251 1,104,995
Net deferred income tax liabilities
$ 869,199 $ 980,603 $ 1,093,086
The Company has NOL carry forwards for federal income tax purposes of $0.5 million that will be available to reduce future taxable income. The utilization of most of these losses is subject to annual limitations under federal income tax law. The Company believes that it will be able to fully utilize these losses under current federal tax law. The net operating losses begin to expire in 2021. The Company has net operating loss carry forwards for state income tax purposes of $0.5 million. The Company believes that it will be able to fully utilize these losses under current state tax laws. Substantially all of the Company’s NOL carryforwards expire by 2025.
The Company does not have reserves for uncertain tax positions. Any need for a reserve or changes in a reserve would be a component of the Company’s tax provision. The Company includes interest and tax penalties as part of the tax provision. The Company does not reasonably expect any other significant changes in the next twelve months.
   
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Various regulatory tax authorities periodically examine the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ tax returns. Tax years December 2016 through 2019 are open for Federal examination. The Company was notified by the IRS during the fourth quarter of 2019, that the Company’s 2017 tax return was selected for audit. The audit commenced during the first quarter of 2020. Tax years 2015 through 2019 are still open for examination related to income taxes to various state taxing authorities.
12.   Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments
The Company has certain irrevocable letters of credit that reduced the capacity of Revolver G by $1.8 million as of December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017.
Claims and Litigation
The Company is a party to certain claims and litigation in the ordinary course of business. The Company is not involved in any claims or legal proceedings that it believes will result, individually, or in the aggregate, in a material adverse effect upon our financial condition or results of operations, or cash flows. We accrue for costs associated with certain contingencies, including, but not limited to, settlement of legal proceedings, regulatory compliance matters and self-insurance exposures when such costs are probable and reasonably estimable. Such accruals are included in other accrued expenses on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. In addition, we accrue for legal fees incurred in defense of asserted litigation and regulatory matters as such legal fees are incurred. To the extent it is probable under our existing insurance coverage that we are able to recover losses and legal fees related to contingencies, we record such recoveries concurrently with the accrual of the related loss or legal fees. Significant management judgment is required to estimate the amounts of such contingent liabilities and the related insurance recoveries. In our determination of the probability and ability to estimate contingent liabilities and related insurance recoveries we consider the following: litigation exposure based on currently available information, consultations with external legal counsel, adequacy and applicability of existing insurance coverage and other pertinent facts and circumstances regarding the contingency. Liabilities established to provide for contingencies are adjusted as further information develops, circumstances change, or contingences are resolved; and such changes are recorded in the accompanying consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income during the period of the change and appropriately reflected in other accrued liabilities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
13.   Shareholders’ Equity
As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company has authorized 1,000 shares of common stock, of which 500 shares are designated as Series A Common Stock and 500 shares are designated as Series B Common Stock, with a par value of $0.001 per share. The holders of Series A Common Stock and Series B Common Stock vote together as one class on all matters submitted to the vote of shareholders and each holder of Common Stock is entitled to one vote per share held as of the record date. The holders of Series A Common Stock and Series B Common Stock are equally and ratably entitled to receive dividends, when and if declared by the Board of Directors. Upon a change of control of the voting power of the Board of Directors of Holdings our Series B Common Stock shall be considered extinguished. The total common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2019 is 10 shares, including 5 shares of Series A Common Stock and 5 shares of Series B Common Stock.
Contributed capital is reported in the shareholders’ equity section of the balance sheet and corresponds to the cash that shareholders have given the Company in exchange for stock. The changes in Contributed capital are mainly due to (i) a capital distribution of $1.3 billion made by the Company to shareholders during 2017, (ii) stock-based compensation expenses, and (iii) advances made to Class B unit holders in 2017 in connection with the obligation held by Holdings.
   
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
14.   Stock-Based Compensation
Holdings established an incentive plan effective June 7, 2016 (the “Polaris Plan”). The purpose of the Polaris Plan is to provide a means through which Holdings may attract and retain key personnel and to provide a means whereby directors, officers, employees, consultants and advisors (“Participants”) can acquire and maintain an equity interest in Holdings, thereby strengthening their commitment to the welfare of Holdings and its subsidiaries, including MultiPlan, Inc. Under the Polaris Plan, Holdings may grant awards to select Participants at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Holdings. Polaris Plan awards are granted in the form of Holdings’ Class B Units via the Polaris Agreement. There are 343,114 Units available for issuance under the Polaris Plan. There were 269,645 and 270,576 Units issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The Company’s CEO, with the approval of the Board, determines participation and the allocation of the Units.
Each individual Award is comprised of time vesting Units (“Time Vesting Units”) and performance vesting Units (“Performance Vesting Units”). Time Vesting Units and Performance Vesting Units vest based on the vesting dates and the achievement of certain performance measures as defined in each Agreement. The Company amortizes the Time Vesting Units on a straight line basis, and the Performance Vesting Units on a graded vesting basis. In the event of the termination of an employee Participant due to a Qualifying Termination as defined by the Polaris Agreement, the Participant shall have the right to cause Holdings to purchase all or any portion of the vested Units owned by the employee, subject to the approval of the Company’s CEO. Based on this put right available to the employee Participants, stock-based compensation awards related to the Polaris Plan have been accounted for as liability classified awards within Holdings’ consolidated financial statements. The Company records these awards within Shareholders’ equity as an equity contribution from Holdings based on the fair value of the outstanding Units at each reporting period. Upon the occurrence of a definitive liquidity event all unvested units will vest immediately prior to such liquidity event. All vested shares will be exchanged for new shares and cash as determined at the time of such liquidity event.
The Company utilizes a Monte Carlo simulation analysis to estimate the fair value of the outstanding Units. The fair value of the outstanding Units was $98.1 million and $147.8 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The Company recorded stock-based compensation credit of $14.9 million during the period ended December 31, 2019, stock-based compensation expense of $4.7 million during the period ended December 31, 2018, and stock-based compensation expense of $50.8 million during the period ended December 31, 2017. There was $6.3 million of unrecognized compensation cost as of December 31, 2019 related to the outstanding Units which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.2 years. Forfeitures are accounted for as they occur.
The following table lists the assumptions used in the analyses for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017:
2019
2018
2017
Risk free rate of return
1.6% 2.5% 2.6%
Expected volatility
24.9% 25.0% 25.1%
Expected dividend yield
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Discount for Lack of Marketability
20.0% 20.0%
   
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Stock-based compensation expense has been allocated between costs of services and general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the years ending December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 as follows:
For the Years Ended
December 31,
($ in thousands)
2019
2018
2017
Cost of services
$ (7,904) $ 242 $ 23,907
General and administrative
(6,976) 4,475 26,881
Total stock-based compensation
$ (14,880) $ 4,717 $ 50,788
The Company changed its assumptions for computing the fair market value of the awards to incorporate a 20% discount for lack of marketability of the Units for the years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018. The assumptions used in 2017 did not include the 20% discount for lack of marketability as the acquisition of MultiPlan by affiliates of H&F, certain other investors and certain members of management on June 7, 2016, provided a fair value which continued to be the most relevant factor when determining the fair value of stock option awards as of December 31, 2017. This change in accounting estimate resulted in the following effects for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018:
For the Years Ended
December 31,
($ in thousands, except number of shares and per share data)
2019
2018
Increase in income from continuing operations
$ 17,405 $ 15,958
Increase in net income
17,405 15,958
Weighted average number of shares outstanding – basic and diluted
10 10
Increase in net income per share – basic and diluted
$ 1,740,500 $ 1,595,800
Following is a vesting summary of the Class B Units for the periods ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017:
($ in thousands)
Number of
Units
Weighted
Average
Fair Value
Nonvested at December 31, 2017
159,722 $ 654.61
Awarded
Vested
(37,751) $ 546.40
Forfeited
(3,682) $ 546.40
Nonvested at December 31, 2018
118,289 $ 546.40
Awarded
Vested
(36,687) $ 363.91
Forfeited
(931) $ 363.91
Nonvested at December 31, 2019
80,671 $ 363.91
None of the Units were puttable as of December 31, 2019. The Company did not declare or pay any distributions during 2019 and 2018, but paid distributions of $96.7 million to Class B Unit holders during 2017 in connection with the obligation held by Holdings. The amount of these distributions in excess of the obligation provided by Holdings for the Units has been accounted for as an advance to the Class B Unit holders, which was recorded as a reduction of contributed capital, offset by adjustments for expense/income subsequently recognized.
   
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
15.   Employee Benefit Plan
The Company sponsors a profit-sharing plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. The plan covers eligible employees and provides for discretionary employer contributions and a matching contribution subject to certain limitations of employee salary deferrals. Profit sharing expense was immaterial during the periods ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, and $7.4 million during the period ended December 31, 2017.
16.   Earnings Per Share
The following is a reconciliation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017:
Year Ended December 31,
($ in thousands, except number of shares and per share data)
2019
2018
2017
Numerator for earnings per share calculation
Net Income
$ 9,710 $ 36,223 $ 648,132
Denominator for earnings per share calculation
Weighted average number of shares outstanding – basic and
diluted
10 10 10
Income per share – basic and diluted:
Net income per share – basic and diluted
$ 971,000 $ 3,622,300 $ 64,813,200
17.   Related Party Transactions
The accompanying consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income include expenses and revenues to and from related parties for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 as follows:
For the Years Ended
December 31,
($ in thousands)
2019
2018
2017
Revenues
$ 2,373 $ 2,431 $ 2,837
Total revenues from related parties
$ 2,373 $ 2,431 $ 2,837
Cost of services
$ (3,753) $ (4,985) $ (5,594)
General and administrative
(288) (222) (346)
Total expense from related parties
$ (4,041) $ (5,207) $ (5,940)
The accompanying consolidated balance sheets include accruals from related parties as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 as follows:
As of December 31,
($ in thousands)
2019
2018
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
$ 2,500 $ 2,200
Total liabilities from related parties
$ 2,500 $ 2,200
The related party transactions include the following:

The Company purchased PPO network services from a company controlled by Hellman & Friedman LLC to supplement our provider network. We also recognize revenues from that same company for the use of our provider network and other claims processing services.
   
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

The Company has obtained insurance brokered through a company controlled by Hellman & Friedman LLC.

The Company compensates a non-employee member of the Board for his services on the Board. The Company also purchases cyber security risk management services from a company controlled by that same member of the Board.

The Company reimburses Hellman & Friedman LLC for reasonable out of pocket expenses that include travel, lodging, means, and any similar expenses.
18.   Subsequent Events
The Company has evaluated subsequent events after the balance sheet date through July 30, 2020, the date of issuance.
On July 12, 2020, Churchill Capital Corp III (“Churchill”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among Churchill, Music Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Churchill, Music Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Churchill, the Company, and Holdings. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the parties thereto will enter into a business combination transaction (the “Business Combination”) by which, pursuant to a Private Investment in Public Equity of $1.3 billion to Churchill from a capital raise an additional $1.3 billion from the issuance of 6% interest convertible debt (with a conversion price of $13 per share), Churchill will acquire Holdings’ equity in the Company for a total consideration of $5.7 billion, paid in cash and in shares of Churchill.
The consummation of the Transactions is subject to customary closing conditions for transactions of this nature, including customary closing conditions for special purpose acquisition companies. In addition, the proposed Business Combination is subject to approval by Churchill’s stockholders. The Merger Agreement may be terminated prior to the closing of the Transactions by mutual agreement of Churchill and the Company, by either party if the Transactions are not consummated on or before January 28, 2021 (subject to extension) and under other circumstances as specified in the Merger Agreement.
At the effective time of the First Merger, each share of Class A common stock of the Company will be cancelled and automatically deemed for all purposes to represent the right to receive an amount of shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Churchill (the “Churchill Class A Common Stock”) as determined pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement. At the effective time of the First Merger, each share of Class B common stock of the Company will be cancelled and automatically deemed for all purposes to represent the right to receive an amount of cash as determined pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement. In order to facilitate the consummation of the Mergers, the Company has agreed to undergo a recapitalization pursuant to which, among other things, the aggregate number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock will be increased to an aggregate of 30,880,280 shares, consisting of shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share, each having two votes per-share on all voting matters, and shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share, each having one vote per-share on all voting matters, and the Company’s existing capital stock will be exchanged for such new shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock, as applicable.
In connection with the Merger Agreement, the Company and/or Holdings entered into additional agreements on July 12, 2020 related to and contingent upon the Transactions, including:

voting and support agreements with certain stockholders pursuant to which such stockholders have agreed to vote in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and approval of the Transactions and certain other matters to be voted on at a special meeting of Churchill’s stockholders;

the Incentive Plan whereby our directors, officers, employees, consultants and advisors can acquire and maintain an equity interest in us, or be paid incentive compensation, including incentive
   
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compensation measured by reference to the value of our Class A common stock, thereby strengthening their commitment to our welfare and aligning their interests with those of our stockholders;

an investor rights agreement which includes certain corporate governance rights, including entitling certain of the parties thereto to nominate directors to Churchill’s board of directors, and certain registration rights, including demand, shelf and piggy-back rights, subject to cut-back provisions; and

common stock subscription agreements pursuant to which Churchill has agreed to issue and sell shares of Churchill Class A Common Stock and warrants to purchase shares of Churchill Class A Common Stock and convertible notes subscription agreements pursuant to which Churchill has agreed to issue and sell senior unsecured convertible notes, in each case, to the applicable investors in order to finance the Transactions.
In connection with the Merger Agreement, Churchill issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”) in the principal amount of $1,500,000 to the Sponsor. The Note bears no interest and is repayable in full upon the closing of the Mergers. The Sponsor has the option to convert any unpaid balance of the Note into warrants to purchase one share of Churchill’s Class A Common Stock (the “Working Capital Warrants”) equal to the principal amount of the Note so converted divided by $1.00. The terms of any such Working Capital Warrants are identical to the terms of Churchill’s existing private placement warrants held by the Sponsor. The proceeds of the Note will be used to fund expenses related to Churchill’s normal operating expenses and other transactional related expenses.
Additionally, the Compensation Committee has approved a transaction bonus pool (in an aggregate amount of up to $20 million) that may be paid to employees, including executive officers, after consummation of the Transactions, in recognition of their efforts in connection with the completion of the Transactions. Each of Messrs. Tabak, Redmond and White are eligible to receive a $4 million transaction bonus and Mr. Tabak will determine the other individuals eligible to receive a transaction bonus and the amount and other terms of each transaction bonus. $6 million of the bonus pool will be allocated to general employees.
The Business Combination will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded, in accordance with GAAP.
   
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Exhibit 99.4
Polaris Parent Corp.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
($ in thousands, except share and per share data)
June 30, 2020
December 31, 2019
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 178,860 $ 21,825
Trade accounts receivable, net
54,004 77,071
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
3,456 5,032
Prepaid software and maintenance
8,616 9,556
Prepaid taxes
7,686 2,130
Total current assets
252,622 115,614
Property and equipment, net
182,011 177,992
Operating lease right-of-use asset
25,887 29,998
Goodwill
4,142,013 4,142,013
Client relationships intangible, net
2,998,649 3,135,782
Provider network intangible, net
653,667 683,561
Other intangibles, net
67,300 67,300
Other assets
11,040 8,151
Total assets
$ 8,333,189 $ 8,360,411
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
$ 8,352 $ 9,565
Accrued interest
17,895 17,966
Operating lease obligation
9,649 9,521
Accrued compensation
22,855 26,311
Accrued legal
9,835 10,038
Accrued administrative fees
3,345 3,861
Other accrued expenses
11,526 8,524
Total current liabilities
83,457 85,786
Long-term debt
5,406,138 5,397,122
Operating lease obligation
18,635 23,086
Deferred income taxes
861,309 869,199
Total liabilities
6,369,539 6,375,193
Shareholders’ equity:
Shareholder interests
Common stock, par value $0.001; 1,000 shares authorized
(500 Series A and 500 Series B); 5 shares of Series A and 5 shares of Series B issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019
Contributed capital
1,384,928 1,347,656
Retained earnings
578,722 637,562
Shareholders’ equity
1,963,650 1,985,218
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
$ 8,333,189 $ 8,360,411
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Loss and Comprehensive Loss
($ in thousands, except share and per share data)
Six Months Ended June 30,
2020
2019
Revenues
$ 458,902 $ 490,677
Costs of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization of intangible assets shown below)
96,579 75,132
General and administrative expenses
57,767 36,527
Depreciation
29,641 27,570
Amortization of intangible assets
167,027 167,027
Total expenses
351,014 306,256
Operating income
107,888 184,421
Interest expense
177,015 193,192
Interest income
(148) (79)
Net loss before income taxes
(68,979) (8,692)
Benefit for income taxes
(10,139) (1,196)
Loss from continuing operations
(58,840) (7,496)
Net loss
(58,840) (7,496)
Weighted average shares outstanding – Basic and Diluted:
10 10
Net loss per share – Basic and Diluted:
$ (5,884,000) $ (749,600)
Comprehensive loss
(58,840) (7,496)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
($ in thousands, except share data)
Common Stock
Shares
Common Stock
Amount
Contributed
Capital
Retained
Earnings
(Accumulated
Losses)
Total
Balance as of January 1, 2019
10 $ $ 1,362,536 $ 627,852 1,990,388
Class B Unit expense
(4,630) (4,630)
Net loss
(7,496) (7,496)
Balance as of June 30, 2019
10 $ $ 1,357,906 $ 620,356 $ 1,978,262
Balance as of January 1, 2020
10 $ $ 1,347,656 $ 637,562 1,985,218
Class B Unit expense
37,272 37,272
Net loss
(58,840) (58,840)
Balance as of June 30, 2020
10 $ $ 1,384,928 $ 578,722 $ 1,963,650
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
($ in thousands)
Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2020
Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2019
Operating activities:
Net loss
$ (58,840) $ (7,496)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation
29,641 27,570
Amortization of intangible assets
167,027 167,027
Amortization of the right-of-use asset
4,111 2,551
Amortization of debt issuance costs
8,153 5,640
Stock-based compensation
37,272 (4,630)
Deferred tax benefit
(7,890) (37,634)
Non-cash interest costs
945 970
Loss on disposal of property and equipment
101 130
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquired balances:
Accounts receivable, net
23,067 263
Prepaid expenses and other assets
(474) 18,978
Prepaid taxes
(5,556) (15,833)
Operating lease obligation
(4,323) (2,455)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses and other
(1,367) (14,243)
Net cash provided by operating activities
191,867 140,838
Investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment
(34,866) (33,696)
Net cash used in investing activities
(34,866) (33,696)
Financing activities:
Repayments of long term debt
(100,000)
Borrowings on revolving credit facility
98,000
Repayment of revolving credit facility
(98,000)
Borrowings (payments) on capital leases, net
34 (87)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
34 (100,087)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
157,035 7,055
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
21,825 5,014
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
$ 178,860 $ 12,069
Noncash investing and financing activities:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment not yet paid
$ 2,664 $ 3,188
Operating lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease
liabilities
$ 467 $ 2,436
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest
$ (167,836) $ (185,864)
Income taxes, net of refunds
$ (3,407) $ (52,727)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements
1.   General Information and Basis of Accounting
General Information
We are a leading value-added provider of data analytics and technology-enabled end-to-end cost management solutions to the U.S. healthcare industry as measured by revenue and claims processed. The Company, through its operating subsidiary, MultiPlan, Inc. (“MultiPlan”), offers these solutions nationally through its Analytics-Based Services, which reduce medical cost through means other than contracted provider discounts and include Fee Negotiation and Medical Reimbursement Analysis Services, its Network-Based Services, which reduce medical cost through contracted discounts with healthcare providers and include one of the largest independent preferred provider organizations (“PPOs”) in the United States, and its Payment Integrity Services, which reduce medical cost by identifying and removing improper, unnecessary and excessive charges before claims are paid. We are a technology-enabled service provider and transaction processor and do not deliver health care services, bear insurance risk, underwrite risk, provide or manage healthcare services, provide care or care management, or adjudicate or pay claims.
Our customers include large national insurance companies, Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, provider-sponsored health plans, third party administrators (“TPAs”), bill review companies, Taft-Hartley plans and other entities that pay medical bills in the commercial healthcare, government, workers’ compensation, auto medical and dental markets (collectively, “payors”). We offer these payors a single electronic gateway to a highly-integrated and comprehensive set of services in each of the three categories (Analytics-Based Services, Network-Based Services, and Payment Integrity Services — see descriptions below), which are used in combination or individually to reduce the medical cost burden on healthcare payors and patients while fostering efficient payment to the providers. For the year ended December 31, 2019, our expansive network included access to over 1,200,000 healthcare providers.
Payors generally aim to pay provider claims at a discount to reduce cost, and to eliminate any improperly billed charges before payment is made. Our Analytics-Based Services discount claims using data-driven negotiation and/or pricing methodologies to support payments to providers with whom contractual discounts are not possible and are generally priced based on a percentage of savings achieved. Our Network-Based Services offer payors a broad network of discounted rates for providers with whom payors do not have a contractual relationship, and are priced based on either a percentage of savings achieved or at a per employee/member per month fee. Our Payment Integrity Services use data, technology and clinical expertise to assist payors in identifying improper, unnecessary and excessive charges before claims are paid. Payment Integrity Services are generally priced based on a percentage of savings achieved.
Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, certain information and disclosures required by GAAP for completed consolidated financial statements are not included herein. The interim financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations for the periods shown. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements of Polaris Parent Corp. as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019 and the notes related thereto. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of all subsidiaries, all of which are wholly owned.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Use of Estimates
The COVID-19 pandemic (“COVID-19”) has negatively impacted our business, results of operations and financial condition. Effects from COVID-19 began to impact our business in first quarter 2020 with
   
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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements
various federal, state, and local governments and private entities mandating restrictions on travel, restrictions on public gatherings, closure of non-essential commerce, and shelter in place orders. The Company has experienced a 15.8% decline in revenue during second quarter of 2020 compared to the second quarter of 2019 due to reduced volume from customers as a result of restrictions on elective medical procedures and non-essential medical services. The extent of the ultimate impact will depend on the severity and duration of the pandemic, for example future developments that are highly uncertain, including results of new information that may emerge concerning COVID-19 and any actions taken by federal, state and local governments to contain or treat COVID-19, as well as U.S. and global economies and consumer behavior and health care utilization patterns. See Note 3 “Term Loans and Revolver” for discussion of our precautionary measure to ensure our cash flow requirements were met and Note 5 “Income Taxes” for discussion on the impact of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”).
These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements presented herein reflect the latest estimates and assumptions made by management that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and related disclosures as of the date of the consolidated financial statements and reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods presented. The Company believes it has used reasonable estimates and assumptions to assess the fair values of goodwill, long-lived assets and indefinite-lived intangible assets; assessment of the annual effective tax rate; valuation of deferred income taxes and the allowance for doubtful accounts. Actual results may differ from these estimates and assumptions.
Segment Reporting
Operating segments are defined as components of an entity for which separate financial information is available and regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”). The Company manages its operations as a single segment for the purposes of assessing performance and making decisions. The Company’s singular focus is being a value-added provider of data analytics and technology-enabled end-to-end cost management solutions to the U.S. healthcare industry.
In addition, all of the Company’s revenue and long-lived assets are attributable to operations in the United States for all periods presented.
Revenue Recognition
Disaggregation of Revenue
The following table presents net sales disaggregated by services and contract types:
Six Months Ended June 30,
($ in thousands)
2020
2019
Revenues
Network Services
$ 135,126 $ 162,761
Percentage of Savings
103,407 129,722
PEPM
27,870 29,070
Other
3,849 3,969
Analytic-Based Services
274,096 274,798
Percentage of Savings
273,308 274,525
PEPM
788 273
Payment Integrity Services
49,680 53,118
Percentage of Savings
49,636 53,076
PEPM
44 42
Total Revenues
$ 458,902 $ 490,677
   
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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements
Due to the nature of our arrangements, certain estimates may be constrained if it is probable that a significant reversal of revenue will occur when the uncertainty is resolved. For our percentage of savings contracts, portions of revenue that is recognized and collected in a reporting period may be returned or credited in subsequent periods. These credits are the result of payers not utilizing the discounts that were initially calculated, or differences between the Company’s estimates of savings achieved for a customer and the amounts self-reported in the following month by that same customer. Significant judgment is used in constraining estimates of variable consideration, and based upon both client-specific and aggregated factors that include historical billing and adjustment data, client contract terms, and performance guarantees. We update our estimates at the end of each reporting period as additional information becomes available. There have not been any material changes to estimates of variable consideration for performance obligations satisfied prior to the six months ended June 30, 2020.
The timing of payments from customers from time to time generates contract assets or contract liabilities, however these amounts are immaterial in all periods presented.
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
In 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-13, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments including subsequent amendments to the initial guidance: ASU 2019-04, Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses, Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and Topic 825, Financial Instruments, ASU 2019-05, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326): Targeted Transition Relief and ASU 2019-11, Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses. Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 326 and related amendments require credit losses on financial instruments measured at amortized cost basis to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected, replacing the current incurred loss approach with an expected loss methodology that is referred to as the Current Expected Credit Loss. The new standard is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. We adopted this standard on January 1, 2020, using a modified retrospective approach. Our financial instruments in the scope of the new standard consist primarily of trade receivables. The allowance for credit losses was $0.4 million as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. There were no material write offs charged or increases to the allowance for credit losses during the six months ended June 30, 2020. The adoption of ASC 326 had no material impact on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other — Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40) — Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract. This ASU addresses a customer’s accounting for implementation costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract. The amendment aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software (and hosting arrangements that include an internal-use software license). We adopted this new accounting standard as of January 1, 2020 on a prospective basis. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework — Change to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement, which modifies the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by removing, modifying and adding certain disclosures. This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. We adopted this guidance on January 1, 2020 and it had no material impact on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
New Accounting Pronouncements Issued but Not Yet Adopted
In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. This standard simplifies the accounting for income taxes by eliminating
   
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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements
certain exceptions to the guidance in ASC 740 related to the approach for intra-period tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. The standard also simplifies aspects of the accounting for franchise taxes and enacted changes in tax laws or rates and clarifies the accounting for transactions that result in a step-up in the tax basis of goodwill. The standard is effective for public companies for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2021. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that implementation of this standard will have on the Company’s consolidated operating results, cash flows, financial condition and related disclosures.
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The amendments in this Update provide optional guidance for a limited period of time to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or recognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial reporting. This standard is effective for all entities as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. Early adoption is permitted. The Company has a term loan and a revolving credit loan for which the interest rates are indexed on the London InterBank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and as a result is currently evaluating the effect that implementation of this standard will have on the Company’s consolidated operating results, cash flows, financial condition and related disclosures.
On August 5, 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt — Debt With Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity. The amendments simplify the accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity, including convertible instruments and contracts on an entity’s own equity. The standard is effective for public companies for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2021. Early adoption is permitted. As a result of the transactions described in Note 10 “Subsequent Events”, the Company will evaluate the effect that implementation of the standard will have on the Company’s consolidated operating results, cash flows, financial condition and related disclosures.
2.   Long-Term Debt
As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, long-term debt consisted of the following:
($ in thousands)
June 30, 2020
December 31, 2019
Term Loan G
$ 2,710,000 $ 2,710,000
Notes due 2024
1,560,000 1,560,000
Senior PIK Note
1,178,727 1,178,727
Finance lease obligations
120 101
Long-term debt
5,448,847 5,448,828
Premium – Notes due 2024
9,302 10,327
Discount – Term Loan G
(5,369) (6,195)
Discount – Senior PIK Notes
(6,292) (7,436)
Debt issuance costs, net:
Term Loan G
(13,679) (18,332)
Notes Due 2024
(19,452) (21,539)
Senior PIK Notes
(7,219) (8,531)
Long- term debt, net
$ 5,406,138 $ 5,397,122
3.   Term Loans and Revolver
The interest rate in effect for Term Loan G was 3.75 % and 5.08 % as of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectively. Interest expense was $60.8 million and $75.5 million for the six month periods ended
   
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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements
June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. These amounts are included in interest expense in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss.
On March 19, 2020 the Company activated $98.0 million of Revolver G as a precautionary measure due to the uncertainty of COVID-19. The revolver and associated interest was repaid on June 25, 2020. On July 2, 2020 the Company, the administrative agent and the revolving credit lenders have agreed to amend the revolving credit maturity date to June 7, 2023, or September 1, 2022 should the aggregate principal outstanding on the Senior PIK Notes exceed $300 million on September 1, 2022. Interest on Revolver G for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was $1.2 million. This amount is included in interest expense in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss.
During the six months ended June 30, 2020, a correcting adjustment of $2.3 million was made to increase interest expense to account for acceleration of debt issuance cost due to principal prepayments made on the Term Loan in years 2017, 2018 and 2019. The adjustment was not material to the current period or historical period financial statements.
Debt Covenants and Events of Default
The Company is subject to certain affirmative and negative debt covenants under Term Loan G, the Notes due 2024, and the Senior PIK Notes that limit the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to engage in specified types of transactions.
In addition, solely with respect to the Revolver G, the Company is required to maintain a consolidated first lien debt to consolidated EBITDA ratio no greater than 7.60 to 1.00. As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 the Company was in compliance with all of the debt covenants.
4.   Fair Value Measurements
Fair value measurements are based on the premise that fair value represents an exit price representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, the following three-tier fair value hierarchy has been used in determining the inputs used in measuring fair value:

Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities on the reporting date.

Level 2 — Inputs, other than quoted prices in active markets (Level 1), that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the entity to develop its own assumptions
Financial instruments
Certain financial instruments which are not measured at fair value on a recurring basis include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable, which approximate fair value due to their short-term nature. The financial instrument that potentially subjects the Company to concentrations of credit risk consists primarily of accounts receivable. The Company’s accounts receivable are spread over a large customer base and various product lines that the Company offers.
We estimate the fair value of long-term debt, including current maturities of finance lease obligations using present value techniques that are significantly affected by the assumptions used concerning the amount and timing of estimated future cash flows and discount rates that reflect varying degrees of risk. Assumptions include interest rates currently available for instruments with similar terms as well as the five,
   
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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements
seven, and eight-year Treasury bill rates. As such, this is considered a Level 2 fair value measurement. As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company’s carrying amount and fair value of long-term debt consisted of the following:
June 30, 2020
December 31, 2019
($ in thousands)
Carrying
Amount
Fair Value
Carrying
Amount
Fair Value
Liabilities:
Notes due 2024, net of premium
$ 1,569,302 $ 1,616,422 $ 1,570,327 $ 1,544,976
Term Loan G, net of discount
2,704,631 2,791,844 2,703,805 2,769,645
Senior PIK Note, net of discount
1,172,435 1,226,416 1,171,291 1,191,694
Finance lease obligations
120 120 101 101
Total Liabilities
$ 5,446,488 $ 5,634,802 $ 5,445,524 $ 5,506,416
Recurring fair value measurements
We measure our 2016 Class B Unit Incentive Plan at fair market value on a recurring basis. The fair value of the Plan was determined based on significant inputs not observable in the market which would represent a level 3 measurement within the fair value hierarchy. The Company uses a Monte Carlo simulation to estimate the fair value of the stock-based compensation awards. See Note 7 “Stock-Based Compensation” for further information including details of our unobservable assumptions.
Non-recurring fair value measurements
We also measure certain non-financial assets at fair value on a nonrecurring basis, primarily goodwill and long-lived tangible and intangible assets, in connection with periodic evaluations for potential impairment. We estimate the fair value of these assets using primarily unobservable inputs and, as such, these are considered Level 3 fair value measurements. There were no material impairment charges for these assets as of June 30, 2020 or December 31, 2019.
5.   Income Taxes
The pre-tax loss during the six month period ended June 30, 2020 of $69.0 million generated an income tax benefit of $10.1 million. The pre-tax loss during the six month period ended June 30, 2019 of $8.7 million generated an income tax benefit of $1.2 million. The Company’s effective tax rate differed from the statutory rate primarily due to state taxes and stock-based compensation expense.
The CARES Act, was signed into law on March 27, 2020. The law features tax relief measures for businesses including a change in Section 163(j) interest deduction limitation increasing the adjusted taxable income limitation from 30% to 50% retroactively to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2019. The provision also allows the taxpayer to elect to use its 2019 adjusted taxable income for its 2020 limitation. As a result of these changes, the Company recorded a $32.4 million increase to its deferred income tax liability in the first quarter to account for the retroactive change to the tax law applicable to the Company’s year ended December 31, 2019. The CARES Act had additional impacts to the 2019 tax year, however, they do not have a material impact to the Company’s 2019 income tax provision.
Various regulatory tax authorities periodically examine the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ tax returns. Tax years December 2016 through 2019 are open for Federal examination. The Company was notified by the IRS during the fourth quarter of 2019, that the Company’s 2017 tax return was selected for audit. The audit commenced during the first quarter of 2020 and is still in progress. Tax years 2015 through 2019 are still open for examination related to income taxes to various state taxing authorities.
6.   Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments
The Company has certain irrevocable letters of credit that reduced the capacity of Revolver G by $1.8 million as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.
   
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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements
Claims and Litigation
The Company is a party to certain claims and litigation in the ordinary course of business. The Company is not involved in any claims or legal proceedings that it believes will result, individually, or in the aggregate, in a material adverse effect upon our financial condition or results of operations, or cash flows. We accrue for costs associated with certain contingencies, including, but not limited to, settlement of legal proceedings, regulatory compliance matters and self-insurance exposures when such costs are probable and reasonably estimable. Such accruals are included in other accrued expenses on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet. In addition, we accrue for legal fees incurred in defense of asserted litigation and regulatory matters as such legal fees are incurred. To the extent it is probable under our existing insurance coverage that we are able to recover losses and legal fees related to contingencies, we record such recoveries concurrently with the accrual of the related loss or legal fees. Significant management judgment is required to estimate the amounts of such contingent liabilities and the related insurance recoveries. In our determination of the probability and ability to estimate contingent liabilities and related insurance recoveries we consider the following: litigation exposure based on currently available information, consultations with external legal counsel, adequacy and applicability of existing insurance coverage, and other pertinent facts and circumstances regarding the contingency. Liabilities established to provide for contingencies are adjusted as further information develops, circumstances change, or contingences are resolved; and such changes are recorded in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income during the period of the change and appropriately reflected in other accrued liabilities in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.
7.   Stock-Based Compensation
Holdings established an incentive plan effective June 7, 2016 (the “Polaris Plan”). The purpose of the Polaris Plan is to provide a means through which Holdings may attract and retain key personnel and to provide a means whereby directors, officers, employees, consultants and advisors (“Participants”) can acquire and maintain an equity interest in Holdings, thereby strengthening their commitment to the welfare of Holdings and its subsidiaries, including MultiPlan, Inc. Under the Polaris Plan, Holdings may grant awards to select Participants at the sole discretion of the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Holdings. Polaris Plan awards are granted in the form of Holdings’ Class B Units (“Units”) via the Class B Unit Award Agreement (“Polaris Agreement”). There are 343,114 Units available for issuance under the Polaris Plan. There were 267,768 Units issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2020. The Company’s CEO, with the approval of the Board, determines participation and the allocation of the Units (“Awards”).
Each individual Award is comprised of time vesting Units (“Time Vesting Units”) and performance vesting Units (“Performance Vesting Units”). Time Vesting Units and Performance Vesting Units vest based on the vesting dates and the achievement of certain performance measures as defined in each Agreement. The Company amortizes the Time Vesting Units on a straight line basis, and the Performance Vesting Units on a graded vesting basis. In the event of the termination of an employee Participant due to a Qualifying Termination as defined by the Polaris Agreement, the Participant shall have the right to cause Holdings to purchase all or any portion of the vested Units owned by the employee, subject to the approval of the Company’s CEO. Based on this put right available to the employee Participants, stock-based compensation awards related to the Polaris Plan have been accounted for as liability classified awards within Holdings’ consolidated financial statements. The Company records these awards within Shareholders’ equity as an equity contribution from Holdings based on the fair value of the outstanding Units at each reporting period. Upon the occurrence of a definitive liquidity event all unvested units will vest immediately prior to such liquidity event. All vested shares will be exchanged for new shares and cash as determined at the time of such liquidity event.
The Company utilizes a Monte Carlo simulation analysis to estimate the fair value of the outstanding Units. The fair value of the outstanding Units was $142.9 million as of June 30, 2020. The valuation as of June 30, 2020 took into account the probability adjusted transaction value of the Company and reduced the discount for lack of marketability. There was $0.5 million of unrecognized compensation cost as of
   
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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements
June 30, 2020 related to the outstanding Units which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.1 years. Forfeitures are accounted for as they occur.
The following table lists the assumptions used in the analyses as of June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019:
As of
June 30, 2020
June 30, 2019
Risk free rate of return
0.2% 1.7%
Expected volatility
80.0% 23.2%
Expected dividend yield
0.0% 0.0%
Discount for lack of marketability
11.0% 19.0%
Stock-based compensation expense has been allocated between costs of services and general and administrative expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss for the six month periods ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 as follows:
Six Months Ended
June 30,
($ in thousands)
2020
2019
Cost of services
$ 17,946 $ (2,918)
General and administrative
19,326 (1,712)
Total stock-based compensation
$ 37,272 $ (4,630)
Following is a vesting summary of the Class B Units for the six month period ended June 30, 2020:
Number of
Units
Weighted
Average Fair
Value
Nonvested at December 31, 2019
80,671 $ 363.91
Awarded
Vested
(18,000) $ 533.75
Forfeited
(1,877) $ 533.75
Nonvested at June 30, 2020
60,794 $ 533.75
None of the Units were puttable as of June 30, 2020.
8.   Net Loss Per Share
The following is a reconciliation of basic and diluted loss per share for the six month periods ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019:
($ in thousands, except number of shares and per share data)
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2020
2019
Numerator for loss per share calculation
Net loss
$ (58,840) $ (7,496)
Denominator for loss per share calculation
Weighted average number of shares outstanding – basic and diluted
10 10
Loss per share – basic and diluted:
Net loss per share – basic and diluted
$ (5,884,000) $ (749,600)
   
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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements
9.   Related Party Transactions
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss include expenses and revenues to and from related parties for the six month periods ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 as follows:
($ in thousands)
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2020
2019
Revenues
$ 1,036 $ 1,164
Total revenues from related parties
$ 1,036 $ 1,164
Cost of services
$ 583 $ 1,103
General and administrative
100 149
Total expense from related parties
$ 683 $ 1,252
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets include accruals from related parties as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 as follows:
($ in thousands)
June 30,
2020
December 31,
2019
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
$ 2,500 $ 2,500
Total liabilities from related parties
$ 2,500 $ 2,500
The related party transactions include the following:

The Company purchased PPO network services from a company controlled by Hellman & Friedman LLC to supplement our provider network. We also recognize revenues from that same company for the use of our provider network and other claims processing services.

The Company has obtained insurance brokered through a company controlled by Hellman & Friedman LLC.

The Company compensates a non-employee member of the Board for his services on the Board. The Company also purchases cyber security risk management services from a company controlled by that same member of the Board.

The Company reimburses Hellman & Friedman LLC for reasonable out of pocket expenses that include travel, lodging, means, and any similar expenses.
10.   Subsequent Events
The Company has evaluated subsequent events after the balance sheet date through October 9, 2020, the date of issuance.
On July 2, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement to extend the maturity date of the revolving credit line. Refer to Note 3 “Term Loans and Revolver” for additional details.
On July 12, 2020, Churchill Capital Corp III (“Churchill”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among Churchill, Music Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Churchill (“First Merger Sub”), Music Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Churchill (“Second Merger Sub”), the Company, and Holdings. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the parties thereto will enter into a business combination transaction (the “Transactions”) by which, pursuant to a Private Investment in Public
   
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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements
Equity (“PIPE”) of $1.3 billion to Churchill from a capital raise an additional $1.3 billion from the issuance of 6% interest convertible debt (with a conversion price of $13 per share), Churchill will acquire Holdings’ equity in the Company for a total consideration of $5.7 billion, paid in cash and in shares of Churchill.
The consummation of the Transactions is subject to customary closing conditions for transactions of this nature, including customary closing conditions for special purpose acquisition companies. In addition, the proposed Transactions are subject to approval by Churchill’s stockholders. The Merger Agreement may be terminated prior to the closing of the Transactions by mutual agreement of Churchill and the Company, by either party if the Transactions are not consummated on or before January 28, 2021 (subject to extension) and under other circumstances as specified in the Merger Agreement.
At the effective time of the First Merger, each share of Class A common stock of the Company will be cancelled and automatically deemed for all purposes to represent the right to receive an amount of shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Churchill (the “Churchill Class A Common Stock”) as determined pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement. At the effective time of the First Merger, each share of Class B common stock of the Company will be cancelled and automatically deemed for all purposes to represent the right to receive an amount of cash as determined pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement.
In order to facilitate the consummation of the Mergers, the Company has agreed to undergo a recapitalization pursuant to which, among other things, the aggregate number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock will be increased to an aggregate of 30,880,280 shares, consisting of shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share, each having two votes per-share on all voting matters, and shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share, each having one vote per-share on all voting matters, and the Company’s existing capital stock will be exchanged for such new shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock, as applicable.
In connection with the Merger Agreement, the Company and/or Holdings entered into additional agreements on July 12, 2020 related to and contingent upon the Transactions, including:

voting and support agreements with certain stockholders pursuant to which such stockholders have agreed to vote in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and approval of the Transactions and certain other matters to be voted on at a special meeting of Churchill’s stockholders;

the Churchill Capital Corp III 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan whereby our directors, officers, employees, consultants and advisors can acquire and maintain an equity interest in us, or be paid incentive compensation, including incentive compensation measured by reference to the value of our Class A common stock, thereby strengthening their commitment to our welfare and aligning their interests with those of our stockholders;

an investor rights agreement which includes certain corporate governance rights, including entitling certain of the parties thereto to nominate directors to Churchill’s board of directors, and certain registration rights, including demand, shelf and piggy-back rights, subject to cut-back provisions; and

common stock subscription agreements pursuant to which Churchill has agreed to issue and sell shares of Churchill Class A Common Stock and warrants to purchase shares of Churchill Class A Common Stock and convertible notes subscription agreements pursuant to which Churchill has agreed to issue and sell senior unsecured convertible notes, in each case, to the applicable investors in order to finance the Transactions.
In connection with the Merger Agreement, Churchill issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”) in the principal amount of $1,500,000 to Churchill Sponsor III, LLC (the “Sponsor”). The Note bears no interest and is repayable in full upon the closing of the Mergers. The Sponsor has the option to convert any unpaid balance of the Note into warrants to purchase one share of Class A common stock (the “Working Capital Warrants”) equal to the principal amount of the Note so converted divided by $1.00.
   
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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements
The terms of any such Working Capital Warrants are identical to the terms of Churchill’s existing private placement warrants held by the Sponsor. The proceeds of the Note will be used to fund expenses related to Churchill’s normal operating expenses and other transactional related expenses.
Additionally, the Compensation Committee has approved a transaction bonus pool (in an aggregate amount of up to $20 million) that may be paid to employees, including executive officers, after consummation of the Transaction, in recognition of their efforts in connection with the completion of the Transaction. Each of Messrs. Tabak, Redmond and White are eligible to receive a $4 million transaction bonus and Mr. Tabak will determine the other individuals eligible to receive a transaction bonus and the amount and other terms of each transaction bonus. $6 million of the bonus pool will be allocated to all other employees.
The Transactions will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded, in accordance with GAAP.
In August 2020, MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of the Company, purchased 9,094,876 shares of Churchill stock in the open market at a cost of $100.6 million.
   
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Exhibit 99.5
MULTIPLAN PARENT SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The following tables present the selected historical consolidated financial data of MultiPlan Parent and MPH Holdings (the predecessor of MultiPlan Parent) for the periods presented. The consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income data and consolidated statement of cash flows data for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2018 and 2019 have been derived from MultiPlan Parent’s audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Report. The consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income data and consolidated statement of cash flows data for the six month periods ended June 30, 2019 and June 30, 2020 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of June 30, 2020 have been derived from MultiPlan Parent’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Report. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of MultiPlan Parent have been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements of MultiPlan Parent. In the opinion of MultiPlan Parent’s management, the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial data reflects all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the financial information in those statements. The selected historical consolidated financial data for the year ended December 31, 2015, the period from January 1, 2016 through June 6, 2016 and the period from May 2, 2016 through December 31, 2016, and the summary balance sheet data as of December 31, 2016 and June 30, 2019 has been derived from MultiPlan Parent’s (or its predecessor’s) unaudited financial statements not included in this Report.
On June 7, 2016, affiliates of Hellman & Friedman LLC, certain other investors and certain members of management acquired, indirectly, all of the capital stock of the Company. The following discussion includes references to the “successor” and “predecessor” of, and the related accounting periods resulting from, the consummation of such acquisition on June 7, 2016. In accordance with GAAP, the accounting period for the successor began on May 2, 2016, the date the successor began accruing expenses related to such acquisition.
You should read the selected financial data presented below in conjunction with “MultiPlan Parent’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and MultiPlan Parent’s consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Report. Historical operating results are not necessarily indicative of future operating results.
 
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Six
Months
Ended
June 30,
2020
Six
Months
Ended
June 30,
2019
Year Ended
December 31,
2019
Year Ended
December 31,
2018
Year Ended
December 31,
2017
May2 –
December 31,
2016
January 1 –
June 6,
2016
Year Ended
December 31,
2015
($ in thousands except share data)
Successor
Successor
Successor
Successor
Successor
Successor
Predecessor
Predecessor
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
Consolidated Statements of Income
and Comprehensive Income Data:
Revenues(1) $ 458,902 $ 490,677 $ 982,901 $ 1,040,883 $ 1,067,266 $ 575,889 $ 412,597 $ 865,094
Expenses:
Cost of services (exclusive of
depreciation and amortization of
intangible assets shown below
96,579 75,132 149,607 149,463 193,655 106,639 175,470 217,956
General and administrative
expenses
57,767 36,527 75,225 77,558 122,920 160,294 187,764 174,951
Depreciation
29,641 27,570 55,807 52,268 53,002 30,244 19,818 41,650
Amortization of intangible
assets
167,027 167,027 334,053 334,053 334,053 189,297 80,152 184,967
Total expenses
351,014 306,256 614,692 613,342 703,630 486,474 463,204 619,524
Operating income (loss)
107,888 184,421 368,209 427,541 363,636 89,415 (50,607) 245,570
Interest expense(2)
177,015 193,192 376,346 383,261 281,972 155,140 81,385 152,127
Interest income
(148) (79) (196) (51) (9) (19) (12)
Loss on extinguishments and modification of debt
20,053 127,307
Gain on repurchase and cancellation of notes
(18,450)
Net (loss) income before income
taxes
(68,979) (8,692) 10,509 44,331 61,620 (65,706) (259,299) 93,455
(Benefit) provision for income
taxes
(10,139) (1,196) 799 8,108 (586,512) (9,203) (11,701) 85,706
Net (loss) income
(58,840) (7,496) 9,710 36,223 648,132 (56,503) (247,598) 7,749
Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding − basic and diluted .
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Net (loss) income per share − basic
and diluted
$ (5,884) $ (750) $ 971 $ 3,622 $ 64,813 $ (5,650) $ (24,760) $ 775
Other comprehensive income, net
of tax:
Unrealized gain (loss) on change in fair value of derivatives
(2,244) (3,971)
Comprehensive (loss)
income
$ (58,840) $ (7,496) $ 9,710 $ 36,223 $ 648,132 $ (56,503) $ (249,842) $ 3,778
Consolidated Balance Sheets Data (at end of period):
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 178,860 $ 12,069 $ 21,825 $ 5,014 $ 21,417 $ 26,396 $ 56,313
Total assets(3)
8,333,189 8,531,227 8,360,411 8,642,973 8,987,709 9,285,126 5,297,921
Long-term debt
5,406,138 5,509,895 5,397,122 5,603,413 5,835,697 4,700,644 2,676,697
Shareholders’ equity
1,963,650 1,978,262 1,985,218 1,990,388 1,949,448 2,670,238 1,378,304
Cash dividends per share
141,971 38,765
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Data:
Cash flows provided by (used in):
Operating activities
$ 191,867 $ 140,838 $ 284,313 $ 292,303 $ 368,945 $ 157,621 $ 28,987 $ 347,117
Investing activities
(34,866) (33,696) (66,414) (63,556) (60,709) (6,838,883) (22,568) (49,079)
Financing activities
34 (100,087) (201,088) (245,150) (313,215) 6,707,658 (52,265) (270,083)
 
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(1)
On January 1, 2018, MultiPlan Parent adopted ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. See Note 2 to MultiPlan Parent’s consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Report for additional information.
(2)
In the years ended December 31, 2017, 2018 and 2019, MultiPlan Parent did not recognize expense for the portions of debt issuance costs related to the amounts of the principal loan prepayments of MPH Holdings’ term loan facility in each year, which resulted in an understatement of long-term debt of $2.3 million as of December 31, 2019. MultiPlan Parent corrected this error as an out-of-period adjustment resulting in an overstatement of interest expense of $2.3 million in the six month period ended June 30, 2020.
(3)
On January 1, 2019, MultiPlan Parent adopted ASC Topic 842, Leases. See Note 2 to MultiPlan Parent’s consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Report for additional information.
 
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Exhibit 99.6
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholder and Board of Directors of Churchill Capital Corp III
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Churchill Capital Corp III (formerly known as Butler Acquisition Corp) (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2019, the related statements of operations, changes in stockholder’s equity and cash flows for the period from October 30, 2019 (inception) through December 31, 2019 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2019 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from October 30, 2019 (inception) through December 31, 2019, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Explanatory Paragraph  —  Going Concern
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, its business plan is dependent on the completion of a financing and the Company’s cash and working capital as of December 31, 2019 are not sufficient to complete its planned activities. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1 and 3. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB . Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Marcum LLP
Marcum LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2019.
New York, NY
January 29, 2020 (Except for Note 8 as to which the date is February 14, 2020)
 
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CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 31, 2019
ASSETS
Current asset – cash
$ 34,000
Deferred offering costs
284,930
Total Assets
$ 318,930
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY
Current liabilities
Accrued expenses
$ 1,450
Accrued offering costs
168,930
Promissory note-related party
125,000
Total Current Liabilities
295,380
Commitments
Stockholder’s Equity
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 27,500,000 shares issued and outstanding(1)
2,750
Additional paid-in capital
22,250
Accumulated deficit
(1,450)
Total Stockholder’s Equity
23,550
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY
$ 318,930
(1)
Includes an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares that are subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment is not exercised in full (see Notes 7 and 8).
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 30, 2019 (INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2019
Formation costs
$ 1,450
Net Loss
$ (1,450)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted(1)
25,000,000
Basic and diluted net loss per common share
$ (0.00)
(1)
Excludes an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares that are subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment is not exercised in full (see Notes 7 and 8).
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY
FOR THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 30, 2019 (INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2019
Common Stock(1)
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
Accumulated
Deficit
Total
Stockholder’s
Equity
Shares
Amount
Balance – October 30, 2019 (inception)
$ $ $ $
Issuance of Class B common stock to Sponsor(1)
27,500,000 2,750 22,250 25,000
Net loss
(1,450) (1,450)
Balance – December 31, 2019
27,500,000 $ 2,750 $ 22,250 $ (1,450) $ 23,550
(1)
Includes an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares that are subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full (see Notes 7 and 8).
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 30, 2019 (INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2019
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net loss
$ (1,450)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accrued expenses
1,450
Net cash used in operating activities
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock to Sponsor
25,000
Proceeds from promissory note-related party
125,000
Payment of offering costs
(116,000)
Net cash provided by financing activities
34,000
Net Change in Cash
34,000
Cash – Beginning
Cash – Ending $ 34,000
Non-Cash investing and financing activities:
Deferred offering costs included in accrued offering costs
$ 168,930
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1 — Description of Organization and Business Operations
Churchill Capital Corp III (formerly known as Butler Acquisition Corp) (the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on October 30, 2019. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”).
The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.
As of December 31, 2019, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from October 30, 2019 (inception) through December 31, 2019 relates to the Company’s formation and the proposed initial public offering (“Proposed Public Offering”), which is described below. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Proposed Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
The Company’s ability to commence operations is contingent upon obtaining adequate financial resources through a Proposed Public Offering of 100,000,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”) at $10.00 per Unit (or 110,000,000 Units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), which is discussed in Note 3, and the sale of 21,000,000 warrants (or 23,000,000 warrants if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) (each, a “Private Placement Warrant” and, collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of  $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to the Churchill Sponsor III LLC (the “Sponsor”) that will close simultaneously with the Proposed Public Offering.
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Proposed Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully. The Company’s initial Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding taxes payable on interest income earned from the Trust Account and the deferred underwriting commissions) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial Business Combination. The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). Upon the closing of the Proposed Public Offering, management has agreed that an amount equal to at least $10.00 per Unit sold in the Proposed Public Offering, including the proceeds of the Private Placement Warrants, will be held in a trust account (“Trust Account”), located in the United States and invested only in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account, as described below, except that interest earned on the Trust Account can be released to the Company to fund working capital requirements, subject to an annual limit of  $1,000,000 and/or to pay its tax obligations.
The Company will provide its holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “public stockholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion.
   
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The public stockholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $10.00 per Public Share, plus any pro rata interest, net of amounts withdrawn for working capital requirements, subject to an annual limit of  $1,000,000 and/or to pay its taxes (“permitted withdrawals”)). The per-share amount to be distributed to public stockholders who redeem their Public Shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriters (as discussed in Note 6). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants. The Public Shares subject to redemption will be recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Proposed Public Offering in accordance with the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”
The Company will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a stockholder vote is not required by law or stock exchange requirements and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, stockholder approval of the transaction is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain stockholder approval for business or legal reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Company’s Sponsor and its permitted transferees will agree to vote their Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Proposed Public Offering in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each public stockholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction.
If the Company seeks stockholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% or more of the Public Shares, without the prior consent of the Company.
The Sponsor has agreed (a) to waive its redemption rights with respect to its Founder Shares and Public Shares held by it in connection with the completion of a Business Combination, (b) to waive its rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to its Founder Shares if the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination within the Combination Window (as defined below) and (c) not to propose an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination, unless the Company provides the public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their shares in conjunction with any such amendment.
If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Proposed Public Offering (or 27 months from the closing of the Proposed Public Offering if the Company has an executed letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for a Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Proposed Public Offering) (the “Combination Window”), the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account including interest (net of permitted withdrawals and up to $100,000 to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as
   
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Window.
The Sponsor has agreed to waive its right to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Window. However, if the Sponsor acquires Public Shares in or after the Proposed Public Offering, such Public Shares will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Window. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission (see Note 6) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Window and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the other funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the Proposed Public Offering price per Unit ($10.00).
In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party (other than the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm) for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or similar agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (i) $10.00 per Public Share or (ii) the amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.00 per Public Share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of permitted withdrawals. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account or to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Proposed Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
Going Concern Consideration
At December 31, 2019, the Company had $34,000 in cash and working capital deficit of $261,380. The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued. Management plans to address this uncertainty through a Proposed Public Offering as discussed in Note 3. There is no assurance that the Company’s plans to raise capital or to consummate a Business Combination will be successful within the Combination Window. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements are presented in in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.
   
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
Deferred Offering Costs
Deferred offering costs consist of legal, accounting, underwriting fees and other costs incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related to the Proposed Public Offering and that will be charged to stockholder’s equity upon the completion of the Proposed Public Offering. Should the Proposed Public Offering prove to be unsuccessful, these deferred costs, as well as additional expenses to be incurred, will be charged to operations.
Income Taxes
The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under ASC 740, “Income Taxes.” Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statements carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in
   
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
income in the period that included the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of December 31, 2019. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position. The Company is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception.
The provision for income taxes was deemed to be immaterial for the period from October 30, 2019 (inception) through December 31, 2019.
Net Loss Per Common Share
Net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, excluding shares of common stock subject to forfeiture. Weighted average shares were reduced for the effect of an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares of common stock that are subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised by the underwriters (see Note 7). December 31, 2019, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into shares of common stock and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share for the period presented.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of  $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on this account and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such account.
Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
Note 3 — Public Offering
Pursuant to the Proposed Public Offering, the Company intends to offer for sale 100,000,000 Units (or 110,000,000 Units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) at a price of  $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 7).
Note 4 — Private Placement
The Sponsor will agree to purchase an aggregate of 21,000,000 Private Placement Warrants (or 23,000,000 Private Placement Warrants if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) at a price of   $1.00
   
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
per Private Placement Warrant, for an aggregate purchase price of  $21,000,000, or $23,000,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full, in a private placement that will occur simultaneously with the closing of the Proposed Public Offering. Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of  $11.50 per share. The proceeds from the Private Placement Warrants will be added to the proceeds from the Proposed Public Offering to be held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Window, the proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Warrants will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law) and the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Private Placement Warrants.
Note 5 — Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On December 6, 2019, the Sponsor purchased 17,250,000 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock for an aggregate price of $25,000. On February 12, 2020, the Company effected a stock dividend of one-third of a share outstanding and on February 13, 2020, the Company effected a stock dividend of approximately 0.1957 shares of Class B common stock for each outstanding share, resulting in 27,500,000 shares of Class B common stock being issued and outstanding (the “Founder Shares”). All share and per-share amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the stock dividend. The Founder Shares will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock upon consummation of a Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to certain adjustments, as described in Note 7.
The Founder Shares include an aggregate of up to 2,500,000 shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part, so that the Sponsor will own, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Proposed Public Offering (assuming the Sponsor does not purchase any Public Shares in the Proposed Public Offering).
The Sponsor has agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of its Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after the completion of a Business Combination or (B) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, stock exchange, reorganization or similar transaction after a Business Combination that results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the closing price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after a Business Combination, the Founder Shares will be released form the lock-up.
Promissory Note — Related Party
On December 6, 2019, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $300,000 to cover expenses related to the Proposed Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note (the “Promissory Note”) (see Note 8). The Promissory Note is non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of December 31, 2020 or the completion of the Proposed Public Offering. As of December 31, 2019, there was $125,000 outstanding under the Promissory Note.
Administrative Support Agreement
The Company will agree, commencing on the effective date of the Proposed Public Offering through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, to pay an affiliate of the Sponsor a total of  $50,000 per month for office space, administrative and support services.
   
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Advisory Fee
The Company may engage M. Klein and Company, LLC, an affiliate of the Sponsor, or another affiliate of the Sponsor, as its lead financial advisor in connection with a Business Combination and may pay such affiliate a customary financial advisory fee in an amount that constitutes a market standard financial advisory fee for comparable transactions.
Related Party Loans
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor, an affiliate of the Sponsor, or the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants at a price of  $1.00 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.
Note 6 — Commitments
Registration Rights
The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and any shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants or warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans and upon conversion of the Founder Shares) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of Proposed Public Offering requiring the Company to register such securities for resale (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion to Class A common stock). The holders of these securities will be entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of a Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
The Company will grant the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of Proposed Public Offering to purchase up to 10,000,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the Proposed Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions.
The underwriters will be entitled to a cash underwriting discount of $0.20 per Unit, or $20,000,000 in the aggregate (or $22,000,000 in the aggregate if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable upon the closing of the Proposed Public Offering. In addition, the underwriters will be entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $35,000,000 in the aggregate (or $38,500,000 in the aggregate if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full). The deferred fee will be waived by the underwriters in the event that the Company does not complete a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
   
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 7 — Stockholder’s Equity
Preferred Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of  $0.0001 per share with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. At December 31, 2019, there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.
Common Stock
Class A Common Stock — On January 28, 2020, the Company amended its Certificate of Incorporation such that the Company is authorized to issue 250,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. At December 31, 2019, there were no shares of Class A common stock issued or outstanding.
Class B Common Stock — On January 28, 2020, the Company amended its Certificate of Incorporation such that the Company is authorized to issue 50,000,000 shares of Class B common stock with a par value of  $0.0001 per share. Holders of Class B common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. At December 31, 2019, there were 27,500,000 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding, of which an aggregate of up to 2,500,000 shares are subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part, so that the Sponsor will collectively own 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock after the Proposed Public Offering (assuming the Sponsor does not purchase any Public Shares in the Proposed Public Offering).
Holders of Class B common stock will have the right to elect all of the Company’s directors prior to a Business Combination. Holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock will vote together as a single class on all other matters submitted to a vote of stockholders except as required by law.
The shares of Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time of a Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. In the case that additional shares of Class A common stock, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts offered in the Proposed Public Offering and related to the closing of a Business Combination, the ratio at which shares of Class B common stock shall convert into shares of Class A common stock will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B common stock agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of all shares of Class B common stock will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the sum of the total number of all shares of common stock outstanding upon the completion of the Proposed Public Offering plus all shares of Class A common stock and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with a Business Combination (excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination, any private placement-equivalent warrants issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination.
Warrants — Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole warrants will trade. The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination or (b) 12 months from the closing of the Proposed Public Offering. The Public Warrants will expire five years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
The Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Class A common stock pursuant to the exercise of a warrant and will have no obligation to settle such warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the shares of Class A common issuable upon exercise of the warrants is then effective and a current prospectus relating to those shares of Class A common stock is available, subject to the Company satisfying its obligations with respect to registration. No warrant will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and the Company will not be obligated to issue any shares to
   
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
holders seeking to exercise their warrants, unless the issuance of the shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws of the state of the exercising holder, or an exemption from registration is available.
The Company will agree that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days after the closing of a Business Combination, the Company will use its best efforts to file with the SEC, and within 60 business days following a Business Combination to have declared effective, a registration statement covering the issuance of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and to maintain a current prospectus relating to those shares of Class A common stock until the warrants expire or are redeemed. Notwithstanding the above, if the Class A common stock is at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that it satisfies the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but will use its reasonable best efforts to qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.
Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the Public Warrants:

in whole and not in part;

at a price of $0.01 per warrant;

upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, or the 30-day redemption period, to each warrant holder; and

if, and only if, the closing price of the Company’s Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which we send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.
If and when the warrants become redeemable by the Company, the Company may exercise its redemption right even if it is unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.
If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement. The exercise price and number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the warrants will not be adjusted for issuance of Class A common stock at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the warrants. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Window and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with the respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.
The Private Placement Warrants will be identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units being sold in the Proposed Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Placement Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Private Placement Warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis and be non-redeemable so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.
   
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 8 — Subsequent Events
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date and through January 29, 2020, the date that the financial statements were issued. Other than as described below, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.
On January 27, 2020, the Company changed its name to Churchill Capital Corp III.
On January 28, 2020, the Company amended its Certificate of Incorporation such that the Company is authorized to 1) issue 250,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share and 2) issue 50,000,000 shares of Class B common stock with a par value of  $0.0001 per share.
On February 12, 2020, the Company effected a stock dividend of one-third of a share of Class B common stock for each share outstanding and on February 13, 2020, the Company effected a stock dividend of approximately 0.1957 shares of Class B common stock for each share outstanding, resulting in 27,500,000 Founder Shares being issued and outstanding. All share and per-share amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the stock dividend.
On February 12, 2020, the Company amended the Promissory Note with the Sponsor, pursuant to which the amount of borrowings available under the Promissory Note was increased to $600,000.
In 2020, the Company borrowed an aggregate of $209,000 under the Promissory Note, bringing the total outstanding balance under the Promissory Note to $334,600.
   
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Exhibit 99.7
CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
June 30,
2020
December 31,
2019
(unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash
$ 2,955,367 $ 34,000
Prepaid expenses
398,322
Total Current Assets
3,353,689 34,000
Deferred offering costs
284,930
Deferred tax asset
1,337
Marketable securities held in Trust Account
1,104,209,313
TOTAL ASSETS
$
1,107,564,339
$ 318,930
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities
Accrued expenses
$ 1,512,006 $ 1,450
Accrued offering costs
168,930
Income taxes payable
452,305
Promissory note – related party
125,000
Total Current Liabilities
1,964,311 295,380
Deferred tax liability
Deferred underwriting fee payable
38,500,000
Total Liabilities
40,464,311 295,380
Commitments
Common stock subject to possible redemption, 105,858,072 and no shares at redemption value at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively
1,062,100,027
Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized;
4,141,928 and no shares issued and outstanding (excluding 105,858,072 and
no shares subject to possible redemption) at June 30, 2020 and December 31,
2019, respectively
414
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized;
27,500,000 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2020 and December 31,
2019(1)
2,750 2,750
Additional paid-in capital
3,301,789 22,250
Retained earnings/(Accumulated deficit)
1,695,048 (1,450)
Total Stockholders’ Equity
5,000,001 23,550
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
$ 1,107,564,339 $ 318,930
(1)
Included an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares that were subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment was not exercised in full at December 31, 2019 (see Note 5).
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
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CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2020
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020
Operating costs
$ 1,846,344 $ 2,061,847
Loss from operations
(1,846,344) (2,061,847)
Other income:
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account
2,394,013 4,215,679
Unrealized gain on marketable securities held in Trust Account
(2,237,592) (6,366)
Other income
156,421 4,209,313
Income before provision for income taxes
(1,689,923) 2,147,466
Provision for income taxes
354,883 (450,968)
Net (loss) income
$ (1,335,040) $ 1,696,498
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted(1)
31,167,195 30,397,160
Basic and diluted net (loss) income per common share(2)
$ (0.04) $ (0.03)
(1)
Excludes an aggregate of 105,858,072 shares subject to possible redemption at June 30, 2020.
(2)
Excludes interest income of $0 and $2,558,125 attributable to shares subject to possible redemption for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 (see Note 2).
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
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CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2020
(UNAUDITED)
Class A
Common Stock
Class B
Common Stock
Additional
Paid
in Capital
(Accumulated
Deficit) /
Retained
Earnings
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Balance – January 1, 2020
$ 27,500,000 $ 2,750 $ 22,250 $ (1,450) $ 23,550
Sale of 110,000,000 Units, net
of underwriting discount and
offering expenses
110,000,000 11,000 1,042,368,980 1,042,379,980
Sale of 23,000,000 Private Placement Warrants
23,000,000 23,000,000
Common stock subject to possible redemption
(105,990,308) (10,599) (1,063,424,462) (1,063,435,061)
Net income
3,031,538 3,031,538
Balance – March 31, 2020
4,009,692 $ 401 27,500,000 $ 2,750 $ 1,966,768 $ 3,030,088 $ 5,000,007
Change in value of common stock subject to possible redemption
132,236 13 1,335,021 1,335,034
Net loss
(1,335,040) (1,335,040)
Balance – June 30, 2020
4,141,928 $ 414 27,500,000 $ 2,750 $ 3,301,789 $ 1,695,048 $ 5,000,001
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
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CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2020
(UNAUDITED)
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income
$ 1,696,498
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account
(4,215,679)
Unrealized gain on marketable securities held in Trust Account
6,366
Deferred tax benefit
(1,337)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses
(398,322)
Accrued expenses
1,510,566
Income taxes payable
452,305
Net cash used in operating activities
(949,613)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Investment of cash in Trust Account
(1,100,000,000)
Net cash used in investing activities
(1,100,000,000)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from sale of Units, net of underwriting discounts paid
1,081,598,000
Proceeds from sale of Private Placement Warrants
23,000,000
Proceeds from promissory note – related party
209,600
Repayment of promissory note – related party
(334,600)
Payment of offering costs
(602,020)
Net cash provided by financing activities
1,103,870,980
Net Change in Cash
2,921,367
Cash – Beginning of period
34,000
Cash – End of period
$ 2,955,367
Non-Cash investing and financing activities:
Initial classification of common stock subject to redemption
$ 1,060,389,960
Change in value of common stock subject to possible redemption
$ 1,710,067
Deferred underwriting fee payable
$ 38,500,000
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
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CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Churchill Capital Corp III (formerly known as Butler Acquisition Corp) (the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on October 30, 2019. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”).
The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.
As of June 30, 2020, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity through June 30, 2020 relates to the Company’s formation, the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, and identifying a target company for a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering.
The registration statements for the Company’s Initial Public Offering were declared effective on February 13, 2020. On February 19, 2020, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 110,000,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of the over-allotment option to purchase an additional 10,000,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $1,100,000,000, which is described in Note 3.
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 23,000,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to Churchill Sponsor III LLC, (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $23,000,000 which is described in Note 4.
Transaction costs amounted to $57,620,020 consisting of $18,402,000 of underwriting fees, $38,500,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $718,020 of other offering costs. As of June 30, 2020, there was $2,955,367 of cash held outside of the Trust Account (as defined below) and available for working capital purposes.
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on February 19, 2020, an amount of $1,100,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) located in the United States and invested only in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account, as described below, except that interest earned on the Trust Account can be released to the Company to fund working capital requirements, subject to an annual limit of  $1,000,000 and/or to pay its tax obligations.
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully. The Company’s initial Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance in the Trust Account (excluding taxes payable on interest income earned from the Trust Account and the deferred underwriting commissions) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial Business Combination. The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting
   
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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).
The Company will provide its holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “public stockholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The public stockholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account ($10.00 per Public Share, plus any pro rata interest, net of amounts withdrawn for working capital requirements, subject to an annual limit of  $1,000,000 and/or to pay its taxes (“permitted withdrawals”)). The per-share amount to be distributed to public stockholders who redeem their Public Shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriters (as discussed in Note 6). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants.
The Company will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a stockholder vote is not required by law or stock exchange requirements and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, stockholder approval of the transaction is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain stockholder approval for business or legal reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Company’s Sponsor and its permitted transferees have agreed to vote their Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each public stockholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction.
If the Company seeks stockholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% or more of the Public Shares, without the prior consent of the Company.
The Sponsor has agreed (a) to waive its redemption rights with respect to its Founder Shares and Public Shares held by it in connection with the completion of a Business Combination, (b) to waive its rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to its Founder Shares if the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination within the Combination Window (as defined below) and (c) not to propose an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination, unless the Company provides the public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their shares in conjunction with any such amendment.
If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination by February 19, 2022 (or May 19, 2022 if the Company has an executed letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for a Business
   
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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Combination by February 19, 2022) (the “Combination Window”), the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account including interest (net of permitted withdrawals and up to $100,000 to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Window.
The Sponsor has agreed to waive its right to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Window. However, if the Sponsor acquires Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, such Public Shares will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Window. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission (see Note 6) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Window and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the other funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the Initial Public Offering price per Unit ($10.00).
In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party (other than the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm) for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or similar agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (i) $10.00 per Public Share or (ii) the amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.00 per Public Share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of permitted withdrawals. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account or to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the SEC. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC
   
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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s prospectus for its Initial Public Offering as filed with the SEC on February 14, 2020, as well as the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on February 19, 2020 and February 25, 2020. The interim results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for year ended December 31, 2020 or for any future periods.
Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statement with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the condensed financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents consist of mutual funds. The Company did not have any cash equivalents as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.
   
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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Marketable Securities Held in Trust Account
At June 30, 2020, substantially all of the assets held in the Trust Account were held in U.S. Treasury Bills.
Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Common stock subject to mandatory redemption is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock that features redemption rights that is either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, common stock subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s condensed balance sheet.
Income Taxes
The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under ASC 740, “Income Taxes.” Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statements carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position. The Company is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception.
On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security “CARES” Act into law. The CARES Act includes several significant business tax provisions that, among other things, would eliminate the taxable income limit for certain net operating losses (“NOL) and allow businesses to carry back NOLs arising in 2018, 2019 and 2020 to the five prior years, suspend the excess business loss rules, accelerate refunds of previously generated corporate alternative minimum tax credits, generally loosen the business interest limitation under IRC section 163(j) from 30 percent to 50 percent among other technical corrections included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act tax provisions. The Company does not believe that the CARES Act will have a significant impact on Company’s financial position or statement of operations.
Net Income Per Common Share
Net income per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. The Company applies the two-class method in calculating earnings per share. Shares of common stock subject to possible redemption at June 30, 2020, which are not currently redeemable and are not redeemable at fair value, have been excluded from the calculation of
   
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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
basic net income per common share since such shares, if redeemed, only participate in their pro rata share of the Trust Account earnings. The Company has not considered the effect of warrants sold in the Initial Public Offering and the private placement to purchase 50,500,000 shares of common stock in the calculation of diluted income per share, since the exercise of the warrants are contingent upon the occurrence of future events. As a result, diluted net income per common share is the same as basic net income per common share for the period presented.
Reconciliation of Net Income per Common Share
The Company’s net income is adjusted for the portion of income that is attributable to common stock subject to possible redemption, as these shares only participate in the earnings of the Trust Account and not the income or losses of the Company. Accordingly, basic and diluted income per common share is calculated as follows:
Three Months
Ended
June 30,
2020
Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2020
Net (loss) income
$ (1,335,040) 1,696,498
Less: Income attributable to common stock subject to possible redemption
(2,558,125)
Adjusted net loss
$ (1,335,040) (861,627)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted
31,167,195 30,397,160
Basic and diluted net loss per common share
$ (0.04) (0.03)
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on this account and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such account.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the condensed balance sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s condensed financial statements.
NOTE 3. PUBLIC OFFERING
Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the Company sold 110,000,000 Units, which includes the full exercise by the underwriter of its option to purchase an additional 10,000,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 7).
NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 23,000,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, for an aggregate
   
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(Unaudited)
purchase price of $23,000,000. Each Private Placement Warrant is exercisable to purchase one share of Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share. The proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants were added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Window, the proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Warrants will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law) and the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Private Placement Warrants.
NOTE 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Founder Shares
On December 6, 2019, the Sponsor purchased 17,250,000 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock for an aggregate price of $25,000. On February 12, 2020, the Company effected a stock dividend of one-third of a share outstanding and on February 13, 2020, the Company effected a stock dividend of approximately 0.1957 shares of Class B common stock for each outstanding share, resulting in 27,500,000 shares of Class B common stock being issued and outstanding (the “Founder Shares”). The Founder Shares will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock upon consummation of a Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to certain adjustments, as described in Note 7.
The Founder Shares included an aggregate of up to 2,500,000 shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part, so that the Sponsor would own, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering (assuming the Sponsor did not purchase any Public Shares in the Initial Public Offering). As a result of the underwriters’ election to fully exercise their over-allotment option, 2,500,000 Founder Shares are no longer subject to forfeiture.
The Sponsor has agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of its Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after the completion of a Business Combination or (B) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, stock exchange, reorganization or similar transaction after a Business Combination that results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the closing price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after a Business Combination, the Founder Shares will be released form the lock-up.
Promissory Note — Related Party
On December 6, 2019, as amended on February 12, 2020, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $600,000 to cover expenses related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note (the “Promissory Note”). The Promissory Note was non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of December 31, 2020 or the completion of the Initial Public Offering. The borrowings outstanding under the note in the amount of $334,600 were repaid upon the consummation of the Initial Public Offering on February 19, 2020.
Administrative Support Agreement
The Company entered into an agreement whereby, commencing on February 13, 2020 through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, the Company will pay an affiliate of the Sponsor a total of $50,000 per month for office space, administrative and support
   
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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
services. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company incurred and paid $150,000 and $229,310 of such fees, respectively.
Advisory Fee
The Company may engage M. Klein and Company, LLC, an affiliate of the Sponsor, or another affiliate of the Sponsor, as its lead financial advisor in connection with a Business Combination and may pay such affiliate a customary financial advisory fee in an amount that constitutes a market standard financial advisory fee for comparable transactions.
Related Party Loans
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor, an affiliate of the Sponsor, or the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.
NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS
Registration Rights
Pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into on February 13, 2020, the holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and any shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants or warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans and upon conversion of the Founder Shares) will be entitled to registration rights requiring the Company to register such securities for resale (in the case of the Founder Shares, only after conversion to Class A common stock). The holders of these securities will be entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of a Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
The underwriters are entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $38,500,000 in the aggregate. The deferred fee will be waived by the underwriters in the event that the Company does not complete a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement. On February 13, 2020, the underwriters agreed to waive the upfront underwriting discount on 17,990,000 Units, resulting in a reduction of the upfront underwriting discount of $3,598,000.
Merger Agreement and Related Transactions
On July 12, 2020, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Music Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the
   
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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Company (“First Merger Sub”), Music Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Second Merger Sub”), Polaris Parent Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Polaris Investment Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Holdings”).
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, First Merger Sub will merge with and into Parent with Parent surviving such merger (the “First Merger”) and (ii) Second Merger Sub will merge with and into Parent with Second Merger Sub surviving such merger (the “Second Merger” and, together with the First Merger, being collectively referred to as the “Mergers” and, together with the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Transactions”).
The aggregate consideration to be paid to Holdings will be equal to $5,678,000,000 (the “Closing Merger Consideration”) and will be paid in a combination of stock and cash consideration. The cash consideration will be an amount equal to (i) (x) all amounts in the Company’s Trust Account (after reduction for the aggregate amount of payments required to be made in connection with any valid stockholder redemptions), plus (y) the aggregate amount of cash that has been funded to and remains with the Company pursuant to the Subscription Agreements (as defined below) as of immediately prior to the closing (such amounts in clauses (x) and (y), the “Available Closing Acquiror Cash”), minus (ii) the aggregate principal amount of a subsidiary of Parent’s outstanding 8.500% / 9.250% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2022 (excluding any accrued and unpaid interest or applicable premium thereunder) (such amount, the “Closing Cash Consideration); provided, that in no event will the Closing Cash Consideration be greater than $1,521,000,000. If the closing occurs when less than all of the Convertible PIPE Investment (as defined below) has been funded to the Company and the Closing Cash Consideration as otherwise determined in accordance with the definition thereof would be less than $1,521,000,000, then (other than in specified circumstances), the Closing Cash Consideration will be increased, notwithstanding such calculation to $1,521,000,000. The remainder of the Closing Merger Consideration will be paid in shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company in an amount equal to $10.00 per share (the “Closing Share Consideration”).
At the effective time of the First Merger, the shares of Class A common stock of Parent will be cancelled and automatically deemed for all purposes to represent the right to receive, in the aggregate, the Closing Share Consideration. At the effective time of the First Merger, the shares of Class B common stock of Parent will be cancelled and automatically deemed for all purposes to represent the right to receive, in the aggregate, the Closing Cash Consideration.
In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, (a) the Company entered into a common stock subscription agreement (the “PIF Common Subscription Agreement”) with The Public Investment Fund of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (the “PIF”) and (b) the Company, Holdings and Parent entered into certain common stock subscription agreements (the “Other Common Subscription Agreements” and, together with the PIF Common Subscription Agreement, the “Common Subscription Agreements”) with certain investment funds (together with the PIF, (the “Common PIPE Investors”) pursuant to which, the Company has agreed to issue and sell to the Common PIPE Investors (x) $1,300,000,000 of Class A Common Stock (the “Common PIPE Shares”) at a purchase price of $10.00 per share and (y) 1/20th of a warrant (the “Common PIPE Warrants”) to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock, with each whole warrant having a strike price of $12.50 per share and a 5-year maturity from the closing of the Transactions (the “Common PIPE Investment”). There is an original issue discount (“OID”) of 1% for subscriptions of equal to or less than $250,000,000 and an OID of 2.5% for subscriptions of more than $250,000,000. The closing of the Common PIPE Investment is conditioned on all conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement having been satisfied or waived and other customary closing conditions, and the Transactions will be consummated immediately following the closing of the Common PIPE Investment. The Common Subscription Agreements will terminate upon the earlier to occur of (i) the termination of the Merger Agreement and (ii) the mutual written agreement of the parties thereto. The counterparties to certain of the Common Subscription Agreements are affiliates of directors of the Company and such Common
   
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(Unaudited)
Subscription Agreements have been approved by the Company’s audit committee and board of directors in accordance with the Company’s related persons transaction policy.
In addition, the Company entered into certain convertible note subscription agreements (the “Convertible Subscription Agreements,” and together with the Common Subscription Agreements, the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain investment funds affiliated with Franklin Advisers, Inc., Magnetar Capital LLC, Oak Hill Advisors LP, and Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (the “Convertible Investors”) pursuant to which the Convertible Investors will provide convertible debt financing in the form of Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes (the “Convertible Notes”) to the Company in the aggregate principal amount of $1,300,000,000 (the “Convertible PIPE Investment” and, together with the Common PIPE Investment, the “PIPE Investment”). The Convertible Notes will mature in seven years. The coupon rate of the Convertible Notes is, at the Company’s option, 6% per annum payable semi-annually in arrears in cash or 7% per annum payable semi-annually in arrears in-kind. Holders may convert the Convertible Notes into shares of Class A Common Stock based on a $13.00 conversion price, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. The Company may redeem the Convertible Notes after the third anniversary of the issuance of the Convertible Notes, subject to a holder’s prior right to convert, if the trading price of the Class A Common Stock exceeds 130% of the conversion price 20 out of the preceding 30 trading days. There will be customary registration rights with respect to the Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes. Subject to the condition that the Convertible PIPE Investment is funded in full on the Closing Date, the Convertible Notes will be guaranteed by a subsidiary of Parent. The Convertible Notes are being issued with an OID of 2.5%. The proceeds of the PIPE Investment will be used to fund a portion of the amount necessary to consummate the Transactions, including the repayment of certain specified debt of a subsidiary of Parent. The counterparty to one of the Convertible Subscription Agreements is an affiliate of a director of the Company and such Convertible Subscription Agreement has been approved by the Company’s audit committee and board of directors in accordance with the Company’s related persons transaction policy.
The Company has engaged The Klein Group, LLC, an affiliate of M. Klein and Company, LLC and of Churchill Sponsor III LLC (“KG”), to act as the Company’s financial advisor in connection with the Transactions, and as a placement agent in connection with the PIPE Investment. Pursuant to this engagement, the Company will pay KG a transaction fee of $15 million and a placement fee of $15.5 million (of which up to $15 million shall be payable in shares of the Company’s Class A common stock based on $10 per share), which shall be conditioned upon the completion of the Mergers and such engagement shall be terminated in full at such time. KG intends to direct the Company to pay a portion of such fees totaling $8 million to Project Isaiah, a philanthropic entity formed to provide meals in underserved communities in the United States impacted by the COVID-19 crisis of 2020. Michael Klein is the Chairman of Project Isaiah. The engagement of KG and the payment of the advisory fee has been approved by the Company’s audit committee and board of directors in accordance with the Company’s related persons transaction policy.
The Transactions will be consummated after the required approval by the stockholders of the Company and the satisfaction of certain other conditions as further described in the Merger Agreement.
NOTE 7. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. At June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.
Common Stock
Class A Common Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 250,000,000 shares of Class A common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for
   
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each share. At June 30, 2020, there were 4,141,928 shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding, excluding 105,858,072 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption. There were no shares of Class A common stock issued or outstanding at December 31, 2019.
Class B Common Stock — The Company is authorized to issue 50,000,000 shares of Class B common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of Class B common stock are entitled to one vote for each share. At June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there were 27,500,000 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding.
Holders of Class B common stock will have the right to elect all of the Company’s directors prior to a Business Combination. Holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock will vote together as a single class on all other matters submitted to a vote of stockholders except as required by law.
The shares of Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock at the time of a Business Combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. In the case that additional shares of Class A common stock, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts offered in the Initial Public Offering and related to the closing of a Business Combination, the ratio at which shares of Class B common stock shall convert into shares of Class A common stock will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B common stock agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of all shares of Class B common stock will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the sum of the total number of all shares of common stock outstanding upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering plus all shares of Class A common stock and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with a Business Combination (net of the number of shares of Class A common stock redeemed in connection with our initial business combination) excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination, any private placement-equivalent warrants issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination.
Warrants — Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole warrants will trade. The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination or (b) 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The Public Warrants will expire five years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
The Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Class A common stock pursuant to the exercise of a warrant and will have no obligation to settle such warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the shares of Class A common issuable upon exercise of the warrants is then effective and a current prospectus relating to those shares of Class A common stock is available, subject to the Company satisfying its obligations with respect to registration. No warrant will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and the Company will not be obligated to issue any shares to holders seeking to exercise their warrants, unless the issuance of the shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws of the state of the exercising holder, or an exemption from registration is available.
The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days after the closing of a Business Combination, the Company will use its best efforts to file with the SEC, and within 60 business days following a Business Combination to have declared effective, a registration statement covering the issuance of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and to maintain a current prospectus relating to those shares of Class A common stock until the warrants expire or are redeemed. Notwithstanding the above, if the Class A common stock is at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that it satisfies the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of
   
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CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Public Warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but will use its reasonable best efforts to qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.
Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the Public Warrants:

in whole and not in part;

at a price of $0.01 per warrant;

upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, or the 30-day redemption period, to each warrant holder; and

if, and only if, the closing price of the Company’s Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which we send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.
If and when the warrants become redeemable by the Company, the Company may exercise its redemption right even if it is unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.
If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement. The exercise price and number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the warrants will not be adjusted for issuance of Class A common stock at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the warrants. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Window and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with the respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.
The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Placement Warrants will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Private Placement Warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis and be non-redeemable so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.
NOTE 8. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The Company follows the guidance in ASC 820 for its financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and non-financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at least annually.
The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets
   
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CHURCHILL CAPITAL CORP III
NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1:
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
Level 2:
Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
Level 3:
Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.
The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at June 30, 2020, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
Description
Level
June 30, 2020
Assets:
Marketable securities held in Trust Account
1 $ 1,104,209,313
NOTE 9. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the condensed financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the condensed financial statements.
Litigation Relating to the Merger.
As of September 17, 2020, five actions (collectively, the “Stockholder Actions”), including two putative class actions, have been filed in federal courts in New York and Delaware by purported Churchill stockholders in connection with the business combination: Hutchings v. Churchill Capital Corp III, et al., No. 1:20-cv-06318 (S.D.N.Y.) (the “Hutchings Complaint”); Kent v. Churchill Capital Corp III, et al., No. 1:20-cv-01068 (D. Del.); Feges v. Churchill Capital Corp III, et al., No. 1:20-cv-06627 (S.D.N.Y.); Noor v. Churchill Capital Corp III, et al., No. 1:20-cv-06686 (S.D.N.Y.); and Greenman v. Churchill Capital Corp III, et al., No. 1:20-cv-07466 (S.D.N.Y.) (the “Greenman Complaint”). On September 11, 2020, the plaintiff in the Noor action voluntarily dismissed his complaint without prejudice. Each of the complaints in the Stockholder Actions names Churchill and the members of the Churchill Board as defendants. The Stockholder Actions generally allege, among other things, that this proxy statement is false and misleading and/or omits material information concerning the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement in violation of Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14d-9 promulgated thereunder. The Hutchings Complaint and the Greenman Complaint also allege breach of fiduciary duty claims against the Churchill Board in connection with the Transactions. The Stockholder Actions generally seek, among other things, injunctive relief and an award of attorneys’ fees and expenses.
   
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Exhibit 99.8
CHURCHILL’S SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Churchill’s balance sheet data as of December 31, 2019 and statement of operations data for the period from October 30, 2019 (inception) through December 31, 2019 are derived from Churchill’s audited financial statements, included elsewhere in this Report. Such data as of and for the period ended June 30, 2020 are derived from Churchill’s unaudited financial statements, included elsewhere in this Report.
The information is only a summary and should be read in conjunction with Churchill’s financial statements and related notes and “Churchill’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included elsewhere in this Report. The historical results included below and elsewhere in this Report are not indicative of the future performance of Churchill.
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020
Period from October 30,
2019 (inception) through
December 31, 2019
(unaudited)
Statement of Operations Data:
Revenues
$ $
Loss from operations
$ (2,061,847) $ (1,450)
Interest earned on Marketable Securities held in Trust Account
$ 4,215,679 $
Net (loss) income
$ 1,696,498 $ (1,450)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted(1)
30,397,160 25,000,000
Basic and diluted loss per common share(2)
$ (0.03) $ (0.00)
As of June 30, 2020
As of December 31, 2019
(unaudited)
Balance Sheet Data:
Cash
$ 2,955,367 $ 34,000
Marketable Securities in Trust Account, Restricted
$ 1,104,209,313 $
Total assets
$ 1,107,564,339 $ 318,930
Total liabilities
$ 40,464,311 $ 295,380
Value of common stock which may be redeemed for cash ($10.00 per share)(3)
$ 849,914,313 $
Stockholders’ equity
$ 5,000,001 $ 23,550
(1)
Excludes an aggregate of 105,858,072 shares subject to possible redemption at June 30, 2020. The weighted average shares as of December 31, 2019 excludes an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares that were subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment for the Churchill IPO was not exercised in full.
(2)
Excludes interest income of $0 and $2,558,125 attributable to shares subject to possible redemption as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020.
(3)
Excludes shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock, representing $254,295,000, which represent those shares that are not subject to permitted transfer provisions in the Non-Redemption Agreements.
 

Exhibit 99.9

 

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Report”) to which this Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information is being filed as an exhibit. 

 

Introduction

 

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X and should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

 

On February 19, 2020, Churchill consummated its initial public offering (the “Churchill IPO”) of 110,000,000 units, including 10,00,000 units under the underwriters’ over-allotment option, with each unit consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-fourth of one warrant, each whole warrant to purchase one share of Class A common stock. The units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $1,100,000,000. Simultaneously with the consummation of the Churchill IPO, Churchill consummated the private placement of 23,000,000 warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant, generating total proceeds of $23,000,000. Transaction costs amounted to $57,620,020 consisting of $18,402,000 of underwriting fees, $38,500,000 of deferred underwriting fees and $718,020 of other offering costs.

 

Following the consummation of the Churchill IPO, $1,100,000,000 was deposited into a U.S.-based trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.

 

On July 12, 2020, Churchill entered into the Merger Agreement with MultiPlan Parent, Holdings, First Merger Sub and Second Merger Sub, which among other things, provides for (i) First Merger Sub to be merged with and into MultiPlan Parent with MultiPlan Parent surviving the First Merger and (ii) MultiPlan Parent to be merged with and into Second Merger Sub, with Second Merger Sub surviving the Second Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Churchill.

 

On October 8, 2020, the Transactions were consummated and, in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement.

 

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In connection with the consummation of the Transactions:

 

· $1,521,000,000 in cash was paid to Holdings on behalf of Holdings’ equityholders as the Closing Cash Consideration;
· Churchill issued 415,700,000 shares of its Class A common stock as Closing Share Consideration;
· 8,693,855 shares of Churchill's Class A common stock were redeemed for an aggregate of $87,178,325, or approximately $10.03 per share, paid from the Churchill trust account;
· Churchill issued and sold to the Common PIPE Investors, (x) 130,000,000 shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock at a purchase price of $10.00 per share for aggregate proceeds of $1,300,000,000, (y) warrants to purchase 6,500,000 shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock and (z) an additional 2,050,000 shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock in lieu of an original issue discount (the shares of Class A common stock described in clause (x) and clause (z) are collectively referred to herein as the “Common PIPE Shares”);
· Churchill issued $1,300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes, with an original issue discount of $32,500,000, for aggregate proceeds of $1,267,500,000;
· the Senior PIK notes were redeemed in full for a total redemption price of $1,237.6 million (which includes accrued interest through October 7, 2020);
· all of Churchill’s 27,500,000 outstanding shares of Class B common stock were converted into shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis;
· Churchill paid KG a transaction fee of $15,000,000 and a placement fee of $15,500,000, all of which was paid in cash; and
· Sponsor elected to convert the full balance of the Note, in the principal amount of $1,500,000, into 1,500,000 Working Capital Warrants.

 

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The consummation of the Mergers constituted a definitive liquidity event under the agreements governing the Unit awards and as a result all unvested Units vested on October 7, 2020. MultiPlan Parent recorded these awards within shareholders’ equity as an equity contribution from Holdings based on the fair value of the outstanding Units at each reporting period. The settlement of these awards was made in a combination of cash and shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock and was included in the aggregate consideration paid to MultiPlan Parent Owners.

 

Transaction costs included $20,000,000 of transaction bonuses approved by the compensation committee that will be paid to employees, including executive officers.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2020 combines the unaudited condensed balance sheet of Churchill as of June 30, 2020 with the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet of MultiPlan Parent as of June 30, 2020, giving effect to the Transactions as if they had been consummated on that date.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of loss for the six months ended June 30, 2020 combines the unaudited condensed statements of operations of Churchill for the six months ended June 30, 2020 with the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss of MultiPlan Parent for the six months ended June 30, 2020. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of loss for the year ended December 31, 2019 combines the audited statements of operations for the period from October 30, 2019 (inception) through December 31, 2019 of Churchill with the audited consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income of MultiPlan Parent for the year ended December 31, 2019. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of loss for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019 give effect to the Transactions as if they had occurred as of January 1, 2019.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is for illustrative purposes only and is based on information currently available and the assumptions and estimates described herein. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not necessarily reflect what our financial condition or results of operations would have been had the Transactions occurred on the dates indicated. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information also may not be useful in predicting our future financial condition and results of operations. Our actual financial position and results of operations may differ significantly from the pro forma amounts reflected herein due to a variety of factors.

 

The historical financial information of Churchill was derived from the unaudited financial statements of Churchill as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and from the audited financial statements of Churchill for the year ended December 31, 2019, included elsewhere in this Report. The historical financial information of MultiPlan Parent was derived from the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of MultiPlan Parent as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and from the audited consolidated financial statements of MultiPlan Parent for the year ended December 31, 2019, included elsewhere in this Report. This information should be read together with Churchill’s and MultiPlan Parent’s audited and unaudited financial statements and related notes, the sections titled “Churchill’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “MultiPlan Parent’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and other financial information included elsewhere in this Report.

 

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Accounting for the Transactions

 

The Transactions were accounted for as a reverse recapitalization, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Under this method of accounting, Churchill was treated as the acquired company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the Transactions were treated as the equivalent of MultiPlan Parent issuing shares of common stock for the net assets of Churchill, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of Churchill were recognized at fair value (which were consistent with carrying value), with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded.

 

MultiPlan Parent was determined to be the accounting acquirer based on an evaluation of the following facts and circumstances:

 

The existing MultiPlan Parent shareholders (the “MultiPlan Parent Owners”) have the majority ownership interest and voting interest in the combined entity;

 

the combined company’s board of directors initially consists of nine directors: three of whom will initially be appointed by the H&F Holder, three of whom will initially be appointed by the Sponsor, two independent directors and one of whom will be the combined company’s chief executive officer. Two additional members will also be appointed as independent directors by the H&F Holder (subject to the Sponsor’s consent); and

 

MultiPlan Parent was the larger entity, in terms of both revenues and total assets.

 

Other factors were considered, including composition of management, purpose and intent of the Transactions and the location of the combined company’s headquarters, noting that the preponderance of evidence as described above was indicative that MultiPlan Parent was the accounting acquirer in the Transactions.

 

Description of the Transactions

 

The following represents the aggregate stock consideration issued by Churchill at the closing of the Transactions (the “Closing”) with the shares valued at $10.00 per share.

 

(in millions)      
Share issuance to MultiPlan Parent Owners(1)   $ 4,157.0  
Shares previously issued to Churchill public shareholders, net of redemptions(1)     1,013.1  
Share issuance to the Sponsor (or any of its affiliates)(1)(2)     275.0  
Share issuance to Purchasers of the Common PIPE Shares(1)     1,320.5  
Share consideration – at Closing(3)   $ 6,765.6  

 

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(1) Shares of Churchill issued as set forth in the Merger Agreement.

 

(2) All of Churchill’s 27,500,000 outstanding shares of Class B common stock were converted in the Transactions to shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis.

 

(3) Excludes the impact of the shares of common stock underlying the (a) Common PIPE Warrants, (b) Convertible Notes, (c) Working Capital Warrants, (d) warrants issued in the Churchill IPO and (e) the private placement warrants. See Note 2 to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information, “Earnings Per Share.”

 

The value of share consideration issued at the Closing to the MultiPlan Parent Owners was $10.00 per share.

 

The following summarizes the pro forma shares outstanding as of the Closing:

 

(shares in millions; numbers may not sum due to rounding)     Shares       %  
Share issuance to the MultiPlan Parent Owners     415.7          
Total MultiPlan Parent Owners shares     415.7       61.4 %
Shares held by current Churchill public shareholders     110.0          
Less: public shares redeemed     (8.7 )    
Total held by current Churchill public shareholders     101.3       15.0 %
Shares held by the Sponsor (or any of its affiliates)(1)     27.5       4.1 %
Common PIPE Shares     132.1       19.5 %
Net Churchill shares, Sponsor Shares and Common PIPE Shares     260.9       38.6 %
Pro Forma Shares Outstanding(2)     676.6       100 %

 

 

(1) All of Churchill’s 27,500,000 outstanding shares of Class B common stock were converted in the Transactions to shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, including 12,404,080 of such shares that unvested as of the Closing and will revest at such time as, during the 4-year period starting on October 8, 2021 and ending on October 8, 2025, the closing price of our Class A common stock exceeds $12.50 for any 40 trading days in a 60 consecutive day period.

 

(2) Pro Forma Shares Outstanding includes the 415.7 million shares issued at the Closing and the Common PIPE Shares but does not give effect to the shares of common stock underlying the Common PIPE Warrants, Convertible Notes and Working Capital Warrants.

 

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Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet

As of June 30, 2020

(Unaudited)

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

    As of
June 30, 2020
           

As of

June 30, 2020

 
    Churchill
(Historical)
    MultiPlan Parent
(Historical)
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
     

Pro Forma
Combined

 
Assets                                  
Current assets:                                  
Cash and cash equivalents(1)   $ 2,956     $ 178,860     $ 1,104,209   (A)    $ 892,952  
                  (38,500 ) (B)      
                  (53,000 ) (C)      
                  (51,745 ) (D)      
                  1,300,000 (E)      
                  1,267,500   (F)      
                  (1,210,650 ) (G)      
                  1,500 (J)      
                  (1,521,000 ) (K)      
                  (87,178 (M)      
Trade accounts receivable, net           54,004               54,004  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     398       3,456               3,854  
Prepaid software and maintenance           8,616               8,616  
Prepaid taxes           7,686               7,686  
Total current assets     3,354       252,622       711,136         967,112  
                                   
Marketable securities held in Trust Account     1,104,209             (1,104,209 ) (A)      
Property and equipment, net            182,011               182,011  
Operating lease right-of-use asset           25,887               25,887  
Goodwill           4,142,013               4,142,013  
Client relationships intangible, net            2,998,649               2,998,649  
Provider network intangible, net            653,667               653,667  
Other intangibles, net            67,300               67,300  
Other assets      1       11,040               11,041  
Total assets    $ 1,107,564     $ 8,333,189     $ (393,073 )   $ 9,047,680  
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity                                  
Current  liabilities:                                  
Accounts payable   $ 1,512     $ 8,352     $ (1,390 ) (C)   $ 7,294  
                  (1,180 ) (D)      
Accrued interest           17,895       (8,349 ) (G)     9,546  
Income tax payable     452                     452  
Operating  lease obligations            9,649               9,649  
Accrued compensation           22,855               22,855  
Accrued legal              9,835               9,835  
Accrued administrative fees           3,345               3,345  
Other accrued expenses            11,526               11,526  
Total current liabilities     1,964       83,457       (10,919 )     74,502  
                                   
Long-term  debt           5,406,138       1,023,806   (F)     5,264,729  
                  (1,165,215 ) (G)      
Operating  lease obligations             18,635               18,635  
Deferred income taxes           861,309       56,781   (F)     918,090  
Deferred underwriting fee payable     38,500             (38,500 ) (B)      
Total liabilities       40,464     6,369,539       (134,047 )       6,275,956  

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

 

 

(1) The purchase by a subsidiary of MultiPlan Parent of 9,094,876 shares of Churchill stock for an aggregate price of $100.6 million on the open market in August 2020 is not reflected in the pro forma adjustments.

 

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    As of
June 30, 2020
            As of
June 30, 2020
 
    Churchill
(Historical)
    MultiPlan Parent
(Historical)
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
      Pro Forma
Combined
 

Commitments and contingencies:

                                 
Common stock subject to possible redemption     1,062,100              (1,062,100 ) (I)       
Shareholders’ equity:                        
Shareholder interests                                  
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 1,000 shares authorized (500 Series A and 500 Series B); 5 shares of Series A and 5 shares of Series B issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2020                        
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding                        
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized; 4,141,928 and no shares issued and outstanding (excluding 105,858,072 and no shares subject to possible redemption) at June 30, 2020                 13   (E)     68  
                  42   (K)      
                  14   (I)      
                  (1 (M)      
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 27,500,000 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2020     3             (3 ) (I)      
Contributed capital     3,302       1,384,928     (41,000 ) (C)     2,548,056  
                  (20,000 ) (D)      
                  1,299,987   (E)      
                  186,913   (F)      
                  1,695   (H)      
                  1,062,089   (I)      
                  1,500   (J)      
                  (1,521,042 ) (K)      
                  276,861   (L)      
                (87,177 ) (M)      
Retained earnings     1,695       578,722       (10,610 ) (C)     223,600  
                  (30,565 ) (D)      
                  (37,086 ) (G)      
                  (1,695 ) (H)      
                  (276,861 ) (L)      
Shareholders’ equity     5,000       1,963,650       803,074         2,771,724  
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity   $ 1,107,564     $ 8,333,189     $ (393,073 )   $ 9,047,680  

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

 

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Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Loss
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
(Unaudited)

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020
            Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020
 
    Churchill
(Historical)
    MultiPlan Parent
(Historical)
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
      Pro Forma
Combined
 
Revenues   $     $ 458,902     $       $ 458,902  
Costs of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization of intangible assets shown below)           96,579               96,579  
General and administrative expenses     2,062       57,767       (2,062 ) (AA)     56,582  
                  (1,185 ) (BB)      
Depreciation           29,641               29,641  
Amortization of intangible assets           167,027               167,027  
Total expenses     2,062       351,014       (3,247 )     349,829  
Operating (loss) income     (2,062 )     107,888       3,247     109,073  
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account     (4,216 )           4,216   (AA)      
Unrealized loss on marketable securities held in Trust Account     6             (6 ) (AA)      
Interest expense           177,015       (52,552 (CC)     183,191  
                  39,000   (DD)      
                  19,728   (EE)      
Interest income           (148 )             (148 )
Net Income (loss) before income taxes     2,148       (68,979 )     (7,139 )     (73,970 )
Provision (benefit) for income taxes     451       (10,139 )     (1,663 ) (FF)     (11,351 )
Net income (loss)     1,697       (58,840 )     (5,476 )     (62,619 )
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic and diluted     30,397,160       10       646,158,975   (GG)     676,556,145  
                                   
Net loss per share – basic and diluted   $ (0.03 )   $ (5,884,000 )             $ (0.09 )

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

 

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Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Loss
For the Year Ended December 31, 2019
(Unaudited)

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

   

For the Period
from October 30,
2019 (inception)
through

December 31, 2019

  Twelve Months
Ended
December 31, 2019
            Twelve Months
Ended
December 31, 2019
 
    Churchill
(Historical)
    MultiPlan Parent
(Historical)
    Pro Forma
Adjustments
      Pro Forma
Combined
 
Revenues   $     $ 982,901     $       $ 982,901  
Costs of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization of intangible assets shown below)           149,607               149,607  
General and administrative expenses     1       75,225       (1 ) (AA)     75,225  
Depreciation           55,807               55,807  
Amortization of intangible assets           334,053               334,053  
Total expenses      1       614,692       (1 )     614,692  
Operating  income (loss)     (1 )     368,209               368,209  
Interest expense           376,346       (112,994 ) (CC)     380,808  
                              78,000   (DD)        
                        39,456   (EE)        
Interest income           (196 )             (196 )
Gain on repurchase and cancellation of Notes           (18,450 )     18,450   (CC)      
Net Income (loss) before income taxes     (1 )     10,509         (22,911 )     (12,403 )
Provision (benefit) for income taxes           799       (5,338 ) (FF)     (4,539 )
Net income (loss)     (1 )     9,710       (17,573 )     (7,864 )
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic and diluted     25,000,000       10       651,556,135   (GG)     676,556,145  
 Net income (loss) per share – basic and diluted   $ (0.00 )   $ 971,000               $ (0.01 )

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

 

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Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information

 

1. Basis of Presentation

 

The Transactions were accounted for as a reverse recapitalization, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded, in accordance with GAAP. Under this method of accounting, Churchill was treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes with MultiPlan Parent determined to be the accounting acquiror. This determination was primarily based on MultiPlan Parent Owners being the majority stockholders and holding majority voting power in the combined company, MultiPlan Parent’s senior management comprising the majority of the senior management of the combined company, and the ongoing operations of MultiPlan Parent comprising the ongoing operations of the combined company. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the Transactions were treated as the equivalent of MultiPlan Parent issuing shares for the net assets of Churchill, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of Churchill were recognized at fair value (which was expected to be consistent with carrying value), with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2020 assumes that the Transactions occurred on June 30, 2020. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of loss for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and for the year ended December 31, 2019 present the pro forma effect of the Transactions as if they had been completed on January 1, 2019. These periods are presented on the basis of the Company as the accounting acquirer.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2020 has been prepared using and should be read in conjunction with the following:

 

Churchill’s unaudited condensed balance sheet as of June 30, 2020 and the related notes for the six months ended June 30, 2020, included elsewhere in this Report; and

 

MultiPlan Parent’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2020 and the related notes for the six months ended June 30, 2020, included elsewhere in this Report.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of loss for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and for the year ended December 31, 2019 have been prepared using and should be read in conjunction with the following:

 

Churchill’s audited statement of operations for the period from October 30, 2019 (inception) through December 31, 2019 and the related notes and Churchill’s unaudited statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2020, included elsewhere in this Report; and

 

MultiPlan Parent’s audited consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2019 and the related notes and MultiPlan Parent’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss for the six months ended June 30, 2020, included elsewhere in this Report.

 

Management has made significant estimates and assumptions in its determination of the pro forma adjustments. As the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared based on these preliminary estimates, the final amounts recorded may differ materially from the information presented.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not give effect to any anticipated synergies, operating efficiencies, tax savings, or cost savings that may be associated with the Transactions. Management is currently finalizing certain equity agreements for the combined company. As these agreements are preliminary and not yet executed, management has not included a pro forma adjustment to reflect these equity agreements because such amounts are not known and not deemed factually supportable. 85,850,000 shares of our Class A common stock have been reserved for future issuance under equity incentive plans as of the Closing Date.

 

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The pro forma adjustments reflecting the consummation of the Transactions are based on certain currently available information and certain assumptions and methodologies that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. Therefore, it is likely that the actual entries will differ from the pro forma adjustments and it is possible the difference may be material. We believe that assumptions and methodologies provide a reasonable basis for presenting all of the significant effects of the Transactions contemplated based on information available to management at the time and that the pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions and are properly applied in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

 

2. Adjustments and Assumptions to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared to illustrate the effect of the Transactions and has been prepared for informational purposes only. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of loss are not necessarily indicative of what our actual results of operations would have been had the Transactions taken place on the date indicated, nor is it indicative of our future consolidated results operations. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is based upon historical financial statements of the companies and should be read in conjunction with their historical financial statements included elsewhere in this Report.

 

The historical financial statements have been adjusted in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information to give pro forma effect to events that are (a) directly attributable to the Transactions, (b) factually supportable and (c) with respect to the statements of income, expected to have a continuing impact on the results of the combined company. MultiPlan Parent and Churchill have not had any historical relationship prior to the Transactions. Accordingly, no pro forma adjustments were required to eliminate activities between the companies.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined provision for income taxes does not necessarily reflect the amounts that would have resulted had the combined company filed consolidated income tax returns during the periods presented.

 

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined basic and diluted loss per share amounts presented in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of income are based upon the number of shares outstanding, assuming the Transactions occurred on January 1, 2019. As the Transactions, including related equity purchases, are being reflected as if they had occurred at the beginning of the period presented, the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted net income (loss) per share assumes that the shares issued in connection with the Transactions have been outstanding for the entire period presented. In addition, the shares of common stock of Churchill that were redeemed in connection with the Transactions have been eliminated for the entire periods.

 

Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet

 

The adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of June 30, 2020 are as follows:

 

(A) Reflects the reclassification of cash and cash equivalents held in the Churchill trust account that became available in connection with the Transactions.

 

(B) Reflects the settlement of deferred underwriters’ fees incurred during the Churchill IPO paid upon completion of the Transactions.

 

(C) Reflects adjustments related to the payment of estimated transaction costs by Churchill including, but not limited to, advisory fees, legal fees and registration fees. These costs resulted in a reduction of cash of $53 million, offset by the following adjustments:

 

$41 million decrease in contributed capital for the costs directly attributable to the offering of equity securities in connection with the Transactions;

 

$10.6 million decrease in retained earnings for the other incremental costs incurred in connection with the Transactions; and

 

$1.4 million decrease in accounts payable for any previously incurred transaction costs.

 

(D) Reflects adjustments related to the payment of estimated transaction costs by MultiPlan Parent including, but not limited to, advisory fees, legal fees, transaction bonuses and registration fees, adjusted for additional transaction costs incurred by MultiPlan Parent. These costs resulted in a reduction of cash of $51.8 million, offset by the following adjustments:

 

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$20 million decrease in contributed capital for the costs directly attributable to the offering of equity securities;

 

$30.6 million decrease in retained earnings for the other incremental costs incurred in connection with the Transactions; and

 

$1.2 million decrease in accounts payable for any previously incurred transaction costs.

 

(E) Reflects the issuance of 132.1 million Common PIPE Shares with a par value of $13.2 thousand and 6.5 million attached Common PIPE Warrants purchased by certain investors for $1,300.0 million.

 

(F) Reflects the issuance of the Convertible Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1,300.0 million, net of $32.5 million of original issue discount. The carrying amount of the liability was determined by measuring the fair value of a similar liability (including any embedded features other than the conversion option) that does not have an associated equity component. The carrying value of the equity component represented by the embedded conversion option was determined by deducting the fair value of the liability component from the initial proceeds ascribed to the convertible debt instrument as a whole. The issuance results in the following adjustments:

 

$1,056.3 million increase in long-term debt, offset by an original issue discount of $32.5 million; and

 

$186.9 million increase in contributed capital for the cash conversion feature of the debt agreement, net of a $56.8 million increase in deferred income tax liabilities.

 

(G) Reflects the reduction in cash in connection with the redemption of the Senior PIK Notes in full with the following adjustments:

 

$1,178.7 million reduction in long-term debt, offset by a proportional write-down of $13.5 million of unamortized deferred issuance costs and debt discount;

 

$8.3 million reduction in accrued interest as of June 30, 2020; and

 

$37.1 million comprised of a $23.6 million make-whole premium related to early prepayment of Senior PIK Notes and $13.5 million related to a loss on extinguishment for the difference between the net carrying amount of the debt and the reacquisition price.

 

(H) Elimination of Churchill’s retained earnings, which was inclusive of historical retained earnings.
     
  (I) Reflects the reclassification of Churchill common stock subject to possible redemption to permanent equity (common stock and contributed capital) and the conversion of 27,500,000 outstanding shares of Churchill’s Class B common stock with a par value of $2.8 thousand to shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis.

 

(J) Reflects the issuance of an unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $1.5 million to the Sponsor, and the simultaneous conversion at the option of the Sponsor into 1.5 million Working Capital Warrants.

 

(K) Reflects the payment of the Closing Cash Consideration of $1,521.0 million to MultiPlan Parent Owners and the payment of the Closing Share Consideration of 415,700,000 new shares of Churchill’s Class A common stock with a par value of $41.6 thousand to the MultiPlan Parent Owners.

 

(L) Reflects the immediate vesting of the Class B Unit awards upon the occurrence of a definitive liquidity event. The amount represents the acceleration of unvested awards outstanding as of June 30, 2020, as well as the additional value received by the holders of the awards in connection with the Merger Agreement.

 

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(M) Reflects the withdrawal of funds from the Churchill trust account and cash on hand to fund the redemption of 8,693,855 Churchill public shares at an approximate redemption price of $10.03 per share.

 

Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Loss

 

The pro forma adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of loss for the year ended December 31, 2019 and the six months ended June 30, 2020 are as follows:

 

(AA) Reflects the elimination of Churchill historical operating costs, interest income and unrealized gain on the trust account and related tax impacts that would not have been incurred had the Transactions been consummated on January 1, 2019. The operating costs eliminated included the transaction expenses related to the Transactions incurred in the six months ended June 30, 2020.

 

(BB) Elimination of transaction expenses incurred by MultiPlan Parent related to the Transactions incurred in the six month period June 30, 2020.

 

(CC) Reflects the reduction in interest expense related to redemption and satisfaction and discharge of the Senior PIK Notes and the elimination of the gain on repurchase and cancellation of Senior PIK Notes that was recognized by MultiPlan Parent in 2019.

 

(DD) Reflects the increase in interest expense related to the $1,300.0 million of Convertible Notes issued by Churchill assuming cash interest of 6%.

 

(EE) Reflects the amortization of the 2.5% original issue discount on $1,300.0 million of Convertible Notes and the bifurcated cash conversion feature on a straight-line basis over the seven years from issuance to maturity.

 

(FF) Adjustments to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of loss have been made to reflect the income tax expense for the items described in (AA) through (EE) above, calculated at the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% and the blended state rate of 2.3%.

 

(GG) Represents the basic and diluted weighted average shares of common stock outstanding as a result of the pro forma adjustments. Refer to the table below for the reconciliation of the pro forma adjustments for the weighted average shares outstanding.

 

    Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2020
    Twelve Months
Ended
December 31, 2019
 
Share issuance to the MultiPlan Parent Owners     415,700,000       415,700,000  
Share issuance to purchasers of the Common PIPE Shares     132,050,000       132,050,000  
Shares previously issued to Churchill’s Sponsor     27,500,000       27,500,000  
Shares previously issued to Churchill public shareholders     110,000,000       110,000,000  
Shares redeemed     (8,693,855 )     (8,693,855 )
Shares issued and redeemed as part of the Transactions     676,556,145       676,556,145  

 

 

 

The earnings per share amounts exclude the anti-dilutive impact from the following securities:

 

the 27,500,000 warrants sold during the Churchill IPO that were converted in the Mergers into warrants to purchase a total of 27,500,000 shares of our Class A common stock, which are exercisable at $11.50 per share;

 

the 23,000,000 private placement warrants sold to Churchill’s Sponsor concurrently with the Churchill IPO that were converted in the Mergers into warrants to purchase a total of 23,000,000 shares of our Class A common stock. The private placement warrants are exercisable at $11.50 per share. 4.8 million of these private placement warrants are subject to vesting only when a $12.50 Stock Price Level is achieved; and

 

the shares of our Class A common stock underlying the Common PIPE Warrants, Convertible Notes and Working Capital Warrants.

 

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